1) Are Gujarat and Maharashtra rival companies cause of which they can’t invite Brand Ambassadors of each other? Where is national integrity then? Why is it that two states ruled by opposite parties are considered to be opposition or rival states? Is the ruling party only identity of the state?

2) In many countries, especially European countries, Amitabh Bacchan is seen as face of India. Unofficially he is one of the Brand Ambassadors of India. Or for that matter, every Indian is a brand ambassador for India cause every Indian represents India. So can Congress decline this fact?

3) Mr Bacchan was earlier Brand Ambassador of UP. Later he became Brand Ambassador of Gujarat and there are news that he will soon accept to be the Brand Ambassador of Kerala. So where does Mr Bacchan exactly belong? Or is it just the money where he belongs? Pay me and I can be brand Ambassador for your state.. Wondering if he would have accepted offer to be brand Ambassador of Taliban ruled Afghanistan..

4) Mr Bacchan has lived in Mumbai for 41 years, can speak Marathi and is an international icon. So what prevents him from being part of a ceremony taking place in Mumbai?

5) Isn’t congress indirectly agreeing to “Gujarat = Narendra Modi” and also accepting that their presence is wiped out in Gujarat by Mr Modi when it says Amitabh is Brand Ambassador for Mr Modi and not Gujarat Sate?

6) Talking of Brand Ambassadors, Why does Gujarat have a brand ambassador who does not live in Gujrat and is not even a Gujrati? Isn’t a brand ambassador supposed to represent Gujarat in some way? Gujarat can have a better Brand Ambassador in the face of Ambanis.. What does Amitabh do anyways being a Brand Ambassador other than reading out lines scripted by the rulers? Remember the “UP me dum hai kyunki jurm yaha kam hai” campaign?

7) Is the fuss about Amitabh being Brand Ambassador of Gujarat or is it about the differences between Gandhi family and Bacchan family? Mr Bacchan was a close friend of Rajiv Gandhi and was also Member of Parliament once upon a time. Later he parted away from the friendship and got attached to Amar Singh. Is this the reason Congress has issues with Amitabh?

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We Indians are the products of one of the oldest civilisations. We need to be really proud of our ancient history and cultural heritage. However, during the British Rule, we developed an inferiority complex, which adversely affected our quest to unearth facts relating to our glorious past. But our young and educated men and women, born and brought up in independent India, are capable of unearthing the true facts and are confident enough to evaluate these objectively.

Shri Ram being most basic to Indian “ethos”, it is necessary to know who is Shri Ram? Was he really born? If yes, when and where? As is believed by crores of people did he really put his feet on the Indian territory from North to South, reducing the sufferings of mankind and ensuring victory of good over evil? Let us take a look at historical facts:

The story of Shri Ram’s life was first narrated by Maharishi Valmiki in the Ramayana, which was written after Shri Ram was crowned as the king of Ayodhya. Maharishi Valmiki was a great astronomer as he has made sequential astronomical references on important dates related to the life of Shri Ram indicating the location of planets vis-a-vis zodiac constellations and the other stars (nakshatras) . Needless to add that similar position of planets and nakshatras is not repeated in thousands of years. By entering the precise details of the planetary configuration of the important events in the life of Shri Ram as given in the Valmiki Ramayan in the software named “Planetarium” corresponding exact dates of these events according to the English calendar can be known.

Mr Pushkar Bhatnagar of the Indian Revenue Service had acquired this software from the US. It is used to predict the solar/lunar eclipses and distance and location of other planets from earth. He entered the relevant details about the planetary positions narrated by Maharishi Valmiki and obtained very interesting and convincing results, which almost determine the important dates starting from the birth of Shri Ram to the date of his coming back to Ayodhya after 14 years of exile.

Maharishi Valmiki has recorded in Bal Kaand sarga 19 and shloka eight and nine (1/18/8,9) that Shri Ram was born on ninth tithi of Chaitra month when the position of different planets vis-a-vis zodiac constellations and nakshatras (visible stars) were: i) Sun in Aries; ii) Saturn in Libra; iii) Jupiter in Cancer; iv) Venus in Pisces; v) Mars in Capricorn; vi) Lunar month of Chaitra; vii) Ninth day after no moon; viii) Lagna as Cancer (cancer was rising in the east); ix) Moon on the Punarvasu (Gemini constellation & Pllux star); x) Day time (around noon).

This data was fed into the software. The results indicated that this was exactly the location of planets/stars in the noon of January 10, 5114 BC. Thus Shri Ram was born on January 10, 5114 BC (7121 years back). As per the Indian calendar it was the ninth day of Shukla Paksha in Chaitra month and the time was around 12 to 1 noontime. This is exactly the time and date when Ram Navmi is celebrated all over India.

Shri Ram was born in Ayodhya. This fact can be ascertained from several books written by Indian and foreign authors before and after the birth of Christ – Valmiki Ramayan, Tulsi Ramayan, Kalidasa’s Raghuvansam, Baudh and Jain literature, etc. These books have narrated in great detail the location, rich architecture and beauty of Ayodhya which had many palaces and temples built all over the kingdom. Ayodhya was located on the banks of the Saryu river with Ganga and Panchal Pradesh on one side and Mithila on the other side. Normally 7,000 years is a very long period during which earthquakes, storms, floods and foreign invasions change the course of rivers, destroy the towns/buildings and alter the territories. Therefore, the task of unearthing the facts is monumental. The present Ayodhya has shrunk in size and the rivers have changed their course about 40 km north/south.

Shri Ram went out of Ayodhya in his childhood (13th year as per Valmiki Ramayan) with Rishi Vishwamitra who lived in Tapovan (Sidhhashram) . From there he went to Mithila, King Janaka’s kingdom. Here he married Sita after breaking Shiv Dhanusha. Researchers have gone along the route adopted by Shri Ram as narrated in the Valmiki Ramayan and found 23 places which have memorials that commemorate the events related to the life of Shri Ram. These include Shringi Ashram, Ramghat, Tadka Van, Sidhhashram, Gautamashram, Janakpur (now in Nepal), Sita Kund, etc. Memorials are built for great men and not for fictitious characters.

Date of exile of Shri Ram: It is mentioned in Valmiki Ramayan’s Ayodhya Kand (2/4/18) that Dashratha wanted to make Shri Ram the king because Sun, Mars and Rahu had surrounded his nakshatra and normally under such planetary configuration the king dies or becomes a victim of conspiracies. Dashratha’s zodiac sign was Pisces and his nakshatra was Rewati. This planetary configuration was prevailing on the January 5, 5089 BC, and it was on this day that Shri Ram left Ayodhya for 14 years of exile. Thus, he was 25 years old at that time (5114-5089). There are several shlokas in Valmiki Ramayan which indicate that Shri Ram was 25-years-old when he left Ayodhya for exile.

Valmiki Ramayan refers to the solar eclipse at the time of war with Khardushan in later half of 13th year of Shri Ram’s exile. It is also mentioned it was amavasya day and Mars was in the middle. When this data was entered, the software indicated that there was a solar eclipse on October 7, 5077 BC, (amavasya day) which could be seen from Panchvati. The planetary configuration was also the same – Mars was in the middle, on one side were Venus and Mercury and on the other side were Sun and Saturn. On the basis of planetary configurations described in various other chapters, the date on which Ravana was killed works out to be December 4, 5076 BC, and Shri Ram completed 14 years of exile on January 2, 5075 BC, and that day was also Navami of Shukla Paksha in Chaitra month. Thus Shri Ram had come back to Ayodhya at the age of 39 (5114-5075).

A colleague, Dr Ram Avtar, researched on places visited by Shri Ram during his exile, and sequentially moved to the places stated as visited by Shri Ram in the Valmiki Ramayan, starting from Ayodhya he went right upto Rameshwaram. He found 195 places which still have the memorials connected to the events narrated in the Ramayana relating to the life of Shri Ram and Sita. These include Tamsa Tal (Mandah), Shringverpur (Singraur), Bhardwaj Ashram (situated near Allahabad), Atri Ashram, Markandaya Ashram (Markundi), Chitrakoot, Pamakuti (on banks of Godavari), Panchvati, Sita Sarovar, Ram Kund in Triambakeshwar near Nasik, Shabari Ashram, Kishkindha (village Annagorai), Dhanushkoti and Rameshwar temple.

In Valmiki Ramayan it is mentioned that Shri Ram’s army constructed a bridge over the sea between Rameshwaram and Lanka. After crossing this bridge, Shri Ram’s army had defeated Ravana. Recently, NASA put pictures on the Internet of a man-made bridge, the ruins of which are lying submerged in Palk Strait between Rameshwaram and Sri Lanka. Recently the Sri Lankan Government had expressed the desire to develop Sita Vatika as a tourist spot. Sri Lankans believe this was Ashok Vatika where Ravana had kept Sita as a prisoner (in 5076 BC).

Indian history has recorded that Shri Ram belonged to the Suryavansh and he was the 64th ruler of this dynasty. The names and other relevant particulars of previous 63 kings are listed in Ayodhya Ka Itihas written about 80 years ago by Rai Bahadur Sita Ram. Professor Subhash Kak of Lousiana University, in his book, The Astronomical Code of the Rig Veda, has also listed 63 ancestors of Shri Ram who ruled over Ayodhya. Sri Ram’s ancestors have been traced out as: Shri Ram, King Dashratha, King Aja, King Raghu, King Dilip and so on. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Bengal to Gujarat, everywhere people believe in the reality of Shri Ram’s existence, particularly in the tribal areas of Himachal, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and the North-East. Most of the festivals celebrated in these areas revolve around the events in the life of Shri Ram and Shri Krishna.

