The big fight on non issues...

In India , its freedom to all as we Indians ( new generation ) was never a part of the great Indian revolution. What kind of independence we had at that time and what kind of liberty we want now. Its all about money power. It is the difference between the haves and have nots. The haves could go to pub, drink heavily, run down people, always on page 3, medias do glorify and they get free publicity and we the poor people can only analyse and fight among us ( reason unknown and unknowingly red carpet for the hate and quarrel well drawn ).Could you ever think of why we did analyse and shed tears that this is wrong, that is right. Perhaps we have lot of time to spare for such nuisances.I could hardly believe, the other day two of my close friends were literally fired up and almost beat each other ( they are trying to prove the greatness of Amir and Shahrukh khan ). Similar thing happened when a good friend circle of me turned violent on the issue of celebrating valentine day ( though none of them have girl friends and never celebrated the V day ).

This is the curiosity in this generation, they could rake up any issue and involve in exchange of words proving their own point and fight for these page 3 stories and the issues ( sometimes non issues hyped by media). they very well know that fighting each other would not solve their problem.

At last, one thing..

Man are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain always bound ............

The aircraft ride at Meerut..

It was a sort of picnic with joy ride at Meerut as Boss invited us to join him for a ride in microlight ( the aircraft) ..Though it was Sunday, I could not resist the micro light ride. We started at around 11AM and reached at Bhimarao Ambedkar air strip at Meerut around 2 PM ( courtsey the ling journey with a heavy traffic plus an novice driver). The place was fantabulous as a long run way with the 20lacs microlight waiting for us . Mr Thapar..the wing commander briefed us about the danger and the procedure to get in and out of the aircraft. A little indiscipline may end your life as the blades run at a higher rpm. We were the first batch to get to ride. Prayas inagurated being the first one to take the ride.

As i entered into the craft..there was lil bit of nervousness gripping me. Mr Thapar relaxed me by asking me ceratin questions and we started flying within no moments..what an experience...just like playing a toy..One can feel it with the controller. Within no moments we were at a high of around 500 meters. He told me about the control , how to go up and down, tilt to an angle. I requested him for a test drive that is total control at my hand. I took up the challenege and could feel it to my self how it experieced.

marvellous.. cant get words to describe. The scenery was beautiful with mandirs, slums and green lands beneath..Mr Thapur was a guide and described me the total landscape in the sky. The microlight could go up to a speed of 160km per hour but the safe limit is 130km per hour.My flight ended with a high note.

All Inframembers there enjoyed a lot and the lunch was delicious too. While returning back, we were all taken by surprise because of the " why" question from the " Touch me not" guy Satwik. He was the sole entertainer in our cab.Ultimately the journey eneded with me getting down at Noida safely and taking the beautiful expereience with me..

What a nice experience ...I hope people would definitely try to take a ride as the enjoyment is far far higher than the cost they would pay..

Well done Microlight...

Life changes forever..why I am not getting happiness in small things as ever?

One of my Colleague sent me a mail reminding me the good old days....a bunch of smile , a desire to do wonders, a desire to change society, a desire to enjoy life filled up with happiness..

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Here i am sitting in my office … Thinking hard about life How it changed from a maverick college life to strict professional life…... How tiny pocket money changed to huge monthly paychecks but then why it gives less happiness…. How a few local denim jeans changed to new branded wardrobe but then why there are less people to use them How a single plate of samosa changed to a full Pizza or burger But then why there is less hunger….. Here i am sitting in my office … Thinking hard about life How it changed….. How a bike always in reserve changed to bike always on but then why there are less places to go on…… How a small coffee shop changed to cafe coffee day but then why its feels like shop is far away….. How a limited prepaid card changed to postpaid package but then why there are less calls & more messages…… Here i am sitting in my office Thinking hard about life How it changed….. How a general class journey changed to Flight journey But then why there are less vacations for enjoyment…. How a old assembled desktop changed to new branded laptop but then why there is less time to put it on………. How a small bunch of friends changed to office mate but then why after 8'o Clock it always feel like getting late…. Here i am sitting in my office … Thinking hard about life How it changed….. how it changed……..

A beautiful compilation of words which says " aree yaar tu kitna badal gaya hai"..

Is it so? Yes , it is..I do not know how time changes everything. I was very ordinary person looking for happiness here and there. In my Mother's soothing words, father's advices, quarrelling with siblings.

I never got time to do this and no time to ponder these things. Away from home, with a handsome bucks in my wallet, only i can think how to spend this money and find no means to spend it.

Living alone in the metro with a routine 9 to 8 daily life only brings me money and nothing else...I repeat nothing else. I become choosy in almost all things. It seems that I tried to find out a match ( corporate kind ) , a feeling of being one of the corporate world makes me a showy guy who thinks very high ( in terms of money only ) . I find myself devoid of emotions in this highly charged self centered world.

The only thing I have is my bunch of friends with whom I can share my feelings and enjoy the togetherness. I could not imagine life without friends in this metro where there is almost no time to spend.

Very often I thought of leaving all things and return to my basics but the power of money do not let me do that.

I do not know where I am heading ...

The pub culture or the goons..who is to be blamed

A little known organisation ( Sri Rama Sene) took all the limelight in print as well as in other media recently due to their malign behavour with the pub going girls. Yesterday, they even issued a threat to all young couples not to indulge in any kind of indecent activities in the coming Valentines day, thus virtually taking all the sheen from Shiv Sena and Bajrang Dal.

Usually people know of Shiv sena and Bajrang Dal for giving such comments and making an issue out of these westernised culture in India.

Sri rama Sene activists stormed into a pub in mangalore and misbehaved even slapped the young drunken girls inside. Some girls complained of molestation by these so called Cultural brigade. It all happened before a full fledged media.

There is still doubt why such an incident took place while the media was covering the total event.Is it only for getting media attention or its all a part of the big plan.It is still to be investigated?? but the incident created a nationwide debate on Pub culture as CMs from different states raised concerns on mushrooming pubs and the denigration of culture it brings with it.

While there is a lot of condemnation from the public to this incident ( the beating of girls) , people are divided between whether to support the pub culture or not. While parents are concerned that the kids are getting trapped with such type of culture, youths in India are in favour of this kind of night out as they are more in favour of getting that extra attention which gives them a self satisfaction and economic freedom.

I was watching a hot debate inNDTV on the issue like NAri Mukti and Nari Shakti other day and the views are completely divided. While some are completely in favour of giving freedoms to women as they think this as a women empowerment and others prefer to take a safe side and said that this kind of culture will not take us in the right direction.

On one side I am completely against the beating of girls which create a fear psychosis among the girls but this is the right time to discuss about the mushrooming of pub culture in India.]

The other day I was discussing with my friend on this particular issues and he said that this is only due to the money power the youth is having today. They dont have other alternatives to invest or do any social work or charity and they want to spend in this way as they want to live their life by day. People keepp throwing parties very often as they have the money to spend and the pubs are made only for them as the crowd there are either blue colour professionals or high earning individuals or the kids of the hi flier of this socity ( money wise).

Though I do not have any respect left for those tie knot over coat dressed guys after Satyam Fiasco one thing is sure the discrimination due to imbalance of earning power creates all the problem.

A trip to Dehradun, mussorie and dhanaulti hill point: memories revisited..

Life needs a break and so does me.To my NTPC friends from 24 to 26January, a long drawn holiday but for me saturday is not a regular break so I had to take 1 day leave on 24th Jan to accompany my NTPC friends on a revisit trip to the hills ( I had been to mussorie with my NPTI friends earlier).

Day 1:

We ( prabhat,Sarang and me) got evrything packed in one go and in one big bag the previous night and got ready to start a new journey the day after. On 24th morning, we had to make our other friends make some morning blues so as to get them prepared for the trip. By the time we are ready , it is almost 10Am and then Puja of the cars began with our new found priest ( MILU ).

This was not just a trip but a testing of car driving of our two friends as we took their newly bought sleek Hyndui i10s for the trip.We started in 2 cars and prior to that i was given responsibity to take care of the cash.We pooled Rs 1000 each to make the trip a hassle free one.

