15 points from the Year 2015

This year has been really a tough year for me. Frankly , I was expecting such a year at its  start and it did turned out to be more worse than what I have expected. Of course , some of the things have settled down a bit now after a lot of efforts and I hope things would definitely settle down in the upcoming year 2016. So, I’m very much looking forward for the year 2016.

Here are 15 points in no particular order, I have learned while travelling through this year 2015.

  

 

•  Nobody will come for your rescue when u needed the most.
• Staying away social media like fb, whatsapp leads to a peaceful mind.
• Instrumental music transcends me to another world.
• Difficulties in life just fall on you all at once.
• The world will not change for you, rather you should change yourselves.
• Strong WILL can move mountains.
• Your parents deserve more attention than you ever thought of.
• You should be closer to God to face things beyond your control.
• De-attachment leads to better productive life.
• Health is of great importance to lead a peaceful life.
• Always do something good for others around you irrespective of what you are going through.
• Change is only constant, but your inner core values should always remain same.
• Money can buy happiness , but its not everything one should aspire for.
• Life and Death are part and parcel of this Universe.
• One should be mindful about others perception about you.  

Vamsi 

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challa ki labda phire- Acoustic cover

"Challa ki labda phire" from  "Jab tak hai jaan" movie is one of the beautiful songs,  which I have learned a long time ago. Finally ,I did a acoustic version of this song with my frnd karthik. Hope you guys like it and do share your feedback too:)

                                                        

Cheers 

Vamsi

Thanks to Cyberabad Traffic police !!!

               Traffic in Hyderabad city requires no introduction. Its worst, as no-one would like to follow traffic rules.The below picture shows the Traffic related problem for pedestrians crossing the road at Kothapet T- junction, Hyderabad. Of course , I'm one of them and that's how  I was feeling the pinch of the problem, when everyday I have to cross the road at this junction.The picture shows the how the traffic coming from Point A and B  merges at Point C and if you have observed closely only one traffic signal is controlling the traffic coming from point A, which I think is route cause of the problem I'm going to explain below.

The actual problem arises when the only traffic signal turns RED. When RED signal is ON, it is expected that the entire Traffic coming from Point A should halt so as to make way for traffic coming from Point B to go to Point C. Alas, thats not exactly it is happening as there is only one traffic signal and people intending to go towards Point B are only stopping , while those who wants to go Point C are continuing as usual as there is no clear cut instructions that the entire traffic at point A has to halt and there is no free left available as well. This is causing a lot of problems who are crossing the road as there is no halt of traffic and the worst is , I was almost run over by passing traffic a couple of times.Thanks to God who was on my side every time.

After struggling for 2 months , I have decided on Friday i.e., on Nov 07th,2015 to do something about it. I decided to write to Deputy Commissioner of Police , Cyberabad Traffic Police  regarding this problem along with some pictures, clearly indicating the problem along with possible solution.I hoped that by bringing the problem to attention of higher authorities would solve the problem quickly.  Due to some obligation , I couldn't workout the details for this traffic grievance on Saturday i.e., on Nov 8th, 2015 and I had to function to attend on sunday as well i.e., on Nov 9th ,2015 , so  I had to postponed this work for next week. 

To reach the venue of the function on sunday i.e., on Nov 9th,2015 , I have go through Kothapet T- Junction and while  I was passing by, I was surprised and dumbstruck to see ONE MORE TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLED ON LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD ( REFER PIC BELOW ) AND WHICH  ALREADY STARTED WORKING.   I was so happy to see , a newly installed traffic signal. For a moment , I felt someone had read my mind and got the traffic signal installed !!!. Anyways , now the problem for pedestrians should be resolved by this new traffic signal.

I would like to thank Cyberabad Traffic Police for installing the New traffic signal as they would have felt the problem or else someone might have already complained regarding the above said issue.

I felt so happy and that's the reason , I'm sharing this with you all.

Anyways , its good to see good things happening around you :)

Cheers
Vamsi

Jeena Jeena ( Badlapur) Acoustic Cover

Jeena Jeena song from the movie Badlapur was so addicting and soothing to hear. Well here it is , the acoustic version of this song along with my dear friend Karthik. Hope you guys like it and feel free to share and comments your feedback on this cover.                                                            

                                                    
Cheers
Vamsi

Haan Hasi Ban Gaye Acoustic Cover

               Acoustic Cover of Haan Hasi Ban gaye from the movie " Hamari adhuri Kahani ". This was played for fun along with my friend Karthik. Hope you guys like it. Please feel free to share your feedback.

                            

Cheers
Vamsi

Goonj.. a voice, an effort

                I came across GOONJ, an NGO dedicated for the upliftment of rural areas in the Sunday magazine of EENADU paper some TWO months ago. The moment I read about their efforts for upliftment of rural areas by providing necessary items such as clothes etc, I decided, I should contribute something from my side. GOONJ which was founded by Anshu Gupta , who won  Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2015 ,has developed a unique model of using old re-usuable clothes as the centre point for overall  development of a rural area.

