Yamaha FZ - Lord of the Street

Yamaha FZ16 Midnight Limited Edition

It was year 2009, I was in Hyderabad for training, when I saw FZ for the first time. The time i saw it, I got curious to know about it. After some research, I gathered all the information about it. The brand name Yamaha, Its rear thick tyre and its Leopard look made me crazy for it. But that time I could gather information only :) . Days, months and year passed but my craze for this bike never ended. I got job. But I had some other priorities, so could not think of spending 85,000 rupees for bike. Few  months back one evening in office some brain attack :) came  and I thought I will buy a bike. I discussed my parents, gave all the logic to convince them for a bike. I spent almost half an hour on phone for it. Finally they were ready. But the Question was, Which bike?

I said, 'I have three options Pulsar, Apache or FZ'. But I like FZ.

Then my father told to gather all the information about that bike and advised me to purchase on Dhanteras ; a Holy Day which comes one day before Diwali. My father wanted me to buy Hero Honda Bike (Which is Hero now) or Discover.

I told every one is having Discover so i will not purchase it :). Finally my search started. I liked the FZ look, but i could not invest approx 85K just for looks.

Then I started enquiring with people having these bikes.
TVS Apache : I asked one of my colleague who is having Apache 160. He told me that its good but requires more maintenance. Its engine has some problem as it gets older. And personally i dont have much faith in TVS.

Next Bajaj Pulsar: Well first thing about pulsar is that every 3rd bike is Pulsar, So you will never feel that you have taken new bike. It is a good bike, its successful but it has gone old now.

And then Yamaha FZ: Well this is a new bike, with Yamaha power, having leopard looks. Its a clone of Yamaha FZ1. It's really Lord of Streets.
Good power, fast pick-up, awesome balance and fantastic control of FZ makes it better than any bike of its range. Its thick rear tyre adds more control and balance while riding. Its more comfortable then any other bike.

Well in FZ we have 2 models, one is FZ16 and other is FZS. Among these which one?
If we talk about old fz16, the only demerit was that it was not having kick start. But now in all models we have this. FZS come in dual color. Having some graphics. FZ16 comes in single color. For those graphics it costs around INR 2000 extra. Luckily for Dewali Yamaha lunched Midnight Limited Edition in Golden-Black Color in both the models. I liked the color. And for that edition in FZ and FZS there is no any difference other than the tank sticker which contains one extra S for FZS. So I finally decided to go with it. I paid 85,000 which included 3 years extended warranty, Buzzer, grip cover, Seat Cover, Leg Guard, engine guard, bike cover and Teflon Coating. And then I took my bike out of Showroom. Its start sound made me feel happy. Its smooth acceleration was awesome.

I read full user manual and following all the instruction to knock the engine.

Its really a good experience with Yamaha FZ. I will recommend to go for it if you really want somthing new and best. Its mileage is 35KM/L in city. I have gone to a max speed of 115KM/Hour.Being a small bike in length we can easily move in traffic. I bought my FZ in October 2011. Its 10 months now, I am really loving it.

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Arranged Marriage :- A Crucial Decision "Whom to Marry?"

(Applicable to person belongs to Republic of India and Looking for web Based Marriage)

There are times in a person's life when he needs to take crucial decisions on his own. Marriage is one of them. Believe me, the decision on whom to marry is the most important decision a person will make in his life. After marriage, your wife is the most important person in your life. She can make or break your life. The mere thought of this is very frightening.


Some of the questions that crop up are - a.. What sort of a girl do I marry? b.. Will she adjust in my family? c.. How can I decide on a girl by just meeting her for a few times? d.. When should I get married? e.. This is my life. So, I should choose the girl I marry, but then what if I make a mistake? .. so on and so forth. I will try to address these & many more questions in the following sections. The Nine Rules of Arranged marriage.


Rule 1 - Magic no. 28

In an ideal scenario, a girl goes to college at the age of 18. By the time she graduates, goes for her post graduation and/ or works for 1-2 years, she will be about 23- 24. This means that she has spent about 5 years away from her home. In the 5 years period, she would meet many smart guys at college or during her first few years on job. So, in all probability it would be difficult to find a good girl older than 24 yrs. Secondly, in Indian families there is lot of pressure on the girl's to get married by the time they become 24-25.