By the way, we got distracted because none of us knew the exact road to dehradun. And for our woes, we found roads blocked at certain places , so by enquiring with local guys, we get on going towards dehradun.

The first journey break was there at Ganga Nahar, a 50 km stretch ( short cut to dehradun). Probably a election rally was goin on with villages side by the Nahar so a bit late as our rule of law does not apply to the ruling parties and politicians.

A sarson ka khet, that was quite beautiful and that reminded us the scene from DDLJ. We all got out of our cars and did a photoshoot there in between the farm , that was quite nice.

After that a terrible thing happened..As we started to move from there , Our car got slight head on collision wioth another speedy approached car from the other side resulting a huge sound , for some time I thought there was firing from outside. At less than a minute, we got realised that the front mirror got completely damaged.

Thank god!! we were unhurt , leaving behind the whole affar when we started , the side mirror cracked like anything , just like a bomb. After that we realised the impact of that collision, it was very strong as the window pane absorbed the full shock and it took it very less time to crack in pieces...

Terrible blow!!!!! it costs a lot of money and the poor fellow had to bear it.Our next stop was at Cheetal grand , beautiful restaurant for the visitors , a little bit costly too..we had our lunch there and again started towards dehradun.. By the time we reached to Bana bhai, it was almost 9.00PM but the two new drivers got it alright as they drove us to the destination in the hill areas too. prabhat had to shift cars as he was the only perfectionoist over there when it came to expat driving....

Banabhai's room was fabulous and I wonder that kind of room in Delhi might costs u above 20000 bucks as rent but he was paying a cool 6000bucks for that room. Great.. we got our dinners ordered from the nearby hotels and had our bellies full..

Day 2:

We started at around 10Am towards Dhanaulti ..but bana bhai took us to robbers scape , a place in dehradun where robbers used to flee taking the help of narrow gaps between the mountains.That was a stretch between the stones of a mountain with little pass of water .. A great place to hang around...that was quite dangerous too with sharp stones above and beneath, a slip from the stones and one is sure to break some of the parts of the body. A picturesque for taking photoes and we did exactly that. We were surprised to find some young couples there doing romancing..great place to have ur wild desire satisfied and perhaps that was the reason these couples were there.

We had a dance there and that moments were captured in the digicam too. We did not have a full proof plan and the time was too short to cover everything. We decided to go to Dhanaulti first and started our journey. The roads were too curvy and dangerous so the driving responsibilty were on Prabhat and Bana bhai. Prabhat was too cautious but Bana bhai was in his best , moving the car like anything, It was too dangerous to sit in his car while he was driving.

We got to the hill top at Dhanaulti and some of us wanted to visit Sarkanda Devi Maa temple. It was around 3. 30Pm and I advised not to visit the temple as I knew that it would take them at least 2 hours up and down, but they resisted and some of us started towards the Mandir. I was worried about Sarang as it could have difficult for him to climb up as he got a big belly like me..ha ha ha..

But they dared and in the mean time we went to a near by place for relaxing but something interesting happened there. One boy was after one girl, running to get her, I thought they might be siblings but i was wrong when I found that the boy got the girl from behind and kissed her face like anything lieing on the road, quite sexy ...Yah Indian culture keeps changing now and scenes like these are quite common now a days...

We found very little time to go to the top of hill and enjoy sunset but we did ( prabhat ,sarang and me)..taken some snaps there, the sun set was very beautiful but we did not find any clouds and ice over there. A bunch of young lads over there told me to confirm when snow fall will be there and plan to visit accordingly.

We enjoyed the maggi there ( though 1 plate of maggi cost Rs 25/-) , It was dark at the hills when we returned and we had to drive carefully as it was too dangerous to drive in night.We entered Mussorie and just got it from the wrong side and could not visit the mall road unfortunately. for me it was not painful but for others they missed the chance to visit mussorie.

Bnma bhai then stayed at a point where he showed us Mussorie at one side and deharadun at the other side, I mean mussorie at the top and Dehradun at the bottom with a dazzling star in between.. I named that : Banabhai special"...

At last we got to our staying place in Dehradun, had our meal ( Sarang cooked all though he was too tired)..and slept like log.

Day 3:

Started earlier for Noida as we had to reach by evening , had our tiffin ( mix parantha at a dhaba) and lunch at chettal garden and in between We tasted the local fruit ( canes directly from firms) ..quite good..

Prabhat showed his driving skills while driving at the side of Ganganahar crossing 6 to 7 vehicles at a great speed.Crossing all hurdes we got to Noida at around 6 PM in the evening. The journey finished with a bang, overall enjoyable, a break from our regular life but with a huge cost to Prabhasa who got his car glass damaged in an accident but they ( Bhai and Bhoi) got full marks for their driving . Though it was a trip to mussorie, lot of time consumed in driving only..

Overall a good break with a basket full of photoes to upload in Orkut...Bye :)

Slumdog Millionaire..insult to India

Slumdog Millionaire..an insult to India .As the title suggests, conversion in Hindi would be " Basti ka kutta or Galli ka kutta Crorepati"..Its very true that foreigners do project poverty of India to outside worls to mint money and this is what exactly happened to the movie featuring Anil Kapoor , Irfan khan and others.

No doubt, the movie depicts a true picture of slums conditions in India but I would suggest the producer to give back some money to the poor and slum dwellers in India so that they would really benefit. Getting some awards, nominations can only benefit the actors who depict to be slum dwellers or slum dogs for few minutes in movies. But the real picture do not change.

Its a humble request to the movie producer to make some real changes on the life of slum dwellers.


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Slumdog…’ title not offensive, but metaphor: scriptwriter

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New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Simon Beaufoy, the screenplay writer of Danny Boyle’s Golden Globe winning “Slumdog Millionaire” Wednesday said the title of the film was only a “metaphor”.”There was absolutely no sense I wanted to insult anybody. I just liked the idea of the metaphor (Slumdog),” Beaufoy told reporters here.

“As a part of my research, I was wandering in the slums. I was very intrigued by the cats and dogs wandering around there, who dared to be asleep in the sunshine. Though they do look carefree from the outside, they are watching everything from the rims of their eyes,” he said.

“It is like somebody who is apparently not worthy of an existence but is actually looking at everything and eyeing everything out - just like the boy in the game show who knows everything not through intelligence but through experience. So, I just made up the word,” he added.

Loveleen Tandon, the film’s co-director, echoed the same sentiment and said: “ ‘Slumdog’ is the way the protagonist of the film is referred to. It’s actually an English translation of the way we refer to a man from the street or a slum.”

“He’s looked upon as someone who wants nothing, and in order to say that, it’s expressed in this kind of harsh way to make him feel like nothing. It’s not that the film is trying to say that a man living in the slums is a dog,” she explained.

Patna-based social worker Tapeshwar Vishwakarma, general secretary of the Jhuggi Jhonpdi Samyukta Sangharsh Samiti, earlier dragged “Slumdog Millionaire” to court, contending that the sensibilities of the slum dwellers have been offended by the movie title.

“I don’t feel I’ve written a film about poverty. That never occurred to me. What I genuinely felt in my heart was the (slum) people’s massive spirit and massive determination to overcome terrible troubles. That’s how I approached it. ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is a fairytale,” said Beaufoy, who was here with Boyle, producer Christian Colson and the main cast of the movie.

Set in Mumbai, the film is about a slum boy who wins a TV quiz show and stars debutante Dev Patel, Frieda Pinto, Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan. The film has bagged four Golden Globe awards and 11 BAFTA nominations.

Having already raked in $43 million at the US box office and making a mark in the US Top 10, it is releasing in India Jan 23.

The real Gujarat is beyond MODI...

Just commenting to an article posted in livemint.com wherein the author charged Gujarat CM Modi for the riot after Godhra episode, I commented:

"Good Analysis by the author, but what is real in this story, Only one and that is Modi. Its sad that the massacre happened when he was in power but whose fault is this.So my suggestion to intellectual writer is that do not talk about the riot or else u have to go digging deep into this matter and mention the godhra episode too.

While talking business and investment, please confine yourself to the policy and the initiative and take the larger interest of the people.

