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The Odd Men Out.

Sometimes I feel like laughing at the desperate comedy of the world! This is the world full of people intoxicated with their own egos, drunk with a sense of their own importance, who just go off gadded about in their automobiles, in frequent expensive malls and restaurants to blow off all their money on works of ‘art’ of singular hideousness, which probably won’t serve any worthwhile purpose other than lurking in some sinister corner of their oddly decorated mansion. In all their ‘oddliness’, things are found that would best adorn the dustbin, of pure aesthetic value. It’s the age of the Odd, Absurd and the Useless. Fashion changes with teeth-grinding regularity. Sometimes feel like questioning:  Who decides what’s in and what’s out, anyway? Bizarre designs of highly overrated designers are exorbitantly expensive. Yet, for the love of the Odd, the excessively rich, go ahead and purchase the potentially unwearables and only settle for the best. Maybe filling the house with things one do

Chakravyuh ka chakkar !!!

It was a few days back, I got the epic tale of Mahabharat copied from my friend. Thanks to BR Chopra. the guy who presented it in such a nice way... It was not like I was seeing it for the first time. I have been fascinated by the epic tale of Mahabharata since childhood. I have frequently pondered over the numerous nuances of the story, trying to figure out how and why things happened as they did, and what was the hidden message behind it all. One of my areas of interest has been the Chakravyuha formation used by Dronacharya to kill Abhimanyu. I have often wondered what the formation actually looked like, and why was it so difficult to breach? and how exactly exitting it was different from entering it? What was it that Abhimanyu missed out on?  I have been trying to uncover the answers to some of my questions through some internet research. As with any epic that has been handed down through countless generations, the anecdotes from Mahabharata have been interpreted and presented in

This is all the heart wants..

A second helping of the dessert.. After a seven course meal.. Five minutes more of sleep.. After an eight hour lay in Two licks of her ice cream..  After devouring my own cassata One more rainy day After a monsoon spell  This is all the heart wants

Self Appraisal

A little boy went to a telephone booth which was at the cash counter of a store and dialed a number. The store-owner observed and listened to the conversation: Boy                : "Lady, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn? Woman         : (at the other end of the phone line) "I already have someone to cut my lawn." Boy                : "Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price than   the person who cuts your lawn now."  Woman         : I'm very satisfied with the person who is presently cutting my lawn.  Boy                : (with more perseverance) "Lady, I'll even sweep the floor and the stairs of your house for free. Woman         : No, thank you.    With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver. The store-owner, who was listening to all this, walked over to the boy.  Store Owner       : "Son... I like your attitude; I like that positive spirit and would like to offer you a job."  Boy      

Shadow's Breath

The path we follow, it ends somewhere. Choose wisely or you may fall. Granted the past, look forward and do not regret. Memories live strong and die hard. Time is in no hurry, eternity being the only guideline. Life is a series of interconnected choices, there is no right or wrong, just different endings. Learn, do not fret. There is a purpose to everything. The answers we seek come, when shadows breath comes knocking...

Passion..

"Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace. A lot of people are frightened because, when it appears, it demolishes all the old things it finds in its path.   No one wants their life thrown into chaos. That is why a lot of people keep that threat under control, and are somehow capable of sustaining a house or a structure that is already rotten. They are the engineers of the superseded.   Other people think exactly the opposite: they surrender themselves without a second thought, hoping to find in passion the solutions to all their problems. They make the other person responsible for their happiness and blame them for their possible unhappiness. They are either euphoric because something marvelous has happened or depressed because something unexpected has just ruined everything.   Keeping passion at bay or surrendering blindly to it - which of these two attitudes is the least destructive?   I don't know."   (Courtesy: Paulo Coelho)

After a While

After a while you learn The subtle difference between Holding a hand and chaining a soul And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning And company doesn't always mean security. And you begin to learn That kisses aren't contracts And presents aren't promises And you begin to accept your defeats With your head up and your eyes ahead With the grace of a woman Not the grief of a child And you learn To build all your roads on today Because tomorrow's ground is Too uncertain for plans And futures have a way Of falling down in mid flight After a while you learn That even sunshine burns if you get too much So you plant your own garden And decorate your own soul Instead of waiting For someone to bring you flowers And you learn That you really can endure That you are really strong And you really do have worth And you learn and you learn With every good bye you learn . (Courtesy:  Veronica Shoffstall )

What would you do....

