I have given my way to my mental attic where I had stored all episodes of my growing up. Every episode spent at home, is a parcel of days to be remembered…
Climbing up stairs and slamming the door after coming back from school. Throwing your schoolbag on the study table and then switching on the TV set which emitted noises that would frazzle your nerves. Then the complacent sigh the moment food was served. The bathroom dense with talcum smog. The dancing in front of the mirror where every limb was tested. The strolling in my big veranda and enjoying the bliss of solitude. How a demure little creature would gain all strength in the world to fight with her little sibling . Those long hours where one would chat like a granny with your mom .
Then time plays its game wherein the stubborn child transforms into a thriving teenager and then to an impeccably groomed and dignified young woman (with exaggeration at its best) in a climate of perpetual wonder.
Yes its strange for this very house is now a place to spend my vacations. And look six months down the lane I’ll be through with my engineering degree and god knows how frequent will I visit this little paradise of mine. Its heartening to realize that four to five years more of work experience and higher studies…then the inevitable wedlock and then your inhibitions of a daughter melt you further.
All the pampering, all your pranks and plays vanish like water into the sand. The walls of my bathroom still not deafened by my melodious tunes , the clothes, the books, the paintings, the music playing, the lights on will be cleared away…..
From now on every homecoming will be cherishable experience as life takes on brighter colors.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Bihari or Beharry
NO this isn’t in retaliation to the brewing rivalry of north Indians vs. Marathi’s .Thanks to media enough light has been thrown on it. Its just a medium to voice those pent up feelings which practically every bihari has to go through when out of the boundaries of bihar.
The “Bihari” tag encompasses all crudeness with itself, a cult incapable of showing poise, glamour, having proper diction, devoid of good education. Bihari’s for no reason have been considered the black sheep of the nation .whenever you step out of bihar, the waves of this expanding paradox take real time to die down.
I and many of my friends have had this experience that the moment you reveal that you are a bihari there this complete aura of awe and amazement and with a little grin you are confronted with statements like
“you don’t look like a bihari”
“you don’t speak like a bihari”
These statements would compel you to believe that you were a hybrid variety of bihari or so to speak a bihari turned mod and your eloquence of speech would never make any Tom ,Dick but Beharry.
When questions like
“how have you managed to grow up in a place like bihar where people move around with guns and rifles?”
These fads practically dumbstruck you . And than you think for how long will have to live up with this mistaken identity.I would not undermine the fact that there have indeed been quite a many problems and issues with bihar but the stereotyped image of a bihari should be shrugged off.
Its not the region but your personal attributes which makes you stand out in the crowd…..
“kyoun bujhaieel ki naa”
The “Bihari” tag encompasses all crudeness with itself, a cult incapable of showing poise, glamour, having proper diction, devoid of good education. Bihari’s for no reason have been considered the black sheep of the nation .whenever you step out of bihar, the waves of this expanding paradox take real time to die down.
I and many of my friends have had this experience that the moment you reveal that you are a bihari there this complete aura of awe and amazement and with a little grin you are confronted with statements like
“you don’t look like a bihari”
“you don’t speak like a bihari”
These statements would compel you to believe that you were a hybrid variety of bihari or so to speak a bihari turned mod and your eloquence of speech would never make any Tom ,Dick but Beharry.
When questions like
“how have you managed to grow up in a place like bihar where people move around with guns and rifles?”
These fads practically dumbstruck you . And than you think for how long will have to live up with this mistaken identity.I would not undermine the fact that there have indeed been quite a many problems and issues with bihar but the stereotyped image of a bihari should be shrugged off.
Its not the region but your personal attributes which makes you stand out in the crowd…..
“kyoun bujhaieel ki naa”
Thank you
“it’s only words and words all I have to take your heart away”…how true ,sometimes little words said with courtesy and politeness could mean greater than the greatest of gifts. Thank you is just another ornament of speech which makes life smoother and soother.
It was just yesterday that I was in a rickshaw and it happened accidentally that while giving the rickshaw puller his fare I said by chance “thank you”. But to my surprise those two magical words transformed his days tiredness into happiness just because he was made to feel special . I still cannot forget his face…his eyes were gleaming with joy.
Its strange that we have so willingly shredded every thread of sensitivity that we barely realize the help offered to us .We take everything for granted and shrug off our responsibility to extend our heartfelt gratitude towards those people who make our life so beautiful…
POINT TO PONDER AND REFLECT.
It was just yesterday that I was in a rickshaw and it happened accidentally that while giving the rickshaw puller his fare I said by chance “thank you”. But to my surprise those two magical words transformed his days tiredness into happiness just because he was made to feel special . I still cannot forget his face…his eyes were gleaming with joy.
