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Kaladarshini

2011-09-28T22:28:00.000-07:00

Kaladarshini

Art promoters and Exhibitors Now having their web presence...

Working on diwali gifts and list of products... watch this place for more updates.

Hopeless Romantic

2011-08-29T02:39:00.000-07:00

I thought to write a New Blog after reading a good blog post of my friend Vikas Bahar... But Lazy me. Here is the link of his blog post... a good read though !!

Hopeless Romantic

http://diaryofahopelessromantik.blogspot.com/

-Subhash

Why Should I Care

2011-06-21T01:59:00.000-07:00

I don't know but why should I care...people around me knowingly or unknowingly speak wrong about me and portray my image in bad way. Why should I care about those people. The world is hypocrite so am I that is why i care because there are some things for which my interest is attached to those people.

IPL Schedule

2011-04-01T05:40:00.001-07:00

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No One Killed Jessica

2011-01-09T10:08:00.001-08:00

Just came back from a movie released this weekend "No One Killed Jessica". No doubt movie was good and happy that jessica got justice... however what I felt is, you get justice only when there is a influential over ambitious journalist who thinks that one case which she ignored years back is not just an open and shut case, it is a case which can give her ego a pampering.

Or there is a generation awakening movie which drives 'crowd' to take an action, because crowd has no face... we don't have enough courage to take an action alone.

I might be wrong, but still there are hundreds of pending cases in many courts. Many of them has been faced injustice but they didn't got the media hype.

Conversations To MySelf...Nelson Mandela

2010-11-15T22:50:00.000-08:00

I am reading this Book "Conversation with Myself" by Nelson Mandela and trying to relive those feelings... No matter i may fail but i can still feel that how he was feeling and been through. I am reading each letter again and again and trying to Feel each word. Awesome Book it is.

Here is One Letter Excerpt from Book

Excerpt from a letter to Fatima meer, dated 1 march 1971

'I shall stick to our vow: never, never under any circumstances, to say anything unbecoming of the other... The trouble, of course, is that most successful men are prone to some form of vanity. there comes a stage in their lives when they consider it permissible to be egotistic and to brag to the public at large about there unique achievements. What a Sweet euphemism for self-praise the english language has evolved ! Autobiography ..."

Prisoner 466/64 Nelson R Mandela

2010-11-12T02:58:00.000-08:00

I Just got delivery Of My novel "Conversations with Myself- By Nelson Mandela" and am reading it after that... even in office :-)

Nelson Mandela is like magnetic word to me, after reading about him on wiki pages and watching movie invictus am like fan of Mr. Mandela.

Now Reading this, Hope to finish this very soon.

Looks are deceptive

2010-10-27T00:14:00.001-07:00

Since Morning I am thinking about money and life... i updated few status updates of FaceBook as well.

Then few minutes back i got call from my dear friend sarvesh, he might have read those updates. He asked me one thing and wanted me to write it on facebook status. I thought and started writing and then I thought cutting sort that thought won't be good... so here it is.

when a girl or boy (we can take man or woman for more adult side) is not good looking (physical appearance) or say fat and not in hour glass figure (for girls) and not having six pack body, chiseled body (for men). He/she will compromise/more understanding and humble will be so sweet to others and people will say "so sweet" or "nice person".

Now if a girl or boy is good looking or say with hour glass figure and jaw dropping appearance then he/she would be more arrogant and more demanding or say Nakhare !!!

Does that mean Looks Matter... Looks are deceptive !!! Does that mean we change our behavior based on how we look ?

There is a tiny miney Hippocrite in all of us.. accept it.

I am not so good looking (right now) but what will happen to my behavior if I'll be good looking with six pack abs and nice features.

In Above piece of thoughts it is not applicable to all, based on what we have seen and experienced we thought this and I wrote this. Exceptions are always there, in both cases

a not so good looking person with bad behavior and a wowsome looking person with humble behavior.

Mostly I believe we do keeping pity in our mind, like we do charity keeping pity in our thoughts. I go to NGOs not because I am pity on them or I am proud that i am better than them.

I believe they are kids with no parents or not educated parents, so it depends on upbringing, how we can make difference, so I go there to show them and to explain them the importance of good behavior and try to give them good thoughts, a small part of upbringing.

So say truth to yourself, if not to anyone just to yourself, look into your own eyes directly in a mirror and think of what you doing. Clear Conscience is mirror of a person. It helps, it helped me.

ROBOT!!!!

2010-10-25T22:03:00.000-07:00

Hello World

From last couple of weeks am trying two numbers one is my cousin whom I lend some money and I needed money so thought to contact him, if he can return my money back (its been 3 years he took the money). So from last two weeks he stopped taking my calls.

Another is number of Mr. Pulkit Gaur, he is my friend... i don't know if I am his, but no reply from him either. He has time to add friends on facebook and for work, but he don't have time to pick my calls. I think he also think i am gonna ask some money from him :-|

It is different how people change, when they are in need they are super sweet to you, and then forget. I would say my friend Jasdeep and Sahil are not like that, they are I know can lend me money any time and I will make sure if i say by that time i will return I WILL, that applies vice versa.

Why I am writing this in a blog, because I saw updates from pulkit on twitter and am happy for that. Good for him, as his company now selected in RedHerring Asia 100 Finalist.

So I think, and think and find is it me only or everybody think like that. That you have to be sweet with someone in order to get your work done. Where goes the concept of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Till date i was thinking friendship is unconditional.

One more guy his name is Shailendar, he is dear friend of mine and when everything else give up i look at him and he say Okay !!! and it is not like i have to do some efforts to please him or other my friends.

Life teaches you lessons everyday, yet you make mistakes to learn more. In few weeks I am going to start all over again and I will keep these things in mind to help or being good to anyone.

There is this girl in my office, we go in bus together and the other day we were discussing about the alliances and togetherness, I told her that alone you can do many things, but in life you need friends to stand by you. Not like marriage is necessary but your friends are necessary.

For me Friends are bigger then to get married. I don't know how married life would be but friendship is here from long and helped me to grow what I was and what I am.

If no feelings then you are like ROBOT !!! Feelings make us different from machine, even animals do have feelings.

Still am not calmed after writing random paragraphs and writing random thoughts. I thought it will help me to get rid of those thoughts which are making whirl wind of thoughts in my mind and secreting some chemicals in body that now my body is so tired.

Thoughts are so powerful that you can make and break things.. make and break relations.

New Post

2010-10-21T22:34:00.000-07:00

Okay From last so many days after navratri am eating in evening again !!!!

But Now am thinking in a month or two I'll be leaving, so i will start over again afresh. New Country New Start ^_^

Kind of lame excuse but these days am eating wisely not just eating all the time. Motto is still the same to reduce the weight. As I know around two years back i was only 85 Kg and now 100 KG :-|

So will write about weight loss when I will start again till then let me write something else.

Day - 19 Weight loss

2010-10-11T20:49:00.000-07:00

Hello World

Yesterday was hard.... I didn't had anything just two apples so in night i was dead hungry... I ate Chane and pineapple... but now my mouth is getting sour... taste buds are clinging to get something spicy... they are not been exposed to the slightest spice in last five days... so it is kind of different and am urging to eat a lot... everywhere i can see the food.

What I do to distract is, I vision me standing there more than 100Kg with huge belly and few damn cool, sexy looking girls passing by, with pity look on their faces. I shrug it off and eat apple in real life.

Hope I keep up the Motivation to reduce the weight. I have to! !!!!!!!

Its the nineteenth Day and I should have lost oodles of weight if i have kept the exercise as prime component... sometimes I slip, but it is been success 90% and I believe if i keep this for 90 days I might reduce 10kg... which is good.

I have read somewhere if i keep this tight for 90 days at a stretch then after 90th day i won't feel it hard, it would be a part of my habit... or just my habit, to eat less and eat wise.

-Subhash

Day-18 Weight Loss

2010-10-10T21:20:00.000-07:00

Hello World

Last three days were good.... Despite it was a weekend, I emerged as a winner :D was able to survive the temptations and had only fruits and vegetables.

For Nine days you get the motivation, I think if it were not the navratri i would have fall for that temptation. It was Navratri fast that made me going... and am doing this for all nine days...

I hope after nine days I'll be able to keep this, and with due course loose some weight.

Still the Exercise is the main thing, which is not happening. :(

-Subhash

Day-14 Weight Loss and Navratri Celebrations

2010-10-07T20:47:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks

Its been quite few days that am not updating my blog daily. I should get an application for blogging from my Blackberry then I think I might blog more than one post a day :)

For next nine days starting today I will be eating only fruits and vegetables and juices also. That too not like eating truck loads of them, will eat when i will feel hungry. Fasting for Navratri as well as diet.

I miss my Ahmadabad days, back there in Gujarat, navratri is a big celebrations. They have that Garba and Raas Dances. Whole City of Ahmadabad is been decorated and people are so generous there.

Sometimes I feel why I left Ahmadabad, then I think might be because for better future and to learn more. We Pay for our knowledge and Experience... To gain Wisdom we have pay higher I guess.

So Far for Weight Loss, I think i have lost a kilo :) weekend Plan would be to go to gym for Cardio and to check the weight...

-Subhash

Day - 11 Weight Loss

2010-10-05T20:58:00.000-07:00

Hello World

I haven't checked my weight in last two weeks... plan is to go and check this weekend. Its been two weeks and yet i have to go to gym... all i did so far is control on food intake. I have to move my butt.

