Haggler zone'''


Being a committed haggler that I am, by virtue of my


upbringing and belief, I  never buy a product which can be


 bargained for a price lesser  than   one quoted by the retailer


.Well some find it unworthy and few high heeled people wont care 


to get into the complex process ,but i am a  hard core stubborn pro  the whole 


theory,unless it involves going to elite showrooms or malls which state a strict 


no no to the strategy.....


The whole fun to a shopping experience lies in getting a commodity at a price 


cheaper than one quoted by the shopkeeper .The kind of boost it gives always 


gives you a high that u r a smart shopper.Not that i am an exhaustive hard 


liner negotiator but certainly i do imply basic constituents of the business..

First being the behavioural tact....  which entails all the adjectives of disbelief at the 


price,quality and authenticity of product  .Ranging from supercilious sneer 


to ,uncomplimentary resolve to buy the product.And believe me the farce has 


to be strong don't have to go weak at knees,otherwise the beauty of the trick  is spoiled.




Then the actual game theory-----------Common grounds, when you desperately want 


to buy the product and show nonchalance, Na!!! not the one i am looking for ,don't 


you have more etc etc..... and if ,the shopkeeper is keen to sell the product (which usually they are)....


he will want to convince you with the merits . that 'z it !!!He's is your target don't let 


him dodge the ruse!!!

Next the anchor or the first pricing by the shopkeeper always remember that 


it is not the divine call your craft is put to test now,,,,,,


Imply all known strategies with tact -the concession strategy ,counter buy 


stratagem and the finale walk away bait. Try to keep the haggling zone within 


win win  limits.


 Remember do not become an outrageous warrior, u have to evoke the right 


kind of emotions ,be polite yet assertive,deploy a little charm probably flirt in 


good humour,or a little banter to establish a relationship of cordiality.


Keep your bargain range not to contrary keep it within limits one can settle 


for,don't meekly accept the shopkeepers refusal. Be convinced yourself that 


haggling is not impolite,and don't make it one do not ever trounce repeated  


remarks  for gaining concession.


Ask for warranty of the product try finding an authentic fault and portray it 


illustrious in front of the shopkeeper believe me they really cannot beat this tact 


most of the times.
Now when you see the shopkeeper is in a combative mood himself do not 


beat too unnecessarily around the bush.
Just grab the deal and walk away folks...

GUYS REMEMBER SOMETIMES ''
                               U may have asked for the sun  and might get a moon''
                               Enjoy haggling don't give up,keep it up don't give up soon''
                               Don't be shy when you got to buy,
                               Pry ,Pry,Pry so that later  u don't sigh!!!!!


Till then enjoy shopping and refined haggling...:)

AUTOMATING COMFORT

SUPER  US''

Fretting,fuming the usual delay every day,  yet accommodating few things to avoid the delay  to so many other things .....and that  wearing away energy***.Ahh,  I sometimes think alas some kind of fairy for the Cinderella at home.


Most of us are on the go,from the time our alarm rings we hone skills of multitasking …..be it spooning food in our pesky kids ever speaking mouth,or  to fend for the bigger kid our better half who seems bitter  after salvo of unexpected demands …..be it arena of your kitchen,living room or your house in all everything seems to ask for more and more time of your' s…...

And whether working or house wives we wish alas apart from the ever swindling Bais and maids we had something probably some kind of equipment to make our lives easier……………:( .Do not worry ladies here are somethings which caught my fancy hope it helps you too…:)

Tmio’s latest invention----------- Smart oven:

TMIO-SMART OVEN

This is the latest version of smart oven forget your old microwaves ovensTMIO-The maker of really intelligent oven has launched a smart version of ovens  incorporating intelligent features of intelligent cooling with refrigeration  along with features of oven and non the less to top it it is Internet connected along with telephonic remoting!!!!!!!!!!!

Now what is that you must be wondering??????? Well imagine the scenario u get late from work or probably from shopping (most of the times my case),you can keep your prepared meals in the oven use the chic touch screen panel to turn on the refrigeration,to keep food fresh all day  and hour before going home dial the Tmio number to turn on the temperature so that when you get home a delicious ,warm ,aromatic food awaits you .………………….now that is sure a wow and thumbs up from me ladies imagine the time saved taking out food from fridge transferring it in micro, heating it , it surely is a smart device.

