Read & Enjoy, lets laugh at ourselves ;-). O = original, M = MS version

O: Ek MachcharAadmiko Hijda bana deta hai, ek Machchar,
Ek khatmal puri raat ko apahij kar deta hai,
Sala ek Machchar Aadmi ko Hijda bana deta hai,

M: MS LazinessAam Aadmi ko pichda bana deta hai, ek MS laziness,
Ek fake id poori MS mein controversy kar deta hai,
Sala MS Point ki kamee Aam Aadmi bhikari bana deta hai,

O: Subah ghar se niklo, bhid ka hissa bano,
shaam ko ghar wapas jaao daru pio aur bachhe paida karo
aur subah talak phirse mar jaao,
kyonki atma aur andar ka insaan mar chuka hai,
Jine ke liye ghinone samjote kar chuka hai,
Sala ek Machchar Aadmi ko Hijda bana deta hai.

M: Subah ghar se niklo, phir office se login karo,
Shaam ko ghar wapas jao, daru pio aur DP paida karo
Aur subah utke coment reply karo
kyonki spam aur fwd se MS bhar chuka hain,
points/ratings/star icon ke liye ghinone samjote kar chuka hai,
Sala ek MS hee hain jo aam aadmi ko bhi pakad ke star bana deta hain .

O: Unchi dukan fika pakwan, khatar ki langoti chaandi ka pikdaan,
Sau me assi baimaan phir bhi mera Bharat mahan.
Topi lagakar Machcharkahta hai Aadmi ke logome
samta ki bhavna aa rahi hai iss liye to badi machli chhoti machli ko kha jaati hai,
Hamare chune hue kutte hume hi kat-te hai, hamari hi boti aapas me baat-te hai,
A-manoos gandh se bhari hui inki gandh se nange raste bhi kaapte hai,
Kal paida hue bac-che saans lete hue bhi kaapte hai,
Saitaano ki naajayaz aulad tahalaka macha rahi hai aur hum....
bhagwan ke chahite jaanwar insaan jindagi ko gaali banaye baithe hai,
kya kare sala ek Machchar Aadmi ko Hijda bana deta hai,

M: Lambi DP/review fika content, likhne aaye original, ab sab fwd maal,
Sau me assi copy-paste phir bhi mera MS mahan.
Laati phiraakar Jasmine didi (now caretaker didi) kehti hai MS ke logome
samta ki bhavna aa rahi hai, iss liye to star-writer aam-writer ko khaa jaata hain,
Gine chune log hain jo regularly likh rahe hain
quarrel mongers payroll ka accusation machaa rahe hain
aur hum Faisal ke chahite Aam Aadmi MSing ko Quizzing banaye baithe hai!
kya kare sala ek MS hee hain jahan ek didi sabka bakra/bakri banati hain,

O: Giro salo giro giro giro lekin giro to us jharane ki tarah
jo parbat ki uchaai se girne par bhi apni sundarta khone nahi deta,
jamin ki tah se milne par bhi apne astitva ko nasht nahi hone deta hai,
Lekin sala itna sochne ke liye wakta hai kiske paas, kyonki sala
ek Machchar Aadmi ko Hijda bana deta hai.

M: Likho saalo likho likho likho lekin likho to apne ko jo bhola hain vo likho
MS aur Aam Aadmis agar star pedestal pe daal de, vahaan se bhi regular likho,
yaa Aam Aadmis kheench ke jamin ki tah se milne par bhi apne astitva ko nasht nahi dena,
Lekin sala itna sochne ke liye wakta hai kiske paas, kyonki sala
ek MS hain jo Aam Aadmi ko addict bana deta hai.

O: Mandir-Masjid ki ladai me mar gaye laakho insaan,
Dharm-Majhub ke naam par ho gaye hajaaro kurbaan,
Jisne anyaay ke viruddh Baali ko mara, Rawan ko maut ke ghaat utara,
Punya ko paap se ubhara mujhe us Ram ki talaash hai,
Par lagta hai iss yug ke Ram ko aajivan banwas hai,
Kya kare, kyonki sala ek Machchar Aadmi ko Hijda bana deta hai.

