Thoughts

A Chat with God

2007-01-29T22:11:00.000-08:00

Forwards have become the lifeline of the software professionals. It keeps us updated about the current affairs/trends, makes us laugh and some fwds really make us feel nice and happy. They break the monotonity of the work and make us feel refreshed/recharged. I came across a really nice piece of Fwd and i would like to share that with you all and also store it for lifetime in my blog :) Here it goes :

God : Hello. Did you call me?

Me: Called you? No.. who is this?

God : This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat.

Me: I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in
the midst of something..

God : What are you busy at? Ants are busy too.

Me: Don't know. But I cant find free time. Life has become hectic.
It's rush hour all the time.

God : Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you
results.Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.

Me: I understand. But I still cant figure out. By the way, I was not
expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.

God : Well I wanted to resolve your fight for time, by giving you some
clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you
are comfortable with.

Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?

God : Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it
complicated.

Me: why are we then constantly unhappy?

God : Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday.
You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit.
That's why you are not happy.

Me: But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?

God : Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.

Me: But then, there is so much pain due to un! certaint y..

God : Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.

Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?

God : Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be
purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer
With that experience their life become better not bitter.

Me: You mean to say such experience is useful?

God : Yes. In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the
test first and the lessons afterwards.

Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why cant we be free
from problems?

God : Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons
(to) Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and
endurance, not when you are free from problems.

Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we
are heading.

God : If you look outside you will not know where you are heading.
Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes
provide sight. Heart provides insight.

Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the
right direction. What should I do?

God : Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a
measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying
than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work
with the clock.

Me: In tough times, how do you stay motivated?

God : Always lo! ok at ho w far you have come rather than how far you
have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.

Me: What surprises you about people?

God : when they suffer they ask, "why me?" When they prosper, they
never ask "Why me" Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few
want to be on the side of the truth.

Me: Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here. I cant get the answer.

God : Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be.
Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is
not a process of discovery but a process of creation.

Me: How can I get the best out of life?

God : Face your past without regret. Handle your present with
confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.

Me: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.

God : There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.

Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat. I am so happy to start the New
Year with a new sense of inspiration.

God : Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts
and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve.
Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live.

My Experiences in Job - Part 1

2006-09-17T00:42:00.000-07:00

It has been long since I pen down anything on my blog. So many things have happened to me during this period. A new chapter in my life has begun with the joining of Infosys. I was sad that my student life is over. I can sincerely tell you that those were the best days of my life. But yes I was also excited about the corporate life that I was going to venture into.
There were many first that I went through – First day at office, First official email, First Project, First Client call, First Salary, First Flight, First river rafting experience and the list goes on and on. Excluding the last 4 weeks which has been quite hectic for me, it has been quite an exciting experience for me in Infy. I got into new relationships, made new friends, adopted a altogether new lifestyle. It has been fun filled experience. Also, I have also learned a lot during this period. It is true that there are many things that book cannot teach you and you have to go through that experience personally to learn. There are so many good and bad experiences that I had and there was great amount of learning that I made from them. I want to put down all those here and will be doing this as and when I get time. Sayonara  !!!

My Mother & Godly Thoughts :)

2006-04-28T04:50:00.000-07:00

“My Mother” is the most precious thing I feel the Almighty has gifted me. She has been my role model right from my childhood days. She has every quality that I would aspire for. Although her life has been not very easy but she always makes sure that we (Me and my younger brother) get the best. It is hard to believe that there can be person that loves you so much selflessly.
I personally feel that Child – parent relationship is the most revered relationship. I would like to say that everybody in this world is selfish and is concerned about him/her. If you don’t agree with me, then do a test. Take a group photo in which you are also there and see whom do you search for, when you see the photo. It will be definitely “yourself”. Many of the relationships we make are again based on that. But, Child – parent relationship is something very different. It is quite strange to see when one becomes a parent then all of a sudden the child becomes everything. It becomes more important than you. You make sure that the child gets the best. One important fact though not quite related to the topic is that Human child is the weakest child in the whole universe and if left on its own, will die. So, GOD has rightly given that feeling into the parents so that the child survives.
I was quite lucky to be close to GOD and GODLY thoughts right from my childhood as my Mother was a very religious lady. I started chanting bhajans at an early age of 6 yrs and was exposed to “GURU VAANI”. Again, this also helped me in my inclination towards music and singing.
Initially I was not very much aware of the positive effects it had on my behavior, attitude and thinking process. But now I honestly feel very lucky about it. Especially with the type of lifestyle that people have now. It naturally induces stress in life and this thing immensely helps. I have personally felt it. All this keep you calm and composed in every situation. You never get angry. There is feeling of love and affection for everybody around. You make more friends and there is a genuine love for all which makes living a great experience.
The best thing about our “GURUJI” is that he does not ask you to do yagya, puja and all outside world things. He wants you to connect internally. The real fun and bliss is when there is an internal connection with the almighty. Like in any relationship, when there is real love and affection, you enjoy the relationship the most. Same is true with GOD. If you are truly devoted to him, you will enjoy it. The Good thing about the relationship is that he does not ask you anything. It’s very much like the child-parent relationship. Just like we enjoyed our childhood days because we knew that Mother is always there to take care of us. We do not have to bother about anything. Similarly we should become child again in front of GOD (the parent of all) and leave all our worries, stress and tensions. He will definitely take care of it if we believe in him completely. Although on the face, my thoughts may be looking utopian but believe me it helps in getting away with the much disastrous stress and make life worth living.

"A LETTER FROM GOD"

2006-03-06T21:37:00.000-08:00

Forwarding mails or Popularly called Spamming :) has been one of the biggest menace of the internet revolution. It eats away billions of productive time and money. But sometime these mails have a message which really touches your heart. This mail was one with really touched me. I would like the share with you all :)

=====A LETTER FROM GOD=====
As you got up this morning, I watched you, and hoped you would talk to me, even if it was just a few words, asking my opinion or thanking me for something good that happened in your life yesterday. But I noticed you were too busy, trying to find the right outfit to wear.

When you ran around the house getting ready, I knew there would be a few minutes for you to stop and say hello, but you were to busy.

At one point you had to wait fifteen minutes with nothing to do except sit in a chair. Then I saw you spring to your feet. I thought you wanted to talk to me but you ran to the phone and called a friend to get the latest gossip instead.

I watched patiently all day long. With all our activities I guess you were too busy to say anything to me.

I noticed that before lunch you looked around, maybe you felt embarrassed to talk to me, that is why you didn't bow your head. You glanced three or four tables over and you noticed some of your friends talking to me briefly before they ate, but you didn't.

That's okay. There is still more time left, and I hope that you will talk to me yet.

You went home and it seems as if you had lots of things to do. After a few of them were done, you turned on the TV. I don't know if you like TV or not, just about anything goes there and you spend a lot of time each day in front of it not thinking about anything, just enjoying the show. I waited patiently again as you watched the TV and ate your meal, but again you didn't talk to me.

Bedtime I guess you felt too tired. After you said goodnight to your family you plopped into bed and fell asleep in no time.

That's okay because you may not realize that I am always there for you.

I've got patience, more than you will ever know. I even want to teach you how to be patient with others as well.

I love you so much that I wait everyday for a nod, prayer or thought, or a thankful part of your heart. It is hard to have a one-sided conversation.

Well, you are getting up once again. Once again I will wait, with nothing but love for you. Hoping that today you will give me some time. Have a nice day!

Your friend, GOD

Exams !!! How to crack it :)

2006-02-25T09:07:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was the last exam of my study life. Exams have been a part and parcel of my life right from my school days till being a MBA. i have an uncanny habit of performing well in the exams . i remember my colleagues used to ask me how do u do so well in the exams and what is the funda of getting good grades/marks in exams ?
i really dont have an answer for this. i remember exams time have always been tough time for me. i have always been an one-day player. slogging out in the last night before the exams. i get impressed by people who used to read regularly and i always thought of replicating the same but no success as of now :)
But i certainly will tell some of the factors that really helped me scoring well in the exams:
1- Getting up early on the day of the exam and doing revision of all that u have read ( i remember my mom used to wake me up at 4 am during my school days. i developed this habit from then. it was fun waking up so early then sleep for 5-10 mins in between which always got elongated to half an hour - 1 hr :) also i and my younger brother used to cherish the movements of my sister who used to sleep while studying and then mom's advice to go and wash ur face :)i have done enough of that in my MBA tenure and quite successfully :)
2- Try to cover most of the course, may be not very thoroughly. i had this habit of not leaving anything untouched. maybe u can say that my risk profile is less ( MBA jargons :D ) Mind u, i am telling all this to score well. Knowledge wise i will always say go deep into the subject matter. i enjoyed some of the subjects during my engineering and it is a great feeling knowing more than what other knows. MBA's hectic schedule never allowed me in getting deeper understanding of any subject.
3- How you approach the questions is also i feel can be very vital. always start with the ones u are comfortable with. this will give you immense confidence. i always used to keep a tab on time while answering. i used to divide the total marks with the total time which gave me the no. of marks i need to attend in say an hour or so. and by attempting the easier and the ones i am comfortable answering, i always used to outperform on time :) this way the pressure never used to build up and i was able to complete my paper in time with enuf time for a recheck.
4- Keep a pencil,rubber always with you. it helps in answering multiple choice questions and questions you are not sure of .
5- To remove the anxiety of big exams ( CAT, XAT, FMS..) just before the exam, i used to dream about myself working hard for the exam and beleiving that i am fully prepared for it and i have given my best and now its all on the almighty.
This releieves the anxiety quite a lot.
6 - Try to attempt all the questions and never leave one. Time management is again the key here. it may happen that you know a lot about some question but that does not mean that u will write in lots. assign an approx. time to all and keep checking whether you are going in line with the time assigned.
7- Attending classes regularly and making class notes are of big help during the preparation for the exam. i would specially suggest my MBA folks that with so much less time and so much to do, good class notes can crash the preapration time required considerably.
8- Group study helps as the recall and understanding is better.

