Learn from us

When i say "learn from us" i dont mean just from the city of vizag, but the state of andhra pradesh as a whole. Unlike popular perception, we the people of Andhra Pradesh lead every state and for that matter every country in the world in the area of Business. We have the uncanny ability to convert even the smallest thing which you wouldnt consider as a "product to sell" and convert it a big business industry.

Take a look at our education system for example. We sell education. Sell it to such an extent that if you stay in this state for a period of 1 year, you would also begin to take it as a commodity to do business with. This is against the popular principle that education is something godly and it should enlighten the student not be rubbed in (as some of the other coutries subscribe to). It only shows your prehistoric thinking. Sell the bloody thing and show me the money : thats how we do business.

Lets break down the study system.

Pre-school :
Others: The chidlren be given freedom to understand what they and what they dislike. They should be allowed to be free in their expression and they should be not harassed.
We : How can we teach the children alphabets in 1 month?

Schooling:
Others: The system should be based on what the student has interest in. He should be given the choice to choose his optionals, and he should be given as much freedom as possible.
We: One curriculum, one pattern, and a fixed time to complete the syllabus.

Others: Education with visual aids helps.
We : That is expense.

Others: Learning through experimentation.
We : Labs are an expense

Others : Extracurricular activities are important. Sports are an essential part of student life.
We : We have a BIIIIIG 1400 sq feet area. The entire school of 1500 can play there easily. 1 person per square feet.

That is how the education system is here. The teachers are compassionate - about receiving their salary, and the students learn - by cramming, and the government keeps a check on the schools - by taking more bribes.

In India life is hell. You are born and then your thrown into a jail (read: school) and then you are competing against every other person. Comparisons made by the parents help too. And the competition among students is only in the field of "education". The student doesnt play any sport and by the time they are out of school, each one of them is a belly boy. Then comes career.

Career is life here. It is what your living for and it is worth dying for. Work hours include the entire day and fun for an office goer is an office party. The home is a lodge (not even a boarding room), the people come there only occasionally.

All of these above factors are being hard-coded into the person, with every generation forcing the next to cram more and earn more. This is leading to a robot like lifestyle with no friends and only aquaintances. God bless america you say? God save India.

Daybreak in vizag

One of the most important thing of being a vizag guy is you gota be laZZZZy. The 'Zz' count, the more the "zzzz" the more hardcore vizagite (as v are called) you are. Well thats what we feel, and those who are against it "Go to hell you traitor!".

SO keeping in line with that principle we have never seen the sun actually rise. Try how much we may, we are always up after the sun is way way up in the sky, and if we didnt know the concept of sunrise and sunset, we would that the moon's light got switched on during what we call A.M. So one day we decided that we had to see how this sunrise looked like what wuz different in that. It was more of a research expedition to see how good this sunrise thing was. We wanted to conclude that the yoga stuff that early morning is the best time to walk, blah blah blah.... was all humbug and we are all better off hugging our pillows (in weird positions).

The mission was decided and the plan was chalked out. Early next morning we were to get up at 4:30 a.m. Get ready by 5:00 a.m and then set out to the vantage point in vizag called TENNETI PARK and capture whatever we get and then conclude that we would be better off sleeping. I set two watches so that i dont miss out.

4:30 a.m the alarm sounded. 4:45 the alarm rung again. 5:00 i heard the mobile ring. The dood woke up at 4:30 and was calling up since then! "Oh poor guy, got insomnia or something", i thought and woke up my upper half with a yawn and pulled away the lower half from the bed. Started teh bike with a grunt and then made my way to TENNETI PARK.

What i saw was amazing. First thing, NO HONKING VEHICLES! It was like i got deaf, but then there was this twitter of the birds echo'ing in my ear, it was damn soothing. Secondly, NO POLLUTION no coughs, no covering the nose. Finally, it was BEAUTIFUL.

OH MY GOD! was that the sunRISE It was spectacular. Boy i wish it lasted for long. I was so busy clicking away that i later regretted that i didnt just sit and watch. A knockout i'd say.

