Look with your own eyes

Once live an old man who had difficulty with his vision. He visited a doctor who told him that his eyes need replacement.

The old man refused and replied, "Doctor, i have a wife, 4 sons and 4 daughters-in-law. So this put together 9 pairs of eyes. When i have 9 such pairs why should i replace my eyes?"

The doctor obliged.

This went on well till one day suddenly their house caught fire. All those with eyes who could see the fire escaped. As per the nature of law, they tried to protect themselves first. However, by the time the old man realized that his house is under fire, the fire has spread all over.

All those who came out now screamed stating that their beloved old man is still inside and some one has to help him out. But none had the guts to enter the house with fire and save him.

The old man in search of a door, ran from one place to another but got hit against the walls. Alas! he died.

This shows that only eyes of your own will come to your rescue whenever there is an emergency.

Moral: One can listen to n number of suggestions but the decision has to be yours.

A story of 4 Wives

There was a rich merchant who had 4 wives.

He loved the 4th wife the most. He adorned her with rich robes and treated her to delicacies.

He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He's very proud of her and always wanted to show her off to his friends. However, the merchant is always in great fear that she might run away with some other men.

He loved his 2nd wife too. She is a very considerate person, always patient and in fact is the merchant's confidante. Whenever the merchant faced some problems, he always turned to his 2nd wife and she would always help him out and tide him through difficult times.

Now, the merchant's 1st wife is a very loyal partner and has made great contributions in maintaining his wealth and business as well as taking care of the household. However, the merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her.

One day, the merchant fell ill. Before long, he knew that he was about to die soon. He thought of his luxurious life and told himself, "Now I have 4 wives with me. But when I die, I'll be alone. How lonely I'll be!"

Thus, he asked the 4th wife, "I loved you most, endowed you with the finest clothing and showered great care over you. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?"

"No way!" replied the 4th wife and she walked away without another word. The answer cut like a sharp knife right into the merchant's heart.

The sad merchant then asked the 3rd wife, "I have loved you so much for all my life. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?"

"No!" replied the 3rd wife. "Life is so good over here! I'm going to remarry when you die!"

The merchant's heart sank and turned cold.He then asked the 2nd wife, "I always turned to you for help and you've always helped me out. Now I need your help again. When I die, will you follow me and keep me company?"

"I'm sorry, I can't help you out this time!" replied the 2nd wife. "At the very most, I can only send you to your grave."

The answer came like a bolt of thunder and the merchant was devastated.Then a voice called out: "I'll leave with you. I'll follow you no matter where you go."

The merchant looked up and there was his 1st wife. She was so skinny, almost like she suffered from malnutrition. Greatly grieved, the merchant said, "I should have taken much better care of you while I could have!”

Actually we all have 4 wives in our lives!

4th wife is our body. No matter how much time and effort we lavish in making it look good, it'll leave us when we die

3rd wife is our possessions, wealth and status. When we die, they all go to others

2nd wife is our family and friends. No matter how close they had been there for us when we're alive, the furthest they can stay by us is up to the grave

1st wife is in fact our soul. It is often neglected in our pursuit of material wealth and sensual pleasure.

It is actually the only thing that follows us wherever we go. Perhaps it's a good idea to cultivate and strengthen it now rather than to wait until we're on our deathbed to lament.

A trip to Mahabaleshwar?

I decided to go to Mahabaleshwar during these deepavali holidays, this time. Visiting an hill-station always brings a worse feel of déjà vu, as the uphill / downhill roads, the pathways, the lush-green mountains, lake with boating, riding on a horse’s back – all seems to be similar. I knew one cannot escape these in a hill-station. I doubt, can there be a hill-station without all these mentioned here.

Initially, I thought I would be taking rest in the chill climate in a hill-station that too during Deepavali holidays and planned for a 3-day-rest. However, what happened to otherwise.

I never felt the chillness in Mahabaleshwar though it was November in a hill station. The place was warm enough and I had a tough time climbing up hill roads (though I walked a little). The taxi association had fixed rate for stipulated places of visit which I feel is exorbitant fares.

The place, Panchganga (five rivers converge in a single spot) is a place worth-seeing. All these five rivers join in a single place and they enter a statue of a cow from its rear and come out as a single stream through the cow’s mouth. How could they have drilled a through hole in the statue in those days? One must need a CNC machine for such a job nowadays. The other question is where all the water goes that come from cow’s mouth. This stream of water falls in a tank like structure.

Pratapgarh Fort is another place one should see. Construction had been the major source of employment in those days and no doubt, Indian construction must have had their own style of civil-engineering which they failed to record. This is pretty obvious because the fort built before 400 years is still intact whereas the steps built 40 years ago to climb the fort is in a dilapidated condition. They climb that during earthquake, the mountains have caved in. Of course, it is unfortunate.

Panchgani is another spot to be seen. Invariably, in all hill stations, the nature is abused by the cine-shooting group and Panchgani is exception to this. I am surprised; these spots become famous because of the cine-shoots. “Palanket” of Raja Hindustani is no Palanket but Panchgani only. The table points (as they look like tables) are another spot to look at. Strawberries are available plenty here.

If I did not mention about the hotel I stayed, I am doing injustice to it. It is not a promotion blog but genuinely i enjoyed the stay. Pratap Heritage is the resort I stayed and I had a nice stay. The hospitality is too good and the food is pretty good. The variety they had was astonishing. Khila khilake maarte hain. Only problem is, if you drop at 6 am in the morning, you should be prepared to wait in the lounge till 9 am to occupy your room.

My holidays went on well and the only complaint is it was not cool as I expected. Perhaps, is it the sign of global-warming?

what happened to my blogsite

I am unable to access my blogpage. what happened to it? did someone hack it?

btw what is hacking? how to do it? can someone explain?

when will we stop over-reacting?

It is a history now that India has won the 20-20 championship. When cricket is slowly transforming into baseball, winning in such sports makes one wonder whether we are the champions of cricket or baseball or golf (this is because, nowadays cricketing strokes are similar to the strokes of baseball or golf).

As usual, the entire country is reacting or rather over-reacting to this incident. The winning team was received with much fervor and they will go on a victory lap from airport to Wankhade stadium in an open bus.

State Governments after state governments are declaring a bonus amount of Rs 5 lakhs per player for this feat! Maharashtra Government has gone overboard to announce Rs 10 lakhs to the players while their farmers are dying out of starvation! One TV channel went on criticizing mr. Narendra Modi who kept cool and did not announce any such bonus to the cricket players. I may not be surprised if Modi subjecting to such pressures might declare bonus (may be more than any State).

At the outset, why these players need bonus? Are these cricket players are running out funds that they need such bonuses? Have they been to Mars on an expedition and came back with more scientific truths? What have they achieved? Are they contributing anything towards the nation or its development? On the contrary, the BCCI do not pay income tax for the hefty sum they generate and rotate in the name of cricket!

If sports person were to be facilitated, why did not we do this to the Indian Hockey team who had won the Asian cup with comfortable margin (unlike a cliff-hanger cricket we saw). Why not Vishwanathan Anand and Narain Kartikeyan were facilitated? Even Goswami, the only Indian Woman cricketer to appear in the list of ICC awards was not given such a priority by the BCCI. Why this bias?

Let numerous films like Chak De or Goal be screened in India all over! We will neither change nor our attitude towards a sport. This reminds me that during the last scene in film Chak De, a small sikh boy will come forward and erase the word “gaddar” from the wall and he will be presented with a hockey bat. Surprisingly, (or ironically), one of the audience shouted, “Come on Bhajji (Harbhajan Singh, a cricketer) come on”. Cricket has invaded our life indeed!

India 2020 - not of Kalam's but cricket's

At last, the Indians have won the first T20 World Cup tournament in a cliff-hanger thriller finish. Or one can say, the team of 2020 has born. Whether ex-President Kalam’s visionary 2020 India is made or not, but India is capable of building a team for 20-20 at the least!

Now, for another 48 hours, no news is too big for our entire media channels that will cover nothing but the historic (?) win of India in 20-20 World Cup. Even the news of Rahul Gandhi becoming the general secretary of INC (though it is a known fact and was only a matter of time) has taken a back seat. The media even covered the Kabirkhan aka shahrukh Khan congratulating the winning Indian team (dont ask what did SRK do to Indian cricket team)

Nothing succeeds like Success! This is proven in this episode. A man, who was questioned of his wicket-keeping skills or lack of it and was supposed to be dropped from the team, is turned into a sudden hero. He has become wisdom of cricket, leader of future and everybody says now that Indian cricket is in safe hands now!