However, I am working more than 14 hours a day so not getting enuff time to spend on other things than work :( ..... Might be another excuse... I have to push my limits to achieve something good.

Today Plan is to eat only vegetables and fruits... no milk and milk products.

More later...

-Subhash

Day - 10 Weight Loss

2010-10-04T21:06:00.000-07:00

Hello World

Its been last few days was not able to post, however on weekend I had a party and was off the track of the diet plan. Now back on the track and eating as planned.

Apart from getting drenched in the rain, and catching cough and cold, needed tea so had tea. I am continuing the medicines and no exception for that.

Still, I have to spend time on exercise, which so far didn't. In two days Navratra is getting started so for next nine days i will eat only fruits and vegetables. Navratri is the Indian festival in which we pray Goddess durga. For nine days i will have a reason not to eat, else when on diet sometimes you eat chupke se.

Hope I will start exercising soon again, this weekend I have to go to see a doctor for my increase Uric Acid level, i feel more tiered and pain i my wrist and ankle every morning, and this is now often.

-Subhash

What defines what we are and what we deserve

2010-10-03T12:15:00.000-07:00

what defines what we are and what we deserve and Why ?

is it Karma ?? How ??

Today Saw a not so able man collecting waste from Bin and someone slapped him, I cried n he saw me crying n just smiled. What I was doing donno... what make me different from him... Why God made us so different one get food one get nothing. Why I deserve this luxury and he don't.

When I saw that guy he was quietly collecting waste from a bin outside one eatery. He was wearing a old coat, pants and shoes... Next thought came in my mind was, where he sleeps where he eat, where he do his daily activites.. these thoughts were so strong and so powerfull that next thing happen to me is i heard my heart beat and few tears came out... after that i cried like donno what... my friend who were with me they asked what happened... why you crying... I said I saw plight of a man, to just live.

While wrting this I donno why same face came again and am crying.. yes...

What karma is... what defines what we are... and what we would be.... Why that guy is suffering and am watching him suffering.

I will edit this post later... i am kind of filled with those thoughts again and don't have words to express...

But If GOD exists then why he do that to us. God says we are all his children, yet he do this to his children ???

:( :(

Day-4&5 Weight Loss

2010-09-30T23:08:00.000-07:00

Hello People

Sorry for yesterday... Lazy I am but am back on Blog. First thing I want to say Now is that am working on this because I love myself and want to live lightly :) second a Big Thank you to Vikas Bahar.... he is pushing everyday and taking care of my schedule. I need someone who can do that (Now don't tell me to get married).

Even thought I feel i should not be dependable on someone, one should take care of self. For that you have to be strong in your decisions and Disciplined, which is i am not. So I get lazy often and quit things after few days of starting. This time I feel strong because Vikas is there, taking care of me... I'll give my 100% and will get in Shape in two months... Now the Big thing is to start working out... Weekend has come so planning to spend some time in Gym and then make it routine.

Till then I will be writing, though there are few readers of this post... never mind :)

Thank you Vikas for being there... :D :)

-Subhash

Day-3 Weight Loss

2010-09-28T20:47:00.000-07:00

Hello World

So far so good except the gym part as am getting late in office everyday reaching home by Ten O'clock in night leaving to option to workout. I believe along with diet and this ayurvedic herbs exercise is the major thing am missing. If I start exercise then i will loose faster.

Two days went well with just a little glitches that I had a tea.... as in this diet program they say no to Milk and Milk Products.

Day-3 has started and I had that usual hot drink followed by the shake. Now in Office working. Will go for Lunch at around 01:00 P.M. till then i have loads of work which i have to finish, am already having three weeks backlog:(

Send me your ideas if you have any for the weight loss.

-Subhash

Day - 2 Weight Loss

2010-09-27T21:04:00.000-07:00

Hello World

Day - 1 was good apart from the Gym thing, by the day end I was not in mood to go to Gym and it was late. Today again I'll be in office a little late. Yesterday I had this ayurvedic medicines and that was all with one shake and a light lunch.

Today is Tuesday and I am thinking to give some respect to my beloved God Hanuman ji. So thinking to eat only Vegetables and Fruits. The Shake is usual one in morning I had and in evening again will have one.

Though I strongly believe that there should be some physical exercise, however I don't have choice to run away from work, as am already behind schedule which is not good.

I have to finish tasks before this week end. :-| keeping this diet plan and the stuff am eating, I hope I stick to this plan keeping my energies high.

Day - 1 was Success as I say 80%... Day -2 Starts let see how will this go.

More will come...

Current Weight: 100 Kg
Target Weight: 85 Kg (In three Months)

-Subhash

Day - 1 Weight Loss

2010-09-27T02:06:00.000-07:00

Hello World

Day-1

No matter what happen, this time i will write everyday through this program and update, even if i fail i will write... I should write, this thing i can do any time and better than anything (I guess so).

So today morning we started this program and it is at least 90 days program... I don't have that much time left, though till the time i am here i will follow this. I am planning to post more than one post a day. Let see.

In this program i have few herbal drink and ayurvedic stuff which vikas has brought from Rajasthan for me... he says it works it worked for his brother and father.

Along with this, I will go to Gym regularly for next 90 days.

Good Luck to me !!!! More will come soon

Weight: 100 Kg
Height: 5'10''

-Subhash

Anarchy of Chaos

2010-09-19T18:18:00.000-07:00

Why I kept that title of this post I don't know... but i feel bit weird today not sad not happy... not normal... When i woke up at arounf 05:30 A.M. today the first thought in my mind was related to the work which i have to finish, that is office work....

I miss those old days when i used to wake up with no thoughts just plain blank and mom used to say me... Have your tea else it will be cold. and then next action item would be reading news paper or plain simple talks with aunts and uncles ( I used to live in a joined extended family).... I guess this is why i feel uprooted most of the time... as now i live all alone no one around !!!

I am tierd of being surrounded by the feeling of insecure, unfocused, scared and loneliness...I want to be like when you wake up you feel the best with no tension and nothing... like we sometimes feel on saturday mornings. The next five days of the week decides the fate of the weekend.

I was writing because i wanted to share the feeling of that nostalgia which am facing right now... in morning all alone i was making my tea and sipping... now no one around to make me a tea and tell me to drinnk it else it will be cold... I made tea and was sipping while looking at trees from balcony and then it hit me... the thought. Big time Nostalgia... I opened my laptop and started writing...

Each Paragraph mean I stopped and took a sip or two of my tea and now as it is finished, i should go and take bath and start getting ready for the office.

What I need is the enthusiasm yes that is the word... that X factor is missing, at every party at every fun activity there is a constant fear on back of the mind, of what don't know.

Hope !! I will be better someday...

Never Say Never

2010-08-05T02:22:00.000-07:00

I was talking to one of my friend via email... and sent her one Poem about inspirational and not to give up... this is a poem which I heard in school, and our teacher used to sing this poem with his superb voice, what a power he had.

Here is the Poem by Dr. Harivansh Rai Bacchan

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

2010-07-31T20:57:00.000-07:00

Its been ages, remembered few friends I thought college days..Shailendar, Vikas, Gagan, Chirag, Aashish, Manan, Saurav, Manish, Tarun, Sandeep, DD, RajPal..Gang goes on an On,Before My college days i was like dork (Yes u can call Dumb)... Those days were best days of my life... COllege Days. I hope to meet many of them soon again... Shailli am meeting today.

There is One person called Pulkit Gaur... and omore Dinesh, Vrajesh, Sarvesh and few more in Vodafone M&G.... List is Endless.

Few in Office Few on FaceBack and On Twitter.

Spreading the Love of Friendship Day... Happy Friendship day My Friends

F.R.I.E.N.D.S. Forever !!!!! I owe you all a lot my Friends !!!!

In your Thoughts Lies Ignorance

2010-05-16T21:05:00.000-07:00

Monday May 17, 2010

In your Thoughts Lies Ignorance

Or we can say more knowledge makes you skeptical… when was the last time I took a decision without thinking of the consequences or things which will happen after that decision or action. I don’t know. The problem is more I know more it affects my decision making power, sometimes it is good sometimes it makes me think what I have become. Your past knowledge and experiences affect your current decisions. I guess that is why they say “All Good decisions come from bad experiences and all good experiences came from bad decisions”.

Which means my past experiences (read: bad experiences) are affecting my current decisions, but I am not able to figure out are the good decisions or just better. My past experiences are restricting me from taking any decision.

I don’t know what I want, but what I feel is if I am happy and I am not ashamed of the company of particular person and not getting irritated then this is it. That is a Go for me, but here same time this should be the case for the other person as well else it won’t work. I know I am bad at relationships (as per my past experiences) but then my take on this is, those people were on other plane and I was on the other.. for time being they jumped up to my plane to be with me which made them uncomfortable in long run, which lead them to say me bye.

I met few people in last couple of days and am thinking… thinking a lot about someone. Now that leads again to the old time which I have been through. Here to take next step am kind of scared and my past experiences are haunting me to take any decision. I Feel so closed and dead inside. The Good thing of decisions is that once you take the decision you are clear within and then you get result, you will not spent time keep on guessing, that keep on guessing time makes you creepy and unfocused, you can’t focus on your work on your other activities.

So right now that is the case and am trying to find out the reason. Most of the time it happens that I don’t take any decision. Which means it is itself a decision, which push me more on the low side and gloomy I guess.

