Hello World !!!
Guess what I became a Mama, he came in this world on 14th (Ya agreed I got a lil late in composing this blog). And also 14th was Mom's B'day, so her first Grand Son now shares her birthday !! Cool Na !!!!!
Its feels really amazing to get a young one, our own young one, no longer looking and playing with other Babies, now I got my Own young Nephew. Hah I cant wait to go to LA and play with him. Its really gonna be nice, and I am gonna spoil him like anything, let Di discipline him...
Plus it would be real fun when he grows up, we all can play and have fun together.
But one thing is that now I am no longer the youngest of the Family (My Dad's Family). So bye bye all the extra attention and benefits, now Aarav is the youngest and he's gonna be the centre of our Attraction. Though it will be quite fun to get him things and have fun (Doing "Lad" as we say in Gujarati)
So in the End, "Welcome Aarav !!! May you Rock the World !!!"
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Shopping
So how many of you have ever come across a Guy who Loves Shopping ???? And that also not just for himself, but who also likes going for shopping with Girls !!! Suprising na !! Do they make such Guys ???
For starters I am such a Guy. I love shopping and even like going for shopping with Girls, which may include Mom, Sis, Friends and whoever needs company or a helping hand....
How did this odd (For most normal ppl out there) thing start ?? Well when I was young, I used to many times accompany Mom and Di for their shopping sprees. I would get very bored, sitting with them, checking out their stuff and wishing they could finish it off fast and we could move on, and somehow it never worked out that way. Slowly and slowly I started thinking in a different way, I realised that if I could not stop them, then it would be better if I join them...
So here was a new Raahul, one who instead of getting bored and frustrated while sitting in a shop now took the whole experience in a totally different way. I started getting involved, things like what looks good and what not... I remember getting an advice on Didi once, she said that while choosing clothes for girls imagine what would look good on the person you like, and then take a decision. And one thing I say is that this technique has never failed me. I am now considered quite an asset to take along for shopping, first is I dont crib when it takes too long, second I have quite a good choice and help making decisions faster, and last but not the least I am always the Chaffeur cum Bag lifter (and geniunely who doesnt want one). Plus I am getting quite good in this Art, so good that even when I go some place and get few things for Di or Mom, they like it quite a lot (even things like a Saree)...
So in the end, I would like to say to all Guys in the World that shopping can be really Fun, its all how you take to it. Plus after marriage or with a Girl Friend, you hardly get a choice of not accompanying them for shopping, so why not have fun instead of lamenting all the time, and in this way make it special for them....
Happy Shopping !!! :-)
Saturday, March 15, 2008
High
What gives me the ultimate High ????
A question I have been trying to answer since quite long... Is it Cute Females, Drinking Vodka, Dancing, Driving, Listening to Music, Reading Books, Talking to some Intelligent ppl, Oogling at Sexy Cars and many things more...
The other day I discovered one more thing, and man this thing gave me such a high, I surely cannot forget for a looong time !!!
Here I was in the company, at the Engine Test Bed, with a IR temperature Gun in my hands. I had to measure the temperature of the Exhaust Manifold & TC for one of our engines at Rated Speed. So here I was in between two of our Engines, and both of them were at Rated speed - 4000 RPM+. The noise emanating from them was amazing, the feeling - heavenly... Two engines, both developing their Max Power, their Exhaust Manifolds & TCs were Red Hot and I was not even two feet away from either. The thrill knowing the brute power besides me was enough to give me an Ultimate High. Also realising the fact that if any of the engines had a breakdown I would surely have been in a very wrong place... But then whats life without some risk... So after taking all the necessary temperature readings I was out... Surely one of the most amazing experiences of my life...
Such experiences strengthen my desire to work more and more on Engines....
A question I have been trying to answer since quite long... Is it Cute Females, Drinking Vodka, Dancing, Driving, Listening to Music, Reading Books, Talking to some Intelligent ppl, Oogling at Sexy Cars and many things more...
The other day I discovered one more thing, and man this thing gave me such a high, I surely cannot forget for a looong time !!!
