My BhuBaneSwaR - Part 2

The last 5 months :

I have been working at Verve(Check my last post!). I ended on a rather interesting note : "The better place to be right now in India is Bhubaneswar". Right now, I can say, I have every right reason to say so.

Bhubaneswar is tier-2 city just like Pune. But as you well know, There is a big difference between Pune and Bhubaneswar presently. That can be attributed to location of the city, age of the city, governments in the respective state, climate of the city, nature of industries. Apparently film industry and tourism play a major role. Bhubaneswar has pluses when compared to Pune. It just happened that Pune grew faster due to some windy changes. Being closer to Mumbai, being cultural capital of Maharastra, the establishment of IT and automation industry and several factors helped Pune to become what it is today.

On the other side, Bhubaneswar is a planned city which just started(Modern city was designed in 1946 and came into existence in 1948 when it was made capital city of Orissa!), though the Ancient has an history that lasts from 3000 years.  Though I am not here to tell you about the history of Bhubaneswar, I can suggest this link for a good and clear understanding of Bhubaneswar. Check this

There are primarily 4 factors to be taken under consideration when one is evaluating a city - Demographics, Economy,Transport and Education. Here I dwell into them

1. Demographics
2. Economy
3. Transport
4. Education

Stayed Tuned for further information in my next post about Bhubaneswar.

Logical Child!

                In our Childhood, A day never goes by, without us struggling to stand on our feet. A day never goes by, without us doing everything to get what we want(sometimes we deserve!). A day never goes by, without us questioning everyone about everything. A day never goes by, without us dreaming to be superman, spiderman and  some alien with super natural powers from an alien planet. Haan, Those were the days.Here is an instance where every other child like me tried a way to become un-noticed, invisible and invincible.

My mom put Rs 10(Then in 90s, 10 rs is great amount! ) in a Hundi(Pooja room). And told us not to take the money, explaining us that god will be very angry and send us to hell, if we take the money!. My bro, my cousin and me are quite scared and decided not to take the money(Though we always used to entice our parents to give money for one thing or other- ice-creams, chocolates and cakes especially).

Here I am, intending to get the money and buy a cricket ball(as I lost a cricket ball the preceding day!). My brain started functioning like a racing horse, making its own strategies, theories, conclusions and betrayal!. I always had this doubt, Brain or heart? which one makes the decision? you decide!

How to get the money?
Case 1:
Let say if I took it without informing my brothers. My mom would come to know that money is missing, she would call my brothers and me, ask about the money. Both the brothers would say 'no', me being the rigid here would definitely say 'no'. Then she would ask to tell the truth, I would repeat the same. Nothing will happen but I feel guilty for stealing the money and lying to my mom for just Rs 10. The feeling of guilty is very hard to deal with.
Case 2:
When my mom asked me who did it? I might have made our maid a scapegoat. Though I may feel guilty for that, my mom would not be looking at me or us that these children are 'badmaash' and would take every measure to ensure that we never come to know about money. But here, I would be committing the third sin.
Case 3:
I could make a pact with my bros. We form a team and take the money. When mom asks, we all answer the same, we did not take it. The feeling of guilt is shared by all of us. As we knew, mom would forget about it. But it is bad because I am lying to the woman who gave me this world.

However in all the cases, I/we should always try to hide the cricket ball from mom because once she finds out that we have a ball, questions arise. She would come to know that we took the money. So all the cases are bad. The only true thing which I should do is, go up to her and ask her 'Mommy, I need a cricket ball, I will pay you back when I grow older'. She unhesitatingly will give me the money. Right??

I faced these kind of situations many a times at different ages. But its our duty to not to hurt parents and not to feel guilt for a step which never should have happened in the first place. Hope you all do the same.

Be a logical child!!

Logical Child

My BhuBaneSwaR - Part 1

It would be tough for me to write a critique on Bhubaneswar. First of all, I don't belong here. Secondly my purview will be limited... But for almost last 3 years and 5 months of my life, I have been in Bhubaneswar. Being a outsider, I am may be bit judgmental in my view about the city. So, Here it is....


