A gust of fresh air!

I feel a gust of fresh air...
Something new awaits out there...
An all new horizon, I am yet to explore...
Some sweet secrets yet to be exposed...
A sudden pursuit of happiness be-charms me...
Teeny weeny bubbles of excitement tickle me!
What lies ahead, I do not know...
Reason being that, I never planned so!
But I love the thrill of unplanned adventures,
as there is always space for blissful ventures!
Yaba - Daba - Dooo... I feel so happy!

I will fly high! Yipee Yippee Yippee ! :)

Bitter moods... Tormentous thoughts...

It so happens at times that you wake up in the best of your moods... But due to someone else's action... Things tend to turn sour by the days end.
In such cases... The problem dosen't lie with anybody else. Rather it lies with your inner self. With time you have made yourself so vurnerable to other peoples' words and reactions that your inner self gets lost in the whole hustle-bustle. You are so engrossed in accessing your actions through another's perception and line of sight that you forget where you actually stand!
Still unable to relate to my topic? Alright lets make it a little simple with some common examples...
1.'O dear! How do i look in these clothes!? Hope i m not a fashion disaster!'--- This happens in case of my lady friends sometimes. With time they grow so conscious about their appearance to others that they forget to dress for themselves!
2.'Dammit! I hope my bloody boss gets impressed this time on atleast. Why dont i ever get to satisfy him inspite of all the effort that I put in?'--- This mostly happens to maximum youngsters these days.
3.'I wish i'd not spoken to him today! Bloody wild-ass spoilt my day!' --- happens to all of us irrespective of age!
The day a person starts living life on one's own terms without bothering a fig about the people around oneself is the day a person will attain total inner peace. This calmness or sense of freedom (freedom to me because i long for such a day to come in my life) is the day this person will be the happiest human on earth.
Live for yourself. Do things so that your inner soul is happy. Do not try to please others by your actions; by keeping yourself dissatisfied. This is pretence and is the worst crime a human can ever commit. If watering a plant makes you happy, go forth and do it! If hating cats is your nature, accept it publicly and let your girlfriend know about it! Why pretend now and suffer all life long? Haha...
If donating money for charity is not your forte and donating blood is, then why shy away? If you love your landlady's son, let him know about it and stay peaceful within! :P why bother about rejection in the first place? I love writing stuff, basically writing rubbish about whatever topic comes up in my head. I never hesitate. I make it a point to jot the maximum down in my stupid little blog. And i love reading them whenever i feel like. Wish i knew about blogging earlier in my life. Atleast i wouldnt have burnt and torn a dozen diaries scared of i dont know what or who! :P
Okay, the basic point that i tried to make is that before blaming someone for the reactions that you are giving, please try to access yourself first. Try to see things differently,from within and you will find an answer to your condition. Life is easy. We silly humans with a god gifted cranium waste it on complicated lines. Live simple and stay happy. :)
God bless.

Portugal into the top 4 of Euro 2012!!!

I just read the article Ronaldo heads Portugal into last four using the official UEFA EURO 2012 app with Orange http://geo.vc/Ae97Y

Away...

I thought things have finally changed,
I thought it was all afresh,
A whole new horizon to look upto.
You came, you spoke, you bowled me over,
But now you speak in an alien manner.

No calls, no mails, no messages await.
My phone seems to have died out too.
I was excited about certain things,
Sweet topics are but rare these days.
Whatever comes up is a buzzkill to you!

You seem to be so far away...
Please dont change...I'll always pray.

Its all about me

I am no queen
I am no priestess
I am no epitome of a life free of distress

I am no countess
I am no hermitess
I am not a chaste and pure saintess

But I am a citess
I am MY princess
I am a wannabe wild wild poetess !

Tinkly bells :P

Sluggish days and dragging nights,

Life was a big time dawdle.

One fine morning, the humdrum came to a sudden halt!

Things have never been the same ever since.

Waiting eagerly for a new ray of light
to glorify the days that are to come.
A tinkly bell to ring a tune,
to soothe  an ear tired of jarring noises.

