Remaining now:
Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu Kashmir, Andaman & Nikobar Islands, Goa and seven Sister States.

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Kafar Bhanda, Maran Ramro (It is better to die in Valour than to live like a Coward) says 3rd Gorkha Rifles. And they truly live to it. The armed forces. May it be Army, Navy or Air Force. They all live with the possibility of death any time. It can come in any form. A bullet, a granade or natural calamity. And still they never hesitate to take another foot ahead and kill the enemy. They spend sleepless nights so that we countrymen can sleep peacefully at our home. They sacrifice their family, their luxuries, their wives and children, their peace. And their life too. Just to see the countrymen smiling. And the smile of countrymen is the only thing that makes them die with a smile at their face.

Lt Nawang Kapadia was one such great soldier who sacrificed his life at a very young age. The age where a normal kid is busy dreaming about his to be wife, his soon to start family and his newly starting career. Nawang had much higher dreams though. He dreamed of making his countrymen sleep peacefully. He dreamed of guarding the country from enemy. He dreamed of keeping the Tricolour high always.

Being a mountaineer’s son, the love for mountains was in his blood. And he sacrificed his life while saving Himalays from the enemy. 10th November, 2000 was the day when Nawang sacrificed his life in the notorious jungles of Rajwar near Kupwara. 25 was his age when he died. An age when a normal kid like me has no understanding of life, Nawang had made his life worthwhile. When people say life is graceful, I look at the faces of the armymen. They accept death so that we can call our life graceful. And they accept it with spread arms and broad smile. And the only words they offer to their family are

I know that me writing on this blog is not going to bring back Nawang or not going to help anyone in any ways. All I want to say in this article is

“They have sacrificed their life to make our life graceful. Let’s prove that their sacrifice isn’t waste. Let’s keep ourselves away from any activity that will make them shameul when they look at us. Let’s be the True Indian and make the sacrifice worth it.”

Elections are always full of lot of political jokes. But this one has to be a classic one. A fast that lasted for 4 hours. Which stated after breakfast and ended before lunch. And the man had two ACs to keep him cool during this *long* fast.

Makes me wonder if we are in the same country where Gandhiji had days of fasts for their countrymen..

But still there is a different fun in the paper communications too. The old generation people may tell you the fun in writing the love letters on paper or the fun of waiting for the reply to letter you send out to a friend.. We are missing out on lot of excitement for sure.

Writing letters to each other would really be a lame idea now. But how about sending postcards to friends telling about the place where you live? You can even create a small 2-3 page document about youself and the place where you stay. Take a print of his and send across to your friends.

So to start with this, give me your address through comment here / DM on twitter or mail and expect a letter from me. And I assure that your adress won’t be shared with anyone.

The recent Mumbai attacks have once again highlighted the need for individuals with a high level of personal integrity to provide effective leadership for our country. It is well known that across party lines, a number of individuals with criminal antecedents are given tickets to contest elections. There is little public pressure on political parties to not give tickets to such individuals. In 2004, about 20% of those who were elected to Parliament had criminal antecedents. This problem is prevalent across most political parties. This tears into the moral fabric of the country and has an impact on governance.

The ‘No Criminals’ Campaign Idea

The upcoming general elections offer citizens an opportunity to make an appeal to political parties not to give tickets to persons with criminal antecedents. The core idea therefore is to launch a nationwide campaign to enable citizens to express their opinion on this issue in a visible way.

The Campaign

The campaign will cover the whole of India. It will build on the public mood in the country to appeal to all political parties. A series of efforts, including widespread use of audio-visual media, print, internet, mobile phones, etc., will be made to reach out to a large number of people across the country. Efforts will also be made to leverage the strengths of existing groups that have done work in the area of not having people with criminal antecedents contest in elections such as the Association for Democratic Reforms, the National Election Watch, etc.

The Timeline

It is expected that general elections will be held in phases beginning in April 2009. This gives us a short window to reach out to citizens across the country.

The Desired Outcome

No political party to give tickets to people with criminal antecedents in the 2009 general elections.

For more information, kindly visit the website of No Criminal Campaign.

1. The newbies: Every person joining twitter starts from here. He has either heard of twitter from a friend or seen a friend twitting and so joins out of curiosity. Some of them do survive in long run but most of them get lost in the crowd after first 20-30 tweets. Those who stay glued, get divided into some subcategories.

2. I need followers: They are constantly on look out for new ways to get extra followers. They will follow random people so that those random people too follow them. They will use those tools to increase number of followers, will RT any damn tweets thinking it will give them more followers and they will ask everyone to follow them whenever meeting anyone online. The first thing they will say to fellow twitter is “I’ve got 1500 followers. What about you? How many you have?”. Only apparent reason being opportunity to cash in the number of followers sometime through sponsored twits or apps like magpie.

3. I want to follow: They are not really concerned about who follows them. They just go ahead and follow hundreds of people. Trying to gain maximum knowledge through tweets of these people. These people won’t twit much on their own but will read others’ tweets very regularly and consciously. Not sure if they end up learning much stuff.

4. I need to follow that chick: The first question they will ask to a fellow twitter is “Whats twitter handle of that girl we met in last tweetup?”. They will follow each random girl on twitter and immediately add everyone on facebook, linkedin, orkut and possible every social network available. Probably even hi5 and wayn too… I suppose girls are smart enough to recognise these types quickly.

5. I don’t follow whom I don’t know: They will start following you only after you meet at some meetup and speak for atleast 5 minutes. Following someone they don’t know is big NO NO for them. I wonder if they got real meaning of twitter or probably they are the only ones who got *real* meaning of twitter.

6. The protected ones: Simple way to identify them is by the lock that appears next to their snap. They keep the account protected by the fear of either employer reading their tweets or by the fear of partner. Or they think they are celebrity. You never know, some of them might actually be celebrities in their own field.

7. I want to maintain the ratio: They are always concerned about their follower:following ratio. And they make every effort to keep the ratio at particular level. As soon as ratio goes below the level, they will start unfollowing people and ask people to follow them. Other times, they are cool and will twit in their own ways.

8. The divine ones: They don’t care who or how many are following them. They will follow whom they feel like following and they will twit what they want to twit. They won’t ask any friend to follow them. They won’t even follow someone just because he is a friend. And they will surely not think twice before twitting something. They will go ahead and twit whatever they feel like without thinking what the followers want to read.

For those who don’t know what Gudi Padwa is, here’s what Wikipedia says about it.

“Gudhi Padwa (Devnagari: गुढीपाडवा) is celebrated on the first day of the Chaitra month, and is celebrated as New Year’s Day by Maharashtrians and Hindu Konkanis ( called as Samvatsar ( Sausar ) Padvo or Yugadi by Konkanis ). It is the same day on which great king Shalivahana defeated Sakas in battle.

This is also first day of Marathi Calendar. This festival is supposed to mark the beginning of Vasant (spring). According to the Gregorian calendar this would fall sometime at the end of March and the beginning of April. According to the Brahma Purana, this is the day on which Brahma created the world after the deluge and time began to tick from this day forth. This is one of the 3 and a half days in the Indian Lunar calendar called “Sade-Teen Muhurt”, whose every moment is considered auspicious in general to start a new activity.

While the people of Maharashtra use the term Gudhi Padwa for this festival and the Konkanis use Sanvsar Padvo (sanvsar derived from samvatsar meaning year) the people of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka term the same festival, observed on the same day, Ugadi. The Sindhi festival of Cheti Chand is celebrated same day.”

“I observed families riding two-wheelers — the father driving the scooter, his young kid standing in front of him, his wife seated behind him holding a little baby. It led me to wonder whether one could conceive of a safe, affordable, all-weather form of transport for such a family,” Ratan Tata said when he unveiled the Tata Nano in 2008.

Ratan Tata announced his dream project of a $2,000 car on March 11, 2003 at the Geneva Motor Show.

Six years down the lines, it is a dream come true as the company plans a nationwide roll-out today (March 23, 2009). With millions of people eagerly waiting to buy a Tata Nano, it is expected to turn around the fortunes of the company.

Courtesy: Sxoop twitter

when Getting High meant on a swing
when Drinking meant Orange Juice
when Dad was the only hero
when love was mom’s hug
when dad’s shoulder was the highest place on earth
when your worst enemies were your siblings
when the only thing that could hurt were skinned knees
when the only things broken were toys
and when goodbyes only meant “till tomorrow”…

I want to go back to that time..

I first met her in quite unusual and embarrassing way. In our college computer lab. She said something to me which my friends took as an offense. But I stayed cool which was embarrassing for her. She, like my friends, was expecting me to bounce back and answer which I didn’t do.
She corrected her wrong action but did not say sorry. And neither did I talk any further.
For few days later, she often tried to avoid any eye contact with me. In fact she used to change her path whenever she saw me coming. And neither did I ever tried to cross roads with her.
Whenever by any chance we came across each other, we just passed a passive hi to each other.
Even today, if ever we come across, we just smile and pass a hi. We never spoke a word beyond a hi. I don’t yet know her name even after passing hi for 6 months. And I really doubt if even she does. I don’t know what made me to write about her. Am not flattered by her looks for sure. And I don’t know anything about her beyond her face. Maybe some people just deserve a blog post from Dinesh, even without impressing him in any way. And *that girl* is one of those lucky ones.

Happy Republic Day

‘GEt married beta’

Top five ways to avoid those questions:
5. I want to earn loads of money first. To provide all possible luxury to my wife-to-be.
4. Chances of me being sacked are high. Will she support me financialy?
3. I love someone. But she loves someone else. So i’m not going to get married.
2. Give ‘your type of girl’ preferences which no girls can posses.
1. Tell your parents you’re GAY..

happy new year calvin way

Last few days, I watched some flicks including Dasvidaniya, Maharathi, Savarkhed Ek Gao, Socha Na Tha, Dil Kabaddi, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye, Sorry Bhai, Dostana etc. Well, some did give me joy of watching. So disappointed. And some made me wonder why the hell the screen existed.

Dasvidaniya will be remarkable for simple storyline, and wonderful acting by Vinay Pathak. It makes you wonder if you have done all things you wanted to do before die. The songs in the movie, specially the one sung by Kailash Kher is just amazing.

