Chingum Boy Jokes Audio clips

94.3 MY FM airs the notorious quackster of the quacks...'My Chingum Boy', a concept so comical and amusing to the point of making anyone laugh is truly set to be an outstanding entertainment for all. The character is a kid who always speaks his heart out and makes anyone smile.

Listen him here:

Apple IPad wireless connection problem at WIFI hotspots and hotels

IPad has problems connecting to WIFI hotspots that throw an authentication page upon first HTTP request from the browser. Such WIFI hotspots use http page redirection in-order to read login credentials from the user. On IPad, the WIFI gets connected, the IP-address is leased, but the browser does not allow surfing, neither does IPad show the WIFI logo on the top left corner.

The problem is Apple's foolishness in doing the Internet Connectivity Test. Whenever a IPad gets connected to WIFI, it does an Internet Connectivity Test, by trying to fetch, "http://www.apple.com/library/test/suc". If the HTTP response is 404 Not Found, IPad assumes that it has been successful in reaching Internet. In case of WIFI hotspots, the http response returned is HTTP 200 OK, or HTTP 302 redirection. Upon receiving this non-404 response, IPad foolishly assumes that it is not able to reach to Internet.

Until IPad, rectifies this problem, the solution is that the WIFI router should whitelist "http://www.apple.com/library/test/suc".

Another ugly solution is to add "apple.com " in /etc/hosts file. This will take apple.com to the wifi hotspot's web-server and assuming that there is no file like "/library/test/suc" on the WIFI hotspot webserver, you will get a 404 not-found, and IPad will foolishly assume that it has got connected to internet.

PS: Just found a router called Cyberoam Netgenie which has a workaround for this problem.

Rejoice!

Dilemma - Switching Job

This is just for reading pleasure. I got it in my Inbox…


A survey reported that professionals who regularly changed their jobs are more confident and financially secure than their counterparts. To find out the truth we decided to have a conversation with some of our friends. We began with some professionals who had changed their jobs a year ago.
This is what one had to say:
“I started my career in a company and worked in the same company for 10 years. During this period I developed very good relations with my seniors, HoD and also with admin dept. This created a sense of security in my mind and I started loving my company. During this period I came across many job opportunities from other companies and also from foreign lands. But the sense of security was so deep rooted in my mind that I never bothered to even attend a walk-in-interview. Forget about thinking of going abroad. I watched many of my colleagues resign and join other companies on a higher salary and a higher position. Some even went abroad and are settled there.
Meanwhile I also saw some young engineers almost 5 years junior to me joined my company with same pay as what I was earning. It was then I was disturbed and started looking for alternatives. I had good relations with my HOD and also with administration dept so I decided to put up my case against this “injustice”. Everybody showed sympathy to me but nobody took any action, all that they would say were “we will revise your scale in the next appraisal”. I had faith in my company so I waited for the appraisal and to my shock I was given only an average increment the same was given to the new chaps too. The same story repeated the following year. It was then I decided to quit.
But leaving was not so easy. I had many of sleepless nights before I actually resigned. I had built a shell of “sense of security” around me and it was very difficult to break. Worse I had lost confidence that I would be able to adjust and perform in a different environment. But later I found out it is not so difficult to get adjusted to the new environment. I am happy now that I earn better and have a good position.”
This is just an example. Many professionals we talked to had a similar
experience.

WE CONCLUDE THAT WORKING IN ANY COMPANY FOR MORE THAN 7 YEARS HAVE FOLLOWING DISADVANTAGES:

1. You are taken for granted by the company.
2. You get used to working in an environment which is unique to that company this makes you less confident for taking up new opportunities.
3. Personal growth is hampered as there is very little new to learn after 5-7 years.
4. You become complacent reducing your own market value.
5. The only benefit it offers is so called “security” (And that too is imaginary)

HERE ARE SOME BENEFITS OF CHANGING THE JOB REGULARLY:

1. You join the company satisfied with your needs ( pay and position) and on your own terms.
2. Work in a different environment and learn to negotiate different problems and situations.
3. Often you get a chance to attend a new course/seminar thereby increasing your professional knowledge.
4. You are always conscious about your performance keeping your market value intact.

