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Picture of Abhimanyu, fighting with a chariot wheel, Draupadi Vastrapaharanam, Sri Krishna Geetopadesam.

Uploaded by : Vyas_Ved .
Edited by : Ganesh Editz.

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How Duryodhana got ripped using this one trick(Gym coaches hate him for this)?
Kurukshetram lo ee scene ki goosebumps guarantee bhayya...
Yuddham gelavadam kosam Dharmaraju em chesado chuste shock avutaaru..
Sishyudi daggara ee Guruvu garu em guru dakshina adigaro chudandi..
How to win at Gambling, tips by Shakuni (Not a click bait!)
Top 10 Thug-Life situations when Sri Krishna shows how cool he is..(You will be shocked at #3)

Likes : 1Million, Dislikes : 100


Comments:
Hastina_hero143:
Awesome video Vyas bhayya. Keep uploading new stuff..

Arjun_fan_forever:
Who is better warrior? Like for Arjun, Comment for Karna.
           Karna_is_best : Karna is real hero.
           Arjun_fan_forever: b**ngem kadu..

say_no_to_war:
Who is watching this in 3000 BC, oka like vesukondi...

Sri_Krishna_Bhakt123:
All the best to Pandavas, from Sri Krishna fans...100 years guarantee..

sarcastic_serpent:
Those 100 dislikes are from Kauravas ..hehehhe

meme_guy_300:
Nobody:
YouTube (after 3000 years): Lets recommend this video to everyone.

Marvel_Hawkeye_Clint_Barton:
Arjun anna, i am a big fan of your Archery skills anna..please reply.
            Amar_Bahubali: Go and stand in the line behind me.

I_funny_guy:
"Why didn't Ekalavya like the video"
"Well, he would have given a thumbs-up, if he had a ......thumb.....lolz.."

frustrated_aghora:
Admit it, you did not search for this video..

Thanos_Lord_of_The_Stones:
Is Syamantakamani the mind stone? I want it so badly..

Cersei_Lannister_GOT:
And you thought Westeros had the best drama...smh..

PK_Fan_for_lyf:
All the best from PK fans.

MB_Fan_Number_1:
All the best from MB fans...

 " ఎమన్నా అనరా, పాటలంటే పాత పాటలే రా. మా కాలం లొ ఉండె సాహిత్యం, సంగీతం ఈకాలం లొ ఎక్కడివి?", మనవడి మ్యూజిక్ ప్లేయర్ లొ వస్తున్న అర్ధం కాని పాట విని, సణిగుతూ తన ఫోన్లో స్టోర్ చేసుకున్న పాటలు వినడానికన్నట్టు ఇయర్ ఫోన్స్ పెట్టుకున్నడు అతను.
 
" గ్రాంప్స్, కెన్ ఐ లిజెన్ టు వాట్ యు ఆర్ లిజెనింగ్ టు?", అని ఒక ఇయర్ ఫోన్ లాక్కుని చెవిలో పెట్టుకున్నాడు అతని మనవడు.

" గళ్ళ లుంగీనె ట్రెండీగా కట్టాను.
  కళ్ళ జోడెట్టి నీకోసం వచ్చాను..

 అమ్మడు. లెట్స్ డు కుమ్ముడు...", అన్న సాంగ్ వినిపించింది.

- 2057 వ సంవత్సరం లొ ఒక తాత-మనవడి సంభాషణ..

  

ప్రొడ్యూసర్: " ఇదిగో రైటరూ, ఇంకా ఎన్నాళ్లయ్యా ఇలా కమర్షియల్ సినిమాలు తీస్తూ కూర్చుంటాం? హాలివుడ్ తరహా లొ మనం కూడా ఒక మంచి సినిమా తియ్యాలయ్యా.."

రైటర్ : " ఎంతమాటన్నారు సార్! ఇలా ప్రొత్సహించె నిర్మాత దొరకాలే గాని, అదెంత పని?"

