Gimme a break

It’s a Friday. Every Monday I pray for a Friday. And of course it does come. I plan the whole week on what I must do and whom to meet on weekends.

I love Saturday’s most of all weekdays. I get up late from bed. Read newspapers leisurely. Laze around and be a couch potato til noon and get ready to go out on shopping. I was a shopping-freak and loved to go out until last year. This year I hardly had found time and a good company to go out on shopping. And the reason is…I’ am married. Marriage changes everything for a woman. I think it is not vice-versa though. Guy remains the same. I was a complete brat and assumed laziest person on this earth. Never did in my wildest dreams I imagined I can meet someone who is not just lazy but with whom I cannot even compete with. That of course, is my husband dearest.

When I do tell him this, he laughs and says “I warned you before marriage and you’ve not believed me. It’s not my mistake”. As simple as it is said, but doesn’t he know ‘change is the only constant thing in life’.

So here’s what I want my husband to do for me:

• Take me to the shopping or out once in a week (window-shopping will do)
(Movies and mobile stores are not counted)
• Please consider opening the main door in the mornings when the maid rings the bell at least twice in a week
• Two times a year, take me on a holiday trips outside this state.
• Cook for me a proper food that I can eat once in a while
• Help me in cleaning the house when I want
• Accompany me to my friends, relatives places and also please attend the functions with a smile rather than attending them feeling like a burden


I have many more to write but let me see progress on this, so that, I can add a few more things up there.

Husbands...huh

I have this question in my mind for sometime now - why do guys pretend to work after marriage?. I know quite a few people who drastically change after marriage. Before the commitment they engage full-time to woo the girl and once she says yes they find it very hard to spend some quality time and they have only one answer -'Busy with office work dear'.

Take for example my husband, he even works while sleeping? Don't believe it, please believe it. He has a stupid phone with a net connection on it. Initially when i saw him checking his mobile at night i got a mild heart attack and when i asked, he replied that he is checking mails as he was expecting a mail from a UK client. Then after 5.00 AM he wakes up again to check mails from his US and Indian clients. He gets up at 6.45 from bed and the first thing that he does is to turn on his laptop connect it to another stupid usb net connection and starts working. I'm his unofficial PA whom he thinks as a magician and has to find his all impt papers, diaries etc (as if I have a wand...choo mantar and i can find his papers.huh).

I have a cook who makes breakfast, he has a problem with that too cos he can leave home only after she leaves ( I go to office before him on dot 7.30AM) and complains that he cannot go to office when he wants to go early ( Liar, I know you waste time watching TV , I know she leaves by 8.00AM). Finally he reaches office at 10.00. Now I wonder what he does there. Before marriage all that he would do is to talk to me on phone for hours and I hardly get a call now, when he is in office (of course I MIND). At around 2.30 when he feels like calling or messaging me, he sends a sms saying he finished his lunch.

Evening: If he finds time (especially when he is done with so called 'Work') he would come on to chat and asks me when am I planning to leave office, and he will come home either after I reach home or just a min before I come home. And then tells me "I don't want you to be alone at home so for your sake i sacrificed my work and came home" (huh). Guess what? He says he hasn't finished some impt works which might explode anytime and will eventually give him bad image in his office. He opens his lappy or would spend hours on that idiotic mobile. Finishes his dinner (One cooked by me...alas) watching TV (and remember remote is always with him). At around 11.30 he sleeps and cycle continues.

What is the solution for it? Is he over working or pretending to work. Give me some advices how to handle the situation.

PS. I know a few of my friends who have similar kind of men in their lives. So its not a case of isolation. I wonder sometimes if i can throw his mobile into a pit. Never can find time for a vacation and I'm sure he will be able set aside some time for me then.

Review: Bale Dongalu

It was a hectic week with no rest and no proper sleep. So when it was end of the day (Friday), I was fanatically looking forward to catch up with sleep and clean up the house. Krishna was working from home on that day and he was waiting for me to take me out to the movie.

I didn’t want to disappoint him. He knew that I wasn’t interested but he couldn’t resist watching the movie. So I had no choice but to go along with him for a 9.15 show at a nearby theater.

Right from the start of the movie, the frames appeared to have poor technical quality.
There was no classiness in the direction or editing, except for a few good dialogues. It was a ‘inspired’ story taken from ‘bunty aur babli’. The story starts with a confident good-looking beauty jyothi (Ileana) who wants to be ‘Miss India’ and is against her grandmother’s wishes to get married. She runs away from her house to go to Vizag and apply for the contest. On the other side it’s Rahul (Tarun) who is son of middle-class parents, who insist him to join in a small time job, which he dislikes. He too comes out of the home without telling his parents and meets Ileana in a train. Both of them get duped by several people on their journey and both decide become thieves and steal wealthy people.

