There are very little things right with the education system in India.
The education should be such that it helps people get a livelihood and increase quality of life. But Indian system at school level teaches only to cram up books and facts, which will seldom directly give them a job when out of school. It helps them only to take admission in further courses. Abnormally high percentages are now a norm at senior secondary/12th level.
After withdrawing courses in sex-education, today a school in Mumbai prohibited girls and boys touching in schools, including handshakes and hugs.
I miss the point. Why highlight the difference between sexes, when the whole world acknowledges equal opportunity & equal responsibility between men and women? Why distract young minds into thinking awkward dos and don’ts when they should be thinking studies?
Sex education that could equip the young generation to protect themselves, in a nation with one of the highest number of AIDS patient and still growing, was withdrawn from curriculum in the name of culture. And now this regressive act of highlighting the girl-boy difference.
There are debates on medium of instruction, culture, and conservative edicts … come on…does no body care about education here….
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Monday, June 11, 2007
Universal Studios, Mumbai
My friend recently visited Universal Studios, LA.
We started discussing what if they create a similar studio for Bollywood. When u enter the u will see life size statutes of Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai instead of the following
The tour to the studio will include a college building, with information about the age of the oldest hero who played the role of student there. There will be many trees, with trivia about who ran around then. The cars that hit hero’s mother and the “tattoo-walla” because of whom lost brothers met. And the fan, that hero’s father used to commit suicide, when the world was mean to him.
The shows will definitely include how group dances are choreographed, how heroines are made to look pretty and how the hero’s workout to get those muscles, after which they find it difficult to even wear shirts.
One of the rides will be “Mela”, a crowded area will one have to try to not loose brothers, friends and family members. Another can be “villain ki den” where you need to save your mother, sister and girlfriend.
We started discussing what if they create a similar studio for Bollywood. When u enter the u will see life size statutes of Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai instead of the following
The tour to the studio will include a college building, with information about the age of the oldest hero who played the role of student there. There will be many trees, with trivia about who ran around then. The cars that hit hero’s mother and the “tattoo-walla” because of whom lost brothers met. And the fan, that hero’s father used to commit suicide, when the world was mean to him.
The shows will definitely include how group dances are choreographed, how heroines are made to look pretty and how the hero’s workout to get those muscles, after which they find it difficult to even wear shirts.
One of the rides will be “Mela”, a crowded area will one have to try to not loose brothers, friends and family members. Another can be “villain ki den” where you need to save your mother, sister and girlfriend.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Procrastination at its worst….
People have highs and lows in their lives. There are good phases and bad. At this point of time my life is in a Procrastination phase.
I am dodging all work. Things are almost collapsing from all sides and I manage to just scrape through every day without completing any task. One day soon, my life will come to a halt till I so something. By the way, the worst thing is that I am not at all at peace with so many things in my plate, yet, I insist on inaction.
To make the best of this painful situation, I decided to learn about this evil from Wikipedia.org . There are two major psychological causes of procrastination at work and in life which are related to anxiety, not laziness. The first category comprises things too small to worry about, tasks that are an annoying interruption in the flow of things, and for which there are low-impact workarounds. The second category comprises things too big to control, tasks that a person might fear, or for which the implications might have a great impact on a person's life.
Hmmm....
I think its like that black crawling thing in Spiderman 3
I am dodging all work. Things are almost collapsing from all sides and I manage to just scrape through every day without completing any task. One day soon, my life will come to a halt till I so something. By the way, the worst thing is that I am not at all at peace with so many things in my plate, yet, I insist on inaction.
To make the best of this painful situation, I decided to learn about this evil from Wikipedia.org . There are two major psychological causes of procrastination at work and in life which are related to anxiety, not laziness. The first category comprises things too small to worry about, tasks that are an annoying interruption in the flow of things, and for which there are low-impact workarounds. The second category comprises things too big to control, tasks that a person might fear, or for which the implications might have a great impact on a person's life.
Hmmm....
I think its like that black crawling thing in Spiderman 3
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Conflict ...
Desperate to find a house, we reluctantly approached brokers yesterday evening. Very much aware of their modus operandi, as they not only rely on commission but also use a combination of over-quote to customer and under-quote to the house owner, to make money.
Look this is very obvious, since there is direct conflict of interest. They want to make most out of the deal and the customer & owner, who are the real participants of the deal want to part with the least. But what is worth mentioning is how politely and with great humility they do business, along with lying and manipulating.
I could not help but compare it with the corporate environment.
