Thursday, December 30, 2004

On a new orbit

As i start on a new orbit today, i am heavily inspired by these lines

"The test of a successful person is not an ability to eliminate all problems before they arise,
But to meet and work out difficulties when they do arise .
We must be willing to make an intelligent compromise with perfection ,
Lest we wait forever before taking action... ! ! !"

Monday, December 27, 2004

Memory

This quote was written keeping me in mind :))

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Thanks Madhu for this.


Wednesday, December 15, 2004

A bundle of emotions

Am absolutely overwhelmed...i mean, i never knew so many people would b stopping by my blog after my "Classic Come back"...geee...Thanks pals...u guys made my day. I promise to be more regular...and its a real promise...unlike the political ones. ;)

Was at a religious talk last evening, where the speaker, Dr. Israr Ahmed said, personal conviction is what makes up for your belief in your faith. I believe this "Personal Conviction" holds good for every aspect of life? It was a evening well spent, and i hope to be there this evening as well.

Let me just remind you, my car celebrates it first birthday today (Happy birthday to my car)...and should i again reiterate that am in love with the little thing? And let me tell u, gifts are expected, in cash and not kind.....mean me...u bet i am ;)

Monday, December 13, 2004

Don't Look Back

It has been more than two months that i even saw my blog. Now should i be booked for "Negligence of my good old blog"...;)

i hope to get back to this wonderful land...till my creative juices begin to flow, herez something interesting...


Don't Look Back


As you travel through life there are always those times when decisions just have to be made, when the choices are hard and solutions seem scarce and the rain seems to soak your parade! There are some situations where all you can do is to simply let go and move on, gather courage together and choose a direction that carries you toward a new dawn. So pack up your troubles and take a step forward. The process of change can be tough. But think about all the excitement ahead, if you can be stalwart enough!

There could be adventures you never imagined just waiting around the next bend and wishes and dreams just about to come true in ways you can't yet comprehend!

Perhaps you'll find friendships that spring from new interests, as you challenge your status quo and learn there are so many options in life, and so many ways you can grow! Perhaps you'll go places you never expected and see things that you've never seen, or travel to fabulous, faraway worlds and wonderful spots in between! Perhaps you'll find warmth, affection and caring, a "somebody special" who's there to help you stay centered and listen with interest to stories and feelings you share. Perhaps you'll find comfort in knowing your friends are supportive of all that you do and believe that whatever decisions you make, they'll be the right choices for you!

So keep putting one foot in front of the other and taking your life day by day. There's a brighter tomorrow that's just down the road. Don't look back, you're not going that way!

Friday, October 01, 2004

Heartfelt thanks

Poem, Moment of silence, wishes and a cake ...wow what a way to celebrate turning 3. Thanks one and all for the wishes. Do i also request you to please include me too in the moment of silence...my soul needs rest very badly.

And yes blog turned three and not completed 3 years :)))...and i remember the good old days when i used to make a big long post everyday...these days...well lets talk about brighter things in life :))

Thanks everyone...my belief that i should keep blogging has got a boost again...:)


Khush >> Thanks for the cake, when is it reaching me? Are you going to pack some Australian Cookies too ;)...

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Life goes on

Early this September, my blog completed three years of existance, the mean me, didnot even realise this. Last night, the thought suddenly struck me and i say "Hey, my blog is 3 year old"....time to celebrate...oh yes...do u need a reason to party?

So people, birthday gifts please!!!!

Tuesday, September 21, 2004

Before I start this post

Before I start this post....I just want to say...How unpredictable life is...How lucky we feel when we get some blessings in disguise...How ungrateful we are...Aren't we humans a big bag of confusion?

Am confused...Am in control...Not about blogging but the way my life is going...Through the crest and troughs....What's right?...What's wrong?...And they only way ...At times I can vent my ire out is on my blog....

I read this poem and realized life is too short to brood over the coming days...And my belief on "live for today" is reinforced...Read this poem "Before I start the poem"..And let me know what you feel for it.

Wednesday, September 01, 2004

Thoughts

In kitabo me titliyan rakh ja
kuch to aapni nishaniya rakh ja,

Log thak har ke na laut aaye,
raste me kahaniya rakh ja.

Muntazir Koyee to mille tujhko
Ghar ke bahar udasiyan rakh ja.

Aaj toofan bhi akela hai
tu bhi sahil pe kashtiya rakh ja.

Ho raha hai agar juda mujhse
meri ankho pe ungliya rakh ja.

Monday, August 30, 2004

One Step

One smile begins a friendship,
One handclasp lifts a soul.
One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame the goal

One vote can change a nation,
One sunbeam lights a room
One candle wipes out darkness,
One laugh will conquer gloom.

One step must start each journey.
One word must start each prayer.
One hope will raise our spirits,
One touch can show you care.

-- Unknown (atleast to me)

Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Decision

"Decision should not be the choice of your heart or mind but a sensible balancing of both."