It is a known fact that we, Indians are highly reactive and when we react we go to the extremes and always go over board! Be it hailing some one or criticizing, we knew only the extreme. Never our comments were in analytical mode. We have stopped thinking by brains and are doing with emotions.

Let’s go hypothetical now. Had the 18th, 19th and 20th overs against Australia had gone the other way – or worse, had Joginder was hit for runs on the 20th over, Mahi, our hero today would have been pulled from all corners for that decision. Even those who knew no cricket would give a comment on his captaincy!

Same way in the finals too! Pakistanis had the match in their way all the time. 6 runs from 4 balls. They could have chosen to take singles and an odd couple, but they thought otherwise. The batsman thought an innovative shot (made popular by Johnson of Zimbabwe) only to be caught! Had the bailed sailed across, today Mahi would have been ripped apart by our media and so-called experts of the game!

Thankfully for Dhoni, Lady Luck smiled on him. He is now hailed as the greatest captain India ever had. Though I agree that he kept his cool, I doubt, he would prove to be a good captain. He still has a long way to go and it is too early to burden him as a captain. He has to learn keeping, has to improve his batting skills (though he literally bullies the ball around, he does not play the game) and most of all, of course, the cricketing skills.

It was good decision that the trio had ruled themselves out of this tournament. Perhaps, they never thought that this game would get so much of publicity! Had they were genuine; they should have said the same no to even the ODIs.

Its all in the game. We have got a good, young team who has potential. Now one has to wait and see, how far this potential takes our cricket in 2020!

T20

T 20 or twenty-twenty is the buzzword that keeps the cricket fans all around the world hooked onto. From a long, tiring, (or sometimes boring) 5 day affair this game has taken changes - sometimes accidentally and at times forcefully into a faster game. Efforts are on as to give a facelift to this game as good as soccer or hockey. The game is fast and so is the result.

Cricket has started taking leaves out of the others books as to make it attractive and entertaining. “Ball-out” is one feature similar to the penalty stroke and so is the “free-hit” concept.

I vaguely remember that 24 years back a tournament (named as Double-wicket tournament with each side having only 2 players and common fielders) was held with similar rules in Chennai Chidambaram Stadium. L Siva was spotted there as a good fielder and Robin Singh was spotted as another Kapil dev (however he entered the national side much later, courtesy politics, is another story).

With newer rules, cricket seems to be attractive and one has to wait and see how long people accept this. However, the purists would find it hard. Why all the new rules are favoring only the batsmen and invariably they are against the bowlers? Would some one be motivated to be a bowler if they are going to be beaten like this?

One should not bowl slightly outside the leg side or else it will be called a wide.
One should not try to bowl a beamer or else you will be warned.
One should not try to bowl a bouncer more than once in a over.
One cannot have the fielders as they liked and have restrictions for them.

Going by this, I would not be surprised if one day the rules would state, the ball should not be pitched before reaching the bat. One should not spin the ball. Or slowly Cricket would deviate and take the shape of baseball so wider reach of audience and more money?

I badly miss those flights, arc of the spin, inviting the batsmen to drive through extra-cover and trap them by catching, those late out-swingers that beats the bat, late-cuts. Those were the days when cricketers would not appreciate ball being hit in air but this is the walk of life in cricket now. I hardly saw ball rolling on the ground and it was sailing all the time in air.

The height of the show is the cheer leaders. More than the players, they would be the most tired members as they have to come shake their booty for every boundary or six scored or every wicket taken.

Indeed this form of cricket is more an entertainment than a game but I miss one thing on the whole – that is cricket, the gentle man’s game. Did I hear some one saying the gentleness is lost years back!

Ram Setu - Matter of Faith and Science

It is almost 10 days now that the Ram-Setu project has stolen the limelight. Every channel, every newspaper and every website covered this subject in full details. There were discussions between the so called learned men, rationalists and religious personnel.

The public memory is too short and in another week’s time, all of us would forget this and would be discussing something more sensational. When the whole world is into this, why should I lag behind? Let me also blog on this but would like to be different.

Science and Faith are two extreme poles. In fact I had already blogged regarding this subject – or just reproduced the conversation between Albert Einstein and his professor. http://ngkjrs.blogspot.com/2007/09/is-god-dead.html

The argument between Science and Faith has no end to it. Science says that nothing is true unless it is proven by experiment or you can say to disprove what other claim! However, the irony is, almost all the scientific statement are re-written. What accepted one day was refuted after some years and people still followed the new concept!

Faith is different. One does not dare to make amendments to the religious texts. If Science says the hypothesis is false even if one out of the thousand conditions is not proven whereas faith is other way around. Science can theorize anything but cannot explain what caused it!

I do agree that there is no proof that God exists but at the same time, I would also like to reiterate that there is no proof that God does not exist. The so called rationalists of India who take the support of science to uphold that Sri Ram never existed can provide us a single proof that He did not exist?

Let them say that there is no proof for the existence of Sri Ram but they cannot go overboard and say that Sri Ram was not a real person! Rationalists do have their own rights to condemn the superstitious believing but my question is why they are selective? All religions survive on faith but the so-called Indian rationalists attack only Hindus' myths and question only Hindu faiths. They turn a blind eye to other religions.

This selective-rationalization or pseudo-secularism drives Hindus to be irrational. Tolerance of diversity is the hall-mark of Hindus however, this is abused or undue advantage is taken by the rationalists. It is not an exaggerated if we called the so-called Indian rationalists are spineless cowards.

This is because Hindus are soft-targets. If you attack Hindus political parties would support you. Even if they don't, they will be labeled as communal. The entire media would depict as a barbarian communal!

As to obtain a certificate of a secular from these media and political parties, the so called learned men also will keep quiet in this subject. Whereas had the rationalists questioned the faith of other religions (read minorities), the heaven would break loose! The government, the political parties, the media the learned men all would pounce on you and beat you to death.

Since the time of Nehru, there has been no respite from the attacks on Hindu beliefs. This drives Hindus to be isolated, they feel they are threatened and they are ready to give up their culture of tolerance.

I am neither supporting Ram Setu nor oppose it. I would like to raise a voice for Rationalism versus Selective rationalism!

Born Again - Twice Born - Dwija

According to the injunctions of the revealed texts, the first birth of an Aryan is from his natural mother, the second (happens) on the tying of the girdle of Munja grass, and the third on the initiation to (the performance of) a (Srauta) sacrifice. II.169

(Now a days a thread replaced this Munja grass - Darbai is another story)

Among those (three) the birth which is symbolised by the investiture with the girdle of Munja grass, is his birth for the sake of the Veda; they declare that in that (birth) the Savitri (Goddess of knowledge) is his mother and the teacher is his father. II.170

They call the teacher (the pupil’s) father because he gives the Veda (knowledge); for no body can perform a sacred rite before the investiture with the girdle of Munja grass. II.170

He who has not been initiated should not pronounce any Vedic text excepting those required for the performance of funeral rites, since he is on a level with a Sudra (meaning unlearned) before his birth from the Veda. II.172

The student who has been initiated must be instructed in the performance of the vows, and gradually learn the Veda, observing the prescribed rules. II.173

In the eighth year after conception, one should perform the initiation (Upanayana ceremonies of sacred thread) of a Brahmana, in the eleventh year after conception (that) of a Kshatriya, but in the twelfth year that of a Vaisya. II.36

The initiation of a Brahmana who desires proficiency in sacred learning should take place in the fifth year after conception, that of a Kshatriya who wishes to become powerful in the sixth, and that of a Vaisya who longs for success in his business in the eighth. II.37

The time for the Savitri initiation of a Brahmana does not pass until the completion of the sixteenth year (after conception), of a Kshatriya until the completion of the twenty-second, and of a Vaisya until the completion of the twenty-fourth. II.38

After those (periods men of) these three (varnas - classified by their deeds and not by birth) who have not received the sacrament at the proper time, become Vratyas (outcastes), excluded from the Savitri (initiation) and despised by the Aryans. II.39

With such men, if they have not been purified according to the rule, let no Brahmana ever, even in times of distress, form a connection either through the Veda or by marriage. II.40