M: SRK-Amir, Mandir-Masjid ki ladai me lag gaye laakho Aam Aadmi,
celeb worship ki chakkar mein bhool gaye hazaaro khud ki pehchaan
Jisne consumers ko jagaaya, defective products ki pardha utaara,
products ki good/bad ko public to sikhaya, muje us Revus ki talaash hai,
Par lagta hai iss yug ke Reviews ko aajivan banwas hai,
Kya kare, kyonki sala ek MS hain jo Aam Aadmi ko Nana Patekar bana deta hai.

p.s: 1) Written without prejudice ( thanks ajit bhai!)
2) yesterday sajith sent a sms when sachin was on 187 asking 'will he?'. I replied if he does I will post something today. So blame sachin, sajith for this! ;-)
3) other litter-ary works on films songs are Silsila on MS & this translation

We hired a bus: When i realized it, I was travelling in a bus. I looked around to see my family members and friends. There were lots of seats vacant and kids were running in the aisle. I realized, may be this is not a public bus, but one hired by us for our own travel purpose. I watched trees race backwards as the bus caught speed. I was still wondering where am I going?

The silent bus: I started walking inside the bus, but everyone was busy looking outside at the trees racing backwards. I reach the last seat, where another young man is sitting watching outside. I realized he is not a family member nor a friend. But I knew him by face. A moment of recalling makes me realize he is Abdur Razzaq, the pakistani cricketer. I get into a conversation with him, but i seem to foget what we are talking. I look outside & see that the trees are still racing backwards.

Bus Exit: Before I realize the bus has stopped & I see everyone outside. I wondered how everyone including myself got out so quick! I look around to see a mother helping a child attend nature' call. I cant see them as they are facing the other side as it always happens! I also see few men lining up along the edge of the road. Again I cant see anyone's face as they are facing the other side, as it always happens. (now i can say thank God!). I am left wondering why no one is talking to anyone, did we all come this far in a bus to put urea to some roadside trees? ( now I wonder if it was some 'friendship express'? )

Its a Terrorist: before I realized I was back in seat & Abdur Razzaq had not got in yet. Before I realize I have opened his bag & am checking his belongings. I find some heavy thing with some wires & digital display attached. I wonder what it is, try to recollect if its something I have seen before. I am confused. I next check his file, which has each page with a photo & text. I quickly realized the file was list of targets & I quickly browse to see photos of Thackrey, Rahul, Amir khan. I suddenly realized the heavy thing in the bag was a bomb. I quickly see him coming & close the file. I want to tell someone that he is a terrorist, but everyone is busy seeing trees racing backwards!

Bus becomes train: before I realized I am travelling in metro train, leaving me confused - when did we get down from bus? But I realize all of us together. I look around to see if Abdur Razzaq is still around. I realized he is transformed into another man but carrying the same bag & file. I am worried as terrorist is still with us. I look around for a phone booth as I want to call police, but cant find one ( now i wonder where went cellphone?). Before I realized I am at home, so is the terrorist. I dont know how, but I conveyed everything to my dad & he wants to throw the bomb bag outside & call the police. I tell him to keep quiet as it can explode & terrorist might be having a gun. Suddenly I hear terrorist saying he is going out for a walk.

terrorist is our guest: Before I realize my dad & me are trying to deactivate the bomb. We both cut & pull some wires. I also keep checking the door to see if terrorist comes back. We cut more wires, still more wires, but the wires keep coming. I wondered how is this happening? when i first saw the bomb in bus there were hardly more than 4 wires! Though my hands are not moving I can feel them trembling. I am also grasping the file closely, its an evidence you see.

Bomb Disposal time : After cutting all the wires I realize there are only 2 wires now, i get confused then (now I wonder where did wires come from and where they went?) . Now we need to cut both wires..together. Both dad & me keep our scissors on both wires, I count down, and at count of 3 we both cut! It didnt explode yet, before I realize a nice music begins to play from the bomb device. The music sound gets louder & louder. I fear if the bomb is going to explode now. I take the the digital display into hand, check for clues, its lighted & playing the music. I see 'stop' & 'Snooze' at two corners. I realize one of them should prevent the blast. I press on the 'snooze' option of my mobile phone, as I just realized the whole terrorist thing was happening in dream! The 'stop' , 'snooze' was from my alarm set in mobile!

Questions:This is stiching together of scenes from a recent 'dream' ( nightmare?)
1) why did terrorist initially came in the form of abdur razzaq, one of my fav cricketer?
2)Why do we not realise when we switch vehicles in dream?
3)Why did the bomb disposal music coincide with the alarm music?

thanks for reading, witty answers win IPL tickets ( which can be made use of in your next dream!)