::...O my !!!I always forget one thing or other,there are so many things on my mind that I surely forget this or that…na whose got the time to sit and write ,mobile reminders????? I hardly reply messages ,what to say write a paragraph on things, chill ……no sweating,if you suddenly realize oh my I forgot cocoa for cake and the desert going to prepared was  for your hubby’s boss**** well ladies we   will all probably spend some time painting our nails rather than writing a boring grocery list,won’t we……

In that case  here something g smart for smarter ladies_VOICE  RECOGNITION GROCERY LIST ORGANIZER

HMM.... I WONDER IT CAN ACCOMMODATE MY LIST???

You just need to speak to it and it will search through it list of 2500 items and store what you need on a list,be it food ,beverages ,beauty products .The product will be recognized by a voice recognition system.It can also add errand to the list be it stopping by the library or at the bank.Even if you need two separate lists it can be done.

::...Early morning all one needs is a cup of coffee to gee away the laze and come in form  but who likes to pay details to strength of coffee sugar or  milk .With half closed eyes all we do is put all things together and boil making it bitter inedible syrup which goes it sink half the time and cribbing by spouse.Hmm quite a scene in  my house… and if you and spouse share different taste twice the efforts huh…..:?

Until I decide to buy the SAECO XELSIS DIGITAL  ID THE COFFEE MAKER that really cares- its touch panel has a finger print scanner that memorizes  the amount,strength for people. It brews one cup at a time just a quick touch and it even displays the name prepared.Its stainless steel design,mirror finish ,cup warmer ,ceramic grinder ,self cleaning tank make it all the worthwhile…..

THIS IS GOING TO SAVE MY HUSBANDS MARRIAGE...

And finally to top it all with ROOMBA THE I ROBOT-drop the mop ladies here is ROOMBA THE I ROBOT-vacuum  cleaning,floor washing,pool cleaning to shop sweeping name it  and it does it magic magic it works like a Jeannie-its cleaning process preps the floor pics crumbs and debris,washes the floors with clean water,scrubs it and scrooges the floor wow what could one ask for………….

ROOMBA BABY WORK FOR ME....:)

Isn't this cool,it sure is pick up what you need for your house or wait till the prices of these products slash down .Till then ladies keep panicking.........

Sleaze Mentality

Novelty or newness  always demands infringement from patent rules or norms.If you are lucky  enough and your novelty hits a right cord great,and if otherwise way May God help u ….

I was quite surprised or must say amused rather at honorable NCW  (National Commission for Women)  chairperson Girija Vyas  petition passing law enforcing indecent representation of women act amends to restrain vulgarity aired on  national TV viz shows like Rakhi ka insaaf ,and Big boss aired on  TV..VULGAR is a word for me that probably carries varied interprets  .Mrs Vyas suddenly seems to have woken up .I believe with the entry of Pamela Anderson's in big boss  a name every baacha crossing teens also knows..not only in L.A. but in India also…..

The examination framework of paradigms of moral values needs to be revised guys come on its twenty first century,every thing is so transparent to kids these days that changing times of two shows is hardly going to change things when adds of Kamasutra and other alike products  are aired openly and we are watching them what is so wrong about these shows?


The verbal offense hurled by Rakhi seems lesser in magnitude than the kind of melodrama of exaggerated emotion one witnesses when honourable member of  legislature  hurl pots and chappals on speakers…believe me I haven’t seen something as obscene as that.I marvel the indecent spectacle,...... what kind of trp they get engaging themselves in a phoney brawl like this?  for inviting  media hype  to thwart their interests...

Poor Pam, na I should say rich Pam who has managed to make a fortune by being in news for all wrong reasons, should  she be blamed more or we people whose desirous ogle eyes keep watching her .Be it shows,pictures,videos and so on Internet  or TV.


Why should she be blamed? It is we who  more making her bimbo persona magnify to quantum leaps. And this is what she is en cashing,she is well aware of this as she candidly reported to a Mumbai reporter that her obvious assets get her inside a room ,that is what all of us tune into to see don’t we??????


Of course the protection of her assets is her own problem, and what she uses them for..... to promote herself, or her five bouncers whom she pays.


 Isn’t it the liability of those armchair critics who crib about vulgarity,to keep responsible account for the viewing.

 I read a post recently on face book of one of a  kid,kid as he is not in his teens,(the social networking site so damn popular that we all crib about the puppy ) and still keep it
,which left me a little shaken ,he  wrote  in his post that'' Education is like a prostitute it needs hard work ,hard f***K and money” outrageous words enough to scandalize me !!!!!!!!!! as in his age what kind of hard work is expected is different ,pity the parents but isn’t it the responsibility of we parents to check the incline of our children?