This quote was sent by my friend..just after i made my 'Is it the end?" post...it just got me thinking...is the decision i am taking right or wrong? from that day i am making this post.

Well, i am a bad time manager...and i have proved upteen times on this front...;)...i have made a decision to be more regular and this decision is a choice of both the heart and the mind...balanced. :))

Thursday, August 19, 2004

Is it the end?

I have not been so bad with updating my blog as bad as I have been from the past couple of months...This is the worst possible treatment I could put my blog too...come to think of it, next month I celebrate the 3rd anniversary of my blog....Where is it leading me to...Saturation?

Thursday, August 12, 2004

Quotable Quotes

Every morning, a friend of mine sends some real wonderful quotations...hats off to his sustainance that he keeps feeding us with these wonderful words, and let us know that life is beatuiful...sharing a few with u. I am tempted to ask him to start a blog. ;)

Quotable Quotes:

If we look at what we do not have in life, We don't have anything
If we look at what we have in life, We have everything... ! ! !

The advantage is not in possessing good things ,
But in knowing where, when and how to use them... ! ! !

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or
Suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear ;
That means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it.
We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.
Thats the best and easiest way to handle fear... ! ! !

In the game of life it's good to have a few early losses ,
Which relieves us of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season... ! !

Motivation is what gets U started.
Habit is what keeps U going... ! ! !

Act as if U were not afraid ,And Uwill become courageous;
Act as if U could , And U'll find soon that U can... ! ! !

In life we do come across disappointments.
But these disappointments can be finite ,
Only if we have infinte Hope ... ! ! !

Do not fear mistakes .
Fear only the absence of Creative, Constructive and Corrective responses to those mistakes... ! ! !

Being sincere yet decisive;
Maintaining a positive attitude;
Keeping a sense of humor;
Being orderly in person and in work.
These are few secrets behind successful professionals .. ! ! !

Tuesday, August 03, 2004

Its all about Attitude

I started from home with a thought of making a particular post...while i opend my mail box, i saw these cute little stories, which in their own way speak volumes. I guess many of u would have already read this, a re-read is always better :)

Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had a different color hair than the other family members. One child suggested that he was adopted and a little girl said, "I know all about adoptions because I was adopted."

"What does it mean to be adopted?" asked another child.

"It means," said the girl, "that you grew in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy."

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Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott.Jamie was trying out for a part in a school play. His mother told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen. On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her, eyes shining with pride and excitement. "Guess what Mom," he shouted, and then said those words that willremain a lesson to me: "I've been chosen to clap and cheer."

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An Eye Witness Account from New York City, on a cold day in December:
A little boy about 10 years old was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy and said, "My little fellow,why are you looking so earnestly in that window?"
"I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was the boy's reply.

The lady took him by the hand and went into the store and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with a towel. By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, "No doubt, my little fellow, you feel more comfortable now?"
As she turned to go, the astonished lad caught her by the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears in his eyes, answered the question with these words:
"Are you God's Wife?"

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Amazing aren't they?

Monday, July 26, 2004

hamaaraa kyaa hai

A beautiful gazal...

hamaaraa kyaa hai

hamaaraa kyaa hai ke ham to chiraaG-e-shab kii tarah
agar jale bhii to bas itanii raushanii hogii
ke jaise tund andhero.n kii raah me.n juganuu
zaraa sii der ko chamake chamak ke kho jaaye 

phir is ke baad kisii ko na kuchh sujhaa_ii de
na shab kaTe na suraaG-e-sahar dikhaa_ii de

hamaaraa kyaa hai ke ham to pas-e-Gubaar-e-safar
agar chale bhii to bas itanii raah tay hogii
ke tez havaaon kii zad main, maa_il naqsh-e-qadam
zaraa sii der ko ubhare ubhar ke mit jaaye
phir us ke baad na raastaa na rah_guzar mile
hadd-e-nigaah talak dasht-e-bekinar mile

hamaarii simt na dekho ke ko_ii der mein ham
qabiilaa-e-dil-o-jaan judaa hone vaale hain
base basaaye huye shahar apanii aankhon ke
misal-e-khaanaa-e-viiraan ujadane vaale hain
havaa kaa shor yehi hai to dekhataiy rehanaa
hamaarii umar ke Khaimein ukhadane vaale hain

Mohsin Naqvi


Wednesday, July 21, 2004

A back....with vengence????

Its been quite sometime me staying away from my blog...guess this is the longest hiatus i have taken from my blog...for all those who think am done and gone...nayy...am back...

Shifting of office premises...and then a sudden shift in residence has kept me on my toes and away from my blog. Thanks to all of u who missed me...

I hope i don't take a break for long now...i have loads of homework though...reading through ur blogs for the past one month. ;)

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

A Movie, A Book and A Restaurant

Movie: Dev

My views: Dev is a beautifully made film. None but the evergreen king of Bollywood could carry it off so well. Ably supported by Om Puri. The film rests totally on the able and sturdy shoulders of these two wonderful actors, both of whom surprise u with each performance.