Preamble: I rarely think of Ads as creative as they most often act destrucitve - they destroy the continuity in TV viewing. So I started killing commericals. But not always, sometimes I had mercy & spared them too ;-)

Return of the commerical killer: Recently came a TV ad, that did a 'ek bhale maanush ko, amaanush banake choda' out of me - I killed it so many times, for its sheer lack of any info abt the service. One expects to get info, feature details, pricing info of the product from ads, none of it were in the ad. Being a rational soul(?) I found nothing creative in it. So after killing it many times, I thought of writring a obituary to it. So i went in search of the video, and found a person who also asked the same questions as me ( remember great minds think alike!) . His questions are:

1)In which country is this "Friendship Express" running?
2)It does not look like India. Then how come all the passengers on the train look South Asian descent? Looks very stupid to me.
3)Is this "express" a long distance train or an intracity commuter train?
4)If its a long distance train, then why does the train have handles for standees (check the ad carefully).
5)If it's a local train, then why is it running in vast open plains?

Aam Aadmi's Interpretation of the ad: The ad is so abstract to me, so I sat down, analyzing it and cracked the 'logic' (or the lack of it) behind it. With that done I could easily decipher what they wanted to convey, wat the story board is, here is my blow by blow (or frame by frame) interpretation of the ad. Watch the video, if u hadnt seen it yet!

1) kids are sh*tting by the track side in scenic locale (they look like urban kids? ) actually this frame is cut by censor board, so u dont see it in the aired ad, sources on location told me!)

2) The hero in train waves at the kids, the kids pull up their pants (and socks!) wave back, run along train (usually u see rural kids waving at passing trains, this is reverse osmosis!)

3) The hero settles down in seat. everyone busy in their own reading etc. hero says "friendshit express" - to remind them "chill out guys, we are all friends, going for a sh*t together!

4) one guy stands up and says "two two two" means i want to go to number two (number 2 is a Indian code for Sh*tting, used mostly by students ). when u see food u get hungry. he saw kids shitting, so he also feel urgent! the train has no loo, the event was to go to the nature to attend natures call but seeing the kids hurried it up!

5) This urgent thing is so much like smile -infecttious! like mass hysteria, it spreads another guy in specs feels urgent

6) then a girl too feels urgent

7) start crying do co mo, which in japanese mean Ro ko na.. rokona in hindi = please stop (the train!)

8) the hero realises screaming makes it more urgent. so asks to calm down

9) calm down, seems everyone in control. then suddenly a small girl feels urgent

10) even shouts into sleeping persons ears to wake him. they are jealous he isnt feeling urgent. they think as he is not feeling urgent, he can go tell the driver to stop!

11) suddenly a north east guy comes up with an idea. music therapy to control the urgent!

12) message flashes - why sh*t alone, when u can sing and control it together

13) the train vanishes. stops further ahead, where everyone relives the urgent - not shown as sensor board wudnt allow! showing it may have 'hurt the sentiments' of others who dont have the luxury of travelling by train to relieve their urgent, or it may also be against 'indian culture'!

14) end statement "tata docomo - do the new" means take a train, go the scenic places and relive ur urgent!

Thanks for reading, Please share your interpretations if you are free and dont have any urgent tasks!! ;-)

Welcome: For those who are arriving just now, this post is for announcing the correct answers and winners of my recent contest - aam aadmi's Great minds contest 6!

The Idea behind Contest as mentioned in the earlier post was a few verses from the bible, which goes like this -

In the beginning was the Word: the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things came into being, not one thing came into being except through him. What has come into being in him was life, life that was the light of men; and light shines in darkness, and darkness could not overpower it.

Recently our home minister commented “Dark Forces (or forces of darkness, dark deeds, reference to pakistani terror groups) are planning evil, but they wont succeed”. Similarly desi forces of darkness like shiv sena are also planning to divide the country on many lines, but they won’t succeed, bcos Darkness will never overcome Light, permanently! This explains spiritual/metaphorical usage of the words; similarly you can check the words against clues to see if they fit.