The events and places related to the life of Shri Ram and Sita are true cultural and social heritage of every Indian irrespective of caste and creed. Therefore, it is common heritage. After all, Shri Ram belonged to the period when Prophet Mohammed or Jesus Christ were not born and Muslim or Christian faiths were unknown to the world. The words Hindu (resident of Hindustan) and Indian (resident of India) were synonymous. India was also known as Bharat (land of knowledge) and Aryavarta (where Aryans live) and Hindustan (land of “Hindus” – derived from word Indus).

During Ram Rajya, the evils of caste system based on birth were non-existent. In fact, Maharishi Valmiki is stated to be of shudra class (scheduled caste), still Sita lived with him as his adopted daughter after she was banished from Ayodhya. Luv and Kush grew in his ashram as his disciples. We need to be proud of the fact that Valmiki was perhaps the first great astronomer and that his study of planetary configurations has stood the test of times. Even the latest computer softwares have corroborated his astronomical calculations, which proves that he did not commit any error.

Shabari is stated to be belonging to the Bheel tribe. Shri Ram’s army, which succeeded in defeating Ravana, was formed by various tribals from Central and South India. The facts, events and all other details relating to the life of Shri Ram are the common heritage of all the Indians including scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, Muslims, Christians, etc.

Prophet Mohammad was born 1,400 years ago. Jesus Christ was born 2,000 years back. Gautam Buddha was born 2,600 years back, whereas Ram was born 7,000 years back. Hence, discovering the details relating to Shri Ram’s life would be lot more difficult as destruction caused by floods, earthquakes and invasions etc., would be far greater. But, should that stop our quest for learning more about our cultural heritage?

As Indians, let us all take pride in the fact that the Indian civilisation is the most ancient civilisation today. It is certainly more than 10,000 years old. Therefore, let us reject the story of Aryan invasion in India in 1,500 BC as motivated implantation. In fact Max Mueller, who was the creator of this theory had himself rejected it. Let us admit that during the British Rule, we were educated in the schools based on Macaulay school of thinking which believed that everything Indian was inferior and that entire “Indian literature was not worth even one book rack in England”. If there were similarities in certain features of Indian people and people from Central Europe, then automatic inference drawn was that the Aryans coming from Europe invaded India and settled here. No one dared of thinking in any other way. Therefore, there is urgency for the historians and all other intellectuals to stop reducing Indian history to myth. There is need to gather, dig out, search, unearth and analyse all the evidences, which would throw more light on ancient Indian civilisation and culture.

There is need for the print and the electronic media to take note of these facts and create atmosphere which would motivate our young and educated youth to carry out research and unearth true facts about the ancient Indian civilisation and wisdom and would also encourage them to put across the results of their research before the people fearlessly and with a sense of pride!

Everyone defines Love in own ways. Everyone compares it with different things, mostly the purest kinds. Everyone tries to emphasize that love is the purest of feeling. Even the writers, poets and great philosophers underline the word “Pure” when it comes to describing love. However, no one really defines the term “pure”.

When I think of love, I tend to think on the purity part of it. As every great philosopher says, love is only love. There is no lust involved in it. Do you agree with this? I don’t. I was in love in my teenage with a very sweet girl. We always termed our love as pure love. But I must confess that secretly I was attracted to her body as well. I always wanted to hug her, kiss her and do all the things a male would do to a female. Though I did never tell her about my feelings cause I always believed “Love has to be pure. There is no place for lust in it”.

But as I grow older, wiser and mature; I realize that lust is a very natural tendency in every human being. May it be a male or a female, they both are attracted to opposite gender and they all have sex on their mind. The only thing is they fear the social norms. This may appear to be a very generalized statement from me but you can ask your mind if you never thought of sleeping with the guy / girl you are dating. I’m sure no one will have the answer “No. I never thought”. Some people might not have thought of sex but everyone wants to do little romance with his/her partner.

So is it wrong to have these thoughts on mind? No. Not at all. I will say there is nothing wrong in the thoughts. The nature has divided us in male and female. And it has naturally given us the tendency to attract and get attracted. All I will say, if you feel like doing something, just ask your partner. Chances are he/she might be thinking the same.

1) Why do the companies think bloggers are vellas who have lots of time just to attend those promotional meets?
2) Are bloggers running out of topics to write about, so they have to attend the promotional events for the material to write about?
3) Why do companies think their products are something *amazing* and everyone would like to write about it?
4) If the companies are taking help of bloggers to spread word about their products, shouldn’t they also consider providing due remuneration for the same?

The 4th point was something i thought more about. Some people take this as a case of bribing. But believe me, bloggers are not someone who will accept bribe just to write good about something. They will test the product and provide valid feedback. If thats what the companies really want. And if you want us to write good just like that, I don’t really see that happening at all..

Your views?

Update
A wonderful discussion on facebook notes happening on same topic. Putting up for reference.

Rajesh Dnyandeo Dhawale
Valid points, indeed.

Manan Kakkar

a) companies never give anything. Except if its a paid event.
b) the response given by the company rep was arrogant & if I were you I would have ripped that company apart on my blog.
c) I don’t mind attending such meets as it is an oppurtunity to directly interact with the company reps.

Abhishek Thakkar

My blog are not relevant to any company, so I dont get invited to events like these.
If they want me to blog abt them, the least I expect is a free tshirt

Bhanu Prakash

Well. I truly agree to what dinesh has pointed out. I also agree to Abhishek Thakkar – a token of appreciation which can be retained for a long time. This is something more than any thing. I do agree, that corporates think that bloggers would come anywhere. I think its a strong point Dinesh made is Bloggers should be made feel special as they are … Read Morethe strong influencers online and most of the product success relies on their reviews. In that case, even they have equal rights to reserve their space in the communication industry.

Idea Smith

I received an invitation to the same event, though I daresay they made it appear more like charity that was thrown my way. Obviously I didn’t even bother replying to them or writing about them – publicity is what they want, why should I give it to them when they treat me so shabbily?

I realised (esp. after the Marketers Toolkit summit earlier this… Read More year) that ppl are absolutely clueless about social media. Not just the technology but more importantly, its implications. The organisers of such events are probably used to running after newspaper journalists and figure that an individual blogger is a nobody. Beats me why they’d be interested in having me write about them but I guess they’ve heard that social media is the new buzzword so are trying to ‘get with it’. Never mind understanding the universe and its etiquette.

I’d say just ignore such people. We don’t have to bother with teaching them, it’s their loss if they haven’t figured it out…and they’ll have to, eventually.

Baishampayan Ghose

I am not surprised. The problem here is that there are too many mediocre bloggers around who feel privileged to attend some event in some 5 star hotel and eat fee lunch and get a T’Shirt, maybe.
As a result the companies treat everyone equally. That’s not going to change unless the better bloggers rise to the levels of someone like Michael Arrington.

Harish Iyer
yes, it is so damn silly. and yes, they make it look like charity. hahhah. But it will be fun to attend. We all love to blog about aweful moments. dont we???

The process can be through E-polling booths situated at maybe the election office at different places. We can have one per constituency. The voting process can briefly understood from following diagram. {Click on image to view full size}.

Through this plan, we can maintain the secrecy of voter identity and yet allow people to vote from their current location. Election commission should take up such initiatives for voters’ convenience.

In India, being homosexual is considered as a highly disgraceful act. The homosexual person is considered to be someone out and away part of *normal* society. I don’t understand why doesn’t the world accept them as people with own preferences?

I find the route deeply engrossed in our education system. Firstly we lack sex education in our education system. I had previously written a post about need of speaking about sex. The post had landed me in some troubles but nevertheless, I still support the need of sex education in schooling. And the education has to start with frankness and clarity. There should be no nicknames for the body parts. If eye is eye and ear is ear, a penis is penis and vegina is vegina.

Second reason for the disgraceful look is bollywood. Bollywood has never shown homosexuality as a normal part in movies. Its always considered as yet another reason for creating laughter. Thats one reason people fear to accept their homosexuality openly. They always think that their being homosexual will be a reason of comedy and mockery among the friends.

Many in India are still confused about the sexuality. They have attraction towards other boys but deep inside, they are complete straight. The attraction comes as a natural phenomenon and has nothing to do with their sexuality. This commonly happens with the guys who grow up playing with sisters at home. They have always seen and interacted with a girl and so pick up few things from her. However, this rarely affects their sexuality but their behavior at times appear like being homosexual. We need to keep this in mind before stereotyping or terming anyone as homosexual.

1) Politics is about your name. The party always gives image of the person. How many of us know name of one more leader from MNS? Or how many of us know of another member of AIADMK? BSP is always Mayawati for us and RJD is Lalu.
In social media, its about your work. If you meet another guy from social media and introduce you by name, first question will be “Where do you write?” or “Oh.. you are the one who writes at xyz.com”. There are many people who are known more by their blog name and people don’t even know their real names.

2) Politics is too much about false respect. Even an 80 year old man have to bow in front of a 35 year old kid just cause he is a minister. In social media, you don’t care about age of another person. A 13 year old kid will call 50 year old man by his first name. And btw, social media does have 13 year old kids unlike politics.

1. Both were direct attacks. No planting of bombs, no hidden blasts. Just face to face. As if the terrorists are giving a message. We will hit you right on your face. What will you do?