There is a direct conflict of interest between the employer and employee. Despite the terms like employee satisfaction, human resource development, ethics and values of the corporate, competence driven compensation and everything else that sounds good.
All employees want highest possible compensation, with work associated with latest technology, if possible with plum postings; with work load based on their specific aspirations and personal responsibilities. The employer cannot give everyone desired posting, cannot satisfy everyone’s demand of promotions, need people to do any and all task that bring him profits. The management does not want their employees to get lured by opportunities outside, so transparency is limited.
So a lot of sophisticated lying and manipulating happens. Though it may or may not be evident based on the organization.
So work life is not as good I thought it was as a kid. I thought office was all about not getting up very early(as compared to school), getting ready without the choice of dress restricted to a uniform, come home without homework to complete and no tests/semesters to pass.
Look this is very obvious, since there is direct conflict of interest. They want to make most out of the deal and the customer & owner, who are the real participants of the deal want to part with the least. But what is worth mentioning is how politely and with great humility they do business, along with lying and manipulating.
I could not help but compare it with the corporate environment.
There is a direct conflict of interest between the employer and employee. Despite the terms like employee satisfaction, human resource development, ethics and values of the corporate, competence driven compensation and everything else that sounds good.
All employees want highest possible compensation, with work associated with latest technology, if possible with plum postings; with work load based on their specific aspirations and personal responsibilities. The employer cannot give everyone desired posting, cannot satisfy everyone’s demand of promotions, need people to do any and all task that bring him profits. The management does not want their employees to get lured by opportunities outside, so transparency is limited.
So a lot of sophisticated lying and manipulating happens. Though it may or may not be evident based on the organization.
So work life is not as good I thought it was as a kid. I thought office was all about not getting up very early(as compared to school), getting ready without the choice of dress restricted to a uniform, come home without homework to complete and no tests/semesters to pass.
Friday, May 11, 2007
Job Satisfaction …
Today again a few colleagues sat down to crib about work…talking about the existing, bitter dissatisfaction….my thoughts not very different from this known trend in my circle….
The possible reason….
Life has two constituents … personal and professional…. They are closely related status and success of one affecting other…
But now a day’s most of us…stay away from families to pursue careers …and consequently they expect the professional life to be doubly rewarding to make up for the non existence of the personal life…
Also today’s careers leave little time for recreation … someone may drive pleasure out of cooking, some pursuing sports, some reading others writing…but today most people work round the clock to accelerate their career progress…so any pleasure, excitement and exuberance is expected from jobs
May be this is over simplification of things…but I still believe we want too much from this mundane act of earning livelihood. …
The possible reason….
Life has two constituents … personal and professional…. They are closely related status and success of one affecting other…
But now a day’s most of us…stay away from families to pursue careers …and consequently they expect the professional life to be doubly rewarding to make up for the non existence of the personal life…
Also today’s careers leave little time for recreation … someone may drive pleasure out of cooking, some pursuing sports, some reading others writing…but today most people work round the clock to accelerate their career progress…so any pleasure, excitement and exuberance is expected from jobs
May be this is over simplification of things…but I still believe we want too much from this mundane act of earning livelihood. …
Monday, May 07, 2007
Spiderman 3
Even creator of a Spiderman fiction is not mighty enough to deal with all human emotions in 2 hours and 20 min, prove their main character as ordinary and super hero at the same time, add enough romance to keep people entertain, give enough work to his special effects team and yet make a good movie….
The problems with super hero sequel movies are that they have a template like the hero have defined heroics, must win in the end (in fact in a super hero movie they can only be creative with the villain), kill bad guys, save his lady and yet be different from the previous block buster.
All in all Spiderman 3 did not meet my expectation because, though the creators tried to add new dimensions to the super hero, but they failed in making a gripping movie, making audience crave for what they came to see the movie for…
The problems with super hero sequel movies are that they have a template like the hero have defined heroics, must win in the end (in fact in a super hero movie they can only be creative with the villain), kill bad guys, save his lady and yet be different from the previous block buster.
All in all Spiderman 3 did not meet my expectation because, though the creators tried to add new dimensions to the super hero, but they failed in making a gripping movie, making audience crave for what they came to see the movie for…
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Wrong Reasons???
2 millionaire family Ahujas and Gehlots fight a legal battle to adopt a two-and-a-half month old Shiv, who was found abandoned in a rail compartment at Khandwa railway station.
Why … because both did not have a male child, to be their heir and inherit their fortunes.
