Take it easy!

Life is too short to to wasted worrying. Enjoy every little happiness and make life a celebration. Worries would always be around...don't let go the happy moments. Don't hoard your feelings and don't hold back grudges. Let it go...Forgive and forget.

Take it easy. Think with a cool mind. Problems would then be solved!

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Laugh, giggle, dance with joy!
Happy Weekend everyone! :D

P.S.: I drew this cartoon yesterday..I am not very good at it..But I gave it a try... Its a conversation between me and a friend on Twitter! Hope you like it!

Caught in the act!

Now I call him 'Munna Badnaam'! :p

Om Twitteram Twitteram!

Aarti Twitter Devta ki!

Twitteram bhagwaana DP

Twitteram Profile-dhwaja

Twitteram DM-kaksham

Twitterayatano Retweet!

Twitter has become the indispensable part of not only my life, but also me. The first thing I do after waking up in the morning is logging into Twitter, say Good Morning to my buddies, check my mentions, and check the DM.

Initially when I opened a Twitter account, I found it very boring..and didn't use it for a couple of months. And now I feel like slapping myself for that, for I had undermined the unlimited powers of Twitter.

Twitter is one funny place...where war and peace go on at the same time. The best part of Twitter is you can crib endlessly about people and things and nobody will stop you. The followers would give you a genuine solution to your problem...or at least make fun of you to such an extent that you'll start laughing at yourself forgetting the problems.

On Twitter, people will admire you, poke fun at you, and some may even humiliate you...as I said...peace and war go on at the same time on Twitter.

Beware before you go LMAO! :D

I love Twitter due to its humor factor. I have met the craziest people ever, with hilarious and even obnoxious handles. They tweet so funny you will just go 'LMAO'....I hope you know its meaning...I read this one first on Twitter...

This is a place where you can cheer for Sachin Tendulkar, admire Amitabh Bachchan Sir....And hurl abuses at and bitch about Poonam Pandey and make fun of Kamaal R Khan! Its just a hash-tag  away for a notion to to be transformed into a trend!

I have become such a Twitter  addict that I don't feel like logging into FB.  The fun and frolic in the virtual world of Twitter makes me forget all the worries! Twitter has taught to eat my meals with left hand! Also I can type fast with my left hand if I want to eat with my right hand! :p


Everytime someone retweets me, My heart becomes garden- garden! And I love to bother my followers with food tweets in the middle of the night! :D


Here's a list of the hilarious Twitter Handles, the 'Must Follow' people!

@HoshiyaarChaddi - That's me! People say my handle is pretty funny! I don't wish to include my handle in the list.

1. @The_Lie_Lama - Interestingly twisted words!

2. @teraKaminaDost - He's my younger son on Twitter.

3. @Maa_Ke_Pakode - He's my elder son on Twitter.

4. @creativepagal - Indeed! The way he laughed at me when I denied telling him my name and he came to know it from FB.

5. @loosechaddi - Don't know if he got inspired my my handle.

6. @aayabadaa - His handle reminds me of Naveen Prabhakar! 'Aaya Bada'! remember him??? :p

7. @LadyGhagra - Derived from Lady Gaga...I love her talent for this!

8. @LoKarloFart - I can already smell that! :p

9. @LOLchand - His name resembles my Dad's name....just a vowel away!

10. @Hitlerbai - The way she banged a guy for flirting with me on Twitter! Awesome..Hehehe! :D

These people and many more...fill my Twitter Timeline with wit and humor!

Funny tweets in my next post!

I wonder how...

My mind is a strange place to be. If you were to enter and stay in my mind, you would sometimes feel surrounded by so many voices saying  so many things. You would feel your are sinking in the sea of thoughts and idea. The other moment you would feel the quiet..as if you were standing among the dead in a graveyard.

My mind is a big factory, that churns out the weirdest and strangest thoughts.... Now a days I am obsessed with personifying non-living objects. I am trying to see them as living things. I am trying to empathize what they feel....

Perhaps its a strange notion...Some may call it stupidity...Some may call it creativity...

I wonder why I wonder how....

When I chop an onion...I have tears in my eyes...

Is it trying to tell me to feel its pain...when my sharp knife slits through its body?

How does my sofa feel?

When someone sits on it....and farts...

How must the water be feeling...Being wet all the time...

Does it feel the cold...