These are some of the tips ( tested quite lot of time ) which i have been following all thru my study life. i always wanted to share my experiences and wisdom :) i have got thru writing exams ( i have written a tonne of them ).Hope this may be of some help to the ones still not graduated.

All the best to the juniors for the Bani's paper

Have a nice day :)

Status Messages :)

2006-02-24T14:34:00.000-08:00

I have developed a habit of looking out for Status messages and Mind U !! many of them are really very interesting and have a mesage behind it.
Sharing some of them which i collected :)

The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses...

Spend Today as if it were Your Last...

And on the 8th day GOD created me...

We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough..

Alcohol doesn't solve any problem, but then neither does milk...

Ambition Never Comes to an End...

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are
expected to give..which is everything...

EVIL is just spelled LIVE backwards..are we living then ??

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing...

Its so much more simpler to hate ppl for their shortcoming than to make an effort to like them for what they are...

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live now...

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible...

Love is born of faith, Lives on hope, And dies of charity...

and the list goes on.. Keep checking them :)

Have a nice day :D

Bye Bye XIMB !!

2006-02-22T20:39:00.000-08:00

The day has finally come. i never wanted it :( My XIMB days are over. My heart is getting heavier day by day as the last day is approaching. I am not able to think of the day when i will not be here among my dear Ximbians :(
"Ab to aadat si hai mujhko...aise jeene main "

How will i change my aadat now ? :(
(In tune with purani jeans antras)

woh ! uthna jaldi aur uthana sabko
woh ! gaane gaana kai hazaar
woh ! jaana Library kabhi kabhaar
woh ! padna magazines aur akhbaar
woh ! jogging karna ground pe
woh ! lagana chakkar roj teen baar
woh ! khelna football aur cricket
woh ! tennis court aur badminton court
woh ! mess ka khana itna bekaar
Mess secretary bhai kuch to karo upchar
woh X-cafe ki adrak wali chai
saare tension aur sardi mitaye
woh ! dinner karke tahalna apna
woh ! gappe maarna yaaron ke saath
woh ! jaagna raaton main
woh ! lena jhapkiyan classon main baar baar
woh ! rang aur bhang holi ke
woh ! patake chodhna diwali main saath saath
woh ! id manana, christmas cake khana
woh ! jana ram mandir kai kai baar
woh ! JLT main naachna
woh ! gaane gaana doston ke saath
Assignments aur projects
inpe time kiya hamne bahut waste :)
woh ! govindrajan ke quizzes
unhe bhool na payenge hum hargiz
woh ! mukti ka humain jogging karana
woh ! placements main paar lagana
Woh ! IC ki case studies
Ramanna sir aur bani sirki yaadein bhi
woh ! Father ki short stories
woh ! XIMB ki sweet memories
orientation se maxination
it was all great fascination
woh ! parichay aur sambandh
woh! karna kisiko bahut pasand
bahut yaad aayenge yeh sabhi pal
bhagwan chaahe toh milenge hum sab jaroor kal :)

Ab toh dil yeh hi pukarta hai ...

Yeh dolat bhi le lo
yeh sohrat bhi le lo
bhale chhin lo mujhse meri jawani
magar mujhko lauta do, XIMB wale din
woh raaton ki masti,woh cooler ka paani :)

My Best Wishes to all my fellow Ximbians. May GOD bless u with all u desire. AMEN :)

Maxinations 2006 and My Best Friend's Wedding :)

2006-02-22T00:28:00.000-08:00

There is no connection between Julia Roberts starred movie "My best friend's wedding" and my blog title. I would like to say here that " sabdo pe jao , bhawnaon pe mat jao :) "
I was very excited about the marraige as it was the first marraige in my friend circle that i was attending. i had to miss a few as i was not able to make it from NIT jaipur :( My friend confirmed the dates with me so that it did not clashed with anything and it was not, until the maxinations dates were announced :( it was clashing with the last day of maxinations.. i did not wanted to miss any of the two :( Most of my events in maxinations like sargam and blockrock ( i really wanted to participate this time ) were on the final day. again the maxination JLT was something i was craving for. so, i was totally confused as both mattered to me quite a lot but i felt that my absence will definitely hurt my friend and this i never wanted to happen. He has been a very good friend of mine right from my school days. we have shared a lot of great momemts together right from the stories that we used to tell while paddling our way to and fro to the school, classroom masti, cricketing moments, playing cards, roaming around the city on his bike and many more. he was always there to pick me up when i returned from NIT jaipur or XIMB to my hometown sambalpur. i can say that although we were far apart but he never made me feel that. His calls were always there :) i know he cares for me a lot and i too. i really cant hurt him at such a important phase of his life. I am sory to all A-blockers as i was not able to contribute on the D-day. I did my level best on the 2nd day and i was actually enjoying the jingles that we made and sang throughout the fruit expo and the propaganda slots. it was really fun and great experience working with the juniors and my batchmates..For those people who were expecting or wanted me to do the role of basanti, i am sory but i was not in a mood to play the role this time. i would like to congratulate sougat for the brilliant performance of his.
it is rightly said that "all well thats end well". i was very happy to hear that A-block did a nice performance and were runners up.. i will like to congratulate B-block for being the Maxinations 2006 champions :)
I would also take this oppurtunity to congratulate the MAXIM team and all the block teams for making Maxinations 2006 a grand success :)

Long Live Ximbians :D

P.S There were many great moments i had during my My best friend's wedding which i will be sharing with u all soon :)

Divine Thoughts !!!

2006-02-16T04:36:00.000-08:00

"As one thinks, so he becomes" these thoughts of mine were today reinforced by the great saint and teacher "H.H. Paramhansa Prajnanananda" who happened to visit XIMB campus today. There were many takeaways from the talk. Although we know most of what he talked about but the way he explained the same with the help of nice anecdotes and short stories made it imprinted in our minds.
The agenda of the talk was “Peace, Harmony and Living a Positive Life”. He started with the example of the shiva family wherein Lord Shiva, Goddess parvati, Lord Ganesha and Lord kartikeya although have a lot of disimilarlty among themselves still they live in harmony. The point he want to underline was that there has to be acceptance and respect for others no matter of whether there is a clash of interests or ideas. Every person is unique and you have to respect the uniqueness of every individual. It is generally seen that we want everybody to be in the same lines as we are. And we reject and abhor people who do not fall in line with our expectations.
He also underscored the point that we have come empty handed in this world and will go empty handed as well. So falling prey to materialistic desires is something one should avoid. Also he said that we have come on this earth with a purpose. when yaddi asked that what is the aim in life, he very rightly said that it should be peace, harmony, love, care, happiness. No matter how much money one earns, if he is not in peace, if he is not happy, if he is not getting love then his/her aim in life is not fulfilled. he will not feel the inner satisfaction.
I was discussing with Aftab about What is success and how to define it ? he said success is a very relative term. Take example of our placements. Before placements we thought that if we get a 5 lac + job that will be great. but what happened after that. Again the relative thing has made many not very satisfied. we try to compare with others and make ourself unhappy in the whole process. why is my happiness dependent on others. why cant i set my own benchmarks for sucess and not relative to others. There may be 100 things for which we can feel sad about but there are atleast 5 things for which we can feel happy. and we should try to enjoy the happy things in our life and forget the sad part.
Again, It is said that we should be content with what we have. There is a counterpoint to it as well. if we become content ,we will never strive for betterment which will hamper our growth. but my question is why do we strive for betterment ? probably so that we will feel happy after we achieve it. but what about the process? the whole process we are unhappy..we are discontented, frustrated with ourselves. I beleive that "Happiness is the whole journey and not the destination". we should be happy all through the process of betterment. we should be contented and happy with what we have and as swamiji told that the desrire to learn should never die no matter what the age is.so, we should keep learning and improving but not at the cost of our happiness. we should enjoy whatever we do. This is what should be the aim of life :)
The simile of air, cool breeze and storm with the breathing process of ours was again a nice way to make us understand that we should never resort to anger, fear, etc as it is going to harm us as the storm does. we should try to make a steady breath so that we feel the cool breeze and be happy always :)Nihilism, pessimism, optimism and mysticism was again beautifully explained by the glass and water example.
To end with i would like to again quote Swamiji as he said that God first thought about the creation of mankind and everything and only then it was realised. similarly the various inventions,discoveries were first created in mind and then finally took a shape. so thoughts are very important and one should always try to have positive thoughts because "As one thinks, so he becomes"