Maharathi: There is no way this cast can disappoint you. With actors like Nasiruddin Shah, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Boman Iani; the movie is full of top class acting. And the fantastic storyline with interesting twists and suspense makes it a worth watch. The actresses Neha Dhupia and Tara Sharma too add their bit to the movie.

Savarkhed Ek Gao is a Marathi movie with best of the actors like Vikram Gokhale, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Sonali Khare, Shreyas Talapade etc. Its about the events happening in a small village with Vikram Gokhale as MLA and Sadashiv Amrapurkar as an aspiring candidate for the post. The village foes through a series of unpleasant actions and the youngsters save the village with courage and planning. If you know Marathi, you must watch this one.

Socha Na Tha is among my all time favorites. The simplicity with which events unfold and the kind of confused mindset Abhay Deol lies in is something many youngsters can relate to.

Dil Kabaddi is bold but partly true story. Though it ends on a kinda sadistic message about impossibility in maintaining the romance of married life. Btw, here are few tips about maintaining the romance.

Sorry Bhai was not so good movie for many people. But for me, it was a great one for me. Specially with the jazz music, it is a treat.

Rab Ne Bana di Jodi is a total disaster. I think Yash Raj Films need a change of formula. Well, they tried the change of Formula thing with movies like Roadside Romeo. What YR needs is probably close off the production house now.

So that’s all about the movies. Waking up at 5:30 with sound of flowing water taps and nothing better to do at these hours, I write this post exclusively for my readers. Enjoy…

P.S: If you are caught in a situation where you have nothing better to do, better do nothing rather than watching Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

And I vow up not to use my ftp in college laboratory again..

Routine kills the romance because we get bored very easily. And that’s why everyone loves surprises and adventure. If your love life is in rut, try something new. Break some habits. If the rule is that your partner always takes the first move, you should break the rule. It’s important to take the initiative.
If you find resistance, that just means you haven’t found the right idea. Keep experimenting.

2. “Connect” each day

While we all like to think we can be passionate when the urge trikes, that’s hard to do when you have own life and job/studies. You have to schedule time for intimacy. And you need to first do all those things that help you connect emotionally. A good physical relationship comes out of emotional connection.
How to make this connection? Its usually the small things you do for each other.

3. Make a date

Specially for married couple out there. Take your spouce on a date, every weekend. Having a specific time to be together really improves the marriage. You will have something to look forward to on weekends – a date with your wife / husband. Even if you don’t talk about anything profound, these dates can be powerful because you know you are doing it to maintain your relationship.
During the week, both partners write down ten things ou want to do on date. And then do atleast on of them. When you find yourself in a pizza-and-movie rut, you can always refer the list and pull out an idea.

4. Express yourself

Specially girls expect the partner to read their mind. They don’t tell what they need. They expect the partner to guess. And when he doesn’t guess it right, disappointment occurs. Many partners hesitate to tell their mates what they would like romantically. If I’ve to tell, its no fun. But without communication, its often hit-or-miss fashion, trying to find out what will please the other.
Partners have to express what they want, what they feel and more important, what they think the other one wants.

5. Create a little tension

Passion is heightened by the tension created when you have to overcome impediments. It gets your energy up and helps you be creative. Be away from each other for a while or create some obstacles. Designate an “Everything-but” day.. I don’t really need to elaborate on this one. Do I..?

    Bollywood’s shouting ‘cut, cut, cut.’ The stars have cut fees and producers their budgets. Actor Sanjay Dutt, who was charging Rs 15 crore, is back to a more affordable Rs 4-5 crore. Sanjay Dutt Productions CEO Dharam Oberoi explained that the actor thought it would be “unfair to hike his prices at a time when the industry is struggling with recession”. John Abraham has reportedly cut his fee by 60% for his next film and director Pooja Bhatt has been asked by T-Series to trim the budget of her new film Kajra Re. 

    Car drop has become drop car as some I-T companies in Hyderabad and Bangalore introduce buses to ferry workers around. Senior executives can’t hire luxury taxis and have to make do with Indicas. 

    Divorce? Nah, it’s not worth it if your spouse doesn’t have any assets left to split. So discord or not, most couples are opting to stick it out, say marriage counsellors. 

    Expats are getting the heave-ho. In lean times, most companies are baulking at the thought of huge wage payouts. Jet Airways has already let go many foreign pilots. MNCs such as Procter & Gamble and Marriot have also decided to cut down on expat assignments. “An expat costs three to five times more than a local,” says a senior official of an MNC. 

    Food bills have shrunk as people share appetizers and skip dessert. The good news is that happy hours at bars have been extended. 

    Guest entertainment is out and company guesthouses are in. Don’t even think of wining and dining those clients and leaving the company to pick up the tab. Kiss goodbye to five-star hotels as companies set up guesthouses of their own. 

    Hotel freebies have got the axe. So be prepared for no welcome drink, complimentary slippers, or mint on the pillow. Even the quality of toiletries is going to suffer. 

    In-house entertainment budgets, which ranged between Rs 50 lakh and Rs 5 crore, have nose-dived, so family days and picnics are out. Serious times are here, especially for fun officers as many I-T companies have either retrenched or redeployed these interestingly titled members of staff. 

    Junk the snacks. Chai-nashta is now just chai as the free pizzas and sandwiches have disappeared at most BPOs. In a lighter vein, it’s good not just for the pocket but for waistlines. 

    Kids may have to wait. Worried about whether they will be able to provide for their children, some couples in the US have put off plans to start a family. Economists consider baby booms or busts a reliable indicator of a nation’s fortunes. 

    Lunch boxes are enjoying an unlikely renaissance as the cash crunch bites. In the good times, packed lunches had become passe for executives, who found it easier to grab a bite near the office. But now, it’s tiffin time again. Good news for the dabbawalas! 

    Marriages are considered recession-proof in India but many couples are altering their route to the altar. Guest lists have been pruned and seven-course buffets are no longer the order of the day. Financial lows mean no high spirits as mocktails replace cocktails. 

    No wasting power. Companies have announced curbs on air-conditioning and lights. That should make the green lobby happy. 

    Off-site meetings are out. Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse recently asked bankers to forgo meetings at swanky hotels and gather warmly around the office instead. That’s bargain bonding. 

    Party’s over. What can be a bigger sign of hard times than parties being cancelled? Here, New Year and Christmas bashes are going to be lowkey. And in Silicon Valley, even Internet giant Google Inc, known for throwing the most extravagant holiday season parties complete with sushi buffets and burlesque dancers, has decided to scale back celebrations. 

    Quantum cuts in perks and salaries. Get ready to forgo your LTA and reimbursements for petrol and cellphones. 

    Romance and recession certainly don’t go hand in hand. Expensive dates are out with lovebirds making do with a movie at the neighbourhood multiplex or worse still, a walk in the park. 

    Sabbaticals are the less-painful option for companies that don’t want to retrench. Infosys is one of the companies giving employees this option. Those who’ve been with it for at least two years can take a sabbatical to work with an NGO. They’ll be paid 50% of their Infosys salary and the rest will come in from the NGO. 

    Toilet paper is doing the disappearing act from many loos. The bottomline was obviously more important than bottoms for a leading Indian pharmaceutical company, which decided to do away with toilet paper at its Mumbai office. 

    U-turn on hiring is what companies are doing. According to a new report by global staffing company Manpower, India Inc’s hiring plans in the first quarter of 2009 will be the lowest since 2005. A quarterly poll of 3,597 Indian firms across seven sectors showed that only 19% employers have recruitment plans. 

    Video conferencing has replaced travel in leading firms. Telephone usage is also down by encouraging VoIP (voice over internet protocol) applications such as Skype. 

    Weeks just got shorter. A host of companies such as Force Motors, Bharat Forge and ThyssenKrupp Industries have introduced the five-day week to reduce costs. 

    Xerox machines are vanishing from offices as firms like GM impose restrictions on the number of colour photocopies and printouts. 

    Yes,boss! That’s what you have to say when you’re told to work longer hours and on weekends. 

    Zero… the size of your bonus this year, that’s if you still have the job. 

Source: Times of India

2. Watch movie in theater: Give a break to youtube and torrents. Stop downloading flicks. Get out of your PC chair and move your butt to nearest theater. There are lot of good flicks coming these days..

3. Go for window-shopping: You don’t really need to spend money man. Just head to a mall and walk around all the shops there. Atleast 5 hours of full time pass guaranteed. {Tip: Avoid going to E-zone or Chroma. You will end up buying stuff for your PC again}.

4. Talk to “Real” friends: I hope you still remember there are some real life entities commonly known as human beings who talk like face to face without help of any messenger, e-mail or telephone. Go and meet them.

5. Attend lectures: Ya. I know that would be last thing to do. But hey, sitting on last bench and having some cool pranks isn’t that bad option either..

6. Take a nap: A power nap of 5 minutes or a complete cozy nap of couple of hours. All is well..

7. Go for a walk with your dear ones: Will work out especially in evening or early morning times. Pick up your phone. call your dear ones and ask them for a small walk along the road or even better walk along the nariman point or Carter road..

8. Cook and eat: If you are not a good cook, leave it to Nestle Maggi. Cook and enjoy your own cooking. Call over your friends if you are a good cook..

9. Travel without destination: My personal favorite. Just hop on to any bus and ask for a ticket to last stop. Get down at last stop and hop another bus. Continue till you get back to your home.

10. Attend a meet: There are lot of meets happening out you know. Startup Saturdays, barcamps, blogcamps, CouchSurfing meets. Go and attend these meets, meet some new people, learn new things. If no meet happening around, how about planning one?

11. Surf through newspaper: Specially something like Economic Times. These newspapers have lot of informative stuff which you otherwise won’t really get your hands on.

12. Have a ride: Got a bike..? Just step out of your house and have a ride from Colaba to Vasai and then take a power nap in the Vasai fort. Got no bike? Borrow from your friend or steal from neighbor.

13. Speak to customer Care Executives: Call up your mobile service provider’s Customer Care centre. Ask for all kind of new plans and schemes coming up in market. Call up bank’s Customer Care centre and ask for bank loans, their interest rates and payback conditions. Done with all Customer Care centres? How about calling up justdial and asking for random businesses?

14. Watch gully cricket: In Mumbai, you will have to just step out of your house and you will watch atleast 3 cricket matches live. Make the number 10 if you stay in East side of Western suburbs.