Maggi noodles is a favorite of millions....

Does it feel proud of it???

When I refuel my car...

Does it feel the same satisfaction I get...When I eat food after I starve?

When I see the lamp-posts on the streets...

I wonder, how can they sustain standing all the time...Don't they get tired...??

When I type on my keyboard, how can it sit still while I'm poking it with my fingers...

Why doesn't it jump away...Can't it feel the tickling?

When I dump the trash...Does it feel hurt..

Lonely and sad...For being alienated...

How does the snow feel....When it melts away gradually..

Is it the same feeling i get...When my heart melting away due to anxiety??

What about this mirror? It just can't be itself...

I has to reflect what stands in front of it...Does it feel suffocated?

I don't know the exact answer but I know they too must be feeling something....and I wonder how...

Kismet Connection.

Life has its ups and downs....But sometimes life throws you in a trench...a deep trench. Despite of all the efforts you can't get out of it and you blame it on the fate. You dump it all on the luck out of desperation. But do you think twice before cribbing about the Lady Luck not favoring you? Have you made enough efforts, in a right direction? Are you striving for the right thing? Is it what  you deserve...or is it what you desire?

In India, so many people try to seek solutions for their problems through the science of astrology, then let it be financial hardships,  problems in a relationship or troubles with their love lives. They blame it all on their bad luck, unfavorable positions of stars and planets. They put their faith in the palmists and astrologers.

People get different opinions and advises from different people. People claim they got benefited by performing so and so rituals, prescribed by so and so priest or astrologer. Rituals like 'Shanti Pooja' and 'Graha Shanti' are performed to please the Planetary Gods.

They consult multiple astrologers, some of them being business minded try make money out of other's sufferings, not being considerate about the problem and the solution, or satisfaction of their clients. People spend thousands on performing rituals. Some astrologers work with the motive of providing relief to their clients from their troubles. Some get benefited while some don't.

I chose to write on this topic because my Mom has been stuck in the same vicious circle. She is trying to find out the solutions to my problems through astrology. She took me to an astrologist today. He does palm reading too.

He was a wise man in his late 60's. He analysed my horoscope, also my palm. He said everything was fine. Just a little time needs to pass away....He said I will get a good life partner, extremely loving in fact. My financial position will be strong throughout, once  I am done with my higher studies and take up a job and focus on work with sincerity and efforts.

On hearing this, Mom was finally relieved.

I'm not speaking pro or against the science of astrology. I'm trying to tell you that I am unsure too, if such things work. All I could believe in is hard-work and dedication, and I've worked diligently on my part. All I need to do now is to wait for the results patiently.

And even if I don't get the desired results, then may be I need to put in extra effort. I really don't need to perform rituals, ask God to do me favors. No..not at all. Neither will I blame my fate.

I can make my way...I can achieve success. All I need to do is to figure out what I like, and what is the best I can do...May be then success will be mine. And as far as marriage is concerned, its really not on the cards right now. Everything has a right time...Mine is yet to come. May be then Kismet Connection will be established..

The Canon Powershot A2200 IS Review.

I recently bought this new Digital Camera from Canon. It's the Canon A2200 IS model. Its my first digital camera and being a beginner I wanted something really simple yet powerful. I did a lot of research online before buying this cam.

I had a budget of around INR 6000. I compared the cameras of various brands in this range. And finally shortlisted Nikon S3100, Canon A2200 IS, Canon A3200 IS, Canon 3300 IS.

I had finally stretched my budget a little over 7000 and decided to go for the latest in the Powershot Series- Canon A3300 IS. But when I went to the Canon outlet I took a look at all the models of the Powershot series. I compared mainly these two models, viz., A2200 IS and A3300 IS.

A2200 IS lacked only one feature- Optical image stabilizer, but its Blur reduction feature is really effective to overcome the lack of image-stabilizer.

It has 14.1 megapixel cam, and 4X optical zoom.

On the other hand, its advanced version A3200 had Optical image stabilizer, and was 16 megapixel cam with 5X optical zoom.

After a detailed demo of both the cams I really didn't find any major difference between the two. Also being a beginner I wasn't really needing a 5X optical zoom necessarily. I was perfectly fine with a 14.1 MP and 4X optical zoom. Also the price difference was INR 2000.

Canon A3300 IS- Rs. 7270.

Canon A2200 IS- Rs. 5330.

