How to Tell a Lie and make it Believeable

No one ever has a problem telling a lie. Lies have been an integral part of every species. If you dont believe me then think about this, Isnt camouflage a lie. If you have a dog and it does something wrong, you might have observed it behaving like nothing every happened. The commonly do this when they sit on the sofa when you are not around but the moment you open the door they jump and crawl underneath. If not for the fur stuck to the sofa, you would never suspect anything.

Humans got bad at telling lies when they started speaking. The response of their body and that of their speech dont match. Those who do are good liars. So how do you become a good liar? By expressing it like as if it were true. Note i said express and not just speak. Here are the steps:

1) Think of the original situation ie think of the truth which you will be replacing with a lie. Remember the place it happened, who were there, who you spoke to, what you heard, what you felt what you smelt etc etc. There are the different variables in your truthful memory with the false memory

2) Now replace, in that memory, each variable with that of the lie. If some one was there and you want to deny he or she was there, remove her out of the memory and either replace it with someone else or something else. Now go through the memory again. If you feel there are any blanks fill them up with something. Go through it again and again

3) Do step 2 for every thing in that situation you have to lie about. Imaging what you would have felt if the lie had to be actually the truth

4) If you done it correctly, you have created a new memory in yourself and your brain wont be able to distinguish between the truth and the false. You may even pass a polygraph

5) Now call the people you inserted in your new memory and tell them what they must say or do to maintain the consistency in your story. Do this with all other people and objects you've removed or added.

If you do step 4, you probable wont have to use anyone else to prove your story because the emotions on your face and body will make your story believable

Learn To Draw - Tips and Tricks

For those who think they cant draw, think again. Some of your worst stuff maybe masterpieces. If you want to learn to draw, which i believe you should here is a good place to start. Its where I had started out

http://drawsketch.about.com/od/learntodraw/u/learn-to-draw.htm

Check this site out too

http://www.karmatoons.com/drawing/drawing.htm

This is a cool blog with some tips and tricks

http://pirateproductiontoons.blogspot.com/2007/04/drawing-poses-and-character-design-tips.html

Interview with Tony Robbins, Frank Kern and John Reese

When three legends ie Anthony Robbins, Frank Kern and John Reese have a conversation, what happens to us is Inspiration.

FYI Tony is the best personal coach in the world and Frank and John made a million bucks in a day over the net,

http://tonyrobbinstraining.com/320/interview-with-frank-kern-and-john-reese/

Cry Fowl over Slumdog

Ive just recieved this mail as a forward. It talks about the fact that
US and other citizens started calling indians slumdogs and mumbai a
slum. Aadesh Srivastava was embarrassed by it.

Before you read the mail, i have to comment on it. First of all, we
indians are the one who do all the namecalling. We use mallus, gantis,
guggus, hippis (for any foriegners), biharis etc. as insults.Second,
mumbai is a slum. We are not proud of it but comparied to any other
commercial city in the world, mumbai is a mess. The smells, the
sounds, the sights all could ruin your day if you are not used to it.
The good thing is that I hope, as a result of bad publicity, they
decide to clean the city up rather than burn effigies of danny boyle
and criticise other on national newspapers.

Mr. Aadesh Srivastava, is it so easy for you to feel embarrased if
someone calls you a slumdog? If yes, all this while you should have
also been embarrassed of the filth in our cities and spoken about it
on news papers before. It looks like you find it easy piggybacking on
AR Rehmans success thanks to slumdog millionarre and undermining his
eithics for doing a film that makes india look like a slum.

In any way, this is hollywood - which shows russia as a land of
nuclear weapons, mexico as a land of drunkards high on takila, africa
as a land of slaves, japan as a land of little people jumping around
their cities, mars as a land of little green men... i could go on. My
point is just enjoy the movie and remember it till the next one hits
the theater.

This the article i was talking about:
They've started calling Indians 'slumdogs': Aadesh Srivastava

Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Bollywood composer Aadesh Srivastava says he is
embarrassed to walk on the streets of the US after Oscar-nominated
'Slumdog Millionaire' because 'they have started calling Indians
slumdogs'.