15. Think of what more you can do: I don’t need to explain. Do I…?

The video says it all. I don’t need to add up anything..

आई तुळजाभवानीच्या मूर्तीवर घण बसले, तेव्हा भाल्याच्या टोकावर अफझलचं मुंडकं नाचेपर्यंत या महाराष्ट्रात कोणी स्वस्थ बसले नव्हते. संभाजी महाराजांच्या देहाचे तुकडे तुकडे झाले, तेव्हा घराघरातून तलवार उठली. औरंग्याला इथेच गाडेपर्यंत शांतता नव्हती. लालाजींच्या अंगावर यमदूतांच्या लाठया बरसल्या, तेव्हा इंग्रज साम्राज्याच्या शवपेटीवर खिळे ठोकणारे कैक मर्द निपजले… मग आत्ताच का सगळं शांत शांत? आमच्या श्रध्दास्थानांवर आघात होतात, आणि आम्हालाच सगळे म्हणतात ‘शांत रहा, शांत रहा’. जाहीरपणे आम्हाला बांगडयाच भरायला सांगितले जाते. का?

आम्ही काय नेभळट आहोत का? की आम्ही दूधखुळे आहोत – उगी उगी हं बाळा, तुला नाय कोनी माल्लं, गप गप… असं म्हटलं की आम्ही गप्प! हाताची घडी तोंडावर बोट?

आम्ही जवान आहोत, मर्द आहोत… रक्तात शिवाजी सळसळतो आमच्या, ‘शिका, संघटीत व्हा, संघर्ष करा’ म्हणणारा भीम सळसळतो! आमच्या हातात भवानी आहे, पण डोळयावर पट्टी आहे. आम्हाला शत्रू कोण, हेच कळत नाही. गनिम कावा साधून जातो, आणि मग आम्ही मेणबत्त्या घेऊन मूक मोर्चे काढतो. असल्या भेदरट मेणबत्त्यांच्या उजेडात दुष्मन दिसत नाही. त्यासाठी डोक्यात उजेड पडावा लागतो आणि छाती निधडी असावी लागते. आमच्यात आणखी एक प्रकार आहे. राग आला की, आम्ही शेजार पाजारच्यांना ठोकून काढतो, दंगे करतो. खूप भुई थोपटतो पण साप मरत नाही.

मीडिया काहीही सांगतो, आणि आपण ऐकतो? कोणी म्हणतं इस्लामी अतिरेकी, तर कोणी म्हणतं दहशतवाद्याला धर्म नसतो… सुटका झालेल्या दोन तुर्की नागरिकांनी सांगितलं, की आम्हाला अतिरेक्यांनी आमचा धर्म विचारला, आम्ही मुसलमान म्हणून आम्हाला सोडले, सोबतच्या तीन आर्मेनियन ख्रिस्ती महिलांना ठार मारले. पकडलेला अतिरेकी सांगतो की, मी मदरशात शिकलो. आमचे गृहमंत्रालय म्हणते, की उत्तर सीमेवर मदरसे वेगाने वाढतायत… हे सगळं काय आहे? आम्हाला उत्तरं मिळालीच पाहिजेत. माझे मुसलमान मित्र-मैत्रिणी आहेत, ते अतिरेकी नाहीत. आमचे लाडके माजी राष्ट्रपती, आमचे गायक, संगीतकार, खेळाडू, परमवीरचक्र मिळवलेले शहीद सैनिक – हेही मुसलमान आहेत. पण ते जिहादी नाहीत… मग हा जिहाद काय आहे, मदरसे काय आहेत, या विषवल्लीचं मूळ कुठे आहे? आम्हाला उत्तरं मिळालीच पाहिजेत.

उत्तरं मागण्याचा अधिकार हे लोकशाहीतले पहिले हत्यार आहे. आहे ना खुमखुमी? मग उचला हे हत्यार!

तीस-पस्तीस वर्षांपूर्वी इस्राएलच्या खेळाडूंची ऑलिंपिक मध्ये हत्या झाली होती. पुढच्या दोन वर्षात ही हत्या करणाऱ्या प्रत्येक अतिरेक्याला जगाच्या कानाकोपऱ्यातून शोधून काढून इस्राएलच्या कमांडोंनी ठार मारले. दुसऱ्या महायुध्दात हजारो ज्यूंची हत्या करणाऱ्या ऍडोल्फ आइकमनला इस्राएलच्या हेरांनी परदेशातून शोधून उचलून आपल्या देशात आणला, त्याच्यावर खटला चालवला, आणि त्याला देहदंड दिला. टीचभर देश आहे इस्राएल. पण त्यांचा राष्ट्रीय स्वाभिमान जागा आहे. कोण आहेत त्यांचे नेते? आणि मग आमचेच असे कसे?

आम्ही मतदानाच्या दिवशी पिकनिकला जातो, किंवा आमची मतं विकतो, किंवा १८ पूर्ण झाली तर नावच नोंदवत नाही… मत देताना रस्ते आणि पाणी एवढेच मुद्दे दिसतात आम्हाला, मग निवडणूक पंचायतीची असो नाही तर लोकसभेची! लोकशाहीत प्रजेच्या लायकीवर किंवा नालायकीवर राजा ठरतो. आम्हाला स्वाभिमानी निडर नेतृत्त्व हवे असेल, तर जागरूक राहिले पाहिजे. आत्ताच्या नेत्यांमध्ये सगळेच बुणगे दिसत असतील, तर स्वत:च राजकारणात उतरले पाहिजे.

शांत रहा, शांत रहा… असं कोणीही सांगितलं तरी गप्प बसण्याची वेळ नाही आता. लोकशाहीतली हत्यारं उचलून लढलं पाहिजे. सूडाच्या अग्निकुंडात आपल्या अभिमानाची आहुती पडली आहे. संसदेवर हल्ला झाला आहे, ताजची राख झाली आहे… इतक्या आहुती देऊनही जर स्वाभिमानाची भवानी जागी होणार नसेल, तर आमचे राष्ट्र नष्टच होणार असेल.

शंभर शिशुपालांचे हजार अपराध भरलेत, जनतेतल्या जनार्दना – उठ!

Google map for Vidyalankar Institiute of Technology

How often do you check google maps before visiting a new place? And how often you reach right destination with this help?
We web 2.0 people are often criticised or over relying on technology for our day to day work. And I find nothing wrong in it. It gives us correct information in no time. Like, let’s take example of the other day I had to go for my exams. Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, Wadala was my centre. Being new to Mumbai, I don’t know much of whereabout of Mumbai so i decided to take help of Google maps. Now, as seen in above screenshot, google map shows that institute is situated in wadala west, at a walking distance. I took print of same and just started walking in west with full confidence.
After walking a bit in the direction, realised that there was no sign of any such institute. Asking a couple of people, i was even more shocked that no one there knew about the institute. Then there was time to take help of real resources. Calling up Just Dial and asking for number of institute, and then calling up the institute. That was time when i realised the institute is in east side of wadala and i need to take a cab now else will be late for exams.
Somehow, I reached there in time and promised myself that next time when I’ve to go anywhere, I will make it a point to reconfirm the location with atleast 2-3 “REAL” sources.

Is baar nahin
Is baar jab woh choti si bachchi mere paas apni kharonch le kar aayegi
Main usey phoo phoo kar nahin behlaoonga
Panapney doonga uski tees ko
Is baar nahin

(This time when that little girl comes to me with her bruises, I will not blow gently at her wound, nor distract her, I will let her pain grow.
Not this time.)

Is baar jab main chehron par dard likha dekhoonga
Nahin gaoonga geet peeda bhula dene wale
Dard ko risney doonga,utarney doonga andar gehrey
Is baar nahin

(This time when I see pain on faces
I will not sing the song that eases pain
I will let the pain seep in, deep.
Not this time.)

Is baar main na marham lagaoonga
Na hi uthaoonga rui ke phahey
Aur na hi kahoonga ki tum aankein band karlo,gardan udhar kar lo main dawa lagata hoon
Dekhney doonga sabko hum sabko khuley nangey ghaav
Is baar nahin

(This time I won’t apply any balm
Nor will I ask you to shut your eyes
and turn your head
While I gingerly apply medicine
I will let everyone see the open, naked wounds
Not this time.)

Is baar jab uljhaney dekhoonga,chatpatahat dekhoonga
Nahin daudoonga uljhee door lapetney
Uljhaney doonga jab tak ulajh sake
Is baar nahin

(This time when I see difficulty, uneasiness
I will not run to solve the problems
I will let them become complicated
Not this time.)

Is baar karm ka hawala de kar nahin uthaoonga auzaar
Nahin karoonga phir se ek nayee shuruaat
Nahin banoonga misaal ek karmyogi ki
Nahin aaney doonga zindagi ko aasani se patri par
Utarney doonga usey keechad main,tedhey medhey raston pe
Nahin sookhney doonga deewaron par laga khoon
Halka nahin padney doonga uska rang
Is baar nahin banney doonga usey itna laachaar
Ki paan ki peek aur khoon ka fark hi khatm ho jaye
Is baar nahin

(This time I won’t pick up my tools as a matter of duty
I will not make a new beginning
Nor will I stand as an example of one dedicated to my job
I will not let life easily return to normalcy
I will let it descend into muck, on the twisting paths
I will not let the blood on the walls dry out
Nor will I let its colour fade away
This time I won’t let it become so helpless
That you can’t tell blood from paan-spit
Not this time.)

Is baar ghawon ko dekhna hai
Gaur se
Thoda lambe wakt tak
Kuch faisley
Aur uskey baad hausley
Kahin toh shuruat karni hi hogi
Is baar yahi tay kiya hai

(This time the wounds need to be watched
Carefully
For a long time
Some decisions are needed
And then some brave moves to be made
We have to begin somewhere
This time this is what I have resolved)

… Prasoon Joshi

(via Rediff  and Jai Hind Blog)

Pledge to practice safe sex.
Pledge to stay loyal to our partners.
Pledge to not indulge in homosexual activities.
Pledge to not use any used syringes.
Pledge to stay away from drugs.
Pledge to confirm a new syringe before taking any injection.
Pledge to stay away from AIDS.
Pledge to spread world about AIDS.

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

Kids don’t know it..
Teens don’t understand it..
Adults don’t have time for it..
And oldies badly want it.