They earn lots of money and at the same time help poor and needy people with an identity ‘Romeo-Juliet’ (RJ). Inspector Yungender (Jagapathi Babu) is assigned the job to track these two people. Meanwhile RJ dupe mafia king pin (Pradeep rawat) and he is after them . How they escape and change for good is the rest of the story.

Ileans seems to have agreed to act opposite Tarun only for money she was offered, She plays her role to perfection but her costumes and make-up were not up to the mark. Tarun had done these kind of roles before so it was very easy for him to enact this role. Jagapathi babu was given a pivotal role and he sometimes overacts, but overall justifies his presence. Charmi is seen in a special item song, which falls falt.

Music is average and is a passé. I was waiting for the movie to get over as there is nothing much exciting to offer. Overall, movie is a bore in the second half and is a disappointment. Probably will run in B and C centers and people will forget this movie.

Verdict: Average.

PS: Krishna loved this movie and wants to watch it again (phewwww). I don’t mind unless he asks me to come along with him. Huh

Karo...re…Jalsa

Karo..re…Jalsa


“I booked tickets online for Jalsa. Tomorrow 5.15 show IMAX screen. Be ready baby”- this was the call I got from my husband on Wednesday morning (April 2). I was excited but at the same time was not able to digest the fact that my husband hasn’t had to try hard for the tickets and he was able to book the tickets quite easily. He is a Ileana fan and obviously you might be knowing by now I’m Pawan Kalyan fan. I watched Johnny the very first day and it bombed, so somehow I was not comfortable with the idea of going to the movie on second day as I wanted this to be a very big hit.


I had some personal work too on the day we were to see the movie (thank god I work in a office where leaves are not a big problem), so I took a full day off. At 4.45PM my hubby picked me up from home and we went to the theater in time (We usually are late huh ). And then he broke the news that we will be seating on ‘A’ row which is literally sitting near the foot of the screen. I hated the first 45mins show cos of the view. Later we were lucky enough to find seats near balcony area.


Movie starts with Mahesh babu’s voice ( cho chweeeeeet of him to lend his voice for another star). Movie’s start was very good. Pawan steals the show from the start to finish. His comic timing is wonderful. I liked the scenes between Pawan Kalyan and prakash Raj. Ileana is used just like any other side character and doesn’t have any substantial role. Though, she looks very cute and fresh in the film. Parvathi Melton cannot act and is there in the movie for a item-song(I still couldn’t figure out if it’s a deram of Ileana or for real Pawan goes to the disco along with Parvathi). Lot was expected about the comedy track between Brahmanandam and Pawan which actually failed to evoke any laughter. But Sunil makes you laugh with his comedy. Pawan’s character through out film (mostly) is of happy-go-lucky types, so he took care of comedy part in the film so no regrets.
The pace of the film checks our patience and the point of story is lost somewhere after the interval and towards the climax.

One can see that this movie has two directors –officially Trivikram and ghost directed by Pawan. Same kind of localities and backgrounds of the movie ‘Athadu’ has been used. Pawan enacted almost the way he did in khushi. But special mention about the music of the film- it’s simply great. Devi has rendered a good music after long time. (though picturization and choreography is a big disappointment). Overall I felt its worth watching for Pawan. Hope it strucks a chord with the masses too.


(My hubby was disappointed with the role given to Ileana, though I was more than happy that she deserves it…he he he he he he he. And dear hubby I don’t wanna watch ‘Kantri’ pleaaaaaaaaaaaase spare me from the headache)

Chiru in politics

I’m one among many mega fans who want megastar to join politics. When the rumor mills began grinding the bitterness and happiness about Chiru joining the politics, I was little hesitant on his decision. What makes me puzzled over the matter is Chiru’s silence. It clearly shows he is very much interested to take an active part in AP’s politics. Right now he is watching the developments to see if people are really fascinated or not. For any celebrity like chiru the name and fame play a vital role. Dirty politics is not his ground and he should also understand a political party is not a one man army. Even if he wishes to do good work, the people around may not help him to do so. He should also come out of the closet and seek help of his dies-hard fans to build a good party.

All the very best Chiru.
Any decision you take will impact your fans, please take a solid step.