Its 20th July'09, 9 PM, the Prashanti Express is slowing down, honking, braking,screeching.... Finally,  Here I am at BBSR Rly station after getting a tatkal ticket on IRCTC. It was easy then, though I paid for the  price of entire train's journey  plus 150 bucks. Nevertheless I reached BBSR safely. Its the first time I saw BBSR station though I traveled through the station from IIT Kgp to my home(Coz Sleep was the only thing I do on trains). The station is newly constructed one. The walls were made of redstone(might well painted  reddish brown), the traditional color painted all over Odisha. And the third language on the speaker "gaadi nambare eke duyi chare thini..." struck me as alien language. Among those unknown and unacquainted faces, A familiar face caught my glimpse, there he is, Pradosh at the receiving end. Took me to the bus, There are more familiar faces, :p, sravanthi chandrika, Karthik Reddy, Swathi.. OMG! Finally...

The very first day, I got to know, 'dada' in Bengali is 'Bhaina' here. I cant post my every detail at BBSR right?.. Here comes the part where I actually made something out of this place.

After the college, I decided never to come back this place, But my fate does not love me, its fucking retard and always likes to harass me every possible way, Deloitte happened dot(Those who do not know, joining got postponed by 6 months). I had done my 3rd year internship at Verve Bhubaneswar, where I met some of the very cool other IITians. The fastest thing I can do is mail him for internship position again. Got it, back again in BBSR.

These 5 months, I should say, is Eye-opener to me. It changed my thought process. It made me to be much more patient, corrected my attitude, to cling to my destiny and to love Odisha. These 5 month period, I made serious detailing of this place, which I would say the right place to be at this time.

I would tell why it is the place to be right now in part 2.

For guys who know bhubaneswar and who do not know bhubaneswar, read this page
Bhubaneswar

P.S : You can find many 'Bihars' in Bhubaneswar where as there is only one outside of Odisha !

Bhubaneswar surroundings

The krishna key

Arigatou Sravanthi.. for the terrific book "The Krishna Key" by Ashwin Sanghi, The author of Rozabal line and Chanakya's Chant. You can reach him at Sanghi's website .

A serial killer who believes himself to be "Kalki Avatar". A history doctoral student who goes by Priya alias "Mataji" manipulates one of her students to being into "Kalki avatar". A descendant of Krishna, Kanha alias "Sir Khan", tries very hard to retrieve the base plate gifted by his father, in the search becomes obsessed to trying to get "The Philosopher's stone"-Syamantaka. VSKBC and its relevance - Anil 'V'arshney, Ravi mohan 'S'aini, Rajaram 'K'urkude,Nikhil 'B'hojraj and Devendra 'C'hedi - A group of friends turned professionals in different lines of work towards a single goal - To Prove Lord Krishna is not mythical but Historical!. The never tiring police office Radhika singh who eventually falls in love with the first usual suspect 'Saini' and her devote subordinate Rathore who always present when help is needed.

The beauty of the book is 'A parallel running Mahabharata story','The importance of numbers, their representation and the number system founded by the Indians','Vedas and gita and their undying scientific revelations','A walk through of all the major temples all over India and fantastically etched Indian maps', 'Simple yet powerful word puzzles','trying to prove that How kurukhshetra war was responsible for drying of  great river saraswati and people moving towards west and east', 'Episode of Taj mahal being proved to be 'Tejo Mahal' ' and 'The way he make us believe that kalki avatar is born and indeed show us a way that we should not believe everything which is being told'.

(1,0,8,18,108,1008,786,894 - Read the book to know why they are important).

The book is whole lot of facts and fiction. You will come into believing that what is written is true, such is the convincing work of the author. To write a book like this, will surely a whole lot of effort, intellect and whole length and breadth of geographical India and Indian mythology.

I personally liked the way he presented it. The book can be made into a movie with 2 parts with interval-'Revealing original Identity of Priya' or a serial with 2 to 3 seasons.

Get the book and enjoy the read..:)

Visiting a temple..