Well, there should be no reason for me to check out a website dedicated to preparation of MBA entrance exams like CAT, XAT, SNAP and all. Am already done with that part and proudly call myself an MBA student. So why am I checking out and writing about a site for MBA preparations? Because there is something special about the site.
The site is named “testfunda“. I first heard of it when a friend preparing for CAT called me up to inform the launch of this site and he termed the site as “a useful tool“. And then another friend {who works for an IT company and has no time for MBA preparation classes} calls me up and says “Testfunda is a site which is a complete coaching session in itself. Best part is I don’t have to go anywhere out for this coaching.”
And when I attended a session during BCM4 about testfunda by Rahul Zaveri {who also happens to be my professor and is known for grilling students during presentations ans a cool faculty at other times}; I was really transfixed to visit the site. And mind you, the site is just awesome.
This is one “No non sense” site I’ve seen in long time. They mind what they have to give to the world and not a bit extra than that. I mean there is one more site which has ruled over years in the market of online CAT preparation. I had been active on that site and had to struggle hard to find useful content from the pile of data.
Another good thing of this site is the easy and light interface, which makes it easy accessible even on slower dial up connections {which is the lifeline of internet in non-metros}. The clarity in the interface makes the study real fun.
Won’t really write about the contents of the site. For two reasons. One is you can explore the site yourself and I assure it would be fun. Second reason is that there is so much to write about the heavy content the possess.
TESTFUNDA FTW

Income Tax Calculator in excel

While working on a project of “Income Tax calculation and benefits of various Tax benefits by government in designing tax structure for employees, I was looking at various automated tools to calculate Income Tax of employees. I recollected that my friend Urvashi had once mailed me a file about tax calculation at the time when the budget was declaired. The file is provided by Economic Times and you just need to enter your salary breakup in the file.
I just loved this tool. Am gonna give a demo of same tool during my presentation today {which is 1 hour from now}.. Dinesh recommends the tool to you.

A representative from India began: ‘Before beginning my talk I want to tell you something about Rishi Kashyap of Kashmir, after whom Kashmir is named.

When he struck a rock and it brought forth water, he thought, ‘What a good opportunity to have a bath.’He removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water. When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished. A Pakistani had stolen them.’

The Pakistani representative jumped up furiously and shouted, ‘What are you talking about? The Pakistanis weren’t there then.’

The Indian representative smiled and said, ‘And now that we have made that clear, I will begin my speech.’

And they say Kashmir belongs to them………………………………………..

1 year of fun
1 year of hard work
1 year of sheer learning
1 year of growth
1 year of being independent
1 year of being professional
1 year of survival
1 year of madness
1 year of happiness
1 year of MBA
1 year of projects
1 year of presentations
1 year of friends
1 year of Chetana
1 year of local trains
1 year of Mumbai
1 year of life…

Important Update: The post is inspired by a similar post by Tarun. If you notice, even the title is the same. When I visited his blog, the post and the title clicked me immidiately. And I thought why not use similar thing for my 1 year in Mumbai..!!! However, the idea of mentioning original author did not clicked me somehow. Maybe I could not understand the efforts Tarun had put in his post.
However, when I recieved communication from Tarun, the need to mention the name of initiator of idea clicked me. But the wrodpress thing as usual did not respond when it was supposed to. So there happened a delay of couple of days in updating.

Anyways, sorry Tarun for whatever misunderstanding that happened on the issue. And thanks a lot for the post.

A teenage girl in central India killed herself on Wednesday after being traumatized by media reports that a “Big Bang” experiment in Europe could bring about the end of the world, her father said.

The 16-year old girl from the state of Madhya Pradesh drank pesticide and was rushed to the hospital but later died, police said.

Her father, identified on local television as Biharilal, said that his daughter, Chayya, killed herself after watching doomsday predictions made on Indian news programs.

“In the past two days, Chayya had asked me and other relatives about the world coming to an end on September 10,” Biharilal was quoted as saying.

“We tried to divert her attention and told her she should not worry about such things, but to no avail,” he said.

For the past two days, many Indian news channels held discussions airing doomsday predictions over a huge particle-smashing machine buried under the Swiss-French border.

The machine, called the Large Hadron Collider, was switched on on Wednesday, at the start of what experts say is the largest scientific experiment in human history.

The machine smashes particles together to achieve, on a small-scale, re-enactments of the “Big Bang” that created the universe.

Leading scientists and researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, said the experiment was safe. They dismissed as “pure fiction” doomsday predictions that the experiment could create anti-matter, or black holes.

But in deeply religious and superstitious India, fears about the experiment and the minor risks associated with it spread rapidly through the media.

In east India, thousands of people rushed to temples to pray and fast while others savored their favorite foods in anticipation of the world’s end.

“There were a thousand more devotees yesterday as well as today compared to (any) other normal day,” Benudhara Sahu, a temple official in Orissa state, told Reuters.

Many women and children rushed to temples and observed fasts as they prayed for deliverance, officials and witnesses said.

Assurances by scientists and the media that nothing would happen counted for nothing for housewife Rukmini Moharana.

“I visited temple, prayed to god,” Moharana said. “I am observing the fast for safety because god can only save us.”

Australians: Believe you should look out for your mates.
Brits: Believe that you should look out for those people who belong to your club.
Americans: Believe that people should look out for & take care of themselves.
Canadians: Believe that that’s the government’s job.

Australians: Are extremely patriotic to their beer.
Americans: Are flag-waving, anthem-singing, and obsessively patriotic to the point of blindness.
Canadians: Can’t agree on the words to their anthem, when they can be bothered to sing them.
Brits: Do not sing at all but prefer a large brass band to perform the anthem.

Americans: Spend most of their lives glued to the idiot box.
Canadians: Don’t, but only because they can’t get more American channels.
Brits: Pay a tax just so they can watch four channels.
Australians: Export all their crappy programs, which no-one there watches, to Britain, where everybody loves them.

Americans: Will jabber on incessantly about football, baseball, and basketball.
Brits: Will jabber on incessantly about cricket, soccer, and rugby.
Canadians: Will jabber on incessantly about hockey, hockey, hockey, hockey, and how they beat the Americans twice, playing baseball.
Australians: Will jabber on incessantly about how they beat the Poms in every sport they play them in.

Americans: Spell words differently, but still call it “English”.
Brits: Pronounce their words differently, but still call it “English.”
Canadians: Spell like the Brits, pronounce like Americans.
Australians: Add “G’day,” “mate” and a heavy accent to everything they say in an attempt to get laid.

Brits: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.
Australians: Shop at home and have goods imported because they live on an island.
Americans: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor in a backwards country.
Canadians: Cross the southern border for cheap shopping, gas, & liquor in a backwards country.

Americans: Drink weak, pissy-tasting beer.
Canadians: Drink strong, pissy-tasting beer.
Brits: Drink warm, beery-tasting piss.
Australians: Drink anything with alcohol in it.

Americans: Seem to think that poverty & failure are morally suspect.
Canadians: Seem to believe that wealth and success are morally suspect.
Brits: Seem to believe that wealth, poverty, success and failure are inherited things.
Australians: Seem to think that none of this matters after several beers.

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Sweet ans simple, right?
Theres more to it:

* Doesn’t have to be thrown like the alkaline batteries creating a toxic waste.

* No need to carry a charger, plug it into your computer,gamestation, TV or anything that has a USB port.

* The rechargeable AA NiMH Battery gives 1.2v ,1300mah output.

* The price is slightly on the higher side at INR 600.00 for a two AA cell pack (I bet fake models from China would already be available, so be careful)

* Also in the pipeline are other forms of batteries like phone batteries (see adjascent pic) the 9V battery(pic below) and the AAA batery.

These batteries are developed by Moxia Energy, a UK based company that specializes in renewable energy power resources and related innovative design and engineering solutions. Their idea is to help the human to cut off from the electricity grid for petty issues like lighting, fans, charging etc. !!

With their cutting edge technology focusing on the need of the hour (especially because of the constant decay in the conventional energy resources the world over) they would definitely inspire many a young engineers to focus on this international reality.

So the bottom line, I’m not excited about the Olympic games. I’m gonna neglect it in my blog, twits and everywhere else. Unless except India bags another medal in the games. The Google logo for Olympic is great but. This logo excites me..

Ever since I came to Mumbai, I wanted to visit two trekking spots. Karnala near Panvel, and Mahuli near Asangao. But I guess am getting too lazy these days to take up my bum to these places.
Hopefully, soon I will visit these places and write a review for you.. *HOPEFULLY*

“There is no need for software to be mistreated in this way so that companies like these can market new products,” said Ken Granola, a spokesman for PETS. “Alternative methods of testing these products are available.”

According to PETS, these companies force software to undergo lengthy and arduous test – often without rest – for hours or days at a time. Employees are assigned to “break” the software by any means necessary and inside sources report that they often joke about “torturing” the software.

“It’s no joke,” Granola said. “Innocent programs, from the day they are compiled, are cooped up in tiny rooms and ‘crashed’ for hours on end. They spend their whole lives on dirty, ill-maintained computers, and they are unceremoniously deleted when they’re not needed anymore.”

Granola said that the software is kept in unsanitary conditions and is infested with bugs.

“We know alternatives to this horror exist,” he said, citing industry giant Microsoft Corp. as a company that has become successful without resorting to software testing.

Well, I’m not exactly writing a book or anything.. But I’m just celebrating the 600th post on my blog. Hurray.. I finally managed to put up 600 pathetic posts to my blog. Party time…!!!

I was waiting at Vadala Road station for a train towards Vashi for my summer internship. For a change, I decided to get into ladies compartment. For the obvious reason. Checking out some hot chicks (?). And as i boarded the train, to my surprise I could only see guys all around the compartment. And everyone was staring at me as if they were hoping a butterfly and a crow came along. They stared at me for few seconds and then everyone turned around with disappointment.
The fact ws that everyone had boarded the compartment in the hope of checking out chicks and there was no chick in there.

I just wonder if the dream was inspired by the scene in Euro Trip where the guys go to the nude beach to check out chicks and they find all “i-want-to-see-nude-female” kinda males around..

very hilarious.. I just loved it..

The list that includes 10 other Indian companies is topped by Japanese automaker Toyota, followed by Google and Ikea, Sweden’s home products’ chain.

