Bharath Thippireddys Blog

On one cloudy Monday morning, as he hurried for his job interview in the Hi-tech City, Suraj Babus bike was stopped at the Yosufguda check post by a traffic constable standing in the middle of the road like a football goal keeper waiting to stop a penalty kick. Following the protocol , like a server at a Udipi restaurant reading out the menu - Idli, vada , Dosa , Mysore masala dosa, Rava dosa, Bisi bela bath , Kesari bath the constable quickly read the list of required documents and asked Suraj to pay a fine of 100 Rupees without receipt ,500 Rupees with receipt for each missing document.                                   Suraj Sorry, I do not have cash on me. Without uttering another word the constable got on to the bike. Sitting behind Suraj he asked him to follow his directions. Shocked, Suraj thought his bike is be...

Welcome to the Jurassic Park The New Jersey sun’s rays passed through the window blinds and pierced my eyes open. Next to me are my new HP laptop, cell phone and some Mother India calling cards. I share this master bed room with Anand Naidu and Pavan Theodore. Anand got married recently and is desperate to crack an interview and bring his wife from India. Pavan on the other hand has seen life and has built his fortress of philosophy which he unveils every night after the first round of beers. He is here only to clear his home loan which is breathing its last breath in India. On Pavans left is the closet where we dumped our check in baggages. Next to it is the rest room .It is my fourth day in this country and I am getting used to the no bucket no mug hot and cold water showers. As I walk towards the living room rubbing my eyes, the room on my right is the devils bedroom. Deepak Patel lives there alone, not because he snores bad but because of his weird habits. He wakes up...

       In the beautiful garden city of Bangalore live three good friends. Hailing from the same village they are not just friends but best friends from school days who shared the success and cigarettes, punishments and beedis. It took them two years to realize that job search unlike college is a drainage. Recently one after the other they got in to a small software company. Seven thousand rupees is the salary and not a paisa more. On the other hand their monthly expenses are ten thousand rupees and not a paisa less. They can’t ask their parents to help. Not because they are shy or they feel responsible but because of their build up in their village an year ago. As per their parents they work for Oracle, TCS and Microsoft. If they have to visit home only one of them will go at a time. Not because their presence at work is so important that the projects get delayed. The catch here is - if one of them has to go home the other two should donate their go...

Bill Gates concludes his inspiring Purdue University Speech with an anti piracy statement on how well they have worked with the FBI in controlling piracy. Soon an Indian student pops up and shouts - You are not only barking up the wrong tree but the wrong forest Mr. Gates. While the Professors are shocked and surprised the students burst in to laughter. As the security gets closer to the Student, Gates shocked but not embarrassed asks them to stop and give the student a mike. Random Indian Student:  My name is Gandhi Reddy Mr. Gates. I am a huge fan of yours and Microsoft. No matter how sick I am I never ate an Apple, no matter how bad my OS sucks I never bought a MAC. You should visit Parrys Corner in Chennai, India to understand how freely and creatively piracy works. It is there where you can track back to the roots of this evil spread across other countries and fight them. And only then can you claim that you have control over it. Taking up the challeng...

Abhimanyu or as his frieds call him Abhi is a 5 foot 4 inch tall(he thinks so) decent looking guy. He recently finished his masters in electrical engineering from UPenn and works as a Game Developer in Newark,Delaware.As a kid he hated chocolates and ate chalk pieces and now he loves long drives but hates technology. So he is a close friend of Google Maps and no relative to IPhones.Everytime he drives to Jersey he ends up in Time Square and on his way back he ends up half way to the White House. Misses destinations just by a few 100 miles. He strictly used to follow his three step KBC (Indian Version of the Millionaire) philosophy in this order. 50-50 - If you miss an exit, takes the next one and instead of heading back like everyone else just keeps going and you will reach your destination sooner or later. Ask the Audience - People at the Gas Stations and Service Areas. Phone a friend - And finally call our friends who have nothing to do on weekends and desperately wait...

Once up on a time while you read this story, on the banks of the sacred river penna is the beautiful city of Simhapuri. Like every other day Venkatesh is waiting at the Nippo factory bus-stop to catch the 9 O Clock bus to work.Like every other government initiative the bus-stop that was constructed a few months back soon turned in to a home for the beggars.And the buses usually stop 10 or 15 feet away from the bus-stop.Leaning on his back next to one of the the bus-stops pillars looking at Venkatesh was a very old man in his torn/patched up light brownish clothes.Venkatesh never payed much attention to him but has first seen this old man and four other beggars in this bus-stop couple of months ago.The old man normally stays at the busstop while the other four beggers collect waste cans/botlles/paper from garbage and sell them for their living. Venkatesh who works as a clerk at the municipal office has spent half of his life and money in helping others and today he is in need of two...