Says the lawyer of Ahuja’s “The Ahuja family doesn't have any male child. Even their extended family has all girl children. So if a male child is given, it would be justice to them”
So… an effluent family, can adopt a abandoned child, to groom as their heir … but not make the girls of their own family competent to handle the name and fortunes
Though abandoned/orphaned children should be adopted to bring up a child in family, give it the security, values, education, affection he/she deserves and nurture the child as an individual… but is this one, a valid reason???
What if this abandoned child would have been girl….???
Why … because both did not have a male child, to be their heir and inherit their fortunes.
Says the lawyer of Ahuja’s “The Ahuja family doesn't have any male child. Even their extended family has all girl children. So if a male child is given, it would be justice to them”
So… an effluent family, can adopt a abandoned child, to groom as their heir … but not make the girls of their own family competent to handle the name and fortunes
Though abandoned/orphaned children should be adopted to bring up a child in family, give it the security, values, education, affection he/she deserves and nurture the child as an individual… but is this one, a valid reason???
What if this abandoned child would have been girl….???
Monday, April 30, 2007
Fried Brains
Watched this movie…Bheja Fry
Awesome movie…some great performances, awesome concept… very, very real characters…
It was a true reflection of psyche:
• We never learn …
• We all want to be wanted.
• We are so scared to make a fool of ourselves, that we stop expressing
• We realize the importance of something when we loose it
• It is difficult to come in terms with loss, but not gain
• We like to make a good impression
• Help comes from unexpected quarters
• We use power, when nothing else works
• And yes, there are no definite heroes and villains
Awesome movie…some great performances, awesome concept… very, very real characters…
It was a true reflection of psyche:
• We never learn …
• We all want to be wanted.
• We are so scared to make a fool of ourselves, that we stop expressing
• We realize the importance of something when we loose it
• It is difficult to come in terms with loss, but not gain
• We like to make a good impression
• Help comes from unexpected quarters
• We use power, when nothing else works
• And yes, there are no definite heroes and villains
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Quality: Consistency
It’s so interesting to climb a mountain…facing the challenges, defying the gravity, making your own path through the mundane rocks, facing the failure, finding alternatives to the destination….. each step towards the destination comes with hope, sense of purpose, learning, enrichment…
When one reaches the top…and once the ecstasy sets in you realize how much more difficult it is, to stay over at the top…one that the expectations have increased and secondly, the work and effort is not so evident now…
Consistency is what the Australian team lived today at the finals of the Cricket World Cup…they were so good, and promised such a performance…that hardly any one doubted their success even before the tournament started, and secretly hoped that Sri Lanka would pull an upset and set them back as mortals… which of course never happened.
They have proved, beyond doubt...then they know how to excel…consistently…
When one reaches the top…and once the ecstasy sets in you realize how much more difficult it is, to stay over at the top…one that the expectations have increased and secondly, the work and effort is not so evident now…
Consistency is what the Australian team lived today at the finals of the Cricket World Cup…they were so good, and promised such a performance…that hardly any one doubted their success even before the tournament started, and secretly hoped that Sri Lanka would pull an upset and set them back as mortals… which of course never happened.
They have proved, beyond doubt...then they know how to excel…consistently…
Friday, April 27, 2007
Merit ...