'I'm so upset. They've started calling Indians 'slumdogs', just like
'coolie' was a 'slang' in Britain. Now in the US I feel slumdog is a
'gaali' (slang) for Indians. Mumbai has given me everything,'
Srivastava told.

'To see the city being shown as a place of dirt, filth and crime only
is very humiliating. Even I can make a film on child prostitution and
paedophilia. But it won't get Oscars because I am not a 'gora'
(white),' added the composer.

Based on Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup's novel 'Q & A', 'Slumdog
Millionaire' is about an impoverished teaboy who wins a quiz show.
Directed by British director Danny Boyle, the story is set in the
slums of Mumbai. While Anil Kapoor, Freida Pinto and NRI Dev Patel
played main leads, A.R. Rahman composed the music for the movie. It
has got 10 Oscar nominations, out of which three are for Rahman.

The film was lauded in the West, but it has been criticised by some in
India for showing its ugly side by concentrating on grinding poverty.

'What right does the director have to show Mumbai as a slum? Now we
are considered a slum city in all parts of the world. Humlog kahin
mooh dikhane laayak nahin rahe (we're unable to show our face
anywhere),' said Srivastava, who watched the movie in Los Angeles this
week.

Srivastava applauds fellow composer Rahman's music in the movie, but
says he'd never be part of a film that makes India look like a slum.

'I'm so upset. It's a disgusting movie. Being an Indian it was doubly
humiliating to be watching the film with Americans. Even if Steven
Spielberg asked me to compose music for a film that makes fun of
India, I won't do it,' he said.

Being a diehard Amitabh Bachchan fan, Srivastava is appalled by the
way the Big B is shown in the film.

'I puked when I saw that kid smeared in shit asking for Bachchan
saab's autograph. What the f...k was that? Does Danny Boyle know what
Bachchan saab means to us Indians? Who would dare approach him like
that?

'We applaud people who come to our city and spit in our faces!' he said.

Be an Eye Donor Today

Eye donors donated 322 eyes to government-run hospitals in Chhattisgarh during the last one year, government functionaries said. The state have received 322 eyes in the form of eye donation during last two years and added that 160 blind persons got the vision as a result of the eye donation. That means one 160 people get to see their loved one, get to work regular jobs, watch cricket,  they even get to see the sunset.That 160 people who get to see thing that you and me take so much for granted. 

That's great news. Its very encouraging too. Blindness is one limitation that no one needs to suffer from. If everyone had to donate their eyes after they die, we would not have any blind people in our country. Its a disease that doesn't need to be.

Pledge to donate your eyes today. Do a search in google for the nearest eye bank or visit this website for more information http://www.ebai.org/html/intro.html .

We dont want Outsider Indians!!!

Over the last few months a number of Indians have been murdered in the US the last one being Rudraraju Sudheer Kumar, a mechanical engineer with Toyota Motors, who was found murdered in his flat in Atlanta Feb 3. Some newspapers and media are blaming the recession in the US and the desperation of its citizens that they resort to killing outsiders. But why are they killing Indians and not Mexicans and Cuban immigrants? Its because the jobs they occupy are largely the low end ones, whereas Indians, with their cheap and high education and with their visas find it easier to snatch lucrative jobs away from the Americans. Its was ok when the jobs were outsources, but when an outsider comes in your land and takes away the few opportunities available, anyone has a right to be pissed...

Atleast thats what we Indians believe when we have to compete against people from other states. Personally, I too resent the fact that there are fewer opportunities here in my state. Do I not want others to prosper? Of course not, everyone has a right to make a living.  I resent the fact that people from my state have to go else where to earn a living. But I reserve my greatest resentment against the pudding-headed retards who call themselves Ministers. When one starts an Industrial Estate he should first look at the level and type of qualification of those living around that area, district or state. If there are more, say computer engineers, one should focus their attention on IT and how to attract IT companies. Same goes for any other field/industry. In   Goa, there is an Industry called Verna Electronic City. When it was conceptualized, it was meant to attract electronic based companies to absorb the nearly 1500 graduate and Engineering students churned out every year by the state. The first company set up was D-Link, which is a hardware company, followed by Burbrown(medical transcription-now closed), NE-Tech and Control-Net (Now PSPL) which are Software companies. 

