In greek literarture, Hubris- is the sin of arrogantly overstepping natural boundries. Nice word! Now the opposite of Hubris is know as Nemesis- the counterbalance force that restored order and balance. Helen Mathur in her article "Word Smitten" gives an example of Nemesis as: "Mahatma Gandhi was a nemesis to British imperialism in India." True. But what about India? Was it a nemesis or hubris? Taking the current scene in to stride, the things are profusely overstepping natural boundries. Islamic terrorism is at the acme. In spite of this, our honorable PM is saying that he is not going to revive the POTA.
Then what is the solution to save innocent lives? Well he says, the intelligence agency should gear-up and prevent the calamities from happening. How can we expect a IB officer on a shoe-string budget to prevent from something of a bigger magnintude from happening? Today the Mumbai police doesnt have funds to buy the uniforms. There are 2 ways of looking at it. Either the government is back-logging on the issue or the mandatory funds are siphoned off. Look at the scene where you can get a gelatin-based bomb stick for meagre Rs. 50 near Mumbai.
The security is so lethargic, that I think we should go the Swiss way.
Talking about lethargy, have you guys travelled to Sinhgad lately? Well I did yesterday and I am glad to be alive with my bike, as I survived the roads. Though they weren't potentially "roads".
Monday, July 17, 2006
Friday, July 14, 2006
Nirvana
Didnt come to office yesterday. Dont want to tell why, cos I dont want to lie. But the reason was genunine. Sometimes I think why people lie? They say truth is stranger than fiction. Very true. Every person on this earth has a lie to tell, and a truth to hide. Most of these people cant handle the very fact that its truism that prevails.
What is moksh? Its going towards the ultimate truth. What is the ultimate truth? Its listeneing to your heart. I feel you are ugly. I tell her that she is ugly. But will I? No, becasue I dont want to hurt her. Or Do I? It might be that I am not capable of handling the reaction of a that person.
Look closely in your hearts, how many times we lie to ourselves. Sometimes unknowingly, cos we more often than not, dont know ourselves.
What is moksh? Its going towards the ultimate truth. What is the ultimate truth? Its listeneing to your heart. I feel you are ugly. I tell her that she is ugly. But will I? No, becasue I dont want to hurt her. Or Do I? It might be that I am not capable of handling the reaction of a that person.
Look closely in your hearts, how many times we lie to ourselves. Sometimes unknowingly, cos we more often than not, dont know ourselves.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
The Blasts and the Superman
I stepped home yesterday and bang! the news of the serial bomb blasts in local trains hit Mumbai. Would the people travelling in those first class compartements have anticipated that they might face a violent death? No. What was their fault? Is this the price they have pay for being born in a communal ridden country? No matter whatever you do, death finds you in the way as it is written to find you-Maktub!
But the way Mumbaikers have reacted to the same, hats-off. These are the real heroes. Not Krish and Superman. Unlike them ,they are un-glamorous. Their bodies stink of sweat ant guts of other people who have just died, while taking them out of the debris. Who is going to write about them? No one. One day they will aslo fade aways like unsung hero does.
But I, on my behalf will take this opportunity to salute those people, who time and time again always put Mumbai back on tracks after the any calamity hits the city. Then may be its the 1993 Bomb Blasts or the Communal Riots or 26/7 Rains or 11/7 Serial Blasts. The intellegience today accpeted the fault of not knowing the place and time of the blasts. Though their speculations is that next target might be Solapur. Looking at all this i remember 4 lines from a Marthi Poet called Mardhekar:
" Aaj pahile maran, gele bhambavun pran, majhya gynanache kumpan, smashcanat." It transaltes as follows:
" I saw death today, and was confused and scared, I know where my knowledge ends, its at the funeral."
Please tell your loved one today that you love them, dont know tomorrow, where you will be.
But the way Mumbaikers have reacted to the same, hats-off. These are the real heroes. Not Krish and Superman. Unlike them ,they are un-glamorous. Their bodies stink of sweat ant guts of other people who have just died, while taking them out of the debris. Who is going to write about them? No one. One day they will aslo fade aways like unsung hero does.
But I, on my behalf will take this opportunity to salute those people, who time and time again always put Mumbai back on tracks after the any calamity hits the city. Then may be its the 1993 Bomb Blasts or the Communal Riots or 26/7 Rains or 11/7 Serial Blasts. The intellegience today accpeted the fault of not knowing the place and time of the blasts. Though their speculations is that next target might be Solapur. Looking at all this i remember 4 lines from a Marthi Poet called Mardhekar:
" Aaj pahile maran, gele bhambavun pran, majhya gynanache kumpan, smashcanat." It transaltes as follows:
" I saw death today, and was confused and scared, I know where my knowledge ends, its at the funeral."