" జురాసిక్ పార్క్, కింగ్ కాంగ్ తరహా లొ ఏదైన స్క్రిప్ట్ ఆలొచించు. నిర్మించి పెడతా.. "

" ఒక వందడుగుల ఎత్తున్నభయంకరమైన డ్రాగన్ నెపధ్యం లొ ఒక స్టోరి అనుకుందామా సార్?"

" మరీ వందడుగులంటె, బడ్జెట్ సరిపోదేమో.ఏదైన సింపుల్ గా ఆలొచించవయ్యా"

పెట్టాడు మెలిక, దరిద్రుడు. అని మనసులొ  అనుకుంటూ, "ఓకె సార్. ఆ డ్రాగన్, మనుషుల కంటికి కనిపించదు అని వ్రాసుకుందాము . గ్రాఫిక్స్ ఖర్చు మిగులుతుంది . ఏమంటారు?"
 
" అద్గది! ఇప్పుదు లైన్లోకొచ్చావ్!! అదే టైప్ లో, కొంచెం సైన్స్ ఫిక్షన్, టైం ట్రావెల్ లాంటివి కూడ యాడ్ చేస్తె, ఏ సెంటర్ల వాళ్ళకి, మల్టిప్లెక్స్ జనాలకి బాగ ఎక్కుద్ది.."

(చలి మంటేసుకోడానికి వుడ్ లేదు కాని, హాలివుడ్ రేంజ్ సినిమా కావలంట, జియొ సిం తో మిస్డ్కాల్ ఇచ్చే మొహమూ వీడు).
"అలాగె సార్..యాడ్ చేద్దాం.
కట్ చేస్తే, ఒక ల్యాబొరటరి లో సైంటిష్టులు ఒక టైం మెషీన్ కనిపెట్టే ప్రయత్నం లొ నిమగ్నమై ఉంటారు."

"ఓకే. ఎఫెక్ట్ కోసం ఇక్కడ మనం కొన్ని, టెస్ట్ ట్యూబులూ, మరుగుతున్నట్టు కనిపించే కెమికల్స్తో ఒక సెట్ వెద్దాం"

(బీ కాం లొ ఫిజిక్స్ ఉన్నప్పుడు, ఫిజిక్స్ ల్యాబులో కెమికల్స్ పెట్టడం తప్పులేదు కదా ! అయినా , లాజిక్ కోసం వెతకడానికి మనమేమన్నా ఆస్కార్ అవార్డు కోసం తీస్తున్నామా .),
" సూపర్ ఐడియా సార్. మీరు అసలు ఇక్కడ ఉండాల్సిన వారు కాదు!
అలా కనిపెట్టిన టైం మెషీన్ లొ అనుకోకుండా మన హీరో, హీరోయిన్ మరియు బ్రహ్మానందం క్రీస్తుపూర్వం 350 వ సంవత్సరానికి వెళ్ళిపోతారు. అక్కడ వారు ఏదుర్కునే సమస్యల మధ్య కధ ముందుకి సాగుతుంది."
(బ్రహ్మానందం ఎందుకని అడక్కండి . హారర్ సినిమా అయినా , కామిక్ రిలీఫ్ కంపల్సరీ. )

"అక్కడె ఆగు. మళ్ళీ బడ్జెట్ సంగతి మర్చిపోయావయ్యా నువ్వు. టైం ట్రావెల్ ఉండాలి. కాని, ఆ పీరియడ్ సెట్లు, రాజులు, గుర్రాలు అంటే, తడిసి టీవీయెస్ అవుద్ది. "

"టీవీయెస్ ఏంటి సార్?"
"తడిసి 'మోపెడ్' అంటే రొటీన్ అని, టీవీయెస్ అన్నానంతె. హహహ!"