The problem arised when the guy who headed D-Link in Goa also became the head of Goa Chambers of Commerce, a body which sanctions the setup of all  industries in Goa. It has the power to reject any company from setting shop in Goa. Mr. D-Link prevented any other electronic hardware company from coming to Goa so he and his company. As a result the employees had no choice but to accept the Rs 1400 (aprox $40) initial monthly salary. If any employee were to protest, Mr. D-Link had the power and political influence to persuade and prevent any other company in Goa from hiring that person. I have to  mention that couple of years earlier, he did increase the employee's salary by 40-50%

Since no other industry electronic industry was allowed, a number of pharmaceutical companies have set up factories in that estate. Its no more an electronic industrial estate. There is just one pharmacy college in Goa and hence 90% of employees in those factories belong to other states.

The Govt of Goa did propose an IT park, but the politicians wanted 1or 2Cr from every company that were interested. Later it was plagued by protests from the local villagers in that area due to legal  irregularities.

The Irony is that there are very few Govt Colleges in Goa that  cater to the tourism industry which dwarfs all other industries. As a result, Goans get low end jobs and most of the higher posts are filled by outsiders.

Such a small state and so much resentment. I can only Image how much the Americans must be hating the nearly 2million Indias and other nationals working there. But are the killings justified? No.

5 Minutes with Para-Military Guy In Goa

I went for a photo shoot today in Banaulim Beach, Goa or a Shack called Jonsy's. It was around 9:00pm, we had just finished clicking photos of the customers and had come out of the shack to click some panoramic shots. While my friend was busy clicking, I noticed a guy in a military suit and an automatic assault rifle gazing at us with curiosity. He came closer see what we were clicking. It was dark and like most people, he might have thought how the hell can we photograph anything in the dark without firing the flash. When he did see the photo, like most people, he was amazed.

I turned to him and as usual I threw a conversation starter. Let me tell you a thing about me-People love to tell their whole life story to me. They just cant resist. I asked him whether he was paramilitary. He said yes. He told me he was from Gujarat and had been posted here after the Mumbai Attacks. He was supposed to leave last week but they extended his time till the mid Feb. There was a slight disheartened tone in his voice. I changed the topic to his work and why Goa need people like him. I told him there are very few police officers, many of which are guarding the ministers. He told me that the police in Goa are not capable of handling terrorists. He continued to say that even in Mumbai where the police are well-trained and equipped, they too couldn't handle it. He mentioned that the attack was supposed to take place in Goa but something happened and the plans changed and Mumbai was made the target. I said that if Goa would have been attacked, no one would care. Only Goa would suffer because tourism would halt.

He went on to tell me about his family. Unfortunately, he got a call and I had to continue my shoot. It was unfortunate because I wanted to tell him that because of people like him, we feel safe. This is something we only say after the solder.

I felt good meeting him. I don't remember his name but what strikes me was he was as old as my uncle or dad and even though he is not in the military and not treated as on, when the nation calls he leaves his job, home, wife and kids to protect us.

Do You Have Your Class Photo?

I recently was hired to click the class photos of a popular school in my city. It was exciting but I didn't know how tough it would be to create a perfect class photo. We covered the whole school in a week(2hrs per day). We didn't care if anyone was absent. We were too confidant about our editing skills. We just had to click the absentees later and insert them in their respective class photo. When it was finished no one could tell the difference.

I remembered my school days. Class photo day was exciting. Being one of the tallest, I was always on the last row and never needed to wear shoes. When we finally get the photo, we used to show it to all our neighbours. My regret is that I never maintained any of them. Since those was film days, I don't think the photographer would keep the film. Even if he did, I don't have a clue who he was.

