Peak Day Blues

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Our esteemed Finance Minister had planned on bringing a new Income Tax return form from '06-07 accounting year wherein a person has to furnish his "Cash Flow Statement" and tallying it up with your income. But thanks to some folks in Parliament, in all likelihood, this cumbersome "naya saral" form is going to get axed, if you go by this report

Day to part friends and colleagues has dawned so soon in my life. I feel very sad, as days go by these days. I want the clocks to move slowly, but alas, The day will soon come, 30th November, and its time for me to leave you all guys, Thanks, apologies, happiness, cherished moments, all come my way. Let me take this moment to express them to one and all at KGiSL, Hope u guys always remember me and call upon me, For all your good and bad occassions in life. Promising to do the same from here, I take leave from u "My dear family members". Bye only from KGiSL, not from your hearts. Radhika KP

All those who work for US/UK call centers have got pseudo names with which they interact with clients and peers. So, why not have Japanese names when you are working for the Japs?? Here's mine.. what's yours? Your Japanese Name Is... Masakazu Nakayama What's your Japanese Name?

Pics taken in my Chocolate phone during Sunset... can u guess this place? Easy, rite?

Remember this year's Holi celebrations we had near the basketball ground, along with a few of the birthdays??? Feeling nostalgic? Get over to my flickr sets to check out the photos...

All you lonely hearts out there, here's an incredible video which helps you find a girlfriend instantly a.k.a using our very own Google Tools...

I think it's important for any brand to stand out alone in the crowd, and the same holds true for a domain name also. I have come across instances where people address this blog as just "blogspot" or "peakday". In essence, I wanted to convey the full name of the blog and wanted it to stand out and hence chose - www.peakdayblues.com I am sure most of you will now don't have to do a google search to find out the web address. To really enjoy this new address, here's what you can do. 1) Open a web browser 2) Press tab once 3) Once the address bar is highlighted, just type - peakdayblues 4) Press Ctrl + Enter 5) Voila... here's your fav blog!!

"India is a land of diversity, of which; Kerala is a masterpiece and Palakkad, the Granary. Palakkad is a land of palm trees and paddy fields. It's known to be rich in flora and fauna." Here's a few snaps I clicked during my recent visit...

What else to do rather than take stock of the latest happenings in the Indian Cricket and laugh out loud. Luckily, I was spared from the fate of watching yet another Indian defeat this Sunday as I had better things to do. I think no previous Indian defeats has stirred up this much controversy and a lot has been happening in the background. Read with shock a recent report that Rahul Dravid, due to a "finger injury" will be out of the remaining ODIs and that Viru will be donning the Indian captain's cap. Do we smell something here?? I am delighted at the flak that our great coach Greg Chappel is receiving from our good for nothing Memembers of Parliament and the media is having a field day with it. This is Indian Democracy Mr. Chappel, you better get equipped with it fast before your heads roll. Or has it started already? The Indian team will be under real pressure, one that it hasn't seen in years --since Ravi Shastri getting a yogurt treatment from the fans when he

Sathyaseelan, a colleague and a friend of mine got married on November 23. Here's a snap of the newly weds.

It's the season of remakes and sequels in Bollywood. But the largest moviehouse in the world, in terms of the sheer number of movies that get released, Bollywood has gotten one step further. Within the last one year, some of the movies has realized the potential of movie merchandising and has come up with apparels particularly. Remember the Chandramukhi costumes that Rajni wore were up for merchandising in a website?? But those were too costly for the common man. What Rakesh Roshan and Hrithik has done with their sci-fi alien franchise (Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish), is to grab to the most special shopper of 'em all, the children. I saw this lunch box with the Krrish label for sale at Big Bazaar with quite a few kids excited about it. Picture:

Coimbatore has now got an all new, first of its kind, mega mall thanks to Kishore Biyani (better known for Pantaloons) promoted Big Bazaar, the retail chain to the likes of Wal-Mart in the US. Big Bazaar opened its first ever retail foray into Tamilnadu here in Coimbatore last week at Oppanakara Street. What Big Bazaar promises is everything under one-roof with mega discounts. I visited it yesterday and indeed I'm impressed. Big Bazaar is famous in Bangalore and other places it operates with the families, where they can tow their children and enjoy an "all under one roof" shopping experience. First things first. The coimbatore Big Bazaar needs to upgrade its Car Parking facility first. It's cramped and there's not much of a security for the vehicles parked over there. While returning to take my car from there, I saw one Ambassador trying to park and in the process going and hitting a Hyundai Accent, thanks to the "signals" showed by the security over the

Maybe it's true, maybe it's not... But I kind of get a creepy feeling that the popularity of Cricket in India is losing and losing rapidly. I've noticed it since the tri-series in Malaysia a few months back, leading to the champions trophy and now the South Africa tour. People used to talk about India's performance in tea shops, over SMS', while chit chatting. I mean, anyone who walks into a pool of friends on any given match day, can listen to all those expert opinions. I don't see that happening now. Maybe one reason is India's recent form and their dismal performance. One more reason that I can attribute to it the overexposure that cricket is getting through the Visual Media. Almost all the news channels have a cricket based program and the newspapers also report on them extensively. Other than the hardcore cricket fans, who can also take India's failure into stride, a layman who wants to tempter his patriotism on a weekend is not ready to digest this

I am planning a total revamping of Peak Day Blues, with a clean template and a domain name registered... What I've in mind is www.peakdayblues.com... But I want your opinion guys.. If you have any suggestions regarding domain names and what kind of template/articles you want me to provide you with... Pls do leave it in your comments section... Yeah, I know most of you are lazy enough to comment, but take it as a request from me so that I can provide you with better info/entertainment going forward. Other Plans: Getting people contribute in Guest Columns (any1 intrsted?) Adding some promo materials once the domain is registered... T-shirts, caps etc... just to spread the word around..