(ఒరేయ్య్! నీదగ్గర ఈ యాంగిల్ కూడా ఉందా, వర్డ్ డాక్యుమెంట్ లో వెనకవైపు కూడా వాడుకుకునే వెధవ) "వాట్ ఏ సెన్స్ ఆఫ్ హ్యూమర్ సార్.
లిటరల్లీ రాఫ్ల్ అంటే నమ్మండి.
అయితె టైం ట్రావెల్ ఉండాలి కాని, రాజుల కాలం సెట్లు వద్దంటారు.
ఒక పని చేద్దాం. హీరొ హీరొయిన్ బ్రహ్మనందం టైం మెషీన్ ఎక్కి క్రీస్తు పూర్వం 350 వ సంవత్సరనికి వెళ్ళి, అక్కడ ఆగకుండా మళ్ళి ప్రస్తుతం లోకి వచ్చేస్తారు. మిగతా కధంతా ప్రస్తుతం లోనే నడుస్తుంది.
ఆ తర్వాత ఆ కనిపించని డ్రాగన్ బారి నుండి హీరో, హీరోయిన్ ని కాపాడతాడు.
కట్ చేస్తే, ఇక్కడో ఐటెం సాంగ్ వేసుకోవచ్చు... "


(హమ్మింగ్ సౌండ్)" నీ చూపే ఒక గన్ ..నువ్వే నా డ్రాగన్".."లిరిక్ దొరికేసిందయ్యా! ఉండు ఎస్సెస్ తమన్ కి కాల్ చేస్తా !!మరి టైటిల్ ఏం పెడదాం?"

"కనపడని డ్రాగన్, తిరిగొచ్చిన టైం మెషీన్".
 

ప్రతి కెరీర్  కి రెండు ప్రశ్నలు ఉంటాయి.
ఎప్పుడు హైర్ అయ్యాం  , ఎప్పుడు ఫైర్ అయ్యాం..
మొదటి దానికి సమాధానం వెతకాల్సిన పని లెదు.
రెండవ దానికి సమాధానం తెలుసుకొవలని ఎవరూ అనుకోరు .

కాని , నాకు ఆ రోజు తెలుసుకోవాల్సిన అవసరం వచ్చింది.
హైరింగ్ నుంది ఫైరింగ్ వరకు జరిగె రన్నింగ్ రేస్ లొ ,
ఇది నా కౌంట్ డౌన్ . ఒకటి నుండి పది దాకా.


నేను ఒక్కడినే.
నాకున్నవి రెండే దార్లు. (గో/ నో-గో)
నేను సమాధానం చెప్పుకోవలసినది ముగ్గురికి. (టీం లీడ్, ప్రాజెక్ట్ మ్యానేజర్, క్లైంట్)
నాలుగు నెలల క్రితం మొదలయిన ఒక ప్రాజెక్ట్.
అయిదు వేల మంది యూజర్లు ఉన్న ఒక కంపెనీ .
ఆరు వేల లైన్ల కోడు ఉన్న ఒక ప్రోగ్రాం.
యేడు బగ్గులు కనిపెట్టిన టెస్టింగ్ టీం.
నా జీవితాన్ని మార్చెసిన ఎనిమిది గంటల ఇంటిగ్రేషన్ టెస్టింగ్ .
తొమ్మిది నిమిషాల్లొ పూర్తవనున్న డెడ్-లైన్   ..
పది రొజుల్లొ రానున్న అప్ప్రైసల్ .

ఇది. నా కధ.    

Its ICC cricket world cup season again and what is a better time to review the various sub-species of the cricket fan boys and girls than now!!

"The world, they say, is a nice place. Especially if you are not. Or so it seems."

These people are always at the best of their behavior, good at academics and no really bad at social etiquette, they were your quintessential nice guys. Call it good parenting/teaching or lack of opportunities to be bad, they always believe that it was everyone's responsibility to keep the world a nice place, and that they need to be nice, before expecting niceness from others.

In theory, this should have worked, but the reality seemed far from it. These people feel like the guy who continues a group-prank, when everyone opts out of it, at the last minute. I think there was a caveat for the idea of making the world a nicer place, that it only works when everyone becomes nice, at the same instant. Apparently, they have missed that caveat.

