10 Of The Best Tech April Fools 2015

Were you caught out by any of these pranks? Midday on April 1 has been and gone once more, meaning the technology journalism world can breathe a sig...

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Google to Acquire XDA, Dev Rewards & Policy Changes

We are delighted to announce that starting on April 20th, a finalized deal with Google will make XDA Developers a software development division for ...

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Gmail

Will users switch over to Inbox from Gmail?

Hyderabad: Google Inc. hopes to replace Gmail with a new offering called Inbox that it introduced in October, but acknowledges that much will depend...

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Whatsapp

WhatsApp adds free voice calling.

The messaging app has officially added voice calling, a long-teased feature that was previously available only by invitation. WhatsApp users can now...

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How true....!!!

This is the transcript of a chat I had with one of my friends. He is a software engineer, is onsite for long term and is working with Satyam Computers. Its not a good practice to put a private chat on a public forum, but I thought a view from everyone over this might be interesting. Thanks.

Me : hi
My Friend : hi hi
My Friend : khair suna
My Friend : kya chal raha hai
BUZZ!!!
Me : kuch khaas nahi
Me : bas kat rahi hai life
Me : tu satyam main hi hai?
My Friend : haan
My Friend : kyu
Me : sale..accha hai Mera satyam main nahi hoon
My Friend : kyu saale
Me : koi wo company chodta hi nahi hai
My Friend : what do u Mean
My Friend : hehehe
Me : abe ye Meri 4th company hai
Me : in 3 yrs
My Friend : to achchi company hi hui na
Me : abe wohi to baat hai...
Me : koi khush nahi hai...par chodte bhi nahi hai...
My Friend : zaahir hai
My Friend : life is like that
My Friend : always u have to chose between BAD and MORE BAD
My Friend : naanak dukhiya sab sansaar
Me : hahaha...
Me : tu aaj bhi mast baat karta hai...
Me : sudhra nahi...
My Friend : matlab
Me : kuch khaas nahi...
Me : bas aise hi...
Me : kab wapas aa raha hai
My Friend : kuchh nahi maaloom
My Friend : lekin jab baaya
My Friend : bahut kuchh unexpected karne wala hu
Me : settel to nahi ho raha wahan?
My Friend : nahi katai nahi
Me : good
My Friend : jaldi hi lautunga
My Friend : plan to abhi november Me hi lautne ka tha
My Friend : dekho kya hota hia
Me : ok
My Friend : Mera koi replaceMent nahi offshore pe
My Friend : wo dikkat hai
Me : kahan B'lore
My Friend : Me lauta
My Friend : aur lautte hi shadi
My Friend : aur uske turant baad
My Friend : job chhorunga
My Friend : and then back to hathras
My Friend : and then
My Friend : jivan kewal kewal apne hisaab se
My Friend : ek nayi paari ki shuru aat
Me : hahaha.....
Me : sab theek hai bhai...
My Friend : hase mat
Me : par ek baat bata...
My Friend : aisa ho raha hai
Me : shaadi ke baad kyon job chodega
Me : ?
Me : pahle kyon nahi
Me : ?
My Friend : matlab ye tha
My Friend : ki dono ek saath
Me : ok
Me : nayee paree main kya karoge???
Me : u can be a good politician...
Me : baki agar system ne kuch aur bana diya to pata nahi
My Friend : hmmm
My Friend : no yaar
My Friend : i dont want to go in politics
My Friend : reason: Mera ye 3 saal ka IT experience
My Friend : pehle sochta tha
My Friend : ki shayad sambhav hai
My Friend : ki duniya Me corruption hataya ja sakta hai
My Friend : par pichhle 3 saal ka anubhav kehta hai
My Friend : sab apne man ko behlane ki baatein hai
My Friend : saalaa....sara ka sara taalaab hi ganda hai
My Friend : apne ko sudharo
My Friend : maun shaant nichhal jivan jiyo
My Friend : aur is duniya se rukhsat ho jao
My Friend : ab agar IT Me hi raha to Me itna janta hu
My Friend : ki Me wo shaant jivan nahi ji sakta
My Friend : shaant jivan ke liye hriday nirmal karna padega
My Friend : uska matlab
My Friend : har mod pe haar sweekar karni hogi
My Friend : kyunki satya se yudhh lada ja sakta hai, vijay nahi paayi jati
My Friend : vijay haMesha POWERFUL ki hoti hai
My Friend : aur POWERFUL hone ke liye aadmi sab kuchh karta hai
My Friend : "mohabbat aur jung Me sab kuchh jaayaz hai" ye kehkar insaan sab kuchh karta hai
My Friend : yudhh Me jeetna hai
My Friend : to aapko b shatru ke level pe utarna padta hai
My Friend : aap RAM bankar DURYODHAN se nahi lad sakte
My Friend : matlab ye hai
My Friend : ki aapka level neeche jayega hi