Statistics says that there is a generation gap after every 5 years. So, in such scenario, one would prefer to marry a girl who is about 3-4 years younger to you. Thus, working backwards, an ideal age for a guy to get married is by 28. Earlier the marriage, the better it is.

Well, as we all know, in the current market scenario, there will never be stability in our career. So, I believe there is no such thing as, "I will marry when I settle down".

Rule 2 -- Subset of marriage-able girls

At times you hear statements like, "I am not getting the right match, I will look after 3 months, I will find a better match then". Well the truth is otherwise. The subset of unmarried girl looking for a match is fixed. From this subset, there would be girls who would get married & there would be new girls added who would be looking for a match. The net result is that at any given time, the variety & number of marriage-able girls are fixed.

Rule 3 - Competition for girls

Like all other facets of life, there is lot of competition for good girls. So, if you are looking for a girl who is post graduate, done her Engg, is working, very beautiful, smart, from a good family etc. etc, just think again. There are other guys who are also looking for similar girls & probably they are better off than you in terms of career, looks personality etc. Given a choice every guy would like to marry Aishwarya Rai. So, set your expectations accordingly.

Rule 4 -- Understanding girls

You would have met a lot of people during your life. As we all know, its difficult to judge a person based on a few meetings. I am sure you would agree with me that in case of girls it is even more difficult to understand them in a few meetings. I know people who are still trying to understand their wife. ;-).. Understanding your spouse is a life long assignment. So, then how do you select a girl based on a few meeting? This is where you need to take the help of your parents/ friends & latest technologies like email/chat to choose your girl.

Rule 5 - Society expectation

The selection process is tough on every one who is involved in the process. In arranged marriage, involvement of family & society is pretty high. You can't meet a girl 3-4 times & then say no to her. It is bad for her future. So, you should have a good short-listing criterion. Meet only a few girls & be sure what you are looking for. It is for the benefit of everyone involved.

Rule 6 -- Marriage between equals

Unlike love marriage, in arranged marriage you also marry into the girl's family. In arranged marriages, family support plays a major role in ensuring a successful marriage. This is where the compatibility of social status, family values & caste/religion plays a major role. Its important to note that in case there is a perfect match between the two families, the marriage is destined to succeed.

Rule 7 - Know yourself

Unlike love marriage, in arranged marriage you first marry a person & then fall in love. So, it's very important that you do a self-assessment on the kind of person you would love. They say, "Opposite attract", while they also say, "Bird of same feather flock together". So, you take a call on what sort of person you like. Take a pen & paper; write down the kind of attributes you are looking for in a girl. Say, she should ideally have the looks of Sonia, the style of Monica, the voice of Sheena, the patience of Rashmi. You will certainly not find the perfect girl, but then you would have a good idea of what you are looking for. The secret here is to set some minimum criteria for selection. Don't forget rule no.3 here.

Rule 8 -- Girl's Beauty

A girl's looks attract, but then no one wants to end up marrying a dumb It is like buying your bike. When you initially buy it, you are crazy about the looks, but later on you love it for its reliability, fuel economy & comfort level. Similarly, a girl's looks are important, but then it should not be the most important criteria. Later on in life, you will get bored of her looks. It is then that her personality & behavior will make all the difference to your marriage. I am sure your parents will be able to advice you a lot better on this topic.

Rule 9 -- Taking advice

As I have mentioned in the next rule, it's very important that the final decision on whom to marry must necessarily be yours. However, don't do the mistake of isolating yourself from the world while planning your marriage. Discuss with your parents & very close friends on this issue. They are your well wishers. Secondly, in such important matters its necessary that you analyze all possibilities. Remember, I am not suggesting that you follow others' advice, but don't forget to take their advice. 