Its strange that we have so willingly shredded every thread of sensitivity that we barely realize the help offered to us .We take everything for granted and shrug off our responsibility to extend our heartfelt gratitude towards those people who make our life so beautiful…
POINT TO PONDER AND REFLECT.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Boredom's doldrum
“Nothing’s happening dude, the same routine life”. This is a common sentence oft heard when confronted with the question ”Hey Was sup?”
Boredom’s doldrums are one of lives most unavoidable hurdle. For instance pangs of irritation at the start of a long journey, a heavy traffic jam and you are unnerved by being stuck in the crowd for hours, long vacations and there is practically nothing to entertain your soul, sick and tired of your daily chores and so much occupied with day to day responsibilities that life’s charm seem to escape in to thin air.
“How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished” was the line which struck my attention while I was reading an article which dealt with life is to strive , to seek and find .But Hello! Lets be practical life is not just about hard core ideologies.
Boredom is a very required pause, a lull, a state of slowing down, a speed breaker in our fast paced lives. It is that restlessness which infuses a spirit to rethink , to overhaul your routine life. It gives you the impetus to know yourself further and compels you to something new. It’s surprising that this dullness leads to a life of action. Sometimes even if you’ve done something many time you enjoy it doing again because at the corner of your heart you know, ”this is it, if you are not enjoying all your efforts will be futile”.
Sometimes as an outcome of boredom you unravel your latent passions which were subdued because of your preoccupied life. You create a hobby or develop interests. You might even go for a complete makeover and revamp you dressing and be surprised with the compliments pouring.
Boredom is that state of nothingness or stagnation which has inherent seeds of discovery . A time to ponder “Hey do I need some change in here? ”
Anyone complaining of being bored. :-) :-)
Boredom’s doldrums are one of lives most unavoidable hurdle. For instance pangs of irritation at the start of a long journey, a heavy traffic jam and you are unnerved by being stuck in the crowd for hours, long vacations and there is practically nothing to entertain your soul, sick and tired of your daily chores and so much occupied with day to day responsibilities that life’s charm seem to escape in to thin air.
“How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished” was the line which struck my attention while I was reading an article which dealt with life is to strive , to seek and find .But Hello! Lets be practical life is not just about hard core ideologies.
Boredom is a very required pause, a lull, a state of slowing down, a speed breaker in our fast paced lives. It is that restlessness which infuses a spirit to rethink , to overhaul your routine life. It gives you the impetus to know yourself further and compels you to something new. It’s surprising that this dullness leads to a life of action. Sometimes even if you’ve done something many time you enjoy it doing again because at the corner of your heart you know, ”this is it, if you are not enjoying all your efforts will be futile”.
Sometimes as an outcome of boredom you unravel your latent passions which were subdued because of your preoccupied life. You create a hobby or develop interests. You might even go for a complete makeover and revamp you dressing and be surprised with the compliments pouring.
Boredom is that state of nothingness or stagnation which has inherent seeds of discovery . A time to ponder “Hey do I need some change in here? ”
Anyone complaining of being bored. :-) :-)
Dasvidaniya...the best goodbye ever
Full stop…The End…..these words may sound quite absurd to be the beginning but just exercise your reflexes and think what will happen if your life ends in just a few moments…
SHOCKED, PETRIFIED, DEPRESSED,SATISFIED ?
The last word “satisfied” might bewilder you .How on earth could anyone be satisfied if life would end so suddenly. Well, its not a piece of fiction , none of us are born with the guarantee period or with the confirmation that when our life is going to end. This exposes ourselves to the deeper truth that you never know what may happen next ,so live each moment as if there is no tomorrow.
Today I notice in my surroundings practically everyone is marooned by life.
Someone,
Thirsty of recognition,
Someone,
Hungry for affection,
Someone
Waiting for love to be back in their lives
Someone
Wanting luck to take away their strife
But why should anyone waste one’s effort in lamenting over the dead past or worrying over the brighter future. Just move on with the best of spirits. For in this life everything is temporary, nothing stagnates. So paint the picture of your life with the shades you like because-
The rush of hurrying throng
The hooting of a speeding car horn
The complexity of relationship
The burden of business partnerships
The struggle to be the best
The agony to forget the rest
Amidst all this lurks a soul behind
That the world as an individual could never find
So to put it a in a nutshell ..I wont say to keep fighting rather keep living each moment, enjoying it as (in the words of Keats)-
An endless fountain of immortal drink
Pouring onto us from the heavens brink
Nonetheless you could any point most honestly say-Dasvidaniya the best goodbye ever.
SHOCKED, PETRIFIED, DEPRESSED,SATISFIED ?
The last word “satisfied” might bewilder you .How on earth could anyone be satisfied if life would end so suddenly. Well, its not a piece of fiction , none of us are born with the guarantee period or with the confirmation that when our life is going to end. This exposes ourselves to the deeper truth that you never know what may happen next ,so live each moment as if there is no tomorrow.
Today I notice in my surroundings practically everyone is marooned by life.