While every one finds the cost and benefits of solar power and renewable , Gujarat comes out with a clear solar policy.While everyone is weighing the option for renewable, a clear policy on renewable is there in Gujarat.

The timely and thoughtful action only counts and not the rhetoric.

Its not that if some businessman praised Modi for his policies, that is enough but the overall changes a good leader can bring that counts despite the odds.

I am not praising Modi but the people of Gujarat who shows India how to prosper by taking one and all. Be it power, port, agriculture, administration the people behind the implementation are just brilliant and they need more that only praises.

I salute Gujarat as a state and the people of Gujarat at large."

ISO work in full swing in office: Boss takes the first initiative

ISO work is under full swing with BOSS leading from the front. But here, this is quite different. No files, No Almirahs numbering. Usually ISO is a continuous process to streamline all the process in office. Generally a office work involves lot of documentation works and to streamline them is a difficult matter but ISO makes look all the work very simple with proper coding and numbering in the system.

Here at Infraline, I like the procedure as everything is done online without any hard paperwork involved. The idea is simply great . Making an online system and downloading all necessary documents and all training needs in a proper format and continously involving one and all to achieve the target is awsome. Everyone has the responsibilty towards maintaining the files and if all involves, the complex system looks very easy and accessible.

Surprisingly, BOSS has created a unique system to reward and penalise one and all for proper implementation of the system. Making a pool account involoving all. If one does not cater to the guidelines, he is to be penalised and the best guy getting the reward for the overall achievement.

Hope, everything falls in line with the time. just wait and watch.

Significance of Makar Sankranti..The Uttarayan journey

Introduction of Makar Sankranti:

Makar Sankranti is one of the most auspicious day for the Hindus, and is celebrated in almost all parts of the country in myriad cultural forms, with great devotion, fervor & gaiety. Lakhs of people take a dip in places like Ganga Sagar & Prayag and pray to Lord Sun. It is celebrated with pomp in southern parts of the country as Pongal, and in Punjab is celebrated as Lohri & Maghi. Gujarati's not only look reverentially up to the sun, but also offer thousands of their colorful oblations in the form of beautiful kites all over the skyline. They may be trying to reach upto their glorious God or bring about greater proximity with the one who represents the best. It is a day for which Bhishma Pitamah kept waiting to leave his mortal coil.

Makar Sankranti is the day when the glorious Sun-God of Hindus begins its ascendancy and entry into the Northern Hemisphere. Sun for the Hindus stands for Pratyaksha-Brahman - the manifest God, who symbolizes, the one, non-dual, self-effulgent, glorious divinity blessing one & all tirelessly. Sun is the one who transcends time and also the one who rotates the proverbial Wheel of Time. The famous Gayatri Mantra, which is chanted everyday by every faithful Hindu, is directed to Sun God to bless them with intelligence & wisdom. Sun not only represents God but also stands for an embodiment of knowledge & wisdom. Lord Krishna reveals in Gita that this manifested divinity was his first disciple, and we all know it to be indeed a worthy one too. No Sundays for the Sun, may be because one who revels in its very 'being', the very essence of his own Self, is always in the Sunday mood.

The co-relation of cosmic events with individual life and values is one of the most astounding traits of Hindu Masters. Once this co-relation is brought about thereafter these cosmic events become instrumental to remind us the best which we cherish & value. Of all the cosmic bodies Sun is the most glorious & important, thus every sun-centric cosmic event became very important spiritual, religious & cultural events. On Makar Sankranti day the Sun begins its ascendancy and journey into the Northern Hemisphere, and thus it signifies an event wherein the Gods seem to remind their children that 'Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya'. May you go higher & higher - to more & more Light and never to darkness.

Astrological Significance:

Makar means Capricorn and Sankranti is transition. There is a sankranti every month when the sun passes from one sign of the zodiac to the next. There are twelve signs of the zodiac, and thus there are twelve sankranti's as well. Each of these sankranti's has its own relative importance but two of these are more important - the Mesh (Aries) Sankranti and the most important, the Makar (Capricorn) Sankranti. Transition of the Sun from Sagittarius to Capricorn, during the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere is known as Makar Sankranti. From this day begins the six-month long Uttarayana, considered very auspicious for attaining higher worlds hereafter. While the traditional Indian Calendar is basically based on lunar positions, but sankranti is a solar event, so while dates of all festivals keep changing, the english calendar date of Makar Sankranti is always same, 14th January. Makar Sankranti is celebrated in the Hindu Calendar month of Magha. There is another significance of this day, after this day the days start becoming longer & warmer, and thus the chill of winter in on decline.

Religious Significance:

1. The Puranas say that on this day Sun visits the house of his son Shani, who is the swami of Makar Rashi. These father & son do not ordinarily get along nicely, but inspite of any difference between each other Lord Sun makes it a point to meet each other on this day. Father in fact himself comes to his son's house, for a month. This day symbolized the importance of special relationship of father & son. It is the son who has the responsibility to carry forward his fathers dream and the continuity of the family.

2. From Uttarayana starts the 'day' of Devatas, while dakshinayana is said to be the 'night' of devatas, so most of the auspicious things are done during this time. Uttarayana is also called as Devayana, and the next half is called Pitrayana.

3. It was on this day when Lord Vishnu ended the ever increasing terrorism of the Asuras by finishing them off and burying their heads under the Mandar Parvat. So this occasion also represents the end of negativities and beginning of an era of righteous living.

4. The great savior of his ancestors, Maharaj Bhagirath, did great Tapasya to bring Gangaji down on the earth for the redemption of 60,000 sons of Maharaj Sagar, who were burnt to ashes at the Kapil Muni Ashram, near the present day Ganga Sagar. It was on this day that Bhagirath finally did tarpan with the Ganges water for his unfortunate ancestors and thereby liberated them from the curse. After visiting the Patala for the redemption of the curse of Bhagirath's ancestors Gangaji finally merged in the Sagar. Even today a very big Ganga Sagar Mela is organized every year on this day at the confluence of River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal. Lakhs take dip in the water and do tarpan for their ancestors.

We salute such a great devotee & benefactor of his ancestors. One who can express such gratitude to his ancestors, work with tireless resolve to redeem the pride, pledges & resolves of his forefathers, alone possess a personality, which the history reveals to be a true benefactor of the world too. A person who has severed his own roots gets soon rooted out in the flow of time. Moral of the story is to see to it that the roots of the tree of 'our' life are not only intact but nourished well, thereafter alone the tree blooms & flourishes.

There is another spiritually symbolic aspect of this story. The 60,000 cursed son of Maharaj Sagar represent our thoughts, who become dull & dead-like because of uncultured & blind ambition. Redemption of such people is only by the waters of Gangaji, brought down 'to' & later 'from' the Himalayas with great tapasya. This represents dedicated hard work to get the redeeming Brahma-Vidya, which alone enlightens, enthuses & enlivens the life of anyone.

5. Another well-known reference of this day came when the great grandsire of Mahabharata fame, Bhishma, declared his intent to leave his mortal coil on this day. He had the boon of Ichha-Mrityu from his father, so he kept lying on the bed of arrows till this day and then left his mortal coil on Makar Sankranti day. It is believed that the person, who dies during the period of Uttarayana, becomes free from transmigration. So this day was seen as a sure-shot Good Luck day to start your journey or endeavors to the higher realms beyond.

Culture & Festivities:

This festival is celebrated differently in different parts of the country.

Uttar Pradesh:

In Uttar Pradesh, Sankrant is called 'Khichiri'. Taking a dip in the holy rivers on this day is regarded as most auspicious. A big one-month long 'Magha-Mela' fair begins at Prayag (Allahabad) on this occasion. Apart from Triveni, ritual bathing also takes place at many places like Haridvar and Garh Mukteshwar in Uttar Pradesh, and Patna in Bihar.

Bengal:

In Bengal every year a very big Mela is held at Ganga Sagar where the river Ganga is believed to have dived into the nether region and vivified the ashes of the sixty thousand ancestors of King Bhagirath. This mela is attended by a large number of pilgrims from all over the country.