“India’s Tata Group and Infosys Technologies saw their reputations increase by over 8 points in 2008, and catapulted over 100 spots in the ranking to join the top tier of global companies in 2008 in recognition of their growing role among the world’s business elite,” the Reputation Institute said in its survey report released Thursday.

Other Indian firms in the top 200 list include Maruti Udyog (ranked 77th), State Bank of India (107), Hindustan Lever (131), Hero Honda Motors (147), Life Insurance Corporation of India (161), Bajaj Auto (169), ONGC (186), Mahindra and Mahindra (191), and Indian Oil Corporation (199).

Some large Indian firms which were among 600 shortlisted companies but could not make it to the final 200 included Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, the country’s biggest by revenue among private sector firms and overall largest in terms of market value.

India’s biggest private sector lender ICICI Bank, Airtel, BSNL, Wipro, ITC and Air India also could not make the cut.

According to the Reputation Institute, the Tata Group and Air India have the strongest and weakest corporate reputations, respectively, among Indian companies.The Tatas are ranked higher than companies like Walt Disney, Marks and Spencers, Xerox, Colgate-Palmolive, Sony, Honda and General Electric (GE), all of which are in the top 50.

Reputation Institute said that all the 200 companies earned scores higher than the global mean of 64.2 points, but despite earnings better-than-global average, the companies ranked 51-200 have “significantly weaker reputations than the top tier companies.”

Each company’s overall Global Pulse score is based on what the institute terms the seven dimensions of reputation: products and services, innovation, workplace, citizenship, governance, leadership and performance. The most influential dimensions are products and services, and citizenship.

Reputation Institute, a private, New York City-based research and consulting firm, launched its list of world’s most reputed companies in 2006.

Google launched another new logo to celebrate 409th Birth aniversary of Diego Velázquez, a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary baroque period, important as a portrait artist. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656).

From the first quarter of the nineteenth century, Velázquez’s artwork was a model for the realist and impressionist painters, in particular Édouard Manet. Since that time, more modern artists, including Spain’s Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí, as well as the Anglo-Irish painter Francis Bacon, have paid tribute to Velázquez by recreating several of his most famous works.

Just because I’m not in a mood to type a post

Today is 48th Anniversary of First Laser demonstration (16th May 1960 by Theodore Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories). Google glorified is logo for the occasion this way. And I just loved it

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send “updates” (or “tweets”; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter website, via short message service (e.g. on a cell phone), instant messaging, or a third-party application such as Twitterrific or Facebook.

Updates are displayed on the user’s profile page and instantly delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. The sender can restrict delivery to those in his or her circle of friends (delivery to everyone is the default). Users can receive updates via the Twitter website, instant messaging, SMS, RSS, email or through an application.

How is it different from blogging? Well, firstly, this is microblogging and not bloggng. Here you can just update your status upto 140 characters. So yo are basically expected to answer only one question. “What are you doing?” You can go through the video followed to know what exactly twitter is and how it works.

Just came across this widget at Moksh Juneja’s blog. I loved the widget. Seems they have put up whole website in the widget. Nice way of marketing your movie through the blog culture. Looking forward to watch the movie..

Its really not so important for me what you are anyone else in this workd is eating right now. Its none of my business if you are having Dal Rice at some dhaba or Chicken Kabab with Smirnoff at some five star.. But it may provide a source of entertainment to just see what people are having. And this was the idea the people at i-App-a-day. Check out this link

I’m gonna be at Barcamp Mumbai 3 tomorrow. Are you joining in?

Had fate not willed otherwise, Murlidhar Devdas Amte could have ended up as just another wealthy, arrogant lawyer wallowing in luxury. This eldest son of a Brahmin landlord, born on December 26, 1914, at Hinganghat in Wardha district, was completely insulated from the world of abject poverty and the inequalities of the prevailing social structure.

When he was a mere 14 years old, Amte or Baba as he was affectionately called by his family, had his own gun to hunt wild boars and deer. During his college days in Nagpur, he would travel in a Singer sports car with leopard skin-covered seats, and buy two tickets when he went to watch a film — one for himself and the other to stretch his legs on. He indulged his passion for cinema by writing film reviews and also corresponded with the then reigning Hollywood stars Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer.

A visit to Shantinekatan and his brush with Tagore’s world of poetry and music and later his association with Mahatma Gandhi changed Baba. While poetry transformed him into a sensitive person, his understanding of Bapu’s relationship with God in the form of truth, love, morality and fearlessness inspired him to break the shackles of a secure life and dedicate it to the underprivileged masses.

Baba did well as a lawyer and took up criminal cases for the well-heeled during his practice at Durg in then MP. But he was appalled by the fact that his clients often expected him to tell lies. “A client would admit he committed rape and I was expected to obtain an acquittal. Worse still, when I succeeded, I was expected to attend the celebration party,” Baba once recounted. He started working for Harijans in his own fields although he was not expected to mingle with them.

With six leprosy patients, Rs 14 in hand and a lame cow, Baba went ahead to set up the Maharogi Sewa Samiti in 1949 at a time when leprosy patients were shunned and left to suffer supposedly for sins committed in a previous life. After shifting to Warora in the early 1940s, he set up Anandvan (Forest of Joy), the first fully integrated township for the rehabilitation of leprosy patients and people with disabilities. Today, Anandvan is spread over 176 hectares and houses 3,000-plus inmates. This ideal township demonstrated how persons with disfigured limbs could create a self-sufficient world of their own.

So sensitive was Baba Amte to the needs of Anandvan’s inmates that he even developed roses without thorns so that a blind inmate could touch and feel the flower while enjoying its fragrance. Today, Anandvan boasts an orchestra of 150 members — visibly impaired, deaf, dumb and lame singers and dancers who enthrall large audiences with their talents.

With his wife Sadhanatai standing by him through thick and thin, Baba went on to establish settlements in Somnath, Nagepalli, Hemalkasa and Ashokvan, camps with schools and colleges and hospitals for the tribals and poor in the inaccessible jungles of Gadchiroli district. His two doctor sons, Vikas and Prakash, and their equally qualified wives and grandchildren are now keeping alive the flames of hope kindled by Baba.

Here is one peom written by Baba, which I like too much.

Hmm.. So after that fantastic $fun filled week, I am back to studies and presentations. I guess thats what we people are made for. Just some serious work and some fun as fillers. But I’m loving it.

Well well well.. I’m not becoming any monk or philosopher. Its just that I was listening to this song by Casting Crown titled “Who Am I” and I really liked it..
Here I’m putting up the lyric of the same. You may find it worth going through.

Here’s wishing a very Happy New Year to you all. May all your dreams come true in the coming times and you be blessed with God’s love and kindness. And may God give you the strength to bare my useless and senseless writings.

2. Create the illusion of furious activity whenever possible. Never have a clean desk. Fill your work area with several projects that you are in the process of doing (or not doing, as the case may be). Cover your desk with open binders, highlighted reports, and sticky notes all over the place—make your workspace look like a war zone. Remember to keep your wastebasket full, too, preferably with work-related debris.

3. Emphasize the tremendous amount of work you’re accomplishing. Talk about your work in dramatic, but plausible terms. Rather than referring to something as “that small project”, call it “the epic quest” or “the gargantuan struggle.” Preempt unfavorable discussion of your progress by reporting every little advance you make as though it were a large step. Never miss a chance to communicate how busy you are.

4. Ask a lot of questions. Think up complex questions about tasks you have to do and ask them of your boss or coworkers. Ask questions frequently enough and everyone will think you’re really wrapped up in whatever task your asking about. Be careful what questions you ask, though: you don’t want to sound incompetent.

5. Fabricate major obstacles or developments that require you to go back to the drawing board. Every once in a while report to your boss that you had nearly finished a whole project, but then you realized that you had to scrap all that you had done because you figured out a better way to do it. This gives the impression that you’re constantly thinking about ways to enhance your productivity in the long run. It also shows that you can overcome any obstacle. Both of these are preferable to saying that you spent too much time writing personal emails.

6. Open several of the applications you normally use for work and have them visible on your computer’s desktop. The applications, of course, vary depending on the nature of your work. For example, if your task is data entry, you should have one or more databases up and running.

7. Be alert. Not working is like playing a sport or game. You’ve got to always be on your toes and ready for anything. Try to anticipate your opponent’s next move—for instance, does your boss always stop by at certain times?—and pay attention to clues (if you hear footsteps approaching, a chair creaking, or a flourish of activity nearby, it could mean trouble).

8. Watch out for Big Brother. Most large companies now monitor their employees’ computer usage. Learn about your company’s policies on internet usage, and learn about their monitoring efforts (it helps to make friends with someone in the IT department). If you can’t run afoul of the company’s policies without making sure you won’t get caught, don’t risk it.

9. Trick the watchers. There are a variety of tricks you can use to fool those who might be monitoring your computer usage. On the frontline, there are free programs you can install that will allow you to have two active desktops on your computer (one for work, one for play) that you can switch between at the touch of a key when you hear the pitter-patter of supervisory feet. You can also defeat this sort of monitoring by positioning your computer in such a way as to block someone else’s view of the screen (blame the unusual positioning on glare or ergonomics, if you need to explain it). Sneakier IT personnel, who monitor usage on the backend, are harder to fool. Use proxies to surf the web, or use cached Google pages of a website instead of going directly to the site. There are also a variety of programs you can get (many for free) specifically designed to help you avoid detection. Search for them on the internet, or check out the external links.

10. Slack off a little bit at a time. If you spend one whole day a week doing nothing, you’ll get caught. But you may be able to waste the same amount of time without getting caught by spreading out your “leisure time.” Take a few minutes here and there to write emails, check the football scores, or surf the net, and then get back to work for several minutes. Rinse, repeat.

11. Place a pencil or pen behind your ear to give the impression that you are writing down so much important information that if it were possible, your hand itself would be a writing instrument. Remember, if your boss walks by your desk on the left side, place the pencil behind your left ear or the effect is lost.

12. Take a stack of industry magazines with you to the bathroom. Mark them up with sticky notes and wrinkle the pages. Once in private, stick a mobile video player (with earphones, of course) in between the pages and watch something more fun. The low-tech version of this trick—hiding your favorite magazine in the pages of a work-related publication—is a schoolboy classic and can work effectively even at your desk.