                                                                                                                          

After interacting with Mr. Parithosh , who works at Hyderabad Office of GOONJ, I understood the working style of GOONJ. Its simple , identify an issue in rural areas and educate them towards what needs to be done for resolving the issue. And motivate them to work towards resolving the issue and in rewards you get good clothes for your contribution. Of course many others are also given , but the prime-mover of this movement is using re-usuable old clothes as driving point. This is because ,  I was explained that rural people, though may not be rich in terms of money, but they are rich in their value system. Hence you wouldn't find beggars in rural areas except in urban areas.So, as explained earlier, get work done towards benefit of their villages and in return clothes are given as a reward for their contribution instead of freely distributing the clothes.

As I was motivated by this concept, I decided to collect clothes from few of my friends,colleagues and neighbours as well. Initially , I aimed to collect atleast 100 clothes, but with help of my mom who spread out the word to all her friends, neighbours and relatives made me cross more than 300 clothes :). I was quite surprised, when after collecting the old clothes from all the generous people, the final number of clothes turned out to be more than 350.So special thanks to my dearest mom :)

The picture above is the total amount of the clothes collected and stuffed in 3 carton and 10 poly bags. I would like to extend my gratitude and thanks to everyone who contributed to this drive generously and thus helping the people in need.

The following is the list of people who have contributed to this drive. I once again thank each and everyone from my bottom of my heart for lending their hand for upliftment of society.

After two months of collection, I decided to give away all these clothes to GOONJ office in Hyderabad. So , with help of my best friend Mr. D. Venkatesh and his car, we stuffed all the cartons and polybags in his car. Initially, I was bit  worried as to whether all the items can be stuffed inside the car or not, but somehow we managed to stuff them all as you can see the picture below. The items inside the car.

We went to GOONJ office in Hyderabad and had good interaction with Mr. Parithosh regarding the working of GOONJ. Finally after submitting the clothes to them , we headed back to our homes feeling satisfied that these clothes shall be put to some good use.

Below is the receipt from GOONJ about clothes received from us. 

Click on the pic to enlarge

I would like to once again thank everyone and may God bless you all.

Stay Happy and Keep smiling 

Vamsi

P.S:  I have decided to conduct this drive of collecting old clothes once every year in the month of October ;)

Infinity- One direction acoustic cover.

INFINITY- one direction acoustic cover by vamsi and sai. This was played for fun. Hope you guys like it and do share your feedback as well. tc

A cute little kitten :)

 Since ages ,cats have always been part of our family . We always adored the little kittens the most, for their innocence and cuteness. Below is one of such kitten pic ,whose cuteness is overloaded and is the newest member of our extended family. I hope you have a good time here with us little one :)

     

 

Just watch and enjoy:)

Vamsi

Solving Rubik cube video !!!

                                   

Finally after learning how to solve rubik cube , I thought of recording a video of me solving the cube!!!.So here it is presenting to you the video;).  It took me about 8 minutes to solve. But I have edited and reduced  the video to under 5 minutes for ease of watching. I hope one day I would solve this cube within a minute:). Just watch and enjoy:)

                             

                                                                                      

Cheers

Vamsi

Friend of the Earth Award ;)

Just felt like sharing something from my old memories ...

I dont remember exactly how came to know about this website called "donateyourpc.in", this organization is dedicated for collecting the old , unused working desktop computers from anyone who is interested to give their PC's to them and inturn they would give it to an NGO in need of PC. I did like this concept and I had an old PC with me too, but it was not in working condition.

 I already bought a new PC and scrapped the old PC in our storage room .I decided I need to make my PC in working condition which I bought in 2002 and at ones give it to this organization. After getting it repaired for few bucks, I put my PC for anyone to take on their website on Nov 2013. 

 

My first Pentium 4 PC 

 And after two months , I get a call from these guys from NGO named Zeenath Social & Educational Organization which is dedicated for upliftment of children in rural areas by educating them  and they intend to blend technology oriented learning by making extensive usage of computers and in this process  they are in need of PC's.  I remember the call from Mr. Jamal, who was working with the organization and at that time  was running a camp in Kurnool district, called me to tell more about their organization. I was deeply impressed by their work at ones decided to give my PC to them and on January 25th,2014 the organization representatives collected my dearest PC. Later on , Mr. Jamal called me to thank me and also offered me to come to one of their conference in Agra. But due to office obligations, I did not go. 

Later one day , as a small token for my PC, the guys from Donateyourpc.in send me this certificate ;). I felt happy for this.

Thank you guys from donateyourpc.in , But now I think they have closed their organization for unknown reasons. Yet they were able to make a mark by providing the platform between donors and receivers and over 400 PC's were exchanged as far as I remember from their website. That was great achievement as far as I'm concerned and kudos to the entire team:) 

 Stay happy and Keep Smiling 

Vamsi