My mother woke me up at 4 AM. she gave the extra push needed to make me brush my teeth and made me to take bath with cold water in rather chilly winter.. By 5 AM, I was ready with 'offerings to god' in my backpack. By offerings I mean, the first handpicked satchel full of  rice from the field, a bottle of milk and a saari. My mom knew that I am an atheist, but she also has belief in me that I do everything she ever wanted. Mom, grandma, bro and me are better put in friends category rather than family. We always enjoy each others presence - the saddest and happiest moments. Damn, my bro was in college and this journey was entirely on my own!.

     I started on bike from my village at around 5:05 AM. I never liked to put jacket on, I always liked to experience the extreme!. The climate was compassionate, bitter, envious and relaxing. Rode the bike over the unpaved rural roads, there are ups and downs on the road caused by the preceding rainy season just like the highs and lows of our lives.  

It was still dark and cold, Sun was shy enough to raise and moon appeared to encourage sun to help him rise and greet his girlfriend, the 'Sunflowers'. Its 6 AM, 30 mins from now, I would reach the temple of my family god- Lord Shiva. We were shaivites by birth. Though me and my bro, are atheists by nature. My mom and grandma never imposed theism in us, they always wanted us to do good and be good. Along the way, I was thinking about my guardians and   my own impression on god. In tandem, I was enjoying scenic beauty of sun rise from above the clouds and the flush greenery of crops which are  grown to a good level, Thanked the supreme for the good crops this year due to timely rains. 

Reached the temple!. I do not know why I hate visiting temples. But I try to explain myself why I do and what led me to be a dis-believer of god and  idol worshiping.

Now here's the interesting part, The first thing I should do was, But tickets for archana and other stuff, some would not believe, I should pay charge for offering coconut too. I bought everything and now I am asked to pay extra to offer what I bought!... Paid at chappal stand! Paid to get my head shaved! - got my head shaved.. first payments...

Entered the temple on barefoot. There are 5 idols in the same temple... what for? To get more dakshina at each idol! As per my mom instructions, I have to donate a minimum of 10 rs at each idol apart from the offerings... where is this money going? and offerings? to god!!?- Absolutely no!!! a big no!!... Oh yea.. The priests take them!!... second payments.

As usual, I did everything quick... Its time to leave the temple.... There is this queue of people who will kill you If you do not give them dakshina. They are aged from 5 to 90. They  do not accept what we give, they demand for more. Lost 50 bucks - third payment

My mom wanted me to bring bracelets from temple premises.. bought them for mom. Do those really protect you from bad as shown many of the films bestowed on gods?. No idea! - fourth payments.

May every moment in and around the temple is revolving around the money which I am spending for being there. But the purpose I came for is - to jus take blessings from god and wish everyone live happily. But the price for that is in terms of paisa! rather It should be in my willing to do good and help others.

Did the supreme really wanted us to worship? Did he really wanted us to come to location, find his idol and offer what we have? Did he asked the people in the place to built a temple for him? Did he ask the shopkeepers, beggars, priests to be there for him and extract money from fellow pilgrims? Does he have reservation for the guys who spend much money or show more bhakti?... Numero questions left un-answered...

Left the temple, pitying how foolish the people are , trying to find solace in a stone. Re-assuring myself that I am not part of that chumpy people.  Switched on the mp3 player, my favorite playlist started playing -

"Pal Pal Hai Bhari Woh Vipda Hai Aayee .........  

Ram Hriday Mein Hai Mere, Ram Hi Dhadkan Mein Hain
Ram Meri Aatma Mein, Ram Hi Jeevan Mein Hain....
Ram Har Pal Mein Hai Mere, Ram Hai Har Swaas Mein
Ram Har Aasha Mein Meri, Ram Hi Har Aas Mein

Ram Hi To Karuna Mein Hai, Shanti Mein Ram Hain
Ram Hi Hai Ekta Mein, Pragati Mein Ram Hain
Ram Bas Bhakton Nahin, Shatru Ke Bhi Chintan Mein Hain
Dekh Taj Ke Paap Raavan, Ram Tere Man Mein Hain......."
  