 We want to have best of both worlds which leaves our future generation opt for haywire ideology.The riveting fascination for money fame,education makes our pursuits sedulous ,and we provide our children with laptops ,TV's ,mobiles,empowering them,so much so that its sometimes difficult to follow them all the time ,making it obvious for them to fall prey to such temptations.... Which me and you are also addicted to, I must sheepishly admit.

We all are also falling prey to spicy temptations,just like  Mark  Zuckerberg  the inventor of social network site face book fell and hacked into data bases of various residents hall to download pictures of various females eventually to put algorithm named ''face mash'' later called face book. He also fell in hands of temptation  time and again to expand his network only to make him a  damn rich guy…

We are pass' only Doordarshan age there is cable,Internet in most of the houses and schools ,how do we stop our generation ?Well I think we have to give up our sleazy mentality and try to stop beating around the bush..no Pamela Anderson or Rakhi Sawant can spoil today's adults mind .Its for us to decide  where to draw a line and take up individual responsibility.Why should we blame others when we ourselves are not playing in full deck.


We sometimes talk as if our kids were born by a boon blessing'' ayush man bhav''.We all know about the stigma issues in India like sex, how they are dealt with  we fail to impart rightly education and address issues like this,making them all the while fascination domain for youngsters....


Pamela 's arrival at Mumbai airport caught such media frenzy and scuffle that one wonders just another human being and such hype?

Why scape goat a couple of shows for cultural assassination,when the evil or felon lies somewhere within ourselves too….Folks stop vilifying others ,try and leave your sleaze mentality.

 Pseudo aristocracy’

 Whenever you party or celebrate an occasion you are exposed to  large group of friends ,colleagues  who follow similar profession,alike interest and you can say in forums like parties tend to share the same kind of space..

Each time I go to a party or host a party instead of the well preserved  visual  lively countenance,which I struggle to achieve my soul gets more dampened  ,dissuaded sometimes..

The chliche’word page three culture has invaded  our lives so much that those who don’t follow it are probably  considered dumb  "asses’’.,who would get people shriveling  away from them leaving them in their own shell more withered ,shriveled..


Btw coming back if you r the host be prepared your party is going to be a ground for some to settle scores of their  biased beliefs ,while for some a good forum to flash their achievements and intellectual rigour .Few might preen airily their  assets {referring to physical as well as material assets).Though physical assets r more obviously flaunted by the  discerned fairer sex via clothes viz a viz shoes,accessories purses and so on andon….can be listless

I find it strange how some people can only share resonating views with their bosses or probably their bosses wives?It feels so damn shallow sometimes to see these people focused and batting endlessly to impress the arbiters  to achieve their veiled intent…and would care a damn to even react at the plight of an under  privileged being  when the boss is not around?

The ruse of cleverly choreographed and executed roles of these people makes me wonder isn’t the bug of pseudocracy  crawling insidiously  and eating away our real selves ,maybe its too impractical or philosophic thinking ,but aren’t we all falling pray to the temptation,like Adam and eve fell

Friends are few those who really will care what about  others are they stalkers like you who want to promote themselves ,by either throwing such parties or coming to them. Even  children are trained to follow the cult trying to be super cute to  seniors  kin and dismissing other as non entities .


I always thought children are associated with innocence {of course  not talking about toddlers and infants},who ll be always will remain as innocent as  flowers.

The stereotype mentality of following the noveau rich only has made us ape blindly . The desperate efforts one makes sometimes is so funny as no body wants to be left out  only those who more witty take the lead ….

The maze game hunting for keys either to success or other personal goal keeps us running running in endless pursuit fast and sometimes faster than others .And we  smart enough as we are exonerate ourselves shifting  all the blame on culture,goals ,materialistic pursuits. 


We all want to reach the top whether we step on others heads to do so, .making our children trail our examples damn it who cares morals, principles?..as long as u succeed.

I always wonder when was the last time we sat down with our parents?holding hands of your sick ,granny whose love so unconditional whose blessings so pure and for whom you are achiever in life irrespective of what you do. Who doesn’t care u earn dollars or pounds ,dine with Mr xyz or yxz,who still wants you to read her Geeta or Ramayana,who still hugs you with her frail arms who is far far away from today's pseudo aristocratic culture ,and truly content the way she is .She does'nt have to blow her own trumpet to get on top of the ladder you and me are climbing.She does'nt have to sound exotic to people who are lesser  placed in life than her.