Someone,
Thirsty of recognition,
Someone,
Hungry for affection,
Someone
Waiting for love to be back in their lives
Someone
Wanting luck to take away their strife
But why should anyone waste one’s effort in lamenting over the dead past or worrying over the brighter future. Just move on with the best of spirits. For in this life everything is temporary, nothing stagnates. So paint the picture of your life with the shades you like because-
The rush of hurrying throng
The hooting of a speeding car horn
The complexity of relationship
The burden of business partnerships
The struggle to be the best
The agony to forget the rest
Amidst all this lurks a soul behind
That the world as an individual could never find
So to put it a in a nutshell ..I wont say to keep fighting rather keep living each moment, enjoying it as (in the words of Keats)-
An endless fountain of immortal drink
Pouring onto us from the heavens brink
Nonetheless you could any point most honestly say-Dasvidaniya the best goodbye ever.
Diwali 2008
Kartik amaavasya’s dark still night and an eerie pitched in silence, waiting for the dawn to come & then thousands of kindled hearts unanimously light up diyas to banish all the darkness & sorrow.
Yes, this is the essence of deepawali, that is to lead from darkness to light, to celebrate the fact that goodness presides over evil.
This year too diwali was celebrated with its full grandeur but I feel somewhere it was just a satire as the light merely seem to camouflage the dark present scenario.
Truly, this year has been one eventful year with the sensex tumbling down, the entire country rocked by serial blasts and diwali time being the climax.
Under a thin veneer of light of this festivity, we were exposed to the gruesome degradation of human values.
The Maharashtra episode of death of two north Indians questions the very integrity of our country, the serial blasts in Assam where hundreds of innocent lives were devastated and the unveiling of Sadhvi Pragya being the mastermind of Malegaon blast puts a question mark on humanity which is at its ebb.
It is for all of us to realize that let not any festival be a mere ritual, a mechanical routine wherein you are celebrating just for the hec of it.
We have to realize that there is no north Indian or Marathi, there is no Muslim terrorism or Hindu terrorism, there is no caste or creed it’s the thinking that makes the difference.
So as sensible individuals its mandatory to realize that this thought process which categorizes you on the basis of region, religion , wealth is wrong. T
Thus this diwali I would like to give the message-
“ aakrosh me mat aa jao tum itna
ki insaaniyat ka dum nikal jae
nafrat ko dur karo tum itna
ki fir se hum ek ho jae”
(don’t have anger to that degree that humanity loses its essence and banish all enmity so that once again we become one).
Yes, this is the essence of deepawali, that is to lead from darkness to light, to celebrate the fact that goodness presides over evil.
This year too diwali was celebrated with its full grandeur but I feel somewhere it was just a satire as the light merely seem to camouflage the dark present scenario.
Truly, this year has been one eventful year with the sensex tumbling down, the entire country rocked by serial blasts and diwali time being the climax.
Under a thin veneer of light of this festivity, we were exposed to the gruesome degradation of human values.
The Maharashtra episode of death of two north Indians questions the very integrity of our country, the serial blasts in Assam where hundreds of innocent lives were devastated and the unveiling of Sadhvi Pragya being the mastermind of Malegaon blast puts a question mark on humanity which is at its ebb.
It is for all of us to realize that let not any festival be a mere ritual, a mechanical routine wherein you are celebrating just for the hec of it.
We have to realize that there is no north Indian or Marathi, there is no Muslim terrorism or Hindu terrorism, there is no caste or creed it’s the thinking that makes the difference.
So as sensible individuals its mandatory to realize that this thought process which categorizes you on the basis of region, religion , wealth is wrong. T
Thus this diwali I would like to give the message-
“ aakrosh me mat aa jao tum itna
ki insaaniyat ka dum nikal jae
nafrat ko dur karo tum itna
ki fir se hum ek ho jae”
(don’t have anger to that degree that humanity loses its essence and banish all enmity so that once again we become one).
Inheritance of Loss
“ but what am I
An infant crying in the night
An infant crying for the light
And with no language but a cry”
Perhaps these few lines very well encapsulates the plight of millions of orphans in the world. In an age where good parenting is not just about nurturing your child with care and affection rather suffice the new age demands right from best of education ,exclusive clothing, art classes, music classes ,cell phones, ipods and list would never seem to end ; I witnessed another world, the world of orphans.
On the occasion of rakshabandhan I had the opportunity to visit an orphanage. Little toddlers who couldn’t even speak their name were left all alone in the hostile world. I was astounded to see the performance of some kids who danced like professionals without any training or exposure. Half the day they would do carpentry or stitching and the other half they would study. To think of it , adversity had taught them so much ,to work for their survival, to take on the responsibility of their life at a tender age .All of them had big dreams to become doctors, pilots ,actors and you know the crude reality that barely anyone will be able to realize their dreams because of lack of proper education.
These children were still better off than those abandoned on the streets, railway stations, dustbins exposed to brutalities that is even hard to imagine.