2. Both India and Pakistan had faced many bomb blasts in the past. But hardly any was discussed at the Global level. The terrorists had to make it Global and they did it. In India by attacking the world famous hotel, and in Pakistan by attacking a foreign sports team.

3. Both attempts were aimed at making the places feel unsecure. Notice the kind of Sandbags and police behind it in Mumbai at every corner of city. Same will be situation in Lahore after the attack. The local people fear of another attack and so they don’t want to take chances. Terrorists are successful in spreading their terror.

4. Not just local. Even foreign tourists will think twice before visiting these places now. And I’m sure thats one aim th terrorists must be having in their minds.

5. Mumbai is India’s financial capital and Lahore second biggest city of Pakistan. An attempt to attack on financial importance places to disturb the economy?

6. Attacks in Mumbai took place when England team was playing in India and in Pakistan, attacks were directly on the team itself. Are they trying to prove that playing in Indian subcontinent is not safe? A way to disturb the micro-economy built around the sport?

7. India had been major destination for foreign investments. Pakistan was also slowly taking a lead in achieving foreign investments. Both the attacks have disturbed the foreign investment movement. Was it one of the purposes behind the attacks?

8. Mumbai attack received lot of blog posts, tweets, media hype dedicated to them. And people forgot about it within weaks and life got back to normal. Except for the sandbags and policemen with guns. Will Lahore people also forget within weaks?

Mumbai’s politics is basically controlled by two groups. 1st group is people who live in slums. More than 10 lakh people stay in Dharavi and other slums in Mumbai. And they are major chunk who decide next MP by their heavy vote force and easy influencibility..

And the second group is millionaires who provide chunks of money to the politicians during elections. The money that is used to influence the 1st group.

And what about the rest of Mumbai? Well, rest Mumbai is the middle part of “Slumdog Millionaire”. The Dogs. Thats how the rest of the chunk in Mumbai is considered.

Just think.. Whose problems get solved in first priority by the leaders here? Firstly its Millionaire group and then the slum group. What about the problems of remaining chunk? No.. They won’t get solved unless you upgrade yourself to the Millionaire group or degrade yourself and start living in slums.

So, that’s Mumbai for you and thats “SlumDog Millionaire” for you.. The award winning combination of Slums, Dogs and Millionaires.

Whatever might be the reason, We are proud of you.

Mumbai is made up of Slums, Dogs and Millionaires. The mixture of the three is always an award winning combination. Just like Mumbai..

Just a random thought..

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. You want to settle down for good because now all of a sudden that becomes top priority. Getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic. You begin to think a companion for life is better than a hundred in the shack and for once you would not mind standing tall for that special someone which otherwise you had never thought of until now. 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.

So tomorrow is my final exam as mentioned already.. 10 papers are done already.. 2 more to go that will finish off tomorrow. Am I excited? Well, not really. For me, the exams really do not hold the ultimate value. Its just a mean t test knowledge and scoring less in exams does not really mean you don’t have knowledge. Besides, whas the point in proving your knowledge by just rattofying things or by any unfair means which many of my friends use. I had never fallen for these things. I used to give importance to marks when I was in school. But now i’ve realised that its knowledge that matters and not the the mean to adjudge it.

I don’t want to criticise Indian education system but it really need a fresh change now. We can not drag along same age old model of “Read – Rattofy – Get marks – Search for job – Get job – Tumble for knowledge in work” circle. Its high time we should have an education system which gives more importance to building up knowledge for current as well as future competency requirement. It should not be a job oriented education system but should also have the business and entrepreneurship approach.

Having said that, I wish a very Happy Birthday to thousands of people around the world born on 12th November. And get into my cozy bed for a peacful sleep.

I don’t really think anyone will answer yes to this. This can be highly generalised statement but if I’ve observed the world properly in last 20 years, I am sure there will be hardly anyone who believes in the concept of “Just Another”.

The time one is born, he is just another person on this earth. But then he gets a name. First attribute attached to him. As he grows up, he is known by the name and the parents. As he goes to school, there are  more attributes attached to him. The school name, the roll number.

Be Just another

All these are external attributes to the person. But there is one more change that happens to the person. He starts thinking. And the thinking process followed adds another attribute to him. And then he starts behaving based on the thinking adding another attribute. And the process goes ahead.

As he grows up, he learns more things, understands more things, behaves more differently and in turn acquires more and more attributes at every single step of life.

And when one turns into an adult, he has completely his own thinking process. And then when you suddenly ask him, “Are you just another?”; prompt reply will be no. He will flash his job, designation, education, power, money level ets to prove that he is not just another. Why? Simply because no one wants to be known as “Just another”. We don’t realise the value of just another. All we realise is the value of fame and money which doesn’t come to “Just another” people.

It wasn’t Mahatma Gandhi alone who won the freedom for India. There were thousand other “Just another” freedom fighters. There were thousands of “Just another” businessmen driving India’s financial growth and not just Ambanis and Tata. Ther are hundreds of “Just another” physicians delivering health to the world and not just handful of scientists.

So what made these few people more special than “Just another” crowd? Simply the fact that they lived with “just another” people, thought of “just another” people and worked for the benefit of “just another” people.

Do I believe in being just another? Definitely no. I’m one of those millions of people who don’t want to be “just another”.  Among those who themselves want to be different than “Just another” crowd. So how to achieve this feet?

My two words of advice. Be with “just another”, think of “just another”, work for “just another”. And most importantly, have an attitude that everyone except yourself is “just another”.

Partly inspired by This post

Raj Thakare arrested

The day started with the big news. Even before I woke up from sleep, there was SMS on my mobile saying “Institute will remain closed. Don’t even think to come near college”. Having no clue of what happened, we switched on TV to find out that Mr. Raj Thakare has been arrested. Very brave move by Govt I must say..!! Arresting Raj Thakare within 2 days of the event has to be considered as a big move.

The right and wrong part of his actions is a all together different story. I won’t even gonna pass judgement on his actions. But one thing is very clear by now. The way Balasaheb used to be called as “Hindu-Hriday-Samrat”, Raj will now be called as “Marathi-Hriday-Samrat”. He has made a complete picture in the minds of Marathi people that Raj is the only leader in Maharashtra who has the care for the “Son of the Soil”.

Last time when a FIR as fired against Raj, it took almost a week to Mumbai Police to arrest him. So why are they arresting him on second day this time? Maybe the Home dept is trying to create a picture tat Police is not afraid of Raj and they won’t think twice before arresting him. Well, Aba, you have taken a risky step here. I hope you have enough backup to handle the circumstances. And if you don’t have, God Bless Maharashtra.

I’ve been looking at Mr Raj ever since he formed MNS. His ways of protesting used to be very novice and innovative in the start. I remember in Nilanga {Dist: Latur}, there was a government officer who used to come 2 hours late to work everyday. Te local MNS activists one day went to his office 1 hour after the standard time, they took the officer’s chair and put it on auction outside his office. The officer in full shame anticipated his mistake and asked for opology to the public.

Then suddenly MNS understood that these Gandhigiri ways do not work all the time. So they had no other option but end up using the violent ways. And then MNS went the same way ShivSena used to have earlier. The differenciating line between MNS and Shivsena got thinner and thinner. Today we look at Raj as Balsaheb Thakare of 60′s. Same aggression, same dedication and same love for the soil.

Its not that I’m an activist of MNS or I’ve been given something to write in favor of MNS. But I really adore their principles {though I don’t adore the ways used to express those principles}. And there is one more thing which I’ve observed *uniquely* in Raj. He is always ready to take responsibility of anything that MNS activists will do. He says “If my men did it, I did it. If they have done right, credit is to them. If they did wrong, blame is to me. I will go to jail for their wrong deeds if any”. These words of support and involvement is something that makes him a great leader.

As of today, he has an appearing in Bandra court in another 45 minutes. Let’s keep fingers crossed and hope that their won’t be any violences. God Bless Maharashtra.. God Bless Mumbai..!!!

The Blood Marks

And what can we think? How to avoid the accidents? How to create better roads? Or how to teach the Mumbaikars to follow the traffic sense so that they don’t crush other people below their vehicles? Or what strict punishment to be given to the ruthless drivers?

Until someone close of ours will meet with accident, we won’t think of these incidents. But anyways, even if we think of these thing, what difference will it make? Well, I don’t know. And I really don’t want to know.

Within a few seconds Arnav replied confidently, “Four!”

The dismayed teacher was expecting an effortless correct answer (three). She was disappointed. “Maybe the child did not listen properly,” she thought. She repeated, “Arnav, listen carefully. If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?”

Arnav had seen the disappointment on his teacher’s face. He calculated again on his fingers. But within him he was also searching for the answer that will make the teacher happy. His search for the answer was not for the correct one, but the one that will make his teacher happy. This time hesitatingly he replied, “Four”. The disappointment stayed on the teacher’s face. She remembered that Arnav liked strawberries. She thought maybe he doesn’t like apples and that is making him loose
focus. This time with an exaggerated excitement and twinkling in her eyes she asked, “If I give you one strawberry and one strawberry and one strawberry, then how
many you will have?”

Seeing the teacher happy, young Arnav calculated on his fingers again. There was no pressure on him, but a little on the teacher. She wanted her new approach to succeed. With a hesitating smile young Arnav enquired, “Three?”

The teacher now had a victorious smile. Her approach had succeeded. She wanted to congratulate herself. But one last thing remained. Once again she asked him, “Now if I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple how many will you have?” Promptly Arnav answered, “Four!”