It starts very early. People always expect more from people who make an effort to be nice. The expectations are almost exponential, especially if you are nice.
Comments like ,
"I can understand if X does something wrong. But from You ?? (with a capital Y)"
"Even You??"
"Trees which bear fruits, will have to suffer the pain of stoning"
and "You can observe the dark spots only on a full moon", are almost a regularity.

It may be an unreasonable expectation , probably because you are a nice guy, to expect that the world to be fair enough to provide a level platform to all the people. But fairness in this world, is almost as rare as intelligent life in the never ending cosmos.

If you fall into this category, in school, if you ever fall below the so-called high expectations, purportedly set by yourself, you will be flogged with comments and expressions, that would make you feel that you have committed a blasphemous crime of the worst kind. All this happens while your less-nice compatriots play along in gay abandon, with no questions asked, apart from the occasional comparisons  with the nicer guys.

In adolescence, while everyone else is trying to find their sexuality, these poor souls will be busy fighting the urges of their first crush, but commissioning their focus onto something less carnal (Video Games, Academics, Cricket etc), for it is something no less than a crime, again by their own standards(or so were they made to believe). Even if they ever break their shackles and try to strike a conversation with their crushes, chances are that they find themselves in a bottomless pit, now-a-days being called as friend-zone. While these people evolve into nerds and geeks, the others will happily walk away into the sunset, holding hands.

Once you enter the corporate world, the scene does not change much. It appears natural for the rest of the world,that these "nice" people have no option, but to compensate for the all the bad in the world. This notion is also bearable, if the distribution is uniform. In reality, this is not the case.
Right from the pre-historic days of "Mahabharata", when the good: bad ratio was literally 5%, it was always lopsided towards bad. The game is heavily rigged, towards the not so nice people.
At the time of appraisals and assessments, you will be dragged down by your own accomplishments, so much that your seemingly amazing achievements, become, "its-expected-at-your-level" things.

In the political scene too, these people have to prove a lot more than their regular counter-parts. If they have formed a  political party with an agenda like anti-corruption or social justice, people will scrutinize them all the more, to find faults. While there is absolutely nothing wrong in the scrutiny, what is baffling is the askew-ness of this scrutiny. People seem to always come to terms with the inadequacies of the "not-so-nice" , for the lack of a better word. At the same time, they do not seem to have enough time to forgive even an iota of a mistake committed by the "nice", just because they have set high standards for themselves.

The worst part is that this process seems to drive more and more people away from being good and there by augmenting the divide between the good and the bad, ironically, making the nice people look like misfits in a world that just seems to swing away heavily against them.

In spite of all this, there seems to be some very inexplicable tenacity and consummate resilience about these people, to still stick to the standards that were imposed by the conditioning of the world. Probably, these people are the real "Atlas"es bearing the weight of the world.

Epilogue.

      It was 2 weeks before the official end of Summer in the Midwest region, when Maruthi and Arun sent out an email asking people if they were interested in a Long Weekend Road trip to Pictured Rocks and Soo Locks in the upper peninsular region on Michigan. With the memories of deprivation of outdoor activities, in the last winter still afresh in the our minds, it was not too long before there were confirmations from most of the team members.