But why?
Why is there such a startling difference in this world?
I am but a small voice
I have but a small dream
But oh the tears in my eyes
My visions blur
I am an orphan
My dreams shattered.
Perhaps its high time for all of us to realize that for every time we shouted at our parents, there was a child wanting to be loved. for every time we showed our tantrums , there was a child wanting to be hugged. For every time we demanded for more , there was a child all alone
“full many a gem of purest ray serene
the dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen
And waste its sweetness on desert air.”
Its sheer destiny that there are millions who have this inheritance of loss and its sheer irony that there are many who have got everything in this world but never had the perseverance nor the dedication to do something worthwhile in life..
An infant crying in the night
An infant crying for the light
And with no language but a cry”
Perhaps these few lines very well encapsulates the plight of millions of orphans in the world. In an age where good parenting is not just about nurturing your child with care and affection rather suffice the new age demands right from best of education ,exclusive clothing, art classes, music classes ,cell phones, ipods and list would never seem to end ; I witnessed another world, the world of orphans.
On the occasion of rakshabandhan I had the opportunity to visit an orphanage. Little toddlers who couldn’t even speak their name were left all alone in the hostile world. I was astounded to see the performance of some kids who danced like professionals without any training or exposure. Half the day they would do carpentry or stitching and the other half they would study. To think of it , adversity had taught them so much ,to work for their survival, to take on the responsibility of their life at a tender age .All of them had big dreams to become doctors, pilots ,actors and you know the crude reality that barely anyone will be able to realize their dreams because of lack of proper education.
These children were still better off than those abandoned on the streets, railway stations, dustbins exposed to brutalities that is even hard to imagine.
But why?
Why is there such a startling difference in this world?
I am but a small voice
I have but a small dream
But oh the tears in my eyes
My visions blur
I am an orphan
My dreams shattered.
Perhaps its high time for all of us to realize that for every time we shouted at our parents, there was a child wanting to be loved. for every time we showed our tantrums , there was a child wanting to be hugged. For every time we demanded for more , there was a child all alone
“full many a gem of purest ray serene
the dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen
And waste its sweetness on desert air.”
Its sheer destiny that there are millions who have this inheritance of loss and its sheer irony that there are many who have got everything in this world but never had the perseverance nor the dedication to do something worthwhile in life..
Monday, June 23, 2008
With u,For u............not always
How curt is that ....."with u, for u...........not always".well however it may sound ,if we shread all brinks of fabrication one can blatantly opine that this oneliner is the mantra of todays GENZ.
Stability,permanency is completely out of the crop.Change is the buzzword for the genz soul.
Be it anything relationships,marraige,your job,your career option ,your very look...no one will justify oneself on the altars of commitment.
We flex ourselves to get better growthopportunitied,so we change jobs, change cities.
We easily get bored so we change our look,revamp our house & facelift our lifestyles...
We dont want to be outdated so we keep on changing our gagets N gizmos.
And relationships....It begins with friendship...then the girlfriend boyfriend stuf....then once done away with the dating & whatever.......it becomes more than enough.....the relationship starts rottening.....And then theres "the BrEAKup"......n this is not all......then comes "we are now good friends"..............when you are tried ,tested & then dumped.....
So when an HR interviewer asks about how long will u serve the respective company n u come up with the most impressive answe.....when a girl blushes away to glory when the boy says "i'll be there for u always...."..n zillions of other such times its complete FAKEONOMICS personified to its core.
In todays world it would be a blessing in disguise if it becomes true in the very real sense ....
"with u, for u..............ALWAYS"
Stability,permanency is completely out of the crop.Change is the buzzword for the genz soul.
Be it anything relationships,marraige,your job,your career option ,your very look...no one will justify oneself on the altars of commitment.
We flex ourselves to get better growthopportunitied,so we change jobs, change cities.
We easily get bored so we change our look,revamp our house & facelift our lifestyles...
We dont want to be outdated so we keep on changing our gagets N gizmos.
And relationships....It begins with friendship...then the girlfriend boyfriend stuf....then once done away with the dating & whatever.......it becomes more than enough.....the relationship starts rottening.....And then theres "the BrEAKup"......n this is not all......then comes "we are now good friends"..............when you are tried ,tested & then dumped.....
So when an HR interviewer asks about how long will u serve the respective company n u come up with the most impressive answe.....when a girl blushes away to glory when the boy says "i'll be there for u always...."..n zillions of other such times its complete FAKEONOMICS personified to its core.
In todays world it would be a blessing in disguise if it becomes true in the very real sense ....
"with u, for u..............ALWAYS"
But pappu cant dance sala!!!!!!!
Big deal!He's muscular,popular ,spectacular looks like a firang ,girls hearthrobe,he's richie rich,he's done mba....could u ask 4 anything more??????????