The demigod - Enna rascala :P

Anticipation

Predicting...

Expecting....

Suspense all over..

Here I am full of Prediction, Expectation, Haunch...

Will I get it or not? It would be wonderful if you get it. what if I don't? Heyy that wouldn't be a problem for you. I want it, I have been waiting for it a long time. Be cool man, you will get it..........

The war of words between me and conscience continues.... Until Some result chucks out....

That is anticipation.... It can never be killed!!

Right or Wrong n Excitement

Right / Wrong?

There are always 2 aspects of everything - Right or Wrong ?

The very first question One asks oneself  is whether  am I doing do the right thing? or wrong?. This question hunts all through the process....

May be stock brokerage, making high end financial decisions, counter terrorist plan to Sending children to school, choosing the best dress for the day... Right or wrong lingers without a question...

Right/wrong pursues the man till he decides to make a decision.... After he decides, there is no getting back.... His decision might be right or wrong... But there is nothing he can do about it... expect feel happy to the fullest or sober enough to kill himself...

But what makes him get going is the 'excitement' where his decision is taking to. The risk he put in, might end a disaster or a winner... but who knows whats in the store... except excitement!!...

So my friend, Listen, Its not about right or wrong... its the excitement!!.... So get going...

My convocation day.....

Aug 31st - a day to be remembered...

Woke in the morning at 6:30 AM. Sameep, Himanshu and Ranjit are asleep. Mihir was on phone. I am yet to get trousers(from tailor) and shirts(from laundry). I drove the bike to both the stores at 7 AM. None were open. My heart sunk. I went to a barber to have a shave. And again drove over the stores. "None were open!". Back to apartment. Kept calling the number on the slip(tailor's). "No reply". I did not have another dress washed/ as a substitute of 'just-in-case'. Alas!

I was searching all over the apartment so that I can get a 'danka kapada' to put on and show up at convocation. suddenly, my mobile rung. Call from the tailor!!. Went to tailor and got the trousers :) :D. BTW went to laundry store- not yet opened!! :(.. Asked the near-by shows and decided not to waste any time. Went straight to the apartment, Took a shirt and ironed it. Took a bath, put on clothes. Took 'set wet'(:P) deodorant and sprayed it over entire dress(you know any engg graduate's shirt won't be washed for a minimum of  a month!).

On bike to convocation with Sameep. Got an hour to meet friends and spoke on different issues and missed those who did not show up. Convocation started, quiet boring actually, you know all the rules n stuff!. After the ceremony, everyone was beaming to cameras. the entire hall is radiating the happiness of the graduates. Institute lunch was ok ok period.

Was sick of the flashes of cameras. Went to flat, changed the clothes and dived into swimming pool!...

What I wrote is entirely materialistic...  What I felt is entirely different.. A all total different feel when I registered for the first semester when I was unknown and others are strangers.. Now, I know everyone one of them, what they are n what they will be.. I know the bonding I shared with them.. I know what I hated the most and What I liked the most... Hell with what I know... I just miss you all....


I remember Siddharth working out in my room in 1st year at IIT Kgp. I remember me and Danish playing Ping- Pong and Tennis. I remember those nights filled with Volley ball and cricket. It took 7 months to know the guys who are going to study at IIT bhubaneswar. A wonderful trip to Bhubaneswar on Feb 12th is soo superb that till now i reminisce those moments.

Thanks Chandrika and Gaurav for getting along with me in labs. Abhimanyu Panwar, I missed you a hell lot in convo, you are genious, meet you some day soon. Deepak, Avinash, Santosh, Siddharath, Surya and Aravind , you will remain my best buddies... Vkc, siva, ghanta, levi and sai krishna, I hope you will remember as 'killjoy'. Asish and gang(Awani, cheeku, jandu, mayank, ajay,Rohin), hope u will miss me finding a guy like me to prank. Kiran, chandan and sukirtha, though the ultra-social but simple. Pkc, anu, bharat, sudheer, suresh- talk only cricket, see only tollywood movies. Himanshu "mein pair sey martha hain''(you took a toll on my Hindi diction)... Mihir, Vasu and sahil the educators!!.... Sahil, you are good at heart, be good at work too.. Special to mention Radhakanth (Please dont share secrets with this fatso)the gossipmonger!! Anuj and sujit - Fundebhaji bandh kar!! :P

