A friend asked ME ~ What I would be working on if i weren't in 'float spree' ~

This mini post is Strictly for GEEKS, Venture Capitalist, Angel Investors & for those of you who want to share start-up ideas with others in case if it makes sense. It all started randomly when a friend of mine asked me what i'd be interested working on right now if i had not been floating from industry to industry notoriously. Then two Apps came to my mind. Foicebook & Hydiner!

1-  Fvoicebook - A voice application that will help people to talk over Facebook or post audio additionally to scribbling text on each other wall . Over the time I've realized text by itself is not capable of saying what we wanted to say in our social media interaction. Have you ever wanted to say certain things in certain intonations on someone's wall either only both of you can listen or all you friends can listen and laugh. Funny, Serious, Sarcastic, village accent, even the words "Come re, Go re"....... it can be said many things about this App functions wise it has unlimited potential...

2-  Hydiner - A Hyderabadi dining guide mobile application(GPRS+GPS) which helps you on your decision where to dine. Lets say you are near Nagarjuna circle and wants to have dinner with couple of friends but non of you could come to conclusion where to end up. That is where this app comes handy, In a press of a button it calculates where you are and suggest you dinning places in half Km radius on Banjara hills road no 1. When you click on one of the list, it shows you what's special on the menu including the price so that you can plan in advance how much to spend. it also tells you if there are available tables right now... and so on.

Personally I've other things going on right now so i can not get my hand dirty, but if anyone is interested to put their part-time-neck on the line and develop 'em, you've earned my help in all possible ways. Trust me both apps are EASY to start!

My Thanks Giving 2009 Favourite ~ in a poetry!

If you are in hurry & don't give a damn about poetry Pls Pls Pls Don't READ THIS. Come back Next year when you can, with couple of minutes on hand!

A lot has happened in 2009 to be Thankful about. While giving thanks i feel it's appropriate to shout out what the soul wants to say. If you have been pregnant of some dream like me. A dream bigger than you. And if you feel the delivery will happen in near future. Join me here on Facebook while i say out loud the poetry i borrowed from Sylvia Plath, it's a poetry that cries my own cry, that beats my own heat beat. Am sure if you don't give up at once read, it will penetrate the layers of you. it doesn't matter how many layers you have. Just re-read it till i makes sense.

To give you a clue, The first line says I'm a miner to imply we all are looking precious treasure.  Aren't we? In between you can see someone who is pregnant of something bigger than herself. The ending line talks about Gift, you may call it a baby in a manger.

Nick And The Candlestick

                     Sylvia Plath

I am a miner. The light burns blue.
Waxy stalactites
Drip and thicken, tears


The earthen womb


Exudes from its dead boredom.
Black bat airs


Wrap me, raggy shawls,
Cold homicides.
They weld to me like plums.


Old cave of calcium
Icicles, old echoer.
Even the newts are white,


Those holy Joes.
And the fish, the fish----
Christ! They are panes of ice,


A vice of knives,
A piranha
Religion, drinking


Its first communion out of my live toes.
The candle
Gulps and recovers its small altitude,


Its yellows hearten.
O love, how did you get here?
O embryo


Remembering, even in sleep,
Your crossed position.
The blood blooms clean


In you, ruby.
The pain
You wake to is not yours.


Love, love,
I have hung our cave with roses.
With soft rugs----


The last of Victoriana.
Let the stars
Plummet to their dark address,


Let the mercuric
Atoms that cripple drip
Into the terrible well,


You are the one
Solid the spaces lean on, envious.
You are the baby in the barn.

WILL YOU?

TEDinda - The future beckons

This is my totally random write up, in response to facebook status which says what's in your mind? Well in my mind... wishing to attend TEDindia.
At the end of 2006, two habits kicked in my life, one is blogging other is TED. There is a cellular company in India with a motto of An idea can change your life. TED is about ideas worth spreading. I love the diverse topics that TED brings to the table. TED Talks, which originally focused on technology, entertainment and design, but have now expanded in scope to a broad set of topics including science, arts, politics, education, culture, business, global issues, technology and development.

At TED for the last 26 years (:btw, TED is older than me ewwwwww:) they believed passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So They're building a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other.
Now India is going to host TED at Mysore, November 4-7, 2009 22 days to go. How i wish to be around this time, not at least as presenter :P:-)
TEDIndia will be held at Mysore Palace and in incredible high-tech campus built by Infosys with a beautiful setting, the campus represents the heart of the Asian outsourcing industry that’s transformed the global economy. TEDIndia Inner Circle: They also offer a limited number of supporting Inner Circle memberships for $20,000. Inner Circle members receive special privileges at the event.

This is what these two people has to say about TED.