Correct Answers:

a) Words – Light, Darkness

Entries – most people got the words ‘Light & Darkness’, other answers included ‘Force-Weakness , speed-slowness, aadmi-steering!

b) Picture – is close-up of a LED emergency light. This is like a bulb and can be fitted to a bulb holder. The light itself comes from 19 LEDs under the glass. The device has a rechargeable battery in it & turns on it own, when ower goes off. It gives Light when our govt gives Darkness!! ;-) . This is said to be a Chinese make & is sold at traffic signals, footpath etc for 75-100Rs. Many aam aadmis buy it!

Entries – here there was variety. People saw many things such as Lights on operation table, Rakhi, Angel, roof/ceiling of church with fans, fan, part of a belt/torch/lamp, bulbs, camera lens, something which has lot of bulbs may be thing used in operation theatre, rear light of a vehicle, top view of camera click button etc.

Winners – Usually there is a complaint that aam contests are tough. But this contest has proved otherwise! The majority of the participants were able to crack the words and made good guesses at the pic.

Participants – thanks to these participants for sparing their time & thinking abilities on this contest. Thank you - ajeet, hemani, karan, sangeetha, paul, menon, rajesh, pragya, fenil, nishant, umesh

great minds – Those who got at least one answer right (most got the words, also includes people who saw some kind of light/bulb for the pic), the great minds are - karan, paul, menon, rajesh, pragya, fenil, nishant, ajeet – Congratulations to all of you.

But as we know, ‘all great minds are equal, but some Great minds are more equal”. So one person who got both words correct and got as close to the photo as possible, is declared the Greatest among the great minds. She is a Great Mind with an upper case G! ;-)

Greatest among great minds is Hemani for her answers (light & Darkness , LED source, some LED light, LED bulb ) . It really required some guessing/attention to detail to identify the small circular heads as LEDs!! Kudos and congratulations to Hemani for topping this contest.

Prizes – a total of 1000MSP was announced as prizes. But I checked now to realize I have only 711 points. So I will be taking cue from our bankrupt govt gives away its lottery prizes. Most of the prizes are given in form of Indira vikas patra, deposits and can only be claimed in future. Similarly I will be disbursing 700MSP now as prize, and rest in future, as and when it arrives! ;-)

Thanks everyone for your time on this contest!

P.s: MS ka swamiji RSD has agreed to help me with points for Prizes. I thankfully accept that, so dont be surprised if some prizes come from the holy hands of the resident swami ;-)

PS2!! - Nishant gets to be the sponsor next time ..when the points required are higher :P

An Idea Can Change Your Contest! ;-) – actually all these days I was planning & postponing a completely photo-identification contest. But something that happened couple of days back, made me realize something profound & from there came an idea of changing the contest. The realization was that an aam aadmi is also a aam cow (or ox as the case may be!) in some way. So I combined ‘The idea’ & photo identification to make this Aam Aadmi’s Great Minds Contest 6 ;-). Incidentally the contest idea and photos attached are linked in some way! This is clue no 1, but more clues below will shed more light.

Why Aam Aadmi is also an Aam cow (or ox!) – Before sleeping I opened my Bible to read a few lines. Though I quickly read thru a whole paragraph but didn’t understand much. So after closing the book, I leaned back on the pillow & started pondering over it. I re-called what I just read and began chewing over it. Now slowly I began to get the meanings. That’s when someone from inside of me said “you are being a cow” – you read thru it fast ( just like the cow eat all stuff in a hurry) & then took it back to ruminate over it ( like the cow ruminates!) and now you find it digestible! ;-) I only wished I was a holy cow ;-). In this process of pondering over what I read in Bible, came the idea of the contest, as I noted 2 special words there! ;-)

The Contest – has 2 parts. First is identifying the 2 words I am referring to. Second is identifying the picture ie the given picture is only a part of a larger picture, you have to tell what the item is or what is the larger pic, of which this is a part! A similar item was in an earlier contest! ;-)

Clues for the ‘Idea’ question – 1) these two words are opposite of each other.
2) The words have 5 and 8 letters respectively in English.
3) The 5 letter word, in its Indian language versions is a popular male name!
4) The above Indian name is such that, it can be a name as well as abstract. Example Anubhav can be a male name, but at the same can be abstract when it’s taken in its meaning as ‘experience’!
5) The words are also used in literature, philosophy to portray contradicting situations.
6) The 5 letter word is also a favorite of the science students as they get to study a lot about him ( as a fundamental topic in science)
7) Rarely do they both share the same frame. If one is around the other is not found nearby.
8) The 5 letter one on arrival chases away the 8 letter one. Where 5 lettered one is already there, the 8 lettered doesn’t arrive at all.
9) Generally clue 7, 8 are true, but I have managed to take a photo of them together. Though I was focusing on the 5 letter guy, the 8 letter guy in background was also captured on camera! That pic is in this album!!
10) We all know one song/lyrics where a line mentions them together.

