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And India Wins above ...

7 straight WINS ... back-to-back ..   India Wins Again ...   whew !!   fantastic !!   :D   and by the way ... what the hell happened to the 'bails' which would simply not go off the stumps !!

Little Green ebook

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To protect the planet we all need to act together, today . So take a moment to page through the Little Green e-Book by Morgan Stanley 50 tips on how to make your life greener and help tackle climate change. Click here for the Little Green e-Book And definately do what the Tip No. 50 suggests ... !! . __,_._,___

More conversations of this kind are required !!

A snippet grabbed from a yahoo-group discussion ...   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------   I recall some years ago I was going to drop our son for his 10th boards. He was tense, jawline clenched. I thought he is preparing to go into a battlefield.   I asked him what he wanted to do in 11th. He stated he wanted science so that he could choose between being a software engineer and a merchant naval officer.   I asked about the cut off marks, to which he replied that he needed 65% to get science. I then asked him if he could secure 66% (1% as cushion).   He replied in the affirmative. I then told him to go ahead and get it. He secured well beyond that.   The amazing thing was that I could see the tension just disappear and his body language also became totally relaxed.   He was under the misnomer that we (his parents) wanted him to secure over 90%. We just clarified things to him and it made all the difference !!   Today parents t

A Difficult Judgment: Prayer and Belief :)

My best friend shared another humour touched piece ...here you go ...     In a small town, a person decided to open up his Bar business, which was right opposite to the Temple.  The Temple its congregation started a campaign to block the Bar from opening with petitions and prayed daily against his business.   Work progressed.  However, when it was almost complete and was about to open a few days later, a strong lightning struck the Bar and it was burnt to the ground.   The temple folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, till the Bar owner sued the Temple authorities on the grounds that the Temple through its congregation prayers was ultimately responsible for the demise of his bar shop, either through direct or indirect actions or means.   In its reply to the court, the temple vehemently denied all responsibility or any connection that their prayers were reasons to the bar shop's demise.   As the case made its way into court, the judge looked over the paperw

Perception, Choices and LifeStyle

My best friend, Shraddha, forwarded this nice piece ... a very interesting read ...    --------------------------------------------- A man stood at a metro station in Washington DC and started playing the violin; it was a cold January morning.   He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time,since it was rush hour, it was calculated that a thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule. A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk. A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and sarted to walk again. Clearly he was late for work. The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along,

Resource Utilization ... of a different kind ..

Nikhil forwarded this beautiful piece to our NITIE friend circle .. I label such articles / stories as "Must Read and Mast Read" ------------- Buddha, one day, was on deep thought about the worldly activities and the ways of instilling goodness in human. The following is the text of conversation between him and his disciple. One of his disciples approached him and said humbly " Oh my teacher ! While you are so much concerned about the world and others, why don't you look in to the welfare and needs of your own disciples also." Budhha : "OK.. Tell me how I can help you" Disciple : "Master! My attire is worn out and is beyond the decency to wear the same. Can I get a new one, please." Buddha found the robe indeed was in a bad condition which needed replacement. He asked the store keeper to give the disciple a new robe to wear on. The disciple thanked Buddha and retired to his room. Though he met his disciple's requiremen

life and existence

the sound of silence ... the vison of darkness ... the touch of void space ...   some times ... life is just like that ...   vast exapnses of nothingness ...   the seemingly infinite endless depth of lonelines ...   and then .. as time passes by ... You 'adjust' to the surrounding and continue to exist !!   !! whew !!

losing ones best friend

how does it feel to lose a friend ... and how does it feel to lose your best friend ...   i am not sure cos i havent still gathered myself together am still reeling under the shock ...   the nuclear bomb just hit me a few moments and i have no idea how to react .. to myself .. how to feel. what to think.   i dont even know what happened and why and how ... maybe it was happening for long and i was unaware of it ..   my mind is right now a complete mess .. like a site devastated by a N-bomb .. infact .. not a mess .. its a flat ground with nothing but a HUGE gaping HOLE in the heart ...   its like the person who is hit by a N-Bomb and is wondering "what just happened" ...     P.S. -- If you are a friend and you are reading about it, please dont talk to me about it. I cant. talk.

Satyam's Raju - a perspective !

A friend of mine Jigyasa forwarded a mail to me which has been fwd'ed several times over and the source seems to be a Satyam employee ... In my earlier post , I had expressed my feelinigs on the burden of responsibility and guilt Raju must be carrying on himself after realising the impact of his actions. This Satyam employee also has a different view of Raju. Different from the one which is common today , that of a fraudster, a cheater, a villain !! So here you go ... ----------------------------------------------- At a time when almost 90% of my Satyam friends are cribbing about the fraud and betrayal by Ramalinga Raju, I have a slightly different opinion. It's bold of me to write this in black and white but this comes straight from my heart and experience. Let me start by quoting an example of 2006. Most of my friends were unemployed with 50-60% plus marks in BTech, with a degree from an average University and hunting madly for a job. Whether people accept it today or not bu

Love and dreams ...

I couldn't bear to tell the girl I loved that I was only dreaming and that she was merely a figment of my imagination, so I kissed her, and as the world lost its color, I slowly woke up. - Anonymous

Satyam ... so much at stake ... and so much more

SATYAM - 53,000 employees and their families, 300,000 shareholders and 650 customers across the globe ... so much at stake !!! ------------------------------------------------------- While the media is crucifying Ramalinga Raju and calling him the 'villain' ... I am wondering about the immense weight on his conscience ... even he is aware of the above stats ... and it is this exact awareness that must have given him sleepless nights and terrible days ... I would not be able to sleep with the knowledge that somoen is in pain bcoz of my actions ... Today, Raju has to bear the burden of the knowledge of the fact that millions have been impacted by his actions .. . There is no doubt about his leadership .. he has led Satyam from inception to what it is today ... an IT giant. Yes .. he messed up somewhere ... BUT should that make all that good things dissappear that he has been doing past 20 years ... I dont think so ... ---------------------------------------------------------

Vote for my shots !

http://www.core77.com/braunprize2009/ What inspires you? What thought, object, vista, event or person has moved you more than any other? To celebrate the launch of the international BraunPrize 2009, Braun and Core 77 invite you to share your most inspiring images and stories with the world by entering a special photo competition. Photos can be of objects, people, or environments; they can be artistic gestures or graphic messages. Use your camera as a lens or as a paintbrush, as a tool for revealing, informing, or provoking. But whatever you submit, make sure it has the power to make an emotional connection with others. Visitors to this site will look at your work and vote for the images they feel are the most inspiring. So speak individual thoughts or universal truths. Be creative and have fun. Get out there, and shoot your inspiration. I have submitted some of my snaps at the site and here are the links. have a look ... If u like them ... vote for the snap. if you don't ... still

Good Riddance 2008 !!

The year 2008 came to an end and i hope it also marks in some way an end of the worst year of my life ... Hope things change in my life in this new year ... A year that was 2008 ... 2008 was a year full of pain and hurt feelings for me ... I was hurt emotionally on several occasions and I also hurt some very close ones a lot ... I was on the verge of losing my best friends and actually lost them for some time ... at least i felt so ... 2007 had promised to bring in a lot of happiness in my life ... it came and gradually it vanished ... In 2008 .. it all became dark and cloudy ... all gloom .. It scares me even today to think of the horrible moments which 2008 made me experience .. moments of loneliness .. practically for the first time in my life ... Its not the first time when i have lived alone away from home .. but this year it felt lonely ... very very lonely .. lonely .. even when i was surrounded by a crowd .. It was a year when i  shed more tears in a few months than in my