(Will add lines to this one gradually ;) )

  

Dialogues...

"No, I don't think I will kiss you, although you need kissing, badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how....

 ...I love you. Because we're alike. Bad lots, both of us. Selfish and shrewd. But able to look things in the eyes as we call them by their right names." - Gone With the Wind (1936)

"This is my house! I have to defend it!" - Home Alone (1990)

" You're gonna miss me when I'm gone! You're crazy about me! " Only You(1994)

"When you squeeze the nobilty, it's the peasants that feel the pinch." Dragonheart (1996)

"There can be miracles when you believe. Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill. Who knows what miracles you can achieve? When you believe, somehow you will. You will when you believe." The Prince of Egypt(1998)

"She didn't believe in angels until she fell in love with one." The City of Angels (1998)

"A kiss on the hand may be, quite continental, but diamonds are a girls best friend! A kiss may be grand but it, won't pay the rental on your humble flat, or help you feed your mmhm pussycat! Men grow cold as girls grow old, and we all loose our charms in the end... But square-cut or pear-shaped, these rocks don't loose their shape; Diamonds are a girl's best friend! " Moulin Rouge (2001)

"Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offence and is not resentful".- A Walk to Remember (2002)

"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it." - Kung Fu Panda (2008)

"I believe in music the way some people believe in fairy tales." - August Rush (2008)

"...That might sound boring, but I think the boring stuff is the stuff I remember the most." - UP! (2009)

"Most people live life on the path we (Chairman's caseworkers or God's Angels) set for them. Too afraid to explore any other. But once in a while people like you come along and knock down all the obstacles we put in your way. People who realize free will is a gift, you'll never know how to use until you fight for it. I think that's The Chairman's real plan. And maybe, one day, we won't write the plan. You will." - The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

"I'm not a recluse. I don't close my door to anybody. They just don't visit." - The Girl with a Dragon Tatoo (2011)

Woody Allen's Living Life Backwards

Crazy Hilarious piece! a must read for all! 

:D

In my next life I want to live my life backwards.
You start out dead and get that out of the way.
Then you wake up in an old people's home
feeling better every day.
You get kicked out for being too healthy,
go collect your pension,
and then when you start work,
you get a gold watch and a party on your first day.

You work for 40 years
until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement.
You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous,
then you are ready for high school.

You then go to primary school,
you become a kid,
you play.
You have no responsibilities,
you become a baby until you are born.

And then you spend your last 9 months
floating in luxurious spa-like conditions
with central heating and room service on tap,
larger quarters every day and then Voila!
You finish off as an orgasm.
I rest my case.

An Entrepreneur in Modern India

The title is introduction enough.

Who is an  En`tre`pre`neur´ ? The Webster Dictionary says that one who takes the initiative to create a product to establish a business for profit: generally, whoever undertakes on his own account an enterprise in which others are employed and risks are taken.

Your question -Why the hell did she choose this topic out of the blue?

My answer - Err.. nevermind... ;)

India has churned out some of the best Entrepreneurs of our time.

I have listed down a few eminent ones below with their approximate years of establishment in parenthesis.

ü  Brijmohan Lall Munjal (1923- ), founder of The Hero Group, which owns Hero Motors(1956)

ü  Dhirubhai Ambani (1933–2002), founder of Reliance Industries(1966)

ü  Ghanshyam Das Birla (1894–1983),Birla family(1947- Starts off with Grasim weaving plant)

ü  J.R.D. Tata, founder of Air India and Chairman of the Tata Group for 52 years.(1946)

ü  J. C. Mahindra, co-founder of the Mahindra Group(1945)

ü  Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (1953- ), founder of Biocon, the first biotechnology company in India(1978)

ü  N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946- ), co-founder of Infosys Technologies(1981)

ü  Sabeer Bhatia (1968- ), co-founder of Hotmail(1996)

ü  T. V. Sundaram Iyengar (1877–1955), founder of the TVS Group(1911 :))

ü  Kasturbhai Lalbhai (1894–1980), textile baron, founder of Arvind Mills(1931)

ü  and many more.