Rule 10 -- Own decision

All said & done, it's your marriage & your life that is at stake. Once you are married, you & your wife are the only persons who will be facing the music. Don't marry a girl just because your parents or friends asked you to do so. After marriage, if things don't work out & you end up saying, "It's because of my friends or my parents that I married you", then your marriage is destined for disaster. If the girl is of your choice, it is you who will be responsible for whatever happens. That's when the marriage works out perfectly. So, ensure that you marry the girl of your choice. How to approach the selection process?

From the day, a person decides to get married; the selection process takes a minimum of 3 months. The whole process needs a lot of patience & commitment. The ideal steps to be followed are:

a.. Definition phase –

Define the minimum criteria for the kind of life partner you are looking for in terms of education, physical appearance, social status, family values, future career plans. Remember the Rule 3 here.

b.. Lead Generation phase –

Place ads in various newspapers, magazines, websites, through friends, family friends, family societies & association etc. You need to exhaust all possible means of getting bio-datas at one go. Remember the Rule 2 here.

c.. Short listing phase –

Based on your selection criteria, short-list the interesting bio-datas. The general process followed for correspondence is as follows:

1. The initiator sends a one page profile of himself/herself.
2. Based on the profile, the receiver sends his/her one page profile along with request for detailed profile, photo, horoscope.

3. The initiator then sends the requested information along with a request for similar information. 
4. The receiver send similar information.

5. If the bio-data is selected, it is passed over to the next phase. 


A.. Casual interaction phase –

Based on short listing, about 7 to 10 bio-datas are taken forwarded to this phase. The next step to follow here is to exchange email/ chat ids. The guy & the girl then interact for 10 - 15 days to try & judge mutual compatibility through email/chat.

B.. Family interaction phase –

Based on the earlier phase, about 5 leads are taken for consideration in this phase. During this phase, the parents get involved & check the background information about the families to find mutual compatibility.

C.. The dating phase –

Based on the earlier phase about 3 leads are taken forward to this phase. During this phase, the guy & the girl interact by going out alone for 2-3 times. The guy needs to prepare a set of simple questions like who is your favorite star, what are your hobbies? He needs to use his judgment to analyze the girl based on her responses.

D.. The D-day phase –

Finally, the D-day comes when the guy has to select the girl he wants to spend his life with. If the process if followed systematically, there will be no ambiguity in deciding who should be your life partner.

Finally, my dear friends, marriage is all about compromises. In spite of all the planning that you do, there are a lot of uncertainties in a marriage. In fact this is the best part about marriage. Just remember that the person you marry must be of your choice. In such case, there would be no going back for both of you.

A few words of advice: To make your marriage a success; just believe in the age-old virtue, "Never do anything to others that you don't like for yourself".

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Don't be Serious, Be sincere.

Don’t just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order.

There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if your mind is full of tensions.

"Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same is with life where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die.

One thing about nurturing the spark - don't take life seriously. Life is not meant to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up? 


It's ok , Bunk a few classes, scoring low in couple of papers. Goof up a few interviews, take leave from work, Enjoy with your friends. Fall in love, little fight with your loved ones. We are people not programmed devices.


Don't be Serious, Be sincere. 


Speech by Chetan Bhagat.