Let students, according to the order (of their varnas), wear (as upper dresses) the skins of black antelopes, spotted deer, and he-goats, and (lower garments) made of hemp, flax or wool. II.41

The sacrificial string of a Brahmana shall be made of cotton, (shall be) twisted to the right and consist of three threads; that of a Kshatriya of hempen threads; and that of a Vaisya of woollen threads. II.44

A Brahmana shall carry, according to the sacred law, a staff of Bilwa or Palasa; a Kshatriya, of Vata or Khadira; and a Vaisya, of Pilu or Udumbara. II.45

Having taken a staff according to his choice, having worshipped the sun and walked round the fire, turning his right hand towards it, the pupil should beg alms according to the prescribed rule. II.48

His girdle, the skin (which serves as his upper garment), his staff, his sacrificial thread, and his water-pot he must throw into water, when they have been damaged, and take others, reciting sacred formulas. II.64

The ceremony called Kesanta (clipping the hair) is ordained for a Brahmana in the sixteenth year from conception; for a Kshatriya, in the twenty-second; and for a Vaisya, two years later than that. II.65

This whole series of ceremonies must be performed for females also, in order to sanctify the body, at the proper time and in the proper order, but without the recitation of sacred texts. II.66

The nuptial ceremony is stated to be the Vedic sacrament for women (and to be equal to the initiation). Serving the husband (equivalent to) the residence in the house of the teacher, and the household duties (the same) as the daily worship of the sacred fire. II.67

Thus has been described the rule for the initiation of the twice-born, which indicates a (new) birth, and sanctifies. II. 68

Without the Upanayana none could call himself a twice-born. One who would not undergo these ceremonies (Samskara) was excommunicated and debarred from all the privileges of the race. The initiation was a passport to the literary treasures of the Hindus. It was also a means of communion with the society, because without it none could marry an Aryan girl. Thus the Hindu ideal made universal education the indispensable test and insignia of their community. The most striking fact in connection with the Upanayana is that by virtue of its performance the initiated ranked as Dvija or twice-born.

This transformation compares well with the Christian rite of baptism, which is regarded as a sacrament and carries with it a spiritual effect to reform the life of man. If we look beneath the surface of the ceremonies, we cannot but recognise in it the ex-pression of a deep human conviction that man, due to his contact with the world, loses his native purity, and that he must be born again to enter the spiritual kingdom again.

The Acharya (teacher) tied round the waist of the youth the girdle with the verse, "Here has come to me, keeping away evil words, purifying mankind as a purifier, clothing herself by power of inhalation and exhalation, with strength, this sisterly goddess, the blessed girdle." The girdle was made of triple cord, which symbolised that the student was always encircled by the three Vedas.

After the tying of the girdle came the most important item of the samskara, the investing the student with the Sacred Thread. The very name of the Sacred Thread, "Yajnopavita" supplies a clue to its original nature.

The Sacred Thread is spun by a virgin Brahmana girl and twisted by a Brahmana. The composition of the Sacred Thread is full of symbolism and significance. Its length is ninetysix times as the breadth of the four fingers of a man, which is equal to his height. Each of the four fingers represents one of the four states the soul of a man experiences from time to time, namely, waking, dreaming, dreamless sleep and absolute Brahmanhood (Turiya or the fourth state). The three folds of the cord are also symbolical. They represent the three Gunas (Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas) reality, passion and darkness, out of which the whole universe is evolved. It was done, so that the Sattwaguna or the good quality of reality may predominate in a man, and so he may attain spiritual merits. The three cords remind the wearer that he has to pay off the

Three Debts he owes:
1.To the Rishis (ancient seers),
2.To the ancestors and
3.To the gods.

The three cords are tied together by a knot called Brahma-granthi, which symbolises Brahma, Vishnu and Siva (the trinity of gods, Creator, Sustainer and Destroyer). Besides, extra knots are made in the cords to indicate the various Pravaras of a particular family.

The Acharya (teacher), while investing the student with the Sacred Thread repeats an appropriate Mantra, asking for strength, long-life and illumination for the boy, the boy looking, in the meanwhile, towards the sun. A Brahmachari (student) can put on only one set of the Sacred Thread. A householder is given privilege to wear two, one for himself and one for his wife. There are different methods of wearing the Sacred Thread at different occasions. While performing an auspicious ceremony one should be Upaviti, that is, the Sacred Thread should hang from his left shoulder. At the performance of some inauspicious ceremony one should be Prachnaviti, that is, the Sacred Thread should hang from the right shoulder; and at times he is called Niviti when the Sacred Thread is worn round the neck like a garland.

Is God Dead?

I am just reproducing an argument Albert Einstein had with his Professor on the above subjectThis story was in circulation since long in internet. I am just reproducing that.

The professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty. He asks one of his new students to stand and.....

Prof: So you believe in God?

Student: Absolutely, sir.

Prof: Is God good?

Student: Sure.

Prof: Is God all-powerful?

Student: Yes.

Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?

(Student is silent.)

Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?

Student: Yes.

Prof: Is Satan good?

Student: No.

Prof: Where does Satan come from?

Student: From...God...

Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student: Yes.

Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?

Student: Yes.

Prof: So who created evil?

(Student does not answer.)

Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?

Student: Yes, sir.

Prof: So, who created them?

(Student has no answer.)

Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?

Student: No, sir.

Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

Student: No , sir.

Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelled your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?

Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student: Yes.

Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.

Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Prof: Yes.

Student: And is there such a thing as cold?

Prof: Yes.

Student: No sir. There isn't. (The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, megaheat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold.
Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)

Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?

Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light.... But if youhave no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker?

Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the
argument is going.)

Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class is in uproar.)

Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?

(The class breaks out into laughter.)

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelled it?.....No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable.)

Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.

Student : That is it, sir.. The link between man & god is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam's Speech

This has come several rounds in the internet. Still, as the memory of the public is very short, i felt it sharing after a decent gap. So the public speech of Dr. APJ Kalam goes.....

I have three visions for India. In 3000 years of our history people from all over the world have come and invaded us, captured our lands, conquered our minds.

From Alexander onwards, the Greeks, the Turks, the Moguls, the Portuguese, the British, the French, the Dutch, all of them came and looted us, took over what was ours. Yet we have not done this to any other nation. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, and their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.

Why? because we respect the freedom of others. That is why my first vision is that of FREEDOM. I believe that India got its first vision of this in 1857, when we started the war of independence. It is this freedom that we must protect and nurture and build on.

If we are not free, no one will respect us. My second vision for India is DEVELOPMENT. For fifty years we have been a developing nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation. We are among top 5 nations of the world in terms of GDP. We have 10 percent growth rate in most areas. Our poverty levels are falling. Our achievements are being globally recognized today. Yet we lack the self-confidence to see ourselves as a developed nation, self-reliant and self-assured. Isn't this incorrect?

I have a THIRD vision. India must stand up to the world. Because I believe that unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. Only strength respects strength. We must be strong not only as a military power but also as an economic power. Both must go hand-in-hand.

My good fortune was to have worked with three great minds - Dr.Vikram Sarabhai of the Dept.of space, Professor Satish Dhawan, and Dr. Brahm Prakash, father of nuclear material. I was lucky to have worked with all three of them closely and consider this the great opportunity of my life.

I see four milestones in my career:

ONE: Twenty years I spent in ISRO. I was given the opportunity to be the project director for India's first satellite launch vehicle, SLV3. The one that launched Rohini. These years played a very important role in my life of Scientist.

TWO: After my ISRO years, I joined DRDO and got a chance to be the part of India's guided missile program. It was my second bliss when Agni met its mission requirements in 1994.

THREE: The Dept. of Atomic Energy and DRDO had this tremendous partnership in the recent nuclear tests, on May 11 and 13. This was the third bliss.
The joy of participating with my team in these nuclear tests and proving to the world that India can make it, that we are no longer a developing nation But one of them. It made me feel very proud as an Indian. The fact that we have now developed for Agni a re-entry structure, for which we have developed this new material - A Very light material called carbon-carbon.