I think in people/organization do better in what they are not supposed to do …
First media…that was lacking in many ways by providing gossips, focusing on Page3 crowd, scandalizing all news, making news to keep them busy 24*7…became a tool of social justice by becoming the voice behind Jessica Lal, Nitish Katara and Priyadarshani Mattoo case… bring to light the conscience of common man
Arundhati Roy the celebrated writer is now better known as the activist behind the “Narmada Bachao Aandolan”
Politicians are lately seen more effective in attending wedding of star sons and accompanying their families to poojas then making and upholding policies
And India’s judiciary known for having little respect in terms of time for both victims and accused…it takes 13-16 years to finalize judgment on even the high profile cases, is making policies for the country like deciding on the reservation issue; keeping the democracy alive by rebuffing the politicians time and again, saving the pride of Indian capital by banning the roadside food stalls and giving attention to the fundamentalist deprave by registering a case against Gere and Shetty
Hmmm… may be its time to redefine the roles and responsibilities based on the proficiencies and ignoring the orthodox roles … like denying any reservation based on caste or religion, the only rule being merit…
First media…that was lacking in many ways by providing gossips, focusing on Page3 crowd, scandalizing all news, making news to keep them busy 24*7…became a tool of social justice by becoming the voice behind Jessica Lal, Nitish Katara and Priyadarshani Mattoo case… bring to light the conscience of common man
Arundhati Roy the celebrated writer is now better known as the activist behind the “Narmada Bachao Aandolan”
Politicians are lately seen more effective in attending wedding of star sons and accompanying their families to poojas then making and upholding policies
And India’s judiciary known for having little respect in terms of time for both victims and accused…it takes 13-16 years to finalize judgment on even the high profile cases, is making policies for the country like deciding on the reservation issue; keeping the democracy alive by rebuffing the politicians time and again, saving the pride of Indian capital by banning the roadside food stalls and giving attention to the fundamentalist deprave by registering a case against Gere and Shetty
Hmmm… may be its time to redefine the roles and responsibilities based on the proficiencies and ignoring the orthodox roles … like denying any reservation based on caste or religion, the only rule being merit…
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Population …
I took the public transport for the first time yesterday, here in Phoenix …I couldn’t help but notice the difference between the buses here and those in India … designated bus stops , no rush to board or descend the bus, everyone courteous and helping…
Most remarkable thing was not that there was a ramp they could lower for the physically handicapped people to board the bus, but the fact that the driver had a pair of gloves to do the same…one of the purposes being that pulling the lever would soil his hands…
On my fourth day of US, I went to a bank to open my account with them and was almost surprised by how well the process was explained to me, how patiently my questions were answered and how the bank employee wanted to talk about the world to me…. I am sure if Pande ji, the manager of the SBI bank in my hometown, got 10 customers on a busy day… he would have achieved better …
I could not, before making this comparison, comprehend the full impact of living in a country with high population…it not only stress on resources, it’s a lot of stress on its citizen’s too…
I believe more strongly then ever before, that our policy makers should work towards…getting the still high, growth rate of population under control, even though it is seen as a sensitive issue and something that may not be a vote-winner initiative. Also, vocational education, encouraging adoption and to associate the population/birth control with health care and not culture/traditions…unlike withdrawing the sex-education from schools in various states, in recent past… must be done at the earliest…
Most remarkable thing was not that there was a ramp they could lower for the physically handicapped people to board the bus, but the fact that the driver had a pair of gloves to do the same…one of the purposes being that pulling the lever would soil his hands…
On my fourth day of US, I went to a bank to open my account with them and was almost surprised by how well the process was explained to me, how patiently my questions were answered and how the bank employee wanted to talk about the world to me…. I am sure if Pande ji, the manager of the SBI bank in my hometown, got 10 customers on a busy day… he would have achieved better …
I could not, before making this comparison, comprehend the full impact of living in a country with high population…it not only stress on resources, it’s a lot of stress on its citizen’s too…
I believe more strongly then ever before, that our policy makers should work towards…getting the still high, growth rate of population under control, even though it is seen as a sensitive issue and something that may not be a vote-winner initiative. Also, vocational education, encouraging adoption and to associate the population/birth control with health care and not culture/traditions…unlike withdrawing the sex-education from schools in various states, in recent past… must be done at the earliest…
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
M E Meeran and India …
Read about the Eastern Group of Companies lead my M E Meeran for the first time … Another rags to riches story …another story of marvelous entrepreneurship from a visionary…who unlike many others haven’t been spotted by the media …yet
I believe when you work…hard and well…you do not find the need or have any urge to talk about your work…you work and your work starts talking about your capabilities, after a point…
Unlike India …
Here when you cannot show capability is one sport called cricket for which you have side-trekked all others…you talk about the colors of the cake, cut by Tendulkar …rather then how the team needs to be revamped
Here when AIDS is the biggest threat to its future…and no one is really admitting its potentially disastrous impact on the population as that will bring no votes….you talk about Richard Gere kissing Shilpa Shetty in an awareness meet ….
Here you loose the bid to host Asian Games in 2014, to Korea, because there was no estimate provided/committed for the expenditure on training, equipment and other facilities for the participating nations… GROSS
Here when the most populated state goes for elections…based on caste and religion..; when children die of dog bites in the Indian Silicon Valley …; when a news channel office is ransacked by a group of religious fundamentalist…you talk about the abhi-aish wedding…
The point is that how long will we not take the problems head on its our country. Some primer of some developed country calling us the next super power is not good enough…when we know how many people are deprived, where we are loosing in administration, how the very basic infrastructure is missing across the country…even if the capital has great metro rail …
I believe we can start by looking at these issues and admitting the problem…rather then looking away…repeatedly
I believe when you work…hard and well…you do not find the need or have any urge to talk about your work…you work and your work starts talking about your capabilities, after a point…
Unlike India …
Here when you cannot show capability is one sport called cricket for which you have side-trekked all others…you talk about the colors of the cake, cut by Tendulkar …rather then how the team needs to be revamped
Here when AIDS is the biggest threat to its future…and no one is really admitting its potentially disastrous impact on the population as that will bring no votes….you talk about Richard Gere kissing Shilpa Shetty in an awareness meet ….
