Friday, November 12, 2010

My unisex bike ...WEGO


I heard somewhere, ‘Male gender always looks to have difficult task for them to keep just little above female gender’.  Even selecting simple things like a bike, Men usually get attracted to a bike which has complicated gear system, complex technology, unique design/ shape, something difficult to ride on etc. etc. Whereas Female gender attracts to simple things which are less complicated to ride on, so they go with that easily. This is general aspect; hence the most men love to drive the sports bike and women moped. I’m not apart from this and never thought I would buy any moped or automatic gear scooter in my life. 

Twist come in my mind when one fine day I rode one of my friend moped. I felt very throttle-hold on that bike in huge traffic way. It’s amazingly easy to swing that baby between cars and tiny gaps, even I stopped many times in that traffic but without worry about gears, clutch or swapping my leg from break to gear paddle. The ride was not zoooom me, but smooth and pleasurable or peace of mind for while. I decided to go with such bike in future if I've to be on this crowded road.

I was very impressed with Suzuki Access 125 thought I drove Honda Activa couple of times. Access was superb in handling and very lightweight, but my mind has been set with TVS Wego for 3 reasons (apart from comparison sheet); 
1st Less waiting list. 
2nd I trust TVS for more than 8 years now 
3rd Unisex bike concept which attracts me a lot :)

I was very happy with my decision and day by day I joy with my Wego. A fantastic bike on road, easy to handle, turning is more comfortable than any bike in segment, comfortable height for driver (specially like me who is having 5.11"), big wheels and great support or body balance while driving.

I would recommend this bike for all City community, It's really worth to have in city traffic to go easy ;)
 

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Ballyhoo... Obama...!!

This Diwali was superb, happy and bright as all other Diwali I remembered in my life, except one CHANGE. A change made in Year 2008-2009 in USA and imposed to whole world. US President Mr. Barack Obama got in action and bring the change in real. He was carrying his fame and name to the world and surrounded all was in his tune. Even before he gets' elected, was related with India by many reasons, from his locket (Shree Hanuman) to his love and respect to Gandhi. Looks very promising for India and Indian to get co-relate with the world strongest person. Everyone was happy after he gets elected as US President, even some of the norms by Democratic party is not going with Indian economy.
He is 6th US president who visited India but none was hyped like Mr. Obama. All president came and go peacefully and enjoyed 'taste of India' as they like. Mumbai airport (where he was step down in India) gone under heavy pressure of security, well before a month he arrived. All security was on alert and doing daily chores to prepare Mumbai and all other area where Mr. Obama is planning to visit. There were more security personal (including sniffer dogs) than civilians.
Every news media specially TV news channel was following him and trying to highlight any small information about him or his wife (Michelle). The "Breaking News" include what they eat, how they eat, where they visited and what they do or what they wanted to do and what they have not done. News channel arranged debate/talk show on his visit to know what and how some (extra) smart indian think about this. Every one was expressing their own opinion on US president's visit and none of that was matched with anyone. And I don't know why I'm watching this all. Unfortunately there is no option to skip such news channel (now a days news channel's are only source in India to know about India) so watching everything not by choice. Seems there is only one thing happening in India and all other stories, murder, crime, corruption and Cricket is nowhere in news.
Really Diwali was good until Obama is here. This trip of him was over rated and hyped unnecessary and all Indians were just following him for no reasons....Today he flew to other country (Indonesia) to make that country shine ...Good Bye

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Alone on bed

When I large my hands to take my beloved in arms, i found nothing on bed, except the pillows. I woke up to see my wife (and time), my wife was not on bed and watch was in mood of SAD face of the time i.e.  4:35AM. It's surprised for me to see I was alone on bed ...(yeah.. actually married men have to prepare their mind, if they want to sleep alone on your big size double bed). It was too early for my wife to get up and do morning chores, so i thought she must have gone to restroom and may come back soon. So i waited there and watching a fan and white ceiling of bedroom. After a few minute of time when she didn't back to room, i thought and went to check my self, but i couldn't see her anywhere in house. I check the main door of house which was locked properly. I was loosing my penitence and was so tensed to drop myself down on ground.
I was not sure how I was alone?? to be very frank ...mostly I enjoyed my bed when my wife stay with her mother for couple of days... (every married men love this era of freedom). But today it was different, I was worried more and looking for her, trying to remember the last night stories which may give me hint why i was alone. I try to recollect the things and situation in our bedroom.. (don't give me that look ...yeah... some time you need to recollect the things around you even when you are in your own bedroom) but nothing is giving me a hint about the last night or why i was alone on bed. I really wanted to know where is my wife and why i was alone on bed.
I was full of question asking myself and answering them to me only. Why and where she might have gone? how can she go without telling me and so on.... the stream of question is more than answers and I was not sure how many time I repeated same questions to me. When i back to bedroom, i was astonished to see her on the floor of other side of our bed, which is not in sight when I was on bed or while move out of the room.
hooooshhhhh ... is only reveling sound out from my mouth at that time. Then I recollect the things which she told me last night, that she is having fast for nine days/night for 'navaratri' and she would sleep on floor as religious process. Till that time my mind was just thinking rationalize way.
This morning pill of the day was enough for me to keep me awake for till she wake up and help me to think how we think in fraction of second and what we do when we're unable to get what we expected in life, even when we are in deep sleep. I was really in deep sleep in the morning when i stretched my arm to find my wife beside me.
It is the same way of feeling, when we are in deep sleep and when we are in our normal life, trying to doing something for our carrier. We don't wanted to go away from the things which we like/love and when we are out of reach of the things we just can't control our emotions. We feel very annoyed when things are out of our reach. Our brain/mind is really source of every thought and we think too much in all situations no matter what's the situation is. Most of the time our thoughts are negative. We expect the positive from every worst situation of life but we think most negative in that time only :) how funny it is.
I couldn't sleep after that hiccup morning of today. Morning pill was very tiny but hard and very effective to keep me awake till i come to office.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Ayodhya is going to Supreme court ...