Telugu movie review : bommarillu

Hi Dilraju garu,

Let me congratulate you on the success of the wonderful movie "Bommarillu".

I m a normal cine goer who would watch the movie in theaters only when the talk about the movie is good ,and it so happened that one my friends happened to see your movie in the first week itself and has sent an sms saying the movie is excellent .So i went along with my mother . After watching the movie , i kept thinking only about one thing ,the story is definitely different and any producer would think 2-3 times whether the movie would bring commercial success or not .And hats off to you rajugaru , you dared to make this kinda cinema and made it successful too .

Also one thought which made me really happy is that my mother herself felt its our story which was untold on the big screen till now. Each and every actor in the movie had apt roles ,I m adherent fan of prakash raj and kota, especially prakash raj has lived the role .Many spoke about siddharth, i have no hesitation to say he is one real gem who would excel this industry for long time .Bhaskar handled the script so well ,especially last 15 minutes ,he hold the audiences in to his grip .

I also would like to appreciate for a clean movie,as a producer you could have added an item song or double meaning dialogs if you had any apprehensions before, on the story , After very long time i watched a complete entertainer and i have to thank you for this and hope you would enthrall the telugu audiences in the same way in near future with your movies.

Thanks a lot.

Harry potter series : Order of the Phoenix review

I watched Harry potter- Order of the Phoenix on Saturday. Harry was cute and looks like a grown up kid now. But the movie was little dragging. Of course the last 30 mins of the movie was a visual treat.

for potter freaks it is surely gonna be a delightful

Jobs,interview uff tired

I was working till this May’06 and got bored with the night shifts and all the side effects that come along with night shift jobs. Spondalities, backaches, and dry eye huh I can just name few, there are many more things that prompted me to say ‘quit”. With friends, parents backup took a break from work. Initially it was quite difficult for me to adjust to the new life (it was indeed new) sleeping at nights by 11 was the most difficult task. And then it was handling domestic issues. I was completely cut with the rest of world while I was working .No relatives No friends No socializing .So I had to start all these from scratch, My mom would drag me to each n every function/party/social gathering uff it was very hard for me to tell each of my uncles and aunts why did I quit the job and what am I planning next, they would advice me of what I need to do, and would suggest my parents to marry me off and finish off their responsibility. Grrrrrrrrrr. This annoyed me a lot .

I took a break for not just refreshing myself but also to shift my career to what I wanted to do for long time So I enrolled myself into a course which was for almost 1 and half month ,and didn’t even realize when it was over. Then I started feeling that itchy of going back to work but still wanted some sort of practical knowledge, so joined today again for real time experience project

At the same time I had few tempting offers with big shot companies with great pay packages but I would just give interviews for building my confidence and to know my value in the job market, but there is one company for which am giving my best shot nowadays –Google. It has repute of being toughest hiring process ,am already done with initial rounds and today I got a call from them ,they discussed the pay package with me, I was bit taken back with the pay package but since it was day shift and a great company to associate with compromised on amount and said yes, so I wld have to attend further rounds even though this is not the career I thought of, I didn’t want to loose out the chance of working with such a great company My mom asked if I wld get job here would take it, I said I would grab the offer with both the hands.But i said this only not to disappoint her . I started my trials so in case if I get any good offer before this probably I may not consider Google since their process takes quite long time

My mom says she is shocked to see me loosing good offers and questions me “Do you really wanna say no to this job?” she says they never had choices on jobs ,and feels I should not be over confident .But I tell her not to worry and I say Time has the answers and also tell her I believe in consistency .so once I get the right job,I would happily settle down in that rather than jumping from one to another company and would look for growth prospects

Wish me luck

Both me n my friend came out of the interview, She asked where shall we go now,since it was Sunday most of the shops were closed ,she suggested Shoppers stop which is nearby ,took an auto and went there ,did window shopping ,later we even met up with two more friends had chit-chat .it was real fun meeting the old friends .Mama called up and said its getting late better go to my aunts house and stay there for tonight ,It was around 5.00 pm .
It was good idea. I said bye to all my friends and went off to my aunts (my moms younger sister) place. Even my grandma stays with my aunts’ family.

