Mind Reader

This one works for 98% of the population. If it doesn't you are a select 2 % of the crowd.

Think of a two digit number and add the digits. Subtract this from the original number.Add 4 to this number. If you now have a two digit number add the digits again to get a single digit number.

Now think of an alphabet corresponding to this number (Eg.A=1, B=2...etc) and think of a country starting with this alphabet.

Next Take the last letter of the country and think of an animal starting with that Alphabet.

Next take the last letter of this alphabet and think of a fruit starting with this alphabet.

Form a sentence "Animal" eating a "fruit" in "country"
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It's A Kangaroo eating an Orange in Denmark.

B-Schools online

I recently logged in to the MBA aspirant forum www.pagalguy.com after a gap of a year. It was sort of a home coming, since I had personally used the forum to acquire information regarding MBA studies in India and preparation resources. What struck me was the way in which B-Schools in India were using this forum as a stage for online marketing. It is painfully apparent that as far as online marketing is concerned,B-Schools in India are leagues behind their counter-parts across the world. It took third parties like pagalguy.com, coolanvenues.com etc to provide a platform for B-Schools to build an online brand campaign.
Yet the question arises how effective are these platforms? How are these B-Schools going to measure their return on investment? Is it the money they make off selling forms through these sites? Are these promotions SEO optimized? Do the aspirants actually go through the Ad's or do they find it as a hindrance to the normal functionality of the forum.
As I analyzed these questions it became apparent that the key to building a brand image online is to have a open and healthy interaction between you and your
target users. It's really very simple. Between paying Rs.2,50,000 for a huge B-School banner on the top of the forum for a month, and a VIP user status as
Dean/official spokes person interacting in the threads with the potential aspirants which one would you choose? You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure that one out.

Because I still can

Two years later I return to my abode on the net trying to grope my mind for words which come slow and far between trying to work past the rusted machinery called brain which many people refuse to acknowledge that I have but still I claim to possess in those minute instances of ingenuity I show people under "normal" circumstances yet the normal me lies in shwoing my ingenuity in creating seemingly crude yet irritatingly effective ways of creating a wordly masterpiece which fails to impress most but captures the attention of only those who have the patience and knowledge of the skill required to screw around with a human mind to a level which allows them to comprehend the incoherently brilliant pieces work created by unconventional writers who I never knew existed till I read a piece by P.G.Woodhouse which captured my imagination and gave me hope that my "talent" of confusing people would not be lost but I still would have the opportunity to pop a vein some pure bred Queens language loyalist who by a million in one chance happens to read this post all in the attempt to gain a few minutes of fame or infamy as would be the situation and answer questiong looks saying Why by simply saying...because I still can.....

sarcasm..the spice of life
This is an experiment conducted on behalf of all the PJ practitioners...once in a while ull come across a person who after sometime tries to get back to u with a whole dash of sarcasm..no matter what u try..none of ur pj's seem to work and they try to put in some reverse psychology to fight off ur superior wit..some excerpts of the conversation can be seen below

Shakti Srivastava: wats dat..see im asimple gal..n jst tryin to be honest wid you..y don ya accept reality..
vaibhavv4u: ok ok watever
Shakti Srivastava: see ur brushing it doen..dats ur greatness..
Shakti Srivastava: dats how great souls are..self effacing
vaibhavv4u: oh thank u
vaibhavv4u: how nice of u
Shakti Srivastava: hmm but ur nicer
vaibhavv4u: for that i confer upon u the honorory cross of sarcasm with all the compliments of the subjects of pj land
Shakti Srivastava: oh plzz..im not worth ven an ounce of it
vaibhavv4u: i know
vaibhavv4u: 'thats why it weighs less than an ounce
vaibhavv4u:
Shakti Srivastava: ya..u are de great soul hw can i comment on dat
vaibhavv4u: with ur mouth
vaibhavv4u: just open ur mouth and move ur toungue while exhaling
vaibhavv4u: very easy
Shakti Srivastava: ya u can mock me..after all ur de pj king
as u can see ..the subject..lets name her "shakti" has pulled off all stops to put off the veteran...confused but determinbed..he comes back...but every pj attack is deflected.when the veteran tries a bit of reverse psychology again..the subject comes back with more sarcasm..

vaibhavv4u: keep it up
vaibhavv4u: i am enjoying myself
Shakti Srivastava: hmm..one moment u mak fun of me den u tell meto kep it up..gosh im gettin even more impressed n spell bound..
Shakti Srivastava: hmm n im tryin my best to live up to ur high standards of wit. ..n sarcasm
vaibhavv4u: how kind of u
vaibhavv4u: that is so sweet
vaibhavv4u: go on
vaibhavv4u: u r really doing a good job
vaibhavv4u: please put in more
Shakti Srivastava: wat more ya..u don undertsnd its so tuff ajob fr me..my pea sized intellect jst can fathom more
at this point the veteran is about to quit..but then from somewhere deep within his conscious comes a voice..dont give up..u can do this..with renewed vigour he continues his attack..then no reply..after a few more posts the veteran realises that somethng is wrong..maybe the subject is thnking..planning a big attack..maybe the subject is scared and ran away..then suddenly there is a buzz

