Beyond illusions

We will open our eyes,
See beyond the horizon
And sit in our castle’s porch,
Knowing from where we rose,
That finally we reached where we chose,
Albeit the illusions and the remorse.


For the strength of an illusion lies with the perceiver,
And somewhere in there we always want something better;

Click here to read the full poem 🙂

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The great LOL challenge – winners!!

Ladies and Gentlemen!

*drum rolls*

So finally , yes finally we have the results of the great LOL challenge 🙂 Before I announce I would like to thank Indyeah and Solilo 🙂 Without them this wouldn’t have gone anywhere 🙂 Indi a big thanks for your help in organising this 🙂 And of course Solilo thanks for the wonderful badges 🙂

Now , first I would like to announce the honorary awards(yes you didn’t see that one coming did you ? )..

They are Quirky Indian and Gauri 😀

Next , the LOL cartoons/illustrations winner 🙂 The winner is a dancer , singer and of course now a housekeeper….

…and the winner is…OG 🙂 For his post “Desi Touch”.

Next we have the short posts , category 🙂 The only video entry for the contest ..and I should apologize to him as well , because I forgot about the links he mailed me 🙂 Anyway

..the winner is…. Vimal for the video shot in his office.. 🙂

Well now we have the winner for the long post category..The winner tries to be first where ever he goes…yes yes guessed it

….the winner is…. Hitch/Dhiren for his post “the times of fatherhood”..

And finally, finally ,we come to the big one…The jester among us..the person who makes us laugh day in and day out..It was a close race this…

*tigers roar*

The winner is…Dhiren! ( as OG suggested you have to do a post on cross border terrorism!)

Thank you , thank you everyone participating 🙂 Without you this wouldn’t have been a “success” . But as they say things should come to an end…Hopefully we are back with another LOL challenge soon 🙂 Till then Laugh on ya people! And again congrats to all the winners! 😀

The great LOL challenge – votes please!

Latea vandalum latesta varnum (Even if you come late , you should come with the latest ) and so with typical Indianess( latitudes and longitudes don’t have any bearing on that)  , we(Solilo , Indyeah and me) have finally managed to choose and categorize the posts , so without any further dialogues or sceneu here we go…er forgot , the last day to put your vote in is 5st of July(plently of time 😉 ) … anyway another important thing , if you feel someone else nominated earlier deserves the vote , you can say so in the comment section(and if a lot of you say so and if that is greater than the winner in the poll , that person wins 😀 )  , so even if we have made a mistake , it is corrected .

Cartoons : –

1)kokonad’s – http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/2009/03/gadgets-become-self-aware/

http://www..themattefinish.com/blog/2009/05/love-hope-agon/

2)ambitextrous’

http://ambitextrous.blogspot.com/2009/04/illiterate-scribe-now-in-xkcd.html

3)OG’s:-

http://quintessentialhope.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/desitouch/

4)Gopinath’s:-

http://whatnonsanz.blogspot.com/2009/04/getting-board..html

Short Posts

1)http://allabtpj.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-luv-u.html (PJ’s)

2)http://vimalsparadise.blogspot.com/2009/01/scariest-movie-part-8.html (Vimmuu)

3)http://tysonice.blogspot.com/2009/04/keep-walking.html

4)http://www.themattefinish.com/blog/2009/03/gadgets-become-self-aware/ (Kokonad)

5)http://ambitextrous.blogspot.com/2009/04/slumber-party-ii-return-of-pjs.html (Rukmani Ram)

6) http://indianhomemaker.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/so-how-old-are-you/ (IHM)

7) http://www.phoenixritu.com/2008/07/27/my-elder-sons-wedding-part-2/ (Ritu)

Long Posts

1)http://hitchwriter.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/the-times-of-fatherhood/ (Dhiren or Hitchwriter)

2)http://quintessentialhope.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/football-tales/#comment-1839 (OG)

3)http://vinodksharma.blogspot.com/2009/04/vote-banks-and-mothers-wars.html (Vinod Sharma)

4)http://orangeicecandy.blogspot.com/2009/01/where-are-you-from.html (Parul)

Jester’s :-

1)OG

2)Diren

3)Rakesh

4)Vimal

5)Anshul

Important : – Leave the topic you want the winning jester to write about in the comments!!

The great LOL challenge – update 3

Thank you for participating in the great LOL challenge 😀 Frankly I didn’t expect this kind of response but thanks to Indyeah (the smiley lady) the response has been something which has put a huge smile upon my face . I presonally have had a great time reading all the posts 🙂 I can surely say it is has been a great success . 

Now the hardest part begins for us . We need to categorize and choose posts for the poll . So while we take the next couple of days(okay , I am a bad liar , lets say it might take anywhere close to 100-150 hours 😆 ) to do all that , there will be a final category for nominations , THE JESTER OF BLOGOSPHERE .  

You can nominate the blog of your choice for this category in the comment section of this post (the comments in the other post is closed) . Oh! well lets make this interesting , the winning  jester will have to do a special show ‘ post ‘ on the topic given by the voters (LOL 😛 want to nominate yourself ? 😉 .

So once again thank you all for participating ! 😀

The great LOL challenge – update 2

First of all thanks for the great response everyone! Second of all sorry for disappearing , went on an unplanned ‘holiday’ for the last couple of days(and needed that too! 😀 ) So now back with my batteries recharged (and ready to be humoured 😆 ) .

