Monday, August 10, 2009
Friday, February 06, 2009
The Right to Education... The Right to Rise
The Right to Education... The Right to Rise
A few days ago I joined as JBoss Consultant in Red Hat India Pvt. Ltd. in Delhi... The job is going fine and the work place is great... but I have to travel from Gurgaon to Delhi as I do not have any plans yet to shift to any place near by.
Today when I was going to office on my bike, on my route, I had to stop at a traffic signal after around one km from Mehrauli before turning right towards Nehru Place. It was a long line of vehicles... a few hundred meters long traffic jam. In the car on my right hand side the window glass was down as it is no longer chilling winter in Delhi and two persons sitting inside were engaged in a serious conversation... having nothing to do, I also started to listen their debate which happened to be about making primary education compulsary for every one. To remind you there was a bill passed in parliament which is about including right to education (upto primary education) in the basic human rights of indian citizens. This bill required an amendment to the constitution and was passed in 2008. The intense discussion and debate was going on about the quality of education and effect on private schools and enforcement of the bill.
A little 8-10 year old girl having a bundle of red and white roses in her hand appeared and plead to the persons in the car to buy one rose. They tried to ignore her and then asked her to go and ultimately scolded her. One of them even called her as "Bastard Beggar" and the girl peacefully listening tried her best to pitch for her cheap beautiful rose flowers. She told them to look at the beautiful flowers and asked them to buy one. She said if they take one beautiful flower and put that on their office table, it will make their day beautiful because whenever they will look at the flower they will feel the beauty of it and feel happy from inside. The persons laughed at her logic and told her not to waste their time (I think the poor kid was wasting her own time not of those morons). The girl seemed to be very calm and contained and kept trying her best to sell one rose.
At last one of the persons called her as "Bastard Beggars wasting their time and spoiling their day by starting in morning". On calling her as "Beggar", the little girl seemed to be hurt and she replied back. She rebuked them not to call her beggar.
"Aye Saab... Bhikhari bolne ki jaroorat nahi hai... kama kar khate hain... subah subah uth ke gulaab tyyar karna aur aise ghoom ghoom ke bechna... aapko kya maloom.... nahi lena to na sahi... par main koi bhikhari nahi hu business man hu"
(O Sir... No need to call me beggar... I earn by working... what do you know about rising early and preparing roses and selling them wandering like this... if you dont have to buy no one can force you... but I am a business man, not a beggar)
And then she moved on to find another customer...
I started thinking about the contrast we are living in... One side we talk about Right to Education and making primary education free for all and the other hand we have kids forced to work because of poor economic condition. One side we vow to fight child labor and on the other hand we close our eyes to the kid working as house servant in our own or some relative's or neighbour's house. What can we do to provide education for all? How can we brighten each child's face? How can we help the struggling majority population of our country?
As a software engineer I never cared for such things except few small monetary contributions to relief funds or charities which would have spent on saturday night parties otherwise. But gradually it has dawned on me that each of us can make some difference and collectively it will be a big difference.
After joining Red Hat, I feel proud to be part of the free software endeavor that enables poor man to own and use a computer. I feel that I can make some difference to our country while enjoying the work I do as my profession. I learnt that by using more and more free software and supporting the companies that develop it, we can make the software cheaper.
I find that the $20 (Rs. 1000) laptop mission of Govt. of India has far reaching effects. However it would be just a computing device with small RAM and hard disk with nothing much to do, it will allow the users to connect to internet and use it. And only FREE SOFTWARE has made this dream possible. The web based free services such as Google Documents will enable people to use word processor, spreadsheets, presentations and more without spending any money and also allow them to store them online and hence the users of $20 laptop will not have to worry about the memory and storage. The free wireless internet proposed by govt. of USA will allow poor people to use the resources on the world wide web. If something similar happens in India, it will bring a revolution. The zeal to rise will bring more SLUMDOGs forward. All we need to do is to make sure that we do not miss our part of work... we must contribute in what so ever way we can...
I was still lost in my thoughts when I heard the horn of the car behind me buzzing me. I saw the car in right of me going in front of me. On its back it was written: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Why one feels lonely and what can we do about it?
Why one feels lonely and what can we do about it?