Please tell your loved one today that you love them, dont know tomorrow, where you will be.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
The Stockholm Syndrome
Life at times is very funny. You tend to think that everything is normal. I mean what possibly be wrong with a healthy indivdual, with a good income and aspirations? But normality is relative. What seems normal to me, may not be to you. I have reached to one conclusion: The root casue of all our misries is our inability to let-go ossomething/somebody. Thousand times more a crime has been committed in the name of love than hate. See the assaults, the rapes, the extra marital affairs, what can we conclude from this?
That day I read an amazing quote. It goes " An optimist thinks we live in the best of two worlds, A pessimist believes its true."
But life in totality is beautiful. Look at the water-droplets in the slashing rains on your helmet, think the last time you drank cofffe by the balcony when with pitch cold outside, remember that warm hug a loved one gave your when you needed only that.
Why human beings behave in a certain way, no one will ever know. But one thing is for sure, living life is very very simple.
Simple but diffcult.
That day I read an amazing quote. It goes " An optimist thinks we live in the best of two worlds, A pessimist believes its true."
But life in totality is beautiful. Look at the water-droplets in the slashing rains on your helmet, think the last time you drank cofffe by the balcony when with pitch cold outside, remember that warm hug a loved one gave your when you needed only that.
Why human beings behave in a certain way, no one will ever know. But one thing is for sure, living life is very very simple.
Simple but diffcult.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Discipline and the World-Cup
Hey! Italy won the World-Cup finals. While I was seeing the match, I realised that's its not the talent or the aggression, but the temprament and the focus that matters. "Winners do what losers dont: focus." Every hero has a silver lining, but can be dark as a monsoon cloud. Zinedine Zidane aka Zizou was not an exception. That brutal header by him in Materise's chest not only got him a red card, but also cost France their match. As the game went into the penalty shoot-outs after the levelling of 1-1; France didnt have strikers who could score! Ribery, Henry were replaced, Vierra was potentially retired hurt. Italy deserved the win, but france didnt deserve to loose.
Disclipine of thoughts is the most important discipline in this world. What do we get by riots? Burned buses, feary streets and violent, frenzied mobs killing human beings like animals. If the social sentiment his hurt, will it be pacified by burning tyres and ransacking shops? What harm has the mall owner done when he gets broken windows and empty lobbies? You might be passionate about something or have an undying faith in somebody, but the thing important is to keep your head above your shoulders. " Nazdiki phayda dekhne se pehele, dur ka nuksan sochna."
I remember reading the following lines, but dont know whose's they are:
" Ah Fate! Lets you and I conspire.
To end this sorry scheme of things entire."
Pick the pieces of that broken heart and
remould them nearer to an heart's desire."
Disclipine of thoughts is the most important discipline in this world. What do we get by riots? Burned buses, feary streets and violent, frenzied mobs killing human beings like animals. If the social sentiment his hurt, will it be pacified by burning tyres and ransacking shops? What harm has the mall owner done when he gets broken windows and empty lobbies? You might be passionate about something or have an undying faith in somebody, but the thing important is to keep your head above your shoulders. " Nazdiki phayda dekhne se pehele, dur ka nuksan sochna."
I remember reading the following lines, but dont know whose's they are:
" Ah Fate! Lets you and I conspire.
To end this sorry scheme of things entire."
Pick the pieces of that broken heart and
remould them nearer to an heart's desire."
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Googled!
Today I just realised , What I am? I am a "mouse potatao". You didnt understand? Well then just "google" it. Ok, now I will stop talking in riddles. Apparenlty, Merriam-Webster's have come up with a new set of words that have made to the international dictionary this time around. Subsequently, Mouse Potato is a person who excessively spends his time on the computer. Well not literally "on the computer", but accessing the same. Apparently, Google has turned into a verb. It means-find the information you need by searching the same in the google search engine. That's simply cool. Hope I will not be bangalored for this. :-)
Today I read a t-shirt quote: " Marraige needs committment, so does insanity." That's hillarious and true to the very root.
Today I read a t-shirt quote: " Marraige needs committment, so does insanity." That's hillarious and true to the very root.
Friday, July 07, 2006
Steel and Outsourcing
The steel industry is fortyfying themselves from the spree of hostile/congenial take-overs that are happeneing. Even sabbotaging the moves for a possible Merger and Accquisition. The Arcleor take-over has kickstarted this and Tata Steel is looking at increasing it's current share in the company. Mittal lands in Orissa today to check the possibilities. I guess now everyone including, Nippon, Servestal et al should sit back and think. Instead of fortyfying themselves and going in shell, they might join hands with the fraternity. If you look at Mittal, he is strong in Southern America and far-west part of Europe. Arcelor in the same manner, has stong foothold in Europe. The geographical overlap being minimum, comptetion may not be that cut-throat. The consolidation will result in something more beneficial.