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Ponder it over this weekend... And share you thoughts below... 

the first rain..

the first things in life are always worth remembering...the first silence...the first exchange of looks... the first love... the first rain drops after dry summer days. Rains are the wings of desire, nvr tired of floating from the sky of one heart to another. the sky gets enveloped in dark grey clouds. you hear the first distant rumblings of thunder...and you come out in the porch to feel the force of the wind...n suddenly the wind turns into gale and rain starts to pour all around...on green leaves and the on window pane... the chattering, blabbering of the drops when it flows through the pipe. the music played by these drops are innocently composed by the grey clouds..the smell of earth wen soaked by these drops of rain is like the aroma of you have been waiting for such long... Rains have always been accompanied by love.N Ahhhh.. what a feeling if your love accompanying you in the rains... Rains like love can never be caged, they elope with the matured clouds of emotions…you sing,

Kolkata...UnCUT...

June 4 , 2010 The kolkata chapter would be closed for me soon…as I say, “I am done with the city”…may be I feel there is nothing much I can gain from here..may be the call of some other place making me do this..may be my priorities over-running my stay here...may be there is nothing more left for me to contribute to this city… or may be, just, my destiny is driving me somewhere else... So there I will be…packing each little thing I would find essential to carry…sometime very soon…things would be cluttered all over my bed – books, files, important documents, clothes, fragrances, shoes, shades, watches and a box of typical bengali sweet rasgulla – I must carry dis sweet part of kolkata with me…widout which one cant imagine kolkata fully.. There would a few other things from office, which I would want to carry…the typical belgian chocolate wrapper…it would remind him of the few sweet chocolate loots in my office...those small parties at ABC corner.. a pic copied from someone else'

Tuesday Trigger..

As football season is gearing up...who can forget legendary Green Back Packer football coach Vince Lombardi...n man wid great determination..and I decided to put forward this Tuesday trigger in his own words.. “Gentlemen, we are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. We should not even be remotely interested in just being good.” And finally I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Monday Morning Motivation

Morning is God's way of saying "one more time". Live life. Make a difference... Touch one heart... Encourage one mind and inspire one soul. Bring smile on one face n Forgive freely... Thats how I feel the way to happy life is.. Good Morning...

Where is LOVE ?

"Where is love"..I quizzed the sea "In my sapphire waves it lies" it roared proudly. "Where is love"..I asked the trees  "In our sweet berries" they replied merrily "Where is love"..I questioned the azure "In my pearly raindrops" it thundered "Where is love"..I interrogated breeze "In my gentle stillness" it decreed. "Where is love"..I enquired fire "In my golden flames" it answered with ire "Where is love"..I questioned the earth "Dwells in my children's mirth"..it moved d answer.. "Where is love"..I asked a baby "In my mother's arms"..he replied naively "Where is love"..I cross-examined his mother "In my baby's titter"..looking at her child's face.. "Where is love?" I asked a young girl She returned "In his heart is my world" "Where is love?" someone aske

An APPLE today keeps MICROSOFT away..

Location: Wall Street, Lower Manhatten, New York City, USA Date : May 26,2010... It was just like another day...Stocks ticking green and red.. But it was the day of 2 important stocks.... the big rivals of all time..APPLE and MICROSOFT... BREAKING NEWS : APPLE in now WORTH more than MICROSOFT.. Year 1997: APPLE..a co. that reached to where it was started..a big "ZERO"..and When Michael Dell was asked what he would do if he owned then-troubled Apple Computer, he said "I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders."..and came a man for the rescue..a magician..STEVE JOBS Year 2000: The market capitalization of Microsoft almost 35 times that of APPLE..Bill Gates decides to get off from the post of CEO.. Year 2006 : Steve Jobs sent an email to all employees when Apple's market capitalization rose above Dell's. The email read: Team, it turned out that Michael Dell wasn't perfect at predicting the future. Based on today's s

Pappu can't pass ala..