I think I will wait for a while and let the things flow as they are going and will see with time. It is easy to say no expectations, but you can’t stop your mind to imagine. Imagination is unstoppable and I think a lot and my imagination has really big wings and sometimes it is hard to stop it. More I imagine more I went unto this… which makes me in real life weird!!! I wish things get clear soon (for me) so that I can concentrate on other part of my life. Sigh !!

Quarter-Life Crisis

2010-04-29T20:47:00.000-07:00

I Got this in a Forwarded Friday Email .... Like that.. read on!!!!

Funny yet awesome.
Amazingly true to the core. 

(This was doing rounds on the internet)

BEING IN TWENTIES - SOMETHING

It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now.

You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met, and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones.

What you don't recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.

You look at your job... and it is not even close to what you thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and that scares you.

Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantly adding things to your list of what is acceptable and what isn't. One minute, you are insecure and then the next, secure.

You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away, and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward.

You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you. Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better. Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out why you're doing this because you know that you aren't a bad person. One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic. You go through the same emotions and questions over and over, and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision. You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life for yourself... and while winning the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender!

What you may not realize is that every one reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out. Send this to your twenty-something friends... maybe it will help someone feel like they aren't alone in their state of confusion...

We call it the "Quarter-life Crisis."

All you have to flaunt is a Visa Stamping…. (no on-site trip yet…)
And worse still… that visa is not for US. All your friends who went for MS or MBA in US talk of Detroit, Michigan, Texas, etc as if we have learned Geography of US in 7th Standard.
And worse still… the MS/MBA guys come back for vacation in December for 15 days, invite a get together in Malaka Spice (where you dream to have project party once…), ask about your job, salary with some kind of sympathy and finally they pay the bill
And worse still… they tell all about the “adventures” in US which are not possible to do in India due to “cultural mismatch”.
And worse still… when you are not able to find a girl for yourself, mom-dad forcefully arrange some “kande-pohe”. These US friends come for 15 days, finalize the wedding, date over phone for an year, come and marry off in next December. You are still hunting.
And worse still… invite you to marriage and ask if you would be coming alone.
And worse still… you remember that you were among the toppers in 10th, 12th and Engineering, while these guys were average or in same league as yours.

… What happens when your engineering female classmates are all slowly getting married …
… When every damn girl you talk to has a bf …
… When you put on a little weight, thanks to special cheese burst pizzas by dominos …
… When you are too old to date a college girl …
… And when your ex (who is getting married too) adds you in facebook and looks hot as a summer day…
…
…
… you just realize that you are a victim of quarter life crisis … :)

Guru Granth Sahib

2010-04-08T06:43:00.000-07:00

I was going through one blog I Came Across, found this post really nice.

ਦੇਹ ਸਿਵਾ ਬਰੁ ਮੋਹਿ ਇਹੈ ਸੁਭ ਕਰਮਨ ਤੇ ਕਬਹੂੰ ਨ ਟਰੋਂ ॥
ਨ ਡਰੋਂ ਅਰਿ ਸੋ ਜਬ ਜਾਇ ਲਰੋਂ ਨਿਸਚੈ ਕਰਿ ਅਪੁਨੀ ਜੀਤ ਕਰੋਂ ॥
ਅਰੁ ਸਿਖ ਹੋਂ ਆਪਨੇ ਹੀ ਮਨ ਕੌ ਇਹ ਲਾਲਚ ਹਉ ਗੁਨ ਤਉ ਉਚਰੋਂ ॥
ਜਬ ਆਵ ਕੀ ਅਉਧ ਨਿਦਾਨ ਬਨੈ ਅਤਿ ਹੀ ਰਨ ਮੈ ਤਬ ਜੂਝ ਮਰੋਂ ॥੨੩੧॥

देह शिवा बर मोहे ईहे, शुभ कर्मन ते कभुं न टरूं
न डरौं अरि सौं जब जाय लड़ौं, निश्चय कर अपनी जीत करौं,
अरु सिख हों आपने ही मन कौ इह लालच हउ गुन तउ उचरों,
जब आव की अउध निदान बनै अति ही रन मै तब जूझ मरों ॥२३१॥

Translation: O Lord grant me the boon, that I may never deviate from doing a good deed.That I shall not fear when I go into combat. And with determination I will be victorious.That I may teach myself this greed alone, to learn only Thy praises.
And when the last days of my life come, I may die in the might of the battlefield.

Original Post here

My Today's Twitter Update so far

2010-03-23T23:42:00.001-07:00

Below is the twitter Micro Blog of today, I think I really Need help... is anybody out there who can help me on following issues.

# Any HR People out there who can understand my dilemma then please elp.. looking for #KRA #KPA #HR #Goals how to achieve 4 minutes ago via Echofon

# Any suggestions and advice anybody want to give me on my last few tweets then it wud b a great help.. please help me out... 5 minutes ago via Echofon

# So I have to think and show concrete output n faster output to my work n get some recognition.. i guess that will give some standing to me 6 minutes ago via Echofon

# wat i do is not enough for me it gives feeling that m slow in my work n sometimes not competent enough :| smtimes non productive 7 minutes ago via Echofon

# I sometimes feel lazy (read most of the time) and lose my focus so it delay my deadlines..n those are not strict too.. but yes i do feel... 10 minutes ago via Echofon

# not excuses but the points where I lag and to improve it.. i say he should decide weekly or bi-weekly target n set some gifts for motivation 11 minutes ago via Echofon

# my GL asked me that we need to talk on why it took that long time to finish automation of one application.. have to find reasons 12 minutes ago via Echofon

# I got another task from my regular work to create interview questions (Subjective) for #QTP which will delay my regular work. 14 minutes ago via Echofon

# Good Morning world !!! Did some realty check and no day dreaming anymore (yes I do that a lot), we have meet up on friday n will focus now ! about 3 hours ago via Echofon

Tips for Writing the Blog

2010-03-14T22:16:00.000-07:00

Seems Now a days Everybody is writing something and everybody is clicking something.

I mean everybody start their own blog and feel himself/herself a photographer. I see many people mushroomed out in these two areas.

I read an article on how to write a blog properly in today's newspaper. I felt this is the info which anyone can get only, more than that though.

So why it was in newspaper, to just fill the empty space, because they couldn't find any specific topic to publish. What happened to Journalism then.

Tips for Writing the Blog

• Make your opinion known People like blogs, they like blogs because they are written by people and not corporations. People want to know what people think, crazy as it sounds they want to know what you think. Tell them exactly what you think using the least amount of words possible.

• Link like crazy Support your post with links to other web pages that are contextual to your post.

• Write Less Give the maximum amount of information with the least amount of words. Time is finite and people are infinitely busy. Blast your knowledge into the reader at the speed of sound.

• 250 is enough A long post is easier to forget and harder to get into. A short post is the opposite.

• Make Headlines snappy Contain your whole argument in your headline. Check out National newspapers to see how they do it.

• Include bullet point lists It structures the info in an easily digestible format.

Need New LayOut

2010-03-14T22:09:00.000-07:00

I need a new layout of my blog. Is there any blogger layout designer out there who can design my blog for free or for the amount what I can afford.

It is again a new zest came in so again working on blog.... Last weekend went through some MLMs and other internet marketing businesses and Google AdSense.

Some Demo from MattCutts and YouTube.

Let see how far I go this time... I am already on Twitter though.

“Have Breakfast… or…Be Breakfast!"

2010-01-28T22:03:00.001-08:00

Today Morning I got an email from one of my friend mentioning this article... Liked that so thought to share it here