13. Visit friends in different departments, leaving your workspace very “busy” looking. However, make sure that you have a work-related topic to initiate the conversation and return to if a supervisor walks by. For instance, tell the person next to you that you are going to double check something with someone from a different department. What you’re really doing is providing yourself with an excuse if your boss wonders where you were for a little while. “Oh, didn’t tell you? I wanted to double check and make sure both of our departments were on the same page about the new ad campaign, I know it’s an important issue and I would hate to have any mix-ups.”

14. Drink lots of water. Not only is water good for your health and can combat certain types of cancer, it makes you have to use the bathroom a lot. Bathroom trips can take up a lot of time and are a legitimate way to waste time while still looking busy.

15. Create meetings in Outlook with realistic sounding names. These can buy you a good chunk of time, and if your boss asks, you can say you went all the way to the meeting and no one showed, so you just worked on some paperwork since you had the conference room.

16. For a good catch-all, open a couple programs that you use daily. Make sure that all are visible and fill up your screen so you look busy. Then, take a screen shot using the “Print Scrn” button, open MS Paint, paste the image in, then save and set that image as your desktop background. You may also want to hide most of your desktop icons, as this could be a dead giveaway. Even if your computer is on the desktop, it’ll look as if you are deep into work!

17. Always, always carry a backup prop. If you’re going to be away from your desk doing something other than work, carry a document you might have been reading with you. It’s best if it’s a “long term project” that you can convincingly say you were finally getting to.

18. Smokers always have more free time. If you take smoke breaks, they seem short enough, but the time adds up quickly. Take several smoke breaks a day, and mix up your company outside.

19. Keep it simple. If you’re called on your whereabouts, have a nearly-true, simple, work-related answer ready for any situation.

20. Collaborate with a co-worker who places as much value on leisure time as you do—he or she is your perfect alibi if questions arise about your (lack of) work. Employers value employees who can collaborate with others.

21. The more time you spend typing, the busier you look. But, control your typing speed. Fast typing usually denotes email writing. (Relax while narrating your weekend. Don’t get too excited!!). Report writing or other work-related typing requires reflection and much more care; unless you are a professional typist.

22. If you’re in a job that requires you to make a quota of phone calls per day/week/month, call up your bank or a customer service line and just let them put you on hold. Sometimes you can get up to 20 minutes of hold time before you get to speak to someone, at which point you simply hang up. You’re eating up your time, and on the computer that tracks call time, it will appear as though you’re busy pushing clients to buy. This probably won’t work when your calls are monitored.

23. Next time you install a program, take a screenshot with the “installing” window. Make it your wallpaper when you need to leave the office so passers-by will think you’re just waiting for the installation to finish. Also with regards to #16, Windows+M is the shortcut to show the desktop. Use this quickly to hide whatever it was that you shouldn’t have been doing while giving the impression that you’re buried in work.

24. In a less technical field (e.g. retail) you can get away with a lot if you just look intense and walk fast, especially if you have that back-up prop. When you look like you have an urgent mission, it’s unlikely a boss will stop you to ask what you’re really doing.

25. When surfing the web, even with a proxy or cached pages, never delete parts of your history. Most IT loggers will see the sites deleted, and even if the logger logs every site visited, the techie will most likely not look meticulously at every site viewed. It just makes you look suspicious.

26. Disable your screensaver, or set the timeout for a really long time, so that it isn’t so obvious that you haven’t been at your desk for a while.

27. Creating or editing a WikiHow can be a great way to make it look like you’re working, especially if your job involves writing of some kind or another.

Warnings:

1 Never brag about how you cut corners at work to other people—they may be interviewing at your company soon or know someone there.

2 These tips work best if used sparingly. If you end up getting little or no work done, you’re bound to get caught at some point. Even if you don’t get caught, you’ll have nothing to show for the time you’ve spent at the office. Use these techniques just to break up the day and make it go by faster, but then get back to work or risk losing your job.

3 Stay away from doing external paying work on company time. Sure, it seems like a great idea to work on your side job while you’ve got some time to kill at your main job, but it’s a bad idea. If you’re caught, you’ll almost certainly be fired, and in some jurisdictions your company can sue you for your wages and damages.

4 If you do decide to download programs to help you not get caught, make sure you do it while your computer’s not being spied on. Some office networks have a program installed that allows an administrator to view live screenshots of all of the monitors on a network.

5 Use common sense with regards to step 3. Don’t go calling your project “a gargantuan task” if others know how easy it is. You’ll either look lazy or inexperienced.

6 While using these techniques, you may find work that needs to be done. Sometimes it is harder to simulate work than to be a genuine employee.

Here’s wishing you all a very Happy Independence Day. As the India steps into the 60th year, let us come together, help ourselves and help the country. The country’s economy is growing and let’s take it to the highest level.

Again we started living with our differences, with our selfishness, with our selfcenteredness and what not. Why is it we cant remain united untill we got hit.

At such situations a famous quatation comes to my mind…..
EVERYONE WANTS BHAGAT SINGH BACK BUT NO ONE WANTS BHAGAT SINGH FROM THEIR OWN FAMILY
This is the only day when we remember the heroes of the war
Capt. Vikram Battra
L . Manoj Pandey
Rifleman Sanjay singh and many unknowns which sacrificed their valuable life over the nation and its people singing the song

But thats it. The day is gone, memories are gone too. And the life became busy as earlier. Please take out some time to remember those unknown faces.

Check out this post about Kargi Vijay Din too.

PS: For those whose blogs are listed here, these are just my opinions about your blog. If you don’t like these reviews, thank me for being true. If you like these reviews, thank me for writing good about your blog. You can also publish these comments in your blog for your readers (don’t forget a backlink).

For those whose blogs aren’t listed here, probably I’m yet to come across yours. You can put your blog link as a comment to this post.

1. Soul Intoxicated: This is one highly emotional blog. Mostly covered with nice but emotional poems. However, they are worth reading.

2. Growling Maniac: The name suggests it all. He keeps roaring, most of the times about his own life and day to-day activities. But his writing style makes it enjoyable. Sometimes he uses ofensive language in his posts. But that’s in his writing style.

3. Karma Circle: The blog is mostly filled with nice sketches. She is a good artist for sure. This blog is specially for the Art lovers.

4. Shit Happens: The name suggests that this is some pessimistic kinda blog. But it isn’t. In fact it has more optimist posts than the pessi counterpart. Nice one to read.

5. Code 9: One technical blog which can actually be termed as technical. This guy (you won’t believe he is a 10th Grade student) writes so amazingly about different up coming and talked technologies and gadgets. And the posts are never copy paste kinda stuff.

6. Edge of the Evening: Small and interesting posts are his positive side. He avoids long boring posts. Puts up an image with the post which makes the blog more interesting. And few posts of him have been just amazing. Just for example one for MOM.

7. With no where to Go: This is one blog you should look for amazing template. Typical girly template but a cute one. The posts are also girly ones. But you will love reading those.

8. Elfin Grot: One more girly blog. But is a decent read.

9. Cave of wonders: He terms the blog as Cave of Wonders. But I will term it as “Cave of Crazy things”. His posts are often filled with crazy things and many crazy ideas. And definitely, one of the best blogs I’ve come across in the recent times.

10. GIVE ME NOVOCAINE: Strange title. Probably that’s some medical term. This blog is another of a girly blog. But worth a read for sure. Cause this girl seems to think sometimes upon what the audience wants to read.

My Wish list.

1. Chocolates from your country
2. Souvenirs of famous places.
3. Some beautiful but cheap jewelery (Male)
4. Art / Craft stuff
5. Postal stamps, Photographs of beautiful places in your country
6. A nice friend

What I can send out.

1. ANYTHING INDIAN

2. Bollywood song Cd’s and movie DVDs

Dear Lady in my Heart, I know you don’t read my blog. But if sometimes, by any chance you scramble upon this blog, these are my true feelings for you. Though I could have put it up in more romantic way, you know how bad poet I am

When we discuss about blood donation, the name “Friends to support” clicks immediately. The creator of this site Sharif seems to have worked really hard on the venture. He has collected lot of useful information about Blood and Blood Donation. Now he has adopted a dynamic site that makes it easy to arrange the donor records with help of database. But with the earlier static version, he must have faced many problems. Like everyday, he had to manually enter the records in the webpage. Also he had to manually maintain a record of the donors. But in spite of these problems, he kept the flow going and he didn’t just stop at creating a website or arranging a few blood donation camps. He also went ahead to establish a toll free Blood Donation Helpline to answer queries about blood donation. If you are in Anshra Pradesh, do dial in 1051 or 0863-2351725. Also you can check out the Friends to Support website.

Btw, here is some of the useful information he shares in Blood Donation facts.

There are four main blood types: A, B, AB and O.
The gift of blood is the gift of life. There is no substitute for human blood.
Every year our nation requires about 4 Crore units of blood, out of which only a meager 5 Lakh units of blood are available.
One blood donation can save as many as three lives. One unit of blood can be separated into several components, including red blood cells, plasma and platelets. Red blood cells carry oxygen to the body’s organs and tissue. Plasma is a pale yellow mixture of water, salts and proteins, including solvable clotting factors; plasma is 90 percent water and constitutes 55 percent of blood volume. Platelets are small blood cells that initiate blood clotting, controlling bleeding.

Every three seconds, someone needs blood. Blood fights against infection and helps heal wounds, keeping you healthy. Anemic patients need blood transfusions to increase their iron levels. Cancer, transplant and trauma patients and patients undergoing open-heart surgery require platelet transfusions to survive. People who have been in car accidents and suffered massive blood loss can need transfusions of 50 units or more of red blood cells.

The average bone marrow transplant requires 120 units of platelets and about 20 units of red blood cells. Severe burn victims can need 20 units of platelets during their treatment. Children being treated for cancer, premature infants, and children having heart surgery need blood and platelets from donors of all types.

Apheresis (ay-fur-ee-sis) is a special kind of blood donation that allows a donor to give specific blood components, such as platelets. Platelets must be used within five days of collection, hence blood donations are especially needed around 3-day weekends. Red blood cells must be used within 42 days. Plasma can be frozen and used for up to a year.

