Insha..

Why did I get a pet Dog? is one common question I encounter everytime I say that 'I stay alone' with my pet Dog 'Vinca'. Vinca is 3.5 years old now. She is a Japanese Spitz by breed. Very alert, active & adorable pet. So how did it all started? When I moved to Pune back in 2006 monsoon, I stayed with friends on bed sharing basis. Those ten days also included daily 3 Hrs of to & fro travel & tasteless tiffin food for dinner. Well it was only me complaining everyone else was content with it! Without delaying any further I shifted to a split 1 BHK house in outskirts of the City. Then the question was who gonna be my room mate? How am I gonna get one? One source was to post at internal company news group which I did. And yes there were few responses too but none were interesting enough! Not that I was looking for a lifetime companion :) but none fit the bill mostly due to their habits or origins. So a month & half passedby without any room mates. Then a thou...

The journey was tiring, being fifth time within 3 days. Finally I had finalised a room to rent on for my further stay at London. Though Oxford is not too far, but too many traffic signals at both the cities make it 90+ minutes of travel to city centres. The bus service which I usually take has double Decker buses with reclining seats and other safety features. As I see it, people love to travel in top deck which makes it ideal to relish beautiful sights in and out of the cities. There was this couple in the next seat plugged into iPods, who kiss and cuddle in regular intervals. It is this action which reminded me of the aquarium which I maintained for almost 7 years until I finished engineering. We still have it; the difference is mummy looks after it now! It is a very common sight in this part of the world, where people express love for each other in public. This particular moment reminded me of a fish called "Kissing Gourami" which we once had in aquarium. It’s quite a popu...

It's very common to see someone away from his family, friends physically and/or mentally in pursuit of personal mission, accomplishment. Unexplainable, irresistible force drives an Individual to a totally unexplored domain for an accomplishment which only that individual could feel and relish. Many have achieved it with dedication, hard work & perseverance. This lifestyle stirred me when I saw a documentary about Antarctica. Most of the people are scientists working on some amazing theories, thesis, concepts & technologies. And few were carried away to this far away place for numerous reasons. And there was a story on Penguins which is truly intriguing. Usually penguins cross large planes of Ice to reach the ocean at the offset of winter. During such expeditions, few land up in some strange places from where there is no way back as they will be stuck in thousands of sq mtr of land (ice) with no sight of ocean anywhere. One such penguin instead of following other penguins to...

I was watching a documentary on side effects of a sweetener called Aspartame which is commonly used as replacement for sugar. I haven't heard of it before until I found out that even I had it just two days ego in the form of Sugar free Sprite!! No wonder I felt bit impatient which actually cost me an Interview (bit of exaggeration :)) Nowadays Diabetes has become such a common disease that we get to hear it from every other person to an extent that at least one person in every home suffers from it. And no wonder it is infecting even the age group of 20 - 30 Yr olds. Well I'm aware of only one of its type which is increase of Sugar level in the blood and the lack of Insulin to stream it. How Diabetes is associated with Aspartame? Well not directly, I was just wondering who all might actually fall prey to Aspartame consumption...I thought Diabetic might be one of them. Ok. Let me break this up. Most of the sugar free products(like Diet Coke, Pepsi, etc.,) which we see actually co...