I might missed some but I will make sure they will not miss me.. SO here it is "My convocation feelings"

Pic on convocation day

   

The secret of Nagas

                            Amish Tripati's book 2 of the shiva trilogy "The secrets of Naga" is super fictional, wonderfully knitted and fabulous read. It took me 3 sittings of each 3 hrs to complete the book in two days. Fight with Naga in the forest to finding Brahaspathi in Panchavati, the journey has been quite a learning one. Though the theme of the trilogy is to find the existence of Good and evil in the world, it diversifies into simple fundamentals of way of life. It is not only the journey of Shiva to find the evil, It will be our own to understand why we act capriciously sometimes and why steadily other-times. The book clearly shows us the path of enlightenment on  how to discover the evil within us and do good for ablution of our sins in this given birth. I liked the repeating phrase "Good and evil are opposite sides of a same coin."

                             The character of Lord Shiva is perfectly etched to say why he stands out. Shiva always tried to find answers and when he found out, he changed his perception about someone or something and cleared his mind to find solutions. His life all through the book inspires a life.

                              According to Hindu myth, Shiva is the Supreme god and has five important works: creator, preserver, destroyer, concealer, and revealer. This indistinguishably says that we should lead our life in benevolent as well as fearsome forms.


The book is  an eye-opener for me... Hope it will do the same to you too.. enjoy the read...

Fear of Failure....

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: "The fear of failure"…..

Paulo Coelho!

Fear and Failure go side-by-side almost all the times. People relate failure to fear. Why does one have 'fear of failure'? Why does one need to have 'fear of failure'? are the two intriguing questions which I thought were worth explaining.

Why does one have 'fear of failure'? One of the many reasons might be the unpreparedness and possibly trying some trial and error method at every crucial moment. Another reason might be the fear of competition wrecking your nerves. But the main reason I consider is,  the craving for success induces the fear of failure. And it is why one needs have 'fear of failure'!

I may sound weird to many though who say fear spifflicates success! then what drives you to success? Self-motivation, success hungry, et al come up from the guys who preach '7 ways to success','1000 ways to loose fear' stuff. But in actual it's your 'fear of failure' which drives you to work hard and find a way to success. Who succumbs to 'fear of failure' can never find a route to success.....

One has to turn the failure to success....... and that one is the god!

"We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes."  - Amos Alcott

Share and Inspire....

Share and Inspire... Two good words and two good activities which good people do.

What would we have or would have known  if our ancestors did not share?? Too rude to start but yes, where would we have been if anyone did not share, did not make a cultural or technology exchange.. Surely we would have been in caves in this modern world(a bit sarcastic though!). 

Forget it... what has 'Sharing and inspiring' to do with my life? As far I know, the first time I was sharing  a chocolate with my brother when I was 4. What did I get by that incident? bro-ness from my brother!! I do remember class-toppers(my competitors, mainly girls) in school never used to share knowledge with anyone. I am sure, no one would have shared with them what they did not share.

 Sharing is contiguous! Once sharing starts, no one can stop it!. You can see, the amount of posts share on FB, the spiral web where you find a link to a link which again points to another link. It literally does not end, unless you try to put an end to it.

What actually sharing does? It inspires.....

Inspiration is what you feel when you see a stalwart in the field which you have immense interest or by reading a book which virtually elevates your morality or watching a movie who influences the soul deep within. Here is my first inspiration, Bill Gates, for being the richest man but not for what he did in the field of computers. "The richest man" is what that attracted me because I used to like money and even now too. He being the richest man has somehow made me consume and stand up and say "I want to be the richest person in the world".. well that's the aspiration!! :P

Many will be inspired by a many who they come across!!.. I don't underestimate myself, I might inspired quite a many(my guess!! :D). We actually don't know whom we inspired; when we inspired, but the way we share, the way we work will inspire a millennium!!