Shakti Srivastava: hey sry gt dc

then the veteran realises maybe fate shielded the subject from the brunt of his attack...he decides to pull off..after all its always better to remember..
"every dog has his day"

gd/pi at bajaj

hey guys..just had my gd/pi process on 23rd at jamnalal bajaj college...we were given 2 copies each of 2 forms..one was a basic information form..other resembled a cv with a few questions behind..we were supposed to fill up the basic form before the gd and the cv type form between gd and pi ill get back to the questions later...for gd ours was supposed to be a group of i guess 18 people...according to numbers on the seats set up but only 6 had turned up..we were given two topics..dot com or doubt com?? and should ragging be banned....we were asked to vote for the topic..3 choose the first(including me) and 3 choose the second..i decided to try convince the others to take the first..but as i was doing it.my two supporters decided they liked the second topic now..so it was decided..i sat back but then noone spoke up..so i started stating that we cannot ban it completely since noone can define ragging and initiation pranks seperately..so it would be a folly..i was supported by a gal and opposee by a guy..and that was the way 95% of the time went..the 3 of us discussing with the rest hardly speaking up...at the end they asked someone to summarise at whch point i decided to sit back(since i had enoughn points and panelists usually ask a non participant to summarise) when out of the blue the guy next to me asked me ..why dont u summarise..taken by surprise i put in bits and pieces and somehow completed a sentence..hopefully it wont affect my score much..then we filled up the form cooperatively (cudnt help it..the girl was really sweet and good looking) their details were as follows..
first we had to fill in acaedemic details
and then the questions were
1.>write briefly about ur family background
2>write about your acaedemic achievements
3>write about ur extra curricular achievements and the highest level achieved
4>what was the most significant event in the past decade of india's history
5>what would help make india an emerging global power
6>write about ur strenghts and weakness
7>tell why would u make a good manager
then came the interview..two panelists.. a man and a lady
1>asked me what backgrnd i had and then to describe bsc chemistry
2>asked me my marks in cet and then asked "so u have a good chance at bajaj" i replied i hope so
3>ur father has a factory of dyes so why did u not do msc???
justified..
4>but small scale doesnot need mangement?
i said but to convert it to large scale we do need
5>if u were pm for a day how would u improve the economy??
6>questions about my extracurricular achievements
7>do u know maharashtra mla's and the portfolios they handle...i had no idea abt the portfolios..
so they asked ok..in the central govt..i cud name 4-5..they said enough
interview concluded..lets hope i score well...

why??..........because i CAN!!!!!!!

For some inconcievably irritating reason my insanely sane brain decided to concieve this mindboggling hair tearingly nonsensical post to tickle the fickle imagination of rational people in a wierdly irrational way so as to make my lame blog game for some seemingly embarrassing but practically hilarious reading so as to relieve many of the overcrammed dangerously jammed brains of people by making them read the thoughts of a person going thru his supposedly occasional but seemingly regular moments of insanity while he tries to force his brain to stop convincing him to do something useful in his uselessly boring life and convince himself to do something uselessly constructive so as to enjoy this short beautiful life by experiencing every joy of doing nothing and making sure he does nothing of everything that life may have to offer so as not to miss a single moment of nothingness which infact is a sure shot way of becoming nobody while at the same time going gung ho about the fact that nobody is perfect and relishing another fact that he is a nobody which in a wierd twisted way makes him a somebody speaking of which before somebody pops a vein or breaks something i'd better stop this strong dose of brain laxative and go back to my perfectly imperfect life and planning how to do more of nothing..why...BECAUSE I CAN

The code

Hey people...i'm sure most of those who are reading this have at least heard of the book Da Vinci Code.Those who havent read it yet are sure to be waiting to watch the movie..but now all of a sudden there is a furore over the release of the movie...all the catholic churches have now started this campaign to stop the release of the movie....much like they objected to Harry Potter..and the Hindu groups had objected to fire..but c'mon people gimme a break..when will they learn that more they object the more people will want to see the movie...as they say..no publicity is bad publicity...besides since when do people..politicians,priests or whoever have been given an authority to judge what a person should see or read...besides strong faith can hardly be moved or affecte by a single book or a movie..as far as i'm concerned there is no code for behaviour basd on faith or culture...what matters is how you stick to your OWN principles...GOD has given us a brain for a reason..to make our own decisions..this holds true no matter what religion u belong to or what language u speak....so make ur own decision...be who u are wht u are no matter what cos thts all that really maters.