Everyone feels a sense of isolation and loneliness at some point in their life and when a person usually feels disconnected and lonely, it causes depression. Have you ever thought what makes you feel lonely? Are you missing some loved one or do you feel lonely even when yuor loved ones are near you? Do you specially feel isolated in crowd... in a parties, social get togethers, family functions? Or you feel lonely only when you are really alone in a room with no one to actually talk to...do you really find yourself texting your friends...sending e-mails, visitng facebook...trying to call your family, friends or even distant friends and relatives when you are alone?
You must agree with me that the feeling of loneliness and despaircaused by sense of isolation is dangerous and destructive for an individual.
If you feel lonely in crowds, functions, get togethers and parties, then it may be because of your fear to be rejected trying to mix up with other people, fear of not being accepted, a sense of rejection, shyness, lack of self confidence etc. I remember that I used to be very happy with my own classmates and my group of friends but when I used to visit other people with my parents (specially my father's friends and distant relatives) I used to feel very uncomfortable and isolated, lonely and excluded. I am not shy but a lack of self confidence caused me to feel that way. Over the time I gained self confidence because of my educational achievements and my knowledge over current affairs, politics, economy and history and I felt myself comfortable to indulge in any kind of conversations. The knowledge gave me power and I felt easier to mix up with new persons and easily accepted in new teams.
I would suggest to improve your personality, communication skills, read a lot to gain knowledge, keep funny stories and jokes handy to decorate your group conversations in parties and functions and be prepare to initiate conversation with strangers if you do not know many people out there. It has worked for me since I was a teenager and I have helped myself in recovering from my initial fear to attend parties and functions this way.
Do you think your English sucks, join a grammar class, pick up few novels and read on and try to imitate the style various characters in the novel speak up with; and most importantly speak with yourself when you are alone. Speaking in front of a mirror may help.
Do you think you look dumb and your personality sucks, then join personality development classes, get few pairs of latest design T-Shirts and jeans (or suits)...if you thik you are overweight, try to reduce weight, go to gym and work out, start yoga or try General Motors Diet or consult a doctor...
There may be other traits that you may want to get over with and I ask you to identify and increase your confidence and feel better.
But if you are feeling lonely for a reason: after a recent break up or because your loved one is away for some inherent reason or your love relationship is spoiling over small tidbits that you might not want to care about... then it is really difficult situation. Constant criticism from your loved ones reduces self confidence and you may be left feeling emptiness, helpless, rejected and lonely.
You need to be patient, self confident and determined to tackle such difficult times. Do not try to think too much over what went wrong and how can you improve the situation and so on. All this thinking is of no use. First of all make you mood good. Recall what is your favorite food and cook the same or eat out. Call your friends whom you have not contacted for a while (there might be friends whom you do not call often but who make you feel good every time you talk to them). Recall your childhood memories, memories of your school, picnics with your friends and family, the first time skipping the class for a movie or a date, the first date, the farewell party at high school, the graduation day, the day when you shifted your new house, your very first birthday party that you remember, and other nostalgic memories that you find yourself excited to talk about. Play that cool song that you used to listen to and sing often when you were happy...Bring out your old music cds and give them a try... Bring out the old photo albums of yours and have a glance at each and every photo. Spend the day as you would like to... avoid any feelings that makes you sad... think only the things that make you happy...
When you feel better and self contained, then think over the current situation. Think if you are paying too much attention to the issues that could have been ignored like snoring of your spouse, habit of your loved one to keep the house in a mess or not rubbing the shoes on foot mat bringing all the mud in house or leaving the towel on bed or not ironing your clothes in time... Think if you could regulate the things without expecting any change in your partner. Think if you are not paying enough attention to the issues that are the real cause of the tension in your relations...such as excessive spending habits, excessive drinking, low income and so on. Try to find out any solutions that are acceptable to both of you or if you can help reduce the cause of tension like a part time job or controlling the spending or anything like that...
If it is time to get out of the relationship, then make a decision and start preparing yourself mentally... it may be difficult but it may be the only way to keep yourself happy...
There may be other reasons to loneliness as well but as soon as you find out what truly interests you and helps you getting over the stress, you can easily tackle the stress and feel happy and enjoy being alone.
All the best... feel better.