August 29th, 2014, DAY 0 , Mundelein, IL

     After multiple deliberations and discussions, finally it boiled down to 29 individuals and 6 SUVs as the final confirmations for the trip. The excitement for the biggest trip in the history of our group built up as we approached the D-day. The confirmation of hotel and rental car bookings meant that the trip was ON, for we still had some qualms of the trip being called off!!!
   The trip started on the auspicious day of "Vinayaka Chavithi" and to blend in with the theme, Bhavana has come up with a idea of code-naming our vehicles with the name of Lord Ganesha.
The Perkaris and Talaganas teamed up in "Gananayaka", The Dharmapuris and the Lone Sarnala paired up in "Ganapathi", The Mambapurams were in "Vinayaka", The Komatis and Imadis rode the "Ekadanta", The Amins, who were travelling from Minneapolis to join us at the destination, were called "Pramoda" and the Pendems , who opted for a delayed start, the following day, were named "Nandana".
  Pramoda started early afternoon from Minneapolis, while Ekadanta was the first to start within the Illinois batch with Gananayaka, Ganapathi and Vinayaka close on their heels. Nandana , as mentioned earlier did not start till early hours of the next day.
All the parties kept communicating with each other, using our official app, "Whatsapp", as the fun continued.
Out first Pit Stop was in the parking lot of a "Wendy's" in some forlorn Wisconsin Town. Ekadanta, Ganapathi , Vinayaka and Gananayaka met at the rendezvous and quickly gobbled up on the Vegetable Biryani picked up from Cool Mirchi.
We had another break at a nondescript gas station, somewhere on the US 43 N in Wisconsin.
We have received warnings from the early birds "Pramodas' , that there is heavy fog on M 35, soon after they have entered Michigan. It was around midnight , that our phones switched to EST from CST and at the same time, we entered the fog-engulfed M 35. It was a queer experience for us all, as our SUVs drove through the heavy smog, which soon converted into heavy rain. There was no respite from rain till we reached our hotels at around 3 AM on Saturday. It was no time before everyone drowned into a deep slumber, in the North Shore Lodge in Grand Marais, MI, for we know that we had a long trip ahead of us , over the next 3 days.

August 30, 2014, DAY 1, Grand Marais , MI

Everyone woke up rather reluctantly, partly due to the post-drive fatigue and partly due to the cloudy climate, but the anticipation ahead of the trip was enough motivation to get the folks off their blocks, We had a reasonably good breakfast at the hotel.
  Although the Hotel was not the greatest place on earth, it was a good enough for a sleepy town like Grand Marais. It was right on the edge of the imposing Lake Superior, with a ranger station right next to it.
The first on of list of our "imaginary" itinerary was Sable Falls, which was about 5 minutes of drive from the Hotel. The Amins joined the Dharmapuris in "Ganapathi", leaving behind their "Pramoda".

Sable Falls tumbles 75 feet over several cliffs of Munising and Jacobsville sandstone formations on its way to Lake Superior. The first viewing platform is down a staircase with 169 steps.
The trail continues past the falls and down the canyon. It is about a half-mile to the beach as Sable Creek as it winds its way to Lake Superior. The cloudy weather, added to the beauty of the lush green woods that led to the falls.
In the meanwhile, the Pendems started in "Nandana", expected to meet us at Munising, MI later that afternoon.

August 30, 2014, DAY 2, Sault Sainte Marie, MI

The day started early on what was the day-2 of the trip. The weather was almost perfect, with temperatures in mid 70s and 0% rain. All of us were at their punctual best, and by 7:15 AM we have hit the road, eastward toward the Soo Locks area in Sault Sainte Marie. Two hours into our journey, we have reached the quaint city of Sault Sainte Marie, MI. It was the northern most point of Michigan, and also probably the US . Had we gone any further , we would go into Canada. We took what was the last exit on the highway, in the US.
All of us have assembled at the Dock 2 of the Soo Locks Boat tours. The 2 hour boat ride was once-in-a-life time experience for all of us, which took us from Lake Huron that is about 21 feet lower than the waters of the Lake Superior. The unique mechanism of the "Soo Locks", works based on natural hydraulics and gravity. The Boat enters the locks area, which is nothing but a narrow passage of water, with 2 gates across the direction of flow of water . To start with, the gates on the Lake Superior side will be closed.. As we approach that gate, the gate on the Lake Huron is closed. And then, the water is released from underneath the water passage, until the water level reaches the same level as Lake Superior waters.
The front gates are then opened, letting our boat to move further .
The Boat took us on a tour of old freight vessels and a steel manufacturing plant, before returning to Lake Huron, with exactly the reverse process as described earlier.