Here you loose the bid to host Asian Games in 2014, to Korea, because there was no estimate provided/committed for the expenditure on training, equipment and other facilities for the participating nations… GROSS
Here when the most populated state goes for elections…based on caste and religion..; when children die of dog bites in the Indian Silicon Valley …; when a news channel office is ransacked by a group of religious fundamentalist…you talk about the abhi-aish wedding…
The point is that how long will we not take the problems head on its our country. Some primer of some developed country calling us the next super power is not good enough…when we know how many people are deprived, where we are loosing in administration, how the very basic infrastructure is missing across the country…even if the capital has great metro rail …
I believe we can start by looking at these issues and admitting the problem…rather then looking away…repeatedly
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Battle of Thermopylae ...
Watched a documentary on the History Channel about this astounding chapter of history…
What I personally found remarkable in the whole episode is that when the King Leonidas of Sparta died…yes he died before all his men were killed….a fact changed by the movie 300….
His soldiers bravely fought to safeguard his dead body which they knew will be disrespected by the Persian king Xerxes.
So what was more remarkable than the fact that King Leonidas prepared his men, decided they wanted to go for this war…where odds were heavily against them, strategized it brilliantly, fought along with his soldiers………. may be would have even won if it would not have been for a traitor….is that he commanded so much respect from his men, that even when they were facing their own death, they defended his honor till they lived….
The respect he earned says about his leadership, and how the gallant men fought a war for their king with a conscience and heart …
What I personally found remarkable in the whole episode is that when the King Leonidas of Sparta died…yes he died before all his men were killed….a fact changed by the movie 300….
His soldiers bravely fought to safeguard his dead body which they knew will be disrespected by the Persian king Xerxes.
So what was more remarkable than the fact that King Leonidas prepared his men, decided they wanted to go for this war…where odds were heavily against them, strategized it brilliantly, fought along with his soldiers………. may be would have even won if it would not have been for a traitor….is that he commanded so much respect from his men, that even when they were facing their own death, they defended his honor till they lived….
The respect he earned says about his leadership, and how the gallant men fought a war for their king with a conscience and heart …
Friday, April 13, 2007
Another Thought …
Feeling guilty after not so productive day at work … an analogy struck me
Life is like an amusement park …
We have a sunny day (though clouds come and go … ) to spend in this park … to roam around, enjoy and explore, with ticket valid for one time …eventually evening will set … though it will come at different times for all of us….when it will come we will be asked to move out of the premises with hopefully very short or no notice…
There are many rides to ride … some easy some tough…., many stalls to go to and many shows to see …. We want to move quickly to cover them all…to live it all well…. before its time to go, in fact at times we try so hard to live life that we forget that the purpose is to learn new things, experience new feelings, enjoy…
Also when we do one ride …it seems easy and we are no longer scared…like board exams passed, traveling alone, relationships… but after successfully doing one(at times even before that …) we start thinking and worrying about the next…
At times, even getting to these rides is difficult...queues you see... :) .. Things depend on chance ... also on our hard work and perseverance....but most important is to enjoy what we are doing ... shout loud without inhibitions when we slide down...feel the wind on the face...be conscience on the falling and racing of heart beat... at times hold tight to the safety bar and at times let it go …
Life is like an amusement park …
We have a sunny day (though clouds come and go … ) to spend in this park … to roam around, enjoy and explore, with ticket valid for one time …eventually evening will set … though it will come at different times for all of us….when it will come we will be asked to move out of the premises with hopefully very short or no notice…
There are many rides to ride … some easy some tough…., many stalls to go to and many shows to see …. We want to move quickly to cover them all…to live it all well…. before its time to go, in fact at times we try so hard to live life that we forget that the purpose is to learn new things, experience new feelings, enjoy…
Also when we do one ride …it seems easy and we are no longer scared…like board exams passed, traveling alone, relationships… but after successfully doing one(at times even before that …) we start thinking and worrying about the next…
At times, even getting to these rides is difficult...queues you see... :) .. Things depend on chance ... also on our hard work and perseverance....but most important is to enjoy what we are doing ... shout loud without inhibitions when we slide down...feel the wind on the face...be conscience on the falling and racing of heart beat... at times hold tight to the safety bar and at times let it go …
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Patriotism …
Today, news channels talks about the so called “insult of the nation” by the two men, who have done India proud like very few others…
One cut cake with national flag colors and another presided over a corporate function of an organization which was considerate of its employees of the different nationalities, and thus played the tune of the national anthem and not the anthem itself.
