Up, up and away!

Hey readers, Gmail has finally been banned in office and after 30 months since first joining this company, I've resigned -- well, I'd expected to feel sad and nostalgic but currently I feel pretty numb!

Anyways, what a stupendous rise in the indexes today - over a 5% increase. The markets needed a positive sign and with DLF signalling a shares buyback, the investors simply gave in to the news, with the realty index rising by over 12%.. Sure was good news for a sector that had born the brunt of the negative market sentiment in the last 6 months!

More on this and the above later - time for me to head home now!

The Erudite Song!

KUCHH BAATEN BHOOLI HUYI, KUCHH PAL BEETE HUYE,

HAR GALTI KA EK BAHANA, AUR PHIR SABKI NAZAR ME AANA...

EXAM KI POORI RAAT JAGNA, PHIR BHI QUESTION DEKH KAR SAR KHUJLANA,

MAUKA MILE TO CLASS BUNK KARNA, PHIR DOSTO KE SATH COFFEE PINE JANA...

USKI EK JHALAK DEKHNE ROJ ERUDITE JANA, AUR DEKHTE DEKHTE SAWAL KARNA BHOOL JANA,

HAR PAL EK NAYA SAPNA, AAJ TO TUTE PHIR BHI HAI APNA...

YE ERU(dite) KE DIN, IN LAMHO ME JINDAGI JI BHAR KE JEE LO,

YAAD KARKE IN PALON KO PHIR ZINDAGI BHAR MUSKURANA.....

Oh well, had I not been busy working on the major announcement due this week, I would have certainly written in depth about an interesting conversation I'd with a friend of mine, SS, earlier in the day today - the conversation revolved about an investor's never-ending sense of optimism when the markets are going down and then the sudden evaporation of the same when the markets swing back in the green. I mean, how investors refuse to admit their mistakes and short their holdings when the markets travel down south while they short the same as soon as they recover their profits instead of letting the profits go on and on... Am I making any sense here? OH forget it - I think the conversation will be better illustrated if I sit down to write on it in detail!

Feeling pretty nostalgic today -- aaj kisi ki yaad aa rahi hai.. Goodnight people -- maybe this is all for today!

A new swapping commodity - Wives!

Hey readers, welcome to a lazy, rainy Sunday morning! It’s been overcast ever since I opened my eyes to the world (that was sometime around 9 am).. Then after taking my bath and gulping down a glass of milk, I sat down with this Sunday’s edition of The Telegraph – It’s not often that I sit down with the paper, so today’s was a day to cherish. And as so often happens, in my quest for some questionable article, I chanced upon an article on "wife - swapping" (Basically, only a fool would have missed that article - it was a big one-page item!)..

Now that got my grey cells kicking first thing in the morning - as soon as my room was cleaned, I opened my lappie and sat down to read a bit more on this ... errr, interesting topic.. Did a google search on this topic, results of which you can check here ..

So, naturally, with my curiosity ignited, I intend to discuss this topic further with a couple of my friends.. Kudos to the writers (Reena Martins and Rahul Jayaram) though for doing some good research and coming up with such a good read on such an intriguing article. It's now time for some yummy alu parathas followed by a couple of hours in the gym.. Then, it'll be time to catch up with a couple of friends and rejoin my family for dinner! In the meanwhile, enjoy the links to the article on Wife swapping!