7 old indian bikes I still long to ride

1. kinetic Honda (2 stroke)
2. Yamaha RX 100
3. Yamaha RD 350 (torque induction)
4. Suzuki Shogun
5. Enfield Bullet 500 Diesel (i am not joking)
6. Rajdoot
7. Yezdi/Jawa 250

( the first 2 wheeler I rode in my life was my grandpa's Bajaj M80! And That is the only 2 stroke I have ever ridden!!!)

Don't vote campaign

the secret ingredient

Ok, this refers to the movie 'kung fu panda'. Those who have watched this movie know the secret ingredient in 'the secret ingredient soup'... and its 'NOTHING'!!!!!!! there is no secret ingredient in 'the secret ingridient soup'. Panda's father explains " if you believe its special, you don't need a special ingredient to make it special! That's what kung fu panda's secret is!!!!!!! "nothing"!!!! If you believe you have got special powers, you actually don't need them! You can do wonders just by believing in yourself! without anything special for you. There is also one statement in the movie, "there are no accidents!" Yes, actually.... there are only incidents meant to be happened at that moment. These are clues, so that you can understand what you should do next. If you do that, you get something special! nothing? no, atleast confidence!!! its much more than any special power! isn't it?

Anyway, the animation is simple but has very impressive sequences, making the movie a must watch from first microsecond to the last one. The message is serious, but treatment is quite light and comic... watch it if you haven't.

:)

design is fighting for good change...

Finally, my an year long, slow and steady fight against top management's reluctance to 'change' has shown some success today!!! I am quite happy and energized. Not just because I have successfully (though partially) changed something in our brand identity to make it worth more, but also because everybody is accepting and appreciating it instead of having any objection to the 'change'. I am happy, not just for this tiny success but also because I hope now decision makers can start trusting my (or design's) intuition over their logic. I am optimistic again!
I am also happy because of a small incident related to this. I received and shortlisted 3 emblem prototypes showing least damage (visually as well as to the design intent) for the new vehicle soon to be launched. I took them to workshop for trying on the 3 vehicles. LIke everybody else, one worker looked at them in awe and looked quite impressed by these prototypes. He enquired about how much this will cost. Though it was around Rs 20 before negotiation, I told him Rs. 30 each just to prevent him from asking for one for free. Without delay of a second he took out Rs. 30 and offered me for that damaged emblem proto!!!!! I was amazed and thought if he can pay 50% more for that irrelevent (considering that he wont be buying that vehicle) emblem, prospective buyers of this new vehicle will happily accept its so called higher price because of this 'rich and elegent experience of ownership'. It's not enough to be good to impress buyers, it has to feel good also!!!
Success, no matter how tiny, encourages to do more (or fight more?)
;)

middle-gate thought

कभी कभी हवाभी साथ चलने से मना कर देती है ...

nothing