This very popular song which is rocking the chartbusters is driving me nuts....cmon afterall a multitasker , excels in almost anything & everything .....could there be anything left...hmmmmmmmmm.........DANCE??
To think of it ,we dwell in the age of parties.Its like "work hard But party harder" kind of attitude that is synonymous to todays youth....& when it comes to parties.....mind you, dance is inevitably its heart & soul.....So if cant dance .....quite a turnoff....
No its not that we are hankering for so called clones of hritik...Its neither that one is looking into the details of multivarious forms of dance....jazz...hiphop..salsa ...whatever.....
Its just that one should be able to translate ones happiness ,expressions in the form of dance.
So with ample verification teemed with expermentation& after the juxtaposition of varied thought process....i come out with this explanation..........
Where the mind is without fear
and spirits are held high
where entertainment is top gear
could u ever ask why...
To make the right move n feel the groove
nothing is satisfying unless u prove
that u can dance
And u'll stand a good chance
To be a hearthrobe of party dwellers............
So as Saroj Khan says...."khush rehuye, nachte rehiye....":-)
This very popular song which is rocking the chartbusters is driving me nuts....cmon afterall a multitasker , excels in almost anything & everything .....could there be anything left...hmmmmmmmmm.........DANCE??
To think of it ,we dwell in the age of parties.Its like "work hard But party harder" kind of attitude that is synonymous to todays youth....& when it comes to parties.....mind you, dance is inevitably its heart & soul.....So if cant dance .....quite a turnoff....
No its not that we are hankering for so called clones of hritik...Its neither that one is looking into the details of multivarious forms of dance....jazz...hiphop..salsa ...whatever.....
Its just that one should be able to translate ones happiness ,expressions in the form of dance.
So with ample verification teemed with expermentation& after the juxtaposition of varied thought process....i come out with this explanation..........
Where the mind is without fear
and spirits are held high
where entertainment is top gear
could u ever ask why...
To make the right move n feel the groove
nothing is satisfying unless u prove
that u can dance
And u'll stand a good chance
To be a hearthrobe of party dwellers............
So as Saroj Khan says...."khush rehuye, nachte rehiye....":-)
Howzzat!!!!!!!
Cricket, cricket, cricket.....one word that runs in the veins of the Indians as blood.Cricket
though was a leisure game invented in the very soil of Britain but when transfered to India , it was not just a game but a religion.
And nothing on earth could have been more satisfyingthan to see the Indian team win its very first world cup on the grounds of Britain.It was just yesterday, after two & a half decades that the Kings of the Lords were being honoured on the occassion of its 25th anniversary.The same miraculous team on the nostalgic moment stood bold and tall & were definitely a class apart.
Not just because they brought laurels to the country by winning the world cup,Not just because they were very skilled but also because even after twenty five years no one was able to recreate history.
But Indians this year did win some world cup....a completely revamped world cup ie t20.
Cricket has metamorphised in a great way.Its not just a game but CRICKETAINMENT so to say.Now a bowler balls not for 10 but for 4 overs.Batting is not about strokes & delivery rather its about the speed with which runs are made.
We all had been viewing Manchester United, Real Madrid & many other such soccer clubs & with somewhat the same DNA , IPL was born.It has almost every ingredient to suffice the Indian appetite.It doesnt matter to which country you belong,all that matters is cricket.
All that matters is speed & power & if this isnt spicy enough theres Bollywood calling to cater to the needs of glamour. To add tadka to this very hot avtaar we have the cheerleaders.
To put it a nutshell this is what i call complete entertainment.
The best part of it is that you dont have to wait for those long 50 overs.....Howzzat!!!!!!!!!!
though was a leisure game invented in the very soil of Britain but when transfered to India , it was not just a game but a religion.
And nothing on earth could have been more satisfyingthan to see the Indian team win its very first world cup on the grounds of Britain.It was just yesterday, after two & a half decades that the Kings of the Lords were being honoured on the occassion of its 25th anniversary.The same miraculous team on the nostalgic moment stood bold and tall & were definitely a class apart.
Not just because they brought laurels to the country by winning the world cup,Not just because they were very skilled but also because even after twenty five years no one was able to recreate history.
But Indians this year did win some world cup....a completely revamped world cup ie t20.
Cricket has metamorphised in a great way.Its not just a game but CRICKETAINMENT so to say.Now a bowler balls not for 10 but for 4 overs.Batting is not about strokes & delivery rather its about the speed with which runs are made.
We all had been viewing Manchester United, Real Madrid & many other such soccer clubs & with somewhat the same DNA , IPL was born.It has almost every ingredient to suffice the Indian appetite.It doesnt matter to which country you belong,all that matters is cricket.
All that matters is speed & power & if this isnt spicy enough theres Bollywood calling to cater to the needs of glamour. To add tadka to this very hot avtaar we have the cheerleaders.
To put it a nutshell this is what i call complete entertainment.
