Mansarovar Heights 2 - secunderabad

What if someone has to write about their place of living... no no not your about your lavish bunglow or VILLA, am talking about an RARE High Rise apartments in Hyderabad.... What High rise in hyderabad and that too 300 plus flats... this is amazing.

But thats true.... concept of 300+ people staying in one place is quite familiar in Mumbai or now in Bangalore, but in hyderabad its rare. And MH2 is one of those.

When I came here first to see the flat I was not that amused and astonished because the surrounding area was not that attractive and GOODY feeling. But when Ramu took me to the flat I liked it in one go... why because of its size and the way it was laid the flat I am saying. Very few places you see flats are as independent as in MH2. Can't beleive it just went as casual approach to see and withing one week I purchased the flast from the owner.


Unfortunately I left Manasarovar heights Mid of 2007, and was hoping to be back on April or May 2008... Well that didi'nt happen and I am slogging in Bangalore right now

Ramgopal Varma - loosing his grip on movies

I was in 11th Standard when I went to see this movie SHIVA, and was completely blown out seeing the movie.... what a sleek direction and what excellent screenplay. This was because in the 90s the Hindi Film was on dying stage and no films had a class… That was the first time I was really appreciated Ramu (Ram Gopal Varma)’s works and had become a fan of his movie… then came Rangeela which OK can give full credit to Aamir’s Mumbai accent… but was not that Ramu kinda film.

Satya was one film which everybody knows was of one man show of RAMU to bring Manoj’s character a greatness. COMPANY was yet another class film which nobody can make it better than RAMU. Then second film which I liked was SHOOL and then even MAST was really MAST. For some reason I didin’t like some stories of Darna Manna Hai… some were really good like the one of Nana Patekar and Saif ali’s story. Lastly Sarkar was no doubt good if you see character wise but did not have the punch in story and moment you feel that story is becoming gripping it ends abruptly…. This is where I felt RAMU has lost his touch a bit.

One reason maybe that the class of HINDI film is raised and there are many RAMU like people who are giving some good movies. But the main problem with Ramu is that he keeps on takingthe same topic and ends up the film in a mess. Maybe he uses more directors and moves more on research. But you might have noticed that Film climax is pathetic in Ramu’s latest movies not all but mostly… like if you see ROAD. It was an excellent movie to start off with but as you went ahead the movie was going no where. So I feel while doing something different Ramu has lost his touch…. Though I haven’t seen Amitabh’s Nishabdh as yet…

I have this feeling that he is capable of doing some excellent movies but he tends to overdo at times. Solution to this might be that he should now concentrate on being the director himself and not rely upon others like his assistant to direct. Take a new subject (Not LOVE or SHAADI or GANGSTER) add in your flavour and then people will enjoy it…

But he is one of the best directors among HINDI film makers and I always like to see his movies.

GADWAL - Real Adventure cum Fascinating experience....

It was exactly some 8 years down the lane year 1998 when I was going to Badrinath. They call it Gadwal area. I was with my parents and some of my dad’s wierd friends who were not very interesting people… infact very boring people.

So lets get to the subject, I was a bit down when I agreed to accompany them… because what I heard of these Pilgrimage centers was not that encouraging for a young person (OK I was young 8 years back )… but as I traveled, though being alone that experience was absolutely amazing. Let me tell you why ???

First we went in the scorching MAY month and landed at Delhi…. Ooooh Delhi and May month horrible. But then I didin’t feel happy about the tour until as we progressed ahead from Rishikesh. Firstly it was very steep hilly area and we were told that it was an JUNGLE. And the drivers went on to say some stories about how Wild Animals would obstruct their ways during driving and how they could move ahead… When we moved ahead I could see one thing that was FOLLOWING us…. it was the River Ganges… gosh the sound was so powerful that you could feel that some waters were sprinkled to you. Great simply great and the fact that the water was very close to road that you could feel that it is following you or you are chasing it…

Then those small towns which used to come in between. Suddenly you would feel that you have come to city. Then those SADHUS walking on the streets… I was told that these Sadhus walk for months to reach Badrinath..

We had to stop for the night as that area was restricted to night driving because of attack of TIGERS and that happened to one of our drivers. We hired 4 cars and one got repaired and he had to go some 50 kms down to repair it. So we were sleeping in a open terrace this man came at around 11 pm and told an adventures story…. While driving he met an TIGER in between the road and he had to wait until it went. And it came closer to his car. He was so frightened…

So back to badrinath after 16 hours of traveling…. Was CHILLY absolutely CHILLY and We could see ICE mountains and then there was a HOT spring near the temple which was amazing and we felt so relaxed after having bath.

The thing was reaching there you will feel that you are not in earth maybe another planet… such is the beauty of Badrinath… Guys don’t miss it. Need to visit. A must to see for people who like Adventure a bit and Fun while traveling and Enjoy traveling

Graphic/web Designer or User Experience Designer

Sounds a bit confusing for all Non IT people or also some IT managers who fail to understand the difference between these 2... Well to an extent even I get amused or confused sometimes when people ask me what do I actually do in IT.

I used to say them that I am a User Interface Designer then after some time name became sophisticated... became Interaction Designer. Finally people would sum up and say ooohhh... so you are an web designer. It becomes very difficult for me to explain them and finally I surrender.... YEAH I say I am a sort of Web Designer with a disgusting face.

But to be precise what I do is design websites or applications or portals or whatever relating to interactive medium... keeping USERS who will be seeing or using it... but does it really happen... you create some designs as per Usability guidelines and many a times its controlled by the customer. But doesn’t matter I make sure that at least 70% of what I do is been implemented if not 100%.

But I enjoy doing that no cribbing I am daam serious…

To be very frank Designing was not my cup of tea 10 years back….. I was very bad in drawings and in my schooling days my drawing teacher used to hate me. So again the point arises…. So what do I do then in JOB…. MAN MAN this is getting a bit weird. Things changed when I luckily got into an Advertising company, don’t ask me as what? Yeah as Data Entry Operator. After slogging for a year in there as FOX PRO data entry operator…. Got into designing BILLBOARDS (In India we call them Hoardings) and then DOT COM happened and then I was pushed to IT.

So name it User Interface or Interaction Designer or Analyst ….. finally (Zensar’s so called Usability LAB) got designated as Usability Consultant… sounds COOL right

Gopi