Everyone feels a sense of isolation and loneliness at some point in their life and when a person usually feels disconnected and lonely, it causes depression. Have you ever thought what makes you feel lonely? Are you missing some loved one or do you feel lonely even when yuor loved ones are near you? Do you specially feel isolated in crowd... in a parties, social get togethers, family functions? Or you feel lonely only when you are really alone in a room with no one to actually talk to...do you really find yourself texting your friends...sending e-mails, visitng facebook...trying to call your family, friends or even distant friends and relatives when you are alone?
You must agree with me that the feeling of loneliness and despaircaused by sense of isolation is dangerous and destructive for an individual.
If you feel lonely in crowds, functions, get togethers and parties, then it may be because of your fear to be rejected trying to mix up with other people, fear of not being accepted, a sense of rejection, shyness, lack of self confidence etc. I remember that I used to be very happy with my own classmates and my group of friends but when I used to visit other people with my parents (specially my father's friends and distant relatives) I used to feel very uncomfortable and isolated, lonely and excluded. I am not shy but a lack of self confidence caused me to feel that way. Over the time I gained self confidence because of my educational achievements and my knowledge over current affairs, politics, economy and history and I felt myself comfortable to indulge in any kind of conversations. The knowledge gave me power and I felt easier to mix up with new persons and easily accepted in new teams.
I would suggest to improve your personality, communication skills, read a lot to gain knowledge, keep funny stories and jokes handy to decorate your group conversations in parties and functions and be prepare to initiate conversation with strangers if you do not know many people out there. It has worked for me since I was a teenager and I have helped myself in recovering from my initial fear to attend parties and functions this way.
Do you think your English sucks, join a grammar class, pick up few novels and read on and try to imitate the style various characters in the novel speak up with; and most importantly speak with yourself when you are alone. Speaking in front of a mirror may help.
Do you think you look dumb and your personality sucks, then join personality development classes, get few pairs of latest design T-Shirts and jeans (or suits)...if you thik you are overweight, try to reduce weight, go to gym and work out, start yoga or try General Motors Diet or consult a doctor...
There may be other traits that you may want to get over with and I ask you to identify and increase your confidence and feel better.
But if you are feeling lonely for a reason: after a recent break up or because your loved one is away for some inherent reason or your love relationship is spoiling over small tidbits that you might not want to care about... then it is really difficult situation. Constant criticism from your loved ones reduces self confidence and you may be left feeling emptiness, helpless, rejected and lonely.
You need to be patient, self confident and determined to tackle such difficult times. Do not try to think too much over what went wrong and how can you improve the situation and so on. All this thinking is of no use. First of all make you mood good. Recall what is your favorite food and cook the same or eat out. Call your friends whom you have not contacted for a while (there might be friends whom you do not call often but who make you feel good every time you talk to them). Recall your childhood memories, memories of your school, picnics with your friends and family, the first time skipping the class for a movie or a date, the first date, the farewell party at high school, the graduation day, the day when you shifted your new house, your very first birthday party that you remember, and other nostalgic memories that you find yourself excited to talk about. Play that cool song that you used to listen to and sing often when you were happy...Bring out your old music cds and give them a try... Bring out the old photo albums of yours and have a glance at each and every photo. Spend the day as you would like to... avoid any feelings that makes you sad... think only the things that make you happy...
When you feel better and self contained, then think over the current situation. Think if you are paying too much attention to the issues that could have been ignored like snoring of your spouse, habit of your loved one to keep the house in a mess or not rubbing the shoes on foot mat bringing all the mud in house or leaving the towel on bed or not ironing your clothes in time... Think if you could regulate the things without expecting any change in your partner. Think if you are not paying enough attention to the issues that are the real cause of the tension in your relations...such as excessive spending habits, excessive drinking, low income and so on. Try to find out any solutions that are acceptable to both of you or if you can help reduce the cause of tension like a part time job or controlling the spending or anything like that...
If it is time to get out of the relationship, then make a decision and start preparing yourself mentally... it may be difficult but it may be the only way to keep yourself happy...
There may be other reasons to loneliness as well but as soon as you find out what truly interests you and helps you getting over the stress, you can easily tackle the stress and feel happy and enjoy being alone.
All the best... feel better.
Monday, December 01, 2008
Link between Somali Pirates and terrorists??
Link between Somali Pirates and terrorists??
Hi... Have you noticed between the way terrorists attacked in Mumbai (All new style and tactics) and the methods used by Somali sea pirates to hijack the ships crossing the waters in bay of Aden and Indian Ocean?