The professional companies do not operate on emotions. They are least
bothered about your loyalty all they want is performance. You won’t be
awarded anything extraordinary for your loyalty. It is always performance
that counts. If you are in a company serving for too long then the chances
are you not one of the best performers because of the inevitable
complacency.
Also such people presented with an opportunity of lifetime are incapable
to grab it. It is impossible for these people to break their shell of
“security” and grab the new opportunity. The situation is worse for the
people who have worked for more than 15 years in only one company. They
can’t even dream of quitting their job – it is like fish out of water.

  FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR JOB….

       NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR COMPANY…..

I didn’t say resign from your job right now but keep this in mind.

How to verify if a company or LLP is registered in India

Here's a website, using which, you can verify if a company or LLP (Limited liability partnership) is registered with Indian government or not. The website is:

http://mca.gov.in/

Direct link to the search page:

http://mca.gov.in/DCAPortalWeb/dca/SearchCIN.do

 

Record speaker audio on Ubuntu

Ever wondered about recording audio playing on your computer speaker? Well, I did. There was this ringtone which i could play from a website but could not download it. So here you got and record it to your local file. I am using Ubuntu 9.04 (Karmic Koala). This has also been tested on various flavors of Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10.

On the command line, install the following packages:

sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-utils

sudo apt-get install sox 

Open up your favorite editor (e.g. vi /tmp/record.sh) and paste the following code in it.

#!/bin/sh

WAV="$1" && [ -z "$WAV" ] && echo "Usage: $0 OUTPUT.WAV" && exit 1

rm -f "$WAV"

# Get sink monitor e.g. alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor

MONITOR=$(pactl list | grep 'Monitor Source:' | awk '{print $3}')

[ -z "$MONITOR" ] && echo "Failed to fetch sink monitor" && exit 1

# Record it raw, and convert to a wav

echo "Recording to $WAV file ...Press CTRL-C to stop recording"

parec -d "$MONITOR" | sox -t raw -r 44k -sLb 16 -c 2 - "$WAV"

Save the file. I saved it in /tmp/record.sh. Change the permissions of /tmp/record.sh to 755.

chmod 755 /tmp/record.sh

/tmp/record.sh /tmp/filetostore.wav

Now play any song from your favorite website and  run /tmp/record.sh /tmp/filetostore.wav, it should record  the audio in wav format in /tmp/filetostore.wav.

The output file is in wav format. You may use audacity to convert the output file into the formats of your choice e.g. mp3. Audacity is available in ubuntu repositories and you can install it using: apt-get install audacity.

Enjoy!

Cyberoam IPSec VPN client on linux

My struggle of connecting my Ubuntu-9.04 (Karmic Koala) to Cyberoam's ipsec VPN is worth a mention. Cyberoam provides a road-warrior client for establishing VPN connections from Windows, but nothing for Linux based systems.

So here you go. On Cyberoam:

• Logon to Cyberoam GUI
• Click on the following menu on left panel: OBJECTS --> Hosts
• Click the ADD button

• Add the local network (behind Cyberoam) that you wish to access over VPN and give it a name. See the snapshot below. The local network behind my Cyberoam is 192.168.0.0/20, I named it as 192series. Press OK.

• Click on the following menu on left panel: VPN --> IPSec
• Press the ADD button. Follow the steps as per below snapshots.

• If everything went well, you should see the following screen.

• The Red button should turn green after pressing it.

• Now you need to allow the VPN connection in firewall. On the left panel, click on Firewall --> Rule. Click ADD to add a rule to allow traffic from VPN to LAN. Do the same for allowing traffic from LAN to VPN. Here's a snapshot:

Here, you are done with the Cyberoam part. Now turn to your laptop or desktop:
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On your laptop or PC:

1. Install the openswan package from the default repositories. For debian based systems:
   

   apt-get install openswan

   For redhat based systems:
   

   yum install openswan

    
2. Add the following configuration to your /etc/ipsec.conf. Change the network parameters as per your network scenario.
   

   conn roadwarrior
           rightsubnet=192.168.0.0/255.255.240.0
           auto=add
           type=tunnel
           right=<your_cyberoam_public_ipaddress>
           left=your-laptop-ipaddress
           leftnexthop=%defaultroute
           authby=secret
           keyingtries=3
           compress=yes
           failureshunt=drop
           dpddelay=30
           dpdtimeout=120
           dpdaction=clear
           pfs=yes
           ike="aes128-md5-modp1024,aes128-sha1-modp1024,3des-md5-modp1024"
   

           esp="aes128-md5,aes128-sha1,3des-md5"