I spent many hours processing the photo. I wiped of scares, blackened the shoes, replace the shoes if someone wore anything other than black shoes. I didn't do it for the money. I would have saved a lot of time simply clicking them and sending it for print. I did it because after many years when the kids are all grown up, they will have a decent photo to remember the best years of their lives and those who they shared those moments with.

Make sure you have preserved all your school and class photos. If not, get them scanned right away and when you look at them, spare a thought to the guy who spend his time to capture your class and create that picture.

A Beer and a Christmass Tree

Sitting opposite your friends' Christmas tree this is what you'd see after drinking a glass of beer one after another.



Glass 1: Ahh, Feels Great!













Glass 2 : Isn,t the tree tilted dude?













Glass 3: Whoooo nice lights?













Glass 4 : Hey your light do neat tricks












Glass 5 : Wheres' your tree man, it was right there!!










Glass 6: Hey look, fireworks!













Glass 7: Where am I?














Glass 8 : (To friend) Merry Christmas Mama!






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Glass 10 : Friend says, good morning dude, time to go home. You've been sleeping under the christmas tree all night!






This is a simulation only. No animals or humans were harmed. Kids stay away from alcohol.

Miss the morning sunrise (and dont know when the sun sets)? Take a Morning Walk

For centuries, getting up early in the morning was considered the formula for having a good day and a healthy life. We have prayers and exercises named after and performed for the rising sun. Unfortunately, in our hectic lives we get to see a lot less of it and even if we do, we never appreciate it.

During childhood,we loved to run and play whenever we get the slightest of free time.But as we grow up, things change but they don't have to. I used to sleep at 3:00am and wake up at 9 am. My work schedule didn't allow me to get up in the morning(at least that's what I believed). I was tied up in this vicious cycle where I have to complete my work before going to sleep and therefore couldn't wake up in the morning. As a result I gained weight, my allergies became quite frequent, my mood fluctuated and more. During the last week of last year(08) I had enough of it. I re-evaluated my priorities. I realised that if I have another day to live, I can have another day to work. My work should revolve around my life and not the other around. I'm in my mid 20s and I don't want to wait till my 60 to do what I have and want to do in my personal life. Mind you, I love to work and I will do the work I love all my life. And that is why, my point being, I want to live a long life.

The Wellness Industry will soon replace the Software Industry as the fastest growing and having the most number of millionaires. Why is that? Because we are made to believe that good health is not free anymore and if you want good health you must pay the price. Gadgets, cholesterol free oil, nutritional supplements, high-tech gyms etc are all fighting each other to get your attention. But all it takes to avoid back pains, cholesterol, tummy bulge, etc and build stamina and help your body absorb all the nutrient that is in the food you already eat is a 1 hr walk or jog around your jogging track or neighborhood(if you like going solo)

So if you think you don't have the time to take care of your body, think again. A doctor, if at all, can give you a cure to your disease. But if is your responsibility to avoid it in the first place. We all hope to do a lot of things like waking up early, going for a walk etc etc most of it after we retire. But the irony is how can we expect to live that long if we don't do all that now and keep ourselves healthy till then. To be honest, I am not yet a regular morning walker and sunrise watcher but the fact that I know someone like you is reading this motivates me to practice what I preach. So get up in the morning, take a family member out with you... or take your dog with you... hell take your cow with you... just get your butt up at 6, take a walk and watch the beautiful sunrise every morning( See you sometime in the neighbourhood!)

Tele-Brands, TVC and other shopping networks Selling Garbage.

Do you want to buy anything from the popular TV Information companies like Telebrands, Home Shopping Network, TVC ?. All those air lounges, eye max (eye massagers), exercisers, blender, etc; are you interested in them? Well here is my opinion. Try and guess which of these products Ive purchased(and regretted) from Almira Marketing, Porvorim Goa and post it as a comment.