Nationalism is a feeling of ownership, pride, responsibility and belonging for one’s country.
National anthem and flag are the symbols of a nation, not a nation itself. Why inappropriate conduct, if any, against the same should be discussed when there is so much that the nation needs to accomplish, from food and health, infrastructure and education, justice and peace to social and economic equality for all its citizens; when the environmental threats are over looked and threats to the integrity of the nation created for political gains; when all progress in commerce, and even military acquisitions, are made only after paying kickbacks to the administration; when the nation moves on the path of glory only in parts, with the distance between the have and have-nots increasing everyday.
Today is another day that highlights the hypocrisy of an idol-starved nation and a celebrity-crazy media, where heroes are seeked, not to inspire but to prove them as mortals; where heroes are worshiped and back-stabbed at the same time; where heroes are gauged on more then their area of expertise.
Another day when you wonder, what a thorny task it must be… to be a hero….
One cut cake with national flag colors and another presided over a corporate function of an organization which was considerate of its employees of the different nationalities, and thus played the tune of the national anthem and not the anthem itself.
Nationalism is a feeling of ownership, pride, responsibility and belonging for one’s country.
National anthem and flag are the symbols of a nation, not a nation itself. Why inappropriate conduct, if any, against the same should be discussed when there is so much that the nation needs to accomplish, from food and health, infrastructure and education, justice and peace to social and economic equality for all its citizens; when the environmental threats are over looked and threats to the integrity of the nation created for political gains; when all progress in commerce, and even military acquisitions, are made only after paying kickbacks to the administration; when the nation moves on the path of glory only in parts, with the distance between the have and have-nots increasing everyday.
Today is another day that highlights the hypocrisy of an idol-starved nation and a celebrity-crazy media, where heroes are seeked, not to inspire but to prove them as mortals; where heroes are worshiped and back-stabbed at the same time; where heroes are gauged on more then their area of expertise.
Another day when you wonder, what a thorny task it must be… to be a hero….
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Brain Dump...
How can some one write a single blog, when the voices in her head sounds like … some one have turned on a TV playing 40 different channels at the same time?
This is the synopsis…
Channel 1: Why Indian men in US still stare, at both Indian and American women, when American men don’t?
Channel 2: Why none of the tasty and quick dishes are healthy?
Channel 3: What motivates the Sun to move in the same trajectory everyday?
Channel 4: Any chances that the results of the assembly elections in UP state change its state?
Channel 5: So what if India is out of the world cup, life continues… right?
Channel 6: Why can politicians give better education and opportunities rather then reservations?
Channel 7: If Indians are divided on north-south, religion, caste, state, language… seriously, what is holding us together?
Channel 8: How to improve tolerance to jerks?
Channel 9: How can you justify a war to bring peace?
Channel 10: Why do we think more about the people who don’t think about us?
Channel 11: Why parents can always manage to emotionally blackmail?
Channel 12: Why people want to marry an NRI , as if marriage was not dangerous and unpredictable enough?
Channel 13: Why Indian men think girlfriends and wives are separate materials?
Channel 14: Why all sunsets are so beautiful?
Channel 15: Why Media wants to talk about celebrity weddings, when it’s almost fashionable to keep them out?
Channel 16: Why does it feel good to get a compliment, even when you know for sure you are not looking good?
Channel 17: what will the streets look like when all the oil and gas is over?
Channel 18: how much money should one have, to not to want any more?
Channel 19: why can’t we set a retirement age for politicians and heroes from south Indian movies?
Channel 20: Why getting up early is difficult only on weekdays?
Channel 21: Why an Indian non-masala movie should be critically acclaimed in the world, to get an audience in India?
Channel 22: What does it takes to get a flat tummy and keep it that way for life?
Channel 23: Why should be smoking banned in Indian movies, when it’s the only thing that looks …just looks …stylish?