Clue for the Photo – The attached pics are close up of a portion in a larger pic. The item in pic has a relationship with the above 2 words!! ;-)

How to answer – you need to send your answer for the 2 words and ur guess on the object captured, by m2m preferably (to avoid other getting ‘inspired’ by your answers) or you can reply as a comment.

Deadline – The contest is open till Monday, 8 feb. (To accommodate late comers and my own long weekend!)

Prizes – 1) name & fame – I will declare the winners as Great Minds for one full week on my MS status message2) If anyone gets all correct then 1000MS points as prize, else suitably divided prizes & consolation prizes.

Best wishes, now you know its not easy to be a great mind !! ;-) .. Get your 'thinking caps' on ( if you dont have one, buy, borrow, or steal !!) and try.. you have 6 days time! ;-)

clue 11 - One of the words is alredy in this DP !! ;-)

p.s: thanks to nishant for making me hurry up on this & also i welcome the 3 winners of his contest into this quarterfinals, along with other aam janta ;-)

Thank you for making Aam Aadmi's Great Minds Contest 5 a success.

Right Answers:
1)All Volkswagen prices are in the range of 900000 to 1150000.
Ans:An Auto has price range of 90,000(base) to 115,000(on road)! So TEN AUTOs range in 900000 to 1150000!

2) Volkswagen Car appears to have 4 wheels. But I state it actually has 40 wheels, but only 30 touch the road while running!
Ans:An Auto runs on 3 running wheels & a spare. So TEN AUTOS run with 30 running wheels!

3) volkswagen starts by ignition key. But I state it has a manual start option. but to start once, the lever has to be operated exactly 10times.
Ans:Each Auto starts with one stroke of the start lever. TEN AUTOS require 10 such operations.

4) Volkswagen has a steering wheel. But I state it is steered by multiple simple handle. Do you know where these are fitted? do you know their count?
Ans:An Auto is steered by a handle, like that of scooter. TEN AUTOS will have 10 of them & they are fitted in front of the driver!

5) A volkswagen car can seat 2+3 people. But I state it can seat 40 people in all.
Ans: An Auto seats 1 driver & 3 passengers. So TEN AUTOS can seat 40 people!

6) A volkswagen car can seat a person to the left of driver. But I state that no person can sit to the left of the driver. In other words the seat to the left of driver is only imaginary
Ans: An Auto has only drivers seat in front. so no one can sit to his left ( or even right!) The same logic applies to TEN AUTOs! ;-)

Master Logic : Look closely at the volkswagen logo. Their tagline is 'Volkswagen. Das Auto'! which means 'Volkswagen. 10 Auto' ( Das means 10 in hindi, & pronounced as Dus!). So from the above logic "1 Volkswagen = 10 Auto(rickshaw)". apply this logic to each question above, every statement is self explanatory & every calculation falls in place ;-)

Clue: Bajaj - They are leading makers of Auto Rickshaws in India! ;-)

Results - First a word of thanks to these ppl who took a peep at the contest & didnt bother the quizmaster!- Debs, Bhupesh, Ajeet, Shalu, Rajesh, Nishana, Hemani, Javed, Fenil, Angel! ( I will send Cutting Chai in an effort to trigger their grey cells!)

Next the Bravery Awards- to the five who made valiant efforts in a almost clueless scenario. Their varied approach & answers showed MS still has people who arent afraid to think! Needless to say their answers showed a true spirit of enquiry, besides providing some great humor to the host(me).
They are - Umesh, Paul, Megna, Ram & confused (Sajith, the sponsor sends them each 250MSP)

I wont announce the winners, Rather I will share the answers. Just see how close their thinking was to the thinking of another great mind (yours humbly!)