Do you observe a pattern here? Well most of these pioneers came up with their ventures in the post-independence era except for a few like Biocon, Infosys and Hotmail. NOM. :P. Very few have come up in the recent past (2000s) and have survived to make a mark in the Global Market. What crosses my mind is that there could be a dearth of free-thinkers in the society. Are people these days scared to reject authority and dogma?  There might as well be some other reason. The Economic Times reported recently that there is a shortage of skilled workforce which is why the mushrooming Entrepreneurs are not exploiting the benefits of Globalization.

The Indian Society traditionally has been divided into four castes: The scholarly priests, the warriors, the traders and the people doing lowly jobs. Today the Indian Society is by and large divided into three categories :

1.The well-established business families, such as the Mittals, Tatas, Ambanis, Birlas and the like. Most of these companies have a strong management team, and are now going global. World trust in the Indian corporate sector is increasing like never before because of them.

2.The young graduates. With information technology and multinational corporations on the rise in India, these youngsters serve as the backbone of many flourishing enterprises. In fact they constitute of the rolling workforce. The problem with them is that, they like ducking underneath a domineering boss and are happy being followers all life long.

3.The small business entrepreneurs. You will find them in every big city, town, or village in India. They rely on sheer entrepreneurship ability that include training, experience, customer service skills, networking, hard work, and innovation. The only drawback with them is that they do not pay much heed to a formal education. 

But when a person from Category 2 ultimately makes up his 'entrepreneurial' mind, builds up some courage finally, and approaches a bank to get some finance sanctioned, all his/her pleas go unheard. Most of the Small Business Loans get denied even if a proper business plan is provided. Sadly, there is ample willingness to invest capital in a well-established enterprise but there is little willingness to fund start-ups. 

Moreover the brand monopoly by Category 1 type businesses is actually shunting the chances of smaller business ventures to make it large.

Mera Bharat Mahan!?!

Jai Hind anyway :/

Some beautiful poems on Marriage...

Came across this poem by  Ogden Nash, and totally fell in love with it.... the words are beautiful...

Geniuses of countless nations
Have told their love for generations
Till all their memorable phrases
Are common as goldenrod or daisies.
Their girls have glimmered like the moon,
Or shimmered like a summer moon,
Stood like a lily, fled like a fawn,
Now the sunset, now the dawn,
Here the princess in the tower
There the sweet forbidden flower.
Darling, when I look at you
Every aged phrase is new,
And there are moments when it seems
I've married one of Shakespeare's dreams.

And this one's composer is unknown... but the lines are so apt and so true

                                                             These I Can Promise

I cannot promise you a life of sunshine;
I cannot promise riches, wealth, or gold;
I cannot promise you an easy pathway
That leads away from change or growing old.

But I can promise all my heart's devotion;
A smile to chase away your tears of sorrow;
A love that's ever true and ever growing;
A hand to hold in yours through each tomorrow.

My Guardian Angel

Love vs Ego

Hey all!
Came across a kiddish story but actually liked it... So thought of adding it onto my blog for future reference...


"Once upon a time....there was an island far far away, called the Home of Feelings. 
Joy, Love, Ego, Care, Shame, Hatred, Magnanimity, Generosity, Kindness, Shyness, Audacity, Disgust, Frustration, Jealousy and all the feelings that we can think of lived on that island. They had been staying together on the same island for centuries and were all having a great time with each other. Each feeling played its role in a indefatigably glib manner, never drifting from its own role. 


It was just another regular pleasant morning that this island was seeing, 'Jealousy' was the first one to get ready, as it was jealous of everybody else, so wanted to be numero uno at everything. 'Care' was taking care of everything and everybody. 'Love' was loving everybody and spreading smiles. 'Hatred' was abusing everybody and hating everybody for unique reasons. 'Ego' was sitting in one corner not mingling with anybody, lost in its own world, for it felt it was better than everybody else. Activity was busy doing active-stuff as every other day, It was then that all of a sudden 'Panic' alarmed everybody by jumping up and down and running all over the entire island screaming - "Tsunami" "Tsunami" ...!!! 