    
3. Add the following line in /etc/ipsec.secrets
   %any <your_cyberoam_public_ipaddress>: PSK "<pre-shared-key which you defined on cyberoam>"
   
   
4. Load the connection in ipsec by using the following command on command line.

   sudo ipsec auto --add roadwarrior

5. Start the connection and test if you are able to reach the local network behind Cyberoam.
   

   sudo ipsec auto --up roadwarrior

   ping 192.168.13.102

   
   That should get your VPN up and running. In case of problems, you may contact Cyberoam Support at:
   http://www.cyberoam.com/contactsupport.html

openwrt-x86-ext2.image in qemu on linux

I just downloaded the openwrt firmware and wanted to mount it in my ubuntu laptop. Here's the trick:


Get the starting offset of first partition in the image:

startsector=`fdisk -lu openwrt-x86-ext2.image 2>/dev/null | grep openwrt-x86-ext2.image2 | awk '{print $2}'`

Set-up a loop device to access the file offset as a block device, assuming 512 bytes sector size: 

losetup -o `expr $startsector \* 512` /dev/loop0 openwrt-x86-ext2.image

Now, mount the device to a directory:

mount /dev/loop0 /mnt/

To unmount the device:

umount /dev/loop0

To delete the loop device:

losetup -d /dev/loop0

To run the image under qemu with 128 MB ram and single network card:

sudo qemu -m 128 -hda openwrt-x86-ext2.image -net nic,model=ne2k_pci -net tap,ifname=tap1,script=~/qemu/qemu-ifup.sh

Micromax MMX200g USB MODEM on Ubuntu

This modem really made me work hard, and so thought of writing it out. I have an Airtel GPRS sim card plugged in Micromax MMX200g USB Modem and wanted to get it working on my Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic koala). The worst part was switching it from storage to modem mode. I did a lot of googling and binging but nothing got me to its usb_modswitch settings. But then, what worked surprised me. The only thing i did was 'Eject' it. Just unmount and eject the device using the GUI file explorer, and it will get detected as modem, /dev/ttyACM0, in my case.

YES, JUST EJECT THE DEVICE USING GUI FILE EXPLORER.

Then paste the following settings in /etc/wvdial.conf
--------------------------------

[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","airtelgprs.com","",0,0
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
stupid mode = 1
Modem Type = USB Modem
Baud = 460800
New PPPD = yes
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0 # Your modem device may be different
ISDN = 0
Phone = *99#
Password = a
Username = a

--------------------------------
After that run the wvdial command:

# sudo wvdial

and there you should get connected.

swim,swam,swum,swimming

Finally, after struggling for 2 months, I could awake the swimmer in me. It gives me a sense of achievement and satisfaction. I am excited and eagerly awaiting every morning to take a dip in deep chlorinated water. I measured the swimming pool using the Google maps and found that every day I cover a distance of 300 metres by swimming. It's a great exercise. Every day I try different strokes, starting from upward floating to under-water and breaststroke.

Swimming is one of the most popular forms of aerobic exercise, and it is an excellent activity for anyone who wishes to get fit and stay active. Swimming exercise uses more of the overall muscle mass of the body than almost any other form of exercise, and people get an upper-body workout and a lower-body workout, unlike running or biking or other activities like tennis, where you get a good workout in just the legs. In addition, as with most aerobic exercise it is believed to reduce the harmful effects of stress.

Overall, swimming is an excellent form of exercise. Because the density of the human body is approximately similar to that of water, the body is supported by the water and less stress is therefore placed on joints and bones. Since then the buoyancy of the water protects the joints, water exercise is a particularly good choice for people who are overweight or who are prevented from taking part in other activities because of injuries or other physical limitations. Therefore, swimming is frequently used as an exercise in rehabilitation after injuries or for the disabled.