From: sydbarett
Subject: First Cut
Date: Jan 06, 2010 | 05:46 PM
The Master Logic used is that Volkswagen is "Das Auto" which literally means "The car" but phonetically means 10 Auto(rickshaws)
(1) Each one of Das Auto (Ten Autoricks) cost the same ranging from Rs.90K to Rs.115K. Thus Das Auto costs 900000 to 1150000.
(2) Das Auto (Ten Autoricks) have a total of 40 wheels, thirty on road and ten spares
(3) To start Das Auto (Ten Autoricks) the manual lever has to be pulled 10 times. one for each, ten in toto.
(4) The multiple simple handles are fitten in front using which Das Auto (Ten Autoricks) are steered
(5) Das Auto (Ten Autoricks) can seat 40 people, 30 as passengers and 10 as drivers
(6) No person can sit to the left of the driver in Das Auto (Ten Autoricks) as passengers sitting in front is banned by the traffic police
Bajaj is the one who manufactures those "Das Autos"

From: deepak27
Subject: Contest
Date: Jan 08, 2010 | 08:01 AM
Volkswagen tagline is Das Auto, which in Hindi is 10 auto
So 1 Volkswagen=10 auto, this equation is used to solve all questions replacing volkswagen with 10 autorickshaws
1) An auto costs between 90 to 115K,10 autos costs 9-11.5 Lakh
2) 10 autos have 3 wheels each, so total 30 wheels on ground, 1 spare per auto, total 10
3) Each auto has manual start level, 10 times to start 10 autos
4) 10 Steering handles located in front of the driver for 10 autos
5) Auto can seat 3+1=4 people. 10 autos can seat 40 people
6) No seat next to auto driver, left or right, so question answered.

Nishant and Deepak are declared Great Minds. My status message will hail them next 7days & Sajit sends them each 1000MSP prizes. Congratulations to the winners ;-)

Intro: This is the 5th episode of 'aam aadmi's great minds contest". Thanks to generous participation by MSians, the last four were a success. If you are curious what to expect in these contest or the 'philosophy' behind the name of the contest, kindly check earlier postings. "philosophy' can only be found in the first episode. You shud be able to see the recent episodes under recent postings to the right of this text ( to your left!).

Inspiration for this round of contest came from an unexpected corners. First, The corner at home, where our TV resides, then also from the corner where I stack old newspapers. Just as I was being fed a lot of TV commericals of Volkswagen ( German Car maker, for the poor in GK!), I also happened to see their huge ads in print. Thats when an idea for this contest came!

What You are to do in contest : Basically Think! When i say think it involves every kind of thinking, lateral thinking, logical thinking, illogical thinking etc. Put simply you have to think like me! which means you may have to use not just your brain, mind, heart but also other organs which you can use to think! example kidney! ;-) You also need to have basic math skills like addition, subtraction, mulitplication, division!You might need to keep your sense of humor along too! ;-)

Questions: In the following questions I am going to make some statements about Volkswagen. They may sound absurd at the outset, but are TRUE (as I am making them!) You need to mention what is the logic i use to arrive at that particular statement. Also wherever question has numeric data, you need to support your answer with necessary calculations.

1) I dont know Volkswagen cars or its names. But my statement is: All Volkswagen prices are equal. The price is in the range of 900000 to 1150000.
To do: answer why prices are same. show the calculation to show how i arrive at the given range of prices!

2) A Volkswagen Car appears to have 4 wheels (+1 spare, possible). But my statement is it actually has 40 wheels, but only 30 touch the road while running!
to do: find the logic, explain the math involved

3) A volkswagen starts by ignition key. But I state that it also has a manual start option. This manual start option is comparable to starting a generator, but to start once, the lever has to be operated exactly 10times.
to do: explain the logic behind manual option & the math behind 10 strokes

4) Volkswagen is steered using a steering wheel. But I state that it is also steered by multiple simple handle ( like bike/scooter handle) Do you know where these are fitted? do you know their count?
To do: explain logic behind steering handle & their location. Show the math to arrive at their count

5) A volkswagen car typically can seat 2+3 people. But I state that it can seat 40 people in all.
To do: explain logic behind inflated seat count & show the math to explain seat configuration

6) A volkswagen car can seat a person to the left of driver. But I state that no person can sit to the left of the driver. In other words the seat to the left of driver is only imaginary
To do: Explain why there is no seat to the left of driver!

Master clue: There is no need of individual clues to each question. As unravelling one logic will lead to the other very fast. So as a master clue I am just giving one word - Bajaj! Think of everything you can relate to the word Bajaj, from there light shud shine somewhere, making you see the 'Master Logic' !!