Google, the incredibly cool company, where everyone wishes to work these days has come up with a corporate video where it details its work culture - 20% free time - free food, creche, and all other things about Google... Do watch it

Indians roads are famous for their narrowness and potholes, and the driving only gets tougher when it rains also... I catched a video of a big traffic block right outside KG Campus a few weeks ago... Read more

Yes my dear readers, now you can watch all the videos I've uploaded into YouTube at any time by clicking on this link ... Don't forget to bookmark it... It's got videos I've featured in this blog, plus some unpublished ones too...

I've been posting a series of videos on the Kings & Queens contest we had as part of Diwali Celebrations in my company... Now here's the final one, where the winners are declared.

Found this funny dancing skeleton video... real hilarious

I missed out this great news of Zee Spots picking up Ten Sports....

I still get shivers watching the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" where our own New Delhi is picturised as a place with heavy snow!! We've had ozone layer holes, tsunamis, storms, Katrinas etc. all around the world.... But Sweden's disaster went unnoticed by the world newspapers... Click here to read from a person who was affected by this

Yippeee.... Now I can have my daily dose of chocolates without "anyones" permission!!

Coming soon to a blog near you... Life Is Reel what you think??

Ram Jethmalani, the high-profile Senior Criminal Lawyer has taken up the sensational Jessica Lal murder case and has twisted and turned the case on its head and promises to give all the masala elements of a Bollywood movie. Leaving that apart, I really admire him for the interview he gave to CNN-IBN, where he just bashed the Fourth Estate!! Click here to watch that amazing interview. I especially liked the way Sagarika Ghose's face turning red! A few quotes - "Who the hell is the Press to deicide who is indefensible?... I am a great lover of the Press and a great lover of the freedom of speech and expression. But please recognise your limits." "He (Manu Sharma) is entitled to the services of a good lawyer. Courts will decide and no Pressman, no editor or television crew will decide." "All this bullshit won't convince me at all."

The Slimes of India is reporting that BPO companies are trying hard to remove the tag of "FUN" from their profile and become more serious... helping them in the cause is Kiran Karnik, NASSCOM chief. Read more "The average age of BPO employee is 22 years. During the initial phases, branding the BPO industry as a fun place to work was a way to attract these youngsters." "With attrition a major problem, we want to make employees realise that the company will do all to make the work area a lively place, but they should understand that this is serious business." "What we are trying to convey is that working in a BPO, its not just a job, its a career."

After contributing to the major downfall of Ajith's tirupathi, its director..per ..per ..perarasu....he was thinking who could he terminate next and..yes....he got our captain and that's the evolution of a legendary universal(tamil) film "DHARMAPURI"... Precautionary steps to watch this film: 1. Four pieces of cotton...(2 to keep in ears...and the rest 2 will be kept in our noses after we watch the film fully) 2. Zandu balm, tiger balm..if possible original time bomb. 3. Itch guard (b'cos paadhi padam paarthu namaku udambellam pull'arikum'). Actors: Captain Vijaykanth (3/4 screen...), Heroine-achacho paavam (not even 4 scenes including songs),comedy..all scenes where captain comes becomes comedy to the core. All other vetti actors (donno what they do ½ time). Moments of the film: 1.) Captain's intro:----- NO Indian..oops..hollywood film could ever try such imagination to project his hero to this level as perarasu does.(u deserve an applause..).while al

I didn't watch the presentation ceremony of the mini World Cup, where Australia won this Sunday, but read about the "pushing" incident which even Sachin felt was a sign of disrespect. Sharad Pawar, a union minister and the head of BCCI, was patted on the back by Ricky Ponting first, signalling that he give the trophy and then was later pushed off the stage by Damien Martyn. Though am not a big fan of Pawar, I think one should respect people, especially when you are in a foreign soil. Does this depict Australian's character or was it a sweet revenuge for the "Hair" cut?? Watch the shocking video -

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity - Albert Einstein

Namma Captain Vijaykant's new movie Dharmapuri is making all the waves and is a rage among youngsters [sic]!! Yes, especially with my 2.5 year old nephew. Yep, my sis-in-law has shown the above image as that of a Poochandi to make him eat food! Leaving that aide, the movie is a hit! Of course, for its non-sense and comedy. Here's a snippet from the movie where the villain shoots Captain. But because he had kept a plate (yeah, a plate) in his tummy, the bullet hits it, goes back and kills the villain!! Sahikallai Thalaiva! Video link via: Chandru

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Cognizant Technology Solutions, which recently gave away free iPods to all its employees, when it reached $1b in revenue is planning to expand its center in Coimbatore and also at other places like Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune with an infusion of $200 million. This IT services provider also plans to up its headcount to 23,000 people in India. Read more

Today, Kerala celebrates its 50th Birthday. The state of Kerala was created on November 1, 1956. So, wish you all mallus out there a happy "kerala pirvai"

Here's the entry of Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi from our Kings & Queens contest! More videos follows... Next up Cleopatra & Mark Anthony! PS: Audio available, but feedble

I got a few follow up comments for my post earlier about Domestic Violence law. The person who commented asked me how effectively to tackle harrasment in the workplace. Well, a group of lady bloggers, along with some like minded guys had started a blog which is making waves in the northern part of India called The Blank Noise Project . What is Blank Noise Project? Blank Noise was initiated in August 2003 by Jasmeen Patheja from Bangalore and a small group of 9 participants, all girls. Blank Noise started off as her final year student project while she was studying for a fine arts diploma at the Srishti School of Art Design and Technology. The project was conceived as a personal reaction to street sexual harassment. What can it do for you? Help you take legal actions, raise your voice and be heard etc. etc. Read their FAQ here