My first swim (floating)

Living in an area with limited swimming opportunities, Ahmedabad, i have always been yearning to swim. Being an ardent fan of water sports, I had always wanted to learn swim in-order to actually participate in them. So the first day starts with the coach asking us to float on water. Rest was there for realisation. If you have not yet learned how to float you are unnecessarily denying yourself the opportunity to safely participate in many activities that take place in, on or near the water. Learning to float allows you to
rest comfortably in deep water when swimming out over your head or when swimming long distances. If you have learned to float, then diving or jumping off a spring board or dock can easily be followed by a few minutes floating while you catch your breath and decide what you want to do next. If you are in any type of water craft that inadvertently capsizes, you'll be very glad you learned to float because you possess a survival skill that will keep you alive and calm until help can arrive. Learning to float requires some concentration and a little practice, but once you have learned the skill of floating, it is yours for a lifetime.
Having know this for a while now, I set my step ahead and left myself sleeping on water, head facing downwards. Apart from few initial hiccups, I managed to get myself on water. Though there was a trouble keeping myself from getting rotated on one side, soon a little practice helped me align my head in-order to prevent the rotation. Today will be the second day. Will keep posting what happens next.

राँझा राँझा ( रावन मूवी )

This song mesmerised me, but it was only after hearing it 10 times that i could understand the lyrics. Here i am posting the lyrics of this great song from Ravan. It's Punjabi, Heer-Ranjha are characters of a folk love story.
'Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ve Main Aape Ranjha Hoyi
Ranjha Ranjha Saddo Ni Mainu Heer Na Aakho Koyi'
is a verse from sufi poet Waris Shah's poem on Heer-Ranjha.

Singer(S): Rekha Bhardwaj, Javed Ali, Anuradha Sriram
Music Director: A R Rahman
Lyricist: Gulzar

Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ve Main Aape Ranjha Hoyi
Ranjha Ranjha Saddo Ni Mainu Heer Na Aakho Koyi
Oo Ranjha Ranjha Na Kar Heere Jag Badnami Hoye
Patti Patti Jhar Jaave Par Khushboo Chup Na Hoye

Begunah Pakda Gaya (Yaaro)
Ishq Mein Jakda Gaya (Yaaro)
Aankh Ke Dosh Mein Dil (Yaaro)
Bewajah Pakda Gaya (Yaaro)

Aankh Se Hatt Ti Nahin, Arrey Hatt Ti Nahin, Arrey Hatt Ti Nahin
Sotey Sotey Bolta Hoon, Kabhi Bolte Bolte Sota Hoon
Kya Jaane Kya Hota Hai, Kabhi Jalti Aag Dadolta Hoon
Ek Baar To Aake Dekhe Woh Bhi

Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ve Main Aape Ranjha Hoyi
Ranjha Ranjha Saddo Ni Mainu Heer Na Aakho Koyi
Oo Ranjha Ranjha Na Kar Heere Jag Badnami Hoye
Patti Patti Jhar Jaave Par Khushboo Chup Na Hoye

Jal Ja, Jal Ja Ishq Mein Jal Ja, Jale Se Kundan Ho
Jalti Raakh Laga Le Maathe Lagey To Chandan Hoye
Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ve Main
Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ve Main Aape Ranjha Hoyi
Ranjha Ranjha Saddo Ni Mainu Heer Na Aakho Koyi

Waqt Katt Ta Bhi Nahin, Waqt Rukta Bhi Nahin
Dil Hai Sajde Mein Magar, Ishq Jhukta Bhi Nahin
Bina Tere Raatein, Arrey Raatein Kyun Lambhi Lagti Hain
Kabhi Tera Gussa, Kabhi Teri Baatein Kyun Achchi Lagti Hain
Yeh Jalte Koyle, Arrey Koyle Ab Rakhna Mushkil Hai

Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ve Main Aape Ranjha Hoyi
Ranjha Ranjha Saddo Ni Mainu Heer Na Aakho Koyi
Oo Ranjha Ranjha Na Kar Heere Jag Badnami Hoye
Patti Patti Jhar Jaave Par Khushboo Chup Na Hoye
Jal Ja, Jal Ja Ishq Mein Jal Ja, Jale Se Kundan Ho
Jalti Raakh Laga Le Maathe Lagey To Chandan Hoye

Chal, Chal Junoon Chalte Rahein, Tu Kahin Theher Nahin
Dil Agar Aa Bhi Gaya, Woh Tera Shehar Nahin
Bina Tere Saansein, Arrey Saansein Kahin Khatam Na Ho Jaayein
Sabi Teri Yaadein, Sabi Yaadein Kahin Basam Na Ho Jaayein
Sulagte Koyle, Arrey Koyle Ab Bujhna Mushkil Hai

Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ve Main
Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ve Main Aape Ranjha Hoyi
Ranjha Ranjha Saddo Ni Mainu Heer Na Aakho Koyi
Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ve Main Aape Ranjha Hoyi
Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ve Main Aape Ranjha Hoyi
Oo
Ranjha Ranjha Na Kar Heere Jag Badnami Hoye
Patti Patti Jhar Jaave Par Khushboo Chup Na Hoye
Ranjha Ranjha Kardi Ve Main Aape Ranjha Hoyi ........ 4

Setup my own IVR

Voice has always been an interesting field for me. One of my friends asked me to set up an IVR (Interactive Voice Response) for his small company. I, wearing a technology mask, would never like to displease a friend, who has an image of me being a technology champ. Not only that, there was something else at the back of my mind, that supported my decision to help out this friend. It was nothing else but a small IVR application that I had developed during my graduation days. Those were the days of VB with a TAPI addon. Tried to look around for that antic piece, got it, but couldn't get it working on today's OS. I was in a fix. Googling around for VOIP related technologies, I came across VXML (Voice XML) & voice browser. At first, I related it to be something like XML and Firefox Internet browser. I was excited to have it on my desktop, but my eagerness was trimmed down on further reading. This was where i came across voxeo.

Here are the steps:
1) Register yourself at Voxeo Evolution Site. (Goto Account->Register)
2) Login with your user and password.
3) Copy paste the following text in your favourite editor.

<vxml version = "2.1" >



 <form>

   <block>

   <prompt>

	<break strength="large"/>

     Hello. Welcome to Nand Tele Services. We are the leaders in Education Call Center.

   prompt>

   block>

 form>

vxml>

4) Save the file on your local machine (say hello.xml)
5) On voxeo evolution site, goto,
ACCOUNT -> (Files, Logs, & Reports)
6) You should see a www directory. Click on www directory.
7) Upload hello.xml using the browse button.
8) Goto ACCOUNT -> Application Manager, Click Add Application.
9) Type in a arbitrary name, and select "Voice Phone Calls"
10) In Voice URL, click on file manager, select hello.xml and Press MAP.
11) Press "Create Application".
12) Click on the application, and it will show you various contact methods.
Your first voice application is ready to rock!!!

On creating your application, voxeo gives you free Skype, Sip, & direct US phone numbers. You can use skype to test your new voice application. If you have a sip softphone, like linphone, put in the sip url and listen the voice of your application. Now you need to connect it to your PSTN line. I did it using Linksys SPA-3102. My boss is calling, need to go, will post the rest in next few days.

Reliance broadband+ ZTE-AC2726 on linux (Ubuntu-9.04 karmic koala)

I managed to install reliance broadband+ ZTE AC2726 on ubuntu 9.04.

Here are the steps:

Insert the modem into USB interface and see if its detected. You should see something like this in dmesg:

$ dmesg
[22882.972130] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 16
[22883.128910] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[22883.131004] scsi10 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[22883.131239] usb-storage: device found at 16
[22883.131244] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[22888.130780] usb-storage: device scan complete
[22888.133718] scsi 10:0:0:0: CD-ROM ZTE USB Storage FFF1 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[22888.136787] scsi 10:0:0:1: Direct-Access ZTE USB Storage FFF1 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[22888.170799] sr1: scsi-1 drive
[22888.171045] sr 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
[22888.171180] sr 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
[22888.171403] sd 10:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[22888.191688] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[22889.655795] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
[22889.663783] ISOFS: changing to secondary root


Use lsusb to get its vendor:product id
$ sudo lsusb
Bus 003 Device 016: ID 19d2:fff5 ONDA Communication S.p.A.

19d2:fff5 is the vendor:product id.There are other varients which have 19d2:fff6 as a vendor:product id.

This means that the device is detected as a storage. We need it to be detected as modem. There is a command called usb-modeswitch to achieve this. Install it using the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install usb-modeswitch

Using the vendorid and productid, fire the following command:

$ sudo usb_modeswitch -v 0x19d2 -p 0xfff5 -M "5553424312345678c00000008000069f030000000000000000000000000000"

The above command should not fail and it should display the following things:

$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 023: ID 19d2:fff1 ONDA Communication S.p.A.

