Thor

A heavenly hunk banished from his home lands on earth. He comes across a scientist babe.He's shirtless, She's cute. He likes her, she likes him , they fall in love and live happily separated for the greater good of something that is beyond my comprehension.Just to make things a little more spectacular , random fight sequences are staged with a fire breathing "arch enemy" who might be more at home in an iron man movie.

Throughout this rigmarole there was this nagging question:Why in gods name did a Norse god land up in new Mexico after being banished from Asgard ? why not Chennai marina beach?  Do gods , these days, impressed by "yes we can" send/banish their children to chase the American dream? (the south Indian version can have Thor carrying some qty. of  Bengal gram, rice and mango pickle from Asgard).Anyway,I sat there pondering over this while this guy was jumping about, fighting. Is it because of babes in bikinis? or is it Salma Hayek? Natalie Portman? Megan Fox? inexplicable stuff, this.
Also, while watching Thor, I learnt that Norse mythology is magnanimous.It is very accommodating and embraces everyone. There was a Chinese guy, a negro and a hot brunette among Thor's "Norse" friends.Maybe, In a few years time, the rising Indian strength in the US would show up and Hollywood would have to make way for a few Indians along with the random Chinese and Negros and Latinos that these epic movies need to have; just to represent.

So,Given that most of Hollywood's worldly and otherworldly events are going to take place in America, In the coming years, I expect Charlie's angels to feature a "Laxmi"  along with Lucy.The avengers and the justice league may include an Indian warrior princess in their force and Asgard for some weird reason will have Thor, a negro dude ,a Chinese chum and an Indian dost. To top it all Batman may learn kalaripayattu under some appukuttan in the backwaters of Kerala in the next series.

On the other side, val mickey might script a Ramayana set in Rhode island with scarlet as Sita . Karthik cross with his father Shiva over the "other banana", might land up in Kansas on a Harley Davidson.He might find his girl Vallie (portrayed by Portman) here and fall in love. Mahabharata might have bar fights set to Hans Zimmer.Even If all the adrenalin runs out of our system, we might still get Rom-coms with Ryan Gosling or Gerald Butler romancing Rumbaa or Tilotaaama.

Technical discussions.

As an employee of a technical firm in the core sector, a person faces a lot of challenges, initially. There are many assumptions, thumb rules, screw rules, left hand clockwise rules, counter clock wise rules, codes, guides, provisions, exceptions and  their revisions and finally the previous versions of the same document that ought to be referred before one can come to a conclusion on a given problem . As knowledge is both infinite and relative, everyone has an opinion on a given result. Generally the final output depends hugely on your ability to convince everyone that you are more or less right even though there might be some glitches here and there.

The English used here, as requested by the client, has been suitably modified to authentically represent an office environment.Special care has also been taken NOT to capitalize appropriate words in an effort maintain the tone at an informal level. The hierarchy of these characters are apparent; hence, clarifications are not furnished. This will be attached with the next revision of this post as an appendix if the client insists.

Curtain rises

Enter A, B, PM

Project Manager: the client has asked for a beverage that tastes well. You just prepare some document. Take two days and don’t waste too much time on it. Ok??

A: what beverage??

PM: That’s easy..  You just look up something and prepare some beverage and close the issue.. Don’t take much time. See this is not that important ya... you just prepare some beverage na…

A:  But .. sir…. Ok sir I’ll do it

A solemnly walks back to his seat.

A(soliloquy): What do I prepare?? All I learnt was how to boil water… and that too was not taught properly..

A: Hey B tell me ya what I should do.. this PM has asked me to prepare one beverage within two days

B (looks up from his work): hmmm..  You prepare something na… you follow all the standard procedures and do it..

A: what standard procedures…?

B:those are there in our library, you do one thing, you make tea.. We already have back up calculations for all the ingredients and you can always cross check

A: ok…

Exit A,B, PM

Enter A,B

A is working

B is also working

Both of them are seen checking mails for forwards

A(soliloquy) :I find there are too many varieties of tea. I don’t know what to do man.. i'm too bored now... Let me decide on three roses. It offers Strength, taste and flavour, a factor of safety(FOS) of three.  Even if one of them fails I have the other two for back up.

Enter C

Narrator (in PM’s voice): this C  na?? he’s very strong. Very strong in his fundas . he thinks also like he’s really good. He thinks like there’s some holy light glowing behind his head.

C(from behind A and B): Hey what are you doing re?

B: I’m doing some random work.. we’re not like you sir, you will be doing some high level stuff and all.

C(silently relishing the compliment): No re.. not like that and all… just time passing only… what is he doing?

B: he’s making tea… I think so…

C:tea? Nice..(turns) .How are you boiling it ya?

A: 100 deg. For two minutes

C: two minutes a??  (looks around, rolls his eyes) ok you do it .

A(slightly apprehensive of his procedure): why sir ?? it was written in that book that you have to boil it na… if you add milk you might have to boil it more maybe… but with water, it was written that it would be sufficient

C:with milk you need more time??(all knowing patronizing smile lights up his face)

A:I think so sir….. dunno…

C: ok you proceed

B(turns around and faces him):why sir what is the procedure, batake tho jao

C: ok you first tell me ki why you need to boil water in the first place..

A(enthusiastically): to get the essence out of the tea leaves…(yes!!)

C: why can’t we boil milk directly?? We will still get essence na….

A: but economically…..

C: what economically??

A: but it is quicker with water na??

C: what quicker?? I can make tea in two minutes…

A: dunno sir.. why??

B: but sir this boiling temperature changes with altitude na??