So I went in for Canon A2200 and have been using it since a week and I'm really happy with the results. So for now I've specimen shots of daytime, night-time, and some are shot in complete darkness.

Let me tell you about the most basic specifications of Canon A2200 IS.

The Canon Powershot A2200 IS- Front View.
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• 14.1 Megapixel camera.
• 4X optical zoom, 4X digital zoom.
• 2.7 inch TFT LCD Screen, with wide viewing angle.
• 35 mm Equivalent focal length: 28-112 mm.
• f/2.8 to f/5.9 aperture.
• Auto mode.
• CCD Image sensor.
• ISO Rating: Auto, ISO 80 / 100/ 200/ 400/ 800 /1600.
• HD movie recording for approx. 22 minutes, at a resolution of 1280 x 720 at 30 fps.
• Dimensions- 93.2 x 57.2 x 26.3 mm, and weighs about 135 grams.
• Comes with 2 years of Canon India warranty, and Canon has a good network of its authorized service centers across India.

Other features include 32 pre-defined scenes, like Foliage, Snow, Beach, Landscape, Portrait, Kid and Pets, Low light, Fireworks, Blur reduction, Slow shutter, Long shutter.

It also has creative filters, like the Fish-eye, Miniature, Toy camera, Monochrome, Super-Vivid and Poster effects. Other settings like Infinity, Normal and Macro depending upon the distance between the subject and the camera.

The Auto mode performs just superb. It selects the settings automatically while focusing to give you a brilliant picture.

Other features include Red eye reduction, face recognition, self-timer.

The Li-ion battery has a high capacity, it lasts for at least 250-270 shots when completely charged.

The Canon Powershot A2200 IS- Rear View.
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I've taken some pictures with different settings, and the images are really clear, bright and stunning. The pictures are scaled to fit in. You can open the pictures in a new tab for actual size. Feel free to download the pictures to take a look.

The above picture is taken with Auto mode and zoom adjusted at 2X.

This above picture is taken at with a Landscape mode, with flash on, and at 6.7X zoom.

The above picture is taken in Auto mode with 4X zoom.

The above picture is taken in complete darkness, in Long Shutter mode.

The above picture is taken with Monochrome setting, Flash on, indoors under the light of florescent tube.

I tried taking food photographs, indoors under the light of florescent tube, Macro mode, flash on.

So these are the sample pictures and I hope you found this review useful.

Considering the performance, features, price, and the purpose, this camera stood above the rest belonging to other brands. If you are a beginner and looking for a camera in the range of INR 5000-6000, this is it.

His innocent eyes...

What do you think about the child in this picture? Who is he? What he does? What does the innocence in his eyes say?

He has put colorful dots on his face and also drawn a mustache with a black paint, to give himself a funny look and attract everyone’s attention. But he hasn’t done all this for any fancy dress competition in school… Because he doesn’t go to school…

Yes, you read it just right… He doesn’t to school. This kid has such a funny get up in order to earn his living. I've seen him several times during my journey back home. He travels in trains plying between Mumbai, Aurangabad, and Pune, with a lady, who is supposedly his mother. She beats a small drum like thing called the damru for some music to make an opening of the show. 

The child performs various activities in order to please the passengers. He dances at the beats of damru with one hand one his head and another on the side his thin waist. He sings the sizzling numbers from Bollywood, and says some funny jingles.

He then rolls over on his hands along the aisle from one end to the other and back again. Then he passes his delicate and flexible body through a ring which might be measuring barely 9 inches in diameter! After performing his tactics repeatedly in front of all the passengers, he goes around through each one of them… with a mucky bowl in his tiny hand, so that people put some money in it…

And he is not alone, not the only one. Hundreds of kids are engaged in such activities.
What an irony! This is our ‘Young India’! Where kids don’t go to school, they can’t read or write. They are pushed into all these odd jobs at such a young age.

Instead of singing rhymes and reciting poems these kids have Bollywood songs on their lips. Instead of books they carry a bowl to beg. Instead of eating nutritious food at the age of physical development, they feed themselves on leftovers they manage to get from somewhere.They are not kids with robust health, they are malnourished.

They don’t have ambitions of becoming doctors or engineers; their only aim is not to sleep on an empty stomach at night. And what are we doing? We just care to entertain ourselves during the cumbersome journey. When this kid was performing in the train, passengers were looking at his acts with awe.