[Management Views from IIMB is an exclusive column written every two weeks for india.wsj.com by faculty members of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.]
Who sells the largest number of cameras in India?
Your guess is likely to be Sony, Canon or Nikon. Answer is none of the above. The winner is Nokia whose main line of business in India is not cameras but cell phones.
Reason being cameras bundled with cellphones are outselling stand alone cameras. Now, what prevents the cellphone from replacing the camera outright? Nothing at all. One can only hope the Sonys and Canons are taking note.
Try this. Who is the biggest in music business in India? You think it is HMV Sa-Re-Ga-Ma? Sorry. The answer is Airtel. By selling caller tunes (that play for 30 seconds) Airtel makes more than what music companies make by selling music albums (that run for hours).
Incidentally Airtel is not in music business. It is the mobile service provider with the largest subscriber base in India. That sort of competitor is difficult to detect, even more difficult to beat (by the time you have identified him he has already gone past you). But if you imagine that Nokia and Bharti (Airtel's parent) are breathing easy you can't be farther from truth.
Nokia confessed that they all but missed the smartphone bus. They admit that Apple's Iphone and Google's Android can make life difficult in future. But you never thought Google was a mobile company, did you? If these illustrations mean anything, there is a bigger game unfolding. It is not so much about mobile or music or camera or emails?
The "Mahabharat" (the great Indian epic battle) is about "what is tomorrow's personal digital device"? Will it be a souped up mobile or a palmtop with a telephone? All these are little wars that add up to that big battle. Hiding behind all these wars is a gem of a question – "who is my competitor?"
Once in a while, to intrigue my students I toss a question at them. It says "What Apple did to Sony, Sony did to Kodak, explain?" The smart ones get the answer almost immediately. Sony defined its market as audio (music from the walkman). They never expected an IT company like Apple to encroach into their audio domain. Come to think of it, is it really surprising? Apple as a computer maker has both audio and video capabilities. So what made Sony think he won't compete on pure audio? "Elementary Watson". So also Kodak defined its business as film cameras, Sony defines its businesses as "digital."
In digital camera the two markets perfectly meshed. Kodak was torn between going digital and sacrificing money on camera film or staying with films and getting left behind in digital technology. Left undecided it lost in both. It had to. It did not ask the question "who is my competitor for tomorrow?" The same was true for IBM whose mainframe revenue prevented it from seeing the PC. The same was true of Bill Gates who declared "internet is a fad!" and then turned around to bundle the browser with windows to bury Netscape. The point is not who is today's competitor. Today's competitor is obvious. Tomorrow's is not.
In 2008, who was the toughest competitor to British Airways in India? Singapore airlines? Better still, Indian airlines? Maybe, but there are better answers. There are competitors that can hurt all these airlines and others not mentioned. The answer is videoconferencing and telepresence services of HP and Cisco. Travel dropped due to recession. Senior IT executives in India and abroad were compelled by their head quarters to use videoconferencing to shrink travel budget. So much so, that the mad scramble for American visas from Indian techies was nowhere in sight in 2008. (India has a quota of something like 65,000 visas to the U.S. They were going a-begging. Blame it on recession!). So far so good. But to think that the airlines will be back in business post recession is something I would not bet on. In short term yes. In long term a resounding no. Remember, if there is one place where Newton's law of gravity is applicable besides physics it is in electronic hardware. Between 1977 and 1991 the prices of the now dead VCR (parent of Blue-Ray disc player) crashed to one-third of its original level in India. PC's price dropped from hundreds of thousands of rupees to tens of thousands. If this trend repeats then telepresence prices will also crash. Imagine the fate of airlines then. As it is not many are making money. Then it will surely be RIP!
India has two passions. Films and cricket. The two markets were distinctly different. So were the icons. The cricket gods were Sachin and Sehwag. The filmi gods were the Khans (Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and the other Khans who followed suit). That was, when cricket was fundamentally test cricket or at best 50 over cricket. Then came IPL and the two markets collapsed into one. IPL brought cricket down to 20 overs. Suddenly an IPL match was reduced to the length of a 3 hour movie. Cricket became film's competitor. On the eve of IPL matches movie halls ran empty. Desperate multiplex owners requisitioned the rights for screening IPL matches at movie halls to hang on to the audience. If IPL were to become the mainstay of cricket, as it is likely to be, films have to sequence their releases so as not clash with IPL matches. As far as the audience is concerned both are what in India are called 3 hour "tamasha" (entertainment). Cricket season might push films out of the market.
Look at the products that vanished from India in the last 20 years. When did you last see a black and white movie? When did you last use a fountain pen? When did you last type on a typewriter? The answer for all the above is "I don't remember!" For some time there was a mild substitute for the typewriter called electronic typewriter that had limited memory. Then came the computer and mowed them all. Today most technologically challenged guys like me use the computer as an upgraded typewriter. Typewriters per se are nowhere to be seen.
One last illustration. 20 years back what were Indians using to wake them up in the morning? The answer is "alarm clock." The alarm clock was a monster made of mechanical springs. It had to be physically keyed every day to keep it running. It made so much noise by way of alarm, that it woke you up and the rest of the colony. Then came quartz clocks which were sleeker. They were much more gentle though still quaintly called "alarms." What do we use today for waking up in the morning? Cellphone! An entire industry of clocks disappeared without warning thanks to cell phones. Big watch companies like Titan were the losers. You never know in which bush your competitor is hiding!
On a lighter vein, who are the competitors for authors? Joke spewing machines? (Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, himself a Pole, tagged a Polish joke telling machine to a telephone much to the mirth of Silicon Valley). Or will the competition be story telling robots? Future is scary! The boss of an IT company once said something interesting about the animal called competition. He said "Have breakfast …or…. be breakfast"! That sums it up rather neatly.
—Dr. Y. L. R. Moorthi is a professor at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He is an M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and a post graduate in management from IIM, Bangalore.

Day -2

2009-11-14T19:55:00.000-08:00

Day-1 Summary

Yesterday I started my program which I would like to stick to it and lose some weight. It was Children's Day yesterday and a tiering day in the end. I went to office at 09:00 A.M. and since then was busy in arranging and managing the event, we at Blossom (A CSR initiative at AMDOCS) conduct events for not so previledged kids and we work with many NGOs on regular basis.

So I had a lunch at around 01:15 P.M. had masala rice, salad and raita.

At 04:00 P.M. had tea and two karachi Biscuits (from Hydrabad)

At 08:30 P.M. had dinner 2 chapati dal and sabji this is it.

Did vajrasana after dinner but I was too tired after whole day event that I couldn't hold that for more than a minute. After that at 11:00 I went for a sleep.

For Day-2 Already started... I will right about this later today.

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Financial Access at Birth (FAB) Campaign

2009-11-10T21:23:00.000-08:00

Hi People

Good Morning !!!!

Today Morning on My Twitter Updates I saw a RT from ISB

It was about FABCAM
Financial Access at Birth (FAB) Campaign.

I read that blog from Bhagwan and like that. Then I Retweeted that and dropped an email to Bhagwan. Also I informed my CSR Team here in my organization hoping they will respond positively.

I am spreading the word, please spread for the good cause. Share this at all social networking joints. Retweet on Twiter and share of Facebook.

Win a Samsung Corby

2009-11-09T20:28:00.000-08:00

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Hey Guys I read this post On Mohnish's Blog and Sharing the same via this post.. I have just copied his post here please visit links, they are via his post only.

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Checking Add This Gadget

2009-11-09T20:18:00.000-08:00

Hi Guys

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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Data – Now Start Paying!

2009-11-09T20:11:00.000-08:00

Hey People After so long time I was thinking to write something however didn't get the chance and didn't get that mood. These Days I am feeling refreshing so thinking of some good refreshing topics apart from my older posts... which explains more of sad or looser side of me... which I guess now I am getting out of it..

For a Change I am sharing this post which I read on my employer's Blog.. Telecom Domain is vast and there is too much to learn and these days I am feeling that hunger that urge again to learn which somehow I lost few months back and was not feeling good. I am on to Learning phase to Build my Domain knowledge which will help me to improve my work :)

Read the post it will surely help you to understand and give me your feedback and Ideas I will pass it on !!!

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Society we Live in

2009-10-14T01:06:00.000-07:00

Wednesday October 14, 2009

Today morning I called up my brother(cousin) for some help (assistance) I needed, he said he is not in the town(he stays in Jaipur) and went to Jodhpur; to attend one of our cousin’s engagement. I don’t know what but I felt that people around him (my first cousins only, uncles, aunts) asked who is this and when they found it is me then I heard ‘Oh’… I don’t know what I did wrong with them or to anybody so that people take me like ‘Oh’… why they are so full of hatred and bad feelings for me.

I know we all need family and many says they are family men/women. However those who says (to me) that and I can feel sometimes when they are down (one or two drinks) they accept they are not that happy and they hate this and that. They want to be free like (say me) but they are in society and because of that they can’t. Why so hypocrite.

I believe Society is made by us only, if we are with such dual standards and dual thinking for anyone (for me all have) then you are not making a better society… you are not making better world. I see people having double standards and yet they are kept on doing this… don’t they have self respect.

Why people treat me like this because back there in my hometown people have enough time to do this sort of things and they all have their own false ego… they don’t speak truth et al and they always portray what they are not. It hardly hit back to them as to whom they are portraying that he/she is also doing the same thing.

I was excited till today that I am going home and will meet people out there, now I am not… I will go home meet my parents and stay at home only…

Here people respect the other person only if he/ she is doing what they say and what makes their false ego bigger. I am not that types and once I tried to do so… I did what they said… but soon I realized I can’t do that for a long and it happened naturally to me that I can’t stand for such a false things.. I did that because it was making them happy and I did that for their happiness… but my mind and heart gave up… So back there people (around me there ) took me as social catastrophe and treat me like that.

I can say it hardly affects me… But I knew deep down inside to answer them and to say make them feel that they are wrong I have to do something big…… then I think should I do that.. for them ?? who they are no one !!! I go there max twice in a year… so they hardly matters to me… am I breaking some nature’s law which say we are social animal and we should stay in society… Can’t we build a new society around us…

Does that mean if you are single then people in society should (must) look at you with one eyebrow up and thinking that there is something fishy with that guy. Why you want to get married when you didn’t find someone suitable for you… get married to only one with you are compatible and vice versa… speak upfront and try to be clear… second if your chemistry and wavelength (mental and thought) match then only you should get married to that person… as you are planning to stay with that one for next 30 years at least…

I found that and realized this again and again that Success is a relative term… Brings many relatives along with and with your goodwill you cannot charm people for long… people out there understand only language of money… you bribe them with gifts and talk all good about the (though they are wrong and not good)… they will do best marketing for you and they will work as your PR personnel out there and make a good image of yours.