Here I was in the company, at the Engine Test Bed, with a IR temperature Gun in my hands. I had to measure the temperature of the Exhaust Manifold & TC for one of our engines at Rated Speed. So here I was in between two of our Engines, and both of them were at Rated speed - 4000 RPM+. The noise emanating from them was amazing, the feeling - heavenly... Two engines, both developing their Max Power, their Exhaust Manifolds & TCs were Red Hot and I was not even two feet away from either. The thrill knowing the brute power besides me was enough to give me an Ultimate High. Also realising the fact that if any of the engines had a breakdown I would surely have been in a very wrong place... But then whats life without some risk... So after taking all the necessary temperature readings I was out... Surely one of the most amazing experiences of my life...
Such experiences strengthen my desire to work more and more on Engines....
Monday, February 25, 2008
Death !!!
Sorry coz am using a really profound word as my subject today.... I am feeling quite low today, just got the news one of my close family friends Son expired, of a freak accident. This guy was just 20, young and budding. Someone every parent would be proud of, almost like a brother to me.... and now here it is, he is no more. May his soul rest in peace...
Death, how many times have we all thought abt this. I dont know abt others, but atleast I sure can say that have thought atleast some hundreds of time abt this. What happens to a person when He / She dies. Is is like going to sleep, but I always know the fact that I will be getting up in few hours once I go to sleep. How will it be when I am on my deathbed and I know I will never be getting up, atleast in this form. How I would like to know what happens when one dies, when I am living. Science in spite of all its advancements, somehow has always failed to discover this feeling, and its a mystery ever since the advent of mankind.
One thing which gives me some hope against this despair is the chance to live my life. I spend everyday of my life planning to make my life worthwhile. Some where I have a dream, a dream to live beyond my stipulated life, some thing to make me immortal. I want to perform some action in my life, which will make me IMMORTAL. Something after which people would remember me and my works, something which will make my Descendents really proud of myself. But then that means I still have loads to do, which brings me to my Fav peice of Poetry. As Robert Frost pens it "The Woods are Lovely, Dark & Deep; but I have Promises to Keep. And Miles to Go Before I Sleep & Miles to Go Before I Sleep"
So Adios for now, and may my Bro's Soul Rest in Piece !!!!
Death, how many times have we all thought abt this. I dont know abt others, but atleast I sure can say that have thought atleast some hundreds of time abt this. What happens to a person when He / She dies. Is is like going to sleep, but I always know the fact that I will be getting up in few hours once I go to sleep. How will it be when I am on my deathbed and I know I will never be getting up, atleast in this form. How I would like to know what happens when one dies, when I am living. Science in spite of all its advancements, somehow has always failed to discover this feeling, and its a mystery ever since the advent of mankind.
One thing which gives me some hope against this despair is the chance to live my life. I spend everyday of my life planning to make my life worthwhile. Some where I have a dream, a dream to live beyond my stipulated life, some thing to make me immortal. I want to perform some action in my life, which will make me IMMORTAL. Something after which people would remember me and my works, something which will make my Descendents really proud of myself. But then that means I still have loads to do, which brings me to my Fav peice of Poetry. As Robert Frost pens it "The Woods are Lovely, Dark & Deep; but I have Promises to Keep. And Miles to Go Before I Sleep & Miles to Go Before I Sleep"
So Adios for now, and may my Bro's Soul Rest in Piece !!!!
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Visit to Nagaland
Well I got a once in a lifetime chance to go to Nagaland few weeks back. I took the option of going to Dimapur - a major city in Nagaland. Dimapur is the eastern most airport of India, and is close to the border of Assam & Nagaland for my Dealership visit from M&M.
So after 2 flights, from Mumbai, there I was in a realatively big town in the middle of no where. The Air Port was a bare basic one, with no buses and stuff. As it is I went to Dimapur in a small ATR plane. The reception at Dimapur was quite an experience, some politicians had come in the same flight after getting assembly elections tickets and so there were few hundred supporters who had come to welcome them, so after waiting for some time, we got in our pick up vehicel - a Bolero (which was obvious) and went to the Dealership. All along the way it felt like we were in a different country all together, seeing the people, type of houses and also the trees. All people there were with the Mongolion features, talking to person who had come to pick us up, we realised that 95% of population of Nagaland were followers of Christianity and English was the official language of the state, that gave all of us a sense of relief, having the knowledge that atleast we would be able to converse easily with the locals there.