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Airtel Digital TV

I remember my first mobile, It was reliance CDMA. The year was 2004. I used Reliance CDMA for 2 years. Then I joined B.Tech college and got a chance to use GSM mobile for the first time in 2006. One of my friend suggested me to go with Airtel. I started using Airtel and I could feel the difference. The voice clarity was awesome, connectivity was brilliant and signal strength was good every where. And from the very first day I became Airtel fan and till date I am using Airtel as my primary number. Now I am in Bangalore. I brought a LG LCD TV, for entertainment and mostly for the upcoming ICC world Cup-2011. Then I needed a Disc connection. I inquired a lot about the different service providers, like Tata Sky,Airel, Dish TV, Reliance etc. And finally my faith on Airtel GSM service compelled me to go for Airtel Digital TV. I booked one. Once you bring a Airtel Digital TV, the CC people will ask for Address of Installation. They will ask for pin code to locate their nearest dealer. Then they will book your installation. They will give you an ID. On that ID you have to Recharge your Initial Package and monthly rental onwards. The same process was followed for me but I did one mistake. I was asked for my area pin code, I was not sure about the pin code, and instead of 560068 I gave 500056 which is pin code of Hyderabad. And then my problem started. They booked my installation in Hyderabad. Airtel Technicians started calling me from Hyderabad for installation. That day I understood the real use of pin code :). I spoke to Customer Care to change my Pin code. But something else happened. In their terms, my ID got corrupted (Which is not logical in our terms). Any way, as every CC people say; they also told  “we will solve this problem and get back to you soon”. New LCD TV was there in my room waiting for AV input signal. You can imagine my feeling, I spent INR 13,000 and from past 4-5 days only thing I could see on the screen was black display when there was no power or mosquito flying if i switch it on :). Every day I was calling 2-3 times to Airtel CC but there was no progress(from my angle). Then one day I got an Idea. I searched for Sunil Mittal's email. I got few. I don't know which was correct or all where fake. I added few more as sunilmittal@airtel.in, mittal@airtel.in etc from my side. Along with that I kept all 4 zone MD in loop and wrote a mail. Here is the content.

My first Mail to Digital TV CC.

Hello Sir/Mam,

I am not getting what is going on in my life. First My ID was corrupted on
19-Nov-2010(in ur database). Some how you people managed and on 20th
November evening I got massage that DTH will be installed on 23rd of
November. Today On 22nd November I got a call from AP ( I think from
Hyderabad) who was asking for the place where he had to install DTH. I have
given the Correct Address (detailed Address). When I checked with your
Customer Care People, they have given a pin code of Hyderabad instead of
Bangalore. The have given 500056 instead of 560068.
Now when I told to update my profile to Customer care executive, he told me
that he is unable to update my profile.
Now I came on http://www.airtel.in/digitaltv and tried to update my profile,
here also some error is coming that ""We are sorry to update ur profile
right now, please try later""

Now I want to ask a simple question.* Had I done a mistake in choosing Airtel Digital TV??*

I am using Airtel mobile service from past 6 years, thats g8. But what u DTH
people are doing?

Update my profile ASAP.
Here is my full detail

Ajit Kumar Dubey

H-No-

Street-

......... etc etc

And I want my installation as soon as possible, Max by tomorrow

Thanks

Ajit Kumar Dubey

My follow up Mail to all nodal officers including Sunil Mittal 

Hello Sir,

I have gone mad after choosing Airtel Digital TV. I dont know who else
but these Bangalore People(Airtel Digital TV) are just playing with
it's(Aitel's) big name and its valuable customers.
You people can check that I took the connection on 22nd of Nov and
made many complain in CC and to nodal officer.
You cant believe that from nodal office of Karnatka, I got two system
generated mail only. No body even care about the customer. Some how
yesterday some technician came and installed the STB and other tolls.
But when they tried to activate the STB, the CC people said that My
Account has been expired. And again the story began. I started calling
the dealer and CC people. Some body told me to wait for 30 minutes and
few convinced me for 2-5 hours. But the problem has not been solved
yet. Its 8 days and still I am unable to use Airtel Digital TV. Sunil
Mittal is spending crore of Indian Rupees for logo and theme songs.
But these people are wasting every thing. I am a supporter of Airtel
but in future I will never advise anyone to go for Airtel DTH. And on
Monday I am going in consumer court.
I am trying to get the email address of Mr. Ajai Puri to send this
mail. Please help me and give me the working mail address of Ajai Puri
and Sunit Mittal.

Thanks with Regards
Ajit Kumar Dubey

You can not believe the effect.

I got call from some senior technical guy. He was on call and created a new Id for me, transfered my money in that account. And told me that today only the whole process will be completed. He called me three times. And finally the whole Installation got complete that day itself. But the account was not active so I could see only channel no. 100 which is Airtel Digital TV channel. I could see how to use remote, how to use the wonderful functionality of the Set up box :). It took 24 hours to get ready to show me the common channels. And it was Saturday. In those 24 hours I saw the user guide so many times that i remembered whole thing.