Because she does not follow the mantra of todays success-""Psuedo Aristocracy""

CYBERNATING THEOLOGY OR GIMMICKS FOR ENHANCED DEVOTION??


India is a secular ,democratic nation where  myriad cultures religions coexist.Just like we evolve with changing times so does our religion,our beliefs and traditions which are interconnected evolve.Religion in India is also not been able to escape modulated modernization…

Modernization has  metamorphosed  the outlook of tradition,be it karvachauth or baby shower Maa ka Jagraata or to make it sound more chic  Maa ka jaagran  we do it stylish or glam way…..

Baby shower traditionally known as godh bharai ‘’’ can be as glamorous and indulgent affair you want it to be not to worry about strings of your purse cybernetic  gurus offer a varied choice from bingo games to cute sms,baby shower invites to name it anything there are options galore…even choice of food and beverages can be decided….

The divine realms have been percolated by modernity or profanity is for you to decide?

 Hit bollywood songs tunes have effaced humbly jagrattas ,the tangible effects coated are this fascinates non attenders devotion also,and everybody relates better to hit songs tune  then be it Dabangs latest song tune “”munni badnam hui””……….transposing bhakts to an altered matrix of  intense religious fervor…….

Wondering if maa would also feel greater fascination  to posses on someone after  inspirational musings from raunchy numbers? Btw why not if  modulating bhajans or paeans helps  rekindle diminishing religious sentiments why not? Support the believers…..

Religion and its varied interpretations have quite surprised the patent dogmas of some like me to quote,
 one such weird incidence I read few days back in Economic times  was that a private religious trust in Mumbai  wanted to open share accounts and demat accounts in names of five dietes,  which of course was rejected by the court stating that Gods are meant to be worshipped in temples and had no place in commercial ventures  like sharing ( the case strangely enough was brought before the court after securing income tax cards ,pan cards and savings accounts  had been issued for the dieties )…..

Lord Ganesha contemplating share market??

Imagine your and mine chances in stock market if Lord Ganesha  himself got in the trade???

Should I call it modernization of the theology of  religion or gimmicks of clever promoters  and their cause? Or is this Jeannie of westernization ,globalization becoming a little difficult to handle? The  Jeannie seems to be choosing confused  sentiments rather than healthy constructive ideology.


Not to mention the eccentricities of  fraud babas feigning as spiritual healers  to cure people,be it burying alive babies in sand to cure handicap  during eclipse or lashing young men to cure illness .Everyday such incidents come to fore.


 Every one elucidates religion according to ones own felicity..Elites choose vulgar,licentious ostentation while  poor  extract superstitious rituals  modulating to their own  bias and rationale…

..whatever suits whomever is the scene of today's religion,no wonder people like V.S.saxena a retired  senior engineer of railways and   inspectorD.K.Panda    have opted in a self proclaimed  religious fluff to follow transvestite cult.To rationalize this  they say they were chosen by LORD Krishna himself  to become his sakhis….. or Radha ji  herself, not to awe only others but their  family members who  have been mute witness to this melodrama for years now . 


I sometimes wonder what kind of religion is this as these kinds have not made it  idiosyncratic , but it is day by day falling  its paradigms of morality.


 Is it that the Hindu pantheism,encompassing 330 million gods manifests itself in inexplicable accommodations of Gods , or sentient of followers choose its own fabricated following...

 Are patency and authenticity not falling into gimmicks of our self proclaimed dogmas???????????


P.S-The views expressed above are solely my own opinion,I am in no way propogating or advocating them to those who disagree....

ATONEMENT

First Purnami of phagun ,how could she forget ?  Tomorrow is Holi, Mohu woke up at midnight ,took ablutions with holy well water which wud atone her sins, applied vermillion on head  (sindoor)which represents energy of sati...

Mohu,was married for seven years now,Madho was still asleep,she touched his feet daubed her forehead with divine ashes from the pot,draped herself in clean saree and hurriedly scurried her steps towards the Kamakhya temple. Chanting mantras,  three years  in consequence now .........But this time ''I am sure I will  religiously chant mantras to propitiate Devi's blessings for a son.......There must be something wrong in my devotion or my past life sins  are coming in way'' , thought Mohu...that was what  Aghori baba had told her .