FOUR: One day an orthopedic surgeon from Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences visited my laboratory. He lifted the material and found it so light that he took me to his hospital and showed me his patients. There were these little girls and boys with heavy metallic calipers weighing over three Kg. each, dragging their feet around. He said to me: Please remove the pain of my patients. In three weeks, we made these Floor reaction Orthosis 300 gram calipers and took them to the orthopedic centre. The children didn't believe their eyes. From dragging around a three kg. load on their legs, they could now move around! Their parents had tears in their eyes. That was my fourth bliss!




Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them.

Why? We are the first in milk production. We are number one in Remote sensing satellites. We are the second largest producer of wheat. We are the second largest producer of rice. Look at Dr.Sudarshan; he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert land into an orchid and a granary.

It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news. In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

Why are we so NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign TVs. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 years old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is: She replied: I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this developed India. You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation. Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with vengeance. Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.....................

YOU say that our government is inefficient. YOU say that our laws are too old. YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, the airline is the worst in the world, and mails never reach their destination. YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits. YOU say, say and say.

What do YOU do about it? Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name - YOURS.
Give him a face - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground Links as they are.

You pay $5 (approx. Rs.60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU comeback to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity. In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs.650) a month to, "see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else." YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 kmph) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, "Jaanta hai sala main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?).I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost." YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand.

Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU - who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own! You - who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. You can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country why cannot you be the same here in India.


Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay Mr.Tinaikar had a point to make. "Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place," he said. "And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels? In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?"

He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place or are we going to stop to pick an up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff that is known not to pass on the service to the public.

When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse - "It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry." So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbors, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand. Or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system.

When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system.

Our conscience is mortgaged to money. Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.
"ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY"

Self - Awareness

The greatest gift nature has bestowed on us is "self-awareness" – the ability to know what is happening in us at any given point of time! This faculty of knowing oneself is not given to plants and animals and hence they do not know that they exist. Obviously they can not modify their way of life or behavior at their will. This explains why the plants and animals are as they are for many millions of year. The concept of evolution and civilization doest and can not exist in their kingdom!

This faculty when used can help to bring dramatic changes in ones behavior at will. Every human being is unique in their own way and that is the plan of the nature! What we are today is the result of various conditioning that happened right from the day we came into this planet. The parents teachers , society and religion are the mediums through which we have been conditioned. The beliefs and values ultimately guide us as the light house. Some of the conditionings are good and some of them are bad and hence needs change.

Unless until the un-conditioning of the mind takes places, we will be helpless to modify our behavior. The un-conditioning is the reverse process of conditioning. This can be achieved only with the faculty of "Self-awareness". The following steps will help to modify our behavior at our choice using the faculty of "self-awareness":

1. The first step is to catch ourselves about the particular behavior of ours that is unacceptable to us and acts as a stumbling block for our material and spiritual growth. (both are complimentary to each others!!!)

2. The second step is to believe that any behavior of ours can be changed at our will. This is the biggest gift nature has given to human beings to evolve.

3. Identify the faculty of self-awareness present in you with which you can witness all that is happening in you through out the day. This is what Lord Buddha calls as "Witnessing" and this can not be done by animals! Please imagine that you are sitting in your balcony and watching the
traffics with out getting involved in judgements. Here the witnessor is "you" and the traffic is the thoughts that comes and goes in your mind.

4. Having developed the ability to catch what is happening in you at any point of time , you are ready to work on the behavior.

5. We need to consciously shift our paradigm - the new belief frequently and remind ourselves of our project to modify our chosen behavior - for example - not to get triggered by un-controlled anger.

6. Catch yourself just before the emotion can take over from you. This can be done through self-awareness and constant witnessing.

7. Exercise your will to chose a different response than the usual stereotyped response of yours. Soon people will find lot of change in your pattern of behavior and you will start getting positive feedbacks.

8. Having succeeded in one behavioral change of yours, now take another and another and so on!

God bless you for a successful future through self-awareness and evolution of personality.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle

A few years ago, at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the race to the finish and win. All, that is, except one little boy who stumbled on the asphalt, tumbled over a couple of times, and began to cry. The other eight heard the boy cry. They slowed down and looked back.

Then they all turned around and every one of them went back. One girl with Down's syndrome bent down and kissed him and said, "This will make it better."

Then all nine linked arms and walked together to the finish line. Everyone in the stadium stood, the cheering went on for several minutes. People who were there are still telling the Story,,,. Why? Because deep down we know this one thing:

What matters in this life is more than winning for us.
What matters in this life is helping others win, even if it means slowing down and changing our course.

"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle!

Spiritual Quotient

In the mid’90s Daniel Goleman started talking EQ or emotional quotient. Danah Zoher and Ian Marshal in their recent work SQ: connecting with our spiritual intelligence observes, “While computers have IQ and animals can have EQ, it is essentially an SQ that sets human being apart.

Therefore, ‘the wheel of life’ to roll smoothly, all the spokes of the wheel –IQ, EQ, SQ represents moving from gross to subtle, infinite to finite and from tangible to intangible.

SQ has several dimensions: Compassion, wholeness, self-esteem, gratitude, spirit of surrender, service and the ego. Handling the ego is one of the critical dimensions of enhancing SQ. Ego issues, if not handled with care, can create problems in our personal, social and professional lives. Hence for better relationships, it is very important to understand and handle the ego - both of self and others.

Ego stems from our bundle of memories. It gets further reinforced when we repeatedly embrace a particular thought for extended period of time. We tend to take ‘ego position’ based on what happened to us in the past. One of the key aspects of handling the ego is to analyse the way in which our thoughts are organized because our ego is embedded deep in to our thought process.

Our thoughts are often organized in a hierarchical order. First of all there is a primary layer of thought which constitutes the core, then there is a second layer, a third layer and so on. The primary layer represents objectivity of thoughts and maturity where as the subsequent layers represents subjective interpretations often arising out of perceptions, which may be far away from reality.

One should contemplate primarily on the inner core rather than on the secondary and tertiary layer; for once we concentrate on the core thoughts, we will naturally look at the events of life more objectively. Once we are objective and deal with issues with all gentleness, care and with a satvik approach, all our transactions become free from the Ego.

J Krishnamurthy calls this state of mind as one of “All conclusive Awareness”. Staying in this state soften our ego. To handle the ego, one has to therefore promote objectivity, for, with objectivity comes truth. This in turn dilutes the ego. Once our actions originate from the depth of our heart representing the primary layer, the path for ego free relationships will be paved.

Dealing with the ego becomes easier if we can instill a spirit of ‘Surrender’ in our psyche. The environment around you becomes tranquil and peaceful. Surrendering essentially means crucification of our ego, but surrendering becomes a rather difficult and painful process because of our worldly attachments.

Krishna in the Bhagvad Gita Chapter 18 says: “fly unto him for refuge with all your being, O Bharata; by his grace you shall obtain supreme and eternal abode”

Krishna advises Arjuna to surrender his ego unto him. “The surrender unto the lord should not be a temporary self deception; it should be done with a total spirit of devotion and with a state of ego-less ness.” This was the spirit exhibited by Radha, Prahlada and Hanuman.

The surrendering of ego is often construed as weakness. On the contrary the spirit of surrender enhances our quality of goodness, which ultimately leads to godliness.

But where is God? Vedanta says He resides with in us. By surrendering the ego we will be able to perpetually experience Spiritual Actualization, leading to a higher SQ. For “we are not human beings, having spiritual experience, but spiritual beings having human experience”.

Sharpen your axe

Karan and Arjun were woodcutters working in a forest. Both were under a contract in which they were paid a lump sum amount for the period of 1 year for felling trees.

During the time of contract renewal, Arjun was paid an increment of 12% as his fees and Karan was given an increment of only 5%.

Karan went to the boss and questioned this.

The boss replied, "I agree. In the initial days, both of you used to fell 3-4 trees a day. Slowly you could fell only 2 trees and Arjun still continues to fell 3-4 trees."

Karan was furious and went out. He went with vigor and started felling trees however; he could not fell more than 2. He was surprised. How is that I cannot fell more than 2 while Arjun does.

In fact he even takes breaks during the day while I do not. He went to Arjun and asked the reason.

Arjun replied, "Yes. I do take breaks but during the breaks, I used to sharpen my axe! That’s why I could still fell 3-4 trees. When was the last time you sharpened your axe?"

Moral: Keep sharpening your axe (tool of earning). We stop studying after schools but our education starts only after employment. The man who stops learning stops progressing.

What is experience?

Once a successful Business tycoon was answering a press-conference on his success.