They were talking among each other gesturing towards the kid. They also threw in a few coins in his bowl at the end of the act. But they fail to see the plight in his innocent eyes.They think they are doing charity and helping the kid. But in fact they are encouraging child-labour thus strengthening the roots of such evils.

And our Government…what is it doing? Apart from making fake promises and then turning their back on the people of the country?

Can we know where all the money that is allotted on paper, mind it, I said on paper, for the upliftment and the education of the downtrodden? Where are schools for these kids built? Are the located in remote locations where these kids can’t reach? Or they simply don’t exist? And if at all they exist, we don’t have well trained teachers. And that’s because teachers are not well paid, so they too don’t care to continue.

Certain government schools have an arrangement of ‘mid-day meals’ in order to attract more and more students to school and also to retain the existing count of students. But what good it does? The quality of the meal is so pathetic. There are no standards of hygiene. Children fall prey to food poisoning. It’s not a school, its inviting one’s own death.

By telling you about the small kid, and bringing the reality to your notice, I’m trying to appeal to you not to do anything that aggravates the condition of these innocent kids. Don’t encourage child labour and beggary, let us do something to educate a child…. And make India a better place to dream of a good life… 

And if everyone starts doing it, a chain reaction will definitely start. Think of the distant future. The kids we help, will learn, grow up, live a decent life and they too will help other downtrodden kids with their education, and other facilities...This will definitely bring a change. Gradual, but much faster than what our Government does.

I’ll too soon do something for a child, when I stand firmly on my own feet…that’s my promise….

You too make a promise to give a well deserved better life to an under-priviledged child…

The Maid-ical Complications!

It has been four days now, that I've been suffering from the severe side-effects of the 'Maid-ical complications'.

Yes! You read it right...And got it right too! Our dear maid just resigned without prior notification.

So let me tell you how it all started.

It was Sunday morning of 19th Feb, 2012. I woke up to a noisy conversation. It was my Mom and our maid Savita Bai, exchanging heated words. I sat on my bed quietly listening to the dialogues of the action movie being telecasted Live in our drawing room.

 The maid had started the argument over my sister's so called behavioral error! My sister was getting late for her classes and was hurrying things up. As a result she accidentally spilled some fruit juice on our dearest maid and also on the sparkling floor. And my Mom requested the maid to clean it up. Just that! And Savita Bai's battle mode got activated!

My otherwise cool-headed Mom got provoked and she scolded Savita Bai for her behavior. And so started a string of accusations and counter-accusations between the two iron women.

Finally after 20 minutes of the bickering and bawling, it ended in a way that no one wanted it to. Savita Bai quit!

Oh no! I had already imagined this but didn't want it to happen! Good god man...Why? I was almost about to wail and cry. My heart ached. It skipped a beat. I was chocking on my breath! But alas....we can't change the reality. We can't turn our face on the truth. The damage was done. And I was the one who had  to pay the price.

After Savita Bai left, Mom spilled all her anger on my sister for not being careful, and for sleeping late at night, waking up late and hurrying up in the morning, etc etc. And Dad too got pulled into this mess. He told Mom to calm down and he too got a dose of her anger. I chose not to get out of my room until the drama was over.

Since I won't let Momma dearest do all the work, my dear little sis is studying for her board exams and I've just resigned from my job and have become a Certified Berozgar, what could have been a better time than now for doing Zhaadu-Pochchha and Bartan?

Well, this isn't the first time. The Kaamwaali Bai-s and their nakhraas are legendary and monumental! It is the hottest topic of gossip among the Aunties in our neighborhood. They complain about their respactive maids and nod understandingly. They sympathize with each other saying 'Behenji, hamari kaam waali to isse bhi battar hai!'

Our previous maid quit, stating the reason that my Mom doesn't give her snacks with her evening tea!

Another instance, when a maid quit just because my Mom didn't buy her a brand new saari for her nephew's wedding!

Get me a new Saari...Or I quit!

They want a weekly off too!

Maids and there demands...Sigh!

It seems like they don't care about the work and money. We are the needy people.

So this is how my condition is!

I just hope I will get a nice maid soon....To relieve me of my misery....

I know she will come soon. She comes in my dreams too, asking me in her sweet voice, "Ma'am, I hear you need a maid."

I know she will come....Very soon...