Do you wonder from where Somali pirates get the ultra modern arms and ammunition get? Where the money paid in ransoms to Somali pirates goes? From where do they get their training?
Are there any links between Dawood Ebrahim and his gang, Al-Qaeda and Somali Pirates? Are Al-Qaeda and Dawood using Somali pirates to raise money for their operations in exchange of necessary goods, arms and ammo, training and cover for them?
Are the Mumbai attacks planned to divert the attention of Indian Navy from Somali Pirates and patroling in Somali waters? A serious implication of these attacks is that Indian Navy now needs to patrol in Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal to prevent from future terrorists expeditions through Indian waters. Can this not be a consequence of Indian Navy's increased presence in Aden Gulf and Indian Ocean and a successful operation against the pirates?
Was Anti Terrorist Squad and Maharashtra Police not working under immense pressure from Central Government led by Congress to trap key Hindu leaders and Sadhus in the so hyped "Hindu Terrorism" case against Sadhvi Pragya Singh and Lt. Colonel Purohit? What was the reason to conduct 4 times Narco test of Sudhakar Dviwedi aliad Dayanand Pandey when even Abu Salem was treated in a single Narco test? Were not they trying to get something that did not exist!!! Are the alegations made by Sadhvi Pragya against ATS (like forcing her to see porn movies, etc.) are false or exaggerated? Do they not form the tactics used by police and ATS to mentally harass their captives to force an "Iqbal e Jurm"?
Was not this Congress Government trying to overhype a 4 persons terror action to divert public attention from 40,000 organized criminals running International Terror outfits all across the world and making stimulated actions as seen in Mumbai!!!
These Damn Politicians!!!
Do you not think that the government has neglected all warnings from all spy agencies towards the terror attack?
Do you not agree that It was a failure on government's part not to take NSG commandos to action even in 9 hours after the attacks started?
Why is there no central crisis management framework in India evern after 5 years of attack on Indian Parliament?
Why India is now regarded as a soft and vulnerable nation even when we have reached moon with Chandrayaan and we possess as much nuclear arms as required to destroy whole continent (any one of asia, north america, europe, Africa or Australia)?
After 1971 war and after 1998 Pokharan tests and 1999 Kargil war, India was seen as a tough military power with immense intelligence and diplomatic power.
What should we do to regain India to its status?
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
My Wishlist
My Desires
भीगते रहे बारिशों में अक्सर, कभी मांगी किसी से पनाह नहीं.
हसरतें पूरी न हों न सही, ख्वाब देखना कोई गुनाह नहीं.
हसरतें पूरी न हों न सही, ख्वाब देखना कोई गुनाह नहीं.
Everybody has some wishes that he wants to fulfill ... few dreams that he wants to live ... desires to complete ... goals to achieve ...
I am a day dreamer ... I always have many dreams ... a lots of wishes ... hundreds of desires ... bigger goals ... many things that I have lived ... and many more that I always wish ...
Swimming: I always wanted to be a great swimmer ... many times I went to the canal that flows through our town ... and I could never learn to swim ... mostly because of fear from water ... and later on lack of time and consistent practice ...
IPod Nano: At some time I had a craze for IPod Nano in which I could play videos, picture slide-show and listen to songs while on the way from my college to home or office to home ... at that time I did not have enough money to buy one ... now the desire has faded ...
Dance in discotheque: When I was in college and then until I moved out of my home town, I was crazy about discotheques ... In Daffodil we used to have parties full of dance and masti ... in later companies the trend was rare ... but I could never go to a proper discotheque ... mostly because of lack of time (the hectics of work life) and when I got leisure, I usually did not have a good partner to accompany ... :(
Picture Portfolio: When my friend Anand was in Bombay and used to work in showbiz, he many times asked me to come to Bombay and promised me to make a great portfolio of my photos...well why are promises made? ;-)
Skiing: Well I have never got a chance to visit a place where I can have ski in snow season ... oops :(
Skating: Wearing skateboard shoes and skating on the roads all over the cities is my wish but I was born in a town that did not had roads suitable to skating and when I been to Chandigarh/Gurgaon/Delhi, I was too mature and busy to think of skating on city roads... but when I will buy skating shoes for my child, I shall surely give them a try :P
Tour to Himalayas, shores of Goa & Bombay, beauty of Kerala and so on ... What to say ... it requires a lot of time and planning ... traveling alone is not a fun and getting a group of friends ready is a rare thing ... and then hectic work life and long queues at reservation counters ... It seems like a distant thing to be able to travel across India and see its beauty...