Then again this place is so nice that people were doing the YOGA thing and this dood was totally into it. You can see that from his face and the way he is sitting on the stone thing. Got me thinking about the sadhu's in movies. I wish i were like him. But again LaZeeness rUULES. What say psy? ;)

And then we did a pic profile of some other places. More on that later. Right now, dinner time. Bye!

and btw for more pics on vizag go here : Flickr album

Vinayaka Nimajanam

నిన్న పేపర్ లో వినాయక నిమజనం గురుంచి చదివాను. ఇప్పటివరకు ఎవడికి రాని తిక్క వాడికి వచ్చింది.

43 బారి వినాయకుడిని వాడు చాధస్తముతో అక్కడే నిమజనం చేసేసాడు. వాడు చేపినటు తల వుపడానికి స్వరూపానంద సరస్వతి లాంటి పెద్దలు అంత రెడీ. వాడు దేవుడికి పెట్టిన నగలు అన్ని తేసేసి వినాయకుడికి పంచామృత అభిషేకం, అని నీరుని పెద్ద పెద్ద పైపులు తో పంపింగ్ చేసి అంత పెద్ద విగ్రహని కరిగించేసాడు. అ కరిగిని మట్టిని, అ నీరుతో బాటు తీసుకువెళ్ళి సముద్రం లో పోస్తాడు అంట. దానికి వాడు చెపేది, వాడు చేసింది ఆంధ్ర లోమొదటి సారి అంట. నిజమే ఆంధ్ర లో వాడి అంత వెధవ పని చేసినవాడిని చూడడం మొదటి సరే మరి.

ఈ నిమజననికి జాలరి వాళ్ల వోట్ కి లింక్ చేసుకొని: విగ్రహం చేయడానికి వాడిన గడ్డి కలప సముద్రంలో కల్లపకుండా దాన్ని వాళ్ళకి తెసుకొని వెళ్లి ఇస్తాడంట. మనవాడికి ఇన్ని చిందులు దేనికంటే వాడు చిరంజీవి పెట్టిన పార్టీ లో జాలరి తెగ నుంచి పోటి చేయడానికి రెడీ. వాళ్ళలో వీడికి ఇమేజ్ ఉంది అని అనిపించుకోడానికి దేవుడిని అడ్డం పెట్టికుని చేసిన పిచ్చి పని ఇది. వోట్ వీడికి చేటు దేవునికి (అంటే ఎవడికో కాదు మనకే).

దానికి లింక్ చేస్తూ: మనవాడు చిరంజీవి స్టేజి కట్టడం లో చనిపోయినవాడికి పవన్ కళ్యాణ్, నాగ బాబు కలిపి లక్షన్నర ఇస్తే వీడు ఇక్కడ నుండి లక్ష రుప్పాయలు వాళ్ళకి ఇచాడు. డైరెక్ట్ గ వాళ్ళకే ఇస్స్తే సమస్య లేదు మనోడు ఈనాడు డైరెక్టర్ గాడికి ఇచి పేపర్ లో పెద్ద న్యూస్ ఐటెం రేంజ్ లో బిల్డప్.

ఇంక దేవుడు పేరు చెప్పి పాపాలు చేసి వోట్లు దండుకొని వెధవలు ఎలెక్షన్ లోపల ఎంతమందిని చూడాల్సి వస్తుందో ఏంటో. దేవుడు నిమజనం అయింది. ఇంక వీలని నిమజనం చేసేది ఎప్పుడో చూడాలి.

Weather Update : Its a depression!

The weather has diarrohea. Its been farting and defecating all the while. In abnormal terms, you could call this a thunder and rain. So two days ago it was raining hell, so much that i couldnt hear the guy next to me fart (and trust me, with the guys size im sure he must have done that a couple of times)

The thing that interests me about weather is that it changes right in time for elections. Last time when it was Chandrababu Naidu's turn there was drought. That coupled with bad PR led to his downfall.

What about Rajashekhar Reddy now? He wanted rain, well he got it yeah, but in excess! The outcomes of this excessive rain is not only submerging villages and all. The after effects are more disastrous. With little or no rural healthcare and rain water stagnating everywhere, we'll have more than a couple of diseases sprouting, and medical relief will be little or none (remember Chickungunya?)

These elections will sure be interesting.

In addition....

Yeah.. gaping holes are everywhere. Vizag too is no different. As an environment loving guy, i feel vizag has too many holes to fill. The hills are already balding, and some day it would have faded giving rise to those steel forests. Hope to have a write up on that soon. What say psy?