If you've lived through any of the infomercials on TV (which means you don't have a happy life) you will hear the bold claims and promises made by them. The air lounge from TVC sky shop can be dragged by a jeep on road and a football team can jump on it without damaging it. If you use the eyemax you can decrease your number, if you used magnetic slippers and other crap you can regulate blood pressure and reduce pain. If you use the sauna belt (each company having its own version) you can reduce your weight, the ab exerciser can get you six packs and the Home Jogger is a better substitute for actual jogging etc etc.

The reality is very different. The air lounge (and other inflatable furniture) is made of bad material which stretched with pressure and gets holes. In 6 months it will have more patches on it then your grandmothers quilt. The eyemax is junk. Only eye surgery is proven to be effective but even that is not entirely guaranteed to improve your number. You'll have a better chance munching carrots. As for the cooling effect the EyeMax claims to give, a couple of slices from a cucumber will do a better job and the rest can be a tasty snack as you cool your eyes. Magnetic Therapy is proven scientifically to be useless. If you want blood to calculate in your body or part of your body just pour hot and cold water alternately over the required parts of the body. It does a perfect job. If you think the magnetic belts and slipper circulate iron, sorry, the magnetic field of the magnets are too weak to penetrate the skin. You'll require magnets the size of a car tire to do that and still you wont get the desired result. Don't even think you can grow tall with magnets(as the ads claim) Just play basketball for that and maintain a healthy diet.

The Sauna belt, the legendary product that everyone knows, does what the ads claim. The ads claim that the first time you use it, you will loose 2 inches off your waist. This implies that you can loose weight if you continue to use it. It works but why? The first time you use it, the sauna belt doesn't melt your fat(as shown in the animation) it makes you sweat and releases water from under your skins. So, in reality, you are loosing 2 inches of water and not fat. The next day your body replenishes the water under your skin. You measure before and after and loo again you lost 2 inches. You will assume that you are eating too much because you can see that sauna belt works but you are gaining weight again by eating and then reduces your diet intake and that reduces your weight. With the sauna belt, you are doing nothing more than extracting water and giving yourself a nasty burn mark. If you want to reduce weight, trust yourself and hit the track every morning and live oil free.

The exercisers are great in their designs but the materials they are made of in low in quality. You can seriously injure yourself for which you cannot demand any compensation. If you really want to buy them, get it from a branded showroom there there will be trainer to advice whats best for you and why.

Home jogger AKA Morning walker is a joke. Nothing can and ever will substitute the effect that real jogging has on every part and organ of your body and the fresh feeling it brings in the morning.

Don't even think of buying any electrical item unless you want to burn your house down. I've seen the irons and the mixers for myself and the plastic is no better than that of the toys available on sale on the streets.

I wont comment on the religious items since "I dont want to Hurt the sentiments of any individual or group". But I'm impressed with the bold claim they make about how it improved love, life, health wealth etc. Maybe I don't want all that which is why I haven't bought those items from these companies.

Did I mention, these products do not have any warranty? Seriously, they dont. A Sauna belt costing 2000 bucks will give you a nasty shock but cannot be replaces. The airlounge costing 6000 cannot be replaced. Wait a minute, that reminds me of some other business that work on no replacement- no guarantee: drugs, scrapyard, prostitution, con-artists, gambling etc

Bottom line, these shopping networks have no accountability. In the US the claims can be challenged in the court of law. The companies have to maintain a good standard of quality because the compensation they'll have to pay if they loose even one case if good enough to take them out of business for the next 3 generations.In India, you will be screwed. The distributors dont accept liability, the TV channels flash their disclaimers during the infomercials, the manufacturers are not India so they cannot be sued. When toys exported form China to the US were found to be coated with lead paint that can cause brain damage, cancer and even death in people US reacted strongly and banned them. When the same Chinese products enter India the FDA and other Govt organisations don't even bother testing them. They are in fact in denial. We cant expect anything from anyone but ourselves, therefore we need to be smart customers and not lazy couch potatoes.