Friends, keep watching this list... it will keep expanding...
Monday, May 12, 2008
My Best Friend
My Best Friend
Once I was at my friend's house and his daughter was writing an essay on "My Best Friend"...
...Deepak is my best friend. He is an intelligent boy....
Suddenly she turned to me and asked, "Uncle, can I write 'Vishu' instead of Deepak in this essay?"
I was amused at her question and told her that she could write any name there and even she could change the gender of the subject in the essay if she would like to mention any of her friends who are girls.
She replied, "No I have to just write 'Vishu' instead of Deepak. He is my best friend."
I asked, "what do you want to tell by writing his name in the essay?"
She replied, "I just want to show the gratefulness for the care he has for me. Do you show gratefulness to your friends?"
Her reply touched my heart and I just lost in my own thoughts ... When was the last time when I had shown my gratefulness to my friends? or even to my best of friends!!!
I decided to write a post on my blog regarding that and then the thought got lost in my daily routine and hectic schedule of my life...
But friends, today I have decided to express my thankfulness to my friends and to my Lord who gave me such nice friends...
This blog is specially dedicated to my best of the bests friend... His name is Anand... His full name is Anand Deep Singh and he is also known as A.D.Singh, Deepu, Nandu... but I call him Nandi or motu with affection...
He is very handsome, tall, slim... he recently got married and is running a business at Adviteeya Services (www.adviteeya.com)
He is my friend since I entered in 11th class and has been my best friend since the first day when I met him
since we met...we enjoyed together... fought with each other... learnt new things... bunked classes...played cricket and wandered all over the town on our bicycles
followed girls and explored the new worlds opening in our youthful times... prepared for exams... weaved many dreams about future... to run businesses... to get admitted to same college... and a whole lotta more...
we were not always together... completed studies in different cities... worked for a few years in separate cities... but our hearts were always connected and will remain so always...
I have faced many challenges from life and he was always standing besides me not just as a support but as my own image...as a tough fighter... even when I would leave heart, he inspired me to go forward...
He corrected me when I was wrong... He completed my sentences when I had no courage to say them on my own...
He favored me even when I was wrong and everybody else was against me... He listened all my secrets and kept them always secret
Others offerred me a shoulder to cry on but he made me laugh when I wanted to cry...
Since I joined RBS (www.rbs.com), I was living with him and he had taken a great care of me... however I would like to stay together forever...he has to start his married life ...
we may not meet daily now... may be we not replying each other's calls sometimes... may be our scraps on orkut get less.. but our love and friendship will stay... and hearts always attached...
Nandi, I wish you a great married life...
aur motu ab sachmuch ka motu ho ja
One of my best friends: Anand Deep SinghFriday, January 11, 2008
I learnt how to cook FOO(d)!!!
It has been a long time since I wrote something on my blog... I have done a lot of things mean while and there are many interesting things to tell...
First of all, I must tell you that I switched my job and joined "Royal Bank of Scotland (India Development Centre)" in Gurgaon on September 10, 2007 and left the Fidelity Information Services (Formerly Second Foundation), Chandigarh.
On my day of landing in Gurgaon, I stepped in our newly rented 3 bedroom-hall flat with my room mates, Anand (My best friend since I met him...I'll tell a lot about him) and his two friends Anil and Aman. I found a neatly maintained kitchen inside the house setup by the guys just 2-3 days before and an empty house except one room with the beddings of all...
well...it was a completely new experience for me as I had never lived with room-mates ... I took charge of one room and after cleaning it, me and my friend Anand arranged our beddings in the room. Then we went to market and had a little break...and then was the sad (or the interesting as u might say later) part of the story began...
My bike was in Chandigarh and had not arrived yet and we all 4 persons could not accommodate on a single bike present with us then therefore we decided to walk on feet...
The market was too far away that it seemed like never ending to my feet jammed on the bike's gear lever and brakes...
after the tiring evening walk when we returned with vegetables and other stuff... I was told with the HORRIBLE news...