The best part of it is that you dont have to wait for those long 50 overs.....Howzzat!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, June 9, 2008
SARKAR RAJ........
No its not at all a film review that i am about to post.....there are film critics to cater to the purpose & at the end of of the day its not my cup of tea......I am again going to where the philosophical cap & talk about the rule of dynasties which have dominated the Indians in all sphere's .......business,politics,bollywood.......the list seems endless...................
The Gandhi's ,The Scindhia's, The Tatas, The Ambani's, The Kapoors,The Bachchans.........everywhere the clan name makes the difference.It is these power inheritors who dominate & a normal man becomes a pawn under the shadow of these attention seekers.
Is it really in their blood to continue with the granduer of their forefathers?
If we banish our myopic thought process & try to understand things from a broader perspective we realise that coming from an influential backgroound is no big joke.One's action stand testimony to the great standards which have already been set. There's immense pressure on the novice to live up to the expectations of the market forces.Any underperformance would lead to his fall. Nevertheless one cannot undermine the fact that these legacy inheritors have nothing much to do but to continue their work & maintain their standards.
However ones vision is coloured by the colour of spectacle one wears.to enter into the hall of fame it is imperative that procrastination be dropped & quality work be the only underlining factor.
Individuals can ,if they are determined ,make their voices heard.Power does not necessarily comes through the barrel of a gun or through your family name ,it comes through who u are from within.
Arise ,Awaken & if u have got the passion to make it big .......u are the next superhero in the making..............
The Gandhi's ,The Scindhia's, The Tatas, The Ambani's, The Kapoors,The Bachchans.........everywhere the clan name makes the difference.It is these power inheritors who dominate & a normal man becomes a pawn under the shadow of these attention seekers.
Is it really in their blood to continue with the granduer of their forefathers?
If we banish our myopic thought process & try to understand things from a broader perspective we realise that coming from an influential backgroound is no big joke.One's action stand testimony to the great standards which have already been set. There's immense pressure on the novice to live up to the expectations of the market forces.Any underperformance would lead to his fall. Nevertheless one cannot undermine the fact that these legacy inheritors have nothing much to do but to continue their work & maintain their standards.
However ones vision is coloured by the colour of spectacle one wears.to enter into the hall of fame it is imperative that procrastination be dropped & quality work be the only underlining factor.
Individuals can ,if they are determined ,make their voices heard.Power does not necessarily comes through the barrel of a gun or through your family name ,it comes through who u are from within.
Arise ,Awaken & if u have got the passion to make it big .......u are the next superhero in the making..............
Saturday, June 7, 2008
ENJOY....LEARN...PROFIT.....
No one can legitimately deny that life is a complete mystery & each following day that passes by unveils a new thought, a new concept.....It was just a few moments before that i was going through the channels of my television set that i came across this advertisement of CNBC....it had the punch line:"ENJOY, LEARN,PROFIT"& i exclaimed with surprise "what deep thought does this punch line encompasses".
One has so easily succumbed to competition that it has lead to emotional bankruptcy.We are unknowingly becoming victims of stagnation,depleted of personal motivation to make it a life long process.
For many learning is just a routine......of studying one's way through school,college ,.........& further could be a job (the icing on the cake). In such a situation the entire learning becomes debased.We follow the tenets of peer pressure which compel us to put ourselves in water-tight
comparetments of..."enjoyment", "learning" & "profiting".
One can very well infer the justification from the very expressions that we carry during our lectures,preperations for exams......campus placements......whatsoever.......We do our assignments because we 'll be penalised if we dont....we study for exams to fetch marks....
Do we really enjoy the hard work we put in????????.....................
Yes,if the end result is good we do enjoy by treating ourselves to the core......but the crux of the matter is "You'll master anything u put ur heart into it".No learning can be profitable if we dont
enjoy the process.When we do that we get the vigour to work....Failure,stress all are dissolved.
Perhaps we all are roleplayers,everyone of us.We say that we are satisfied,but we never are.
Remember learning never ends.....One year down the linewe'll be out of college......then put to task at our workplace.......its like a process that never ends......
You cant ignore it ,as the pressures of life will crush you.......But there's onething we all can definitely do......"Enjoy,Learn,Profit" all at the sametime..............(Enjoy learning!!!!!!!!!)
One has so easily succumbed to competition that it has lead to emotional bankruptcy.We are unknowingly becoming victims of stagnation,depleted of personal motivation to make it a life long process.
For many learning is just a routine......of studying one's way through school,college ,.........& further could be a job (the icing on the cake). In such a situation the entire learning becomes debased.We follow the tenets of peer pressure which compel us to put ourselves in water-tight
comparetments of..."enjoyment", "learning" & "profiting".
One can very well infer the justification from the very expressions that we carry during our lectures,preperations for exams......campus placements......whatsoever.......We do our assignments because we 'll be penalised if we dont....we study for exams to fetch marks....