One of the young journalists asked enthusiastically, "Sir, what is the secret of your success?"

The businessman replied, "I took right decisions on right time"

The journalist not satisfied with the answer asked, "How is that you took right decisions at right time?"

The business man answered, "This comes by experience!"

The journalist not to be outdone asked, "how did you gain that?"

The businessman replied, "By taking wrong decisions at wrong time!"

Making mistakes is common. One who learns from the mistakes (not to repeat them) become successful. Learning is Experience!

Everyone is significant!

It was the final year in an MBA school and the professor gave the students a pop quiz. All of the students were conscientious and had breezed through the questions, until they read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"

Surely this was some kind of joke. All of the students had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would they knew her name? Almost all of the students handed in their paper, leaving the last question blank.

Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade.

"Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello'. Respect each and every individual"

This is an important lesson for those who aspire to be on the top post of an organization!

The one you feed

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego".

"The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grand son thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

20 Golden Rules for any Office

Rule 1: The Boss is always right.

Rule 2: If the Boss is wrong, see rule 1.

Rule 3: Those who work get more work. Others get pay, perks & promotions.

Rule 4: Ph.D stands for “Pull him down”. The more intelligent a person, the more hardworking a person, the more committed a person; the more number of persons engaged in pulling that person down.

Rule 5: If you are good, you will get all the work. If you are really good, you will get out of it.

Rule 6: When the Bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves.

Rule 7: It doesn’t matter what you do, it only matters what you say you’ve done and what you are going to do.

Rule 8: A pat on the back is only few centimeters from the kick in the butt.

Rule 9: Don’t be irreplaceable. If you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted.

Rule 10: The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get.

Rule 11: If at first you don’t succeed, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.

Rule 12: When you don’t know what to do, walk fast and look worried.

Rule 13: Following the rules will not get the job done.

Rule 14: If it weren’t for the last minute, nothing would get done.

Rule 15: Everything can be filed under “Miscellaneous”.

Rule 16: No matter how much you do, you never do enough.

Rule 17: You can do any amount of work provided it isn’t the work you are supposed to be doing.

Rule 18: In order to get a promotion, you need not necessarily know your job.

Rule 19: In order to get a promotion, you only need to pretend that you know your job.

Rule 20: The last person that quit or was fired will be held responsible for everything that goes wrong.

Story of an Ant & a Grasshopper..

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.

Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.

We all are aware of this old Story and the moral of "Think in advance and plan your life"

Now goes the modern version....

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.

Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

NDTV, Star News, Aajtak, Tej, Headlines, show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.

The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.

Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.

Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticizes the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.

The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance).

Indian Television channels conduct SMS survey on who is right and Ant wins with huge margin.

Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for Bharat Bandh in West Bengal wuth Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.

CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and Grasshoppers.

Laloo Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the Grasshopper Rath.

Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the Prevention of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act' or POTAGA, with effect from the beginning of the winter.

Arjun Singh sets up Special Reservation for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions & Government Services.

The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, has his home confiscated by the Government and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by TV News Channels and the media.

Arundhati Roy calls it A Triumph of Justice.

Lalu calls it Socialistic Justice .

CPM calls it the Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden.

Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly .

Many years later...

The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multibillion dollar company in Silicon Valley .

Hundreds of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India ..

As a result of losing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the Grasshoppers, India is still a developing country!

This is not a story just to read and laugh. Please ponder over this. We all are, one of the reasons for this status to be present here. We simply read, laugh or comment and simply do not bother about this. We have a tool with us but we are not ready to use. We are not ready to spend even a single day in protest of what we feel is not right. Then, how can we change this? Please think about it !!!!

Tribute to Indian Soldiers

December 13th. Five years ago on this same date, India was shook by the news and the so-called leaders of the country were trembling in fear that they skipped their beats, sleeps for a week's time.

I hope all of you would have got the idea on which this blog is being discussed. There was an attempted attack on the Parliament House of India that was thwarted by genuine soldiers of India who gave their lives and saved the so-called leaders of the country who were inside.

After 5 years, if one has to say that politicians have done something in this regard, then it must be - "Cook politics". This is what precisely is being done. All the soldiers were given posthumus awards. Leader after leader shed their tears, eloborated in eloquence about the sacrifice made by the soldiers, sang hymns and went by. THat's it! We can expect only these and not more than these from them.

Today, the Government is more concerned about the culprit who was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of India. Government feels otherwise. They do not want to punish the culprit. These politicians have forgotten that if the soldiers, like these politicians, had given importance to their lives and not to their duty, what would have happened? Would these politicians be alive today?

Another shameful act is now they want to confuse the case by stating that there were 6 terrorists and only 5 were killed. What happened to the sixth one? If the Govt is so keen, let it find the 6th one instead of mudslinging!

They bring shame to the soldiers' efforts by recommending that the Death sentence be withdrawn. It is sheer politics and the Government thinks that by doing so, they can gain the goodwill of Muslims whose vote bank is critical in winning the elections.

The bereaved families have returned the medals to the President this morning and this is a slap on the face of the Government. The Government should put down their heads on shame.

Tributes were paid to all soldiers spending lakhs of money, conducting a cermony, etc., If the Govt wants to pay genuine tribute to these soldiers, let it not intervene in the death sentence of the culprit.

Meditation my way

Spiritual quotient is the buzz word of the modern day management.


No doubt Indian gurus mint money all over the world spreading the spiritual management to the corporates and also doing yeomen service.


Yoga, Pranayama, Meditation and list goes on and on. Newspapers, magazines, websites invariably all of them carry pages of reports on teh benefits of these to common people. More so, the bigger corporates insists on practicing this and are getting benefited in this.


"why dont you try it! its amazing!" my pal shared. I never dared to ask him whether had he tried it or not for what would he think about me! Perhpas this may be worth trying and i am a novice who is unaware of what meditation is let alone its benefits.


I have seen my boss used to go on a meditation spree after his lunch for 30 minutes in his cabin and we are not supposed to disturb him. My neighbor also persuaded me to join him in meditation. till then i never knew that meditation could be done in a joint venture.


Influenced by various temptations, i decided to give it a try. i started gathering books, cds on meditation. I wanted to try it myself initially before paying some one else. The fees were exhorbitant is another reason.


One fine sunday afternoon after a delicious dinner i spread the mat on the hall. My wife instructed me to use the Vaccum cleaner on which a spider had spun a web (while this was supposed to be remover of cob-webs). i said not now. some time later. i wanna meditate so dont disturb.


My wife was perplexed. "what meditation and you? how can you do that without proper guidance! its not as easy as you think. now shelf this idea and start using this vaccum cleaner!"

I thought she is more worreid about her house-hold chores and not allowing me to do meditation.


I ignored her advice and proceeded further. I sat in padmasana. (what a tough posture) as i could not sit in that position for no longer than a minute, i simply sat with my legs crossed. I closed my eyes and started to focus on the blank screen that i imagined.


I was distrubed by my son who was playing his key-board. I gave him exemption for that day and asked him to go and play. I started my exercise again. I tried to focus the blank screen. Now i drew an imaginary blot on the screen and tried to focus it. now i felt as if i am slowly entering meditation.


I did not know how long i meditated till then my wife shook me and said, "what happened to you! since when you started sleeping in afternoons that too in sitting posture?"

No need to mention that was the last day i tried meditating.

Returns to Dad

This is not my workpiece but worth a reading.

When you were 8 years old,
your dad handed you an ice cream.
You thanked him by dripping it all over your lap.

When you were 10 years old,
he paid for music lessons.
You thanked him by never even bothering to practice.

When you were 13,
he suggested a haircut that was becoming.
You thanked him by telling him he had no taste.

When you were 15 years old,
he warned you not to watch certain TV shows.
You thanked him by waiting until he left the house.

When you were 17,
he taught you how to drive his car.
You thanked him by taking it every chance you could.

When you were 18,
he was expecting an important call.
You thanked him by being on the phone all night.

When you were 19,
he paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus, carried your bags.
You thanked him by saying good-bye outside the dorm
so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends.

When you were 50,
he fell ill and needed you to take care of him.
You thanked him by reading about the burden parents become to their children.
And then, one day, he quietly died.

And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder on YOUR HEART.