So back to business , seeing the amount of entries we have decided now to extend the deadline to Monday (18th) 21:00 hrs ISD . So all those of you who have been busy/lasy to submit your entires , get going now 😀 

And since by tomorrow by this time our country will have a new P.M. , we are going to allow all those with political wit to have their say ( make sure it is good taste though ) . The only condition on this being , that no old posts are allowed for this ( as I am sure all of you will be writing about it anyway 😉  ) .

For those of you who don’t know yet , submit your links here.

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The great LOL challenge – update

Well since , we haven’t recieved many entries till now , I guess it is time to let old posts be counted as well 😉 That means you can nominate your/others  older posts for the challenge 😀 So time to think about those old jokes again 😉   . 

 

And with regards to rule no.1 and 2 , i.e.

1) The jokes should be clean , i.e. No dirty jokes ,no Adult jokes .

2) Try to make share/make jokes which won’t hurt anyone . Use your sense and judgement .

Just do your post and if we feel it ain’t that bad,we will allow it (just write it anyway , you are going to make people laugh!) . 

So happy laughing only 7 more days to go! Get contributing people! (leave the link as a comment in this post) . 

 

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The great LOL challenge

Well now that the smiley lady is back , we have decided to lauch the blog-o-sphere’s first LOL (laugh out loud) challenge  🙂 . 

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So it is time for all you cartoonists , writers , video makers or well anyone  , who has taken to blogging to come out with your best and for the next two weeks make everyone laugh their heads out . After the two weeks we will have a poll to decide who is the best jester around (if we get enough entries , we might even have category wise polling ) . 

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The rules:-

1) The jokes should be clean , i.e. No dirty jokes ,no Adult jokes . 

2) Try to make share/make jokes which won’t hurt anyone . Use your sense and judgement .

3) Give links to all copy righted materials you use . 

4)You can share anything you want , just that it should make people laugh . The more you make people laugh , remember more the chance you might get people’s vote . 

5) Originilaity is encouraged . So if you are good at telling jokes , record and post . If you are good at coming up with cartoons , share them!

6) remember to laugh along . 

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The time period:–  Now( 14:15 GMT , May 1st) to May 15th(00:00 GMT).

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The phases:-

1) May 1st – 15th . Posting and leaving the link here. 

2) May 15th to May 22nd . Polling.

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So what you waiting for ? Come on let us laugh out our stress , worries and whatever stupid thing life throws at us . For the next two weeks , let blogosphere be a place of happiness 🙂 

And for those of you who aren’t exactly jesters but want to take part , you can try to compose posts using videos / pictures etc which you can find . Remember the only criteria is you should make us laugh and ya rule #3 . 

Come laugh along!

 

From new camera1

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What do you see?

Take a good look at the pic , what do you see ?Can you recognize anything ? What do you think about the image?

sambar magic(the tale of thondiraja)-part-8!(spoof)

Read part 7 here.

 

The king heard the sage speak out.It was the best speech he had ever heard,not even the home minister was capable of such,not even Obama was capable of such,not even ,not even,the Martian who tried to take over Earth was capable of such,not even ,not even,there was no comparison left, “ha! such wisdom” the king thought to himself.

To others around him,the king seemed lulled like he was watching a 4 hr Hindi movie, like the snake who was charmed in the street corners on some country, like poor people at the hands of corrupt politicians or kids on orkut getting hacked. And all the while ,the king was dreaming of a coup, that someone was talking over his kingdom. 

It struck the poor king,he burst out, ” What do you call a brahmin boy who can write with both his hands? ” 

The sage looked pleased,”ha so the spirits have woken up ,have they” , he said in a deep baritone,as if the moon had flown away. ” I know the answer,to your wit, ‘ ambi-dexterous’ (ambi – boy/man) ..ha ha ha,such wit,welcome to the land of thondi,whom am I speaking to? ” 

” This is the great spirit of thondi raja’s great to the power of 100 grand father,How are you oh! sage,you look as young as you were,when you made Alexander go back! My ,I remember,you were wearing those Chinese silk stuff,when did you change fashion?” 

“OH! I change my fashion,as it comes. My fellows rule the world of fashion you know.You want to go to Milan ,watch a fashion show and play football with Beckham,I have some passes for you.” 

“Ha! no,my time here is short.I am using a Prepaid connection and my we have recession in heaven as well,so before they lock me out,I need to get back. We are asking for a bailout,but since elections are approaching and the parties are busy wasting money on campaign posters and false promises…anyway,This is what I have to say,anyway,oyi, my son,do you hear me? ”

” yes thatha( grand father).”

” On the 5th full moon from today,go and climb the great peak of thondi and stand there,with some of your French wine,Swiss cheese and Thiyirsadham,that day we shall upgrade to the platinum thondi member. Be well dressed ,the special angles will be there and oh! they likes bribes,so have some nice gift handy for him.”

” oh! I shall do as you say thatha,but one problem,I do not take or pay bribes,I have been inspired by bloggers to not do so.I refuse to pay bribes.” 

“Ha! that is sad,make your choice,I have to go,my balance is almost over,my I should change connections,waiting for number portability..bye..”

The king woke up from the trance . He left so fresh, ha he had such wonderful ideas and he got the message,he dutifully recited it,like some sacred hymn,lest he forget it! He left as if he was growing younger by the day,like Benjamin Button…

Suddenly there was a blast and a gunman appeared,he placed the PK-A7 on the kings head and with a wild laugh screamed “Game over”….