Blood makes up about 7 percent of your body’s weight, and the average adult has 10 pints of blood in his or her body. Since a pint is pound, you lose a pound every time you donate blood.

WHAT TYPE ARE YOU?

FREQUENCY OF BLOOD TYPES
O+ 1 person in 3
O- 1 person in 15
A+ 1 person in 3
A- 1 person in 16
B+ 1 person in 12
B- 1 person in 67
AB+ 1 person in 29
AB- 1 person in 167

* Those belonging to the O- blood group are called universal blood donors. The red blood cells of a universal blood donor may be transfused to anyone regardless of their blood type.
* The plasma of those belonging to the AB blood group may be transfused to anyone regardless of blood type.

But banning them is foolish and scary, very scary.
” So what prompted the change of mind? Same mentality , same mindset, just different religon. This is the fourth time Manning has topped the list in the seven years it’s been done.
I hope his plight ends with the best possible resolution, as soon as possible.
Market research often begins by soliciting honest feedback on your idea from friends and family.
Why buy clothes meant to cover us decently only to end up wearing such clothes without using them for the purpose for which they are bought.
The rest of the work, including manufacturing and order-filling, is done by contractors in the Philadelphia area.
Dry Cleaning StationThrifty CleanVon Schrader Co.
Can anybody argue now?
We see it all the time. Martzall founded Lake Lite Inc.
He was a great man and should be remembered as a great man.
Barnett appeared for a charity softball event later Sunday, participating in a preliminary game involving Packers players and sponsors.
Tucker, Melvin Oliver, National Football League – CBS SportsLine. French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP party says it will press ahead with its wide-ranging reforms, after winning a majority in parliamentary elections.
The banning is a welcome development to the upholding of values that seems to be eluding the youth of today in the name of fashion.
Niche Biz: Marriage ProposalsSome Positions Hard to FillSome Couples Choose To Work At HomeFinding Your Small Town NicheFind a Niche And Fill ItShould You Start A Business With Your Spouse?
Oakland wrapped up a voluntary minicamp on Wednesday under Kiffin, a former assistant coach at Southern California.
Neither are Ravens coaches, who insist he’s still playing at a high level.
Obviously, we can’t thank them enough for all that they do for us each and every day, and I’m not just talking about the organization, but for everybody across the nation. The Redskins signed him last year as a backup tackle, and he started one game late in the season when right tackle Jon Jansen was injured.
Online trade magazines and trade groups can supply such information.
Martzall said several banks denied his request for loans because he did not own a house or have other collateral.
Herbert used basic experiments to teach scientific principles to his TV audience via an in-studio guest boy or girl who assisted in the experiments.

Blogger should take care of this and take precautions to avoid such spamming.

Ailurophobia is fear of cats.
Acrophobia is fear of height.
Dromophobia is fear of crossing the road.
Anthophobia is fear of flowers.
Bacteriophobia is fear of bacteria.
Bibiliophobia is fear of books.
Cynophobia is fear of dogs.
Entomophobia is fear of insects.
Hematophobia is fear of blood.
Hydrophobia is fear of water.
Monophobia is fear of being alone.
Nyctophobia is fear of darkness.
Ombrophobia is fear of rain.
Phonophobia is fear of noise.
Pyrophobia is fear of fire.

Should we add a new term?
Blogophobia is fear of writing blogs.

1) Use Orkut Marketing: Far beyond the confines of this post, but in a similar fashion to Squidoo, the idea is to capitalize on the HUGE amount of traffic Orkut gets. Create a profile, create relevant content and links back. Start adding friends. Comment on your friends spcrapbook. Join groups. Start enjoying the trickle back traffic.

2) Yahoo Answers! A similar idea; but this time, you’re answering questions that people are posting. Yahoo! is quite careful about spam, however, and including a “signature” is a dicey proposition at times. There is a fairly sophisticated registry and voting system that tries to prevent “gaming”, but given how much traffic yahoo! answers gets, AND its inclusion as a separate result area in Yahoo SERPS (Search Engine Results Pages) it might be something worth looking into.

3) Facebook: Its a social network that has opened its doors behind its college beginnings. Anyone can sign up. Start connecting with old friends and colleagues, like any other social network. But, unlike other social networks (as far as I know), you can import your own blog’s RSS feed, so that your connections can see what you’re blogging. Who knows where that might lead? Update: Myspace also allows this function, i believe.

4) Use MySpace Marketing: Far beyond the confines of this post, but in a similar fashion to Squidoo, the idea is to capitalize on the HUGE amount of traffic MySpace gets. Create a profile, create relevant content and links back. Start adding friends. Comment on your friends space. Join groups. Start enjoying the trickle back traffic.

5) Get Dugg / Netscaped / Reddited / Stumbled upon: Whole articles (and) are written about the intricacies of socially bookmarking. Here’s a tip: focus on creating great content, make friends on these sites if they allow you to, and submit your stories judiciously.

1. Roof said: Aim high
2. Fan said: Be cool
3. Clock said: Every min. is precious
4. Mirror said: Reflect before you act
5. Window said: See the world
6. Calender said: Be up-to-date
7. Door said: Push hard to achieve ur goals.

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-Dinesh

The Delhi government is planning to start a programme on career options for school students at secondary and senior secondary levels.

The Education Department would take help from the Indian Air Force (IAF) to make students aware of various the career options available in the armed forces, particularly the IAF. The IAF will coordinate the programme. According to officials, the initiative will give government school students an idea of the different oppurtuntities available after the Boards. The IAF officials made a presentation in this regard to the Delhi Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely on Thursday.

“Most government school students are not aware of the various career options available to them unlike their counterparts in public schools. Apart from imparting education, we would like these students to know the options and avail the opportunities offered,” Lovely told the Hindustan Times. Wing Commander Ashim Kapoor, Joint Director of the Publicity Cell of the IAF, said “This is a social responsibility that we at the IAF are undertaking by presenting IAF as a sensible career choice among the Indian youth.”

He said that the IAF was conducting contact programmes, motivation talks in schools, colleges and universities across the country. He said that so far the drive has been very successful as both girls and boys have shown a keen interest for a career in the IAF in Delhi University.

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I think all the schools in India should follow the pattern. Its better that the students will get familiar to the Army opportunities at the school level so that they can work better towards achieving this goal. What do you think about this?

-Chintu

I have always been fascinated with the creativity behind the Google logos. And here is a logo published by Google on the occasion of “World Earth Day”. Once again, it has been a great creativity to make people aware of the issue of melting icebergs. Hats off to the creative team of Google.

Time: First week of February of 1986
Venue: Bramhakamal (The residence of Lord Bramha and his wife Saraswati)
Bramha is in a serious mood, thinking deeply about something.

Saraswati: what are you thinking about?
Bramha: Valentine day is approaching. I need to create something beautiful”.
Saraswati: But you have already created many things. Beautiful forests, unbounded sky, splendid water reservoirs, handsome boys and beautiful girls. You have already put up all the beauty in this world. What more you want to create?

Bramha : I want to create someone who will appreciate all these things. He should have a passion to fly in the unbounded sky I’ve created. He should enjoy the swim in the splendid water resources I’ve created. And he should enjoy every single beauty of the beautiful forests I’ve created. He should also be appreciator of the beautiful girls I’ve created.
And that’s not all. He will be having a skill of minute observation of everything around him. He will be absorb all bad things and spread out only good things to people around him. He will be a great leader and even greater learner of all things. And most of all, as I’m creating this model on Valentine day, it should be lovable by all.

Saraswati: But what exactly are you going to create?

Bramha: Just wait and watch.

And after around a week, on 14th Feb, 1986; a child was born in Baitul, in the beautiful hills of Satpudas. His mom named him Alok. He is one of my closest friend and one of the most lovable personalities I’ve ever come across..

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]]> http://www.dineshsoni.com/2006/10/i-thought-youd-love-this/feed/ 0 http://www.dineshsoni.com/2006/08/baap/ http://www.dineshsoni.com/2006/08/baap/#comments Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:02:00 +0000 Dinno http://www.dineshsoni.com/?p=290 Many established as well as newbee writers write about “Mother”. But its a rare occasion when someone writes about “Father”. I just got hold of one such document. So here is the document. Have a look at it.

Photograph by: स्वच्छंद™

Mawla Group, Pune will be arranging a night trek to Lohagad fort on 10 and 11 June, 2006. We will be climbing on 10th June (Saturday) night and will be back by Sunday afternoon.
This protector of Bhor Ghat resides close to Lonawala. So the trek will be convinient to both Punekars and Mumbaikars.

Cleanup activities will form a major part of the trek.
Those who are interested please mail us or call Dinesh at 9890897198.

Dear Chandrakantbhai, Arvindbhai, Smitaben and Varsha,

I am sending Ba’s body to you,since it was her wish that she should be cremated in the compound of our ancestral home in GUJARAT. Sorry, I could not come along as all of my paid leave is consumed.

You will find inside the coffin, under Ba’s body, 12 cans of cheese, 10 packets of Tobler chocolates and 8 packets of Badam. Please divide these among all of you. On Ba’s feet you will find a new pair of Reebok shoes(size 10) for Mohan. There are also 2 pairs of shoes for Radha’s and Lakshmi’s sons. Hope the sizes are correct.

Ba is wearing 6 American T-Shirts. The large size is for Mohan. Just distribute the rest among yourselves. The 2 new Jeans that Ba’s is wearing are for the boys. The Swiss watch that Reema wanted is on Ba’s left wrist. Shanta masi, Ba is wearing the necklace, earrings and ring that you asked for. Please take them off her.

The 6 white cotton socks that Ba is wearing must be divided among my nephews. Please distribute all these fairly.

Love Smita

PS : and if anything more required let me know soon as Bapuji is also not feeling too well nowadays…

“Look up at the sky and tell me what you see?”

The MBA replies, “I see millions of stars.”

The Engineer asks “What does that tell you?”

The MBA ponders for a minute:
“Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.
Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo.
Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three.
Theologically, it’s evident the Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant.
Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.
What does it tell you?”

The Engineer friend is silent for a moment, and then speaks:
“Practically…it tells me that someone has stolen our tent”.