So start sharing and inspiring....... 

Odisha - the 8th Continent

The title is no weirdo for those who moved to Odisha on some purpose like tour, education, et al.

There are some reasons!. Its one of the few places where there is no difference between potato and meat. Differently put in, It is the only place on the earth, where you find Chicken, mutton, fish in potato curry!!. I sometimes feel that people don't like to serve others. I always think why Odisha is still considered a poor state, given the mineral prosperity and large cultivable land with vast water resources. Though I didn't get a clear explanation for myself, I weigh the cause on the attitude and system of Odia life, their reluctance to new cultural, technical and methodical invasions. To the fact, only 2 % of entire population are Muslim and 2.4 % Christians(94.3 % are Hindu).

Odisha's roadside vendors never try to learn much. They are always content with what they get. Once it happened that, Himanshu wanted a dozen bananas, he asked the vendor "what is the price of a single banana?", the reply was Rs5. Himanshu asked the vendor, "I will take 12 bananas, sell me at Rs50".Here comes the immediate a big 'NO' from the vendor and goes on proclaiming "I will not sell bananas a rupee less". What we found is, they are letting the fruits rot, but not selling a rupee less. Till now we are unable to crack the "marketing or selling" strategy of these vendors.

I am not showing my sarcasm here. I am just relating to the behavioral aspect of some people, I come across the street. They never smile at a stranger, never do they say hello. I personally feel that Odisha should open up and be able to provide good hospitality and service. Though tourism is a large industry here, you don't find much development on the line. People here don't like competitiveness which I don't understand why.

I have been staying here since 2009. If I commemorate my past, Only a few moments I was happy about being in Odisha. though few moments relate to awesome Odia 'sweets', time spent with friends at IIT and wildness of Odisha. You will surely enjoy going to beaches and staying there at sunset. I explored places around Bhubaneswar only. I would like to visit  Sambalpur and Dhenkanal which have huge forest reserves. I know some the people whom I really like to be with and associate.

The above are some of the some of the problems we face in Odia, I guess some of Odia acquaintances also feel the same. A change in conduct, opening up to the wind of progression.

I guess to understand Odisha, I should be part of Odisha which I never gave a thought. From today, I find myself a way to be part and lead a happy go life in Odisha.

Preetam if you reading this, this isn't about your kind of people. You are really good.

The 8th continent 

Choice & Decision...

“Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked.
'Where do you want to go?' responded the Cheshire Cat.
'I don't know,' Alice answered.
'Then,' said the Cat, 'it doesn't matter.”  - Alice in the wonderland

What choice do I have? What decision should I make? are two daunting questions which haunt us through our entire life. Why do we always think making a choice is a scaring thing?. It's simply because we don't know the consequences of making that choice!. What actually is the difference between Choice and decision? I wish to put it this way, Choice has endless possibilities like a scalar quantity, you can use permutations and combinations and probability but u finally end up at a point where you have make a decision. And decision should have direction like a vector quantity, you have make a decision in a right manner so that you do not end up being debacle or a ridicule!

Being a engineer, I will have my own way of treating choice and decision as simple as scalar and vector quantities.. but don't you think they are behind my scientific explanation?... It takes 'GUTs' to make a decision among endless hypotheses and you should not regret the choice you made at the end of the day...

Keep your guts intact to make a choice & decision!!!

God ---- The Myth

Right from  childhood, I have had this doubt... Do god listen to my prayers?. As I grew, the incertitude kept on escalating. The more rational I am turning into, the more are my questions.

In one of the classes in 7th class, My social studies teacher Mr. Chenna K Reddy, made a short note on the number of languages spoken in India. The very same moment, raised the first question, How can god understand these many languages? Suppose God understands and speaks all languages, why will he communicate to me? There are billions out there who are seeking god's attention.

One of the first things we hear from our elders is "God is everywhere, he will be watching you".. I came to a conclusion that even if he is present, the only thing he does is only watching!. If he had involved with our lives, we would not be doing any wrong and nothing unethical would be happening around. There would have been no murderers, rapists, sociopaths et al..