Be Happy and Positive always :D

Maxinations : The Big Fight

2006-02-15T09:54:00.000-08:00

With Maximations 2006 round the corner and every Block getting on their toes for the Big Fight, i would like to share my experiences of Maxinations 2005.
Maxinations is the most Grand event of XIMB after "Xpressions". It is organised by MAXIM ( Marketing Association of XIM ). It is basically an inter-block competition.
It spans over 3-4 days with host of contests starting from Skit, Painting, singing, dancing and not to forget the Brand quiz, Meet the press, Adzap, Advertising campaign and many more. All these events are allocated some points which the winners get. Finally the block with the highest overall point wins the Maxinations. Winning a Maxinations is a big pride and every Block gives their best for it.
It may seem , from whatever i have written is, that Maxination is just another event but to tell is that its involves lots of intricacies. It tests all your skills right from leadership, creativity, resource utilisation, communication, time management, talent management and things like tht :) i remember we were allocated some virtual money with which we had to bid for adspace ( all around the XIMB campus) and ad slots..this was a critical decision for the advertising campaign. Also to decide who is going to represent the block in a particular event is one major issue as there are so many things going on and you have to match the competencies of the person participating with the role requiremnts ( HR fundaes ). again utilising the limited money that we have efficiently is very important ( there are points for good budget utilisation and one has to submit every penny detail of where and how the money was spent) ..
Now coming to the people factor ( being an HR guy, this is something i like the most analysing :D ) i could see the whole of Block coming together. I remember the block meetings we used to have where lot of brainstorming used to happen regarding the various strategies and tactics we are going to follow, how to beat the competition..
During the process, i actually got to know a lot more about the seniors and my colleagues ( I still regret that I was not able to give much time in this regard courtesy the tight MBA schedule )
Some of the most memorable events for me were the jingle " JUJU power machar maar, agency tnusami, alien JUJU " which i and johri came out with just like that while preparing for the singing competition . we never believed that this will get so much acceptance. It clicked like anything.
Also my role as Anarkali was something i will never forget for life. The circumstances under which the skit came out and became a winner are worth elaborating. I could see the anxiety in Bisu ( he was the skit coordinator) as one full night of brainstorming was not leading us anywhere. but somehow all of us didnot loose hope and finally came up with flying colours. A-block started with a bang as always :) there was so much excitement and the Maxinations title was floating in front of all of us and we all wanted to grab it :D
i was happy that i have rediscovered one aspect of me which somehow got lost after my stint as Lord Rama in school drama. I was enjoying each and every moment of maxinations. we were working day in , day out ( 24 hrs) for the 3 days and everybody was putting in their best. The good thing was that we were all working towards the common goal and this goal brought all of us together. I hope the same happens when we, the employees, will work for the fulfillment of company goals..
But there was something about Maxiantions i did not like. i agree that there has to be some competitive spirit otherwise there will be no fun but it should not get personal and should not lead to good friends become enemies of each other. i would like to say that plz do not take this so much close to heart. Take it as a fun event. Take it as a opportunity to make the Ximbians bond more stronger.I would request the organisers and the participants to please take the learnings from last year Maxinations and make Maxinations 2006 a grand success..

My best wishes to all :)

Show how much you love and care !!!

2006-02-14T01:00:00.001-08:00

I just came across a very beautiful poetry and it seemed very relevant to share the same on Valentines day. It may help somebody to speak out his heart to the one in his/her heart :)

Show How Much you love and Care
To the 0nes you Hold Near n Dear...
Before It's Actually Too Late
& U're Left With Nothing But Regrets!!

Too often we don't realize, what we have until it is gone;
Too often we wait too late to say, "I'm sorry - I was wrong."
Sometimes it seems we hurt the ones, we hold dearest to our hearts;
And we allow foolish things, to tear our lives apart.

Far too many times we let, unimportant things into our minds;
And then it's usually too late, to see what made us blind.

So be sure that you let people know, how much they mean to you;
Take that time to say the words, before your time is through.

Be sure that you appreciate, everything you've got
And be thankful for the little things in life, that mean a lot!!

May GOD bless you with the love of your life !! Amen :D

My Experiences in a Business School " The Jhabier Xperience" :) Part-2

2006-02-12T18:46:00.000-08:00

XIMB Orientation programme was again an experience of its kind. i have scrapped some notes on my diary ( before blogging i used to diary many a times and i still do ) after the programme. i actually submitted the same to snigdha ma'am on her request but i have no idea of what happened to it. This is how i used to think before MBA and although i believe that these 2 years of MBA has taught me alot but there are many basic things in the diary which i still possess. i will like to share the same with you all.

19th june ' 04 " THE UNBELIEVABLE "

Believe me, the orientation programme was exactly opposite of what i perceived it would be. and i was not alone... i suppose everybody of us thought it would be monotonous lectures with their usual advices ( dhamki jyada :D ) Even some of my friends took novels, magazines along with them on the very first day. But what it came out was really scintillating. It was great fun with learning and very engrossing.it actually served the purpose of breaking the ice between us and i am very proud to say that i atleast know 40-50 of them by name & face until now.
Being an engineering graduate from NIT jaipur ( The pink city )and passing out just a week ago, i was yet to bury my memories of there but believe me i was so engrossed and involved in the proces that i hardly got nostalgic.
The various thing i noticed during the programme was that there is a lot of creativity within us. It is just than we haven't unbundled it. but i sincerely feel that XIMB will provide us with this opportunity to explore our hidden talents. Also i saw a lot a lot of people, apart from their career goals, want to serve back to the society in their own way. I don't know how many ot them will actaully will actually turn up but i feel that evenif there is a conscience that we are getting a lot from the society and we should do something for the society will ultimately serve the purpose.
Rain claps, japenese claps, scout clapping were very euphonous because we all were together and i thought that unity is sweet.It enriches our life and it gives us strength to fight the various ups and downs of life.
Stories were inspirational and to be very honest i liked the one that of a pot with a hole. after seeing so many friends of mine outperforming me in many respects i felt whether i am worth here at XIMB but this story really drained away all my negative thoughts. I am happy with what i am and the biggest strength that i feel i have is the ability to mould myself according to the environment and the desire to learn. So, i know i will be able to cope up with XIMB pretty well.
The thing i liked most about XIMB was the cooperative nature of everybody. I hope that it will continue all along our stay in XIMB. I always wondered why most of the CEOs( even our faculty members do have) have great sense of humour. i got my answer now..
Finally, the questions to reflect upon and the feedback helped us to be more clear about ourselves.
I am not a writer but i am just putting my hands into the untested waters( which i am very fond of ). i always feel that in life u have two options: To be happy or to be unhappy. I have always chosen the former one and beleive me life is the way you take it. Although everybody now says that the happy part is over and the unhappy part coming soon. i ask all my friends to take the unhappy part happily and since now we are all together, i sincerely believe that together we will conquer the world and make a mark of ourselves.

LONG LIVE XIMBIANS :)

My Experiences in a Business School " The Jhabier Xperience" :)

2006-02-11T20:34:00.000-08:00

I am very happy to say that this is my silver jubilee blog and i would like to thank my blog readers for their constant appreciation, support and genuine suggestions. Ther was no other title as close to me as my "XIMB days". I am republishing my "jhabier xperience" as i felt my valentines special overshadowed it somehow :)

So, Where do i start ?? There is so many things to share and i also have to keep my blog readers request of keeping it short :) May be i will write a series of them :D
With my stint in XIMB almost coming to end, i was just relecting back on the 20 months i spent here..
After i got through XIMB, i was very curious to know more about the place where i am going to spend my next 2 yrs.. Alas !! there was no ximbians.com for my help ( Kudos to Mickey for the fantastic site and it has been of great help to the new joinees. it was the lifeline for many during our summers :) also it is a good way for the ximbians to stay connected ). Somehow i got into the yahoogroups of our senior batch and bombarded them with my genuine queries which i would say they answered very kindly.But to my dismay, after reaching here at XIMB campus i became the most sought after person for the seniors. I still remember the calls of my seniors " Where is Anand Jalan, The Kotler " .How do i become Kotler ? Actually i was getting the kotler book at a discount price in Jaipur ( My last year in NIT, jaipur ) so i jst enquired in the yahoogroup :) that whether i buy it or i will be getting it there from the college and secondly somehow i was able to make it to the TOP 20 list of Govinda which was a big achievement.( More than half of the batch got "F" in these quizzes) i hope My batchmates will be remembering it quite well :)
i was ragged thoroughly ( i actually enjoyed it very much ). some of the very intersting ones i remember, i will share with you..the very first day, I was called to a room with around 8 seniors.. the room was quite dark and the seniors were drunk to the top :) they asked me to go to my room and identify their names from the AIS( Academic Information system ) within 10 mins. i remember, i rushed to my room and tried to figure out them and their names..AIS photos are somehow really funny and far from reality :) if u have not checked then do chk it..i could see time running fast, somehow i was able to remember the names but i jumbled them there in front of seniors :P actually 2 of the seniors looked very much similar on AIS :) I was astonished to find out that there are twins in ur senior batch..
so i had to do the exercise again and the time was reduced to 5 mins.. somehow i was able to make it :)
My next experience was a horrible one..Alex and team ( ur seniors) came over to my room at around 2 am ( i was feeling horribly sleepy )and told me that there will be quiz on Kotler chapter 1-6 tommorow morning for you.i remember i had the first night out of my life and the quiz never happened :(
I remember our batch was also fooled by the seniors on the same lines but yes the quiz happened wherein the questions were from another world alltogether :) it was real fun with our seniors..
I was the most called after person in the night assemblings. i hope the junior batch will also appreciate these assemblings. For non-ximb people, in a night assembling, the whole of the junior batch gets asssembled and the seniors rag them in many ways starting from throwing bucket full of water from the top ( getting wet at 1 am in the night that too in a open air set up and they will make sure that you dont dry up ), intoductions( they will always find fault in that) and anything you can think about.I always had the lions share of it whether its laughing on a sine, cos wave or the introductions or the yahoo group issue..
I remember the logic of dev (our senior) that his computer crashed because of the mail i sent on the yahoo group :)
As i sit now and reflect back, i could see that there were many memorable moments i had with my seniors.. i really admire them a lot and they were of great help to me during their stay here and now as well( i m in contact with most of them). i actually miss them many a times.. But this is how life goes..Anyway, I will stop here and will continue from here in my next blog :)
Happy Reading :D

Girls : Still a Mystery :)