Kudos to HCL for inking the biggest out-sourcing deal to date with some insurance company ( i dont remember the name!). The deal is pegged at approx $700 Million. Huge money!
I fininshed "Veronika decides to die." One of the greatest books I have read. It teaches you how to live life to the fullest. Imagine if someone told you that you are going to die in 4 days. How would you live? Will you care what the society thinks or does of your actions? I wouldnt certainly. You will go where your heart takes you.
I want to contradict what I have written in my last post. It's the other way round, the brain tell you what is correct, but the heart tell you what is right. More often than not, if the correct feels right, the right can never be wrong. So do what your heart says, but not at the cost of your principles.
Kudos to HCL for inking the biggest out-sourcing deal to date with some insurance company ( i dont remember the name!). The deal is pegged at approx $700 Million. Huge money!
I fininshed "Veronika decides to die." One of the greatest books I have read. It teaches you how to live life to the fullest. Imagine if someone told you that you are going to die in 4 days. How would you live? Will you care what the society thinks or does of your actions? I wouldnt certainly. You will go where your heart takes you.
I want to contradict what I have written in my last post. It's the other way round, the brain tell you what is correct, but the heart tell you what is right. More often than not, if the correct feels right, the right can never be wrong. So do what your heart says, but not at the cost of your principles.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Somebody Scarp Me!
There are somethings in life that I will never understand. Why there is a traffic jam? Why we cant say what we want to say? Why on Orkut do people add friends and never post a scrap for them? Why cant we reply to e-mail or chats then and there it self?
Do you understand it? Please do let me know.
As I write this, I remember seeing one of my favorite movies "Crash". It beautifully depicts the situations in which no individual is good or bad. There are the circumstances that make him behave the way he behaves. So now can you blame your ex for ditching you when all you wanted to do was "ghane ghane laton mein zindagi bitana?"
By the way, Veronika is still exploring her last 24 hrs of her life. I dont know why, but that book uptil now has taught me some ground relalities about life and helped answer some of the questions that always baffled me. Though not the above one's, I always used to think what is madness? Its the way people perceive it. But as Paulo puts it " Its the inability of the individual to communicate what he feels." So true. You spoke to god that day, right? Did someone call you mad when you told them? They ought to. In the same way as Newton was called, so was Leornado Da Vinci, Monet, Fauja Usman (A 90 year old guy who won a marathon) and lately, Laxmi Niwas Mittal.
Do you understand it? Please do let me know.
As I write this, I remember seeing one of my favorite movies "Crash". It beautifully depicts the situations in which no individual is good or bad. There are the circumstances that make him behave the way he behaves. So now can you blame your ex for ditching you when all you wanted to do was "ghane ghane laton mein zindagi bitana?"
By the way, Veronika is still exploring her last 24 hrs of her life. I dont know why, but that book uptil now has taught me some ground relalities about life and helped answer some of the questions that always baffled me. Though not the above one's, I always used to think what is madness? Its the way people perceive it. But as Paulo puts it " Its the inability of the individual to communicate what he feels." So true. You spoke to god that day, right? Did someone call you mad when you told them? They ought to. In the same way as Newton was called, so was Leornado Da Vinci, Monet, Fauja Usman (A 90 year old guy who won a marathon) and lately, Laxmi Niwas Mittal.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
The Mumbai Rains
Its deja-Vu of 26/7/2005 in Mumbai. The rivers are clogged and so are the drainages. Though the goverment is a little organised and prepared this time around, still the fear rests. Holidays are also raining as people are adviced to stay in doors.Though the banks are open and so are the ATM's (phew!). They are claiming to have about 85 water pumps as opposed to 25 last year. Seriously in these day's I think I am fortunate enough to live where the life rarely gets "interesting".
Today, or rather early tomorrow IST. France takes on Portugal head-on for the place in the semi-finals of the world-cup. The Italy-Germany match was awesome. Though I watched it till half-time only, heard the Del-Piero's goal in the last 1 minute of the match. Just thinking on the same lines what goes in to make a hero?
Heros are not momentary. They have the ability to push even when they hate what they are doing. I contend with the conventional line " Do what your heart says." We should listen to our hearts. But more often than not, heart is what is correct but not necessarily right. Its the brain that tells us to move on and do something when we dont want to. Remeber the times when you didnt want to study. Your heart says "sing with the rains." but your brain says "study, because thats what will help you to climb up the chains."