Channel 24: How can sentenceing few people from the mob, responsible for murder of a man, his son and his son-in-law…after 23 years of the incidence be called justice to his wife and daughter?
Channel 25: Do people really take bath everyday? ..shhhh what wastage of water n soap
Channel 26: How can someone not talk all the time?
Channel 27: How thick is a skin of an Indian politician …literally?
Channel 28: Why people eat meat, when there are so many plants around?
Channel 29: Why is adoption a taboo, when you anyway don’t know what is in your genes and how it will manifest?
Channel 30: Why people don’t respect time?
Channel 31: How come there at least one song penned for all possible moods?
Channel 32: Do we get more upset when India looses in cricket because of the number of ads the cricketers feature in?
Channel 33: You can count on your finger-tips the number of people in this world, how believe “My boss is good” ... :)
Channel 34: If new situations are uncomfortable and old situations boring, where to go?
Channel 35: Why can’t the scientist find the chemical locha behind crushes…so that we can all live easy?...hunh
Channel 36: Why don’t people talk about ‘falling-out-of love’ when its as real as ‘falling-in love’?
Channel 37: Why shouldn’t all the individuals in a mob committing a crime be punished, when they are all participants in injustice, irrespective of the number?
Channel 38: How can you ban sex-education in a country fighting population explosion?
Channel 39: Why proof reading a story not half as much fun as writing one?
Channel 40: Why should everybody eat well because you are getting married?
Channel 41: What will Iraq do when it become the super power?
Channel 42: Why does media discuss cola-war when there are millions around the world with no access to clean water?
Channel 43: Why people don’t acknowledge that coffee and alcohol addiction are equally serious? … I have started borrowing money now…sigh ..
Oops ..43 … bad math haunts you through the life…
This is the synopsis…
Channel 1: Why Indian men in US still stare, at both Indian and American women, when American men don’t?
Channel 2: Why none of the tasty and quick dishes are healthy?
Channel 3: What motivates the Sun to move in the same trajectory everyday?
Channel 4: Any chances that the results of the assembly elections in UP state change its state?
Channel 5: So what if India is out of the world cup, life continues… right?
Channel 6: Why can politicians give better education and opportunities rather then reservations?
Channel 7: If Indians are divided on north-south, religion, caste, state, language… seriously, what is holding us together?
Channel 8: How to improve tolerance to jerks?
Channel 9: How can you justify a war to bring peace?
Channel 10: Why do we think more about the people who don’t think about us?
Channel 11: Why parents can always manage to emotionally blackmail?
Channel 12: Why people want to marry an NRI , as if marriage was not dangerous and unpredictable enough?
Channel 13: Why Indian men think girlfriends and wives are separate materials?
Channel 14: Why all sunsets are so beautiful?
Channel 15: Why Media wants to talk about celebrity weddings, when it’s almost fashionable to keep them out?
Channel 16: Why does it feel good to get a compliment, even when you know for sure you are not looking good?
Channel 17: what will the streets look like when all the oil and gas is over?
Channel 18: how much money should one have, to not to want any more?
Channel 19: why can’t we set a retirement age for politicians and heroes from south Indian movies?
Channel 20: Why getting up early is difficult only on weekdays?
Channel 21: Why an Indian non-masala movie should be critically acclaimed in the world, to get an audience in India?
Channel 22: What does it takes to get a flat tummy and keep it that way for life?
Channel 23: Why should be smoking banned in Indian movies, when it’s the only thing that looks …just looks …stylish?
Channel 24: How can sentenceing few people from the mob, responsible for murder of a man, his son and his son-in-law…after 23 years of the incidence be called justice to his wife and daughter?
Channel 25: Do people really take bath everyday? ..shhhh what wastage of water n soap
Channel 26: How can someone not talk all the time?
Channel 27: How thick is a skin of an Indian politician …literally?
Channel 28: Why people eat meat, when there are so many plants around?
Channel 29: Why is adoption a taboo, when you anyway don’t know what is in your genes and how it will manifest?
Channel 30: Why people don’t respect time?
Channel 31: How come there at least one song penned for all possible moods?
Channel 32: Do we get more upset when India looses in cricket because of the number of ads the cricketers feature in?
Channel 33: You can count on your finger-tips the number of people in this world, how believe “My boss is good” ... :)
Channel 34: If new situations are uncomfortable and old situations boring, where to go?
Channel 35: Why can’t the scientist find the chemical locha behind crushes…so that we can all live easy?...hunh
Channel 36: Why don’t people talk about ‘falling-out-of love’ when its as real as ‘falling-in love’?