Do we really enjoy the hard work we put in????????.....................
Yes,if the end result is good we do enjoy by treating ourselves to the core......but the crux of the matter is "You'll master anything u put ur heart into it".No learning can be profitable if we dont
enjoy the process.When we do that we get the vigour to work....Failure,stress all are dissolved.
Perhaps we all are roleplayers,everyone of us.We say that we are satisfied,but we never are.
Remember learning never ends.....One year down the linewe'll be out of college......then put to task at our workplace.......its like a process that never ends......
You cant ignore it ,as the pressures of life will crush you.......But there's onething we all can definitely do......"Enjoy,Learn,Profit" all at the sametime..............(Enjoy learning!!!!!!!!!)
Friday, June 6, 2008
Hungry Kya???????
No its not about McD's sumptuous burgers neither its about my rarest culinary expertise,its
about hunger.When a bit of sensitvity is allowed to intervene in our so called very occupied lives ,we realise that we are barely aware of what is really happening around us.
We have so very confined ourselves to grave issues that hunger today for the "materialistic man " is for his position, his wealth,his accomplishments..
How many times our plates have enough left overs?
How many times do we throw food just because it dint did enough work for the taste-buds?
Do we realise the fact that there are millions who dont have means to sufice their basic food requirements......
World Food Programme had warned in March of a worsenning global food crisis:
"We are seeing a new face of hunger..We are seeing food on the shelves ,but people being unable to afford it..."
Here's some food for thought:
* Every 1 in 5 people in World suffers from malnutrition.total count going to 800 million.
* 0.5 million people in india are malnutritioned.
*Malnutrition results in impairment of cognitive skills & physical strength.
*It makes u vulnerable to diseases.
*46% of Indian children are underweight
*80% anaemic.
Yes all this may seem really boring & unappealing but if for once in your life u have felt very hungry....understand the importance of the very first bite u had.
Relish the food that u are served not for its taste alone but also of the fact that u are lucky enough to have it.
The next time you waste food do remember "IN EVERY 2 SECONDS 1 DIES OF HUNGER".
(Nope I am not a social worker,i am just a human which alone is enough to define the purpose.I hope it makes sense to other humans as well)
about hunger.When a bit of sensitvity is allowed to intervene in our so called very occupied lives ,we realise that we are barely aware of what is really happening around us.
We have so very confined ourselves to grave issues that hunger today for the "materialistic man " is for his position, his wealth,his accomplishments..
How many times our plates have enough left overs?
How many times do we throw food just because it dint did enough work for the taste-buds?
Do we realise the fact that there are millions who dont have means to sufice their basic food requirements......
World Food Programme had warned in March of a worsenning global food crisis:
"We are seeing a new face of hunger..We are seeing food on the shelves ,but people being unable to afford it..."
Here's some food for thought:
* Every 1 in 5 people in World suffers from malnutrition.total count going to 800 million.
* 0.5 million people in india are malnutritioned.
*Malnutrition results in impairment of cognitive skills & physical strength.
*It makes u vulnerable to diseases.
*46% of Indian children are underweight
*80% anaemic.
Yes all this may seem really boring & unappealing but if for once in your life u have felt very hungry....understand the importance of the very first bite u had.
Relish the food that u are served not for its taste alone but also of the fact that u are lucky enough to have it.
The next time you waste food do remember "IN EVERY 2 SECONDS 1 DIES OF HUNGER".
(Nope I am not a social worker,i am just a human which alone is enough to define the purpose.I hope it makes sense to other humans as well)
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Crush vs love
"Opposites attract" well this a well proven fact of physics.It is said science is a way of life and this maxim gains its importance when we ourselves become catalyst for the reaction of opposite attraction.But there's another countersatement to back it"opposites attract but likes endure"...
So finally after enough beatin around the bush let me come to the topic.
Crushes are merely teenage blues or may be younger than that(keeping in mind the latest trends) .To be more rational, lets not consider age as the barrier.
A crush is a "strong liking for an individual".I guess every individual sometime in his/her own life experiences this feeling.For its purely a natural process....you were never taught anything about it,You never plan it,You neither wanted it but it just happens.
For some it may be for a moment like a bubble which bursts out,For some it may be a long phase which withers & dies.
Crushes are merely infatuations, nurtered by laws of attraction.It transcends logic & reason.
One can never comprehend why suddenly you are attracted to someone.It may begin because of a beautiful face,a sweet voice, a handsome body,a charming personality,a sparkling smile, a kind jesture or nothing at all.
It may be standing at the window as he reluctantly drives away, it maybe waiting for her call,
it may mean lazy dreams of future with him/her ,it may be the restlessness to meet,it may be the urge to dress up to impress,it may be blushing away to glory when he complements,it may be the way she looked at you through the corner of her eye,it may be an act of bravery..................it may be anything but love.
And this is perhaps the reason why crushes crash & do not last.