Sorce: Friend’s forward

Abhijeet Rathod
Abhijeet’s Space: http://abhijeetsplace.blogspot.com/

Abhishek Shingote
The light hurts my eyes: http://theeviltubelight.blogspot.com/

Devendra Laulkar
Non sequitur?: http://dengineer.blogspot.com/
*The Saga of Stable Boy: http://pksscrapbuk.blogspot.com/
*Linux force: http://linuxforce.blogspot.com/

Dinesh Soni
Dinesh Soni’s Blog: http://dineshsoni.blogspot.com/
World through Camera Lens: http://dinesh-images.blogspot.com/
*Trade insults: http://insultthepersonbeforeyou.blogspot.com/
*Linux force: http://linuxforce.blogspot.com/
*Mawla Group, Pune: http://mawla.blogspot.com/
*Blog of Latur City: http://mylatur.blogspot.com/

Kedar Bave
What you see is what you get: http://thegoldenrendezvous.blogspot.com/
*The Saga of Stable Boy: http://pksscrapbuk.blogspot.com/
*Trade insults: http://insultthepersonbeforeyou.blogspot.com/
*Linux force: http://linuxforce.blogspot.com/

Mayuresh Watharkar
Mayur: http://mayureshwatharkar.blogspot.com/
*Linux force: http://linuxforce.blogspot.com/
linuxforce: http://tttttttttttttttttttttttt.blogspot.com/

Mihir Mone
…and people think I am freak: http://mr47exploits.blogspot.com/
pksscrapbook: http://pksscrapbook.blogspot.com/
*The Saga of Stable Boy: http://pksscrapbuk.blogspot.com/
*Trade insults: http://insultthepersonbeforeyou.blogspot.com/
*Linux force: http://linuxforce.blogspot.com/

Nilesh Deo
Nileshscooty: http://nileshscooty.blogspot.com/
*Linux force: http://linuxforce.blogspot.com/

Preeya Kulkarni
Preedominates: http://preedominates.blogspot.com/
*The Saga of Stable Boy: http://pksscrapbuk.blogspot.com/
*Linux force: http://linuxforce.blogspot.com/

Ruman Tambe
The adventures of Ruman: http://rumanworld.blogspot.com/
*The Saga of Stable Boy: http://pksscrapbuk.blogspot.com/
*Trade insults: http://insultthepersonbeforeyou.blogspot.com/
*Linux force: http://linuxforce.blogspot.com/
*Abhivyakti: http://abhi-vyakti.blogspot.com/

Tejas Joshi
*Linux force: http://linuxforce.blogspot.com/

If anyone missing, please add up..

Whatever the case may be, we’ll have to congratulate them. Well done Sachin and Supriya. I’m proud of you…

One more sting operation. Few more got caught. But is that all? No. Its just the tip of iceberg. There is lot more to come out.
One more sting operation –> Few more suspended from party –> One more enquiry comission will be put up –> Few days the enquiry “I-am-doing-serious-investgation” Drama will go on –> Everyone will forget about the issue. By the time the enquiry comission report will be out, even the comission people won’t remember what was the comission for..

Whatever may be the things, we have to congratulate AAj Tak and Cobrapost for showing the guts to take risk and get these politicians cost.
Btw, did all the politicians who were offered bribe accpeted it, or were there some who rejected the bribe? It’ll be interesting to know.

Thanks man, whoever has put-up this.

But in the presence of Politicians and movie stars, other personalities always stayed hidden.. Like Arjun Award winner Kaka Pawar, “Rustum-E-Hind” Harishchandra Birajdar, Pakhwaj player Apegaokar and many more..
How many of us know that 1998 Arjun Award winner was from Latur? Or Harishchandra Birajdar is considered as one of the best wrestling coach..
Well, you might also be knowing few other prominent personalities from Latur.. Do post their information so that the world will come to know about them..

—-
Dinesh Soni
9890897198

But one thing is sure.. Wherever I may go in life, I’ll never forget these practical exams in the college.. Coz they have taught me lot.. After all, these were the worst days of my life and a person learns a lot through bad times..


-6 = -6
9-15 = 4-10

Taking positive square root on both sides:
3 - 5/2 = 2 - 5/2
3 = 2 ????????


Remember this couple? Of course everyone does.. They both star in “Nach Baliye” on star one.. I’m really in love with this couple.. They both are so cute and so enthusiastic even after 20 years of married life.. God knows how they manage it?

Something about this couple:

Sachin started his career at the age of 4 as a child actor, and has so far acted in over 200 films. He has also directed 16 films and TV serials in both Hindi and Marathi. Supriya started her career in 1984 and has won several awards for her outstanding performances in films.

Sachin and Supriya met on the sets of their first film together where Sachin was the director. By the end of the film, Sachin had proposed marriage and have now been happily married for 20 years. They have a 16 year old daughter called Shreya.

The difference between hostel watch timings and IST changes every hour.

Students spend more time in bathrooms than the living room (the bathrooms face the nearby girl’s hostel).

There is a room for doctor’s visit once a week which is closed for over 5 years.

Seniors consider it foolish to rag juniors.

The TV hall is open only for 2 hours a day.

You cannot play TT on TT table as the net is with warden who is never in his place.

- MIT Hostel victim

Your Absence should be long enough …… so that Somebody misses U.

So ….. Keep in Touch .

Well, yesterday I came to know same article was in their print version also…
Feeling so good to know it….

2. One with bulb factory – DIVEKAR

3. Maharashtrian Bill Gates – BAL PHATAK

4. One with weight of 100 tonnes – SOMAN

5. Neil Armstrong – NEELESH BHUJBAL

6. One with K on his head – SHIRKE

7. Bakery owner – PAWGI/ BUNKAR

8. Narasimha Avtar – POTPHODE

9. One with stomach problem – POTDUKHE

10. One who lives in village – GAONKAR

11. One who only take money – DAMLE

12. One who is brave – WAGH/VEERKAR

13. One who is untidy – GABALE

14. Cotton mill owner – KAPSE/RUIKAR

15. One who eats more – DHOLE/DHAMDHERE

17. One who works very cool – KULKARNI

18. Building constructor – MAHALE

19.Silver mine owner – CHANDEKAR

20. One who reaches the root – MULEY

21. One who is real cat – MANJREKAR

22. One who is 1000 times more intellegent – SAHASRABUDHHE

23. One who divides by 2 – NIMKAR

24. One who kills – MARANE

25. Do die do – KARMARKAR

26. One who twists – PILGAONKAR

27. The God – DEV

28. Big old Rishi – MAHAMUNI

29. One who always wins – JAYKAR

30. One who talks a lot – MAHASHABDE

31. One who doesn’t talk – GOOPCHOOP

32. One who builds temples – DEVALEKAR

33. One who runs away – BHAGWAT

34. One who blackens everything – KAJALE

35. One who always says ‘take away’ – NENE

36. One who is father – BAPAT

37. One with tailoring shop – SHIWDE

38. Jeweller – RATNAPARAKHI

39. One who always go to varanasi – KASHIKAR

40. One who is very sweat – GODSE

41. Its okay – BARWE

42. Mango man – AAMBEKAR

43. One who thinks – VICHAARE

44. One who is close to everyone – JAWALKAR

45. One who is wise – SHAHANE

46. Colourful maharashtrians – KALE – GORE – HIRWE – KALBHOR – PIWALE

47. Some Metallic Maharashtrians – PITALE – TAMBE /TAMBAT- LOKHANDE SONE

48. One who reminds himself – ATHWALE

49. One who is joyful – HARSHE

50. Marathi version of Dr.Dang (Karma fame) – DANGE

51. Pre-application of IODEX – AHALEY (read in Hindi Ah’ a ley)

now it’s Devendra Laulkar is next one to reload.

Welcome back Mr. Devendra

Hardik Reloaded here

Just tell me, according to you, what is

1. The best thing to eat at Barista/ Cafe Coffee Day/ Mocha/ Qwiky’s or any other coffee shop that is your favourite haunt.

2. The worst thing to eat there.

3. The best thing to drink there.

4. The worst thing to drink there.

Thank you

But if you go to the place near Mhatre Bridge where the fireworks trade was going on, what will you see? A lot of plastic garbage everywhere. Now whose responsibility is it to keep the area clean? Isn’t it responsibility of the traders to take care they don’t throw garbage? Traders had their profit, PMC got its tax, citizens bought their fireworks and everything is over.

People enjoyed the fireworks on the road lying heaps of garbage on the road. Isn’t it our responsibility to take care to clean at least the portion of road we ruined? Isn’t it better we keep at least part in front of our home clean rather than shouting at PMC?

Those who take their morning walks in the hills in and around the city get addicted to the experience of getting out of the city and into the lap of nature. So little can deter them in their pursuit.

Not even the occasional rumors of leopards being spotted in the wooded parts around Baner. One such walking enthusiast, computer scientist Dr. Vijay Bhatkar, takes his walk up the Vetal tekdi every day. Says Bhatkar that his family stopped him from going out for his walk when rumors of leopards began to do the rounds.

Although Bhatkar stopped going out for some time, the call of nature proved to be too strong. And he was soon back on track.

The Pilgrims did have a feast in 1621, after their first harvest, and it is this feast which people often refer to as “The First Thanksgiving”. This feast was never repeated, though, so it can’t be called the beginning of a tradition, nor was it termed by the colonists or “Pilgrims” a Thanksgiving Feast. In fact, to these devoutly religious people, a day of thanksgiving was a day of prayer and fasting, and would have been held any time that they felt an extra day of thanks was called for. Nevertheless, the 1621 feast has become a model that we think of for our own Thanksgiving celebration and we do know something of the truth about it.

We can assume, for example, that the harvest feast was eaten outside based on the fact that the Colonists didn’t have a building large enough to accommodate all the people who came. Native People were definately among the invited guests, and it’s possible. even probable, that turkey (roasted but not stuffed) and pumpkin in some form, found their way to the table. And it gets better. This is the way the feast was described in a first-hand account presumably by a leader of the colony, Edward Winslow, as it appears in Mourt’s Relation:

“Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors. They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a little help beside, served the company almost a week. At which time, amongst other recreations, we exercised our arms, Many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest King Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed on our governor, and upon the captain and others. And although it be not always so plentiful as it was this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty.”

From this we know that the feast went on for three days , included ninety “Indians”, and food was plentiful. In addition, to the vensison provided by the Indians, there was enough wild fowl to supply the village for a week. The fowl would have included ducks, geese, turkeys and even swans.