Tamil Nadu:

In Tamil Nadu Sankrant is known by the name of 'Pongal', which takes its name from the surging of rice boiled in a pot of milk, and this festival has more significance than even Diwali. It is very popular particularly amongst farmers. Rice and pulses cooked together in ghee and milk is offered to the family deity after the ritual worship. In essence in the South this Sankrant is a 'Puja' (worship) for the Sun God.

Andhra Pradesh:

In Andhra Pradesh, it is celebrated as a three-day harvest festival Pongal. It is a big event for the people of Andhra Pradesh. The Telugus like to call it 'Pedda Panduga' meaning big festival. The whole event lasts for four days, the first day Bhogi, the second day Sankranti, the third day Kanuma and the fourth day, Mukkanuma.

Maharashtra:

In Maharashtra on the Sankranti day people exchange multi-colored tilguds made from til (sesame seeds) and sugar and til-laddus made from til and jaggery. Til-polis are offered for lunch. While exchanging tilguls as tokens of goodwill people greet each other saying – 'til-gul ghya, god god bola' meaning 'accept these tilguls and speak sweet words'. The under-lying thought in the exchange of tilguls is to forget the past ill-feelings and hostilities and resolve to speak sweetly and remain friends.

This is a special day for the women in Maharashtra when married women are invited for a get-together called 'Haldi-Kumkum' and given gifts of any utensil, which the woman of the house purchases on that day.

Gujarat:

In Gujarat Sankrant is observed more or less in the same manner as in Maharashtra but with a difference that in Gujarat there is a custom of giving gifts to relatives. The elders in the family give gifts to the younger members of the family. The Gujarati Pundits on this auspicious day grant scholarships to students for higher studies in astrology and philosophy. This festival thus helps the maintenance of social relationships within the family, caste and community.

Kite flying has been associated with this festival in a big way. It has become an internationally well-known event.

Punjab:

In Punjab where December and January are the coldest months of the year, huge bonfires are lit on the eve of Sankrant and which is celebrated as "LOHARI". Sweets, sugarcane and rice are thrown in the bonfires, around which friends and relatives gather together. The following day, which is Sankrant, is celebrated as MAGHI. The Punjabi's dance their famous Bhangra dance till they get exhausted. Then they sit down and eat the sumptuous food that is specially prepared for the occasion.

Kerala:

The 40 days anushthana by the devotees of Ayyappa ends on this day in Sabarimala with a big festival.

Bundelkhand:

In Bundelkhand and Madhya Pradesh this festival of Sankrant is known by the name 'Sakarat' and is celebrated with great pomp & merriment accompanied by lot of sweets.

Tribals of Orissa:

Many tribals in our country start their New Year from the day of Sankrant by lighting bonfires, dancing and eating their particular dishes sitting together. The Bhuya tribals of Orissa have their Maghyatra in which small home-made articles are put for sale.

Assam:

In Assam, the festival is celebrated as Bhogali Bihu.

Coastal Region:

In the coastal regions, it is a harvest festival dedicated to Indra.

How to Celebrate:

1. Get up early in the morning, before sunrise, have bath and be ready with water & flowers for the sunrise. Worship the rising Sun, by offering water, flowers with both the hands & then pray with folded hands by chanting the Gayatri Mantra and pray for knowledge, wisdom and enlightenment to rise in the similar way to greater & greater heights. Pray for blessings to live a dynamic, inspired & righteous life.

2. Do tarpan for your ancestors. Offer water to the ancestors while praying for their blessings. Resolve to redeem the pledges & pride of your forefathers. Live life in such a way that wherever your forefathers may be their head is held high by the life & deeds of their children.

3. Have a special session of Meditation, wherein you bring about the awareness of the self-effulgent subjective divinity. Affirm the greatest importance of your spiritual goal very clearly, and pray to God to bless you with the capacity to constantly revel in your true self. May the graph of your rise like the Uttarayana Sun. May there be greater 'Love & Light' in your life & the world.

4. Prepare laddus or other sweets of Til & Gur and offer them to your friends & relatives. See to it that your 'Well-being Prayer for all' gets manifested in action & deeds.

5. Have the lunch of Khichiri. This stands for inculcating simplicity in your life & habits.

6. Give some Daan on this day to someone who truly deserves.

7. Visit your son at his place and give presents to the son and the daughter-in- law. If it is not possible to visit, then organize to send presents to them to express your love & affection to them. Work to properly cultivate the generation, which has to carry forward all the best you cherish & value.

Be a fraudstar: Govt will bail u out??

Bailing option for Satyam always open, a statement made by our commerce minister is ridiculous.

Mr Minister , can you please tell the nation what are you doing for the hundreds and thousands of workers who lost their job recently due to recession hit of the west. It do not bother you because there is no hue and cry for the people who lost their job.

You are much concerned with the employee of Satyam who are earning in lakhs and wants to bail out with taxpayers money.

If you really want to do something , first freeze the bank balance of Mr Raju and associates and recover money by selling all the assets of Mr Raju and try to bail the satyam employees by that money. Try to seize every bank balance of independent directors, auditors, consultants and all the big guns involved and recover money ...Do you have guts to do so??

In India corporate fraud are a common thing and I am completely surprised when I find that the conviction rate in corporate frauds is only 5%. Shame on you..and your machinery.

It clearly implies the nexus between political parties and the corporates who fund heavily for their election. Dont shed crocodile tears for the employees.

Mr prime minister , I request you to please consider this matter seriously and before bail out a tainted corporation, do think of us, we taxpayers.

In my point of view, Raju mwas made a scapegoat and the story he was narrating completely false. There might be a dangerous nexus and it should be probed barethread and the culprits must be brought to book in quick time if the govt wants to showcase its good governance.

ALL about CCS..Carbon Capture and Storage

http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/What_is_carbon_capture_and_storage_2247?pagenum=1

Should Govt. bail out Satyam??

Government has appointed 3 powerful persons to board of independent director of Satyam. Kiran Karnik, Deepak Parekh and C Achutan , all are renowned persons and are from different fields.

After they assume charge, the two top most target in their minds are:

1. retaining the customers and take them into confidence
2. Arranging funds for its operations

To retain customers, the board will make sure that it communicate with customers and make them believe that the company is committed and will definitely give their hundred percent to complete the project in right perspective.

But the big question is that how they will arrange funds for the operations. The board has indicated that they are thinking of a possible merger with another company or ready to be taken over by another company.

The government has already given a hint that it will bail out Satyam if necessary. Now the big question is that is bailout necessary or is it the right way to bailout a tainted company with tax payers money.

While looking into the bailout package, govt should look into other industry which have been struggling with global recession. The textile industry, gems and jewellery and most of the export oriented business are going into severe losses as funding from overseas stops due to financial meltdown in the west.

This seems to make no news as there is no one to hear their story but the software company and its employees who are earning lakhs of rupees could not bear the burnt and govt shows its eagerness to bail out the company and its employees.

Government should find other alternatives but should not think of wasting public money for this kind of situation.

My letter to Mr Advaniji: the PM on waiting

Dear Mr Advaniji,

I am a great supporter of you but the recent downgrade of our great ideological politics hunts me most. Politicians rake in small issues and make it seems a grand political issue.May it be religion, strike, any company affairs, sports, culture and what not. It seems that in each sphere of life there is an issue related to politics and people tend to take mileage out of it.

I would suggest,rather blowing the issues in air, why dont parties make a straight forward policy on issues and try to market that among the masses.They only chip in when suddenly something happens and take the ruling party responsible for one and all.

I think people are smart enough to take decisions by their own and they wont buy the empty rhetoric of politicians.

Please make sure that before going to the polls BJP must have some definite policies for the party and the country on several issues like energy, water,education, development, conversion, industries etc etc so that while in public they must not falter and only try to highlight the policies at large and asks for vote.

Make sure that terrorism and conversion, article 370, common civil code along with sustainable development (Bijli,Pani and Sadak) be a part of your exhaustive policy to transform India.

Crux of Satyam Scam..

Q: What was the purpose of the scam?