That is what we are living with and this what we call a society…. I am happy that I am alone and Single…. Away from this day to day drama and society responsibility (which is not a responsibility at all)… I am happy with my activities which I do under CSR and I know my social responsibility to make a better world…

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!! I……

India Inc wakes up to social media

2009-07-06T22:04:00.000-07:00

Tuesday July 7, 2009

Morning when I was entering the office I saw one magazine kept near sofa, on cover page I saw some familiar logos like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn then for a second I stopped by and read the line “India Inc wakes up to social media”

I came in and after some usual work I couldn’t resist myself to find that article online. Found it and after reading it I thought to update my blog. From last few weeks am thinking on things to do and things which are happening in and around. I believe my thought sometimes (rather all the times) are scattered and they kept of wandering in the space to find the answers… answers are there however due to not so focused approach am not able to find them. Like I say I live in a material world and whatever happens around me affects me, I met many people online and gone through their profiles.. they have transformed yes transformed because considering the change is to time ratio that is huge and people has done remarkable things in short time and got recognition. Recognition I believe is one thing which is bigger than the money. I met those people (Julia Roy, Akanksha Redhu, Neha Tiwari, Naina Redhu) on social media/ networking website and found them interesting and impressed by their work.

I sometimes feel am at the wrong place, I do not belong here… writing code and doing same work… I believe I belong to internet… then why am here why not like others (okay here again comparison) am doing things online and make my own outstanding, I guess my excuse (yes excuse not reason…accept it) for this is I am bound by many things and am not focused.. what I do to be focused… nothing !!! when I read such things and feel I can also do things like this and a lot better than this then for time being I get focused and with time it all settled down. It gives me irritating feeling that I don’t want to be like others who just live.. I want to be a part of that group who makes the difference.. I have to be disciplined and regular…

I promised myself that I will make one post everyday on my blog… like that I can with time make some presence on internet and then can say am doing things from quite some time. Now after so many days am posting again…

I promised myself that I will study regularly and hard so that I can come out from this rat race.. coz I believe only higher education can catapult my career now not simple every year changes.. what I want from life is I want to make a difference.. I read every day in newspaper that some guy did some remarkable… now go back to that guy’s profile and check out what and when he did… first help yourself then help others… am not helping myself!!!!

I promised myself that by the time now I will be a happy and relaxed person… am I ??? I guess I will never… coz my priorities are different from others and my thinking level is different.. and you cannot change a person until he/she want to change himself/herself by own. That is all mind set and willingness to change.

Hope Now I get focused as I am done with my work quite some.. and writing blog. I sometimes feel scared and not free.. why I don’t know. Why am scared and from whom am scared. I applied simple theory.. that when I do something wrong or don’t do what I a meant to do then I feel scared. I am also scared of change though change is inevitable but it gives me those sleepless nights… but it helps me to grow.

Hope this time change will come after some time and I will stay put and learn new things.

If you read again you will find mixture of thought and kind of mess of thought (*yes that is the right word)… I will keep on blogging and update here with new mess-of-thoughts

2009-06-26T00:10:00.000-07:00

I started yesterday for my home to attend a marriage back here...many things happened on the way.. i thought to write them in some chronological order.. but not today thought to write that in some time...but when i came home then i got some shocking news and some updates which I expected to hear well before...

My mom had High Blood Pressure problem and she was admit in hospital for 3 days.... no body informed for that... then after that my dad met an accident and again am not informed... Now I am feeling bit different, I don't know why they didn't told me about that. Those two things now people are say were real serious and critical but why then nobody informed me. I am now not able to understand the seriousness of the situation now... and what should I do... how should i react to this. I am not that bad dad....

I am not feeling bad and am feeling bad for that that am not feeling bad for this.... Damn !!!! am not suppose to write a blog here when am on vacation and attending a marriage.. but these things made me to think what I am and why I am like this...so writing this blog !!!!!

Amdocs A year back...A year Now

2009-06-15T22:51:00.000-07:00

Today June 16, 2009 I completed one year in my current organization and it was successful one year... with some Hiccups. Yesterday I planned to go office on this day to enjoy my work... but hell from yesterday I am having Back Ache and it is muscle sprain... I barely sit for more than ten minute, I have applied some spray and doctor told me to take complete rest.
Ahem.... Now about my work life in Amdocs (My Current Organization where I work in its India Office), Here I met many people in last one year... Worked on various projects and faced heat in work shit... will not discuss about projects in detail as per company Policy. Will talk about some people whom I met... whom I liked, I came across and I admired.
On June 16th 2008 I met one person who is not head but we can see he only working of operations department Mr. Prasad Bhutada... he explained us about some company policies and the facilities... all other details which company operations team discuss at the time of induction... I thought not include this part in my post but when I look back I cannot exclude Mr. Bhutada’s part in my last one year... I was in touch with him if not say on regular basis but weekly and we communicated a lot... he might be communicating hundreds of many people on daily basis so he might not remember my name but that is fine... He is an ex Army man and he manages operations very well.

Once the induction was over I was allocated the project and asked to meet my manager, so search for his location started... in Amdocs as it is a big organisation there are some you can say naming convention followed, each floor is divided in three wings north, south and central.. and based on floor there numbering is set like if it is S-1 which means south wing first floor.So I searched for my location and met my first manager there.
Enough discussing these all.. so I met my first team mates then and got some kind of KT... as I working Software Automation Testing and Having experience in HP QuickTest Professional, a Function Regression testing tool for Software test Automation from HP. So I took a little longer to understand the applications and to implement the automation...that is what I was said in one quarterly review...Finally I showed them one automation code after some time and it was something substantial... By the time things were moving out... and I was moved out to another project... I missed my first project people and loved to stay with them... Before moving out We had one project event...and we all went to pavankhind a place near to ratnagiri... as it was monsoon that time and it was awesome experience... i enjoyed that a lot and it was my one of good lifetime memory which I will cherish always !!!
In my second project I met few people whom I was not met before and by this time I was knowing many people... as I was part of Amdocs Community service and become an active member... In new project I could see more people like me who are working on same tool which am working on and I didn’t felt alien there... But I usually going to meet my old team mates as it took time to grasp that now I moved to new project... I have Move-On
Slowly with time I stopped going to meet my old team and was busy with new work and new team members... then came the blow on me that am not good at my work and I was asked to perform else go home.. I was say upset because I knew I didn’t do any wrong or ill thing.. I was simply blamed because of ill management... So I took the challenge and worked Hard to prove myself... In that transition period some people really helped me and came as mentor to me...I thank them all.

I think what helped me alot was my attitude... people found my attitude as blunt and straight forward... I speak for things straight not wrapped in some flourishing words which satisfies some ones false ego... It helped me as well as took its toll...Finally I was through that phase and came out successfully. In that time all the current team members helped me a lot... I thank them all.
By this time I was gone through turbulence at professional as personal front... At professional front people helped me a lot and at personal I helped myself... started this blog... I was in process of making antibodies for my mind and heart... and I don’t know how much am successful at the point... but still I feel don’t know what when things happen... I mean... virtually it is like it was not for me from first place... but then what was it... I couldn’t understand...
Now am in some another project... yes in less than a year I was moved through three projects and Moved-On... Phew!!! By this time I had my lessons learnt in life and now I act in office which I hate to... but now I see myself as a performer....as an artist who has to perform onscreen and has one different life altogether outside... I have learnt my Corporate lessons and trying to implement them.
I met many people in last one year in Amdocs... few of them I would like to mention are Prasad, Mangesh kale(My first manager), sachin, Indranil (aka ID), Siddhartha (aka SID), Rajesh, Arvind( mentioned earlier..he was one of the mentor for me and helped me a lot), manoj(another mentor), Sejal , Aparna, Parashar, kaustubh (yeah I missed one part that I am part of Amdocs trekking group, he is one of the organiser and Nice guy).... there are many more... rather whole Amdocs as people used to say (okay tease me ) that almost 50% of Amdocs India employees would be knowing me, it will be hard to thank them all here... So people I am happy that I met you people...
Here... Today is the day when I stood still and thought What I have achieved in last one year.. I have achieved nothing incredible and nothing astonishing except some more life time experiences and another unsuccessful Story (okay here I have to tell the story to someone... still pending).
So people Now On I don’t want myself to be at same place (not literally) again after one year... I am fed of doing same work with different approach from last four years... I am working on many things at same time. I’ll update you all once I will have something concrete.

Life..Last One Year - In a Nutshell

2009-06-14T23:52:00.000-07:00

Sunday June 14, 2009

Hi All… I wrote some part of this post yesterday and some part today… so Publishing it Today….

Today I completed one full year in Pune… a year back on 14th June 2008 I landed on Pune Airport… I shifted from Ahmedabad (Gujarat) to Pune(Maharashtra) for better future and for growth. I was in Ahmedabad for almost 3 long years and I enjoyed my stay there… had some lifetime experiences and learnt many lessons of life. Shifted Jobs and stepped into many roles… one of them was of entrepreneur and it was great experience… Worked with Pulkit and started some ventures, Now I have my experiences and lessons which I learnt and Pulkit is doing really great in his ventures now. I don’t know why but I came back to this rat race, I hope soon I will be able to break these shackles and step out of rat race and pursue my heart… Entrepreneurship is not an easy pie to gulp it tests your nerves and believe me who are rock solid in their ideas and focused only they can survive… people like me come back to this material world as they have some different thinking towards life and they want to do many things in life.. they do day dreaming to achieve what they think.. but are scared of more than one things, they are not cowards but just they can’t live upto their own expectations and can’t stop comparing their life with others.

Someone told me, “You are living for yourself or for others”.. I think we all live for others and for ourselves, thing is we don’t admit… take a test… first rule is you are not going to talk about this to anyone else and you will be Truthful and won’t lie… now stand in front of a mirror….in which you can see yourself from head to toe… stand naked and look directly in eyes and ask questions like what you want from life… it is like kind of self evaluation… don’t be modest… think what you dream of, think what you like to be, think of what luxury you want in life.. and blah blah blah…. You will find your answers… We all live in material world and we want attention from others, we feel confident when people give us such looks, it satisfies our ego !!! and there is no harm in satisfying ourselves.