My Friend : agar vijay ki chaah hai to
My Friend : aur dukh ye hai
My Friend : ki maanav swabhaav hai
My Friend : ki haar sweekar nahi hoti
My Friend : manushya vijay ka bhookha hota hai
My Friend : agar Me isi field Me raha..aur loser ki tarah raha
My Friend : to aur bhi Mental tensions hongi
My Friend : apni nazaro Me gira rahunga
My Friend : isse achcha hai
My Friend : ki ye duniya chhor so
My Friend : ye psycho logo ki duniya hai
My Friend : ye maansik roop se SICK logo ki duniya hai jo kewal paise ko udeeshya samajhti ihai
My Friend : aisa nahi hai ki Me paise ko bekaar manta hu
My Friend : Me bhi khoob paisa kamana chahunga
My Friend : par Mere liye paisa saadhan hai saadhya nahi
My Friend : pandavo ne kya kiya
Me : tumhara kaha ek ek shabda satya hai...
My Friend : mahabharat jeetne ke baad hi jungle gaye
My Friend : agar jungle hi jana tha to mahabharat kyu ki
My Friend : duryodhan ko rajya de dete
My Friend : par nahi
My Friend : satya ki raksha ke liye unhone aisa kiya
My Friend : bas wohi uddeshya Mera hai
Me : sahi kaha
Me : fir hatras main kya karoge tum?
My Friend : hathras Me kya karunga
My Friend : ye sawaal abhi bhi anuttarit hai
My Friend : kuchh options hain Me re paas
My Friend : aajivika ke liye to tutions hi kaafi hain
My Friend : maths, science, SSB, ineterveiw, personality developmtnt
My Friend : kuchh ka bhi coaching de sakta hu
Me : wo to hai
Me : delhi aa ja
My Friend : par lakshya kuchh aur rahega
Me : hathras ke paas hi hai
Me : jo hath main hai use chod kar kuch naya karna mushkil hota hai
My Friend : haan so to hai
My Friend : isi wajah se suar jivan bhar gu khata rehta hai
My Friend : uske saamne mithayi rakho
My Friend : to b goo hi khayega
My Friend : point hai ki nahi?
My Friend : par shayad yahi to jivan hai
Me : point to hai..
My Friend : aadmi asal Me security ke peechehe bhaagta hai
My Friend : maaloom hai kyu
My Friend : kyu sach to ye hai
My Friend : ki wo maut se bahut darta hai
My Friend : aur Me kehta hu
My Friend : ki shayad ise hi jeena kehna chahiy eki
My Friend : aapko apne agle pal ka tanik bhi pata nahi
My Friend : agle pal kuchh ajeeb ho...unexpected ho
My Friend : yahi to asli jivan jina hai
My Friend : warna ye to maut hi ho gayi
My Friend : ki Me janta hu
My Friend : ki aaj onsite coordinator hu
My Friend : 2 sakl baad RM ban jaunga
My Friend : 3 sal baad shaadi
My Friend : 4 saal baad bachhe
My Friend : phir AIC
My Friend : phir bachche bade ho jayenga
My Friend : phir bachcho falana dhimka banaunga
My Friend : aur phir sukoon se marunga
Me : hmmm...
My Friend : are saala , Me poochhta hu
My Friend : ki ma-baap ko kisne adhikar diya bachcho ko apne hisaab se banane ka
My Friend : bachcha newton ho sakta hai...aur tum use gandhi banana chah rah eho
My Friend : ya ho sakta hia ulta o
My Friend : isliye
My Friend : why to predict too muchh about future
My Friend : u know we know very well
My Friend : ki agle pal ka pata nahi
My Friend : sala baahar nikle aur car kuchal gai
My Friend : to kya hoga
My Friend : aadmi is satya ko sweekar nahi karna chahta
My Friend : man wants to control FUTURE
My Friend : aadmi bahut buri tarah daraa hua insaan hai
My Friend : jeev hai
My Friend : koi aur jeev maut se itna nahi darta
My Friend : aur mazaa dekho
Me : wo to hai..
My Friend : salaa aadmi hi sabse zyada aatma ki amarta ki baatein karta hai
My Friend : Me bahut bakar kar raha hu
My Friend : tu kuchh aur topic chalu kar
Me : bhai aaj ki ye chat main blog par daalne waala hoon...
My Friend : hehehe kis blog pe
My Friend : link bhejo
Me : thoda edit kar ke...
My Friend : ok
My Friend : link bhejo'
Me : ok

Welcome to my Blog

Well, here you are. If you somehow managed to stumble your way to my little corner on the internet, welcome. If this was an accident, I understand. Either way, I should introduce myself. My name is Mayank and I'm from India. Not much to write, I know my life is dull , but it's the only one I have. Anyway, welcome to my site. It's a pleasure to have you here.

Trek to Duke’s Nose

Duke’s Nose is an 800-foot monolith. It’s got a 500-foot bottom and a 300-foot top! I was mesmerized the moment I saw this monster of a rock. Nature makes you feel so insignificant at times; you can’t help but continue to stare at this beauty. There’s a small temple on top of the rock and ample space to just lie down and stare at the sky. If you’re in Lonavala this is a place you must visit. Duke’s Nose can actually be seen from the Mumbai-Pune expressway.