For true love is an understanding which compels u to be together with someone to make up for the mutual deficiencies (as we all are somewhere imperfect....).it is about trust,its about knowing each other for what they are and not expecting to change like two halves of whole ,complementing each other.Its a process which can be understood only by experiencing it..............(some experience it b4 marraige n sum aftr)
So finally after enough beatin around the bush let me come to the topic.
Crushes are merely teenage blues or may be younger than that(keeping in mind the latest trends) .To be more rational, lets not consider age as the barrier.
A crush is a "strong liking for an individual".I guess every individual sometime in his/her own life experiences this feeling.For its purely a natural process....you were never taught anything about it,You never plan it,You neither wanted it but it just happens.
For some it may be for a moment like a bubble which bursts out,For some it may be a long phase which withers & dies.
Crushes are merely infatuations, nurtered by laws of attraction.It transcends logic & reason.
One can never comprehend why suddenly you are attracted to someone.It may begin because of a beautiful face,a sweet voice, a handsome body,a charming personality,a sparkling smile, a kind jesture or nothing at all.
It may be standing at the window as he reluctantly drives away, it maybe waiting for her call,
it may mean lazy dreams of future with him/her ,it may be the restlessness to meet,it may be the urge to dress up to impress,it may be blushing away to glory when he complements,it may be the way she looked at you through the corner of her eye,it may be an act of bravery..................it may be anything but love.
And this is perhaps the reason why crushes crash & do not last.
For true love is an understanding which compels u to be together with someone to make up for the mutual deficiencies (as we all are somewhere imperfect....).it is about trust,its about knowing each other for what they are and not expecting to change like two halves of whole ,complementing each other.Its a process which can be understood only by experiencing it..............(some experience it b4 marraige n sum aftr)
Confessions of a Twenty Someone
Twenty that milestone in your life when you are overwhlemed by the fact "yes ,i am an adult " in the real sense.Just shreded the experimental teenage years and now ready to take the plunge.You feel strong, invincible,ready to be commited in relationship,ready to be financially independent,ready to be your own. But the question here to be answered is that "Is it not far too ambitious attempt by the "twenty someone" to dream dreams of bein rich,independent & happy?"
Do we really know what we want?Do we really know who we are? The answer is no.We grope in the dark wanting to reach out to something, someone,somewhere sometimes not even knowing why let alone how.Today life is beset with multivarious challenges, frustation & problems both at personal & professional fronts.Drugs,alcohol,infidelity appear as possible escape routes which would definitely lead us nowhere.
If we really want to be prepared , then we should just have a peek-a-boo through our innerselves .Accept things and if they are not acceptable have the optimism & the determination to change them.
Discover the importance of yourself as well as others. Feel the power of love & expand your life through meaningful relationships.
"Every child is born with a message to deliver to the human race......a few words may be a work of art, maybe something he/she'll say dat completes the explanation .............of why we are here".
Find your purpose of life & adjust your wheels for the magnificent start of a whole new life. What youu end up doing, where you ultimately reach are trivial things.Dont focus on the end result, focus on the "JOURNEY".Make sure that you are really goin to enjoy, look forward to, be enthusiastic for,be excited for the journey.
And if the goal is achieved take it as a bonus.If not , so what ? Along the way you had fun .Along the way you had a life. Problems & challenges make life adventerous. For when we just not exist & begin to live the adventure begins.So decide that you will live for the journey ,not the destination just like a twenty year old.Decide that you will become one of those delightful people who on their death beds can honestly say "i made the most of my life & i have no regrets".
Do we really know what we want?Do we really know who we are? The answer is no.We grope in the dark wanting to reach out to something, someone,somewhere sometimes not even knowing why let alone how.Today life is beset with multivarious challenges, frustation & problems both at personal & professional fronts.Drugs,alcohol,infidelity appear as possible escape routes which would definitely lead us nowhere.
If we really want to be prepared , then we should just have a peek-a-boo through our innerselves .Accept things and if they are not acceptable have the optimism & the determination to change them.
Discover the importance of yourself as well as others. Feel the power of love & expand your life through meaningful relationships.
"Every child is born with a message to deliver to the human race......a few words may be a work of art, maybe something he/she'll say dat completes the explanation .............of why we are here".
Find your purpose of life & adjust your wheels for the magnificent start of a whole new life. What youu end up doing, where you ultimately reach are trivial things.Dont focus on the end result, focus on the "JOURNEY".Make sure that you are really goin to enjoy, look forward to, be enthusiastic for,be excited for the journey.
And if the goal is achieved take it as a bonus.If not , so what ? Along the way you had fun .Along the way you had a life. Problems & challenges make life adventerous. For when we just not exist & begin to live the adventure begins.So decide that you will live for the journey ,not the destination just like a twenty year old.Decide that you will become one of those delightful people who on their death beds can honestly say "i made the most of my life & i have no regrets".
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