"Kaam waali nahi mili hai ab tak... khana khud hi banana padega"
(maid servant could not be recruited...we have to cook the food ourselves)
And then started the "ATYACHAAR" (TORTURE) on the poor kid (The author himself)..
"Aata banana aata hai?" (Do u know how to prepare flour?)
"Nahi" (No)
"Roti Senkni aati hai?" (Do u know how to cook the bread?)
"Nahi" (No)
"to fir sabji kaat lo" (Then cut the vegetables)
and I started with a knife and some vegetables but ended up cutting my own finger...
"Tere bas ka kuch hai bhi? Sabji main kaat leta hoon, bana to lega?" (Can you do a single thing? I can cut the vegetables, can u cook them then?)
"Mujhe namak, masaale wagaira ka koi idea nahi hai" (I have no idea of salt, spice etc.)
"To kya KARNA aata hai?" (Then what you can DO?)
"Maine kabhi kitchen ka koi kaam nahi kiya" (I have not done any kitchen work)
"Ohho... tab tu bartan hi maanj lena" (Ok you then wash the utensils )
"Arre bachche ki jaan loge kya?" (hey will u kill this little kid?)
Par doston meri ek na chali and I had to wash the utensils otherwise had to sleep with hungry stomach... Sachmuch Pet ke liye kya kya karna padta hai...
When I had to wash the utensils for 3-4 days... I tried on other things...
the FOO(d) I cooked for the first time...could not be eaten even by me... even the street dogs rejected it and even growled at me... like saying to me- "Teri banayee roti khane se to jail ki roti khana manjoor hai" (Jail food is better to eat than your cooked food)
I told them, "kha lo yaar, maine bade pyar aur mehnat se banayee hai" (eat it up friends, I have prepared with love and efforts)
Then one dog uttered a sweet "Bow Wow" like saying "itni mehnat karne se to achcha tha hame bol dete, ham apne saath tumhare liye bhi la dete" (instead of doing that effort, you should have asked us...we would have brought some for you too along with our own)
Well Doston, I kept trying and trying and got the first appreciation from those dogs only when they ate a little out of what I had cooked..
HOWEVER we were successful at searching "Ek Adad Kaam Wali" in a few days but I still kept experimenting with cooking...
I now have learnt to cook rice, vegetables, roti (indian bread), parantha and a whole series of dishes...
After all Nishu (Raju) ban gaya kitchen man (gentleman)!!!!
Monday, April 02, 2007
When Software Developers wash the clothes...
This is not the title of coming movie from Ram Gopal Verma factory.... I had to wash clothes yesterday evening.... Actually I had recently shifted my roomfrom Sector - 11 to Sector - 15, Panchkula in neighbourhood of my friends Vikash Samota & Shravan Dhanjal and I could not find a "Kaam Waali" to clean my new room and wash my clothes....
Aakhirkaar, this so called software engineer attacked the bathroom to wash my clothes... I attacked the clothes with so advertised Surf Excel Detergent Powder and Blue Wheel Detergent Cake and a Bucket. It was a long 3-4 hour fight between me and the clothes army (7-8 vests, 4-5 shirts, 3-4 pants, 2 jeans, 3-4 T Shirts) and after getting my hands rashed & scractched; soaked with sweat, soap and water I brought the battle to a satisfactory end.
During this struggle, one thing that kept my morale up, was: "If I can go throughall the posts on this Garam Bheja Fry then why can't I get through this battle! (Hi Abhishek... are you listening? Your 'Random Bakwaas' can boost someone's morale!! 3 Cheers!!!) Next time you read his Garam Bheja, you may realize that opening a laundry and washing clothes of whole city is more interesting than reading it....
During those 3-4 hours, I recalled all principles and laws related to volume, pressure and temperature those I had read during course of my education at high school. This time I saluted Archimedes and Pascal and their companions those appeared in our text books.
After putting the wet clothes to dry, I went out of the house to see Vikash and I was welcomed by Vikash, Shravan and the uncle ji who own the house where these two pals live. After looking at me they burst out in laughters as they had seen 'Tom and Jerry' on road instead of TV. Then came the humble advice from experienced brain of Uncle Ji:
"Jawaan, eeb to tu byaah karwa le!"
(Young man, its time to get married!)
Me: Uncle Ji! Marriage is such a thing where one person is always right and the other is husband. Main in chonchlan tae door hi thik soon.
