born again!

yeah yeah...this is like a new life man! quiting a regular job and doin my own thing...oh yes that's what i've set out for now. so inshallah! but i should mend my ways i guess...gotta start the day early...need to put in more effort...but its tuf when one's alone at this. also miss office space and facitlities. need to set up all that soon...ok now let me go find the dough for all that!!

helluva weekend?

yeah...so it all started with losing 2 grands on card game...close to gambling actually with friends. Had no intention though. Then caught a movie - khosla ka ghosla...good one. great characterisation...very dilli characters.

One friendship gone sour...well it never even developed to that...jumped the gun i guess. Sleepless, tired, bored all at once! Wazzup with life man...needs to rock...literally...ack to music bit...guitar needs to be cleaned up...gatherin dust now. Need to quit this week as well...well that's a decision for the week ahead...the sooner the better! And then on my way......

Click!

that ad's been on my head for a while now. axe click...the ad is so us!! ha ha...the track 'gangster of love' is also awesome. raw r&b feel...good good. so monday is here with the usual chaotic feel about it. but its just the feel...one does not have to give into it! but life can sure be better. can't we just get up and start doin what we want...by th way...mittal of Bharti says - 'do what you love to do and not love what you are doin'...if he says that it must be true and relevant! so will this week be better...somethin exciting maybe...miracle!!??

Omkara!

Saw da movie. Brilliant. Bhardwaj does it again. Good music too. All characters are sketched skillfully and deeply. Powerhouse performance by Saif, Konkana, Ajay and rest...in that order. Oh btw, saw Konkana in mumbai airpost some weeks back...justa fleeting glance. That day saw...infact...met Sivamani too. Got autograph and stuff...wonder y i didn't clcik a pic with him.

tgif!

yeah...friday is a great day indeed...but what the heck...weekend is full of action again...shoot in mumbai on sunday! dat means i'm off on sat...friday is chuggin along so far...ususal s&*^

my band featured in ET!!

INDIA INC GIGS TO ROCK’N’ROLL


Shreya Biswas NEW DELHI


Money, it’s a gas/Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash New car, caviar, four star daydream/Think I’ll buy me a football team

WELL, to twist that Pink Floyd wisdom a little bit, Money Inc has gone ahead and floated a rock band for itself. Closet rockers in the corporate world are coming together and the HR mavens are spotting yet another opportunity for employee retention. Enter a new clutch of in-house rock bands — Pink of Hutchison, Algorythms of Infosys, Bandchoz of JWT, and Motorola India’s MAD, among others — who are increasingly making their presence felt within and outside their respective companies.
Globally too, bands like The Raving Daves (PeopleSoft), Negative Feedback (eBay) and Spurious Freedom (Texas Instruments) have made their mark in the dog-day world of rock’n’roll. Back home, more are joining the rocker’s league — Genpact, Convergy’s, Flextronics and EXL offering more examples. And some have taken it to the next level by participating in
concerts like Seagram Corporate Carnival and Touchbass. Some even nurture dreams of rocking at the Fortune Battle of Corporate Bands, the touchstone for amateur bands. HR mavens, however, are more excited about the bonding that happens at the workplace. Analysts say the trend helps bring in a sense of harmony in their professional lives and motivates them.

Positive HR initiative by companies


“IT’S ONE of the positive HR initiatives that companies are taking up. Such efforts provide an outlet for pent-up creative energies of employees. More importantly, it’s also a strong retention tool for companies,” says Manpower India executive chairman Soumen Basu.
Conceptualised as just another idea to extend the list of fun things to do in the company, JWT’s Bandchoz dreams of participating in international corporate band challenges. “The idea of having a band was to have fun at work, but the guys have taken the job seriously putting their heart and soul into creating music,” says JWT senior VP & area director, Delhi, Rohit Ohri. A year old, this band with a distinct name, (deliberately done so as to be identified as a Delhi band), has participated in Seagram Corporate Carnival held in the city and performs in-house gigs.
Motorola, too, allows its employees live their passion. The group called MAD, music, art and dance, has a 12-member team that performs at in-house gigs and puts up shows to liven up the office atmosphere. Says Motorola’s HR head Raghuram Reddum, “Life goes beyond work and music is an important medium to showcase your creativity. It’s an initiative that allows extending the college age and gives you due recognition while you are still following some other vocation.”

Tuesday, 22 Aug 4:24pm

yet another client meeting...good goin so far...on work front...ceteris paribus....