My aunt has two kids, one daughter who has joined her engineering just this yr, and a son who is in III std. When I entered their house my kid bro was lying on sofa, grandma said he is suffering with sever cold and fever, he is the youngest of all cousins and everyone in our family pamper him. When he realized I came he came to me running and said “do you know we bought a computer and we have internet too “. I said I dint know (ofcourse just a day before granny told us abt it), his next question was if I knew anything about the computers .I said I donno much about it and asked if he is interested in sharing his knowledge, he took me to the room where the computer was ,already my cousin was on it, she was trying hard to type in the four chat yahoo messenger windows that were open .
I could see that she is no-vice in chatting, and could imagine how she would be after few weeks on yahoo .I m sure she wld expertise in typing. My kid bro asked her sister to get off from the chair so he cld teach me few things, she was not interested, I tried to convince my bro saying we could do it later but he was adamant, sis got off from the chair and now he started showing me how to turn the machine on, how can one change the desktop wall papers, how can we log in to net ,I was shocked and surprised, and with his way of teaching and handling of the keyboard /mouse skills. I said the same to my aunt
She said he knows MS-Word, aligning the things and inserting the pictures into blank doc. Probably at his age I didn’t even knew,if computer existed .And then it was the turn of my Aunt, she wanted to know how to add friends into yahoo lists and asked me about Orkutting ,I explained her about it , she listened to me carefully ,I showed her how open it is,and we accidentally had seen our cousins scraps, she was bit shocked with which one can be so open on the network and she agreed to the fact that young kids can fall into traps of cheaters and stalkers . So she asked if one can keep an eye or tab on it, I told her about parental control options that exist and other few things. Later it was the turn of my uncle whose knowledge is ok with Internet and computer stuff. But he wanted to know about the music websites and playing Disks and burning them. I have shown him how to do all those things.

My granny entered the room, she is one more reason for buying the computer, many of my cousins are now in far off places including my own sister who is in north India ,when she came to our house once I made her talk to my cousin who is in US using head phones and she could even see them through web cam. So she started asking few doubts and wanted to talk to my other aunt through system .i told her unless they are online we cant speak to them, I clicked few photos with the web cam and everyone willingly gave poses .It was real fun

One thing that stuns me is the way the electronic devices have changed our lifestyles and lives. From a kid to older people, every one has no qualms in learning them .My grandma cant travel extensively any more she misses everyone, but now on a click of a button, she can talk to her daughters, or her grand children any time.I have seen her even handling the micro Owens ,the remote controls , mobiles .It is not out of interest that she wants to learn computers or other hi-fi gadgets ,but because she has no choice whatsoever , no body has time for her , even if they want they cant travel or since most of the cousins are either out of state or country , the only way she can be in touch would be using the phones or computers. But she is happy that now she can talk n see all her children and grandchildren. Yesterday night I spoke to her from my place and she looked really happy to be in touch this way. And of course even her children (my mom esp), too were happy.


I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

To err is human--and to blame it on a computer is even more so.

"If you would nt have stepped down from the car, Unlogo ko mein Aaj dekhletha mam”, Cab driver mused .It was around 8.00 AM, I was returning from my night shift and was alone in the cab. A car tried to overtake our car, while attempting that our cars side door got a scratch, Driver chased that car, has overtaken that car and has stopped it by putting his vehicle against theirs. Two youngsters were in that car( around mid-twenties) , our driver asked them to get out of the vehicle, they obliged him .I was little scared to tell driver to calm down, so just like others on the road I too was anxious to see what is going to happen from car Driver showed them what has happened, instead of apologizing for what they have done, both guys started shouting on the driver ,I knew the driver is alone and I too wanted to help him out ,but how?

Since it was small gulli in busy begumpet area, already few vehicles piled up behind and before us .I wanted to come out of the car and wanted to ask driver to come back but my so called ego was pulling me back. Driver and guys were still fighting, driver asked them to come to police station, They started lashing back at him saying go ahead we know big shots we’ll see what you can do and started being abusive in Hindi and English, Aha this time my blood got cold, Stupids. What do they mean? I could nt hold any more, I came out and asked driver to first take his car to aside, these guys didn’t know that I was in the cab so stared at me, I asked them in soothing voice who are the big shots that they are talking about? No answer. I told them driver was going on the right side and it is possible that they might have not seen him on their way of overtaking the vehicle, they tried to convince me in their English, I told them he is just driver and he lives with the sal paid by his employer and if for his no mistake a scratch on the car can cost him a lot .I guess this sinked well into their minds, they doesn’t want to be convinced but I knew my shot hit the right place. They asked driver what does he want right now, he said car to be repaired ,Guys said they would give 200/-rs ,driver shouted back. I asked him how much it might cost, driver said it would cost more than 200/-.i knew driver is lying, I have told these guys lets give it in a repair shop and they can pay the bill ,Guys want to scrap the incident as soon as possible ,so they asked driver how much does he want-final bid, he said it would cost atleast 800/-,they didnt agree after bit of argument they gave 500/- .The transaction was over .Funniest part was when we were leaving ,driver talking to them so gently,” ok sir thank u “ I smiled ,One of the guy said to me if in case required I can note down the phone no of his ,Oh Yeah I guess now its something else I smiled and the guy smiiled ,I said no not required and we started back.