Love and Care took notice of this and immediately arranged for boats to set sail towards the next island. They sent everybody on them. Jealousy was the first one to get on, while hatred still hated this happening. But things went on, everybody was busy saving their own lives, while love and care were sending everybody. What nobody took notice of, but 'love' did take notice of, was that someone was sitting in one corner and not getting on any of the boats. 'Love' reached out to him, to see who he was, it was 'EGO'. 'Love' said, "my dear friend come with me, else you will die here." After all, it was 'ego'. It kept refusing, while love kept forcing him to come along. 'Ego' kept rejecting. 'Care' tied the boat to the shore, waiting for these two to come. Unfortunately, 'careless' was on the same boat, it broke the string by mistake, which tied the boat to the shore. 'Love' did not get scared; it still loved careless, while it still kept forcing 'ego' to come along. The last boat left, Tsunami arrived, taking away the last two lives on the Island." 


Might sound tacky but the jist of the story is that, lets suppress our ego, as much as possible and start enjoying a much better life. For, ego kills love along with itself. Every relation starts looking more beautiful, when EGO gets eliminated. Let's make sincere efforts to kill that element in us from this moment onward. 


Loads of Love ...

OMG! Its love season again!

I am not trying to play cupid . I was just sitting idle and all of a sudden came up with some ideas. Here are some tips to please your sweetheart this love season.

But before that, let me tell you a little something...
 this year, celebrate your valentine's day with great romantic and gregarious fervor, and flying colors! 
Express your promising feelings of deep and genuine love. 
Make a special and everlasting commitment to your love relationship.

Try to surprise him/her with a customized gift. Don't stress upon the gifting-thing. Take it easy... If you don't want to gift your love with something special... well then spend some nice time together :) It shouldn't cost you a fortune. But it surely will catch his/her attention... forever :P 
Still for the gift lovers-cum-givers, some easy options that I came up with are as follows...

• A personalized message on a coffee mug
• A romantic message in a bottle { this one's my favorite ... :) }
• Personalized tag-necklaces
• Lots of heart themed sweets n a plush toy with a message card
• A doodled white T-shirt!
• A watch case for a collector with a message card
• Personalized Valentines jar with chocolates
• An album full of your couple pics n doodles
• A finger ring with a message inscribed
• A simple candle light dinner where you serve a 3 course meal cooked by you!
• A relaxing spa-package for the two of you :)
• A photo locket key chain 
• A desk accessory for your computer nerd! ( and a message card)
• A personalized carved heart-wood cut plaque
• A heart shaped pizza snack for the two of you - (cut out the regular pizza into a heart shape n enjoy!)
• Play a round of scrabble with love related words only!
• Guys like flowers too! You can gift him a customized bouquet this time 
• A book cover case in case your love is a bookworm 
• A polaroid Z340 Instant digital camera... just go click-click-click! :D (A lil expensive but its worth it)
• A custom 4 liner 'Be my love' Poem ... print n frame it :)
• Bake him/her a cake ... take a relative's help :P
• Go on a shopping spree
• A 'word of love' paper-weight
• A laptop backpack ... (dont forget to stuff it with secret messages in every pocket!)
• If he/she is a pet lover... buy the pet a treat!
• A stole with your initials woven on it ... (again grandma's help needed this time :P )
• A relaxing sound-machine (ipod/mp3 player... fill it with love songs!)
• Watch a romantic comedy DVD together... else hit the theater (don't forget to have a pop-corn fight!!)
• Sip on some red wine this time around ;)
• A silver tie clip for the guy or a silver bracelet for the girl (don't forget to inscribe the message on it)
• Driving Gloves for him/ Warm knit gloves for her... make him/her wear it with 'your' help
• Pay them a surprise visit... will have her/him jumping up n down all along :D
• If you are married and have kids... take a day off... send the kids to your mom's
• Pack his/her room with 3 dozen helium balloons with some help from friends :P
• Go for a couple photo shoot... Fashion portfolio sorts ;)
• Play a round of bowling ... the love bubbles will go flying here and there :D
• Take a salsa lesson together (will elongate the valentine's experience!)
• Is there a water park/amusement park around? Hit it!
• Read a Nicholas Sparks novel ... together 

Well loads of more ideas are flowing all over the world wide web...