A: Rather like item numbers in Indian films, Satyam’s fancy numbers were aimed at sexing up the company and making it more attractive for investors. Raju pointed out that given the low promoter holding in the company (8.6% as of September 2008), poor performance could result in a take-over . It was important, therefore, to make it seem as if both the top and bottom lines were growing at a healthy rate, even if that was not actually true.

Q: How did it build up to such proportions?

A: The problem with overstating performance is that if you want to keep growth rate looking good, the absolute extent of the exaggeration has to keep getting bigger. To take this particular example, in 2003-04 Satyam reported net sales of Rs 2,542 crore. In the four years since then, that figure was reported to have grown by 36%, 34%, 40% and 31% respectively to reach Rs 8,473 crore in 2007-08.

Now, if a Rs 2,500-crore company wants to show 35% growth when it has actually grown by only say 25%, the extent of overstatement would be only Rs 250 crore (10% of Rs 2,500 crore). But if a Rs 8,500-crore company wants to do the same thing, it will have to fudge the figures by Rs 850 crore.

It is also important to realise that overstating revenues by 10% can overstate profit by a lot more. For instance, if actual revenues are Rs 2,000 crore and actual net profits Rs 200 crore, an addition of Rs 500 crore to revenues without changing anything else would also add Rs 500 crore to net profit. While this would mean exaggerating revenues by only 25%, the profit figure would get overstated by 250% (500 cr is two-and-a-half times 200 crore).

Q: How was Satyam’s proposed acquisition of Maytas linked to this scam?

A: Maytas, a real estate firm owned by Raju’s family, was proposed to be bought by Satyam for about Rs 6,400 cr and turned into a whollyowned subsidiary of Satyam. Raju has pointed out that this would have helped clean up the Satyam mess. Since Satyam would have to pay Maytas owners (the Raju family) for its shares, on paper Rs 6,400 crore would have moved out of Satyams books into the Raju family’s hands, while Satyam would have gained Maytas shares. This could have been an excellent way of regularizing the pumping up of numbers.

Here is how. One, the payment would have actually become just a formality with the Raju family technically receiving Rs 6,400 crore.

But, with Satyam’s reserves and surplus having already been depleted (or, conversely, inflated) the Raju family would have got much less. But, obviously, they would not have complained. Two, this would have then given the company a legitimate opportunity through an acquisition — to bring down the reserves to its actual level without admitting that the books had been cooked. And, nobody would have been any the wiser since only the Raju family and their close confidantes would know about this.

Thus, while Satyam’s reserves would apparently have been used up to pay for the acquisition, in reality the non-existent reserves would be passed on to the Raju family. And Maytas would have found a new home. The furore over what most people perceived as a blatant overvaluation of Maytas prevented the proposed merger going through, thus closing out an opportunity for Raju to paper over the bungling in Satyam.

Strike by trucker association and oil executives add salt to injury for Indian economy

The strike by agitated trucker association compounded with the executives of oil PSUs add salt to injury for the Indian Economy. Pumps all over the country went short of fuel and the long line in the oil pumps are visible everywhere.

The dialogue failed between the minister and the executives and states imposed ESMA to counter the agitation.

But kudos to the step taken by the central government to ease the matter as it threatened the executives to resume work or face strong actions. The govt even sought help from the military to resume the supply.

Delhi is under severe pressure as gas supply to 2 of its gas based units curtailed. If situation does not improve, it is feared that there will be no more fuel to run the public transport system as well. the prices of vegetable shoot up due to truckers strike and the situation aggravated because of adamant nature of oil executives.

They are demanding for a pay hike as compared to their senior counterparts in 6th pay commission.

The question arises :" is it the only way to press the government to listen to their demand by jeopardising the common public at large??

Obviously NO. We pay to the government in form of taxes and to face situation like this is quite illogical.

Though I strongly believe that government should create a bench mark for salary distribution and even the private companies must be brought under some kind of regulation regarding the pay structure.

Why dont India take the other way around like what the Japan system is. They produce more in order to show their anger against the government or any company.

But in India strike by Unions in any of the form not only a major setback to the economy but indirectly the cost of people suffering out of these strike is huge. No one calculates this invisible cost of sufferings.

There must be some other way around to show the reservation against any judgement but obviously not the strike.

Satyam Saga: No Satya only Mithya..

Can you imagine, Rs 7000 crore scam for a company, for a brand valued and positioned high among investors.

Its clear now that Raju was not a gentleman. New name coined for this whole saga " Enron of India"

The role and credibilty of the auditor , advisor all at stake.

Chor machaye Shor:

Ramalinga Raju, chairman of Satyam Computers resigned from his post and confessed to indulging in fraudulent activities like inflating the books for several years. Raju has written a letter to the board giving details of the balance sheet. Balance Sheet has inflated cash balances of Rs 5040 crore and accrued interest of Rs 376 crore is non-existent. Rs 1230 crore was arranged to Satyam and is not reflected in the books. As per the revelations, second Quarter numbers were inflated to Rs 2700 crore vs Rs 2112 crore actual numbers. According to letter of Mr. Raju to the Board of Directors, with copies to Public Authorities, No board member had any knowledge of the real situation of the books. From this it is amply clear that the management of the Big Corporate Compnies are governed at the dictate of the so-called Owners of the Compnaies, and Shareholders are just silent spectators to see the effcet of the same.

How do frauds like that of Satyam happen / remain hidden for so long?

For such a unprecedented scam of Rs.7,000 Crores as flashed by TV Channels, can we believe that only Ramalinga Raju is responsible individually or the entire system should be made responsible. We learn nothing from our past. Harshad Mehta scam was also unprecedented till then. This shows that our Corporate System is working with any accountability, because they are allowed to hide anything on the alleged pretext of the commercial confidence, trade secret etc., without defining that what should be covered within the meaning of the commercial confidence, trade secret etc.

whom to believe now?? Now may be all IT companies will be coming under scanner and the credibility of IT industry as a whole will be a question mark.

RTI - A missile on common man's arms

What a beautiful act this is. right to information covers one and all in government establishment. U can sought any information from any government offices about anything. There are systematic procedures to get all the information.

But people need to be aware about the act and use it judiciously to work against the system and corruption.

We need to be a self styled RTI activist and make people aware about the act and help them getting the information from the government coffers.

Democracy is for the people, of the people and by the people. Every one has a right to ask question and the public servant is bound to answer. We should pin point and target the corrupted officials and try to bring the truth.

Make RTI a revolution and be a RTI activist to serve the people and serve the nation.

English Calender 2009 begins..

I dont know the frenzy about the new year's eve. people seem to be very very happy welcoming the new year but to why. Is there any logic behind it or this is just one of the madness created by the western society. We Indians really are living in a dangerous society. the society is changing very quickly and the effect u can feel in metros. People line up the list of itinerary in the eve of 2009 celebration.

The beer manufacturer has their fingers crossed for this day as they very well know that this is the night they are going to make hay ward selling courtesy the youths of the city. People spend like anything but they forget this is Just Another Day but the irony is that no one remembers the India New year.

I am not a hard core right activist but this definitely hurts me. People tend to forget the Vedas, Ramayan, The Mahabharat but they now remembers the pop singers,dancers, the film stars.

Wishing late at night and the wish saga continues for some days. Ok let people enjoy the day, not a problem but please dont forget your ancestors or calender year. If not celebrate it but just bear in mind that this is the Bharatiya new year.

INSAC08, Mumbai Trip and attack on India

I was too happy to board the Indigo flight from delhi airport to Mumbai as this was my first air trip, so excited about flying in the sky.Well dressed people, business managers , wealthy families generally board the aeroplane.The crew members were also too good , well trained in their behaviour and serving customers.Anyways the flight took off from Delhi airport at around 7.00AM.Just before lending at the mumbai CST I felt tremandous pressure.My head got completely out because of pressure difference and for almost 15 minutes i could not bear the pain.Horrible!!!!

Anyways lended at Mumbai airport at 9.30AM, straightway headed towards NPCIL auditorium where I had to attend the INSAC 2008, a nuclear conference organised by India Nuclear Society.