Why do we prayer when we are nervous? when we are frightened? Why do we pray when we get something which we didn't expect? when he protects us? If god was actually there, you wouldn't be frightened, you wouldn't be nervous... There wouldn't been no wars, communal riots... But why are they!!

Let say Some random guy proclaims that he is the "god". Do you believe him?.. No, you don't because you think even if god existed, he wouldn't just appear in front o3f you because you think he is above all. We believe in something which is non-existent and has powers to cure our problems, But we don't have the same confidence ourselves. Good or bad, we always have some one to blame for because we don't blame ourselves and we are devoid in our hearts

God is the myth... God is virtual, he is invented/reinvented to take the blame, when something does not go our way.


"Stand away from dwarfs, for it's God who hit them on the head."

THe KinG MAkEr - mOnEy

"For I don't care too much for money, for money can't buy me love." - The Beatles

Money is always a recurring debate among the intellectual groups as well as laymen people.
"A day never goes by, without you shelling out a rupee.
A day never goes by, without you giving you a thought towards your finances.
A day never goes by, without you analyzing what money cant buy......."

The entire universe runs on currency.... Nowadays everything is valued in terms of currency....

Some say "Money cant buy everything"... Its fun to hear them say some kind of weird lines...

Money can buy a clock, but not time,
Money can buy a bed but, not sleep,
Money can buy a book, but not knowledge,
Money can fetch a doctor, but not good health,
Money can buy a position, but not respect,
Money can buy blood, but not life,
Money can buy gadgets, but not happiness.

STFU!!!...... DO you have time,sleep,knowledge,health,respect without money????... wrongly construed...

Everyone knows that politicos, sport stars, bureaucrats,film stars, et al  have much money and enjoy their life and even prayed as demigods.... Do you think this is because they don't have money??... They have plenty..... A politician's son becomes a politician but not a poor farmer's son........ Poor are always poor because.... they don't have "Money"..

If they had money, they will be called poor......they get respect in society, they get happiness by being respected, they can fetch doctor and get health checkup instead of dying of some unknown disease, They can send their children to school and educate them... what not...

I always believe in "Money makes everything"... so start believing!!

Road not taken... my favourite

"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference "

I still remember the day my English teacher Mr.Nair took up this poetry. I had a doubt then.."Why only 2 roads?".. The generations have changed... This generation has multiple choices.

Different kind of engineering&medical courses, Variety of career opportunities, infinite going places...... These all put youth under immense confusion... No one is able to choose the actual road coz the interests are temporary. one day I may feel photography should be career path.. the other day musicor sports...

Nothing particular interests youth..... then how to choose the road???.....

It's a big question even now!!! Road not taken

Better road ahead...

I felt bad when I came to know that my joining in DeloitteUS is postponed by 6 and half months. It was on May 22nd. I was so mixed up after that incident. I was so afraid to tell my grandma and relatives that my date of joining is postponed by 6 months. I was no mistake of mine, it's the responsibility of our TnP cell to take care of it, but they are irresponsible!... I finally told my grandma that this is the case, till January I assured her that I will find a job and work for 6 months...

Here comes the pain, where to get the job? why do they gimme job if I gonna stay for only 6 months?Shall I do teaching? .. these kinda questions were lingering over.

Finally, I emailed Mr.Biswajit with whom I worked in my summer intern 2011. He replied me to come over and work with them for 6 months. I came to Bhubaneswar.. much to my surprise, I found Sameep Arora. Sameep left the job which he got in Campus Placement and was doing internship for Embark and working for DTS bus service on scheduling and testing of bus routes. This is one example which clearly propounds "Follow your heart"......

Took up job and it's going good though a bit boring.... mean while, we took a flat in a gated community which has pool , gym et al. I learnt swimming from being a hydrophobic... weight reduction of 5 kg!!..Sang "Roobaroo" with Sameep and Himanshu(on guitar) on Aug 15th function....Tutoring students in apartments... Having fun.... everything is going my way now........