2006-02-10T19:21:00.000-08:00

With Valentines day just 3 days away and me still looking for one, i was just pondering that why are some guys very successful and others not ?
As i see myself over the years, i could see that i was a shy person( by shy i mean i never took the initiative to talk to them, the girls) right from my school days. Being the topper of my school, i was always approached by many including beautiful girls for my class notes and i readily helped everybody. Topper does not mean that i was very studios. Infact I remember, after the school(a morning school) and after taking the lunch, i used to run to my neighbourhood places and play host of games starting from maachis, photos( filmi), patte ( cards: i was very good at it :D ) imli biza, baati (kanche), delo baati (white and big kancha), saboon desh ( a series of stone one above the other: we had some experience of it in XIMB as well courtesy Zahid and the skill city team )and offcourse cricket, badminton, kabaddi, gulli danda and many more. i was lucky enough to have a friend circle from all quarters of society i.e the well off families, middle class and the poor. similarly from all religions like the muslims, bengalis ( i lived close to pathan pada and bengali pada), oriya, marwari, gujrati, sikhs and my school was a chirstian school. All this has helped me in having a basic respect for everybody irrespective of the caste, creed, religion, affluence.
Sory for the diversion into my childhood memories. What i basically want to say is that till class viii, i was not very keen on girls. After that as i entered in my adolescence, due to the biochemical changes i started having a differnt feeling towards the girls like i started thinking about them, dreaming about them ( i would specially like to mention my friend "deepak" as he told me all the intricacies involved between a girl and a boy ;) ) i started having crushes but due to my shy nature towards girls which i have developed over the years, i was never able to express my felings to them. whenever i sit down now and think about it, i feel very sory about it. i have missed lot of good opportunities :(
i remember one crush i had on my schoolmate after i left the school and one in my college with whom i never spoke..i somehow reconciled myself that probably in engineering i will do something but to my dismay, the boys girls ratio was less than 8% in NIT jaipur. In our electronics dept, there were only 3 girls and as the demand supply formula says. due to shortage of supply there was huge demand and i would say there was better contenders than me... people who had the time, money and patience.
i somehow made some news in MNIT also ( as always :) ) i remember we used to propose our collegeaues in funny ways on valentines day. Again in the evening time, we used
to go to the most hanging out place of MNITIANS, GT (gaurav towers). I remember once i was made the leader of the FOSLA ( Frustrated One Sided Lover Association) and we raised slogans " fosla group zindabad " untill the security police came with their long lathis and we had to disperse. I used to see couples being formed and always dreamt of me having one which unluckily never happened :) so the engineering days were over but i never lost hope and i was looking forward for some action in XIMB :D
I was happy to see so many nice girls on the very first day here at XIMB. Thanks to Orientation programme and seniors that helped us getting closer to the girls. i remember we used to check AIS photos of both our seniors, batchmates and even the RM ppl :) and try to shortlist some ( The targets :D ). Again talking to the opposite sex was something i started developing and enjoyed a lot :) I remember my first crush in XIMB. she is a very sweet girl and a very good friend of mine.. but a friend of mine fell in love with her and my story ended there :) ( some editing on request ). i m happy that whatever happened it was good for me and her :)
i was a little sad but thanks to MBA schedule which helped me forgetting it. The MBA first year passed away in NO time. after we came back from summers, I could see the excitement about the junies in our batch. many of my batchmates actually tried hard :) i somehow had become more focussed about my career and did not gave a fight although i liked a few of them :P i will like to stop here and one thing i would say looking back at the experiences of my life is that" communicate your feelings !!!" and Valentines day is one such great day or i would say an opportunity to express ur love and fellings to ur beloved.
I wish you all in advance " Happy valentines day " May success be yours and you get the love of your life :D

Working woman or Housewife ???

2006-02-06T04:39:00.000-08:00

After placements, i have been attending quite a lot of marraiges ( thanks to relatively free schedule this trimester and the marraige season which is currently going on ). Watching my friends with their wifes ( bhabhijis) , i always try to visualise how would my wife would or should be ???
i know i still have quite a lot of time (atleast 2 more years) but somehow i have started thinking about it (courtesy mamijis, bhabhijis, didis and my friend circle who contantly keep prodding me on the same topic)..Infact i have already done a research on the same starting from my family members as their point of view has a very heavy weightage :)
About Myself, I belong to a business family and have been the lucky chap in the matter of studies and qualification obtained among my whole set of relatives both paternal and maternal..most of them have to sacrifice their studies in the middle of their career..But my family and my mamaji always supported me in continuing my studies.. also my younger brother who was very much interested in my father business did not let my absence felt to my father.. I love my brother alot.. he is very cute :)
My mother whom i admire more than anybody in this world was the first target of my research. i have seen her all through my life and to tell you, i consider my father the most luckiest person in the world to have a wife like her. she has been my role model right from my childhood. she is very understanding, very caring, good at her work... somebody on whom one can bank upon for advice.
I had a good number of memorable moments with her.. i was just pondering that would i got the same amount of caring, if my mom would have been working??
A working woman would be having her own career aspirations, her own set of responsibilties and things like that. But for a housewife, life starts and ends with her husband, children, her own family !!!
I was just thinking that how good it will be feeling if u come to know that for someone, you are everything. when you will come back from office , you will get the proper attention and care that u aspire for. your children will be given proper personal care and attention, which is very essential for them...which will actually make the bond between the parents and the children more stroger.. i was just looking at an episode where the daughter was put in a boarding school very early as both the parents were very busy making their career. Now the daughter grows up, she could hardly feel that bonding and love for her parents.. she infact says that to her parents that " you were not there when i needed you the most.. How can you expect me to have feelings for you ".
With a working woman, u actually have to make a lot of compromises.. take it food, household work, child care..I was thinking that i will be making more money than what my father is making ( i mean to say is that money will never be going to be a problem,thanks to GOD for that ).. then why should i compromise?? why should i marry a girl who is very career conscious and want to make a mark of herself.will she be able devote as much time for me and my kids as a housewife can ? Never !!!

The Picture till now reflects that Housewife scores a lot over working woman...
Now let us see the other side of the picture. till now i was thinking from my point of view and not from hers..
Consider the scenario, i am posted in a Metro and have working hours from 8 am - 7 pm ( it is definitely going to extend courtesy the big salaries :)) so i was thinking what will a housewife do all this time?? ok ghar main thoda bahut kaam hota hai par still there will be enuugh time with nothing to do. probably TV will become her best friend but how much time.. after some point of time, she is get bored of this routine. she would be having 100 things to talk to me which she would have thought all throughout the day.. and it may happen that i have a bad day and i am not interested to listen her talks which she is very interested to tell me. for me, there are many things in life to think about ( my job, career , office friends...)but for her i am the only person and if at all she is not getting the duo recognition, attention and love from me, then it will sadden her which will definitely affect the relationship.
Now replace her with a working woman, she will be also having somewhat the same working hours so no point of getting bored in the home alone..secondly, now she will be having her own set of friends, job responsiblites..so for her, there will be lot of other things in mind other than me.. Again being a working woman, she would able to appreciate me and my job responsibities far better as she herself will be undergoing the same..
So, apart from double income, both of us will be more independent and more happy than in the case of her being a housewife.
Again i have heard from my friends whose both parents are working that the scenario is not that bleak in the case of working woman as i have painted in the early part of my blog.. The most important thing in such cases is that there has to be good amount of understanding between the two.
i always thought about why at all arranged marraiges are more successful than love marraiges . In love marraiges there are better chances of one understanding the other person and making a informed and well thought out choice..what i have figured out is that in most of the arranged marraiges, the woman is not financially independent and hence has to make a lot of compromises.. i have seen my didis, mamijis, bhabhijis doing the same and there will be many like them...
i sometime feel sorry about their situation.. why is that, they have to make most of the compromises? have they done any crime to be a female ?
i always believe in equality, be it any relationship. Kissi ka dil nahin dukhna chahiye.
Now coming back to the topic, what i can say is that what i have thought about it. i will prefer a working woman :) i always feared that my family may not accept this that but to my surprise i have actually got positive statements regarding that..
But yes, i will ensure that my kids does not suffer becoz of our career aspirations.They should get the proper care, attention, nourishment and advice that they need.I know that it is possible with a working woman and for all this there has to be good understanding among us and i know it will be :)
AMEN :D

" LOVE IS BLIND "