Set against the backdrop of communal violence, political gains and the diverse personalities in the police force, Dev gets off to a slow start, giving u brief inputs to each character of the main plot. AB is Dev Pratap Singh, Joint Police Commissioner who has firm faith in the constitution of the country, and nothing can come between his duty and protecting the nation. Fardeen Khan as a to-be lawyer, turns towards the jihadi's after his Dad succumbs to an unsuspecting Police Bullet. He thinks AB's at fault, after he suspects the 'minority' community to be involved in Jihadi activities. Fardeen makes an attempt on AB and wife, Dr Bharati (Rati Agnihotri). There is Kareena, whose Fardeen's childhood-sweetheart (obviously), watching the whole world of violence and anger around her, and has to face the wrath one day, when her family is wiped off in a riot.

The movie revolves completely around AB and Om Puri, where they both discuss the political scene and the changes that need to be done. That's the most interesting part.

Dialogues by Nihlani and kafi Azmi are good. Aadesh Shrivastava's tunes and Zubin Balaporia's background score are in perfect tune with the movie. Sharmistha Roy's excellent production design and execution. Kareena has done a ok job as far as reciting the song goes. She better stick to acting.

Overall, a good movie. a must watch. AB fans are going to fall for him all over again. Credits go to the entire cast for giving a commendable performance.


A Book: The third twin

This suspense thriller from Ken Follet, is a good read. Its got all that tension that goes with a Ken Follet novel.

Dr. Jeannie Ferrami, is a young professor at Jones Falls University (JFU) who is investigating the balance of nature versus nurture in criminality. She's such a genius that she has come up with a search engine, which can fit into a floppy and is multi-os compliant...wow wow woww to her. Anyways, searching through the databases, which her ultra smart search engine, find 3 people with the same DNA. Alaw student at JFU has an identical twin (raised separately) who is a convicted rapist. She is not overjoyed, however, when that man is arrested for raping her best friend. Surely Mr. Perfect couldn't be guilty--enter the evil masterminds, three Nixon-era comrades who have been toiling for decades to make America safe for racial purity. It's bad enough that one of the conspirators is Dr. Ferrami's boss, but another is eyeing the Oval Office. The Prof. catching their secrets, sends shivers down the spine. A good read, a true Ken Follet thriller.

A Restaurant: Bombay Post

The posh new eating joint of Bangalore, Bombay Post, is a good place. Surely Bangalore is coming of age as far as good eating joints are concerned.

A typical North Indian cuisine, a little high price, but enough quantity to fill ur tummy. Taaza ganne ka raas along with Palak starter, have u rolling for the rest of the serving. A good place, neat ambience and splendid old hindi music to accompany u.

So now, u know why my blogging is so irregular off late ;)

Wednesday, June 09, 2004

Fast forward or Flash backwards

Bangalore touted as the most happening place, if i may say, is in bad shape. The rain last Monday, gave us the perfect picture of the wonderful drainage system that the city has. Death of a youth who stepped into the drain, was heart breaking.

I always read about the bad roads in town. The roads i drive on, aren't the perfect kinds, not many potholes and that kept me happy. After driving through Bannergatta Road over the weekend, i felt i was transported to a place which is worse than a village road. And to think of it, This road leads to the premier management Institute, has some hazar MNC companies along the road. Where are the authorities who are to lay the road?

I was told that one of the Software Giants whose office is housed on this road, offered to lay the road. Wonderful Gesture. But they were asked to pay a bribe (hold ur breath) of Rs. 10 crore...isn't this being real real greedy?

After that humpy bumpy ride, i thanked my stars for having safely lived through the trauma of that dirty patch of road. Back at work, first thing in the morning i read is this big piece on Bangalore and Big jobs.

So much for generating hype!!!

Friday, June 04, 2004

Compliment

Today i got the most "Wackaw" of the compliments.

Someone compared me to a cutlet...yeah a cutlet...saying u are always sizzling with enthusiasm, hence the comparison to cutlet...and he hoped that his daughter turns to be like me..

My my...did it make my day?

Have a wackaw weekend ;)

Wednesday, June 02, 2004

Hows life?

A regular question, which gets regular answers

Just as it was y'day
Going on
Absolutely no Change
Good
Tugging along
Wahi haadi wahi khaal (direct translation "Same bones same skin")
Bass guzar rahi hai (kyoun train ya car nahi kai kya?)



Answers are dependent on the creative genius of the person at that point of time.

When you don't know what to ask the person, either in person or on chat or through a mail, this question pops up. Answers come with smile, whine, twitch of the nose, the shoulders dropping, sighing, grinning. Innumerable emotions and answers to a small question which was asked sometimes with true concern and most of the time to just pull the conversation along.

Isn't human being a strange creature?

Friday, May 28, 2004

India and Development

SciDev net is a good website, talking about issues like Open Access and other technological developments. I found this piece interesting. "India's new challenge on technology policy"