Uncle: Arre Jawaan! Bbyaah hoye pachhe do time dhang ki rotti khaan nae mil jyangi! Ye jo dhabban ke rot paad kae gaat kharaab hon laag rhya sae uska kalyan ho jyaga.
Vikash: Uncle Ji! Kuch log to byaah pachhe mote ho jyaawain aur kime maade ho jyaavain aur kuch kae koye farak nahi padta ! Iska ke kaaran sai?
Me: Bhai, kaaran nyun sai ki jinki beewi badhiya khana banatee ho, woh to mote jaya karain. Jinki beewi nai khana banana na aata ho aur fer bhi banati ho woh maade ho jaya karain. Aur jo bechare pahlyan bhi aape banaya karte aur bad main bhi aape banana padai unkai koi farak nahi padta.
Vikash: Then everybody should marry once in life so that if he is sent to heaven after life then he feels good and if sent to hell then he feels homely!!!
Uncle: Chhore!! Yo shaadi aisa laddu sai ki jo khavai woh bhi pachhtawai aur jo na khavai woh bhi pachhtawai. Dekhte hain, Bakre ki maan kab tak khair manavai sai.
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To bhaiyon ab kuchh married logon ke kisse bhi sun lo.
Abhi thode din pahle main aur mera dost Amit ek married dost ke ghar dinner pe gaye (married dost ka naam nahi bataunga). Jab ham dinner kar rahe the to bhabhi sare waqt ek Belan liye us dost ke saath khadi rahi.
Ab mujhse raha nahi gaya aur main pooch baitha, "Bhabhi Ji, hum jyada khana nahi khayenge. Aapko belan leke khade rahne ki jaroorat nahi hai"
Bhabhi: Are devar ji! Ye belan aapke liye nahi liye khadi hoon. Aap aaram se khana khao aur chahe jitna bhi khao. Ye aapke bhaiya pahle thik se kha nahi pate the. Kabhi namak kam to kabhi mirch jyada laga karti thi. Aaj kal aaram se sab kuch kha lete hain.
Amit: To iska matlab ki bhai belan se darta hai!
Me: Are dheere bol bhai koi bahar wala na sun le. Ise darr nahi kahte, asar kahte hain. Ye to belan ka asar hai aur hamari bhabhi asardaar hain. Bhai darpok thode hi hai.
Married Friend: Haan Haan Thik Hai.... Tumhare liye bhi aisee hi asardaar ladki dhhondh ke layenge. Tab pata chalega ki ye asar kitna meetha hota hai.
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Isee tarah ek uncle bata rahe the: Hamare ghar mein sab log bade hi gusse wale hain. Bachche apni maan se bahut naraaz hote hain.... Mere maan - pita ji ghar ke naukron pe gussa karte rahte hain. Aur meri beewi mujhpe bahut gussa karti hai.
I asked: uncle aap kahaan gussa nikalte ho?
Uncle: Maine do kutte paal liye hain... ek aadh aur paalne ki soch raha hoon.
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Aise hi ek aur dost jiski shaadi recently huyee hai, kahne laga ki, "Museebat ke waqt jo saath de, wahi sachcha dost hota hai"
Main ekdum se bol pada, "Bhai, main tera sachcha dost hoon. Main teri shaadi par poore teen din pahle se tere saath tha"
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Well Friends, aisa nahi hai ki sare married log sirf dukhi hi rahte hain ... kuch log married life ka poora swad uthate hain... abhi thode din pahle maine nukkad wale bhatia saab se poochha ki married life me swaad le rahe ho?
Kahne lage "Mittar Ki Dasseyan teri bharjaaee dee lipstick da swaad... jis din hara suit paa lendi hae us din Sarson barga bakbakaa swaad dendi haigi aur jis din laal suit pa lendi hae ... us din laal mirch bargi teekhi ho jandee haigi... tu hi dass ki karaan...
Main bola ke Bhatia Sahab, aap kisi din bagair suit ke kyun nahi try karte?
See u soon, friends...
Nishant Saini
To bhaiyon ab kuchh married logon ke kisse bhi sun lo.
Abhi thode din pahle main aur mera dost Amit ek married dost ke ghar dinner pe gaye (married dost ka naam nahi bataunga). Jab ham dinner kar rahe the to bhabhi sare waqt ek Belan liye us dost ke saath khadi rahi.