But hope the ones i suggested will help you out this time around :)

Have a crazy happy valentine's week! 

Keep loving ... :)

A new beginning...

Why do i feel so low

Woke up with a tear in my eye,
simply don't know why...
T'was a bright bright morning,
Still something in me kept bothering...
Can't figure out... what why o why...
Bring such thoughts into my mind
and a tear in my eye...

Where's the light gone,
why do I feel so alone,
Something stops me from going on and on
I feel so layed back and so cut off
from all these buzzing people
like humming bees in the garden of paradise!

Where is the Queen bee in me gone,
to rule and win, she was born...
Why am I so low, where did the real me go...
Whats happening, I still don't know

Can't figure out... what and why...
Bring such thoughts on my mind
and a tear in my eye...

I'm sad... so sad .. this is bad real real bad...

Back to School ? No Way!!!

The most complicated education System in the whole wide world pushed solely by money and social status ... welcome to India where money alone drives the chariot of success. Here the poor go to 'easy schools' where they study in their respective vernaculars and finally drop out all perplexed; and the well-heeled go to the affluent Schools where money does the homework trick! Taa-daa!!!

Rich School Scenario: I feel angry at times thinking about it. No one is sitting idle. Mr.Sibal has done a great favour by introducing the Grading System in CBSE schools. At least till 2008 a student used to study sincerely for the fear of exams.Now, an entire year of being a bum pays you off with a 10point CGPA in 10th and 12th grades! That is really unfair to the hardworking ones. Moreover if such a system has come into play, it should have been applied onto the ICSE and the Regional Schools as well. Thankfully it didn't, atleast some kids still study sincerely and 'earn' their marks.

Poor School Scenario: Calamitous state of affairs prevail at the regional school level. Tribal education as usual remains dead-neglected. Records collected in schools in some areas indicate continuing high "dropout" rates among tribal children. A major reason for this is that in most states the medium of instruction is the regional language. Most tribal children do not understand the textbooks, which are generally in the regional language. The appointment of non-tribal teachers in tribal children’s schools is another problem: the teachers do not know the language the children speak and children do not understand the teacher’s language!

There are over 193million children in the age of 6-14 in India. Out of which hardly 20% are getting a hassle free childhood and a proper 'paid' education. What about the rest? As i figured out, some steps like providing textbooks in the mother tongue for children at the beginning of the primary education cycle, when they do not understand the regional language; a suitably adapted curriculum for later classes and the availability of locally relevant teaching and learning materials for the backward children etc. can be easily taken up by the Government to be implemented on a 'fast-track' basis so that the book reaches the child when he is 4 and not when he is 40 and tilling a field somewhere :-/


Another question that arises is that why can't a young mind be trained to study English? Research proves that if a child is in a stimulating environment, he/she can have upto 25% greater ability to learn. After all humans are 'born' with the ability to learn any language, and learning more languages help in cognitive development. A 3-year-old toddler's brain is twice as active as an adult's brain. Then why can't a uniformly structured education system be provided in all schools across the country? In simple words, make all schools English Medium. A child can opt for 2 more languages depending on his/her own choice. Give more stress on language. Once his foundation on all three languages is strong enough, divide the classes based on what other subject the child wants to take up viz. Sciences and Mathematics,the Social Sciences, Technical training or combinations of these.