So after a quite eventful journey, which mostly involved observing the locals, and trying to count the Mahindra vehicles along the way, we reached the Dealership. Here we met the Dealer Principal, a real Gentleman, who the guided us to our hotel. So after some lunch, rest and seeing India screw the 20-20 game against Australia, we went back to the dealership for the next day planning. Here we got to know the state of affairs in this state. The condition was really quite critical, few people had been murdered the same day. Due to this, the whole town was supposed to remain closed the next day, so went all our hopes of shopping. We also got to learn that there were close to 20 local dialects in the 16 Districts in Nagaland, due to which the locals preffered the use of English. Also because of the condition of roads and also the absence of paved roads in majority of places, Mahindra vehicles were quite popular there, especially the 4x4 ones. So after being advised against leaving the Hotel after 6 PM, we went back to the Hotel. Here also we experienced the life of the locals, locals had dinner by 8 PM and went to sleep early, so by 9 the whole town was shut off. For us it was quite odd, as our days generally end at 11 PM....
The next day, we went to the Dealership and did some work. We saw the vehicles which had come for service there, observed the regular concerns in the vehicles. We also interacted with many customers, learning about their likes and dislikes about their vehicles. Really quite an enlightening experience, and it should be quite helpfull in our customer centricity approach. After our Lunch, we went around the town, which was closed due to the Band enforced protesting the murder of the people. We got to see the houses, few churches from outsides and also the locals, then again it was the usual, back to Hotel, Dinner and stuff...
The final day, was quite uneventful, we took our first flight to Kolkata, there after spending a few hours with some family friends, it was back to Mumbai. The last flight was really boring, it was congestion as usual at Mumbai airport, so we flew all the way to Pune and came back and finally landed almost 2 hours late, from there it was a cab ride all the way to Nashik...
Looking back at the visit, I have few regrets that didnt get to do much sightseeing or shopping. But then it was once in a lifetime experience. Having the knowledge that you are in a place which has many problems of extremists, no stable government, seeing the tension on faces of all the people was surely quite chilling, plus being referred to as a Main Land Indian !!!!
So after 2 flights, from Mumbai, there I was in a realatively big town in the middle of no where. The Air Port was a bare basic one, with no buses and stuff. As it is I went to Dimapur in a small ATR plane. The reception at Dimapur was quite an experience, some politicians had come in the same flight after getting assembly elections tickets and so there were few hundred supporters who had come to welcome them, so after waiting for some time, we got in our pick up vehicel - a Bolero (which was obvious) and went to the Dealership. All along the way it felt like we were in a different country all together, seeing the people, type of houses and also the trees. All people there were with the Mongolion features, talking to person who had come to pick us up, we realised that 95% of population of Nagaland were followers of Christianity and English was the official language of the state, that gave all of us a sense of relief, having the knowledge that atleast we would be able to converse easily with the locals there.
So after a quite eventful journey, which mostly involved observing the locals, and trying to count the Mahindra vehicles along the way, we reached the Dealership. Here we met the Dealer Principal, a real Gentleman, who the guided us to our hotel. So after some lunch, rest and seeing India screw the 20-20 game against Australia, we went back to the dealership for the next day planning. Here we got to know the state of affairs in this state. The condition was really quite critical, few people had been murdered the same day. Due to this, the whole town was supposed to remain closed the next day, so went all our hopes of shopping. We also got to learn that there were close to 20 local dialects in the 16 Districts in Nagaland, due to which the locals preffered the use of English. Also because of the condition of roads and also the absence of paved roads in majority of places, Mahindra vehicles were quite popular there, especially the 4x4 ones. So after being advised against leaving the Hotel after 6 PM, we went back to the Hotel. Here also we experienced the life of the locals, locals had dinner by 8 PM and went to sleep early, so by 9 the whole town was shut off. For us it was quite odd, as our days generally end at 11 PM....
The next day, we went to the Dealership and did some work. We saw the vehicles which had come for service there, observed the regular concerns in the vehicles. We also interacted with many customers, learning about their likes and dislikes about their vehicles. Really quite an enlightening experience, and it should be quite helpfull in our customer centricity approach. After our Lunch, we went around the town, which was closed due to the Band enforced protesting the murder of the people. We got to see the houses, few churches from outsides and also the locals, then again it was the usual, back to Hotel, Dinner and stuff...