Ab mujhse raha nahi gaya aur main pooch baitha, "Bhabhi Ji, hum jyada khana nahi khayenge. Aapko belan leke khade rahne ki jaroorat nahi hai"
Bhabhi: Are devar ji! Ye belan aapke liye nahi liye khadi hoon. Aap aaram se khana khao aur chahe jitna bhi khao. Ye aapke bhaiya pahle thik se kha nahi pate the. Kabhi namak kam to kabhi mirch jyada laga karti thi. Aaj kal aaram se sab kuch kha lete hain.
Amit: To iska matlab ki bhai belan se darta hai!
Me: Are dheere bol bhai koi bahar wala na sun le. Ise darr nahi kahte, asar kahte hain. Ye to belan ka asar hai aur hamari bhabhi asardaar hain. Bhai darpok thode hi hai.
Married Friend: Haan Haan Thik Hai.... Tumhare liye bhi aisee hi asardaar ladki dhhondh ke layenge. Tab pata chalega ki ye asar kitna meetha hota hai.
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Isee tarah ek uncle bata rahe the: Hamare ghar mein sab log bade hi gusse wale hain. Bachche apni maan se bahut naraaz hote hain.... Mere maan - pita ji ghar ke naukron pe gussa karte rahte hain. Aur meri beewi mujhpe bahut gussa karti hai.
I asked: uncle aap kahaan gussa nikalte ho?
Uncle: Maine do kutte paal liye hain... ek aadh aur paalne ki soch raha hoon.
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Aise hi ek aur dost jiski shaadi recently huyee hai, kahne laga ki, "Museebat ke waqt jo saath de, wahi sachcha dost hota hai"
Main ekdum se bol pada, "Bhai, main tera sachcha dost hoon. Main teri shaadi par poore teen din pahle se tere saath tha"
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Well Friends, aisa nahi hai ki sare married log sirf dukhi hi rahte hain ... kuch log married life ka poora swad uthate hain... abhi thode din pahle maine nukkad wale bhatia saab se poochha ki married life me swaad le rahe ho?
Kahne lage "Mittar Ki Dasseyan teri bharjaaee dee lipstick da swaad... jis din hara suit paa lendi hae us din Sarson barga bakbakaa swaad dendi haigi aur jis din laal suit pa lendi hae ... us din laal mirch bargi teekhi ho jandee haigi... tu hi dass ki karaan...
Main bola ke Bhatia Sahab, aap kisi din bagair suit ke kyun nahi try karte?
See u soon, friends...
Nishant Saini
Friday, January 19, 2007
My Last Day at Daffodil
My Last Day at Daffodil
My first job after my diploma in Information Technology was at Daffodil Software Limited ( http://www.daffodilsw.com). I worked at Daffodil Software Ltd. for more than three and half years and I had many sweet as well as sour experiences during those days. I joined the company on June 2, 2003 and worked there till December 17, 2006. I have learnt many things during my tenure at Daffodil. I learnt different skills at daffodil be it technical, interpersonal, communication, leadership or management, it was like an allround growth for me at Daffodil. I made many good friends at Daffodil and I got a chance to improve and develop myself. While working with Mr. Puneet Agarwal and Mr. Nitin Goyal, I learnt how to instill different skills in your fellows. While working with Daffodil, I was posted at Hisar most of the time. Hisar is also my hometown and I felt lilke home at Daffodil and used to call it my second home. When I was leaving Daffodil I was feeling like leaving my home and second home together because I was joining Second Foundation ( http://www.secf.com) which is in Chandigarh and I had to leave my home and hometown. I had to leave all my friends and relatives behind and start a new journey.
During the period between the day i resigned to the last day, I was in a mixed state of excitement, anxiety and despair. On my last day at Daffodil, I was feeling an emptiness filling my heart and all the excitement was gone suddenly.
During the daytime I worked as my routine (checking bugs in issue tracker, solving problems of my colleagues and other such tasks) and in evening we enjoyed a small farewell given to me accompanied with some refreshment. And then at the end of it everyone left for their home.
In the evening there was a little party organized ay my colleagueas well as my best friend at Daffodil, Amit Singh's place. The party was full of fun, confessions, promises and emotions. I had the first mug of beer in my life at that party. It was a wonderful and memorable night. When we returned to home, it was past midnight.
The next day I had do start a new journey...
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