Channel 37: Why shouldn’t all the individuals in a mob committing a crime be punished, when they are all participants in injustice, irrespective of the number?
Channel 38: How can you ban sex-education in a country fighting population explosion?
Channel 39: Why proof reading a story not half as much fun as writing one?
Channel 40: Why should everybody eat well because you are getting married?
Channel 41: What will Iraq do when it become the super power?
Channel 42: Why does media discuss cola-war when there are millions around the world with no access to clean water?
Channel 43: Why people don’t acknowledge that coffee and alcohol addiction are equally serious? … I have started borrowing money now…sigh ..
Oops ..43 … bad math haunts you through the life…
Friday, March 30, 2007
Dispensability ...
Well we are all special… a lot of thought goes into being ourselves … what we say , what we do, what we wear…our attitudes, our thinking, our values, our aspirations, our reactions … our job, our relationships ..
But are we that important???Or are we dispensable, easily dispensable …
Say tomorrow morning you, while still in bed, you decide you should quit your job. If you do, what happen… someone else will be hired do the work assigned to you. Your employers/clients will find someone … sooner or later … not as good or as good or better but by no means will any work be left undone. And this dispensability is both ways, tomorrow if you are asked to discontinue your job, it will be a change … but then you will move on. You are capable to doing the same job for someone else or some other job.
Same goes for personal life… if you think you are the centre point of someone’s life and he/she will directionless or devastated without you … try to move away … you will be surprised how … nobody is confounded …but they are enlightened that you are superfluous… this replaceability is again both ways …
Life is a like surface of a water body ...if a bucket full is scooped out …the rest of the water will come and fill… there is never a crater left on the surface
This perception is both humbling and relieving … and insightful … how we attach too much unnecessary importance to ourselves …
But are we that important???Or are we dispensable, easily dispensable …
Say tomorrow morning you, while still in bed, you decide you should quit your job. If you do, what happen… someone else will be hired do the work assigned to you. Your employers/clients will find someone … sooner or later … not as good or as good or better but by no means will any work be left undone. And this dispensability is both ways, tomorrow if you are asked to discontinue your job, it will be a change … but then you will move on. You are capable to doing the same job for someone else or some other job.
Same goes for personal life… if you think you are the centre point of someone’s life and he/she will directionless or devastated without you … try to move away … you will be surprised how … nobody is confounded …but they are enlightened that you are superfluous… this replaceability is again both ways …
Life is a like surface of a water body ...if a bucket full is scooped out …the rest of the water will come and fill… there is never a crater left on the surface
This perception is both humbling and relieving … and insightful … how we attach too much unnecessary importance to ourselves …
Monday, March 26, 2007
Be glad it happened …
Yesterday it rained. The skies were grey and the green leaves sparkled. It was beautiful. The rains washed the landscape, settled the dust and filled the air soothing moisture. And after the rain, the drops continued to hit the ground, from the trees. It seemed that the trees liked the rain so much that they wanted to hold on to the experience, even when it was over.
Why we don’t do this? Why we see only pain when its over…be it marriage, relationships, job or any other experience that could have continued.
Some people describe a broken marriage by saying “two years of my life wasted”. They don’t consider many moments, like when they walked the aisle, when they laughed till their eyes were filled with tears, when they waited for someone and someone waited for them, when they felt needed.
The meaning of life can be found only in moments. These moments are overlooked, when something ends. At times, we try to undo those moments intentionally, removing the gifts and pictures from our sight and not talking about what we shared except complains. We assume this will bring down the pain that we lost something significant, but it just exaggerates the feeling of betrayal and bitterness and make us block some beautiful memories.
When we don’t have an option to get back what we lost, the why not cherish the moments we lived... once ...
Why we don’t do this? Why we see only pain when its over…be it marriage, relationships, job or any other experience that could have continued.
Some people describe a broken marriage by saying “two years of my life wasted”. They don’t consider many moments, like when they walked the aisle, when they laughed till their eyes were filled with tears, when they waited for someone and someone waited for them, when they felt needed.
The meaning of life can be found only in moments. These moments are overlooked, when something ends. At times, we try to undo those moments intentionally, removing the gifts and pictures from our sight and not talking about what we shared except complains. We assume this will bring down the pain that we lost something significant, but it just exaggerates the feeling of betrayal and bitterness and make us block some beautiful memories.
When we don’t have an option to get back what we lost, the why not cherish the moments we lived... once ...
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