2006-02-04T22:59:00.000-08:00

I always used to hear that "Love is blind " ...Pyar karte nahin hai, ho jata hai...people in love dont think from their head but from their heart...My friend i think is a case study which proves the above statements...He is one of my best friends and i could tell you that such nice souls are very rare in this world... i mean he was always there when i needed him and not only to me but to all...very honest, sacrificing... infact i am so impresed with him that i would have loved to have him as my brother in law... Now this nice chap happened to fall in love with a girl( love at first sight ) in the very first year of engineering.. My friend although being very sweet and honest was a little fat and was called upon as "motu" by all including the girl..he was actually very bulky ( 100 + )... He always wanted to stay close to the girl.. do all the help, she needed..in her projects, roaming around the new place i.e jaipur ( My friend was a localite ).. there developed a good friendship between the two..yeh kah sakte ho ki din bhar uthna, baithna, ghoomna, classes karna , everything they did together..
Now my friend was conscious about his being overwieght and started doing exercises, dieting and many such things and things worked in his favour as he was able to reduce his weight considerably.. but since his name has been set as "motu" so people do contniued saying him the same ( he always get hurt when somebody used to tell him the same especially in front of the girl ).. Now the feelings in him about her started growing day by day..and the closed friend circle came to know about his feelings and started teasing him on her..and to tell u he loved them although on the face value he always rejected them... but when somebody try to put her name with someone else he was the first one to react...The girl may or may not be knowing of the intense feelings my friend had for her...
my friend who has been a very shy guy ( like me :) in my earlier days and to an extent now too ) was never able to express his feelings to her..his condition was getting pathetic as days were passing by...he used to dream about her day and night ...in the dreams he used to picturise her as his wife and they spending a happy married life...
The love was already 3 yrs old now.. i could say that for a person in love , 3 yrs is a big big time..i somehow convinced him to propose her ( I have always been doing that :) ) and after much of pressure from me and his inner desire.. he somehow took her to Mcdonalds and conveyed his feelings to her...U can call it a bias or whatever, but i was always sure that she will be very happy to hear the same from such a nice and caring person..but to my dismay, things did not worked out.she infact rebuked my friend and said that she never thought of him in that way...its ok yaar, she has her own life and her own perceptions and she has the right to decide what she wants.. but the only thing i felt bad about her was the way she tackled it.. i mean a person is so much in love with u for more than 3 years and i still doubt that she did not had any inkling of it.. she never stopped him doing that...may be she was enjoying it...many people like flirting around..i do not oppose flirting.. it is fun.. but if u see that the person is good friend of urs and very honest , caring.. then u must stop doing it... it can actually hurt the other person very badly..and it actually did..
It was like hell broke on my friend but thank GOD that he gave him the courage to stand the pain of that... i mean when i think of his situation( 3 yrs of true love and suddenly nothing is there , ur true love does not recognise u ), it sends shivers down my spine.." Bhagwan jab dukh deta hai to usko sahne ki bhi sakti deta hai " ...
Yeh story yaha khatm nahin hoti hai...To his bad luck.. the girl got selected in the
same company in the campus placements... i could see the hope in him still now that she may come back...he still loves being teased on her...he wants to divert his feelings and thought process by indulging into other things.. but her sight bring back the memories of all the moments they spent together and it hurts him deep inside...I always pray to GOD that some good girl come into his life and she inundate his life with her love so much that all these feelings which keeps hurting him get washed away...

"LOVE IS BLIND"

P.S. This is what i have percieved from the interactions i had with my friend and what i could feel .. They may be biasing and wrong judgements from my side and i apologise for that..But i have been genuine from my side ..

"Communication"

2006-02-02T10:20:00.000-08:00

Today during the stroll after the dinner, me and my friends discussed a very important topic which i feel affects each and every person..My friend who has neither taken PGL( Personal Growth Laboratory) and OCD( Organisational Change & Development) asked what is this subjects all about ? It made me think and what i felt and said, i would like to share with u all..for those who have no clue what PGL is all about i will just give a brief description of it( Though actually u can appreciate it better when u participate in it)

"A Personal Growth Laboratory (sometimes called Human Process or Human Interaction or Sensitivity Training Laboratory or T-Group) is an event designed for a group of 8 - 12 individuals to study themselves on the basis of their experience of participation in the group. The event covers a minimum number of hours of interaction.

The group is not provided with any predetermined agenda or schedule, except the objectives and the time schedule of the group's meetings. A professional trainer also participates in the group as a facilitator of individual and group processes. The methods of learning are experiencing, expressing, data collecting, hypothesising, reflecting, experimenting, and conceptualising. Typically, the concepts generated are not abstract, but derived from the live data of the group's life-history during the event.

Objectives of PGL are to enable the participant to :

become more deeply and clearly aware of himself or herself and his or her patterns of behaviour;

focus on his or her interpersonal interaction, and to act towards finding greater meaning and satisfaction from such interaction; and

improve his or her ability to deal with conflict."

Now this is what the text says..as a participant of PGL what i make out from it was that it is basically about communication..communicating the feelings ( both good and bad ) that u have regarding the other participants, about urself.. and the good thing about PGL is the set up is such that it actually helps in people speaking out whatever they have in their mind regarding others and self..Many a times in our life, we keep the feelings within ourselves...e.g. we didnt like a thing about a person but we dont express the same to it..may be becoz we feel that it may hurt him/her or may be becoz of our ego does not allow us to do that... and there can be 100 such reasons..
What i personally has experienced is that keeping things within ourselves actually makes us feel too heavy and it affects our normal life and behavior whereas speaking the heart out actually makes us feel so lighter and believe me..u will love the feeling..
u can take this in any context..between lovers who never expressed their feelings and hence their true love died .. between good friends who somehow got into an misunderstanding and never expressed themselves and lost a good friend in the process..between an employee and the HR/Superior , wherein the employee was never able to explain his/her dissatisfaction and hence leaves the company he never wished to and the company also looses a good employee...between parents and children, wherein parents tried to force their wishes on the child and never let the child spoke his interests and ambition in life...between husband and wife...between teacher and student...between siblings...between saas bahu :).. i mean it can happen between anybody...

i was imagining an ideal world wherein everybody expresses their feeeling and "Thoughts" to others and there is no misunderstanding and we will not be needing things like PGL for speaking out our heart...

i really like people who are clear from heart and speak out what they feel..although sometimes at the first instance, they seems to be rude but their genuine comments actually make me think and i try to work on that which leads to my self improvement..and to tell you the bond of frienship or any other relationship tht u have actually strengthens..u look up to the person for his genuine comments...
specially in this world wherein there is so much of backbiting and hypocrisy going on, people really look forward for genuine people..atleast i do..
What i firmly believe and used to say is that most of the problems, misunderstandings, etc will get resolved if we start "communicating"... People who have read my earlier blog "I love U" may appreciate better the importance of communication and how communication helped my friend getting his ladylove..
It will be not wrong now to say that " Communication is the key to most of the problems in the world" ...

Also before ending the post, i would to like to underscore the point that while communicating please make sure that the reciever percieves what u intended to say( Remember IBHA madam's funda of I = I'' ) i mean sometimes there is a misunderstanding here also..Infact many a times, i feel that some of my points are not percieved the way i intended..many people somehow percieve me very differently of what i am...I would like to thank bloggers.com for giving me an oppurtunity to portray the real myself to the world...I believe in my blog title which is Thoughts "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he" ..I hope u can make out from reading my " Thoughts" what type of person i am :D

Keep communicating :)

"Discouragement"

2006-02-01T13:11:00.000-08:00

After reading the discouraging comments of ha ha ha and he he he, i was a little sad. it made me think and hundreds of questions were coming to my mind..is my blogging worthless ? is it too cheap ? am i doing the right thing or should i stop blogging ? I asked GOD and the inner voice told me that i am on the right way..

I remembered the Lord Shiva, Goddess parwati and nandi(ox) story..for those who dont know i will just tell the same..Once shiva and parwati were riding on the nandi and when people saw this, they started criticising shiva and parwati saying that they are so cruel on the poor nandi who has to take the load of both of them.. hearing this, Lord shiva came down but people still criticiesd parwati for being so disrespectful to her husband who is walking whereas she is seating comfortably on the nandi.. looking at these, parwati also came down.. but people still did not left criticising..they said how fool shiva and parvati are.. they have an ox to ride still they are walking..

MORAL OF THE STORY: There are some people who will keep criticising no matter whatever u do... one can never satisfy everybody.

I remembered my school days.... Although it was an english medium, but we never used to speak in english.. i used to see convent students speaking in fluent english and i also felt the desire to do the same but everytime i wanted to speak in english, i used to hear discouraging comments like " dekho english bolta hai,English babu ban raha hai, apni angreji apne paas hi rakh " these comments used to kill the desire in me and i used to revert back into the normal hindi dialogue.. i remember our school also once tried to enforce english speaking by putting fine of Re. 1 for speaking anything other than English once and like wise it used to add up... this did not worked out well as there were many problems and hence the initiative was doomed.. As i entered into NIT jaipur for my engineering and specially with NITs having a diverse group of students from all parts of the country.. i used to have little bit difficulty while talking to south indians and since it was the only way to communicate , i did not have much choice..Being very active in all the college activities, i used to get a lot of chances of comparing, etc.. but since i have not developed my english fluency during my school days, i always use to take the back seat in such matters and used to get involved into other activities..also to my bad luck, NIT jaipur has 50 % state quota and most of them were from hindi medium..the mentality of them was again the same as my school day friends..So everytime i used to start on this front, tons of discouragement used to kill my initiatives..But somehow, I was lucky enough to have some like minded friends during my 2nd year( people preparing for GRE).. also my MBA scholarship did a great help to me in this front and Infact it was instrumental in my getting selected into XIMB.

What i want to say is that whatever u do , there will be some people who will definitely try to discourage you . I am not critising those set of people as it has become an human tendency.. It is rightly said " It is very easy to criticise anything " ..We use to cricise about our friends, relatives, country, system and 100 such things.. Just try to recall how many things do we admire or How many people do we give a pat on the back for their good work.. we hardly do this.. why do people do this?? i dont know and also i really dont know the logic behind it. What do one get from this?? I have suffered a lot because of discouragment and i dont want to suffer anymore. I will listen to everybody but do whatever i feel like " Suno sabki, karo apne manki "

To tell you, i have been a very lucky chap as i have been very close to GOD right from my childhood and used to chant bhajans when i was as small as 6 yrs of age..We used to have regular Satsang ( it included chanting bhajans, discussion on good thoughts, etc). Again my family members specialy my mother has been quite high on spiritual quotient and i have imbibed a lot of that into me. Now about my blogging, i always wanted to share the good thoughts that used to come to me hoping that even if one person subscribes to the good thoughts of mine and it somewhat transform him/her, my pain of putting my thoughts into this blog will be worth the reward..
and to tell you, i am really happy that many people have got inspired from my blogs and even some of them have started their own blogs. I could see my purpose getting served. I would like to take this oppurtunity to thank all my blog readers for their love and encouragement..and i assure you that my blogs will keep coming as and when some nice "Thoughts" come to my mind..I would also like to thank ha ha ha and he he he as they were instrumental in the making of this blog :)

GOD BLESS U :D

"Strings and Positiveness"

2006-01-30T12:15:00.000-08:00

It was a great evening listening to the songs of the famous pakistani band "Strings".The ride to CET( college of engeeniring & technology) was a nice and comfortable one thanks to Durez's scooty:) chandaka forests, udaygiri, khandagiri were some good sights that came in between our journey to CET.. I had a chance to roam around the campus as the band has forgotten their drum and somehow trying to adjust with a local drum..The show finally started at 9:30pm ( although the scheduled time was 7 pm)..The Indian stretchable time was proved right again :)

Now here i noticed something which i would definitely like to share with u all..