If structuring the existing complicated system is so difficult, at-least a revised version adopted from elsewhere should be implemented on the new entrants (4yr olds) for a 10 year period to identify the outcome which i bet will be thousand fold better than what it is now! A very evident example is the German Education System which undoubtedly is the best in the world. In German Schools, education from ages 6-14 is mandatory and free as well. (Of-course, providing free education for all in our nation is out of question as the Ministry will be deprived of filling up their coffers with the spills from corruption, duh!) Never mind, as I was telling, In Germany all the children enter the same program at age-4, but at age 10 the real 'branching out' happens where their track record determines which type of school they ought to enter and further on whether they can opt for a university/technical education/trading. This is a fair way of judging a child's capabilities; a uniform grooming and evaluation filters out the ones which are meant for  University Qualifications irrespective of their family s' status as the child has an option of training and part time schooling right from age 11.

Whats gonna happen to our children? In our times, we were confused only after 12th as Medical and Engineering seemed to be the only decent options for the Science stream kids. I don't know what kind of confusion the current 12th pass outs are going to face. I am worried. :-|

Gosh I need to zip it and shut up right now! Enuf of nibbling your brains. Buh-Bye and Keep thinking ...

Sick and tired

annoy, bore, burn out, bush, collapse, crawl, debilitate, deject, depress, disgust, dishearten, dispirit, displease, distress, drain, droop, drop, enervate, ennui, exasperate, fag, fail, faint, fatigue, flag, fold, give out, go stale, grow weary, harass, irk, irritate, jade, nauseate, overburden, overstrain, overtax, overwork, pain, pall, peter out, poop out, prostrate, put to sleep, sap, sicken, sink, strain, tax, vex, weaken, wear, wear down, wear out, wilt, worry, yawn!!!! Duh!

The Art of Giving!

Simple things that make us crave,

Prolonged yearnings that never go away,

Polite wishes or harsh wants,

Come what may, we want them all!

Stop and think, just for once,

Don't we have enough at all ?

Day in and day out, we keep pondering,

'Is that it?', we keep wondering...

I am no saint with exceptional holiness!

Nor have I been deprived of tender emotions,

Can't we see, the penniless ones?

Turning a blind eye, isn't it what we do?

What if he was one of me or you?

Give it a thought, and you will see the truth.

Share some, if not much, just a slight.

Once you are done, you will feel the might,

to bring a change, to start an inveigh,

for the world which is yours, and had been always...

The Akshaya Patra Foundation is a noble venture. To find out more, click here...

http://www.akshayapatra.org/

Fight hunger, Feed minds...Give some, receive a zillion fold. :)

Chocolates!!!

Dark in color like a sorcerer's magic,
And sweeeeeet like a candy stick!
Melt in mouth like a day-dream,
drive you nuts with its taste that makes you scream!




I love chocolates,
Chocolates chocolates chocolates!!!


Cos' there are cakes and sauces and drinks and bars...
just name it , and you can have 'em all...
It shifts your mood just in a jiffy!
and you feel a kick rushing through your body,




Kudos to you my dear  "Xocolatl" !!!
For being around for over 4000 years :)
You wooed The Mayans, the Aztecs,the Europeans and then me!
So chop-chop babe... Come to me! :P

Clouds...

So white and bright and full of life,
I know not where they are to fly...
forming a white veil over the earth,
a sight of beauty to all of us.
Cirro - or the wisp of hair,
Alto - O! it flies so high,
Cumulo - always found in heaps,
Strato - those flat layered ones,
i find their names so enthralling...
a wish my fingers could feel them,
to distant lands i wanna fly,
that will never be heard of :)
Curly puffy wispy waves, innocent though
are adept at lashing out upheavals !
Ah! those soothing and welcoming downpours,
quenching the thirsty arid zones,
the peasant feels God just graced his devotion,
to his complete satisfaction.
At times these dark saggy pouches scare me,
especially the vexed loud erratic bolts!
Gosh! Charring all that comes in its way :(
Even then these linear-banded clouds amaze me,

making out illusory patterns is a good pass time !!!