I have heard people saying, I don’t care how I look and what people think of me. Okay no problem, tell those people to be truthful to themselves only no one else on earth for once and look into mirror. They will also compare… So that is human psyche… not a problem.

So People back to the topic that I have completed my one year in Pune, I shared what I learnt in Ahmedabad, I met many nice people few of them are Pulkit and his family(for which I feel they are my family too), Tushar Anjaria, My first and only Girlfriend who dumped me in less than a year, Raghav, Firoz, Sathish Bhai, Imran Bhai, Chintan Vyas, Geetika Garg, I-link people, Vivek Joshi, Jasdeep, Sahil, Gaurav, Hitesh Desai, Ketan Solanki, My sister shifted then there so her family Colonel Uncle, Manish Bhai ( breakfast cab guy outside IIM-A), Ashish Verma (my college time buddy shifted to Ahmedabad)… there are hundreds of more people… I am lucky that I met them there…

That was Ahmedabad as I spent 3 years there… I came to Pune and main reason of coming to Pune was growth and career as well as my Friends who were already in Pune and they told me Pune is really really great place.. last one year was really nice for me… I had my lessons with me so I thought not to repeat my mistakes so I was extra cautious on professional as well as on personal (remember I was already dumped) front… I thought to concentrate only on work and do nothing else.. first few months I enjoyed a lot as when I shifted to Pune that time it was monsoon season and my friend vikas was pioneer of one Biking Group Bladerunnerzzz and I joined him on one ride… and it was great experience altogether.

By the time I shifted Pune it was like recession started… or say it was coming in front with full swing and impact was seen …. Then soon Lehman Brothers Collapse and other things one after another….Mean time I was also going through one complete culture change as I had spent 3 years in Ahmedabad and in Ahmedabad it is conservative culture where as in Pune it is altogether Fun and Open culture… I tried to restrict myself and was successful in that….Okay as per some previous posts it shows that I was passing through some turbulence but it was just a turbulence not my destination.

Then came the Recession Blow on me… I was asked to perform in my current role else go home… It was like question on my authority and my work… I knew I was not bad at work but due to some reason, some people put me on back foot. I took it as challenge and thought if ever I have to leave then I will first prove them that I was not wrong, my performance was not bad.. it was a poor management of resources and lack of knowledge in specific field in which I work. So I worked hard (yes hard coz if I had worked smart then there will never be a situation to work hard)… and sustained the recession blow… and continuing with my organization…

That time I learnt my corporate lessons and now implementing in current project and role… That time I got calls from other companies as well but I thought to stay with current organization for little long as I don’t have reason to change my job again…

Tomorrow on June 16, 2009 I will complete my 1 year in my current organization… okay logically I have completed but I joined my current organization on June 16, 2008.

I don't know how much I am successful to make my future better, I believe I will stay as is until I come out of rat race... I Came from Ahmedabad to Pune for better future.. initial days I felt i did a terrible mistake as I stayed in Ahmedabad for 3 years and I was attached to the city and people out there imotionally and I felt Nostalgic for initial few months.. I am lucky that I have friends here so they were here with me for my change...Change is Inevitable and Change makes you strong and helps you in Growing Up. Hope I will stay Little Longer in this Beautiful City

I wish myself all the best for my work and my Job… Wish me people that I give always an honest efforts in what I do !!!

Swine Flu H1N1

2009-06-12T20:56:00.000-07:00

I have read So Much about Swine Flu H1N1 so that I am now scared of even eating chicken. What just happened to the world, before it was bird flu... and many more diseases which were not heard in last 20 years.. I mean pork was eaten not in reccent time it is been eaten from decades but 20 years back there were no such issues. Same thing for chicken

Are these all things are connected...is it some kind of Sign or some kind of wake up call or some warning from Nature to all that wake up you are exhausting natural resources and destroying Nature.

Global Warming is the major issue and people like me and hundreds other read about it blog about it and at some extent follow to control this. My Take on this all Natural disasters and resources scarcity is Population..Think of all the problem and differentiate the problem to the smallest unit possible and you will find same thing in the end and it is population.

What we are doing to control this... Nothing !!!!. Why am writing this now... In my previous posts I was discussing about me, myself, what i feel on personal and my personal life... Today is Saturday Morning and I just read one News on Swine Flu and in Hyderabad now onw 6 year old girl is the victim, that is height!!!

On twitter we were just discussing this with some light twittes and someone just said she will hate coming out in public wearing some masks al the time... I just replied to her that as she is a designer and NIFT graduate, I can see the market for designer masks and she wrote one Blog Entry on this on her website !!!

Though all it was in light mood but it made me think again where we are and why we are.. so the first two paragraphs are of those thought.

I promise that I will religiously follow the rules and try to help more than a bit to not to add more hazzards to nature.. hope this will be my 10 cents to prevent Global Warming

Which Title !!!!

2009-06-12T11:18:00.001-07:00

I came to know that there are some readers of my blog... ok there is one atleast and he gave me some comments..some title :) people says am a good writer... i say am just a learner.. i share what i feel and i try to be honest as much as i can.. i promise not to write lies.

I read one autobiography sometime back...The Story of My Experiments with Truth in his autobiography he wrote truth and only truth... and that man had courage to write such truth...I don't have, but I don't write lies either.

I am reading many books these days and learning the langugage English :) hope some day I will write bit better than today.

Thanks for reading though !!!

Getting into my senses Slowly but Getting Back

2009-06-09T02:54:00.002-07:00

Tuesday June 9, 2009

Getting into my senses back again. Working on my studies and reading Vocab basics now. Got some basic concepts document on Parajumbles from PagalGuy. Hope I remain like this for some long time now so that I can remain focused about what am doing and what I want, Consistency is the key and I have to overcome my laziness and work on weak areas Now!!!!

Fragrances

2009-06-09T00:20:00.000-07:00

Tuesday 09th June 9, 2009

Do we agree that fragrances and smells are permanent…like I just bought one deodorant which I used a year back… when I use this and smell it then I can feel the same feeling which I had a year back, that coziness in the air… missing my friend Vikas and the time we enjoyed together….

I believe our mind stores such memories ad give index to them with some specific pointers :P too technical… it is like we remember all good memories with some links and smell senses performs a major role to it like vision. Vision sense is powerful to remember things, I read it somewhere for memory classes and for faster and strong memory they relate things with images and make connections.

Likewise Smell sense comes second in the list, If I have a permanent memory attached to one specific fragrance then it is hard to change it, sometimes it gives nostalgic memory… and yes here fragrance means a pleasant smell which soothes your nerves and relaxes you so that you can think or imagine the past time which you have related to the fragrance.

It is almost monsoon here in Pune and I bought some good deodorants and perfumes from same old shop which vikas showed me Bro’s Shop at M.G. Road  and am enjoy these fragrances with rain and remembering good old days… Feeling nostalgic and lonely but sometimes you enjoy your loneliness… and specially me now befriended my loneliness and we both have good time always…

Goodbye R.I.P. Rajeev Motwani

2009-06-06T00:04:00.000-07:00

I Just read about Rajeev Motwani from Matt Cutts Twitter Update... Yes am following Matt Cutts...

I am sorry that I was not knowing about Rajeev Motwani. I read there few minutes back and found that he was a gem of a person. I think with time and success if a person become humble and know what he came on this planet earth then he/she become one Great Person.

I have seen... read about many successful people and found they are great in many ways.

Today's my learning: Learn from everyday of life and try not be arrogant and try to be humble as possible.

Mt Everest

2009-05-27T22:40:00.000-07:00

I have been going on treks from last couple of months.. Okay I know I have not written any blog about that….one day I will consolidate all the experience and make one blog, and found it like I have that hidden desire in me to do mountaineering and trekking. I believe there is a mountaineer within. Though I feel scared many a times when trek is of difficultly level high..when I see the chasm just below my feet and I am scared not because I will die. I am sure I will not die but I will break as many bone and wounded that bad so that the pain will be more scary then the death. That Makes me scared, still I go on every trek and complete it successfully. One reason behind it is there is a friend of mine who is expert in trekking and he is fearless, so he gave everytime that hope and motivation so I go. I am here talking only the trek organized by my office and I go there with them only. I am thinking to go for some adventure sports this monsoon as well.

Okay where were we… So mountaineering I feel I should do and I feel good after that…Today in News Paper I read about one girl who recently summit Mt Everest, Here name is Krushnaa Patil She is just 19 year old and she did that. I am just amazed what she will be feeling now. What completeness and what a satisfaction. In the article it was mentioned that while descending she has to cover a stretch all alone and it lasted 7 days. Wow !!!! at 19 she is that rock solid in her thoughts that she did that and she did it successfully.

I have that hidden desire to reach at the top of Mt Everest which now slowly and steadily surfacing and I am working towards it with some increased pace… I have already started preparing as for doing so one has to be physically as well as mentally strong…. And yes financially also.

I think it will take another one year for preparation and hopefully in near future I will do this….wish me luck !!!!

Here is the Article about her…. Great Work Krushnaa.. Kudos to your efforts and hats off to your determination and achievement… All the Best !!!!

Why Men are Never Depressed

2009-05-14T23:01:00.000-07:00

I was reading some emails and got one email from one of my friend... Definitely she was in Friday Mood.. I kind of Liked the email.. Here it is...