How to post answers: You can comment here or if you want to prevent others from getting hints from your answer or copying them, you can send via M2M too. Answers can go any length, if you want to explain and make yourself clear!

Deadline - The contest is open till tomoro midnight ( 7th Jan midnite)

Results:Results & Winners ( IF ANY!!) will be announced Friday or after.

Prizes: I am a pauper with no points. Sajith has volunteered to send prizes. I will take his help if there are winners!

Bumper Prize - If anyone cracks the master logic & answers all 6 perfectly, I will declare him a "great mind" & keep the following as my status message for 1 full week -"XYZ (MS id ABC) is the greatest mind on MS. He has unravelled the master logic behind great minds contest 5" or I might send a real prize too!

Happy Thinking!

Dear Friend,

Happy new year to you. Hope you are doing well. Its long time since I wrote a letter, so forgive me if my handwriting is illegible. ( due to emails, i hardly write on paper these days, and i am sure we are in the same boat).

The reason I write this letter is today I achieved on MS what I have always wanted. I became a pauper today. Yes, I know you wont belive me, so I have attached my bank statements, which show all my transactions so far. Do you see the the balance ZERO hightlighted inred in one of the attached pics? I still cant belive I have achieved it, so I keep pinching myself once every 5mins. ;-)

The joy I feel right now is immense. I feel so light, I feel i have no burden to carry. All these days MS activities generated a lot of futile points, but due to lack of time I cudnt spend it as much as I wud have liked. I felt like a ghost keeping watch over some useless wealth. Also me being not a emosanal person, I never went into gifting frenzy driven by feelings. But for the trusted feed gossip that tells me "xyz has gifted 123 item to abc" or my own gift alerts, I wudnt even remember I had something called MS points.

evenutally I had resort to namesake contests to spend my accumulated points. Also festive occasions helped me unload much of them. Finally the hour had to come, and it came today. At 11.03am on 5th January 2010, after sending couple of gifts I noticed I had only 85 points left. The human nature in me said "dont spend, save for urself" - but I had decided to overcome it, instead I spent those 85 in gifting a MSian & chose to become a pauper. I hate the fact that writing this & further MSing will take me back to the vicious cycle - of gathering MS points unwares. I Wish Faisal gives me some kind of VRS, where in I can be active on site, but none of my activities here shud generate points for me. I wish to remain a permanent resident pauper here.

From the expression one your face now, I know you are calling me insane, mad, fool. But I say Thank you, I like it this way. You know I have many times been a pauper in real life & I know how good it is. They say "jab dil tha bhara, jeb tha khaali, jab jeb tha bhara, Dil khaali khaali". I was so free when i had no money, as my money increased so did my worries increase, so did my forehead increase !! ;-) Now I am afraid of death not bcos I fear death, but bcos I worry who gets my money after my death! Same way with these MS points, without them I can die peacefully, with them one always have to worry, wat happens to my points once i leave ( both MS & world!) ;-)

Also when I have points & dont gift people, I feel guilty at my lethargy, without points in my kitty, I dont have to feel guilty about my lethargy!( in either case, i cant leave my lethargy lol ). Also I have realised only a pauper is free in the real sense. A papuper can be fearless, for he has nothing to lose. Only a pauper can place his full faith in God, as he himself has nothing of his own to put his trust in. So I would rather be a MS pauper than earn these points, unless Faisal has plans of converting points to Rupees, for example 1 MS point = 1 Rupees! ;-) I bet he wont do that, because he doesnt want to experience the joy of being a pauper!

Let me know your thoughts on this when you get time. Hope you write to be back using Inland letters of Indian Postal service. Dont worry about the cost, it wont make you pauper, instead it will help the postal dept avoid being a pauper themselves.I will be waiting for your reply & before I finish again new year wishes to you and your family. Please share with them this good news, that an aam aadmi is experience intense joy at being a pauper. I really wished you could join in my hour of joy, by hosting a party!( pauper cant host, u see!!) ;-)

God Bless Us
Yours Properly err I mean Pauper-ly
Aam Aadmi

End Quote: Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.