"The events depicted in this story are fictitious. Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental."   Moms dream ,Dads Salary, Bank Loan ,My Goal and here i am in Los Angele's far from home and friends.Its Friday evening and brothers will be back from work anytime.They are not what you think they are,but my roommates and i call them brothers as they have landed in country before me and  have cars and a place to live.And that is the only reason i call them so.Here is what i got to know about their hobbies in this 2 months. Sourav does not smoke just drinks.According to him it takes a lot of practice. Srikanth-Only Whiskey,just half bottle a day. Senior most Silesh Bro: His goal in life is to taste beer from across the world and he has already collected 23 different bottles. And the common good habit they have is gambling.They go to Vegas every friday and they discuss their experiences/adventures the entire next week.There is nothing i hide fr...

"The events depicted in this story are fictitious. Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental." My heart beat goes up and so does my blood pressure out of anger.Swami,even when i do my best to be good to people they tend to talk rude .Their words are like bullets from a double barrel gun.If i stop talking to them they talk bad about me behind my back.Its making enemies and my relations and health are souring.Can you please either change them or change me so that i am not bothered from their actions any more or change me to be like them.Swamiji with a smile on his face ,i can neither change them nor you ,it is from our actions and thoughts what we are today and what we will be tomorrow.But i can show you what will be the consequences in this and the next lives of those if that makes you happy.Put on these glasses when ever you think there is a chance of you getting angry from their behavior. The next morning Shamus manager took out anger on his b...

"The events depicted in this story are fictitious. Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental."   In the last decade the real estate boom has given birth to several millionaires in India.So much money that they have invested in every business possible.One such millionaires is real estate Ranjith .Inspired by Satyam (before the scam)  he started Nijam Infotech . Aiming to be one of the fortune 500 companies ,he quickly realized that they cant go any further than fortune 500 thousand.... Nijam Infotech ,Above the Madhina Cafe,below the Anytime Call Center,Sainikpuri,Hyderabad It is Karthiks first day and Madhu  one of the senior developers is taking him around the office. This is Anniyan Asha our Receptionist. If she goes out of the door on the right and comes out of the door on her left she is our HR. Anniyan from the Anniyan movie, the tamil version of Aparichithudu.. As they enter The Office .... Karthik is Shocked to see,al...

"The events depicted in this story are fictitious. Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental." March 4th 1953 Time 10PM Chennai India When the world kisses goodnight to their kids is when the news dailies turn on their lights."Bharat News" is one such upcoming english daily.The composers are busy composing the headlines.The chief editors reviewing the content on the local edition ,the columnist with the sports page and the cartoonist drawing Nehrujis caricature. Standing at one corner as tall as the machines ,wearing thick glasses and reading the paper keeping it close to his face is "The Boss" who is known for his bad temper.Standing next to him with a intimidated expression on his face is one of the chief editors. The Boss: How in the world can we compete with "The Hindu"  if you keep making such silly mistakes? I have asked you to print... Buffalo is their new party symbol and what did you...

Once up on a time not too long ago on the banks of the sacred river Penna was a huge but calm , tall but simple banyan tree.It was so tall that the clouds could rest on its branches.On one of its far spread stems in a beautifully built nest  lived a sparrow happily with its cute family.In a small hole of a close by palm tree lived a squirrel and its sweet little family.As the sparrow finishes meditation and flies away to fetch food every morning the little ones used to chirp him good bye.As months passed by quickly , slowly crawled a beautiful money plant across the trunk and soon reached the tree tops.Unlike the sparrow the money plant is completely dependent on the banyan tree for its food and shelter.Its a Parasite. Every day on its way back the sparrow started bringing home a new friend, who soon would bring his family and build a nest on the big banyan tree .Soon the tree was filled with nests of all the species of birds on this planet.As days progressed, competing wi...

Hope it inspires a few to face any difficulty with determination and know how fortunate they are ....... Long story short..... It was my 3rd day in the US and T-3 days for the touch down.As I return from the SSN office… Jan 19th 2006 Afternoon Md Shiv kumars Chamber knock knock!! Heah come on in Bharath ,how are things going.Ready for an interview?.There is a huge business opportunity .There is a company Equalizer group in New york which along with some major partners like coke ,jp morgan etc are planning to conduct a training program to a group of economically backward students who then will have to work on a project for Coke and will be placed . I knew that working with out an SSN is illegal in the US.How are they gonna run my pay stub?.Even then I am Sold!!.The next day I was selected even with out an interview which is kind of fishy but all I wanted is to see my first pay stub and so….. After a 45 min drive there was a 5 min stop over in jersey city before we c...