Men Are Just Happier People-- What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put.

The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can be President. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park. Car mechanics tell you the truth. The world is your urinal.

You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky. You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Same work, more pay. Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100.

People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them. New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet. One mood all the time.

Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks. A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.

Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.

You almost never have strap problems in public. You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes. Everything on your face stays its original color. The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades. You only have to shave your face and neck.

You can play with toys all your life. One wallet and one pair of shoes -- one color for all seasons. You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can 'do' your nails with a pocket knife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.

You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.

No wonder men are happier....

Nice Naa... Thanks to Jaskiran. Okay I asked her LinkedIn Profile however didn't get so added orkut link.. hope she spare my life for that.

YQL (Yahoo Query Language)

2009-05-04T00:54:00.001-07:00

Raghav Share the link... Read it and found realy Nice...

Here YQL!!!

MidLife Crisis

2009-04-19T21:03:00.000-07:00

Phew… weekend is over an now am thinking from some time I wait for weekend with that joyous desire and plan lot many things to do over the weekend.. however on Saturday morning while having my breakfast, I was thinking or I felt a kind of loneliness surrounded me. Sometimes I like this and sometimes don’t.
By the day passed I was doing nothing, was thinking what to do ( what I don’t know)…. Spend whole day on my couch having one novel by my side and a movie in a laptop… I didn’t watched the movie and didn’t read the novel... Was lost in my thoughts…. By evening I got one term that also after when my friend call me and asked wass up !! I told him nothing…. I did nothing whole day.

The term is Midlife crisis. On weekends when I feel alone I somehow get depressed and gloomy. Due to this phenomenon last to last weekend (when it was long weekend) I went out of pune to spend some time elsewhere.
I googled the term “Midlife Crisis” and read a bit about it. As per the research it is less seen in Indian and Japanese culture raising the question of whether midlife crises is mainly a cultural construct. Some authors hypothesized that the "culture of youth" in Western societies accounts for the popularity of the midlife crisis concept there.
I guess I feel so because my work culture is western and influence by western societies… in our Indian culture we usually don’t go out for work and stay with family. In western culture people use to go out and stay alone… which makes them more firm and strong… but for that you need really strong will.
I feel low and gloomy these days I think because of the age and some monotonous life culture… office to home and home to office… there is no craze in life… there is no such excitement, which I was feeling few years back… I had that curiosity to know more… I was upfront . Now before doing anything I think beyond that.. which restricts my action… which make me feel I am getting older. Seems midlife crisis came to me a bit early.

As it is said… In your knowledge lies ignorance…

I am in office this is Monday morning and am writing this blog to satisfy my….. what don’t know!!!!
Hope this mid life crisis is just my imagination nothing else… I will pass through soon… There are many things to do and many things to achieve.. I can’t just act like a loose… I mustn’t behave like this…

Some more links for the term... I read more about it

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Lonely Saturday

2009-04-03T23:27:00.000-07:00

Today is Saturday morning.. ok now noon... just woke up and found a note on the door that my friends whom i live with.. some of them went home already and some of them off to mumbai... so this weekend i will be alone... it haunted me first then I thought let me think and let me think deep about myself... I was thinking what I have to do and what i have done...

I posted two days back about escapism and yesterday I chalk down the plan what I am doing and what is wrong in it... then i changed approach and now i have 5 days with me to implement that.... to show some output... output really make you feel better and confident... Yeah people one more thing.......yesterday I got and kind of award for my services towards Community relattion.

So now am feeling bit focused.. i guess so...

Another thing is when i found i am alone for whole two days it was mixed feeling... then i opened my orkut account and saw new updates for some of my friend... one of them is Vikas Bahar I really miss him... he was the person who created BladeRunnerzzz our biking group. Really missing him a lot... felt so lonely !!!!

Vikas All the best my friend... we will meet soon again... world is not so big that we lost easily :)

Escapism

2009-04-02T07:29:00.000-07:00

I don't know from whom am running away, from whom am trying to stay away, from whom I am scared.. yes I am scared. I don't know why I feel so unsecure, uncertain about everything.

I am escaping from one situation which am facing currently... It is not like I can't do it but it is taking a lot of time to complete the task and for which am not happy. I feel so scared even to get out of my flat... is it Escapism or is it simple unsecurity which make me feel paranoid.

I don't know what is it but it really haunting me... it make me feel you are alone and trust no one. whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Though I want to connect to new people I want to meet new people I want to know more about the world, so I created my profiel on Twitter @subhashbohra http://twitter.com/subhashbohra but then also I feel people are doing many things and am no where... why i compare myself with other... i think this way i can evaluate myself... however it make me feel low then also i can't resist to compare myself with almost everything...

I started writing blog some time ago but I can see myself as a lazy guy who is always confused about many things... who is not having rock solid FOCUS of any thing. Who start many things but with time pufff !!! all gone... I can't keep pace with that all. I want to do many things in life and I know what they are and how to start but that lazy guy over powers and am still here....

Hope this time I will as I have started again... I will reach some place which will make me feel better and secure.

-Subhash

Six Nights and Seven Days

2009-01-04T21:13:00.000-08:00

Wrote Some Post in last few weeks.. was unable to publish so publishing Now.

Monday, December 15, 2008 12:39:00 PM

I watched one Movie I guess on Saturday or on Sunday Night, it was on star movies. Movie Name was “Six Nights and Seven Days”. I kind of liked the movie, specifically in the end there was conversation between the Leas actress and her boyfriend, the boyfriend said he is guilty that he cheated her when he thought she is dead and then lead actress said she also felt in love with Quinn (Harrison Ford). Then they said this should not have happened if they were in love.

Nice situation and very well said, if you are in love with someone, love means a lot it is not just four letter word, I faced that and I have seen someone, she was in love with one guy that much that no one can distract her from her focus. She was and is rock solid in her thought that she has to marry that one guy only no matter who so ever come to me and asks me to marry.

I salute that love, that Love is everything. I wonder why people cheat their partners, are they not in love with them or something else. Why just they don’t talk. Why infidelity. I mean if you are in love with some one then you never cheat, you accept rather you love what he or she is, you take all likes and dislikes and you feel comfortable inside. That one make your heart beat faster and slower at same time. The feeling of love makes you feel happy and you concentrate better on what you do.

Ahhh… I felt only once and then it was gone, Second time I felt again and then it was not made for me. Now am back to blog J

Sometimes I wonder why human being felt so, I thought I will never feel such again in my life, but I felt and when I didn’t get that then I was sad. I guess that is how god created us with Mind and heart.

New Year - 2009

2008-12-16T22:13:00.000-08:00

Was just thinking about New Year, I have created one list.. which lists all the action items on me or say things which I want to do in coming year, I have to accomplish, I have to do, my liabilities, my backlog, things where I lag behind ( as compared to others(you can’t stop comparing in your mind.. that is human nature). This list includes my wish list as well. What I wish and I wish to get and achieve. My all hidden desires which I want to…

I am trying to create one list which will include what went wrong this year, what I did, what good happened, when my heart felt great, when my heart felt bad, when I my mind felt bad. New experiences, new people, new environment and lot many more.

Do you think you can also such list, if you can give it a try, and discuss this on New Year with your friends or family… and I believe doing this you can feel better and de-stressed?

You can talk of solutions as well.

Universal Childrens Day Celebration

2008-12-07T21:21:00.000-08:00

Universal Children’s Day

December 07th 2008

I know the day is not the Universal Children’s Day, but we celebrated the event on this day. Here we refer to the DVCI Community relations. We support or we try to do our bit in a sense to give back to community a kind of act which affects many lives.

It was a sunny Day and we were hoping a lot of action while the day proceeds. Amdocs supports four organization viz. Annapurna, Rachna, Saraswati, Salvation Army. These organizations provide support and shelter to the orphan children.

We planned to organize and celebrate the Universal Children’s Day with kids from these organizations. Planning started quite a long back as we were planning to organize such an event which will be kind of unique and each and every kid enjoy it. We had meeting DVCI Community Relations meeting, ideas started to pore, we were sure at one point that we want to organize a full day long event.

After lot of ideation sessions, and reckoning we all agreed upon an event which will look like a fair infect we ended upon a decision that we will organize a fair in which lot many stalls, games, amusement and entertainment will be there.

The Event started with the National anthem and lamp lighting from our DVCI Community Relations Head Jitendra Dutt Sharma. After that kids were separated into two groups and they were free to play games and visit stalls.

It was observed that kids were very active in outdoor games and the games in which lot of physical activity was involved. Stalls were there and kids were attracted to one stall in which you have to aim a pyramid of glasses with a tennis ball in course to take down the pyramid in three chances.

Some kids were good at carom challenge stall and it was seen children’s were well versed with general knowledge and mathematics, as they did fairly well on quizzes.

Children’s from some organization came up with the science projects, as we have informed them in advance that there will be a science project competition and one with the best project will win the competition. Kids took that challenge and came up with really good projects. One was on wind mills and one was on power generation using road speed breakers.

Kids enjoyed the food as well and post lunch we thought kids will feel bit tired but we were taken aback as kids were full of energy and ready to play other games such as one minute games and the enjoyed jumping castle and other stalls.