There are somethings which do not come our way or we may not expect to come our way.... Postponement of joining date is not in my hands.... but what in my hands is...."Perfect utilization of 6 months"...."A 6 months of learning".....

There is always a Better road ahead...

When I dared!!!

"Because that's just the way it is, and don't sleep on what you did before, you know, because it can... not hurt you, but you can find yourself sleeping on something that happened in the past, but you dare to progress and there is always room for progression" - Thierry Henry, French footballer.

When I was a child, I was afraid of many things... I never dared to confront them.... I was afraid to climb the walls, but I dared! finally climbed the walls and learnt the faster ways to climb the wall.....

I was so keen to learn swimming when I was 13, went to lake with my friends.. instead of helping me learn swimming they started to frighten me by trying to drown me.. I was frightened and decided - never to try a hand at swimming.. But I dared after 8 years, past 20 days made me a good swimmer, Now I can do the freestyle, dolphin jump, ultapalti and backstroke.. I feel like the water has become a part of me--- its just because I dared!!


There is no such thing that one can't do..... it's just like this..... One has to 'just' DARE!! 

Courage

what it takes to have courage???... Fair face/strongly built body/shining teeth/good speaking skills/taller???

These doesn't give you courage. Those who don't have these are not inferior to anyone and there is no need to be discouraged. There is common feeling among many that the physical appearance is prime thing one should have to have courage!!.. that's so wrong. We can see the likes of APJ Abdul kalam, Narayana Murthy,etc.. even Gandhi. They are not good at looks. They are not taller. all of them have dark complexion. But they are the most courageous of the century.

Courage should from ur heart. Courage is the will you have with you.Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Dream Big but start small

Dream Big dreams. But start small when you want to make those dreams come true.

If you have never written anything for publication, start with a short story or an article for a magazine. You can move on to a novel or nonfiction book a little later.

Nothing is worse than feeling like a failure. Nothing is better than the thrill of success. If a novel is the first thing you try to write, chances are you’ll give up on it at some point before you finish.
But, if you try to write an article or a short story, you’ll be more apt to stick with it until the end.

The same is true with your every dream. Start small, enjoy those sweet and short dreams and cherish them and make to the top.

To get yourself motivated follow simple steps(for a writer).Today, make an outline for that article or story.Tomorrow, write the first paragraph.Write a little more each and every day until you finish it.Then sit back and enjoy the thrill of that one small success.
Try it!

Wimbeldon 2012

#Wimbeldon2012 has been quite a surprise this time... 2nd round exit of Rafa and Venus williams.. and then top seeds in female tennis lost earlier.. Sharapova in 3rd round for example... Serena overcome Azarenka and showed her prowess which showed sign of good game in her and becoming best bet for gold medal in Olympics 2012. Roger defeated Novak rather fiercely. Pity for Novak being best has to bend his head before roger. Waiting for finals. Indian bet in wimbeldon is quite disappointing. Boppana,Sania and Bhupathi performed poorly casting doubts over their form before olympics. I hope AITA politics doesnt end up depriving a medal for India in tennis..#fingers crossed

Research in India

The fact that S N Bose was never awarded Nobel Prize is not much of surprise to any Indian. But the fact that the idiots who time and again start talks about awarding Bharat Ratna to a wide range of personalities from Bahadur Shah Jafar to Sachin Tendulkar never ever considered him, is really irritating. Indian scinetists never acknowledged for the work they do. Research is taboo in Indian Society. Every Indian wants to earn quick bucks and stain their own name. Research has less money in India so are good scientists. For India to be another United states, Researchers are to be encouraged... I feel ashamed to compare India with USA...

Why to write

Starting over again... Many days of busy schedule did not allow me to write... Luck or Curse, My joining date is postponed by 6 months. A man who does hard work, can't sit idle... Same may apply here.. 4 yrs of B.Tech made me restless. Even then, I felt sad when I heard about 6 months postponement. Actually, I should feel happy for getting this break to do something which I never tried till now. But due to some constraints, I can't try everything new as I don't have time. The only simple thing I can do right away, is to write... Here I start...