The conference saw some high profile policy makers, scientists, professors, delegations from Japan and France and different utilities in nuclear sector.The 3 day conference ended in a brilliant note with some brain storming issues. The conference highlighted basically the technical issues. I got Mr Mohd. Ansari a senior engineer from tarapur nuclear facility as my room partner in NBH guest house.he was so nice and charming person.Enjoyed his company there and exchanged thoughts on different issues.

On 25th night , got an oppurtunity to visit Kishore and Dipti , stayed there for one night and had expereience in travelling in Mumbai train.really its true that Mumbai locals are the nerves of Mumbai.

INSAC08 ended in a splendid manner and I took a taxi to Mumbai central railway station and had a glimpse of Siddhi Vinayak on the way to station. My Seat was confirmed at that time in Mumbai Delhi Rajdhani express.

The next morning (27thNov) was a terrible day for me.As i switched on my mobile , I had a sad message of sad demise of one of my Bhabhi ( Sada bhaina from my village) and 12 missed calls from my younger brother.When I called him, I got to know about the Mumbai attacks.

The terrorists fired at CST terminus, took over Taj, ho;ed up in Nariman house and trident and killed Mr hemant karkare and others .this was really sad and a direct attack to the country. I kept a eye on this the whole day.

The mumbai attacks left 100 crore Indians stuck to their TV sets as the fight continued for 3 more days.Over 200 killed, soldiers sacrificed their lives, people anger mounting on.This was perhaps for the first time people came all out against the so called politicians , blaming them for the attacks staright way. Enough is enough now. The soft stance of UPA on terrorirsm and loose talks of politicians and inefficiency of our home minister created a furore among aam aadmi and they came blaming all the way to the vote bank politics.

I cant find words to blame these politicians as I know that they can only bark like a dog and despite have the power to bite they cant do it as they cant leave their kursi and the so called vote bank.

Damn on them....

One solution:

I would rather die one day than die every day out of fear and anxiety.

Jai Hind..

The financial meltdown..

News coming in..the serial fall of giants..the global turmoil and effects to Indian economy as a whole. The bailout packages..the investor's money..the job cuts..the slow down...it needs time to elaborate..pls excuse..

My Barog trip...to the mountains

Its cool..We started on Gandhi Jayanti..october2,2008 to Kalka in the Himalayan Queen from Delhi.At first instant I thought the train would be of white colour with snowy and green pine tress but nothing as such ..Quite dull that to be only chaircars..Boss was not there with us ,so the formal factor was not there..Made it to Kalaka at around 1.00PM then we took one taxi to Barog..

The Tent factor..
The cool winds..
Everchanging weathers..
The big Bobby..organiser
Shimla heigts with Manki point..
Some unforgettable quotes..
The bon fire..
Playing cards factor..
Revisiting the old days of cricket..
Lots of snaps..
The Chaman stories..
Khatti Meethi Gupshups..
The Juice pyass..
The Taxi trouble..
New finance caretaker..
Poisonous leaves..that hurts me..
Delicious foods..

Returned in Shatabdi ..only one thing left that is the travelling with Toy train..tried our best but could not get tickets..and the long walking..shedding some weights and waters..that will remain for the times to come..finally a cool trip with hot n cold wars between guys and gals..
etc..etc..

Attack on Churches..

Completely media masala..attack on christians in Orissa,MP and now in Mangalore and the fire keeps spreading to other regions too..aah..innocent christians though..but the fact is that they are on a mission and if they wont be stopped I dont know what will be the fate of India.The evangelist christians and the terrorists muslims..they both grapple the nation.In one hand the christians took the backdoor to attack in the name of poverty and casteism and what not and the muslims openly blasting here and there.

Its only hindus who are at the receiving end always.We cant do much as we are victims of so called secularism.Alas..we could have been a state like Israel and USA and it would be better to die for one day rather dieing every day.

Swamiji's killing in Kandhamal orissa triggered the violence,it was natural .You cant fool the people always.When it hurts, they will definitely react.

The culprits should be brought to the book and punished..

Vande mataram

Delhi bomb blast

what a nightmare...the blast just at the back of my office.At the 14th floor of Atmaram house I could hear the explosion.The first thought that got struck to my mind is the blast but no one believed.I switched on the TV to find out..yes its a blast and not a single blast but series of blasts rocked that day in Delhi.more than 30 people died and several injured but who cares.The ritual follows..we should unite at this time of grief,atankwad hame hila nahin sakte, ye desh ki chabi bigadne ki kosish hai..blame game on for the political parties ana many more.

Its really a sad part on behalf of we indians.We only project that we are coward and u can strike us anytime and anywhere and we let you off because we are a democratic country.The terrorists from Indian Mujahiddin..cowards and they do name their organisation as Indian..we should smoke them out like US did.Just show them when time comes , we can open our trinetra too.I dont have any words to condemn but somewhere at the heart of Indians they engulf fear and this is their win.

The UPA govt can not loose their votebank by acting upon the terrorists as all are from a same community.POTA can not be back as it would have been misused.what can we do then..simply watch and die someday.

I would rather die fighting with these so called terrorists rather falling prey to their misdeeds.

Vande mataram

last days at NPTI

Its been approx 2 years now at NPTI and the reverse countdown has already begin ,no not to take off but to bid adieu from NPTI.I cherished these moments as i passed out this phase of my life.Thinking about the past,I could remember those spicy days at PIET where the role of a lecturer suited me for almost 4 years.Just at the time I needed a break from the clutch of well educated but disguished mentality persons,I found Thakur at the helm.A Mtech by reserch call from NIT,Rourkela,post of visiting faculty at IIPM and lots more but I choose to side with Thakur and decided to go to Hyderabad.A SAP course at hyderabad that to half finished and got a call from NPTI.Not knowing much about the college and particularly the power sector at first instant hestated to come for interview but the buttkicks of bBibhuti and insipirations of Thakur pushed me to board the train to Delhi.Train journey a nightmare as i lost my new pair of shoes and then I learnt that its a good sign and success awaiting somewhere.

When I landed at NPTI..wow..got surprised by the infrastructure first,at first it reminded me about the IITs and IIMs.How could a govt own set up be so neat and clean with green grasslawn spreading a to a larger area.I met one of the very nervous guy at mogging something for the interview and lots of questions in his mind.I offered my friendship and accepted.Though I landed here but never serious about the GD and interview (totally undecided about the future).Taking things light was my way of handling pressure ,u can say.Entering to the hall,seniors greeted us and there was a good presentation about the power sector .It is at this time I first introduced myself to the sphere of power,never worried about the frequent power cuts but always cursing the people behind the power cut,never knowing the complexity of the problem,why for these power cuts are there.

A group of streeful students thinking of the GD ahead and worried.I got tensed and came out of that streeful chamber outside for relaxing.I always prefered to be in a cool and calm area.My turn comes for the GD and I still remember the topic ,its about terrorism.My stand always a tough stand on these matters,I never looked at the othe otherside,killing,terrorising people was the worst kind of things to demand something I believe.My part was over though inside the discussion it was a complete chaos and a fish market as usual.so,never expected to get good marks on that,then just waited for my turn for the interview and at last the time came when I entered to the conference room for a chit chat.