Initially i was sitting in a place where the public was not very happy with the performance(i dont know why) and they were enjoing giving all types of slangs ( Orissa style :)) they were rebuking the singer to the extreme... Now i could see the other end of the crowd who were enjoying the songs by waving hands, dancing along... standing there after seeing the contrasting crowds, i was trying to map the scenario with the way different people view their lifes...The same situation is taken by different people differently..one sees the positive side of it and the other one , the negative..Its like whether the glass is half full or half empty...
Another feeling i had was that company(sangati) plays an important role in the life of the person..When i was with the crowd who was having negative feelings, i too had a feeling that probably the band is not performing well., the sound system is too bad n 100 such things were coming to my mind and i was not able to enjoy it....but as soon i went to the other end of the crowd, everything started seeming perfect..i could see people enjoying, dancing, waving hands.. i too was tempted into the act and i started loving it...i started singing along and i was feeling great :)
what one can make out from this is that,one should always try to have a good company..
if u move along with positive and optimistic people , positiveness will come to u and viceversa..u might have heard of the apple and the basket story...
What i also want to say is tht one should always try to look at the positive aspect of everything...See!! No human being is perfect..My mom says that one should always try to look at the positive things about a person and not the bad ones..becoz what u will look is what u will ingrain in urself..if u look for good things , u will imbibe the good things of others into ur life as well and ur life will become beautiful and u will become a good person.. again if u look at the positives of the person, u will never had an ill feeling towards the others..
Its your life and ita all on you , How u wanna spend it...I agreee with the quote tht " Its 10% of what actually happens to you and 90 % of how u react to it"
Lets all react in a positive way and make this world a nice and positive place to live :)
Jai hind !!!

Corruption and Rang de Basanti

2006-01-28T19:51:00.000-08:00

I saw the Poll of TOI yesterday and around 75 % percent feels that corruption is the biggest menace india is facing today.. corruption has become so rampant nowadays that people has accepted it as a part and parcel of life..In the movie "Rang de basanti", we could see that initially everybody felt that nothing can be done ...
I know this is big problem and there is no easy solution to it.. but we cant keep quiet and let it happen.. we the young generation has to take the lead to curb this.. i am not subscribing to what the rang de basanti team did..i respect their sentiments and concern for the country.. but i have always been a follower of Gandhiji's ideology of truth and non violence.. i mean we got independence not becoz of violence but becoz of non-violence..
it is rightly said that "A smile can make everything straight" ..
what i meann to say is that we have take the another route..
i always pondered about how to fight corruption and have come up with some pointers that may help reduce it ..
First of all, education is a must and as one can see the most illiterate states like Bihar, UP are the most corrupted..I believe that knowledge is power and this power will make the people aware of their rights, what is right or wrong..
Secondly, media( the fourth estate) has to play a major role.. it is nice to see that it has been doing a commendable job and the unearthing of various scams is prove of it... my only request to the mediapersons is that dont select news only on the basis of TRP ratings it will fetch but as a responsible citizen of India...
Thirdly, technology has changed the look of the world .. and i feel technology can be used asa major weapon to curb corruption.. and i am happy that many people have done it like ITC e-choupal and many more.. Also the right to information bill has been passed in which technology is playing a major role..
Finally i believe that encouraging competition in the economy will help a great way..we can see it in the field of Telecom and many more..
I really liked the dialogues of the film which said " No country is perfect and it ours duty to make it better by enrolling ourselves in IAS, IPS, etc.." i am really going to play my role in doing my some bit and i believe that if everybody feels the same way and ready to do their some bit then we can really make a difference..I hope such movies will make the people realise the graveness of the situation and to forget the "chalta hai " attitude.
I can tell you that for the dream India 2020 of APJ Abdul kalam to realise , we really have to do sth about this demon....
I LOVE MY COUNTRY VERY MUCH AND I WILL DO MY BIT AND REQUEST ALL FELLOW INDIANS TO DO THEIR BIT, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COUNTRY ACHIEVES THE DREAM.
Jai Hind!!!

What's the most valued thing today ?

2006-01-27T06:06:00.000-08:00

I went to meet IBHA madam today and during our talk, she told me a very beautiful concept that i really liked and would definitely like to share with u all..Have u ever thought about the reason why Diamond, Gold are so costlier than other things..
Just becoz they are very rarely present..and if we see in todays context, what things have become rare? Then we can see that Love , affection, honesty,kindness, empathy has become rare in world nowadays. so applying the above funda, we can say that Love , affection, honesty,kindness, empathy are the most valued things nowadays and the person having all these is the most wealthy... and the the good thing about this wealth is tht it will never end..i mean the more u share , the more wealthier u become :)
i have always valued these more than anything in my life and i cud confidently say tht i am a very happy person and pray to GOD tht i always remain in such a happy state..I have seen some of my relatives who are very rich but they are not at all happy..i feel pity on them..what i could make out from this is tht money is not everything..It is jst a means..but i cud see ppl getting into the mad rush of earning money and forgetting to enjoy life..to love and be loved..
I like the quote " Happiness is not a destination but the journey itself " One should enjoy the whole process of reaching the destination..
I would like to say that lets value the most valued things that madam have pointed out and share it among ourselves so that it will get multipied many folds and each and every body will become rich and there will be no poor in this world....
Let takes a pledge today that we will remove the poverty from this world and play a active role in sharing our wealth to all ..
Jai Hind !!!

He did it :)

2006-01-26T19:25:00.000-08:00

Today he proposed his lady love :) and she smiled :D ... this shows that she knew what all was going on in my friend's mind and was probably expecting this...
My friend called me up after that and told me tht he is feeling so nice and relaxed..he said me tht he thought of 100 bad things tht might happen but nothing of tht sort happened..although he was not a clear executor ( he babbled quite a lot before finally saying the 3 golden words " I LOVE U " :) ) and he told me tht "yaar main bahut kuch socha tha woh kuch bol nahin paaya".."i felt like i m in some other world and is duniyan ka koi hosh nahin tha mujhe".. i mean where he is standing n all.. he lost track of everything :)
what i feel is tht, since the girl smiled she has accepted him atleast as a good friend and me as an optimist would take it as a positive signal..why i feel like this becoz in case she had any other person in the mind or would not have seen my friend in tht way then she wud have definitely said the same to my frnd...
My hypothesis may be completely wrong as i believe in the saying tht " Woman is a mystery and understanding them is not easy " :)
My friend has gone to his home town now and will be returning back in a week's time.
In case i get any news from tht side i will surely update in my blog..
The story has taken an interesting turn now and i myself is quite curious about the result becoz first of all its connected to my best frnd and secondly, i have been lucky enuf to get a chance to unite a love which would have gone the drain as usual becoz of non communication from either side..also this story may set a good precedent of how important communication is in whatever we do and specially for amateur lovers who keep the feelings within themselves and never dare to express it.
Just think of a scenario( which happens more often )..suppose my friend would not have told his feelings to her.. then probably after some time they would have put into different projects and slowly the feelings would have died or suppressed . and whenever my frnd would have thought of the girl or wud have seen her with some other person, he would have felt tht " kaas main apni dil ki baatein isse bol deta to ho sakta hai ki she wud have been mine now " and a intense feeling of repentence for the inactivity would have surrounded him.. and this feeling will come whenver he come across her all thru life..What learning one shud take from here?? i think u ppl are mature enuf to understand what i wanna say and i have been saying repeatedly..on a lighter note i think this story may also help IBHA madam as it will make the communication classes quite intersting then :)
Wishing my best wishes to my frnd and his ladylove.. May God bless them with lots of LOVE
Jai hind !!!

I Love You

2006-01-25T10:32:00.001-08:00

These 3 letters are something that everybody likes to hear but to tell u it is not easy to tell to a person u love..i will tell u about my frnd who happened to fall in love with a girl who works along with him..Now my frnd who is a real nice, honest, a person who can never backbite( such species have become very rare in this world now :) ) he has never been too close to a girl all thru his life although had some crushes in school and college life which he never expressed and the feelings died( as expected :) ) This guy is a very cheerful person and always keeps smiling,jst like me :D He has been in touch with this girl for around 2-3 months and they have been talking for long hours together almost everyday..The girl is beautiful and had many other frnds also.. now my friends is not GOD and he feels bad when she get calls from other frnds ( on new year day she got 20 calls :) when they were together ) there was some tension between them due to this but again its got back to normal..

Sometime we become too possessive about something and then the problem starts..i mean its ok yaar.. the person has her own frnd circle and what do u expect from a beautiful girl working in a mnc tht u will be her only frnd...its natural tht she will be having a lot of guy frnds..

Chalo ab kahani aage badhate hai... one day he calls me up and tell me everything about how is unable to focus on his work, how he always thinks about the girl, How he has become a serious person from the usual cheerful one..Infact now he is not able to behave normal with her..He asked me what to do ???