At the last the common channels started and from that day I am very happy with Airtel Digitl TV again. The picture quality is superb. Set box is small and having good response to remote also. My LCD is not HD, but the picture is so clear that every body get confused thinking that its a HD tv. I took North India Pack of INR 221 monthly. Its having almost all common Hindi channels, News, Entertainment, Music, Sports, Lifestyle, Information, Kids Zone etc. Few months back I changed my room. Had to reallocate my Airtel Digital TV also. I called CC, gave the new address with correct Pin code this time. They charged 300 for relocation. Now I am enjoying it.

I will recommend Airtel Digital TV over any other. I have heard that Tata Sky i also good. But Reliance is bad. Personally I am very happy with Airtel Digital TV also with me LG 22' LCD.   

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Side Effects Of Getting A Job

It’s a long time I have not posted anything here. The reason is easily predictable. Last written post (Not copy Pasted) was written when I was not in Job. Now I understand the meaning of  “Students Life Is Golden Life”. These days I am not getting time for even myself. I remember the time when I was in College. We had no restriction of time; actually we had no restriction for anything. Whatever we wanted to do, we did, either it's a Class bunk for no reason or for a reason like trip/tour etc. Those days we were having everything, the only guilt was; not supporting our family economically; rather we were taking money from them. But now I am in job, the only thing which I am getting now is money, rest all is gone. Any way it’s the normal life. We born, we start from KG's then SS then College and then a good job.

The other side effect of getting a job (specially a software job) is that your belly will be visible when you wear a T-Shirts.

You will not get time for you hobbies.

So above description states a few basic side effects of getting a job. But that is not all. The biggest one is something else (at least for me as of now).

I stared my career as a trainee/Intern. After few months of getting job my mom started asking me about my marriage. The questions were simple but the answers were very complex (same as our university papers).Qu- When you are planning to marry? What type of girl you want? And many other question related to this topic. That time it was easy for me to answer. My answers were “I am not settled, let me get settled first; Let me get some proper salary package; Then only I will think of my marriage".

But real problem has begun now. My training got completed on 11-May. I was also offered a good package of 3.6L/A. But my mom was silent. But I could feel the storm behind that silence. I knew the reason. My mom and My Dad were planning to come to Bangalore. They had to go to Rameswaram, Tirupathi, Kanyakumari etc. So the ticket was booked for 27-May. Finally they reached Banglore on the expected date. Those days I was very busy in one of my project. So in week days they did not get time to ask much on the marriage topic. And in weekends we were out for Some Location (Tirupathi, Rameswaram etc.). After that my dad returned back. Every day my dad was calling my mom and asking for my choice of girl. So my Mom started asking me.

This problem is the biggest side effect of getting a Job. This Side effect, affected many people. After my dad returned home, there were around 40-50 people reached him for my marriage in just 2 weeks. The people who are close to my family, they are saying ‘we have already seen a good girl for Ajit'. And as people are approaching my dad, he is putting pressure on my mom and as a result she is putting pressure on me.

And at the last whole pressure is on me indirectly.

Now it can be also asked that why I am not telling my choice. Honestly saying I do also not know how to get a girl of my choice. I thought a lot but did not get any proper answer. I know what type of girl I should marry. But I am not getting any criteria to find that girl.

Because the entire requirement is software related.

Here I am listing the features:-

1. She should be down to earth.

2. She should be intelligent (She should really be; not she should think that she is)

3. She should be understanding

4. She should know how to respect every one specially elders.

5. She should be versatile (i.e. she can adjust into my family culture and also different situating which comes unknowingly in the life.)

6. She has a thinking to live as family (My family definition include My Mom-Dad and Sisters not like only Husband-wife and children).

7. Along with this she should be smart (Smart thinking, smart dressing (Indian), and smart by looks ).

8. We are a village cultured family so she should be ready to adopt that also.

These are a few qualities, but the problem is; there is no parameter to judge these qualities. Now, what I will say to my family. Any way I tried to tell these qualities to my mom. lets see what happens.

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