Today, or rather early tomorrow IST. France takes on Portugal head-on for the place in the semi-finals of the world-cup. The Italy-Germany match was awesome. Though I watched it till half-time only, heard the Del-Piero's goal in the last 1 minute of the match. Just thinking on the same lines what goes in to make a hero?
Heros are not momentary. They have the ability to push even when they hate what they are doing. I contend with the conventional line " Do what your heart says." We should listen to our hearts. But more often than not, heart is what is correct but not necessarily right. Its the brain that tells us to move on and do something when we dont want to. Remeber the times when you didnt want to study. Your heart says "sing with the rains." but your brain says "study, because thats what will help you to climb up the chains."
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
Veronika Decides to Die
The Private Equity and VC investements touched a whooping 3.4 bn $.That too in the first 2 quarters of the year. I think India is really on the global road-map. But the flip of side is, is it really? You look at the drainage systems in Mumbai, the infrastructure in Bangalore and Pune. Do you feel India is internationalizing? I dont, seriously. The petrol have touched sky-high.
Manmohan singh says that route to prosperity is through the rural areas. But here the farmers are committing suicides! Now they want to come up with something called "Corporate Farming." I think these guys should just leave the jargons aside and start something at the ground level. Agriculture revolution is what is needed.
Talking about revolution I came up with an interesting concept. I guess all revolutions are started by Parties. Parties as in gala affairs or get-togethers. Ironically, what is you think that is best might soon become what is worst. Then shall we term as anything that is best in our lives?
"A 24 year old girl. Beautiful, intelligent and normal. Veronika. One fine day she decided to commit suicide and lands in a mental asylum. There the doctors tell her she has only 4 days to live. "
This is the brief synopsis of the Paulo Cohelo's book "Veronika decides to die." I am currently reading it. Sounds boring doesnt it? I thought likewise at first. But I am 80 pages through and loving it. It has all the ingredients to come into one of my favorites. Think about this sentence from his book and let me know if you can decipher it: "It doesnt matter who is correct, it only matters who is right."
Manmohan singh says that route to prosperity is through the rural areas. But here the farmers are committing suicides! Now they want to come up with something called "Corporate Farming." I think these guys should just leave the jargons aside and start something at the ground level. Agriculture revolution is what is needed.
Talking about revolution I came up with an interesting concept. I guess all revolutions are started by Parties. Parties as in gala affairs or get-togethers. Ironically, what is you think that is best might soon become what is worst. Then shall we term as anything that is best in our lives?
"A 24 year old girl. Beautiful, intelligent and normal. Veronika. One fine day she decided to commit suicide and lands in a mental asylum. There the doctors tell her she has only 4 days to live. "
This is the brief synopsis of the Paulo Cohelo's book "Veronika decides to die." I am currently reading it. Sounds boring doesnt it? I thought likewise at first. But I am 80 pages through and loving it. It has all the ingredients to come into one of my favorites. Think about this sentence from his book and let me know if you can decipher it: "It doesnt matter who is correct, it only matters who is right."
Monday, July 03, 2006
Interesting Times
Today the quota discussion took a new turn as the goverment is saying to exercise it as soon as possible. So the innuendo starts this year itslef. 54% increase in the total seats has been affirmed. I dont know what good is going to come-up. The average quality of the education is definately going to go down.
Its started raining cats and dogs in Pune. In Mumbai they are fearing 26th July redux. I hope nothing of that sort happens...god forbid! Though one person has already lost his life after he got washed away at the Worli sea-face.
As I write this remember an ancient chinese curse "May you live in interesting times." Do you think we are?
An after thought on the theory of motivation. It says needs are the greatest factors in motivating an individual. I disagree. I think that the wants are the greatest factors. We dont live for the needs. Our needs can be counted on the finger-tips. After the stereotyped "Roti, Kapda, Makan" comes the need for socialising and self-actualisation. But do these factors motivate us to become what we are?
We thrive for what we want and not what we need. I want to wear a Levis. Hence I must work hard and earn money so that I can go and buy it.
There's my motivation.
Its started raining cats and dogs in Pune. In Mumbai they are fearing 26th July redux. I hope nothing of that sort happens...god forbid! Though one person has already lost his life after he got washed away at the Worli sea-face.
As I write this remember an ancient chinese curse "May you live in interesting times." Do you think we are?
An after thought on the theory of motivation. It says needs are the greatest factors in motivating an individual. I disagree. I think that the wants are the greatest factors. We dont live for the needs. Our needs can be counted on the finger-tips. After the stereotyped "Roti, Kapda, Makan" comes the need for socialising and self-actualisation. But do these factors motivate us to become what we are?
We thrive for what we want and not what we need. I want to wear a Levis. Hence I must work hard and earn money so that I can go and buy it.
There's my motivation.
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