The small c's of Xmas & The Big C of Christmas

christmas cards have changed a lot
Jesus, Mary, Joseph are found not
Santa makes presence in many cards
Just as Xmas invaded greeting words

christmas carol also changed a lot
Joy of knowing Jesus in singers is not
The stress more on tune & chords
song isnt from heart, its only words

christmas crib, christmas tree & christmas star
put up even by those who follow sun & star
Xmas is of the market, parties & offers galore
surely these icons had deeper meaning before

christmas cake, santa claus are in the list
red, green, white are the colors in gist
claus amuses kids & became the icon of Xmas
its his birthday on Xmas, think many enmasse

its all commerical Xmas sponsored by market
does spiritual christmas still have a market?
how easily we get stuck with the icons & images
forgetting the very basic Christmas messages

I wonder would there be all these small c
but for that biggest big & capital letter C
Christmas is when the big C - Christ works
in human heart as love, compassion & good works

p.s. :1) Wishing you all a spiritual christmas - blessings of god, joy of the spirit, peace in your heart......

2) I am not a poet, i am an aam aadmi !!! ;-) so in this christmas season have some compassion & forgive my misadventure into poetry ;-)

2 Pics are worth 2 thousand words! - means the DP character count limit wont bother me this time. I had developed a great respect for an unknown wise man, ever since I read his words "The job of newspapers is to separate News & Crap.. and then print crap" !! I forgot the name of this wiseman but our newspapers make me remember him almost daily! ;-) By the way, if you know the name of this wise man please let me know & win yourself a DVD player!! ;-)

Sidz is Right (Once in a decade I mean) ;-) - In the photo caption contest ( if you arrived just now, a photo was uploaded in my album inviting comments) apna Sidz gave a ad-twisted caption "Left Waala - ’’Saadhaaran Energy Drink!’’ right Waala - ’’Complan.... Baddhti Raddi Ke Liye!’’ :P Jai Ho! :)" - He was right in a way. On the left was 17Kgs of Malayala Manorama - a malayalam daily. On the right side was POI Porn of India err I mean TOI, times of India. I reasoned that by 'Saadhaaran' sidz meant 'regional' 'aam' etc. By Complan he meant 'fat', 'English', National' (Notional??) which perfectly explains the 45Kgs of Times of India on the right. The icing on the cake was "Baddhti Raddi Ke Liye" which explained the TOI is the leader in generating Raddi! ;-) By the way both papers were for the same duration in time!

Calculations: As per MY guidance values even Malayala Manorama should have been just 15Kgs for this period. This means there was 2Kgs of trash in the form of "empty political statements" "occasional celebrity news". Actual acceptable/useful news content was just 15kgs. In case of TOI the news to trash ratio is high - In every 3 pages of newspaer, only 1 page is news, the remaining 2 are trash. In other words everyday I find trash which is useless & should have been avoided. The papers which claim to 'awaken' aam janta about 'environment' should think of printing less number of pages of trash.

In case of TOI I can easily say the only thing of any use in the city supplemnts ( Bangalore times, delhi times etc) is the TV guide! ;-) This they could fit in the main pages somewhere, thereby saving nearly 6-8pages of raddi everyday! ;-) So TOI also shudnt have exceeded 15Kgs for the time period, which proves that the remaining 30Kg was Trash. I often wonder wat Intellecual ROI we are getting from papers? All we are getting is ROI - Raddi On Investment! ;-) of course this Raddi does give some Returns ;-). I have figured out that at best you can get 30% of what you invested on newspapers in an year by selling Raddi! ;-)

Examples of Trash - who wants page3 parties reported. Most of them dont even know who they are, let alone we recognising them! Another constant trash is the western celebritsim. TOI wants us to by-heart who is sleeping with whom, who is seeing whom in faraway hollywood. They have beds let them sleep, they have eyes let them see.. why are you bothered TOI ? wat is their contribution to our GDP ? The next bulk of trash comes from our filmdom! ;-)

Contest Results: "Great minds think alike" - so we had many captions on bordering "todays news, tomoros junk". Some even captioned that I hid my 'black money' in those papers! ( Next time I am selling my paper to him, so he can 'extract' that money), some saw it as packaging material. Only sidz thought about the difference in height ( & weight) of the two stacks. Hemani madam did wonder about heights, but didnt bother to caption along those lines & missed out giving Sidz a run for his paper..err i mean money ;-) Confused also provided a filmy caption touching on heights, but sidz had the last laugh ;-)

Sidz gets the top honours - prizes worth 500MS points, the rest get 'newspaper coverage' of their captions as participation prizes .. ( am i contributing to trash by doing this? ) ;-)