Never sure about what kind of questions they gonna ask to me but pretty sure if they asked me about my work ex,I can explain them better but no question started and it was about MCB.The first reaction of my mind to this question is Maharashtra cricket board(I pl;ayed a lot of cricket so it came naturally)though i did not speak about it.sorry sir,dont know..a little bit of laugh from the other side..its natural because ppl should know at least the name miniature circuit board,I didnot.Then about the power sector,power sector reforms,capacity of generation in Orissa and a lot ,I was dumb socked and could not utter a single word.I mean neither I was prepared nor I am serious about the selection so i did not feel guilty..then they were fed up and at last asked me about my teaching experience.So ,which subjects

define and understand terrorism

Its not that only uneducated,unemployed youth caught in the net of terrorism.I think its the reverse way..its all in the mindset.its not about the photo that pakistani has in his pocket but its about the place osama has made into the heart of that pakistani who could be a dangerous threat to the society.who could guess similar story in the line of 9/11 happens through a person like him.beware!!!!!!

easy but not so.........

easy is to die for a cause but difficult is to live for it.

my 2 day trip to friends in delhi

it was a nice experience..
after my exams were over,i could get some days to visit my friends.
i went to rakesh at noida first discussed a lot about investment ,then at night i went to prabhat..after a long time we both took shower from the rain god,it was raining heavily and we were enjoying like anything.that was cool...we refreshed our memory of our old uce days over there.the next morning i went to prabeer and to my surprise i got so many friends over there.totally a odiya community was there at that day.we prepared traditional odiya cuisine(baigon poda,badi chura,pakhal bhata with dahi,chenachur,tamato chakada and what not)i enjoyed the food like anything.then at the evening we went to iskcon temple and danced to the tune to hare radha hare krishna.then we marched to jagannath temple at hauzkhas,there i met sudhansu bahi and some juniors of uce.the food served to us was awesome and a complete odiya hang out over there..a sort of picnic every day at prabhus mercy over there.i parted away from frends and went to thakurs residence at dwarka.we talked a lot that night about a whole lot of things.the next day morning we went to the market and took some digital photos for the insurance.at 3 pm i got back to my hostel..that was a nice experience for me i could find a lot of friends and what not...

bade dino ka baad..

friends..its been a long time i m writing today.
life is full of surprises..and it all happened to me.
got a place in pwc for summers..some cheers indeed.
went to tehri for our industrial visit,an wonderful experience.
haridwar mein ganga nahaye..rishikesh ghumke aaye..
everything was going all right and suddenly something happened.
the result of 1st sem was declared.
to my surprise i got a back paper.
i was quite surprised ..i did not know how to react.
while verifying i found that somehow my external marks were not added up.
and the npti was not at all concerned about the whole thing.
today only i got my detailed mark shhet and i found that i was marked absent in that paper.
i took the photocopy of my attendance sheet and a letter from the pd and going to the universityu tomorrow.
i know i have to suffer for the mistake of the university.
xams r there from 4th may ,but then its all part of the game because i know and i say..always expect some unexpected thing in life and march on,true in my case.
we r in india and dream of a error free india.
someday or the other it is going to happen..its only through changing the mindset of the people.
we dont have any problem ..the problem lies in our thinking process.
lets hope for the best.

watche guru with friends

yup the much talked movie of the town today
i watched this movie
fantastic one...really no harm in dreaming big.
getting the work done by hook or crook is the real strategic move now a days in this corporate arena.
the person with no mba a metric failed student started his journey from the village to turkey where he worked as a container provider for petroleum....gurukant desai.
came back home..needed money so married with a woman from where he could get the desired amount but in terms of dowry.
made the friend n brother in law a partner in his march to soar high.
played all the tricks to enter into the business with his sharp ideas and mind.
changed the track of the nation by going into silk import when everybody prefers to have khadi.
changed the rules of the game ,played with the law...made big money showing false profit by buying back his own shares.
converting the non convertible debentures into shares...going to public for raising funds...
an reporter from the independent caught him red handed and was successful in sealing all his factory by airing everything in his newspaper.
the share holders demanded money they lost and branded him the smuggler
suddenly he went to coma and lost one hand completely...
the judiciary bench enquired into the matters and found him guilty but at last he got 5 minutes and changed the way public thinks about him.by citing the fault of the system and the rich persons monopoly he could make them understand his view point and at last he could only give a fine of some lakhs of rupees for tax evasion..and his dream for going into various fields became a huge success..and at last he called for making the company the no1 in the world...there goes the theme..dream big and go and get it.
i saw no fault with him as he has taken the full advantage of the lacuna of the system and achieved what he has dreamt for..and in this dream his wife made a big contribution. he had immense faith with his partners and workers.
really a nice movie from my side i would rate this movie as must watchable with the songs of gulzar and music of rehman makes the perfect combination.
at last i enjoyed the movie ,this was my first movie at pvr in faridabad.

writing testimonials for friends

hi
started a new venture...this time in writing testimonials for friends
its a wonderful experience
till now i have written some 35 testimonials and the feedback is overwhelming.
by this way i want to hone my written skills in a big way.
hope this will help me out.
it is just the beginning.

got a new pc

so at last i have to cut short of my budget
and have to take an economical decision
so finally decided to go for an assembled pc
krishna helped me out
we took the assemble pc from nehru palace at 15k only
our doctor nitinji assembled the pc but could not load windows xp
tried very hard................but alas
at last joginderji helped me out to find out the fault
actually my ram was not working
i replaced my ram with the vendor ,got a new one
now its working fine
thanx to all who helped me like anything....
now lets see how much benefit i could derive out of this.

trying hard to gather support the M factor

yup
calling some friends for a differnt kind of help
hope to get some in my kitty
so far all have responded positively
today pandey called me and said he has finished his work
thanks ..
others to follow
bye

enjoyin chilli cold nights at delhi

hi
its party time but not for me yaar
i am remaining at the hostel and not going to home.
yaar too cold about 2 degree over here
but i visited akshardham,lotus temple and palika bajar.
baki sab cool
hope my buddies will come early
waitin 4 them and lot of orkuting an chat
thats it
just killing time yaar
bye for now

ist sem on full swing

ya again from invigilator to students taking exam....
its really interesting
taking pain ,getting nervous at times
its all excitig..
i m enjoyin
bye

oye padhai chal raha ai

all the presentations finished
class exam goin on
exams heading
seniore being placed in diff consultancies
good news lot of companies r in row
bye for now

presentations on leadership traits

successfully presented the presentations.
nice discussions.

arrogance will cost u alot

arrogance will cost u alot
no matter it will come back to u
today or some day after
but mind u
will cost u a lot

seminar on communication,confivence and crm

its s a seminar day today.
we(mba 1st year students) participated
nice talk from eminent proffessors
some key points.

communication is 7% verbal,38%non verbal,55% visual.
fear is the main factor why we cant communicate.
words r only symbols.

ur best wear- smile
ur best book- cheque book
ur best gigt- forgiveness

action approach,psychological approach and auto suggestion approach.

let hot air blows in

i mean from lecturer to student a 180 degree turn
but sitting at the opposite chair i can analyse my teacher well.
students from back keep murmuring and commenting which hurts me but sometimes teacher make a very interesting topic boring at that time i felt depressed
why the teachers r not taking any interest in what they teach
so student and teacher ...
life goes on

difficult hai use bhul pana

its very difficult to put an end to an relationship
because
tumhe bhul na to chaha phir bhi bhula na paye
so
i had to contact her
and
the communication continues.. from today the 13th september
so lets see what the future stores in for me
good bye

mba at camps now

so
its mba now in power management
at national power training institute in faridabad.

its power management now

so leaving behind the sap pp course half way i come to faridabad for power mgmt programe at national power training institute.
new atmosphere ,new challenges.
more emphasis on power sector.
could not go home for various reasons.
baki baad mein.
bye

hyderabad diary

well living behind rourkela ,M tech at nit,i came to hyderabad fo SAP training with sasank.i met my classmate/branchmate bibhuti over here.we decided to stay together.after several enquiry and demo i decided to take training on SAP PP module at vcentric.although no inst will guarantee u ajob,i found this a good one with 11000 bucks.life is as it is..everything ok,now i m trying to be familiar with hyderabad city.after 8n years i met my plus 2 buddy satya here who invited me to join orkut.its amazing with almost all friend around.brilliant.. so its practice time now for sap.although the market is good but lot of practice is necessary to be a perfect functional expert.

hyderabad living city

i m in hybd now
a city fiull of spirit.
fast and calm
adopting to it slowly.
met bibhuti,planing for a room.
lets see,till not decided about the inst.
bye

goin to hyderabad

hi
i m goin to hyderabad for sap training.
not decided the module yet.
may be sd or mm.
lets see.
bye

ERP training in isrdo,new delhi

tuna got a call from isrdo new delhi for its erp programe for hr.i informed thakur about it.thakur called on the assistant manager,isrdo.he asked for a cv.then we went to a net parlour where sasank send his cv via mail and with in notime got a response to join.we thought it is fake and i asked asu to enquire about it.most probably i will get all the info .

lets see,bye.