One thing I always knew in such cases which works out well is the tone and the voice. In this harsh and rude world, we hear good words and soothing voices very rarely. People make things complex. Every one wants little love and affection and bit of respect but expect others to take the initiative. But never think of trying themselves. VERY BAD.

Am frequent visitor to blogs, forums, Orkutting, and communities. People are so free
,they can hide their inhibitions and inferiority complexes and can be what they want to and do what they want, but on what price??? I have seen stalkers, Jilted lovers and beaten friends turning to these forums making others life hell besides living their own life in hell. Being harsh, rude and fighting and insulting others would make them happy. It is to satisfy ones own sadistic zeal. And they cant stop cos it becomes addiction. They would love to see people in helplessness stage and a hapless situation, which gives them kick of a drug.

There is a guy who is very interesting character .I have seen this ‘Extra’ ordinary person in very popular Groups. The only way he can talk is being rude or abusive or in hit back attitude. First I was in opinion that he is from mars cant be from earth, but a friend changed my perception of seeing things in more practical way, He explained me in a detailed way.

The lesson I learnt: We don’t have choice We have to face them . We cant change them also. Don’t even try –there is a danger ,they might turn you like them .

Attitudes – they can be changed but only with ones own permission,we wear it on us so its on us to take it out and one more possible way is being with good people in a good environment.
Life is very small I want to share happiness learn good things , not vengeance ,revenges ,short tempers ,ego’s and attitudes .I m open to change, I know, the words said are not that easy on implementation
What’s wrong in trying?






To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

One more day started ,Since i sleep late i wake up late.its almost 10. 00 now.As usual opened my eyes looked at GOD ,prayed him to make my day little better than yest .Second thing that i do is switch on my cell .Gaaaaaaaaawd Mom called since it was little late that i responded she called landline and asked my Dad if i m awake ,Dad came to my room and said get ready and have your breakfast and left.

Came to living room ,next thing i wld do is switch on my TV .I forgot, its been almost 20 mins I had paste on my brush ,Maid has come to check if im awake to continue her left over work ,she asked "amma brush ur teeth and eat something otherwise urdad n mom will scold u ".hmmm .Point noted madame. she finished her work n i mine .

Turned my system checked if my sis was online ,Yep she is ,Good .Started talking to her ,now power cut ,called her and said abt the fight Me n mom had last night. Mama was little upset with both sisters being online and chatting with people , even if i wld say mama we rnt doing anything"over" or Odd she wldnt agree,Abh kya karenge ,kar bhi kya sakthe hai ?? huh .I wanted to shout sooooooooo hard ,We are not teenagers any more nor kiddidsh.I did tell her many times that all friends are really good,and im very choosy .They help us out with my job trials and also to become better person.Na shes in no mood to listen i had to shut my mouth ,so no talks ,no communication since yest ,she tried to talk but i was deeply hurt and i didnt reciprocate .

Recently Mama n i went to a movie "bommarillu" which was all about a Son and his over protective dad . The movie's story so close to me n mom,She loved the movie,thought she wld be a changed person .Na if parents could make things so easy for us ,No way.I got a call ,she wld ask who was that,I sit on the system she wld ask me with whom r u chatting ,I play games she thinks im doing wrong and wld advice me to learn cooking instead.She wld question me If im planning to get married to any one of those guys who i chat with .MAMA if it is, You would be the first one to know ,She thinks a girl spending her time online is very wrong,she wld nt say that Often but only when she cant hold those questions anymore in her mind she bursts out very angrily,Papa tries to rescue but in vain.Ofcourse i feel as if im letting her know everything that i do ,everyone who is my friend and what am gonna do next.

Now on i wld do things i want to do ,i wld do it more freely .I decided .

Oh no got a call from Mom ,I know she wld ask if I had finished my lunch or not ,I should run now and eat fast
I know i cannot change mama nor my self ,Cos I cant hurt her and I love her
I will do what you want mama ,Yes probably you are the best who knows what is better for me
Will listen to you,but when will I start do things I wanted to ????


I was little apprehensive before publshing blog,but with my sisters green signal going ahead.Love u sis