The teacher was aghast. “How Arnav, how?” she demanded in a little stern and irritated voice.

In a voice that was low and hesitating young Arnav replied, “Because I already have one apple in my bag.”

“When someone gives you an answer that is different from what you expect don’t think they are wrong. There maybe an angle that you have not understood at all. You will have to listen and understand, but never listen with a predetermined notion.”

The other day, I was walking by the road. I saw a blind guy who wanted to cross the road. He was taking a step ahead and then coming back. Cause he wasn’t very sure which way the speeding cars are heading. All he could do was sense the sound of the cars and have a guess about the direction of the cars.
One another evening, I was walking through the FOB at Bandra stations. A blind begger was sitting there waiting for someone to drop a coin in his pot. A police constable came with a thick rod. Hit that begger and walked away. Thew poor fellow could not do anything other than shouting loudly and crying for a while.

When such incidents happen around me, I thank God for the complete bod he has provided to me. Thats a gift by the Allmighty for which I will be always thankful to him.

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.

It’s just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.

Do remember to share that Rs.100 worth of your time with someone you love.
If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.

Fear of scrutiny, heightened self-consciousness and apprehension about being judged are some of the reasons why youngsters would rather be on their own. A young employee who is marginally overweight, says, “I have great difficulty making friends. I don’t like interacting with my colleagues either. I would rather be left alone with my laptop in my cubicle and listen to music on my iPod.”

An IT professional, Pradip N, who is undergoing therapy for social anxiety shares, “I would get mentally disturbed while interacting with people in my office, which is why I had to seek help. I had no confidence and would worry myself sick before any meeting or presentation.”

Says psychiatrist Dr B Kapur, “Every four out of 10 patients who come to me suffer from social anxiety disorder. This is especially amongst young adults and adolescents who are unable to cope with social situations. Many of them suffer from palpitation, headaches and nausea. It is not shyness as some believe. Social anxiety has to be recognised as a disorder and needs to be treated.”

In public places such as work, meetings, or shopping, people who suffer from this disorder feel everyone is watching, staring and judging them. Many of them feel others are noticing every movement they make, critiquing and making negative judgments about them. It is believed that social anxiety is the third largest psychological problem in some parts of the world today, but unlike other psychological problems, it is not well understood, hence often misdiagnosed by healthcare professionals.

Says Bangalore-based psychiatrist, Dr M J Thomas, “Social phobias start in adolescence and are centred on fear of scrutiny. In the US, one out of eight people has this phobia. It is associated with low self-esteem, desire for perfection and fear of criticism. A person with social phobia anticipates and ruminates over the problems that can occur in case of social contact, resulting in avoidance of the situation and in extreme cases, social isolation. They experience rapid heartbeats, trembling, sweating, upset stomach, diarrhoea, muscle tension, blushing, confusion or a panic attack.”

Says Dr Ajit Bhide, consultant psychiatrist, “Youngsters who are not socially adept get increasingly isolated in life. Low self-esteem is one of the main reasons. They’d rather be with their gizmos and chat with people online than meet them personally.”

However, good news is — social anxiety disorder can be treated with medical, cognitive and relaxative therapy. Explains Dr Thomas, “One theory is — it may be related to an imbalance of a chemical called serotonin that transports signals between nerve cells in the brain. Interestingly, this is the same chemical imbalance linked to other mood and anxiety disorders. It may be precipitated by an embarrassing social event in the past.”

Both medication and behaviour therapy have proven successful in treating social phobias. Gradual, controlled exposure to an anxiety-provoking situation helps. Patients are shown how to make eye contact, talk louder and slower, greet people and say good-byes, ask for favours, respond to requests and criticism. Eventually, they learn to mingle around.

This was the time when the masterminds like Mr. Murthy andMr. Azim Premji realised the need of taking India to the Global stage in the Information Technology wing. And they did the work fantastically. No doubt about that..

Today, India’s economy is progressing like anything. The development rate has crossed 9% and is second highest after China. If the rate continues, Indian economy will become third biggest economy of the world by 2015. I was recently in Mumbai where I read a hoarding as “Sensex crossed 16000 mark. Will 30 crore people cross Povery Line?” Everyone will have different answer and justification to this based on his/her views. My say to this is, Yes. They will cross the poverty line if they stop spending their money o liquor and prostitutes. I mean a person who earns 200 Rs per day spends 100 for liquor, 50 for prostitute and looses remaining 50 in gambling or lottery. And then shouts by the name of the government and the society. The government has created enough work for the poorest peoples. The industries are also creating lot of work. But they people don’t want to do it properly. They rather prefer to find the easy way out to avoid the work and still earn money. The people try in gambling and lottery for the easy money. And thus lose whatever they have.
Then they again shout for not having work and not having money.
The government provides hem shelter through projects like Mhada, which they rent to others and go back to slums. Then they occupy another home through same scheme, rent it again and get back for third one. And the cycle continues. They still shout for not having the shelter.
How to stop this cycle is the big question in front of our politicians. Rather why to stop this is the question. These below poverty line people are among the biggest vote banks for any politician. If they remain below the line, the politicians can show them the dream of a better tomorrow and win their votes The dreams are only to be shown and not to be fulfilled. That’s the reason why the people are never shown a way to fulfil the dreams.
This can only be stopped through the active awareness in the minds of the people who are suffering. The government has helped us enough. We couldn’t utilise the help. Now its time that we help ourselves. And in turn we will help the government.

This seems to be turned into a speech kinda material. But I’ve expressedfew of my feelings through this. More coming soon..

Sanjay has committed crime and he deserved the punishment. So justice has been done with him. Now some people have to say ki he took AK47 for protection. That’s among the most irrational claim I had ever heard. I mean why will anyone have this destroying gun for protection? That too the person who was already having 1 pistol and two revolvers with him.

People say he is son of a senior congress leader and MP. So this fact should have been considered. All right. I consider this fact. Sanjay is son of a senior MP. And so he and his dad are supposed to know the laws of this country. And they are also supposed to have a trust in the police and judicial system of the country. So my point is why didn’t he complain in the Police about the threats he was getting?

People say he has already had 18 month imprisonment. So what..? There are many people who have faced 8-10 year imprisonment without any mistake; just because they don’t have money for bail. Or they don’t have a reach in the Page 3 circle. By the time they are proved non-criminal by the judiciary system, they are either already have 8-10 year imprisonment (in police custody). So if you argue that Sanjay should be exempted just because he already had 18 months jail, this is pathetic argument. In fact all the people involved in the case had already have upto 14 year imprisonment (9 times more than what Sanjay had). So should all of them be exempted from the conviction?

Another claim made is he has recently played very good and patriotic roles in Lage Raho Munnabhai and Mission Kashmir etc. So is that a reason he should be exempted? WTF.. We should understand that there is a difference between reel and real life. And if this claim is considered valid, then Aamir Khan should be awarded “Bharat Ratna” for his great work in Mangal Pandey, Rang De Basat, Sarfarosh etc. And Gulshan Grover should be hanged up cause he has killed more than 1 lakh people till date in movies. And how about Ashok Chakra to Hrithik Roshan for his deed of getting back the post in Lakshya?

Sanjay should be exempted because there are movies worth 100 crore pending on him. So what..? When Bharat Shaha was arrested, did we think about Rs 2000 crore diamond business that he runs? No friends. It doesn’t work this way. This will be like the rich people have right to commit crime and to be exempted. Just because they have money to earn. There should not me any difference between a poor and a rich in the judiciary system and Mr. Nikam and Mr. Kode has proved that the system still works the way it is supposed to.

And consider that Sanjay would have got exemption considering these things, would the same media would have taken it positively? People would have again made big fuss about the same. Remember the Salman Khan case where he was released on a bail after killing two persons.

In my opinion, what Sanjay has got is well deserved. Its not that I have any problem with Sanjay. But in my opinion, the justice should be the same for every citizen of this country. And the judiciary system has done the justice.

If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective, there would be much fewer problems in the world. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. And you will find things are actually not as difficult as you think.

MORAL OF THE STORY
Sometimes we spend time in asking who is responsible or whom to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know. By this way we miss out something.

After few minutes, there was another guy who initiated a dialogue with me. His score was even lower than the Akshay. And his home university is SRTMU Nanded. So its almost impossible for him to get a good institute in Mumbai or Pune. He was little down in the dumps when I asked him about his preferences. But he told me that he is going for ABC college (Read as a very well known institute from Pune which has also undergone a raid from Income Tax Dept last year). His words were “Anna (one of the directors of the institute) knows me very well. And I’ve talked with his son Bapu who looks after the institute. I may get the seat for around 2 lakhs.” I was highly shocked to know that this person, who surely is not economically sound enough to shell out 2 lakh bucks at a stretch. Still he was trying to have a seat through management quota (which obviously doesn’t go free or at cheap rate).

One incident flashed in front of my eyes. One friend of mine had asked me “Dinesh, I can make arrangements for your admission in the institute you want. You have got a good score and if by chance you lose the institute by small difference, I can make sure you get into the institute. Do you want me to make the arrangement?” And I had replied him with a big NO. I still remember his quote: “There are thousands of students who take benefit of their caste to get into good college. They also get into any top institute in spite of the fact that they don’t deserve it. So what’s the problem if you use your financial position for the same purpose? Furthermore you are lot more worthy than they are.”