$ modprobe usbserial vendor=0x19d2 product=0xfff1

Copy paste the following items in your /etc/wvdial.conf

[Dialer Defaults]
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0 ; modify based on the results of your dmesg
Phone = #777
Idle Seconds = 300
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Stupid Mode = 1
Compuserve = 0
Baud = 460800
Auto DNS = 1
Dial Command = ATDT
Ask Password = 0
ISDN = 0
Username = "10-digit-modem-mobile-number"
Password = "10-digit-modem-mobile-number"

Now the last step:

$ sudo wvdial

और आप इन्टरनेट से जुड़ चुके है। There you are connected to internet.

Switched to ubunto-9.10 from opensuse-11.2

After struggling for a long time with opensuse-11.2+kde, i finally switched over to ubuntu-9.10. Here are the problems that i faced with opensuse+kde:
1) Frequent hang-up of GUI.
2) Suse upgrade screwed my pdf reader - evince.
3) Pulling the power cable from laptop would make the screen go black.

So i downloaded the ubuntu-9.10 iso. I did not have a blank cdrom, so thought of burning the iso to a usb pen drive. I used Lili Usb Creater to burn the ISO file to a pen-drive, note that, this works only on windows. I could not find similar tool for linux in my limited google search operation.
Finally, i backed up my thunderbird folder, firefox bookmarks, and other interesting documents to another partition. Reboot the machine from USB pen drive. Installation was pretty smooth, and it hardly took 15 minutes to install. I like this thing about ubuntu that it does not give package selection option during installation. After installation, i had to configure a few shortcuts that i was used to previously. I did not like the default Alt-F2 "run application" program. Needed to lookup for something that could search applications based on keywords. So i looked up for a package-manager which could work like yast. I found Synaptic package manager for GUI and aptitude for text console. Started synaptic and installed gnome-deskbar. Surprisingly, Alt-F3 was the shortcut assigned. Amrish, the suse ambassador, came up with something new which used the useless windows key on the keyboard. After that i installed thunderbird, created a softlink to my previous thunderbird folder. I am impressed by Thunderbird. It works so smooth. Next i imported the bookmarks in firefox. And so here i am, struggling to learn shortcuts and installing new applications.

Cheers from ubuntu blogger!

Diwali Skit (Cyberoam presales)

Just like previous year, time has arrived for pre-Diwali celebrations. As a part of the celebrations, rangoli competition and skits were organized. Cyberoam-dev team, called Indradhanush won the rangoli competition. There were 8 teams for the skit from Cyberoam department, and each one of them was supposed to play the state of corresponding department in 2012. Though the topic was not very zealous, each team managed to prepare a good script. Our topic was "Cyberoam presales team in the year 2012", lead by Alok. I was supposed to play the role of potter (kumbhar) called Sevakram, accompanied by a subordinate called Lakha (played by Sanket). The story goes like this. Seeing the television advertisement of cyberoam (played by Siddharth and Sneha), Sevakram gets impressed and calls up presales for a demo. The presales manager, Parajay Khujlani (played by Kaushal), visits the potter's village, and realizes that Sevakram wants to manage his donkeys with cyberoam. Adamant to sell the appliances, Parajay, convinces his new client, agrees to add some new features like weight machine and a mosquito repellent, and returns back happily with an order of 1000 1i appliances. Next day he sends his engineer, Khajur Shah, to install the appliances. It was followed by some witty punches as khajur installs the appliances on donkey's tail. Next part of the skit was mimicking Jimit (played by Alok), and Nehal. Alok did a wonderful act by shaking his neck continuously, and precise dialogues. Most humorous part was that of Nehal showing her new shoes to Jimit and forgetting the actual purpose of discussion. This kind of things do happen in our office in day to day life. In fact, Jimit has a passion for endless meetings (baithna padega :). The skit was wonderfully EOF'ed by Nidhi and Jalpa (Oj Maa, Mataji). It was fun to be a part of this play. They help us interract with new people, which we never do otherwise. I had to skip the last three skits and samosas, as i had to go to buy a new server at Mehta Stores, CG Road. Next three days are Diwali Holidays. Have Fun! & a Happy New Year!

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Chief architect - fafda and dalwada

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