So dont be an ignorant by buying anything from teleshopping Network, TVC sky shop, and other infomercials on TV. Just get out ass out of your house preferably with your family and have a great time with them as you check your options before selecting a good quality, trustworthy and more importantly "a safe" product.

Afternoon In Moms' Class

Today afternoon I happened to go to my mothers school for some official work. Although been to her school many times before, Ive never stepped in her class. But today, since it was an open house and there were no student in her class, I decided to hang out with her for a while. She teaches the 1st standard so I had trouble sitting on the kiddy-chair. I looked around and saw the pictures around the class, some of which i helped her create. There were cards with multiplication tables on them, pictures of human expressions, Santa and the reindeer's, elves, fishes hung loosely on a net, a drawing of a peacock which had feathers that were actually the palm prints of every kid in her class. I realised I was at my moms workplace, in her office.

I observed her talk to her colleges. Like any school, there is always a lot of politics and therefore gossip that goes on but she just listens and speaks diplomatically. Her colleagues find it hard to accept that I'm her son. She looks too young to have a son as big as me. But I'm used to such embarrassment and humiliation.

She loves kids. I believe shes gifted with the talent of understanding kids just that I am with the art of sarcasm.But the problem is that parents what their kids to be in her class when they are promoted. Very little distinguishes them from a pack of hyenas fighting for the last piece of meat for their young. I apologise if the association sound rude but at 2 o'clock at night sitting at my workplace sitting side of my friend editing a wedding we covered last week and at the same time chatting with my old girlfriend recently posted to the US, i was running out of ideas. Anyways, parents fight over winning a seat in moms class for their kids. Caught in the crossfire are other teacher who feel left out but that's life.

I walked around her class thinking and trying to imagine how it would be like doing this everyday. To be honest, although it didn't feel challenging to my chaotic and restless intellect, I did feel it to be soothing and satisfying, to realise that you have made a huge positive impact in the lifes of a bunch of kids at the time they need it the most and to help and see them shape into good people. As one parent put it, during the gossip "Our kids don't listen to what we say but what the teacher says is the word of god".

My personal mission in life it to make a  lasting, inspiring and memorable contribution to the world. But in my quest to fulfill this mission,  I realised that there was a whole part of my mothers(and fathers) life I overlooked. But thankfully it took me just an hour in her class to realise that in her small way she, in fact, already is fulfilling that very same mission whereas I haven't even started.

So who was the teacher that made the biggest impact in your life?

Why I use Kotak Bank

I have a Kotak Bank account and I'm more than happy with the facilities they provide. Well, I first opted for Kotak account because of the trading account that came along with it. Since the bank was new the politeness and hospitality was expected. The best and my favourite was the netbanking. Simple and easy to use. I used ICICI and HDFC both had their issues (with me to be fair). Before Kotak, I liked Citibanks' Net Banking but had to abandon than when they decided to cut cost and shut the only ATM in Goa.
I needed a credit card for online purchases but didnt want the risky baggage that came along also know as Terms and Conditions. Kotak provides a solution in it net card where it creates a temporary (virtual) credit card for you for the amount you allot from your savings account. The credit card is valid for one day. You can make your purchase and the remain unused money comes back to your account when your card expires. Simple, neat and hassle free. Oh yes, interest free to.The only think you cant do that i realised today was to book railway tickets online. I hope they work on that.
So when opening your bank account, have a  look as kotak as well.

The age of TBs

We have seen Hard Disk capacity doubling every year. But what most people of my age havent seen is a small keyboard shaped computer called Sony MSX Hit-Bit computer that had a 4 KB cartrage memory that could store data. Anything higher had to be stored on magnetic tapes. From there I met the 5GB, 20GB, 40GB, 80GB, 250GB and now fulfilling my life's desire (1TB). My excitement died out when i told two of my friends who were already using it. "Atleast Im making money off it and not filling it with some stupid games" is all i could say to myself to make me feel better.