Ya. He was right. What’s the problem if I use my financial position to overtake others? Many people take advantage of various reservations to push back the deserving candidates and go ahead of them. So it will be the same thing if I use the monetary position. No one will come to know that I have cheated. Cause I’m anyways close to getting into the institute without any malpractice. So no one will even bother about the fact. But will I be able to forgive myself if I use these ways?

This is sounding like some speech on moral values and all. I don’t have any intension to criticize the happenings in the world. Neither am I trying to compel some moral values on the readers or on anyone. I’m just asking a question to myself. Will I be able to forgive myself for doing something which doesn’t convince my soul? And the answer is NO.

So I’ve decided to stick to whatever I get through the modus operandi. Even if it’s a B Grade institute. I will stick to it and I will make my existence in the institute worth enough so that I won’t have to ever regret for my own verdict.

And I am happy with the outcome.

But finally there is one real of these chains. If you won’t refer this blog to 10 people, your thumb will get injured while typing SMS…!!! And this is very serious. Don’t take it lightly. Mr. Mruduaiyyar Peregullamma Athrvashekhara Chinmayananda Swamy from Madurai neglected this. Well, he didn’t get his thumb injured. But his cat was hit badly by the street rat running through his house. Mr. Kartar Singh from Ludhiana laughed on this post when he read this. Well he too didn’t got his thumb injured. But next day only, 5 of his hairs fell down while having bath. So you can see, though it doesn’t achieve its desired effect, it surely does something.. So Be aware. Don’t take risk..

If you refer this blog to 15 or more friends, do you expect some good luck in return? Forget it..! I’m not the God. All I can provide in return is some quality reading to those 15 friends you have referred.

Our weakest point is that we tend to believe that as individuals we cannot make any difference and we are losing a battle. The battle is lost infact if we fall into this category of believers. We can do many things as an individual to save our world for coming tomorrow. Here are few of the things you can try out.

1. While travelling intercity, use mass transportation. Each PMT bus can take a minimum load of 55 sitting and 15 standees, that makes 70 people, just imagine the traffic situation if each of these people were to use an Autorickshaw from any of the surburban railway stations to get home. How many times I have seen buses going half full…..Because we all need our privacy.

2. Take a Bag along whenever you Shop, make it a habbit. Remember, each of the Plastic bags you take will not bio-degrade for at least 250 yrs! We will go down in history as a civilisation which has left behind loads of plastics. Even when going on picnics, avoid packed food in plastics, take fresh food or fruits. Many of the shopkeepers resent giving plastics, help them out. God knows how many hundreds of plastic bags I’ve avoided using and convinced my folks to refrain from using in the past few years.

3. Use Diyas for Diwali instead of burning crackers and fireworks, diyas last longer and they are a true salute to this festival of lights, they burn silently all night long without any noise and pollution,they look pretty as well. They cost a fraction, and help the cause of the villagers making them.

4. Use vegetable peels for your potted plants, they add to the value of the soil,prevent water loss and reduce the garbage. Use the waste water for the plants.

5. Keep the water taps shut when not needed during shaving or brushing in the mornings, statistics show that if each of us could do this it would save millions of litres or water monthly saving our money in return which is being spent on heavily subsidising clean water, which we take for granted.

6. I would strongly recommend using alternative sources of energy like Bio-gas and Solar/wind power but I still have to experiment with these. It takes a lot of convincing to do to start a project like this. People think you are crazy, but India leads the world with China in Bio-gas technology. In wind energy we are among the best in the world (check this link) but the technology is still expensive.

Yes. You are not in love. We have heard it all. “Love is Blind.” “We should accept the person as he/she is”. Then why do you keep conditions in it? Why do you expect the other person to change for you? And why do you change for him? Why do you eliminate the part of your personality that your lover doesn’t like? And why do you expect the same from him? Few of us do follow the rules. But rest all don’t.

And then, one day we realize we have changed a lot for the person. We start missing ourselves. You ask yourself “What am I doing here?” You have almost lost yourselves by now. Why? Cause you wanted someone to love you.

Everyone has a ready image of their “Dream Partner”. Still we say love is unconditional. If I ask you “What kind of girl/boy you want to marry?” Everyone will have a short or long list of conditions. The length many vary from person to person. But every single person has the list with them. And still we say “Love is Blind”. Is it really?

We say “Love just happens”. No friends. It doesn’t just happen. We have a design ready with us and when we find a girl / boy fitting in the design, we think that I’m in love with this person. But after you spend some time with the person, you realize this person shouldn’t behave like this. This person should behave like that. And the list goes on always. Just as presented in Hum Tum song.

Uff Yeh Kaisi Shirt Pehnthe Ho
Yeh Kaise Baal Katathe Ho
Gaadi Tez Chalathe Ho
Tum Jaldi Mein Kyo Khaathe Ho
Gimme A Break

And its not just about girls or boys. All are the same. Everyone wants to change his/her partner. Why? Why can’t we just love the person as he/she is. Why do we need to change the person? Why the heck? Can anyone tell me?

By the way, here is information about what different colours of roses symbolize.

–>Red: love
–>Pink: grace, gentle feelings of love
–>Dark Pink: gratitude
–>Light Pink: admiration, sympathy
–>White: innocence, purity, secrecy, friendship, reverence and humility.
–>Yellow: Yellow roses generally mean dying love or platonic love. In German-speaking countries, however, they can mean jealousy and infidelity.
–>Yellow with red tips: Friendship, falling in love
–>Orange: passion
–>Burgundy: beauty
–>Blue: mystery
–>Green: calm
–>Black: slavish devotion (as a true black rose is impossible to produce)
–>Purple: protection (paternal/maternal love)

They say that you never know when is gonna be your last moment. It may be today, tomorrow or 100 years later. Who knows I’m taking a morning walk along the road, a drunk driver comes with his truck and hits me.. Or I’m enjoying a nice trek along beautiful monsoon grass of Sahyadris and a Cobra comes out of no where and bites me.. Or I’m traveling by a bus, the bus hits a bridge wall and collapses in the river. So you see, anything can happen..

Suppose tomorrow is my last day and I come to you with this news. What will be the thing you would like to tell me at this moment.. Ask your heart and then answer..

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I don’t know since when HTML introduced a closing tag for “hr”. Javascript codes can not be added. It even doesn’t allow Google Adsense. The customization feature is ok for newbees. But for experienced user who prefers to edit templaste through HTML, this is really one sucking feature. And its really irritating.
Hoping that blogger will take note of this..

Update 11/05/07: After going through the template editing tool, I am finding it better and easier than earlier.

My friend Ankit forwarded me this nice poem. And I found it worth sharing with you all. It expresses the harsh reality of today’s world. We have time for everything but for our basic needs. We don’t have time for our emotions, for our friends and for ourselves. And only we ourselves can change this. Its time now to think. “Sochne ka waqt aa gaya hai. Ab mat bolna ki waqt nahi hai”

Har khushi Hai Logon Ke Daman Mein,
Par Ek Hansi Ke Liye Waqt Nahi.
Din Raat Daudti Duniya Mein,
Zindagi Ke Liye Hi Waqt Nahi.

Maa Ki Loree Ka Ehsaas To Hai,
Par Maa Ko Maa Kehne Ka Waqt Nahi.
Saare Rishton Ko To Hum Maar Chuke,
Ab Unhe Dafnane Ka Bhi Waqt Nahi.

Saare Naam Mobile Mein Hain,
Par Dosti Ke Lye Waqt Nahi.
Gairon Ki Kya Baat Karen,
Jab Apno Ke Liye Hi Waqt Nahi.

Aankhon Me Hai Neend Badee,
Par Sone Ka Waqt Nahi.
Dil Hai Ghamon Se Bhara Hua,
Par Rone Ka Bhi Waqt Nahi.

Paison ki Daud Me Aise Daude,
Ki Thakne ka Bhi Waqt Nahi.
Paraye Ehsason Ki Kya Kadr Karein,
Jab Apane Sapno Ke Liye Hi Waqt Nahi.

Tu Hi Bata E Zindagi,
Iss Zindagi Ka Kya Hoga,
Ki Har Pal Marne Walon Ko,
Jeene Ke Liye Bhi Waqt Nahi…….

Indians want to see one day when Indian Ministers will really think of benefit of the public rather than of their vote bank; when the Indian Prime Minister will listen to janta rather than the high command; when India will have at least one Gold in Olympics; when Indian Cricketers will concentrate on play rather than ads; when Indian Industrialists will learn to spend their extra money for upliftment of poor of the country rather than spending in Tirupati or Shirdi; when Indian Education system will work for betterment of the students and society rather than filling own pockets; when India will be free of communal riots and when Every Indian will be proud of being Indian.

And if we youngsters are unite and progressive, the day will surely come one day! Amen !!!

Watched Hattrick. It is true to its name. In a cricket hattrick, each ball is different. Similarly in the movie, there are three diferent stories. Totally ir-related to each other.

Story 1: Nana Patekar is a strict doctor. And Danny, a famous cricketer, comes to his hospital as a patient. He plans to change doctor and he manages it. In short, Munnabhai M.B.B.S. Repeated.

Story 2: Paresh Rawal is an Indian in London who is trying for British Citizenship. He thinks that he is often given a second treatment because he is a black. At the end, he discovers that he is changing himself in quest of changing the situation. And he gets back to his own life.

Story 3: Kunal Kapoor and Rimi Sen get married. Kunal is a die hard cricket fan. To change him, Rimi acts like a fan of Dhoni. Kunal gets hurt and they depart. But just as in any bollywood movie, both realise the mistake and both get together again. Yet another splendid performance after Rang De Basanti by girls’ heartthrob Kunal Kapoor. (Thoguh he doesn’t fit much in romantic role). Rimi Sen won my heart. She looks soooo cute in this movie.