interview at iipm

i had to apper for an interview for visiting faculty on 10th july at iipm.surprisingly i found mr b dash over there ,he is thr to attend the same.ok he also wanted to change his job.i waited for at least 4 hour and then they asked me about my past exp.when i made my intention clear,they promised me to caLL for visiting faculty whjenever necessary.sasank wants me to go to hyderabad for sap courses,so i thought after consultations with biswal sir i will decide on this matter.
bye for now

in dillema whether to attend fddi interview or not

its a problem for me always
i could not decide in time
after my selection in nit,i dont want to divert
then there came a call from fddi
i was only aiming fior its pg programe for retail mgmt course.
now i decide not to attend it.

media should be hanged

what happened in wilson college is really very sad.to treat a professor in view 0f allegation is really bad,students must refrain from politicising the issue.this kind of stuffs only worsen the relationship between teacher and student.it should not be highlighted by the media in this way.the professor must be punished severely if the allegation is right.

tough times ahead

to leave the job in one go and undergoing study is not an easy task.i got call for interview from different places i have applied for.iter 4thjuly,fddi 8th,iipm10th like that.i culd not decide whether to go to noida for appering fddi interview.i think m tech at last waitin 4 me.its very difficult to forget mba but then i hope i will do fpm programme after my m tech.lets see,after serving the most valuable 3 years of my life at piet ,to leave it at one go is difficult,i feel nostalgic to leave my collegues,my friends at piet bringing me sleepless nights but...i have to look 4 future.our group shattered,myself,bhabani,pandey,tuna ,subhasish and sitya all r dislocated(take the true meaning),hope every one do well in future ,me also.bye

resigned from piet on 28 th june

so at last i submitted my resignation on 28th of this month.will join for mtech programme in nit rourkela.there are somen masnagementr calls also,if i would convert some of the call then i may switch over to management.

bye for now.

new director ,a funny character

ye piet ka durbhagya hei ki ise koi dhang ka aadmi nahi milta.the director mr singh is a funny person,he does not know what to speak and when to speak.pulak ko gali diya,mere ko nahi suna,isko usko sabko kya bolta hai koi thikana nahi rahta,may god save this inst.

hare radha hare krishna

hare radha hare krishna

high voltage drama in piet on 19th june06

i dont know is it the fear of strictness in exam or r they really repentning for the heinious act of beating the dean,a meeting was called for so that the students of 8 ths semester to the faculty members.

i could not understand the purpose of such an meeting.every one was telling that they r not vindictive and they will not harass them in exam in view of their mis conduct. you take the exam as u r taking it previously withiout any fear.

we believe in principle of forgive and forget so beg public apology for the mistake u have done.

then starts the high voltage drama.some choosen members fron students community and fronm faculty side also started acting on the stage.

then comes gita from mr dean ,virtually scolding all for playing politics with him.
and thats all.

reservation ,no gain to OBCs ,only creating vote bank for congress

the name is a tragedy itself
the singh(arjun) goes with his dirty politics now plays rthe reservation cad
the congress under the puppet another singh takes us as granted
they want to give 50 percent reservation whats it
agar aapka itna hi pani hai parliament pe reservation karke dikhaiye
salon ko saram nahi aati ek ek ko bich chourahe pe tang dena chahiye

trip for seminar in central zone

hai all
in between copy enaluation i went for seminar on career in engg and technology in central zone in odisha with raja sir and ca sir.

summer starts

vacation starts at piet
thinking of utilising this summer in finding a suitable place for me
m tech or mba,i dont know

vadodra violence a nuisance on the part of muslims

it is irony that in india communal tension takes shape without cause.the demolition drive for a dargah started the communal tension in vadodra.the muslims while protesting against the municipality started pelting stones and attacking hindu shops near by.be it in aligarh,lucknow the communal tension started without any cause and that to it started by fanatics muslims.

its high time they should realise that in india they r safe and nowhere in the world this community is safe .they must come forward with tolerance and show their nationalist character or they will perish from this bharat with in no time.

massacre of hindus in doda and jammu and the young charismatic leader pramodji dies.

no news ,no condolence,no compensation for the hindus who have lost their life in terrorist attacks.the cong-pdp govt is busy providing the terrorista a healing touch and on he other hand it does not care about the hindus being killed over thre and fled away,

SHAME ON YOU CONGRESSI AND COMMUNISTS.

pramod mahajan dies after a 12 days battle with life.india loses a future prime minister and a real neta.i pay my tribute and condolence to those who killed in j&k and to promodji.

CHITA BHAI GOT MARRIED

not surprising,chitaranjan weds sukanti goes the theme.at last on akhi trutiya the day when chariot works begin for god jagannath,he tied knot,we were there at the occasoin in puri.

and yaah one more my friend sanjibani got married to her beloved boy friend ,i could not witness the event but my best wishes to her and all.

barayatri to chita bhai marriage is gruesome and lot mishappenings happened in between ,we had fight with a dhaba bala and all that for a hundred rupees more.

road safai and invigilation at padmanabha engg college

i along with my sister strted cleaning he road to free it from one kind of dust that was hurting us.many people joined us and started doing it voluntarily.we urged all the people to come forward and join us and give only 5 minutes but none helpes.we 10 people started it and finished the work in 2 hours.it was by and large successful.


doing invigilation i booked one girl for cheatng,she was a professional in cheating,her name is nidhi agarwal.every thing ok.the new system by bput helped us to eradicate cheating completely.

road safai and invigilation at padmanabha engg college

i along with my sister strted cleaning he road to free it from one kind of dust that was hurting us.many people joined us and started doing it voluntarily.we urged all the people to come forward and join us and give only 5 minutes but none helpes.we 10 people started it and finished the work in 2 hours.it was by and large successful.


doing invigilation i booked one girl for cheatng,she was a professional in cheating,her name is nidhi agarwal.every thing ok.the new system by bput helped us to eradicate cheating completely.

sapta mahayagna n virat hindu sammelan at chakapada,kandhamala

hari om
the rss(odisha wing) has organised a virat hindu samelan in chakapada starting its year long programe in view of the celebration of sri guruji janma satabdi.i was fortunate to witness this event.more than 400 converted christians were brought back to hindu fold with the tireless effort of swami akhandanad ji who had been associated with chakapada ashram for two decades.
the gathering was a huge one and 7 mahayagnas were organised namely gyana yagna(prabachan of sadus and sanyasis),dipa yagna,nama yagna etc.
on te concluding day a birat sabha was organised .on the dias present param pujaniya sudershanji,ashok singhalji,swami narayan panthas mahatma ji from gujarat,swami akhandanandaji and rss padadhikaris from odisa.in his boudhik sudershanji emphasised on the life of sri guruji touched every nook and corner of his life and asok ji singhal in his speech said that bharat mata today facing attacks from missionaries ,sonia and the communists.we have to defeat them,jagdeo oram ,rashtria adhyakha of vanvasi kalyan ashram urged the vanabasi bhais to come back to hindu fold and at last swami akhandanandji streesed about the hindu dharma.his prabachan was so lucid and clear so as to reach the masses he told directly with a emotional appeal to those converted and the vanabasi to fight for their dharma.he w3a s attacked 7 times by the christian gooonda s but somehow escaped from their attacks .he scolded the politicians like anything,stressing over several issues with examples from his own life he urged the people to come forward with lathi and weapons to protect dharma.

i saw prabhat bhai but unfortunately could not meet him.i saw and talked to barun banchor.
it was a cool area with mountains .christians and muslims bahut badhijaicchanti kintu swamiji nka prayas falare sethare bahut paribartan asichi.samajik samarsata ra se prakar sangam dekhi mu abhibhut hoi gali,no jati,no pratha only hindu samaj.

jai sri ram
for mistakes excuse me

samalei rath got a huge welcome in rourkela

for yagna in chakapada maa samalei rath arrived in rourkela yesterday.it was taken to uditnagar play ground with a big procession across main road rourkela.people greeted the rath every where,the response was quite huge and the akharas also joined us.there were shows of lathi chalana and talbari on the road.the traffic got jammed that day.after it went to uditnagar there was a dharma sabha ,jiban chaitan ji maharaj briefed about the yatra and recited prabachan.