Child Labor

It is one of the biggest issues faced by the entire world; Much is discussed about this topic. Invariably all magazines, NGOs, news channels devote some time or pages to cover this subject. I really used to wonder many a times that whether eradicating child labor is possible in India?

How far this could be achieved? Would this really do good or harm to the Indian Economy? i am not an expert to give comments on these but i can submit my views (my frank opinion and it may differ from person to person)

All these institutions suggest one thing that provide them primary education. I do agree that they have their own right to be educated. I just can’t imagine the amount of the problems faced by families under the poverty line. Are the parents not interested in getting their kids educated? then why they have to depute their kids to earn money by doing some job or other.

While we talk all rosy pictures, we fail to see the reality of those people who suffer from the poverty. Can any one assure that whoever studies would get a job in india? What is the surity that if this kid, if made study, would excel in study (or even pass the SSC) so as to make a decent earning? Is our education system so good (it is another subject that needs to be debated at length)

Even if i consider that this kid would one day make it big, who will bear the expenses for his study and other necessary things of life when the parents badly needed the money earned by them (even if this is too little).

I am not against these kids studying but would like to see the other side of the story. Let us imagine another scene. All these working kids are adapted by an NGO who made them pass SSC. These kids started working. In India, there are no child labor. Now that these kids have passed SSC, the competition is heating up and they naturally expect more perks.

Then a hotelier had to shell out double the amount what he pays to clean a table or to supply water; we may have to spend double the amount for the crackers we buy today, same is the story with our inner garments!

I would like to share another story from an NGO. An NGO gathered all the beggars (of course kids) from a city and brought them to a vocational training school. These kids were paid for the job they did. Surprisingly, after a month (once the euphoria receded) all the kids escaped from the place.

When they were contacted they replied, "we were earning around Rs 250/- a day on an average and during festive seasons, we used to earn even Rs 500 /- day whereas here after a months toiling, we are paid only Rs 750/- Why should i work here when i get ten times more outside without studying?"

I knew a kid worked in the auto-mechanic shop opposite to my house. Now he owns 3 such garage repairing cars. Even had done an automobile engineering, he would not be earning so much!

I do agree, the kids have to get educated but teach them in the evenings, allow them to work because they are winning the bread for their family. There are lots of families who rely on such kids working elsewhere! If you are keen on making these kids educated do it without spoiling their earnings.

I would like to recall Gandhijis words, "In India we have three million people who have to be satisfied with one meal a day. We have no right to anything we have until these three million are fed better. You and I, who ought to know better, must adjust our wants, and even undergo voluntary starvation in order that they may be nursed, fed and clothed.”

I am against starving. let us not starve but we can always pool in our wealth as to make these study without spoiling their earnings. One has to find an innovative way to do so. There are organizations doing such yeomen service to the society. Let us help them but please do not talk of stopping child labor. 'Coz this feeds many a families here.

Hang My Dad!

It is not an exaggerated statement if someone said that the Indian News channels provide more masala than these soaps. It has got every ingredient of an typical Indian film in its coverage and many a times they even better Indian masalas.


As usual that evening I was surfing the Indian news channels and stopped (rather shocked to stop) at one channel that ran a documentary(?) titled "mere papa to fansi do"


The news was pathetic one that the father sexually absued his own daughter (that too in front of her mother) and also had sexual relations with other girls in front of his daughter and wife. What a pervert he could have been? This news does not worth a coverage of 30 minutes. But these news channels kept on showing the photographs of the father with other girls and interviewed the daughter.


The small girl unknowing of what some people (in the name of the news) are making money and fun out their story, kept on telling what she was taught. I am not saying what the father did was right but this news did not need such a type of coverage. The father could have been punished silently.


Though i switched the channel immeidately, my 8 year old kid started questioning me. "why the girl was crying? Why she wanted her dad to be killed?" what was those photographs etc?" I had no convincing answers to him as he might not understand what was the truth. However, i convinced him giving some excuses.


This reminded me of one thing. When i was young, my dad used to scold me for watching "Oliyum Oliyum" (song and dance sequences from Tamil films) and not watching news. he used to tell me, "By watching news, ones IQ grows and GK improves. Even your English would improve. Whats the point in watching these hip gyrating numbers..."


But now i would prefer my son watching those filmi numbers than the news channels as they are more explicit than these hip gyrating numbers. In the name of sensation, news channels always go overboard!

10 Qualities for a Manager

 One who considers the Company expectations to be the base from which to build, rather than the ceiling to reach

 One who can maintain high operational standards through proper recruitment, team building, training, and delegation and follow up, and who is continuously trying to find a balance between control and growth.

 One who takes seriously Local Store Marketing and works hard to make time to get out into the community and get involved, rather than finding reasons why he/she doesn't have the time.

 One who develops a safe and friendly work environment by proper training and open, two-way communication.
One who challenges himself/herself and others to think outside the box when it comes to Customer service, Customer recovery, Local Store Marketing, etc.

 One who understands the difference between working hard and working smart, and who is open to new ways of doing things.

 One who can handle higher sales volume and still manage to take care of his/her administrative responsibilities.

 One who leads by example, communicates high expectations and standards to his/her team, and holds the team accountable for meeting those standards and expectations.

 One who takes a personal interest in the growth of his/her assistants, regardless of where or with whom the assistant began his/her training.

 One who works well with the rest of the management team and contributes his/her part while earning the respect of their peers.

Fun again with Engineers and Doctors

7 Engineers and 7 Doctors are going from PUNE to Mumbai. So they bothgather at Pune Station. Both groups are desperately trying to prove theirsuperiority.

SCENE 1 (PUNE- MUMBAI) :---------------------------------------
7 engineers take only 1 Ticket and 7 doctors buy all 7 tickets..Doctors are desperately waiting for TC to come......When TC arrives, All 7 Engineers get in one toilet SO when TC knocks , onehand come out with the ticket and the TC goes away....Doctors say "Dekhlenge"
NOW on return Journey All of them don't get a direct train to PUNE. So theyall decide to take a Passenger till Lonavala, from there they can easilyget a LOCAL to PUNE

SCENE 2 (MUMBAI - LONAVALA) :---------------------------------------------
Doctors decided, "this time we will prove that we too are equallySHAANE"....All 7 Doctors take 1 Ticket Engineers don't buy any ticket atall!!!!!..TC arrives.... ALL DOCTORS IN ONE TOILET.ALL ENGINEERS IN THEOPPOSITE ONE..

One engineer gets out and knocks the door of Doctors toilet, One handcomes with the tickets, he takes the ticket and comes in engg Bathroom...

TC DRIVES out ALL the doctors from the toilet and they are heavilyfined........ tai tai fissssssss..

SCENE 3 ( LONAVALA) :-----------------------------------------
SO now both the group r on LONAVALA station. Doctors planning their movefor last chance, they board the local to Pune.This time doctors decide that they will play the same (1 ticket) trick.

ALL Doctors take 1 tickets...Engineers BUY all 7 tickets this time... SOTC Comes.. All Engineers showed their tickets..... Doctors are stillsearching for toilet in the LOCAL train...........

Conclusion: WE technically intelligent ppl r geniuses, don't mess with us.

sher aur shayari

Arz kiya hai :
Woh jab chalti hai to raahon main 100-100 ke note bichhaa deta hoon
Woh jab chalti hai to raahon main 100-100 ke note bichhaa deta hoon
Uske jaane ke baad woh sab note utha leta hoon.. (wah,wah,wah, wah....... taaliyon ki gad-gadahat)

Jab tumne thaam lee hai mere jeevan ki dor,
Jab tumne thaam lee hai mere jeevan ki dor,
Yeh dil maange more..Yeh dil maange more.. (wah,wah,wah, wah....... taaliyon ki gad-gadahat)

Pyar mein kitne ghar doob gaye yaaron..
Pyar mein kitne ghar doob gaye yaaron..
Pyar mein pandrah-bees ghar doob gaye yaaron.. (wah,wah,wah, wah....... taaliyon ki gad-gadahat)

Tumko dekha to yeh khayaal aaya
Tumko dekha to yeh khayaal aaya
Ke kal raat maine itna kyon khaya? (wah,wah,wah, wah....... taaliyon ki gad-gadahat)

WOH SADAK KE IS PAAR THI,
HUM SADAK KE US PAR THE;
KUCH HUM AAGE BADHE, KUCH WOH AAGE BADHI;
HUM KUCH AUR AAGE BADHE, WOH BHI KUCH AUR AAGE BADHI;
HUM KUCH AUR AAGE BADHE, WOH BHI KUCH AUR AAGE BADHI;
AB HUM SADAK KE US PAR THE, AUR WOH SADAK KE IS PAR THI.