Duke's Nose is a trekker's delight. Last Sunday we went for a trek there. It's barely 5km from Khandala railway station, till the top of the mountain.

Our plan for the trek was just a few hours old, none of us was aware about what we'll be doing on Sunday before Saturday evening. From Pune, 4 of us boarded the train at 7:30 am and got down at Khandala. Khandala itself being a high altitude place, the trek (and rain too) started the moment we walked out of the platform. The way to Duke's Nose is full of lush green hills laden with thick trees and innumerable springs, few of them becoming waterfalls along slope.You need to cross one or two such waterfalls in your way. There was a US couple following us all the way from Khandala. I was saving my shoes from being drenched in water till we came along to a point where we had to cross a small pool, which was about a foot deep. The greenery around the place was simply awesome.

Taking guidance from the local folks, we continued our journey. There are a couple of occasions where it is difficult to move ahead and demand presence of mind from the trekker. You may be climbing upwards steadily or in a zigzag way, at times crouching and suddenly you face a taller than your body rock which will have to be climbed skillfully. Your footwear has to have a good grip. You keep reaching grassy plains along the mountain's slope where you can relax, take snaps of the mountains and valleys and move ahead. The last few hundred-meter's towards the Duke's Nose is quite challenging. Once you reach the top, you will be astonished to see a small Shiv Mandir built there, and the Shivling alongside it. The way back doesn't pose much of a challenge.
We were shocked to see a road being built from the base of the trek. The day is not far when this trekkers delight would also become a crowded and polluted drive to the top of the hill.

Torna Trek

Drenched Camera, cellphone, wallet and Me ....Means rocking trek....

I went to Torna Fort this weekend (5th Aug, 2007). This was amazing trek in more than one ways. We started from Katraj bypass at around 8 o'clock in the morning. We were 4 people- My room partner Chandru, my cousin Pravin, our friend Gautam and Myself with 3 bikes. With superb road as Pune-Blore Highway it took less then half hour to reach Nasarapur phata. Trekker's delight - today rain didn't have any excuse and was soaking all of us. We took right from Nasarapur phata. It is around 30 kms from here to base of Torna. We could see Rajgad from the road. After a very cool and green road which was better than any road in Pune we reached Velhe which is base camp [;)]....We parked bikes near police station and had some breakfast in Torna Hotel. Now the trek starts, and so does the adventure. It greets you with a small Stream which was flowing on it's full force. We crossed it using some rocks thrown by considerate someone already. We reached small hill and started climbing. It was raining heavily and Chandrakant lost his camera, cellphone and wallet to rain as water got through his camera bags chain locks... [:(] ...fortunately my camera was still working. Road was slippery and we had to climb carefully. After reaching the top was a small plain strip on even ground to the main fort hill. But....here there were no obstacles for wind and it was flowing at rate of around 60-70 km/hr (Probably more that this), And with rain to accompany it It was like someone is throwing hundreds of needles on our face and it's force was throwing us sideways 2-3 steps until we can stop ourselves. All we could do was call names to wind and try not to get overthrown from hill. That was just coool experience. We Named that place detention room [:D]. Now the main climbing starts with small jungle and tricky corners. With fort bastions in sight comes the last rock patch. It's a around 60-70 degree climb. Poles were there for support but still it was a killing experience. One wrong step and you get a good flying experience...ammmm...landing may be little rough though [;)]...We climbed one by one slowly and...found a breath taking waterfall at the end....A big one falling directly from fort...The water was chilly and clear....After having a small photo session here and there came another small rock patch which took us to first Door of the Fort...small climbing and the Fort's main door greets you ...We took rest in the Temple there....The visibility was very low due to the fog...we wandered around the fort for some time ..had lunch (better I call that snacks)...and started downward move a around 3:30 pm. Now the rocky path was more frightening as we couldn't see where we are putting out step. After twisting and turning and sitting down on lot of places we crossed it. On the way down all of a sudden atmosphere cleared for 5 minutes...we took our time clicking aways as many snaps as possible. Ohhh but we forgot our detention room...and as sson as we entered that part...wind started flowing again ...and this time with more force than climbing time..we were forced to stop and sit sometimes due to it's force...that small road of around half km took us around 10 minutes to cross.Mayank's camera also accepted defeat at last sand shut itself down. After that it was a piece of cake getting down with some ups and downs. We reached velha at around 4:15 pm and everyone had 2 cup of hot steaming tea gratefully. Then it was ride back to pune. We reached back around 7:30 pm. After being at such an amazing natural beauty Pune traffic struck us hard [:D]...

Yeh and as a final note our cameras, cellphone and wallet...I dissembled them as much as I could...put them all on table under the fan...and in the morning they all were back to life...with three small lines on camera screen to remind me when I go for next monsoon trek.

Its an awsome adventure, but not for the week hearted.....