The final day, was quite uneventful, we took our first flight to Kolkata, there after spending a few hours with some family friends, it was back to Mumbai. The last flight was really boring, it was congestion as usual at Mumbai airport, so we flew all the way to Pune and came back and finally landed almost 2 hours late, from there it was a cab ride all the way to Nashik...
Looking back at the visit, I have few regrets that didnt get to do much sightseeing or shopping. But then it was once in a lifetime experience. Having the knowledge that you are in a place which has many problems of extremists, no stable government, seeing the tension on faces of all the people was surely quite chilling, plus being referred to as a Main Land Indian !!!!
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Auto Expo 2008
Well for those of you who dont know, Auto Expo - a biyearly Auto Show was organized in Delhi between 10-17th Jan. It is one of the biggest Auto shows of Asia and is very good.
I wanted to visit it this year but somehow was finding it not possible, then just on Thrusday I got a call from my Boss saying that instead of a collegue i was being nominated to go to the show !!! Thus I reached the show on Sunday morning after a tiring late night flight....
This year's biggest attraction at the show was the launch of the Tata Nano, the 1 Lakh ($ 2500) car. The car which is believed to change the way people in India travel, a real revolution. Plus there were the usual bells and whistles with the technology showcase by various companies.
After seeing the launch of the nano on the TV, i was real excited to check it out in flesh, and i should tell you, is that i came back impressed. Here was an amazingly cute car, something which was so affordable but still didnt actually feel cheap. Something which people could buy and ferry around their family in, instead of loading their scooters or bikes. I am sure this car will be real hit in the market, and if Tata can maintain reasonable quality in the product, then it can surely sell much more than the Maruti 800.... Here is the Car for the masses, and i am sure it can be sold in many countries like ours be a valuable proposition there.
Apart from the Nano there was not much memorable about the show, the rush seemed much more than my last visit in 2004, which made my passing more time with the cars really difficult. There were some nice cars like the Ferrari 430, Lamborghini Gallardo, plus F1 cars of Renault & Honda and some nice concept cars from GM, Hyundai & Honda. Another major attraction at the expo were the show girls, really pretty bimbettes whose only work there was to pose in their reveaing outfits and keep on circling their respective cars & bikes and pose endlessly for the visitors to click photographs to their heart's content.... Something i didnt enjoy much seeing the frustration on those female's faces !!!!
But overall it was an amazing experience, plus what added to my fun was that this was the first time i was going as an industry insider, as an employee of M&M, I went to many of our suppliers and was really delighted with the response I got, I was painstakingly explained for all the doubts I had, and I also got loads of information for products we could use in our future engines...
So I will now that hope I can visit Auto Expo 2010 too !!!
I wanted to visit it this year but somehow was finding it not possible, then just on Thrusday I got a call from my Boss saying that instead of a collegue i was being nominated to go to the show !!! Thus I reached the show on Sunday morning after a tiring late night flight....
This year's biggest attraction at the show was the launch of the Tata Nano, the 1 Lakh ($ 2500) car. The car which is believed to change the way people in India travel, a real revolution. Plus there were the usual bells and whistles with the technology showcase by various companies.
After seeing the launch of the nano on the TV, i was real excited to check it out in flesh, and i should tell you, is that i came back impressed. Here was an amazingly cute car, something which was so affordable but still didnt actually feel cheap. Something which people could buy and ferry around their family in, instead of loading their scooters or bikes. I am sure this car will be real hit in the market, and if Tata can maintain reasonable quality in the product, then it can surely sell much more than the Maruti 800.... Here is the Car for the masses, and i am sure it can be sold in many countries like ours be a valuable proposition there.
Apart from the Nano there was not much memorable about the show, the rush seemed much more than my last visit in 2004, which made my passing more time with the cars really difficult. There were some nice cars like the Ferrari 430, Lamborghini Gallardo, plus F1 cars of Renault & Honda and some nice concept cars from GM, Hyundai & Honda. Another major attraction at the expo were the show girls, really pretty bimbettes whose only work there was to pose in their reveaing outfits and keep on circling their respective cars & bikes and pose endlessly for the visitors to click photographs to their heart's content.... Something i didnt enjoy much seeing the frustration on those female's faces !!!!