Aapne mere man se khela,
aapne mere tan se khela,
aapne mere dhan se khela
aapne mere tan, man, dhan se khela...
well played! well played! well played!!

Pyar ke sitaare jab gardish mein hote hai,
Laila ghar mein aur majnoo jail mein hote hai.

Mein tere pyar mein kitna pita chhaliye,
Mein tere pyar mein kitna pita chhaliye,
iodex maliye kaam pe chaliye,

Tum har raat mere khwabon mein aao,
Tum har raat mujhe yuunhi satao,
Melody khao khud jaan jao........

Door se dekha to kuchh dikha nahi,
Door se dekha to kuchh dikha nahi,
Paas jake dekha to kuchh tha hi nahi.

Dharti so rahi hai, Aasman so raha hai;
Dharti so rahi hai, Aasman so raha hai;
Nonsense! yeh sab kya ho raha hai?

Main hu yahan, tu hai wahan
Main hu yahan, tu hai wahan
Lifebouy hai jahan, tandurusti hai wahan

before marrige takdir hai magar kismat nahi khulti,
tajmahal banana chahata hoon,
lekin mumtaz nahi milti.
after marriage takdir hai magar kismat nahi khulti,
tajmahal banana chahata hoon,
lekin mumtaz nahi marti.

Aaj aasmaan mein taare aise chamak rahe hain,
Aaj aasmaan mein taare aise chamak rahe hain;
JAISE KAL CHAMAK RAHE THE !!!

kabhi kabhi mere dil mein khayal aata hai,
kabhi kabhi mere dil mein khayal aata hai,
ke kyon kabhi kabhi mere dil mein khayal aata hai??

Maine tumse pyar kiya, tere baap ne muzhe pita;
Maine tumse pyar kiya, tere baap ne muzhe pita;
Tan ki shakti, manki shakti, Bournvita.

Tum aa gaye ho, noor aa gaya hai;
chalo teeno movie chalen.

Khud ko kar buland itnaa Ke,
Himaalay ki choti pe jaa pahunche Aur khuda tumse puche,
Abe sale gadhe. ab utrega kaise?

Jise dil diya woh dilli chali gayi,
jise pyar kiya woh italy chali gayi;
dil ne kaha khud-kushi(suicide) kar le jalim,
bijali ko haath lagaya to bijali chali gayi.

Humne bhi pyar kiya tha jindgi main, badi joshh ke sath;
Humne bhi pyar kiya tha jindgi main, badi shhor ke sath;
Aab hum pyar karenge badi soch ke sath,
Kyon ki usey kal shamko dekha kisi aur ke sath.

kaaash ke tere chehre par Chickenpox ke daag hote.
kaaash ke tere chehre par chickenpox ke daag hote.
chand to tu hai hi, sitaare bhee saaath hote...

Ladka bola

kash ein hasinao ke baap mar jate, bahana gam ka hota,
hum inke ghar to jaate. Ladki boli Bewkoof,
Yeh sochana bhi paap hoga, kisi din tu bhi kisi hasina ka baap hoga.

Irshaad.Irshaad
Ladki boli: Chandni chaand se hoti hai, sitaron se nahi,
Mohabbat ek se hoti hai, hazaaron se nahi.

Ladka bola: Chandni agar chaand se hogi to sitaron ka kya.hoga, Mohabbat agar ek se hogi to hazaron ka kya hoga.

Irshaad.Irshaad
Bewafa sanam se to cigrattee achi hai,
Bewafa sanam se to cigrattee achi hai,
Dil jalati hai, par hoto se to lagti hai

Ho gayi galti humse, Click ho gaya mouse
Duniya ki parwaah chhodo, ban jaao meri spouse!
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Tumse mila main kal to,
Mere dil mein hua ek sound,
Lekin aaj tum mili
To kehti ho: Your file not found!
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Aysa bhi nahin hai ke,
dont likeyour face
Par dil ke computer mein,
Nahin hai enough disk space

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Tum jabse meri zindagi,
mein aayi ho banke female,
Yaad raha na ab kuch, Na postman , Na e-Mail

Quotable Quotes

Only when a tree has fallen can you take the measure of it. It IS THE same with a man. -- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. -- Noel Coward

What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really THE COST of living high. -- Doug Larson

No man was ever wise by chance. -- Seneca

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. -- St. Augustine

He who praises everybody praises nobody. -- Samuel Johnson

One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them DO not exist except in our imaginations. -- Steve Allen

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. -- Harper Lee

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. -- Steven Wright

Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response. -- Mildred Barthel

The food that enters the mind must be watched as closely as the food that enters the body. -- Patrick J. Buchanan

Just remember, when you're over the hill, you begin to pick up speed.-- Charles Schulz

Other things may change us, but we start and end with family. -- Anthony Brandt

Summer ends and autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night. -- Hal Borland

One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than 50 preaching it. Knute K. Rockne

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -- Mark Twain

The safest road to hell is the gradual one the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. -- C.S. Lewis

Look out how you use proud words. When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. -- Carl Sandburg

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. -- Margaret Thatcher

The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. -- Samuel Johnson

It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts. -- Addison Walker

Question authority, but raise your hand first. -- Bob Thaves

It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing. -- Ernest Hemingway

Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Fall in with it and turn it your way. -- Robert Frost

Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment. -- Iara Gassen

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. -- Eric Hoffer

You're never too old to grow up. -- Shirley Conran

A country free enough to examine its own conscience is a land worth living in, a nation to be envied. -- Prince Charles

The pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. -- D.H. Lawrence

All things are possible until they are proved impossible -- and even The impossible may only be so, as of now. -- Pearl S. Buck

The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers. -- Arthur Koestler

Jokes Again -

A sardar sees lot of guys running on the highway. Asks a bystander as to why are the guys doing what they are doing.
The bystander: A Marathon race is going on
Sardar: What do they get from that?
Bystander: The winner will get a prize.
Sardar: Then why are the others running

A sardar and an American were walking outside when the American said
"Oh, look at the dead bird."
The sardar looked towards the sky and said "Where, where?"

Sardar: I was born in the Punjab.
Friend: Oh really, what part?
Sardar: All of me, silly.

Sukhbinder : Tell me five FEROCIOUS animals you can think of...
Yoginder: 3 Lions and 2 Tigers.

Q: How can you recognize a sardar in a submarine?
A: He is the one with the parachute on his back.

Santa Singh got up in the middle of the night to answer the telephone."Is this one one one one?", says the voice.
"No, this is eleven eleven."
"Are you sure it isn't one one one one?"
"No, this is eleven eleven."
"Well, wrong number. Sorry to have woken you up on the middle of the night."
"That's all right, mister. I had to get up to answer the telephone anyway."

A Sardarji goes to a hotel and eats heartily. After eating he goes to wash his hands but starts washing the basin instead.
The manager comes running and asks him, "Prahji, aap kya kar rahe ho?"
To this the man replies, "Oye,tumne hi to idhar board lagaya hai, 'Wash Basin'

Santa Singh with two red ears went to his doctor. The doctor asked him
What had happened to his ears and he answered, "I was ironing a shirt and the phone rang but instead of picking up the phone I accidentally picked up the iron and stuck it to my ear."
"Oh Dear!" the doctor exclaimed in disbelief.
"But...what happened to your other ear?"
"The scoundrel called back."

Santa and Banta are in a bar. Santa points out a girl and says, "you know! she is a lesbian!"
Banta walks upto her and says, "hi!, which part of lesbia you are from?"

Jokes - Some more lighter moments

The prime Minister of China called President Bush to console him after the attack on the Pentagon: “I’m sorry to hear about the attack. It is a very big tragedy. But in case you are missing any documents from the Pentagon, we have copies of everything."
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Vajpayee and Bush are sitting in a bar. A guy walks in and asks the barman, "Isn't that Bush and Vajpayee?"

The barman says "Yep, that's them." So the guy walks over and says, "Hello, what are you guys doing?"

Bush says "We're planning world war 3"

The guy says, "Really? What's going to happen?"