Only story 3 is something good to watch. Other two are not at all funny as expected. Neither are they any novice idea.

Final Word: Watch out for Story 3.

What is this life if, full of care
We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty’s glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare

Just want to say sorry to one of my very good friend Dhiraj. Someone said me, “If you have hurt someone, you should not oppologise him in person. You should oppologise publicly so that whole world should know you have done a mistake. This will always remind you of not repeating the same mistake again.”

So here I oppologise publicly to Dhiraj.

One student asked me one day, “Sir, I want to improve my personality. What steps should I take?” And even without asking my brain, my mouth had already articulated the reply, “Join MIT NCC Troop”. What is so special about the MIT NCC Troop that the name “MNT” is considered as a synonym for “Personality Development”. Asking this question to myself made me to look back in my three year association with MNT.
One day, a very shy guy enters the Dnyaneshwara Hall for blood donation. He is highly impressed with the activities and plans to join the NCC. He doesn’t get selected for any wing of NCC due to poor eyesight and hence, drops the hope of getting into these activities. But, then appears a ray of hope. Someone informs him that he can join the activities voluntarily. And this is the launch of the personality development sessions of his life.
He learns “Unity and Discipline”; the basic principles of NCC through MNT. But these are not the only things he learns at this place. He learns the Team spirit, Sportsmanship, Team Building, Leadership Qualities, Convincing Skills, Social Responsibilities, Patriotic Josh, Acting, Dancing, Playing Instruments, Trekking, Adventure sports.. The list is never ending. The boy started participating in various social, cultural, adventure and academic activities in MNT. And through the actual “Student Leadership” in each activity, he started developing in all aspects of his life. This is what Flg Office Deshmukh Sir calls as “Multidisciplinary Development” of a person..
And then, after passing out from the college, the boy joins Educational Sector accepting his social responsibility. And with the leadership qualities he got through MNT, he soon gets promoted to the post of “Head of Department”.
Those who have noticed me during my first year of NCC would probably never have imagined that one day, I will be handling 150+ students and few staff members. A guy, who was once afraid even to talk with his friends, would some day have the courage to stand on a stage in front 150 students and teach. All this is just a magic, and it would never have been possible without the Magician called “MIT NCC TROOP”.

Well, The troop and Deshmukh Sir taught me everything just as Saint Tukaram has said,

The Troop taught me to win, to lose and to win even in the loss. It taught me to inspire, to appreciate, to anticipate, to felicitate, to celebrate, to negotiate, to learn, to teach, to learn while teaching others. It taught me to speak up and to speak out. It taught me to think individually but at the same time being with everyone. It taught me to see seriously towards the life. But at the same time, enjoy every single pal of life.
It taught me to share happiness with everyone, but at the same time to share our sorrows and solve our problems. It taught me to help everyone, and to help myself too. It taught me to express myself, and to feel others too. It taught me to prove myself, but at the same time accept others’ opinions too. It taught me to love and to be loved.
And most of all, it taught me the meaning of most fantastic thing on this mother earth. Life.

You might think that I’m just playing with words. But no my dear friend, I am not playing with words. In fact, MNT is a place where the words are keen to play with you.
I would like to end with a small note. Once, my senior Yogesh Lunkad Sir had said, “MNT is like a movie. It’s full of Comedy, Emotions, Drama, Music, Dance and all the things of life.” Well, there are many more such movies present in the MIT campus. But very few of them are Oscar Winners.
And MNT is one of those Oscar Winning movies.

After a long time, I saw a movie. And to tell you, it is great. Farhan Akhtar has created magic while portraying the characters of newly married couples. There are 6 couples all having different social background. Everyone has different story of themselves. And when these 6 stories come together, it is great fun.
Boman Irani and Shabana Azmi are 50+ and have remarried after death of their life partners. The chemistry between them is just amazing. Boman is portrayed kinda jolly at the age of 50+. And the way Shabana keeps finding mistakes in his words touches heart. Actually there isn’t anything touchy in that but still it feels nice.
Kay Kay Menon and Raima Sen is a couple who marry after two years love in college. And this is the couple I liked the most in the movie. They are so cute, so much in love with each other. However, there isn’t much romance between them in the initial part of the movie. But as the movie progresses, Kay Kay learns to display his affection.
Amisha Patel is a very talkative and sensitive girl. She marries her long time love who actually happens to be a gay and he is fascinated by another guy in the bus.
Sandhya Mrudul is a girl who gets her man through internet. His man also happens to be a gay, but at the end he gets involved in Sandhya.
Diya Mirza is forcefully married to a Gujju guy and she never lets him touch herself. It doesn’t take long before her love John Abrahim comes in the scene and Diya runs away with him. [P.S.: The name Jignesh looks kinda odd to John ]
And finally, Abhay Deol and Nimisha Lamba is a super-couple. This looked kinda odd and irrelevant. However, the dance sequence by them is one of the most romantic moments ever portrayed in bollywood.

Few of the scenes have turned up very well. Like the one in Goa where Raima’s Saree gets off while trying paragliding on the Goa Beach. Another one is when Kay Kay Memon gets drunk and dances on a ship.

Other scenes haven’t come up mush well. However, they never get boring at any point of the movie. Special thing is the way director has put up situational songs at various points in movie. And the way various stories are explained through radio jockey. A new attempt in Hindi movies and it surely wins hearts.

Overall, a movie worth watch. Specially for those who are soon going to marry..

For making India a super power in 2020, it is very necessary for talented students to come into teaching field..

Whats your say people? What do you think about this?

Its about time we started talking about sex in India. Honestly, the way people approach the subject of sex in India, even on the blogs which we can safely assume to be a more educated liberated sample, is full with coyness and guilt. It is no secret that to outsiders, especially Westerners, Indians appear sexually repressed. We do not talk about it openly without guilt or shame, and the resulting shyness and misplaced humour that it evokes makes it obvious that we do not accept sex as a normal human need that should be fulfilled irrespective of marital status.

We never get taught sex education in school. I remember one incidence when one of my class mates had asked the teacher how a baby is born. And he had got a heavy punishment. It was just a curiosity question. But looking at that punishment, none of us dared to ask anything to the teacher, later in complete school life.

While Indians may have had a sexually open culture in the times of Khajuraho, it appears to me that the prudishness of Victorian England seems to have given us a splitting colonial hangover. It is almost like we in India think, “Oh my god, Its so uncomfortable to talk with them on these things. What will the society say if they come to know we talk about this?” Well, the harsh truth is, the kids are going to grow up and have sex anyway, and if they have not been taught the importance of contraception they are a less likely to use any, and then they are going to get pregnant. And then, they are going to feel so afraid of society’s reaction that they are going to go to a dingy little abortion clinic and have their reproductive organs messed up beyond repair by some ill-equipped and unsanitary quack.

When it comes to sex, adolescents have always had a lot of questions. And when that happens, parents don’t always have the answers.

Until maybe a decade ago, parents almost always relied on their kids finding out about sex either through their peers or by accident. Today, they can count on the Internet as an ally. There are sex education portals, counsellors and help with related issues just a click away. Message boards, chat rooms, youth forums and help lines prove that youth today are discussing everything from pre-marital sex to physical problems. However, people are still not enough open for discussion when it comes to face to face conversation.

These days, leading newspapers like Times Of India are taking lead in awareness towards the issue of sex. However, It’s going to take a lot to change Indian attitudes about sex. America was puritanical, and changed its attitudes only because of the reasearch of people like Masters and Johnson, Kinsey and Nancy Friday. They showed the West that everybody has a sex life (active or otherwise), and that everybody was normal. I look forward to the day that this belief is shared widely in India.

A: This is impossible in today’s science. No object in nature can speed up of its own accord after being slowed. A bullet doesn’t spontaneously speed up after it is slowed by passing through a wooden block, so how does a photon of light mysteriously return to its original speed once it exits a glass block? Also, continuously shining a light beam through a glass block will heat it, creating the further mystery that the beam actually loses energy as it passes through the glass, yet still manages to accelerate to its original speed upon exit. Today’s science cannot explain this mysterious everyday occurrence.

Here is another related mystery:
Bounce a light-beam between two parallel mirrors at a slight angle so that the beam bounces along the mirrors in a zig-zag pattern. How many bounces will it take before the light beam loses energy and slows down appreciably? 1000 bounces? 10,000? Of course, we know that the light beam will never slow down no matter how many times it bounces back and forth, despite the well-established fact that light imparts a small momentum punch when it bounces off objects (the principle behind solar sails). So, how does a single beam of light impart countless momentum punches as it zig-zags between the mirrors, yet still manage to emerge afterward at the same unchanging speed of light? According to today’s science this is an impossible energy-for-free event.

Any explanations???

So by these experiences, I am assured of my security atleast at the banks. But I will advise you to keep taking trials much often. Specially at the crowded places like bus stop, railway stations etc. which form an easy target for the anti-national elements.
After all, Citizen Brigade can best fight the terrorism.

So what’s the solution? I tried this year to emerge the idol in a tub at home. Yes, it hurt the emotions of my parents upto a level. But then they too agreed ki this is better option that causing the floods that take hundreds of lives and crores of rupees every year.

Btw, it had been more than 24 hours now and the idol hasn’t fragmented even 2%. So think how much time it takes for these idols to get back to sand. And during all this time, the water animals have to suffer for it.