A(impulsively):Arrey! what has this got to do with this??

    Both of them look at A , no, they stare at A

   A shrivels under the gaze

C:Hmmm, A , you first you tell me what is boiling??

A:it is the process… by..

C: no no tell me the concept

A(feeling a little worthless by now):what concept sir?? I just know it is a process of water becoming into water vapour due to transfer of heat energy….. and

C:is it? Ok you tell me this What is entropy of a system??

A: hmm randomness??

C: randomness?? Ok you do one thing, you think about this thing.. I’ll tell you later… anyway, what tea are you using??

A : three roses

C:actually if you want to do it correctly means  we should use Tetly only for this, but then it’s ok, this is small work only na??. Plus you also have factor of safety so it should be alright with this.

Enter D

C: (abruptly gets up and walks towards D) hey sir this masala dosa should not be this spicy, there is something wrong with your assumptions.

D :abee yarr its ok na. Client is happy, plus the fundamentals are right na?? there is masala inside dosa.. that’s is all there is to it, hai ki nahi??

C: that’s correct sir, but there’s a small deviation….

Both exit C & D , their voices fade out, discussing.

A(soliloquy) : oh man they are discussing masal dosa, I’m still stuck with tea…

A: hey B how they are making this masal dosa man??

B: that is all complex yaar, you don’t worry about it now.

A: hey btw this “randomness” answer was correct only no??

B: correct ya.. but he will not approve until you say his answer in his exact words. That thing he keeps changing every time you tell him a correct answer

A: ok tell me what to do now… should I start looking up for Tetly tea??

B hey that is not even required for this … he’ll just keep telling you something . you just make this. This is more than sufficient…

A:ok…

A,B exit

Enter A,PM

A: Sir report.

PM: You’ve made tea?? I asked you to make coffee na?

A: sir you said any beverage…

PM: oh. They had sent a mail two days back stating they wanted coffee …  ok you do one thing you just change it.. it is simple only na… you just change it and give it to me.. we’ll send it by tomorrow morning....

A: ok...

Sincerely yours

In a busy office space filled with people rushing past each other to take a loo break, catch up with colleagues or just to show the world they can walk with their shoes clicking , a man with a small smile playing across his lips, was at his terminal doing his job. His name was Sincerity. This fellow was always found stooped, staring at his monitor, clicking away intermittently. He was there before time, much before time, as in, before clocks were invented. Next to his was Integrity’s cubicle. A man respected by all for his ability to precisely do those things that would be mentioned at the high places and with the right people.They used him as and when necessary. He was one of the few real friends of Sincerity. Both of them understood each other well and they complimented each other.
The laity was languid and laggard; they mocked these two, Sincerity in particular, to no end. But the two remained unperturbed and enjoyed each other's company. Both of them, unknown to each another, shared a deep love for Hope, the undeserving HOD's secretary. Hope looked as fresh as the morning dew.They could forget all the mundane problems before them in her beauty.Such was her charm that almost everyone had a crush on her at some point of time.

Sincerity and Integrity reported to Scarcity and Hierarchy.Scarcity, who was never found in his seat during a crisis, irked Integrity. He started hating the number of times he had to take the fall when something went wrong.He wrote many letters to Ambiguity, the quality manager.Nothing Happened. Driven to the edge, Integrity started contemplating a career change and even the thought of Hope refused to work the magic it used to. Sincerity, meanwhile, was fed up of Hierarchy and his many problems. Bureaucracy, Hierarchy’s good friend who kept hanging around without motive, didn't help matters. Sincerity,snubbed at every step, slowly moved away from any social interaction; the self assured  smile disappearing with his confidence. 

On a random Monday morning, Tawdry Tomfoolery (Only one in the organisation to have two names), the company’s pompous and under qualified HR decided he could do away with the rogue and recalcitrant Integrity. He relieved Integrity of his position the very same day and Integrity on his part was able to breathe easier; not being part of the dank organisation. At about the same time, Hope who was away on vacation, died in a train crash. There had been a signal malfunction and both the drivers wasted valuable time  comprehending the significance of the light at the end of the tunnel.
Sincerity having lost the love of his life and his good friend in quick succession was left stunned. He went into a shell. All his actions became mechanical and devoid of any vigour. He found companionship with Tardy, someone whom he had loathed in the past but had started admiring later for his twisted logic. With Hope gone and Tomfoolery pointlessly cackling away to Hierarchy’s jokes, Sincerity felt emotionally numb and the days trudged on somnolently. He understood that a replacement to Integrity was out of question.

The office atmosphere started choking him and he started hallucinating. He found himself talking to Hope, in long soliloquies. With Vacuity, a guy of high  qualification and zero common sense replacing Geriatry as the HOD, the going got really tough for Sincerity. His mental condition deteriorated. Sometimes, he had conversations with his high-school sweetheart Merry, who had died young; a victim of some rare illness.
After some days or months or years, for all Sincerity cared, sense prevailed over Vacuity. He decided he needed more men to tackle the mess. He made quick calls to the HR dept and pooled in a few resources from other offices. Few of the empty seats were filled with Sycophancy, Duplicity and Redundancy.The seat next to Sincerity remained empty (it had long stopped bothering him). He worked alone; from early in the morning to late in the night.

One fine day, things did change; a smiling face greeted him at his desk.

“Hello!”.

“Hi”.

 “I just joined today “.

”Oh! My name’s Sincerity”.

“Nice to meet you, I'm Profanity”.

“Fcuk!! Finally…where the hell have u been all this time?… welcome to the family”

Redundancy looked up from his desk, "who's Sincerity talking to today? the tone seems different".