And Vajpayee says, "Well, we're going to kill 14 million Pakistanis and one bicycle repairman."

And the guy exclaimed, "A bicycle repairman?!!!"

Vajpayee turns to Bush and says, "See, I told you no-one would worry about the 14 million Pakistanis!"
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Pakistani on the moon:
Q: What do you call 1 Pakistani on the moon?
A: Problem...
Q: What do you call 10 Pakistanis on the moon?
A: Problem...
Q: What do you call a 100 Pakistanis on the moon?
A: Problem...
Q: What do you call ALL the Pakistanis on the moon?
A: ...... Problem Solved!!!!!

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A policeman was interrogating 3 SARDARS who were training to become detectives. To test their skills in recognizing a suspect, he shows the first SARDAR a picture for 5 seconds and then hides it.

"This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?"
The first SARDAR answers, "That's easy, we'll catch him fast because he only has one eye!"
The policeman says, "Well...uh...that's because the picture I showed is his side profile."

Slightly flustered by this ridiculous response, he flashes the picture for 5 seconds at the second SARDAR and asks him, "This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?"
The second SARDAR smiles, flips his hair and says, "Ha! He'd be too easy to catch because he only has one ear!"

The policeman angrily responds, "What's the matter with you two?? Of course only one eye and one ear are showing because it's a picture of his side profile! Is that the best answer you can come up with?"

Extremely frustrated at this point, he shows the picture to the third SARDAR and in a very testy voice asks, "This is your suspect, how would you recognize him? He quickly adds, "Think hard before giving me a stupid answer."

The SARDAR looks at the picture intently for a moment and says, "The suspect wears contact lenses."

The policeman is surprised and speechless because he really doesn't know himself if the suspect wears contacts or not.
"Well, that's an interesting answer. Wait here for a few minutes while I check his file and I'll get back to you on that."

He leaves the room and goes to his office, checks the suspect's file in his computer, and comes back with a beaming smile on his face.

"Wow! I can't believe it. It's TRUE! The suspect does in fact wear contact lenses. Good work! How were you able to make such an astute observation?"

"That's easy," the SARDAR replied. "He can't wear regular glasses because he only has one eye and one ear."

bolo ta ra ra ra*...

Jokes - Lighter moments

A timeless lesson on how consultants can make a difference for an organization...

Last week, we took some friends out to a new restaurant, and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket. It seemed a little strange, but I ignored it. However, when the busboy brought out water and utensils, I noticed he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket, then looked around the room and saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets.

When the waiter came back to serve our soup I asked, "Why the spoon?"

"Well," he explained, "the restaurant's owners hired Anderson Consulting, experts in efficiency, in order to revamp all our processes. After several months of statistical analysis, they concluded that customers drop their spoons 73.84 percent more often than any other utensil.

This represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour. If our personnel is prepared to deal with that contingency, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift."

As luck would have it I dropped my spoon and he was able to replace it with his spare spoon. "I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now."

I was rather impressed. The waiter served our main course and I continued to look around. I then noticed that there was a very thin string hanging out of the waiter's fly. Looking around, I noticed that all the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies.

My curiosity got the better of me and before he walked off, I asked the waiter, "Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?"

"Oh, certainly!" he answered, lowering his voice.

"Not everyone is as observant as you. That consulting firm I mentioned also found out that we can save time in the restroom."

"How?"

"See," he continued, "by tying this string to the tip of you know what, we can pull it out over the urinal without touching it and that way eliminate the need to wash the hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39 percent."

"Okay, that makes sense, but . . . if the string helps you get it out, how do you put it back in?"

"Well," he whispered, lowering his voice even further, "I don't know about the others, but I use the spoon."

Time is Precious

To realize the value of one year,
Ask a student who has failed in examination.

To realize the value of one month,
Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.

To realize the value of one week,
Ask an editor of a weekly.

To realize the value of one day,
Ask daily wage laborer.

To realize the value of one hour,
Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of one minute,
Ask the person who has missed the train.

To realize the value of one second,
Ask the person who has survived in an accident.

To realize the value of one milli - second,
Ask a runner who has lost a Gold medal in Olympic.

Classic Definitions - funny quotes

Cigarette: A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end & a fool at the other.

Love affairs: Something like cricket where one-day internationals are more popular than a five day test.

Marriage : It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her master

Divorce : Future tense of marriage

Lecture: An art of transferring information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either".

Conference: The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.

Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

Tears: The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power is defeated by feminine water-power ..

Dictionary: A place where divorce comes before marriage.

Conference Room: A place where everybody talks, nobody listens & everybody disagrees later on.

Ecstasy: A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you have never felt before.

Classic: A book which people praise, but does not read.

Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

Office: A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.

Yawn: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.

Etc.: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.

Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.

Experience: The name men give to their mistakes.

Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions.

Philosopher: A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead.

Diplomat: A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.

Opportunist: A person who starts taking bath if he accidentally falls into a river.

Optimist: A person who while falling from Eiffel Tower says in midway "See I am not injured yet."

Pessimist: - A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO, Instead of the first letter in word OPPORTUNITY.

Miser: A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.

Father: A banker provided by nature.

Criminal: A guy no different from the rest... except that he got caught.

Boss: Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.

Politician: One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after?

Doctor: A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with his bills.

Building Structure - Employment tips

If your Company has a problem in recruiting the right person for the right chair!!!!! Then, try out this simple experiment!!!!!!

Put around 100 bricks in some particular order in a closed room with an open window. Then send 2-3 candidates into the room and close it from outside. Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours, and then analyze the situation:

If they are counting and recounting the number of bricks
PUT THEM IN CASH

If they have messed up the whole place with the bricks
PUT THEM IN THE CLEARING DEPT

If they are arranging the bricks in some other order
PUT THEM IN PLANNING

If they are throwing the bricks at each other
PUT THEM IN OPERATIONS

If they are sleeping
PUT THEM IN SECURITY

If they have broken the bricks into pieces
PUT THEM IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

If they are breaking all the bricks in order to check which one
is strong PUT THEM IN CREDIT & MARKET RISK

If they are sitting idle
PUT THEM IN HRD

If they have thrown the bricks out of the window
PUT THEM IN THE LOANS SECTIONS

If they are clinging onto the bricks
PUT THEM IN TREASURY

If they are talking to each other and not a brick has moved
PUT THEM IN MANAGEMENT

If they say they have tried different combinations, yet not a
brick has moved PUT THEM IN SALES

Geography of a Woman and a Man

Between 18 and 20 a woman is like Africa, half discovered, half wild, naturally beautiful with fertile deltas.

Between 21 and 30 a woman is like America, well developed and open to trade - especially for someone with cash.

Between 31 and 35 she is like India, very hot, relaxed and convinced of her own beauty.

Between 36 and 40 a woman is like France. Gently aging but still a warm and desirable place to visit.

Between 41 and 50 she is like Yugoslavia, lost the war - haunted by past mistakes. Massive reconstruction is now necessary.

Between 51 and 60, she is like Russia, very wide and borders are unpatrolled. The frigid climate keeps people away.

Between 61 and 70, a woman is like Mongolia, with a glorious and all conquering past but alas, no future.

After 70, they become like Afghanistan. Most everyone knows where it is, but no one wants to go there.


Geography of a Man:

Between 15 and 70 a man is like Iraq - ruled by a dick!

14 ways to control your anger

1. Count to 10, slowly

2. Take deep breaths and repeat ... relax, relax

3. Walk away

4. Change your thoughts from negative to what can I learn from the experience

5. Decide ahead of time that you won’t let anyone’s anger control your emotions.

6. Practice meditation or pray for self control so you can stay calm under stress.

7. Anger causes stress, isolation and anxiety. Ask yourself...is it worth it?

8. Self control is a powerful tool to self empowerment. Use self discipline to handle anger.

9. Don’t speak out of anger because you may regret the moment. Bite your tongue.

10. Write out your anger issues. Work on forgiving others and giving up anger. Anger gives other people power over you. Do it for yourself.

11. Get involved in sports to relieve frustrations.

12. Talk to a trusted adult.

13. If you are mad and you write an angry letter, don’t send it until you
have a chance to reflect on it’s contents. The next day, you may decide not to send it.

14. Don’t act on impulse. Practice controlling your emotions. Out-of-control behavior keeps individuals from becoming successful at
anything.