This may sound hurting for few people. But then we have to accept what is in favor of the state and people and agriculture of state. Think about it. Your valuable comments are most welcome.

If you have a song to sing, sing it now.
Let the notes of gladness ring
clear as song of bird in spring.
Let everyday bring some music, sing it now.

If you have kind words to say, say them now.
Tomorrow may not come your way.
Loved ones will not always stay,
say them now.

If you have a smile to show, show it now.
Make the friends happy.
Let the friends around you
know the love you have before they go,
show it now.

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Read what Rushal has to say about the movie, here.

The phone bill was exceptionally high and the man of the house called a family meeting.
Dad: People this is unacceptable. You have to limit the use of the phone. I do not use this phone, I use the one at the office.
Mum: Same here, I hardly use this home telephone as I use my work telephone.
Son: Me too, I never use the home phone. I always use my company mobile.
Maid: So what is the problem? We all use our work telephones.

This is not just a joke. Its a food for thought. We need to think about it. We misuse company property or national property without any hesitation. But when it comes to our personal property, we start shouting about it.

EXTREME OF COWARDICE:
Two persons fighting through emails.

EXTREME OF HELPLESSNESS:
Receiving no emails for a week.

EXTREME OF FRUSTRATION:
The email server being down.

EXTREME OF CARELESSNESS:
Writing a lov e mail and doing a ‘Send All.’

EXTREME OF ACHIEVEMENT:
A person sending email to a girl wanting to become friends and getting a reply.

EXTREME OF TIMEPASS:
A person sending email to himself.

EXTREME OF REPETITION:
Forwarding an email to someone and receiving the same email forwarded back to you by some one in the receiving chain.

EXTREME OF BROWSING:
You are swimming in the water tank and shout “F1 F1 F1?” instead of shouting “HELP” when u are unable to swim.

because of sudden rush of people signing upto orkut is come to an attention that we are vastly running our of resources so with in a week any one who does not receive this scrap will be deleted of our server . We know that you are still using this account We want to find out which users are actually using their orkut accounts so if you are using your then please send this scrap to every orkut user that you can if u do not pass this scrap to anyone then we will delete your account.

I don’t understand why the heck people don’t check out the reality before forwarding the mails. Few days back, it was with SMS about the anti-reservation strike. Now these mails are again started frustrating me.

What orkut has to say about the news is

We heard there’s a rumor going around orkut that says orkut.com will delete your account for inactivity. We’ve even received this notice from someone pretending to be Orkut himself! This is not true and you can safely disregard these messages or scraps.

The post reminds me a dialogue of Amitabh from film Aankhein..
“Sach! Kalpanase bhi vichitra hota hai yeh sach!!”

This dialogue sound similar? Surely.. Someone has taken your pen to sign some document or to scribble a couple of lines on some paper and then forgot to return you. Two days later, you are asking for the pen. The friend says this dialogue. And you are like willing to kill him..
Now let’s take it other way. Place yourself at the place of that friend. You took someone’s pen and forgot to return. Then two days later he asks you for pen. Meanwhile in the two days, you have misplaced the pen somewhere. You are sure to utter the same dialogue.

That’s a common human psychology. When we are thinking about something, we think as a very small thing when its about someone else. Whereas, we take it as some huge problem when it comes to ourselves. Its not just about pen but about everything. For the sake of some name, let’s call it as “Pen Theory”. So do you find any more such examples?

Manmohan Singh to Bush – We are sending Indians to the moon next year.
Bush – Wow! How Many?

Manmohan Singh – 100

25 – OBC
25 – SC
20 – ST
5 – Handicapped
5 – Sports Persons
5 – Terrorism Affected
5 – Kashmiri Migrants
9 – Politicians
and if possible
1 – Astronaut

“A Doctor Anuj Shrivastava died due to hunger strike. Media refuging to cover. Please pass this to as many youths as you can”

Did you receieve this SMS? What was your reaction? Oh My God !!! So Bad !!! I should do something for it. Atleast forward to few more people. So you click on forward option in your mobile and forwarded the message to few more youngsters. Did you do exactly the same? Then I will term you as another dumbo person.

I don’t know why don’t people like to confirm before spreading the news. One of my friend forwarded me this message. (Actually many frineds forwarded but I am talking about one of them). When I asked him whether he has confirmed the news before forwarding, his reaction was the person who sent me this is himself a doctr. So it must be true. Hmmm.. So now doctors in this country have got a new duty. Journalist. Good..
All you journalists out there, go away. We have got a lot of doctors in our country. We don’t need you now. And due to increased seats proposed by Arjun singh, we will be getting more and more doctors every year. So go and find some other business for you.

Oh.. Coming back to the point. About the SMS. Check what “Youth for Equality” has to say.

YFE SQUASHES RUMOURS ABOUT DEATH OF DOC

Monday, May 22, 2006 : Several rumours are doing the rounds over SMSes and via e-mail about doctors dying in the protest. Also that the media is under pressure and not covering it.

We hereby clarify ALL SUCH RUMOURS ARE FALSE.

The interview available here

All I can say is

Never argue with an idiot,he will take you down to his level
and win over you because of his experience……..

Btw, you can also watch the video of this interview at the same page..

However if you see, Gopalgad has already been sold. Sinhagad is being used by public property since the times of Tilak. Everyone has taken it as private property and built bungalows and restaurants on the fort. Now, even a lodge has been opened up there.

The Parsi family living at Pandavgad many times behave as if they have full ownership over the fort.

Sahara watchmen many times prohibit you from entering the Korigad fort as they have their radar system put upon the fort.

These are just few examples. If tomorrow, the Parsi family decides to sell Pandavgad, no one can object. Sahara behaves as if they have bought the fort. And as per I think, they have actually bought up the fort. They gave royalty to government and forest dept, and now they are using it the way they want to.

About Sinhagad, Tilak first built up a bungalow there. Then came Gandhi. He gifted half land of fort to his secretary (some Mehta from Mumbai). As if he owned the land of Sinhagad heritated from his father.

This is going on for years. The people, forest dept, so called politicians are eating up forts. And we are unable to do anything…

Addition on 21/05/2006
Sub-registrar suspended for fort sale
Dolphin Stonecrest’s say about the issue

there is an anti reservation rally being organised on 21st may.. starting points.. BJ medical college and SNDT.. at 4pm… pls try to make it… we need to make a change n stand up for what is right. the future of our country and the ability to stand up as independent and proud citizens rests on the shoulders of the youth.. its time to take a stand!!!

Just have a look at the attached images to know how badly the future of India is being handeled by this bloddy fovernment and police. This is just a trailor. Real movie is much more worse…

Incident 1:
Venue: PMT bus to Swargate.
Lady involved: A young girl, maybe college student.

I was sitting on a ladies seat cause there were no ladies standing in the bus. On one stop, two ladies boarded the bus. I stood up and offered them the seat. The young girl gave a cute smile and said “Thank You”. I don’t think any guy would have shown this much of courtesy.

Incident 2:
Venue: Outside Sambhaji Bridge Police Station
Lady Involved: A lady police officer

One two wheeler crosses the bridge exclusively made up for four wheelers and gets caught by the lady officer. Officer asks him for license and the man puts a 50 Rupees note in the license and gives the license to officer. Officer takes out the note, gives it back to the person and makes a proper challan for the crime.
Can you think of any male officer who will be having so much of honesty? Well, I don’t think so..

Incident 3:
Venue: Wai Bus stop
Lady Involved: A poor village lady

The lady was selling combs to earn some money to feed her child. She comes to me and requests me to buy the comb. First, I’m not interested in buying but then I see at the child and think to help the lady. I have 2 Rupees change in my pocket and I offer this money to her and tell her don’t give me the comb. The lady promptly replies, “तर मग दोन रूपयांचा कंगवा घ्या ना !” (Meaning “If you want to help, buy a comb of 2 Rupees and don’t give me money for nothing”). This feeling of “Khuddari” is nowhere visible in men. In fact, just have a look at today’s men who are dying to get everything for nothing. And no, I am not talking about the village men. I’m talking about the so called “Well Educated and well cultured” men of the towns and cities..

Overall, these three women taught me new lessons and I salute all womankind of India.

Just completed reading this fantastic book. The whole book can be covered up in just one sentence. “You aught to read that”. Its just a simple story of 6 people struggling with their own lives, until they get a call. Call from the GOD. And then there is this part of the story which actually made me think, am I living the life the way I’m supposed to? Did I ever think what I should do? The book really made me think about my life.
The book taught me one basic thing. For success you need failure and self confidence.

—-
Dinesh H. Soni
9890897198

Btw, I had previously posted about the importance of first kiss in
romantic relatioship, but can’t provide the link as I’m posting from
my cell..

–
Dinesh H. Soni
JAM BEAURUE CHIEF
MIT Pune
9890897198

A healthy human lung, left, and a smokers lung injected with a polymer preservative are on display during a press preview of ‘Bodies…The Exhibition,’ Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005 in New York. The exhibit which feature 22 whole body specimens, as well as more than 260 additional organs and body specimens opens at the South Street Seaport Nov. 19, 2005. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Will you still continue smoking and let your lungs die of smoke? Its your turn to think…

News Source: Yahoo News
Thanks Ritesh

Check out this and also this..

I agree with you Ritesh but really we can’t do anything more than just putting black ribbon on our blog or protesting.. And we can’t even blame the system because we are part of the system! or better saying, we are the system..