A sudden backache seemed to have hurt her otherwise uninterrupted devotion it was the cold which was chilling her spine shivering in cotton Saree the only cloth she was supposed to wear she stepped on the cold stair way of the temple ,fog all around her, the hair and pores on her body rebelled her devotion  though.......she would not let it happen otherwise it could incur Maa's wrath on her and her family.

She attributed her ignorance in understanding why being  negligee clad  was requisite for ostentation of devotion.


Keeping all her ambiguous thinking at bay she geed her thoughts towards the very cause she was there at this hour ;The prime motive of her life -The very cause of her sustenance on the planet,The very cause of her being given life as a women .


She had to be mother of a son to prove herself a part of her husbands life or to put it'' an important part'' of her husbands life and she chanted mantra to appease Maa's blessings who like her was also a  form of mother who would salvate her child from harm; which probably she herself could not do.


This again was drawing her into a thought process which was contrary. Her steps drew her nearer to a dark ,strange shrine. Aghori baba's incantatory invokes reprised her soliciting traitorous will....


''Lap up the contents in the shell'' asked  Aghori baba, Mohu new this ordain' ers licentiates  wud get her approval despite the aversion for the ritual which was the only way to redeem her. 




''Mohu i can see Maa Kaali is not happy with your offerings its your past sins which infringe your right to be a mother''.. predicted baba.Ma asks for a greater sacrifice,to ensure a son foecasted  the tantras....


The  incense of  joss stick suddenly seemed to insensate her,her cold feet were getting colder.Baba carried on  Mohu u still have to anoint  your forehead  with fresh blood  which you will offer Maa,the only hinge to all ways leading to fertility of your womb. 


Mohu  grew numb her thoughts racing into her mind making her numbness more. She was clouded in a nebula of thoughts of her own.She asked herself''' Maa Kaali meant kaal ,she destroyed evil Mohu was an evil for sure, an evil mother but was'nt Aghori baba  a greater evil ?.The dismembered arms of Maia distracted her and saw the sword in Ma's hand which was there to behead sinners Mohu  knew; her blood which was curdling due to cold suddenly started boiling in a seething fire of disgust wrath,vengeance and she took the sword  charged towards the malevolent  and beheaded him saying ''Jai Maa''...........the same way he had brutally immolated her Phulo her innocent two year old daughter!!!!




A sense of relief insinuated her nerves and tearful eyes . This was  very necessary to ensure redeeming her soul from sin she had done she said to herself..


It was first purnami of phagun three years now....... three years of separation from her beloved daughter the bout of her anger diluted,she for the first time cried loud howling  mournful wails of her heavy heart,the misery which could not let go.


Suddenly she felt Phoolo calling her, yearning to meet her daughter  grew immense she wanted to hug her take her in arms ,huddle her love her.
 Mohu circumbulated there on the  holy  fire blew the cosmic womb-conch '' emulating divine order and succumbed to flames of eternity where she will not have to prove herself......it was.....purnami of phagun....The  fatefull day she had offered to sacrifice her daughter ,to attain a son,that  omened purnami of phagun......

FACE  :) ... :( ..... :-} ....


Most Faces wear masks,masks which can conceal and those which reveal..


 Some Faces are highly' evolved';Some like pretense unsolved....
Some fake themselves 'Elite',displaying grandiose at others plight....


Some Faces are 'phoney' blatant like a noisy kid or garrulous loser after a bid...
Some Faces sound very mature,negating change that render them unsure.....


Some bright like colours of rainbow,while others cold like fallen snow....
Some reveal a constant seething fire,while some residues of a burning desire..


Some faces show signs of corrosive senile age,others constantly weighing  with mind gage.....
Some faces innocent like a child, while some diluted by travails of life turned mild...


Some exhibit a constant pride as if God was only by their side....
Some underplay a regretting shame,they could not come to terms with fame..


Some  opaque you can never read,reticence serves their vanity feed..
Some like evergreen glory,talking only about their fabled story...


Everyday I study faces in vain;trying to hide their visible pain....
I don't know which face is mine? I try to put up mostly with fine!!


I hope faces wore names of emotions they wear.....
So comprehending people was more clear...


Camouflaged visages make me queer;why don't our true faces we wear....??
Deep inside we know it can loosen our sheen's, can shedding our masks  make us bare???