Golu

Well it’s Navratri again and its time for this year’s Golu and like every year we managed to set up the golu, not a big one though we tried to make it with 5 steps this time. For those who are not aware of this, try this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golu (long live wiki !!!).

To start with we have the temple idol at the top and the rest of the gods Krishna, Vishnu and Hanuman at the top most. Put on an eagle hanging from the top representing the Garudar. Mom was not happy about my idea of putting a skull in the middle of the idols neither was my sister. Well it was my weird idea of having the devil along with the gods. Anyways that idea was thrown to recycle bin. So we have the next step showcasing the idols of Dhasavatharam (not the different roles of Kamal though), along with the Astalakshmi idols.

Then we have a Gurukulam at the next step, managed to put my idea in this one; placed an idol of a gal and another guy chatting in the class (frying / kadalai) and there is this beer bottles in the middle of the class and there is one guy who hides one of the bottles for himself. Thanks to my nephew Varun’s idea of placing one of the bottle as if it was over .. that was a cool one.. Then we have this marriage ceremony set at the last setup. Well there are other idols and dolls included to fill in the place .. Here are the snaps of the golu.

Photo courtesy: my sis Uma Maheshwari (The future of architect :D) and nephew Varun alias Snehithan..

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Q3. Who is this god person anyway !?

Wall E

Long since I blogged.. There was this movie which everyone said is good. So there we were in Satyam with my sis, Aravind and his bro. We did not feel like it was an animated movie; the graphics were too cool .. There is this one robot in the whole earth whose only friend a roach, it does cleaning of the messed up world around it and collects some stuffs which it considers valuable. The story has a strong message as how technology may make a person very lazy. There is one scene where a guy falls from his hovercraft chair and struggles to get up because of his weight.. it shows if techonolgy takes over man then there might be a day where he may forget the normal way of living life.. The movie showcases love between two robots which may sound odd but has been taken in a very good fashion.. overall the movie was a good timepass and entertaining .. Except for the part after the interval where we got a Jumbo popcorn and struggled to finish it before the movie got over..

The Dark Knight

Never I was so excited to see a movie like this. The Dark Knight is one of the best of the Batman movies. The style, the story line, the characters are just so perfect that the whole movie gives you complete entertainment. The part I liked the most is the Masochist Joker apart from the Bat Pod. Each and every scene is well taken. The chase sequence before the interval is very good and for a minute I thought the movie is over... But it had lot of surprises after the interval, the way two face gets evolved in the movie is depicted very carefully. The movie is good and I would recommend you to watch it to find out what so special about this movie..

Graphite Sketch

This one is done using only graphite stick...

Acrylic Painting - Blue Vase

Blue Vase

My Art Work

The painting that i did recently after a very long time using Acrolyic colours..

Check out my other art works at ...
http://picasaweb.google.com/deepak.dr83/MyArtWork

Moonlight, seashore, hand in hand..

Pencil art...
Smile ..

Share Market .. Game on...

Shares, the buzz word which I have been hearing a lot these days. So thought why not give a shot. And so it begins with my idbipaisabuilder account. People who have experience in the past guided me to do it with small investment (anyways I don't have a large amount to invest also that's a different story). Last week that is 21-Jan-08 to 25-Jan-08 the market was down and it was a pretty good time for retailers like me to invest in shares, keeping long term in mind. So I bought the shares of A group and B group companies. I prefer to stick with delivery than intraday stuff. Hmm but the brokerage rate is pretty painful not to mention the tax. One of my colleagues whose doing this for a long time advised me to keep the shares for a long term at least a year, in which case you need pay tax, ok that’s a relief..

Some things which experienced people told me about share market business..

• Never be too greedy cause you could loose everything..

• Tension, a thing which should be managed properly..

• Long term investments are a good idea..

• Invest in all possible sectors, not concentrating on a particular sector like IT, power etc.

• Start with a small investment..
  

Another good investment is the IPO’s (Initial public offering).. Order it, get it and sell it .. Simple as that.. but before buying the IPO of that company have a background check of that company.. talking of IPO’s lets see how Reliance Power is getting allocated.. Many of my friends, colleagues and family members have applied for it..

Apart from this if you really want to stay out of the ticker, scrip code, 52week low/high.. Another solution Mutual Funds, put the money and you can stay relaxed at least to some extent. Because you are sure of minimum returns..

Last but one least, do vote for the poll which you will find at the top of the blog..

Lastly .. MUTUAL FUNDS ARE SUBJECT TO MARKET RISK. PLEASE READ THE OFFER DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE INVESTING.
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