As the day proceeds to an end, kids felt kind of tired and at the right moment came in the popcorn and Frisbee and some other snacks along with tattoo maker (oh he was there since morning, but from morning he was not that busy). Tattoo maker faced some hard time as when was making different tattoos, so later he decided to make same tattoo on all kids 

In evening we had a few dance performances from kids and the prize distribution. Later when kids were leaving we gave them a gift with our best wishes.

All went well in the end and kids return to their places safely.

BladeRunnerZZZ Trip Done : Night Trip to Sinhgad on 28th

2008-12-04T05:48:00.000-08:00

Sunrise at Sinhgad, well this term seems to be invalid as this is my second night trip to Sinhgad and have never been lucky to witness it.

All we got to see was

Night Trip ---- the term itself excites me, and when we planned d trip to Sinhgad it was even more exciting as I had been there once .

And so with the itinerary send and the preparations done, we met at the 24 Hrs Open CCD at Chandni chowk, though the departing time as mentioned in the itinerary was 1: 15am , we started at around 2:30am ; Coffees and Conversations binding us.

So off we go on the pathetic roads to Sinhgad, took the wrong road once and when we took the right road we realized that the entry to Sinhgad in the night has been stopped since 15th Aug . Entry opens from 7 in the morning and they have also started taking charges for allowing bikes and cars (20/bike, 50/car).

This was our first halt, we spread the mattress bought by Nitin and sat down there to enjoy the stars with groundnuts :P. We also took some frightening snaps of ourselves with the torch light on our face

Finally we patoed the security guard , paid him some Ghoos :P and started for the hills ..

The roads as mentioned were pathetic and we had to be extra careful so as not to slip.

As we neared the top, suddenly it started raining and there was haze all over to the extent that we were not able to see the bike in front of us, this reminded me of Malshej (What a lovely trip it was). So slowly and carefully we reached the base camp of Sinhgad. On reaching there due to the rain and mist we were not able to realize which direction to go in till the tapri waala bhaiya lead us to the parking .

D tapri waale baba though looks too young for the tag BABA but was very friendly and also strict at times (see how he is making people wait for the sandwiches), he helped making sandwiches and also shared some with us . Thx to Gita and Nitin for the sandwiches .

D 2 stooges @ Sinhgad

And Finally The Vampire and the beauties

Lots of snaps and exploration later we started back for the base camp where the tea and kande bhaji was waiting for us.

Stomach full and happy abt the trip we started back for the Khadagwasla dam where we spotted these beasts all raring to go for another trip ..

The 10 Best Books of 2008

2008-12-04T05:32:00.000-08:00

Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin

The 10 Best Books of 2008
As Described on NYTimes.
FICTION

DANGEROUS LAUGHTER
Thirteen Stories
By Steven Millhauser.
Alfred A. Knopf, $24.

In his first collection in five years, a master fabulist in the tradition of Poe and Nabokov invents spookily plausible parallel universes in which the deepest human emotions and yearnings are transformed into their monstrous opposites. Millhauser is especially attuned to the purgatory of adolescence. In the title story, teenagers attend sinister “laugh parties”; in another, a mysteriously afflicted girl hides in the darkness of her attic bedroom. Time and again these parables revive the possibility that “under this world there is another, waiting to be born.” (Excerpt)

A MERCY
By Toni Morrison.
Alfred A. Knopf, $23.95.

The fate of a slave child abandoned by her mother animates this allusive novel — part Faulknerian puzzle, part dream-song — about orphaned women who form an eccentric household in late-17th-century America. Morrison’s farmers and rum traders, masters and slaves, indentured whites and captive Native Americans live side by side, often in violent conflict, in a lawless, ripe American Eden that is both a haven and a prison — an emerging nation whose identity is rooted equally in Old World superstitions and New World appetites and fears. (First Chapter)

NETHERLAND
By Joseph O’Neill.
Pantheon Books, $23.95.

O’Neill’s seductive ode to New York — a city that even in bad times stubbornly clings to its belief “in its salvific worth” — is narrated by a Dutch financier whose privileged Manhattan existence is upended by the events of Sept. 11, 2001. When his wife departs for London with their small son, he stays behind, finding camaraderie in the unexpectedly buoyant world of immigrant cricket players, most of them West Indians and South Asians, including an entrepreneur with Gatsby-size aspirations. (First Chapter)

2666
By Roberto Bolaño. Translated by Natasha Wimmer.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, cloth and paper, $30.

Bolaño, the prodigious Chilean writer who died at age 50 in 2003, has posthumously risen, like a figure in one of his own splendid creations, to the summit of modern fiction. This latest work, first published in Spanish in 2004, is a mega- and meta-detective novel with strong hints of apocalyptic foreboding. It contains five separate narratives, each pursuing a different story with a cast of beguiling characters — European literary scholars, an African-American journalist and more — whose lives converge in a Mexican border town where hundreds of young women have been brutally murdered. (Excerpt)

UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
By Jhumpa Lahiri.
Alfred A. Knopf, $25.

There is much cultural news in these precisely observed studies of modern-day Bengali-Americans — many of them Ivy-league strivers ensconced in prosperous suburbs who can’t quite overcome the tug of traditions nurtured in Calcutta..With quiet artistry and tender sympathy, Lahiri creates an impressive range of vivid characters — young and old, male and female, self-knowing and self-deluding — in engrossing stories that replenish the classic themes of domestic realism: loneliness, estrangement and family discord. (Excerpt)

NONFICTION

THE DARK SIDE
The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
By Jane Mayer.
Doubleday, $27.50.

Mayer’s meticulously reported descent into the depths of President Bush’s antiterrorist policies peels away the layers of legal and bureaucratic maneuvering that gave us Guantánamo Bay, “extraordinary rendition,” “enhanced” interrogation methods, “black sites,” warrantless domestic surveillance and all the rest. But Mayer also describes the efforts ofunsung heroes, tucked deep inside the administration, who risked their careers in the struggle to balance the rule of law against the need to meet a threat unlike any other in the nation’s history.

THE FOREVER WAR
By Dexter Filkins.
Alfred A. Knopf, $25.

The New York Times correspondent, whose tours of duty have taken him from Afghanistan in 1998 to Iraq during the American intervention, captures a decade of armed struggle in harrowingly detailed vignettes. Whether interviewing jihadists in Kabul, accompanying marines on risky patrols in Falluja or visiting grieving families in Baghdad, Filkins makes us see, with almost hallucinogenic immediacy, the true human meaning and consequences of the “war on terror.” (First Chapter)

NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF
By Julian Barnes.
Alfred A. Knopf, $24.95.

This absorbing memoir traces Barnes’s progress from atheism (at age 20) to agnosticism (at 60) and examines the problem of religion not by rehashing the familiar quarrel between science and mystery, but rather by weighing the timeless questions of mortality and aging. Barnes distills his own experiences — and those of his parents and brother — in polished and wise sentences that recall the writing of Montaigne, Flaubert and the other French masters he includes in his discussion. (First Chapter)

THIS REPUBLIC OF SUFFERING
Death and the American Civil War
By Drew Gilpin Faust.
Alfred A. Knopf, $27.95.

In this powerful book, Faust, the president of Harvard, explores the legacy, or legacies, of the “harvest of death” sown and reaped by the Civil War. In the space of four years, 620,000 Americans died in uniform, roughly the same number as those lost in all the nation’s combined wars from the Revolution through Korea. This doesn’t include the thousands of civilians killed in epidemics, guerrilla raids and draft riots. The collective trauma created “a newly centralized nation-state,” Faust writes, but it also established “sacrifice and its memorialization as the ground on which North and South would ultimately reunite.” (First Chapter)

THE WORLD IS WHAT IT IS
The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul
By Patrick French.
Alfred A. Knopf, $30.

The most surprising word in this biography is “authorized.” Naipaul, the greatest of all postcolonial authors, cooperated fully with French, opening up a huge cache of private letters and diaries and supplementing the revelations they disclosed with remarkably candid interviews. It was a brave, and wise, decision. French, a first-rate biographer, has a novelist’s command of story and character, and he patiently connects his subject’s brilliant oeuvre with the disturbing facts of an unruly life. (First Chapter)

The Sunday

2008-10-19T21:07:00.000-07:00

Yesterday We( me with my office team) went to attend a session, that was supposed to be a Project Event in which people enjoy.

Our Managers decided to do this in different way (as achievers don't do different things...they do things in different way). So we were asked to come to event in any case, That session.. day long activity was about team building and "How to Live Life Powerfully".

Any ways the session was conducted by some well known industry expert in that field. His name was (is) Raj Mali.

He conducted some team building exercises and more was his words... he was good at speaking and influencing people with his words. People were already aware of what he said, people knew what is there and deep inside they were scared to discuss that. What was lacking, people do not wanted to come out of their comfort zone. Raj discussed those points and concentrated on those areas only. When people came to know that others also think same, which means I am normal :) . This leads to a more thinking phase.

Everybody has their secret desire and they wish if those desires get fulfilled life will be life fairytale. The Points which he covered were

Context in life
How to Live with some focus
Risk Factor in Life

What we got from the session was, you have to LET GO things and change your context. If you stick to the same old context then it may lend you in trouble. Life is meant for Move On.

My Context in Life were

Growth
Confusion
Insecurity
Future
Acceptance by People

What I learn t is to add few more context in life

Gratitude and Abundance

Live Life to the fullest and live life with Context which gives you completeness.

I will keep on learning new things and add new values to myself as well as I will give back to the society and the community.

One last line which I just remembered "In your Knowledge Lies Avoidance".

Thanks Raj for such session.