I said him jst tell her about the feelings u r having for her ..its always good in a relationship to express ur genuine felings to the person concerned...atleast this is what i have been doing off late...

then starts the series of questions some of them are really funny :)
have u ever done this?? how should i tell ?? should i directly tell " I love U" ??
how i do know her response?? Should i tell her in the morning or evening ? what will she think about me after i tell ?? I have to work with her on the project for quite a long..will it not hamper our relationship?? tell me exactly how u tell.. i will do the same way :) ??? and many many more..i could i now very well understand why the telecom companies are making Huge profits :D

and i have tried to answer each and every question in a very convincing way and he is like ok i will tell it now..should i :) and finally he says i m going to tell her today for sure and u know this has been happening for last 7 days :P and its not tht he is not making effort.. infact he was telling me tht he asked her to come to the top of the office building( a place they regularly visit) but cud not tell...
maine bola kyu nahin bol pa raha hai ??? to bola phatt jati hai yaar :))

Why is it so difficult to tell jst the 3 words ??

what i can make out is tht the fear of response.. we have a fear tht it will break the good relationship with the person( Ask me it never will )..or may be the fear of failure..fear of neglect from the person u love so much.. not able to talk and see the person u feel so good to be with..

u know i have got a way out of all this fears.. jst detach urself from the result and have no expectations..i have been the proponet of the philosophy " whetever GOD does there is sth good behind it " and this has proved many a times in my life.. as i see over the years there were many things in my life which on the spur of the moment i hated and felt sad about but eventually whatever happend it actually was good for me always..u might have heard the story of king who has his thumb cut..tht story will actually make the philosphy more acceptable.. i know its not easy and the pain will be thr for sure but it will relieve u quite a bit when the sense of Gratitude towards GOD for all the good tht he has done to us comes in us..I always feel tht i have been very lucky all thru my life.. i have the best mother i can ever imagine, sweet little brother, great friends and i have got a lot of love from them and i have given them in multiple of what i got too...so what if i dont get love from a girl whom i hardly know for around 2-3 months..i really feel sad about people who betray their parents for a girl whom they have hardly known for some days..
i cud the amount of selfles love in the eyes of my parents and i tell u i can die for it...

Sometimes i have seen tht people flirt and its very natural of our age group ...my only request to all is tht do flirt but do make sure tht the other person does not get hurt and its ur responsibility to make the person comfortable so tht he/she can cope up with the pain of it..

And My last suggestion is tht whenver u feel like saying I lOVE U say it .. i always feel good if sb say this to me with genuine feelings and i bet any sane person will love this 3 leter words told to them...
Lets Make this world a LOVE ly world :D

Orkut and Networking :D

2006-01-23T10:04:00.000-08:00

Google has really revolutionised the world...the latest one i came in contact with is Orkut..its a really nice site.. u happen to find ur old friends with whom u have somehow lost contact and now u r in contact with them again thru orkut :)
i happen to find many of my seniors, frnds, juniors from my engg days nad it was a nice feeling to be in contact again. such type of sites shud be encouraged as it enhances the bonding, friendship among the users. friends share their views(testimonials), wishes n all..alos included is the birthday reminder.. whats a better gift for a birthday boy/girl other than a old frnd wishing a happy birthday :)
Apart from these,it will be of great help as it will enhance the networking with different people which may be of great help duing crisis situation. Being a student of social Network Management i would recommend that one should definitely join orkut
GROW UR NETWORK :D

My First Photo blog :)

2006-01-22T13:07:00.000-08:00

Breaking Up !!!

2006-01-22T11:51:00.000-08:00

"Breaking Up" A real nice movie to watch... brilliant performance by Russel crowe and salma hayek...the story is quite appropriate in present context...sometime we dont know what ur expectations from our partner are.. we love being with him/her but still not able to make out whether he/she is the right one .. u take so much time and ,in the meantime, it gets too late...

Anchal's Marriage :)

2006-01-21T06:09:00.000-08:00

The long wait to meet my sisters was going to end soon... i was going to meet all of them on anchal's marraige. i was very much excited about it.. i also came to know that the no. of my bhanja , bhanjis have increased tremendously :) .. the journey started well as i got a junior (anup from UCE, burla) accompaning me till angul ...then my Big bother ( Tinku bhaiya ) took over. Good to see that he is well settled now with such a sweet bhabhi..Infact i am now reconsidering my idea of marrying a working women.. i mean the amount of love i could see in her for bhaiya, i doubt a working woman can provide...bhabhi ki Woh cute si smile dekh kar saari tension ghum ho jati hogi bhaiya ki.. also heard the good news tht i am becoming chacha soon :)
met bulbul , hadu chacha...remembered childhood memories when i went to bagadia( Bhua's place)..Then the trip to marriage place ( Madhapur) i.e. 150 kms from angul..there were 6 ppl in the commander ( me, bhaiya, bhabhi, hadu chacha, bulbul and Radha ).. i have got quite familiar with all..then started the Antakshari session which was highly dominated by the boys ( kudos to me and bhaiya) but not to forget the brave effort by the girls.. then we went to bhole baba ka mandir which was on the way.. the temple boast of 21 kunds of which many are hot water ( infact they were boiling ) , one which turns into milk automitically for 4 yrs anytime(jab upperwale ki marzi).. had a nice puja and finally reached destination ( madhapur)..
there i met all my sisters who have alraedy reached there.. they were looking so beautiful in saris( i have earlier seen them in suits )and the kids were simply great.. played with them quite a lot.. then went to jijajis place and met him and family...jijaji is very handsome and i got comfortable with him and his family very soon( Upperwale ne yeh achi quality di hai:)...then the series of traditions practices started which completed in the early next morning. met a lot of other relatives and made some new frnds... i was feeling great and wanted tht such moments never end..spoke some shayri and sang some songs in orchestra program..also danced a bit...
it was fun alltogether while coming also and the rest of stay in angul..saw bhaiya bhabhijis marriage CD which i missed as i was in mumbai..
i was really touched with the love i got from all .. it is true tht i also gave a lot of it and worked as hard as if my own's sister marraige and tried to keep everybody happy..but the words by sonam " bhaiya, aapke aane se jitna maja aaya utna kabhi kisi shaadi main nahi aaya" and bulbul " bhaiya aap pe bahut pyaar aa raha hai " and numerous such actually took away my heart.. bhagwan mujhe hamesha aisa hi rakhna..main hamesha pyaar baat-ta rahu aur batorta rahu.. mujh main kabhi bhi ghamand na aaye..aur sada tera saaya mere pe bana rahe.aur kuch nahin chahiya mujhe..
I LOVE U GOD :)

Satsang and Me :)

2006-01-15T04:58:00.000-08:00

Finally with the grace of the almighty, the journey to satsang bhawan in ghatsila began and it was really a great experience chanting bhajans alongside the superb singer, my brother.. the good thing was that people really liked it and i too felt tremendous happiness and closeness to the GOD :)
also bhuaji and specially bhabhiji's were great.. me being a devar ate a lot of ghewar and gajar ka halwa .. the best part of the trip were the kids..so nice to be with them.. it feels really good to be in the company of kids and behave as a kid( old memories )... finally i m back to mamaji's home.. good to see nanaji and naniji well and nice to have their good wishes :) and the kids as usual not leaving me for a sec ..played a lot of games right from ludo, saap aur sidi, badminton,cricket..
it was my good luck that both the jijajis are also here so got a chance to have a chat with them..my sisters are really lucky.. will i be lucky :p
looking forward to back to home tommo and then anchal's marraige ...tht will again be fun..she was looking gorgeous in the sari... cud not believe to see my little sisters getting married.....
mera no. kab aayega :(

My Sweet Home

2006-01-12T02:57:00.000-08:00

Gajar ka Halwa...My favourite.... Home food and Nice sleep ...I really crave for all this...Talking to family memebers and their love and affection really melts ones heart.. also the spiritaul feedback really increases the spiritual qoutient :)
Visiting mandirs, prasads, singing bhajans, attending raati jaga ....it really feel nice to be in alltogethr different set up than the usual of getting up late and rushing the classes...
evenings are again gr8 moving around the sbp city...following beautiful gals on bikes..playing cricket, cards(29)....and then dining the royal way :)
but the bad part is tht everybody sleeps early and me too have too :(
But all this is worth the love and affection and the real fun ...

I LOVE My SWEEt HOME :)

Xuberance 2006 - A success story

2006-01-07T17:27:00.000-08:00

It could not have been better than this....Xuberance 2006 has been a total success..
It was the happiest moment of my XIMB life. everybody was congratulating and hugging each other. The atmosphere was quite energetic with ppl resorting to lifting each other in air, crowding for photo snaps :) and then the cake followed by the very XIMB's JLT.. It was total fun and masti..I was missing someone very special to me. with her it would have been more fun and masti 4 sure :)
LONG LIVE XIMB !!!!

Oppurtunities !!!