After reaching the Dock, we have stopped at a Pizza Hut to refuel ourselves, before embarking on our Journey towards Munising for the Pictured Rocks cruise. However, the plan was changed in the midway, owing to non availability of cruise tickets for the 5 O Clock'er. We quickly took a detour on M 28 West, towards Tahquamenon Falls.
The Tahquamenon Falls are two different waterfalls on the Tahquamenon River. Both sets are located near Lake Superior in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The water is notably brown in color from the tannins leached from the cedar swamps which the river drains. The upper falls are more than 200 feet (60 m) across and with a drop of approximately 48 feet .
  In the interest of time, we have visited only the Upper falls, which was quite a spectacle, The 100 odd steps down the stairway, would lead you right to the falls, which offered a nice location for photo-shoots. At the falls, we have also regrouped after a brief separation.
Ekadanta, however could not join the rest of the group, and instead, they have explored the rest of Munising Area, while we were at the Tahquamenon Falls.

August 30, 2014, DAY 2, Munising, MI

As we moved on from the falls and traveled westwards towards Munising, the weather only became better. It was a perfect setting for the "Sunset" cruise, which was slated to start at 7PM. To get the best view from the upper deck of the boat, we have all assembled at the dock, around 6:15PM. As expected, we have got some seats in the upper deck of the boat, and the 2.5 hour tour started off, with an excursion of the Grand Island.
The captain explained the historic and geographical details of the Island, in detail, notable among them was the fact that the island is not for permanent residence and that there are only about 25 buildings in all, open only for visitors.
The boat moved on to show us the "Spray Falls", which unusually , was streaming , owing to the downpour the day before. We were quite lucky to get a glance of the waterfall, which plunges about 70 feet over the Pictured Rocks cliffs directly into Lake Superior. The 1856 shipwreck "Superior" lies at the base of the falls in 20 feet of water.
The excursion continued towards the Pictured Rocks, which was the core theme for the ride. The Sand stone formations had mysterious "paintings" formed by the reaction of water with various minerals , that are in found under the layers of the stones. The various colors are attributed to the different metallic salts that the rocks house.
The images that appear on the Pictured Rocks gave wings to one's imagination, with people finding different shapes and objects in them.
The soft sandstone has strange formations, which resemble an "Indian Head", a "pirate's skull", a rock-rainbow, an armada of warships among-st the notable ones.
It was a visual delight to the connoisseurs of nature's awesomeness, especially accentuated by the light of the setting Sun.
After a soulful buffet of nature's most beautiful art gallery, our hearts were full of amazing memories, which would probably indelibly imprinted in everyone's minds, for the rest of our lives.
While our mind was rejuvenated, our body still needed some food, and some of us have stopped at a Pizzahut and some others at Subway.
 We started back to the Hotel at around 10 PM in Munising and a 15 hour long day came to an end when we all reached the hotel at around 12 AM in the night.

August 31, 2014, DAY 3, Grand Marais, Munising, Milwaukee and Mundelein

After a tiresome day-2, we could not be ready by 10 PM. Our first stop on the last day of the trip was at the beautiful beach at Grand Marais. The pebble studded beach was a perfect spot for the group for more photos, where the kids and ladies especially had a gala time.
The Amins had to depart earlier than the rest of the group, owing to work related commitments.

However, for the rest of us, the next stop was at the "Log Slides" again, as we could not get the perfect view on day 1. the photo sessions continued, in the lush green backgrounds of the woods, and the sand dunes.
The group continued westward, on H 58, to reach the Chapel Falls trail, through a 5 mile stretch of a quaint gravel road, through the forest. It started raining again, as though challenging us to take the gauntlet. The group was game enough to accept the invitation and continued the trek the trail to the Chapel falls .After a brisk 1.5 mile walk past abundant stands of jewel weed, we could view the 60 foot high Chapel Falls as it cascades toward Chapel Lake.
  After returning to the parking area, we had a lunch with left overs from the previous day and started the journey back to Mundelein, at 3PM local time.
 All the group members, except for the Amins, got a chance to meet up for one last time during the trip, at Maharaja restaurant in Downtown, Milwaukee, WI. It was a perfect end to an equally perfect trip, which resuscitated life back into our pedestrian lives , which were hooked to the monotonous pleasures of the city life.
  It is not a literary liberty for me to quote this as one of the best trips I have ever been to and I would cherish these memories for as long as I live.