Cubicle Adda@Office

Just reminisce those beautiful days we had spent during the off periods in our schools and colleges. Just feel those wonderful days which we had spent in college canteens and games periods in schools. Those were really one of the most fantastic days of our life. I wish I could bring those days back.

But now life has changed drastically. Life has become very much monotonous and mechanical with reaching office at sharp 10am rushing to check the inbox if there is any mail from onsite. A day with no mails from onsite is like a virtual holiday. Usually, onsite mails means requirements and workloads which can make you busy for the day and exhaust by the end of the day. So the day your inbox is free of these onsite mails you are on a virtual holiday. But these virtual holidays come its own limitations. You cannot bunk your office and go to watch movies. Neither can you spent more time in office canteens nor in tea stalls. Maximum time of these virtual holidays are being spent in the cubicle pretending to do some work .After all company pays you for your 9 hrs of presence in the office. Again don’t forget someone is watching your activities. Your PL is no less than your class teacher in school. He can inform the principal of your school i.e the account manager of your account which in the long run can badly affect your mark sheet…oops!! Not mark sheet dear!! Your rating and time span in your project/account.

But after all, we are human beings and we know how to keep ourselves happy. We know how to adjust ourselves in such adverse situations. It’s all about maintaining a good rapo with the people around you and discovering some colleagues who are as enthusiastic as you are in celebrating a virtual holiday. And to add something spicier to your celebration, you must have some luck enough to get a good cubicle. By good cubicle I mean a place somewhere near a corner where your activities cannot be monitored easily. One of my friends is always unlucky in this case and always ends up sitting beside her BOSS.

A Cubicle ADDA consists of many topics: technical discussions, personal discussion, general discussion and many more. It varies from age to age and gender to gender. Very common discussions are like whose Boy Friend did what? Whose wife says what? Who is going to onsite, whose is moving to which project, discussion about just released movies etc. A typical girlie talks are like who has bought what in the Durga Puja Whose in-laws did what. Some other general discussions are like whose Pl is cool whose Pl is” khadus” bla bla.

Some restrictions are definitely there. You cannot talk loud; you cannot laugh in high volume. Some topics are like this which cannot be discussed 100% at your cubicle. Hence the remaining discussion has to be completed in the tea stall. If your Pl is cool then sometimes you can enjoy the cubicle adda openly and on certain occasions your Pl also joins the discussion. But if your Pl is a strict class teacher your dream of a virtual holiday celebration can be a total disaster .Even if you have no work or feeling bore you still have no choice but staying bored glued to your cubicle Unless and until your Pl is going outside somewhere.you have to wait- “ ki kab pl cigeratte pine ya chai pine jayega aur tum khulke adda mar sako” and when ur pl returns all team members are ought to be back to their respective places. But it has got some other charms. You feel thrilled when you do something against the rules. Whether it is a secret affair hidden from your parents or secret adda or doing something without your Pl’s knowledge.

Anyways whatever be the situation whatever be your surroundings whatever be the circumstances just enjoy your life.

“Life@ Radio Fm”

All of us know “roti, kapda and makan” are the basic needs of our life. But in today’s life these three are no more the only basic needs: mobile phones, internet and ofcourse Radio Fm have recently but significantly got themselves placed comfortably into the list. I can’t think of a day without any one of these. I can still remember those old days when I had used to listen to radio for just one hour a day before going to bed- and unfortunately, sometimes even missing out that one hour entertainment. How I loved to listen to the programme “Aap Ki Farmaish” in Vivid Bharti where a particular song, requested by a group of people, and the host announcing those people’s names in a single breath before broadcasting the song “Is gane ko farmaish ki hai (this song is being requested by) chinki, pinki, pappu, sabita, dabbu”. However, songs were mainly from old Hindi movies. But with the increasing affordability and availability of Television and other entertainment sources, radio was almost on the way to history. People started using Television. Transformation of Black & white TV to color TV, then cable TV, internet, mobile phones etc brought in a paradigm shift in the taste and preference of people. People almost forgot about radio.

But scenario has changed drastically after FM came into existence. Radio once again revived and stood up with the same glory it had once in the past. Breaking through the competition-gelled list of TV, mobile phones, internet etc, FM placed Radio once again at a level much sorted after. In fact Radio FM has now become no 1 entertainment medium for the young generation. It has re-engineered the boring image of radio to a full packed entertainment image. Now don’t get any more bored with playing the same CDs, same cassettes again and again. Radio FM gives you total surprise strings of songs- you just don’t know what will be the next song you are going to listen to.

For me Radio Fm is no less than any energy capsule. I use to travel almost 3.5hours everyday by bus. Hats off to my patience. “201 Jainabad”. 201 is the bus number, the only direct bus from my home (@Begharia) to my office (@Salt Lake). Travelling in local trains @office time is just like going to a war without any weapons. But one of the reasons why after such a hectic and monotonous journey I never feel tired is because of the FM in my mobile phone. All you need to make sure is that you get a seat to place your ass comfortably. But sometimes problem is still there. Buses are so crowded during the office time that even if you are sitting you can feel someone’s hand falling on your head, someone’s bag beating your shoulder and so on. Think, as you are starting to lose your temper and about to burst out your anger, the song “ Masakali Masakali” starts playing in one of the FM channels: I swear your anger will melt down like an ice and you would feel it’s Masakali doing masti in your head and shoulder

There are many fm channels- each wanting to increase its no of listeners. So all of them try to broadcast more and more hit numbers. Competition exists in every field. Competition between FM channels means we will get to listen to more and more musics. It becomes more colourful and more entertaining. Today Radio FM is not restricted to just oldies. We can take the maza of all kinds of songs. You can enjoy your favorite songs just by changing or scanning the channels.

Listening to FM (in mobile phones) while doing coding is becoming a new trend in software companies:Really, Radio Fm has brought a revolution in the world of entertainment. Here I have tried to cover many things but still left many. Why don’t u post your comment along with some new ideas…..

Story of the birth of Lord Hanuman

This is my first post to my dream blog.Here I am sharing a small story about our beloved Hanumanji.
The story of the birth of Hanuman goes thus: Vrihaspati had an attendant called Punjikasthala, who was cursed to assume the form of a female monkey — a curse that could only be nullified if she would give birth to an incarnation of Lord Shiva. Reborn as Anjana, she performed intense austerities to please Shiva, who finally granted her the boon that would cure her of the curse.
When Agni, the god of fire, gave Dasharath, the king of Ayodhya, a bowl of sacred dessert to share among his wives so they may have divine children, an eagle snatched a part of the pudding and dropped it where Anjana was meditating, and Pavana, the god of wind delivered the drop to her outstretched hands. After she took the divine dessert, she gave birth to Hanuman. Thus Lord Shiva incarnated as a monkey, and was born as Hanuman to Anjana, by the blessings of Pavana, who thus became Hanuman's godfather.