"Words are inadequate to express my appreciation for the invitation to participate at the TED conference. It was one of the highlights of my entire life."
-- Billy Graham, evangelist

"I wasn't prepared for this conference to be so profound. The combined IQ of the attendees is incredible."
-- Bill Gates, Microsoft

http://conferences.ted.com/TEDIndia/
More stuffs @ TEDx | TEDprize | TEDfellow | TED conference |

My Colorful Evening: Zulu in Hyderabad

It was yesterday evening that with my Hyderabadi and Bengaluruian friends we decided to go for casual eat-out. So we started from Paradise-halim-take-away so that we can eat it in the car while we are going to our next formal dinner venue. While traveling to the city I made a call to reserve a table for us…for my surprise I couldn’t hear the lady on the other line properly due to the loud music behind her. I doubted whether I made a call to the right place. But, some how I managed to tell her we are on our way so that she would block us a sit.

The next few minute we are at our destination in Banajara hills, All of a sudden I sensed a change in it he air from usual scene I know. Any how we stepped in, as I sensed from outside I found the truth inside. Yes it’s a bit crazy, people faces are painted different color, the waiters are dancing while serving (especially one guys’ tribal dance move….. it killed me non-stop) Usually the chef wears hat. But, today every one is wearing paper made hats. I was like, “What happen to this place?”, “ What is happening?” As the same time my eyebrows don’t get singed from the fire juggling and fire spitting. What I heard when I made a call was Afro beat. Now if you wanted to order any thing raises your hands high and move ‘em swiftly with the beat. Then you are sure you won the waiter attention, may be other guests too.
Suddenly a young lady came and offered me colors menu to paint my face, before I was given my favorite Kebab’s menu. Strange huh? I was told the restaurant it celebrating ‘Hakuna Matata’ 1st Zulu Barbeque festival in Hyd…. Then again, I was like “here we come, African tribal’s in Hyderabad…” Bring it on. I chose tri-colors of my Ethiopia Green, Yellow and Red… I closed my eyes and lend her my face….i feel the brushes move on my fore head and cheeks…I also felt my feeling don’t tell me which color is currently is being applied on me, hmmmm.

Btw, This week end If you want to enjoy delicacies like the famous Lamb Marguez, Chicken Sosatie, sausages made out of soya beans laced with African Mustard and Gherkins and corn with Zulu sauce. The most relished Barbeques from Africa continent will surely create an excitement in Hyderabadis as the locale will get to taste for the first time such unique Barbeques. It happened @Barbeque Nation Restaurant. Banjara Hills Road No 1.

If you drop in there I’m sure it would make you smile, just for a change.

It is not my time

But it's not my time, I'm not going
There's a fear in me, it's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know

But it's not my time, I'm not going
There's a will in me and now it's gonna show
This could be the end of me
And everything I know

There might be more than you believe
(There might be more than you believe)
And there might be more than you can see
But I won't go, oh no I won't go down, yeah

Lean on WE vs. WE

This is my “by default setting”. I view myself as independent person. You can call it independently-busy. This feeling of separateness sometimes creates an ego driven belief that we don’t need each other that much and that we can handle everything on our own. Sometimes we may even view reaching out to others and leaning on others as a sign of weakness. We tend to judge ourselves as weak or unworthy when we reach a point where we have to lean on someone else for support.

when we are greeting people and ask how they are doing they often express how stressful and busy their life is, as a matter of fact many people whom I spoke with told me that their days are so busy that they often feel overwhelmed and honestly I’m one of them. We live in a busy city of Hyderabad and lead busy lives. The question here is how do we reconcile Being buys by ourselves and Loving our neighbour as ourselves. Most of us philosophically agree about one of the commandments which is to love on another. But here is what makes me puzzled when i think of it in practical terms, How in the busyness and clutter of my life can I let others lean on me and Lean on others? Ps. Anand, He always says ‘God has called us for Interdependency not for Independency’. I agree 100% with that but to put it in practical terms i found it a bit tougher. Recently I wrote on my status about two kinds of people I came across, The ones who walk in to the room and say “Here I am” and The other ones who says “There you are”. So whichever one you are make it a point that it shouldn’t be always about you. This is my personal struggle to push the limit every day a little bit in order to be able to understand for myself what it means to be called to live in community by engaging proactively. This whole concept of “Lean on” can be seen from two angles. One is WE vs Divne in complete dependency and WE vs WE to relate interdependently. It can be said a lot on these two.(may be on other blog entry) When I think of WE vs WE, recently i’ve seen how far people can go to lend their shoulder to others to Lean on. I whisper to myself blessed are these kinds.

All of us are busy, all of us have our own stresses, all of us have our own issues to deal with and mess to be cleaned up. And by makeing this as an excuse we tend to stop to lending our shoulder for others to lean on. Surprisingly I’ve seen people who have their own shortcomings but the same people were willing to go extra mile for other person to help him clean up his mess. I feel it’s needs greater level of faith to help others while you yourself are in a storm. I was embarrassed and ashamed how silly excuse freezes me from being a blessing.
The Fact of the matter is each day is opportunity in your life to lean on others and to allow others to lean on you for when you do so you are allowing the love to flow and the opportunity for all of us to grow!

I invite you listen this old song, Lean on me which inspire me to write all this