Pareshaan thi Pappu ki wife Non-happening thi jo uski life Pappu ko na milta tha aaram Office main karta kaam hi kaam Pappu ke boss bhi the bade cool Promotion ko har baar jate the bhul Par bhulte nahi the wo deadline Kaam to karwate the roz till nine Pappu bhi banna chata tha best Isliye to wo nahi karta tha rest Din raat karta wo boss ki gulami Appraisal ke ummid main deta salami Din guzre aur guzre fir saal Bura hota gaya Pappu ka haal Pappu ko ab kuch yaad na rehta tha Galti se Biwi ko Behenji kehta tha Aakhir ek din Pappu ko samjh aaya Aur chod di usne Appraisal ki moh maya Boss se bola, "Tum kyon satate ho ?" Appraisal ke laddu se buddu banate ho Promotion do warna chala jaunga Appraisal dene par bhi wapis na aunga Boss haans ke bola "Nahi koi baat" Abhi aur bhi Pappus hai mere paas. Yeh duniya Pappuon se bhari hai, Sabko bas aage badhne ki padi hai, Tum na karoge to kisi aur se karaunga, Tumhari tarah Ek aur Pappu banaunga. (

Turn Back Time...Ahaa.....

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           if you could turn back time           just for once and just for a day     which day would you want to be back to    would you relive the moment of happiness       or amend the mistake you've made             if i could turn back time         just for once and just for a day               i would hold on to it               till i've experienced             the greatest happiness             or the greatest regret

TALENT... ATTITUDE..n EXCELLENCE...

I being a big cricket fan and an IT guy..get to hear the word "ATTITUDE" quite a lot..n wid a weekend on..i decided to give a thought on it...n suddenly another word poped up in my mind "TALENT" n soon i found them makin a conflict as if to prove their superiority.. Wat dictionary says about these words TALENT : A marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment. ATTITUDE : A state of mind or a feeling Just i finished up lukin d dictionary meaning one more word came up "EXCELLENCE". I rolled back in time to my school days..i realized its TALENT leadin to EXCELLENCE..me being unware of the word ATTITUDE those days..i started to move ahead further n as I grew up..now I can see that a major major part of excellence has nothin to do wid our talent.. In the course of time as u go beyond a certain level the ability or talent is the most useless virtue to possess..its wat we do wid tht TALENT matters n there comes d word ATTITUDE..Beyond a point it

SEX - n - SenSEX

Yesterday was a gifted holiday.. Thanks to "Bharat Bandh" from Left Parties...N as usual it started wid a lazy morning.... I picked up newspaper & a cup of tea.. Switched on TV.. one after the another channel.. till the "Deepika Padukone's" sizzling moves made me stop d channel dribbling on promos of movie "Housefull"... but unfortunately the promos don’t last too long..n as I move ahead..as i moved ahead n could see some SENSEX moves on CNBC.. I moved ahead in my channel dribbling...n here comes "aajtak"...a detailed report on "IPL"..a much hyped cricketing league..n wat could be the better than that...adrenaline at its peak.. forced by injections of money n glamour.... I was bound to give a thought on words - "SEX" n "SENSEX".. the buzzwords of Modern India...considered as shortcuts to everythin one expects from life...all one wants for bread n bed...n importantly both tend to swing WILDLY.. Irrespect

The Power of Thought

Blogging for the first time..i thought..where to start with ?? And I was confused. Suddenly I realized the word "Think" from where everything starts. I decided to start with the same. "Whether you think you can or think you can’t...you are right." -- Henry Ford The greatest power we ever got is the power of our thoughts, an Intelligence inside us that can elevate our life at the highest level.Thoughts are energy. Every thought carries an energy level. Your choice : you choose thoughts which increase your energy level, what we call Positive thinking or you choose thoughts which lower your energy level. Ahhh, the power of positive thinking...or the power of negative thinking for that matter. The universe doesn't recognize our thoughts as positive or negative. The universe only receives the energy radiating from our thoughts and attitudes and then responds in kind...good or bad. Remember the saying, " I'll believe it when I see it "? Well,