But overall it was an amazing experience, plus what added to my fun was that this was the first time i was going as an industry insider, as an employee of M&M, I went to many of our suppliers and was really delighted with the response I got, I was painstakingly explained for all the doubts I had, and I also got loads of information for products we could use in our future engines...
So I will now that hope I can visit Auto Expo 2010 too !!!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Cars !!!
Well today am going to talk about something thats been going on in my mind for quite a few years...
For people who dont know me, I love cars, and by love I mean they come first (i.e. before the members of the fairer sex). It gets quite evident on listening to my cries on seeing cars getting destroyed in a movie :-(
I have been in love with them for as long as I remember and for me seeing and reading about beautiful cars one of my life's greatest pleasures, and thats the main reason why I am in the industry right now...
I have always associated Cars with people, it goes like whenever i hear about someone from Mom or a friend or something, the first question I ask is which Car do they own. I then relate the level, standard and everything of that person based on the Car they own.
Over the years I have been trying to compile a list of cars with their owners and find a relation between the type / brand of the car with the nature of the owner. I have found quite good co-relations for the same. Though it does not apply to me as I own a Maruti 800 (a gift from Di) and own and drive it coz of its practicality and also cause I dont find it worth to buy a new one, though I do own a Pulsar which is undoubtedly one of the most desired Bikes in this part of the world.
So coming back to the co-relation, I will list a few of my findings in this post and then will make more entries in the future...
BMW - Generally a very Arrogant person, also someone who is self made.
Porsche - A person who loves Technologies and also quite proud of oneself.
Mercedes - The classical Aristocrat, generally owned by a person who always aspired to be rich and is generally a first sign of his / her reaching the level of wealth they always desired.
Rolls Royce - A perfect Gentleman, also the owner would have inherited his wealth to a great extent.
Toyota - A no nonsense person who generally doesnt have a big image and likes to live a non - descript life.
Honda - A person who aspires for a bigger and faster car but settles for a Honda for practical and financial reasons. High probability of street racing !!!
Ferrari - This person loves it all, speed, attention, lifestyle and glamour.
Lamborghini - Generally this person would look very sober on the outside but has a wild streak and this becomes evident on the wheels of the Lamborghini.
Well enough for today, will write about other Brands in the coming days !!!
Ciao !!!
For people who dont know me, I love cars, and by love I mean they come first (i.e. before the members of the fairer sex). It gets quite evident on listening to my cries on seeing cars getting destroyed in a movie :-(
I have been in love with them for as long as I remember and for me seeing and reading about beautiful cars one of my life's greatest pleasures, and thats the main reason why I am in the industry right now...
I have always associated Cars with people, it goes like whenever i hear about someone from Mom or a friend or something, the first question I ask is which Car do they own. I then relate the level, standard and everything of that person based on the Car they own.
Over the years I have been trying to compile a list of cars with their owners and find a relation between the type / brand of the car with the nature of the owner. I have found quite good co-relations for the same. Though it does not apply to me as I own a Maruti 800 (a gift from Di) and own and drive it coz of its practicality and also cause I dont find it worth to buy a new one, though I do own a Pulsar which is undoubtedly one of the most desired Bikes in this part of the world.
So coming back to the co-relation, I will list a few of my findings in this post and then will make more entries in the future...
BMW - Generally a very Arrogant person, also someone who is self made.
Porsche - A person who loves Technologies and also quite proud of oneself.
Mercedes - The classical Aristocrat, generally owned by a person who always aspired to be rich and is generally a first sign of his / her reaching the level of wealth they always desired.
Rolls Royce - A perfect Gentleman, also the owner would have inherited his wealth to a great extent.
Toyota - A no nonsense person who generally doesnt have a big image and likes to live a non - descript life.
Honda - A person who aspires for a bigger and faster car but settles for a Honda for practical and financial reasons. High probability of street racing !!!
Ferrari - This person loves it all, speed, attention, lifestyle and glamour.
Lamborghini - Generally this person would look very sober on the outside but has a wild streak and this becomes evident on the wheels of the Lamborghini.
Well enough for today, will write about other Brands in the coming days !!!
Ciao !!!
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