Well, here is one black ribbon on my part.. I protest against the “inhuman terrorists”

The Moral

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up!

Remember the five simple rules to be happy

1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.

O.K., that’s enough of that B.S. … The donkey later came back, caught the farmer out in the field and kicked the crap out of him. Then he went over to each of his neighbors farms and kicked the crap out of them too for helping.

The REAL Moral

When you try to cover your ass, it always comes back to get you.

This one was sent to me by Snehalkumar..

Had Tikona night trek and Sarasgad trek last week.
Will give you detailed report of all these treks very soon..

“The descision of the first kiss is the most crucial one in any Love story,It changes the relationship between the two people forever.It is even more crucial than the final surrender, for “the first kiss” is itself a very big surrender…”

“When in doubt whether or not to kiss a pretty woman…Always go ahead and kiss…Give her the benefit of doubt…”

PACHADLELA is a horror-comedy revolving around three friends working in a bank who get posted to a small village. They stay in a wada which is haunted. According to the villagers, the spirits of four dead people haunt the wada. One is possessed. Directed by Mahesh Kothare, the actors’ performances has drawn crowds.

A still from movie

“Jassi jaisi koi nahi” was the catchphrase used when the show was originally launched. Now that the ugly duckling has transformed herself into a swan – now what?

The ugliness of Jassi – we all knew – was just a couple of millimeters deep. The kind that a good haircut and a pair of contact lenses could easily repair. But that isn’t true for everyone.

Some of us are less physically attractive than others. And today, more than ever, this is going to affect chances of success in life. Those who are labeled ‘ugly’ rarely have a high sense of self esteem. So, even though they may be intelligent, they are going to have to surmount huge odds.

They may not make it to jobs of their choice, or find a mate easily. Because whatever we may outwardly profess, we do tend to prefer people who are more pleasant to look at and fit in with our conventional ideas of ‘beauty’.

Some days ago, ABC news did a hard hitting segment on its investigative 20 / 20 show to highlight the subtle but painful discrimination against average looking people. Using actors and hidden cameras, the show exposed ‘lookism’ in typical real life situations: on street, on the job, in school, and in court.

The message Jassi’s transformation is giving less-than-perfect-looking people is quite unsubtle. Shape up or ship out. Since you are really ugly – unlike me, who only put on make up appear so – that might even means expensive plastic surgery. Society has no patience with non-khubsoorat people- and that is the plain and ugly truth..

BTW, CHECK WALLPAPER OF MONA SINGH AKA JASSI HERE

If you can see this picture, consider yourself fortunate. For the sake of the ones who can’t, please see BLACK. It touched my heart, deep down.

He asks PVNR and Advani to go to HEAVEN. But, for Laloo, Yam Raj had already decided that he should be sent to HELL.

Laloo is not at all happy with this decision. He asks Yam Raj as to why this discrimination is being made. All the three of them had served the public.

Similarly, all took bribes, all misused public positions, etc. Then why the didfferential treatment? He felt that there should be a formal test or an objective evaluation before a decision is made and should not be just asked on opinion or pre conceived notions.

Yam Raj agrees to this and asks all the three of them to appear for an English test.

PVNR is asked to spell “INDIA” and he does it correctly. Advani is asked to spell “ENGLAND” and he too passes. It is Laloo’s turn and he is asked to spell “CZECHOSLOVAKIA”.

Laloo protests that he doesn’t know English. He says this is not fair and that he was given a tough question and thus forced to fail with false intent.

Yam Raj then agrees to conduct a written test in Hindi (to give another chance assuming that Laloo should at least feel that Hindi would provide an equal platform for all three).

PVNR is asked to write “KUTTA BOLA BHOW BHOW”. He writes it easily and Passes. Advani is asked to write “BILLY BOLI MYAUN MYAUN”. He too passes. Laloo is asked to write “BANDAR BOLA GURRRRRR…..” Tough one.

He fails again.

Laloo is extremely unhappy. Having been a student of history (which the other two weren’t), he now requested for all the 3 to be subjected to a test in history

Yam Raj says OK but this would be the last chance and that he would not take any more tests.

PVNR is asked: “When did India get Independence?”. He replied “1947″ and passed. Advani is asked “How many people died during the independence struggle?”. He gets nervous. Yama asked him to choose from 3 options: 100,000 or 200,000 or 300,000.Advani catches it and says 200,000 and passes.

It’s Laloo’s turn now. Yama asks him to give the Name and Address of each of the 200,000 who died in the st! ruggle. Laloo accepts defeat and agrees to go to HELL.

Moral of the story : IF YOUR MANAGEMENT HAS DECIDED TO SCREW YOU, THERE IS NO ESCAPE !!!

Are you feeling that you would like to start smoking cigarettes? Here are 12 steps to follow to help you decide whether or not to be a smoker.

Trust yourself. You — with your 200 years of experience as a smoker — will make a very wise and seasoned decision.

Think of a group of people waiting at a red light – when the first one crosses the street, more will suddenly follow, even though the light is still red. It’s called the “broken window phenomenon:” once the first window is broken and not taken care of, the house, and soon the whole neighborhood, deteriorates through accelerated vandalism.

well, i personally believe in this theory upto certain extent.

Take example of yawning. If one person yawns, neighbouring person also yawns.

Or consider another example. During treks, if one of the trekker slips, Atleast one or two of his fellow trekkers slip and fall to accompany their friend

For more on the theory, click here

Read the Top three lines. Well you anyways cannot read the other lines . It says:

What would you say if we offered you a drug

made with rat poison, embalming fluid, toilet cleaner and car exhaust!

Oh.. you smoke cigrattes… Never mind… you’ve already tried it.

One of my friend Ritesh Maheshwari found the flyer in a laundry room and clicked the pic using his K700 with hardly any light around.

Coming back to the point, this again proves that scaring the hell out of people always works!

So all you chain-smokers out there, Quit Smoking now!!

*Freaking out and enjoying life doesn’t need drugs or cigarettes.

*There are relationships apart from dating partners, marriage, sex partners, siblings, and friendship that can be very emotional and true and beyond the understanding of many people. ( … )

*(Akash, Sid) Even though you may be the best of friends there is always a limit which should never be crossed. Then it starts hurting … …

*Improving your imperfections after you realize it, always takes some time.

*(Guess Who??) You always don’t need to show how much u love or care about her, in fact it can be quite boring (Sameer, ofcourse )

*Believe in Love, true love will never let you down… Hmmmm…!

*Never be ashamed to go back to your old friends, friends are there to understand your mistakes.

*Do not be afraid of others, for sometimes those very others are afraid of you (The Australian Beggar)

*You don’t need a snazzy cell phone to be cool.

*Whenever you need your friend, remember that she/he is just a phone call away… distances don’t separate friends

*3d photographs?? True friends can understand

*What a person wants in life is some one who can make him/her smile. Be true in all your relationships, be it a friend, a spouse, or a stranger.

*In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

*It’s the friends you can call up at 4 A. M. that matter … (Oh Yesss!)

*The only unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable. (One cannot always be the same person either)

*Happiness is an attitude. If you are used to being unhappy, even in the best of situations you’ll still grumble and be unhappy. Nothing can make you happy in the world.

*The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with – never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you’ve ever had.

In the Q 3: (a), the probability Density function was not printed, without which its impossible to solve the problem.

How does the university expect us to write answers without specifying the question?

Do they ever care about the trouble we face due to such faulty question papers?

Will the university provide these 12 marks to students who tried to answer that question?

There are many such questions arising in the minds of students which always remain unanswered.

Also the total question paper is supposed to have 148 marks with 4 extra questions.

Whatever combination of questions someone may follow, the total attempt can’t go ahead of 100 marks.

But this paper, if someone selects Q no. 1, 5 and 10 with any 3 other questions, the attempt will be 102. Since when did the university start setting paper of 102 marks? And if someone solves all these questions, will the university give him full 102 marks?

2. Take a Bag along whenever you Shop, make it a habbit. Remember, each of the Plastic bags you take will not bio-degrade for at least 250 yrs! We will go down in history as a civilisation which has left behind loads of plastics. Even when going on picnics, avoid packed food in plastics, take fresh food or fruits. Many of the shopkeepers resent giving plastics, help them out. God knows how many hundreds of plastic bags I’ve avoided using and convinced my folks to refrain from using in the past few years.

3. Use Diyas for Diwali instead of burning crackers and fireworks, diyas last longer and they are a true salute to this festival of lights, they burn silently all night long without any noise and pollution,they look pretty as well. They cost a fraction, and help the cause of the villagers making them.

4. Use vegetable peels for yr potted plants, they add to the value of the soil,prevent water loss and reduce the garbage. Use the waste water for the plants. We have a 200ltr waste water drum in our building and it takes just 2 families to provide the water needed for a 2500sqft garden.Imagine a highrise building housing more than a hundred families.

5. Keep the water taps shut when not needed during shaving or brushing in the mornings, statistics show that if each of us mumbaikars could do this it would save millions of litres or water monthly saving our money in return which is being spent on heavily subsidising clean water, which we take for granted.

6. I would strongly recommend using alternative sources of energy like Bio-gas and Solar/wind power but I still have to experiment with these. It takes a lot of convincing to do to start a project like this. People think youre crazy, but India leads the world with China in Bio-gas technology. In wind energy we are among the best in the world but the technology is still expensive.

Always remember that our weakest point is that we tend to believe that as individuals we cannot make any difference and we are losing a battle. The battle is lost infact if we fall into this category of believers.