2006-01-02T01:45:00.000-08:00

It is very important that we grab the Opportunities that come in our life becoz its really frustrating to repent on the lost Opportunity. I remember in my MNIT jaipur days i had an Opportunity to buy an Guitar which my senior was selling as his college days were on the verge of completion. I did not followed up and he sold it to an another person. Then the decision to buy a new one got delayed and Thank GOD I became an engineer. After joining XIMB again the old desire to be a Guitarist arose and got a Guitar on request from a friend but Thanks to the tight schedule it is still a dream. When I look back and think of the day my senior came to me and told about the sale.Have i bought the same, i m sure i wud have learnt a lot and who Knows i would have been the next joe satriani :) but becoz i cud not grab the opportunity my dream of becoming a Guitarist is still a DREAM. And its going to be tougher to realise it, day by day, as i enter into the Corporate life. Looking at the leverage i would have got being a singer i really really repent my losing of opportunity that day.
Infact many a times we loose good friends as we keep losing the opportunities to keep the relation alive . We keep losing opportunities in making relationships with some really nice people we met in our life.
It is only when we really need them that we repent our inaction or bad decision.
I have heard lots of stories wherein two lovers who love each other very much but just cud not express their feelings. they kept on losing the opportunities and one day one of them or one's family decides to marry the person with someone unknown about which one dunno much..
I was just talking to my friend and he was saying that he and his fiancee do keep talking on phone sometime..and one of the questions when his fiancee asked was tht do u have feelings for me? and My friend said very honestly NO.. i sort of rebuked him for such insensible behavior but his argument had a point.. he said how can i develop feelings with someone i have jst seen once during the engagement and talked may be couple of hours on PHONE.. it simply does not come..
I was comfortable of the concept of arranged marraiges to some extent but i sort of feeling uncomfortable with case studies like this.. I would say this is not a Marraige but a compromise. and i also believe that arranged marraiges of such type will not work anymore. if it works than i can say u r really lucky..
why i say this is becoz in earlier days men used to be sole bread winner and there was not much women empowerment and women had to make most of the compromises.so the concept although having a lot of loopholes worked somewhat. But in today's age where women is going along arm in arm with men it will be tough time for marraiges to work well unless there is a good amount of chemistry among the two.Both of them should understand each other well, love talking to each other, understand their likes and dislikes and shud be ready to compromise.There has to be a respect for the other person between them. In toto, they have to be good friends.
So looking at the repurcussions of lost opportunity, one should be always ready to grab the opportunity thats comes in one's life rather than repent all thru life about the same..

Failure Stories

2006-01-01T17:22:00.000-08:00

Many a times it happens that looking at other people failure stories or even some of our owm bad experiences, we make a mindset that this is not for me.. and to tell u, its really very difficult to change this mindset once it sets in.
We come to hear a lot of love stories which have failed due to host of reasons primarily caste problems, ego clashes and many more. But does that mean one should stop "loving" ?? I believe Love is the "most precious gift" of GOD and i can say that the amount of happiness and positiveness it gives is worth making a TRY. I also believe that the satisfaction one would get in getting one's LOVE is worth the small compromises and sacrifices that one may need to make in the process.
i beleive that without LOVE the world will not be worth a place to live in.

A Nice Thought

2005-12-31T04:27:00.000-08:00

"Happiness should not be destination but the journey itself". I had little anxiety about the destination which was stopping me of enjoying the journey. but now i am loving the journey and feeling nice about it. I m not going to stay idle thinking about the feasibilty of destination instead i will be putting my best and will enjoi the process and leave the result on HIM...
A nice thought can change the way u live ur life :)

On Love

2005-12-29T10:51:00.000-08:00

It is said that Love is not done purposefully, it just happens. It is not done from the head but from the heart. if we will try to put more practicability into it ( i agree some degree of practicability is good) than it will lose its charm. If the love is true, then it can win over any hurdle.
What say ppl??

A Memorable Trip

2005-12-27T09:24:00.000-08:00

The Trip had everything to remember..some cool ML fundas, a Titanic experience, puri beach moments of anxiety and later fun with affi, customised antakshari and not to forget the real nice songs from sona & sapna and off course patro's jokes :)
It was a tough decision to decide about the location of the trip but thank GOD we finally make it...so the stage was set at 5:30 am , jhabier college..
Woke up with lot of enthu and was ready by 5:40 , keenly waiting for the indica to come but alas!! its seems like some other Jhabier college has come in bbsr(never heard..finally came to know tht it was a story) so its started getting delayed untill........................... patro lost his temper and then started the ML gyaan (P.S Patro is ML topper)and came to know more about consumer court, mental agony(jst wondering did he actually have some:)) The Trip was almost on the verge of getting cancelled as it was alraedy 8am but Thank GOD again we thought of going ahead and not wasting one more early morning ( for ur info : Jhabier mornings are really nice )
so it all started and with 2 stage singers and one upcoming singer ( she sang really well thru out) with some good contributions from patro and affi( slept most of time :)) we kept on the antakshari session which continued till we reached XIMB back( u should appreciate the ethu of the singers inside). Not to forget i was at my best today and was the sole contender for the worst song selections and erratic execution :) after the schedule which got helter shelter after the morning mishap we some how reached chilika by 10:30 and the journey to kalijai temple began( Kalijai temple is 18 kms from Chilika and motor boats are available in plenty to take u thr). We thought of going to see dolphins but being already started late we thought against it and again some market research data about dolphin trip showed : 4 people no success i.e cud not find any dolphins. we were very happy that we made a good decision as we somehow make it to puri beach before sunset...
The kalijai trip was real titanic experience..i was feeling nice to be so close to nature and it natural beauties( we had hard time finding other beauties ;) during the trip and had to be satisfied be the one's we had :))
so... nature and us and how come no pics??? ( Thanks to ashish 4 his digicam)the photo session:) started and we had real nice pics. buzz me if u wanna see..
i had some beautiful moments with a nice 2 year kid "Ashish" in the boat. he was really lovely. it was like i became a child with him. child hood days were so nice and i really crave for them now.
we saved some time in the process and were getting back to earlier schedule but alas again!!!
why the hell targedy strucks us only :(
the road that the driver took to puri was in a very bad shape and the journey which we thought to be a 2 hr journey get enlarged to 3.5 hrs so we were again back to ur delayed schedule.(Thank GOD we saved some time during our kalijai trip). I and aftab were very excited about the puri beach but our enthu was getting lowered as the sun was going down ..we raeched puri at around 5 :30 and it was like... dark setting in and not to forget the chilly weather. but as usual MNITians( me and aftab) never run away from the battlefield.. so we slowly started getting more inside into the sea waters and the anxiety we initially had, turned into fun and we atarted loving it (Remember Mc donalds ad: I m lovin it)
we were little dissapointed that others didn't join otherwise the fun wud have been more ;) its veg..
after that we marched towards the historic and pious Jagannath temple.. we kept our sandals inside the car and it was like flashblack for me( our vaishno devi trip during engg we went bare foot all thru till maa ka darbar, bharaivji and back).
I have been to temple before and have been very lucky as i was able to get what i asked for the last time. I have tremendous believe in GOD and by his grace , i am whatever i am now...
A sudden feeling of happiness filled in me as i eneterd the mandir gate. To tell you it was Lord's call and i have not planned to visit untill "patro and team" asked 4 the trip and i usually think twice before i say yes but this time i didn't thought and said yes..so its all his drama:)
i thanked GOD and put some new queries: result awaited todays dream :)
will try to put in next blogs if interesting things turn up....
Now, After the Gods bless everything went fine and we made it to XIMB by 10pm and the journey was filled with fun some put deliberartely by me and some i actually donno why i m losing my memories :) and also it was scintillating performance by the upcoming singer of XIMB guess who?????
she is GOLD of XIMB ( Hint: read the blog once more )
Hope tht some more interesting things will come in my life with new year round the corner and dont forget about the Dream .
Keep Reading :)

Operation Duryodhana & Operation Chakravyuha

2005-12-24T23:20:00.000-08:00

As i woke up today morning and glanced at the TOI main page i found a landmark decision being taken in the history of indian democracy. The 11 tainted ministers who have been involved in the Cash for query scam and MPLAD scam have been expelled by the parliament.i have seen many scams starting from Bofors, urea,JMM bribery case, tehelka, the much recent volcker report revelation and the list can goes on.India has been ranked as among the most corrupted nations of the world by many International agiencies. i could say that corruption has got into our blood and is no more a social stigma. i have been part of many GDs discussing about Corruption and how to face this menace and pondered about how can we get over this evil. For rooting out the corruption,I believe that it should start from the top. when we see our political leaders who have been our role models during the pre and immediate post independence era are now very much submerged into the ocean of corrupt activities. Also there has little that has been done to check this. One of the glaring examples is the case of Sukhram. everybody knows what happened to him. Such type of incidents actually demolish the faith that one has on the democarcy.
But today decision has been truly a landmark one. It was the need of the hour that the decision should be line to uphold the dignity of the citadel of the indian decomacry. And not only the entire nation but the whole world was looking at what the decision would be.It is true that these 11 ministers were just unlucky enough to get caught and there are many many big shots into all this but it is also true that we have to make a beginning somewhere. I would like to congratulate Media(the fourth pillar of the democracy) for keeping up to its role.
I believe that corruption can be tackled and rooted out with the help of technology( right to information act, ITC echoupal ), bringing private players into the fray to increase competition, literacy and not to forget the Media's role.
we need to clean up these corrupt practices and mentalities and work together to realise the dream of India becoming the world power by 2050. Amen !!!!

Why to walk if u can Run

2005-12-23T15:30:00.000-08:00

I was just pondering about what should be my first blog on ? and then THOUGHTS came to my mind of one of the bestsellers "The Autobiography of Lee Ioccaca" where Lee Ioccaca's father run after the golf ball after hitting it and when Ioccaca asks father why are u running,u can simply walk. His father replies "Why to walk if I can Run". This Quote always had a big influence on me and has always driven me to perform my best. My tryst to start a blog is again the inner desire of me to give words to my THOUGHTS.
Looking at the fast pace at which the world is changing one has to be "on the run" to catch up with the world. I remember the famous story of "Alice in wonderland" courtesy Father Abe about Alice who was running fast on the same place and when asked that why was she running at the same place she says " i have to run to be at the same place otherwise i will be left behind".
Today i had a feeling that i am not running. I am lacking the killer instinct that i used to have earlier during my school and engineering days. A lot of complacency has crept in.I don't wanna be left behind and i thank GOD ,who has always guided me whenever i got awry, for making me realise about the same.
With the New Year Season quite near i wanna include the same into my New Year Resolutions list, I am following this ritual very religiously for long although i have been very bad at implementations most of the time :)
one another resolution i will assure u that i would be following from today onwards is to constantly putting down my THOUGHTS here.
Happy Reading :)