From last 60 years we are just debating/fighting and making issue of 'Ayodhya' and still unsure about many questions..Do we really need to know what/when/how and how long something was there and now what is there? will these questions get solved and can we able to see the FINAL words on Ayodhya?


Recently I heard a nice poem from Prasoon Joshi on Ayodhya and it gives a pinch to my heart.

kisi ne kuch banaya tha, kisi ne kuch banaya hain..
kisi ne kuch banaya tha, kisi ne kuch banaya hain..

Kahi mandir ki parchayee, kahi masjid ka saya hain..
Na tab pucha tha hamase, na ab puchane aaye hain..
Hamesha faisale karake hame yuhi sunaya hain..

kisi ne kuch banaya tha, kisi ne kuch banaya hain..

hame fursat kaha? roti ke golayee ke chakkar se...
Na ja ne kiska mandir hain, na janae kiski masjid hain..
Na ja ne kon ulzhata hain sidhe sache dhangaon ko...

Na ja ne kon ulzhata hain sidhe sache dhangaon ko...
Na ja ne ye kiski sajish hain, na ja ne kiski ye jid hain...
Ajab sa silsila hain, na jane kisane chalaya hain....

kisi ne kuch banaya tha, kisi ne kuch banaya hain..

Who kahate hain tumhara hain, jara tum ek najar dalo..
Who kahate hain badho mango zaroori hain, na tum talo..
Who kahate hain badho mango zaroori hain, na tum talo..

magar apani jarurat to hain bilkul hi alag isase..
jara thahrao jara socho hame sachonme mat dalo...
batayo kon ye shola mere angan main laya hain...

kisi ne kuch banaya tha, kisi ne kuch banaya hain..

Agar hindu main andhi hain, agar tufa musalma hain..
to aayo andhi tufan yaar banake kuch naya kare...
to aayo andhi tufan yaar banake kuch naya kare...

to aayo ek nazar dale aaham se kuch sawalon par...
Kayi kone andhere hain, mashaloan ko diya karate hain..
Kayi kone andhere hain, mashaloan ko diya karate hain..

Ab asali dard bolenge jo sine main chupaya hain..

kisi ne kuch banaya tha, kisi ne kuch banaya hain..

किसी ने कुछ बनाया था, किसी ने कुछ बनाया हैं..
किसी ने कुछ बनाया था, किसी ने कुछ बनाया हैं..

कही मंदिर की परछाई हैं, कही मस्जिद का साया हैं..
ना तब पुछा था हमसे, ना अब पुछने आये हैं..
हमेशा फैसले करके, हमें युही सुनाया हैं..


किसी ने कुछ बनाया था, किसी ने कुछ बनाया हैं..


हमें फुर्सत कहा, रोटी के गोलाई के चक्कर से..
ना जाने किसका मंदिर हैं, ना जाने किस की मस्जिद हैं..


ना जाने कोण उलझा था हैं, सीधे सच्चे धन्गोँ को..


ना जाने कोण उलझा था हैं, सीधे सच्चे धन्गोँ को..
ना जाने किसकी साजिश हैं, ना जाने किसकी ये जिद हैं..
अजब सा सिलसिला हैं, ना जाने किसने चलाया हैं..

किसी ने कुछ बनाया था, किसी ने कुछ बनाया हैं..

वो कहते हैं तुम्हारा हैं, जरा तुम एक नजर डालो..
वो कहते हैं बढ़ो मांगो ज़रूरी हैं, ना तुम टालो..
वो कहते हैं बढ़ो मांगो ज़रूरी हैं, ना तुम टालो..

मगर अपनी जरुरत तो हैं बुल्कुल ही अलग इससे..
जरा ठहरो जरा सोचो, हमें सचोंमें मत डालो..
बतावो कोण ये शोला मेरे आंगन मैं लाया हैं..


किसी ने कुछ बनाया था, किसी ने कुछ बनाया हैं..

अगर हिन्दू मैं अंधी हैं, अगर तुफा मुसल्मा हैं..
तो आओ अंधी तूफान साथ मिलके कुछ नया करे..
तो आओ अंधी तूफान साथ मिलके कुछ नया करे..

तो आओ एक नजर डाले अहम् से कुछ सवालों पर..
कई कोने अँधेरे हैं, मशालों को दिया करते हैं..
कई कोने अँधेरे हैं, मशालों को दिया करते हैं..

अब असली दर्द बोलेंगे जो सीनों मैं छुपाया हैं..

किसी ने कुछ बनाया था, किसी ने कुछ बनाया हैं..

Do we really bother about the verdict of Ayodhya?



Tuesday, September 28, 2010

19 coincidences in CWG??

Do you believe, Delhi CWG team has 19 coincidences and they all are saying 'nothing was in plannnn'.

Looks like Family's Wealth Games are going... not India or delhi or Common ;)

HOW?? please check out;

1. Four nephews of OC vice chairman Randhir Singh have been hired. Three work in the Commonwealth Games Association Relations (dealing with Commonwealth associations of 71 countries), directly under Singh.

2. Bharati Singh Rao, daughter of Rao Inderjit Singh, Congress MP from Gurgaon, is Director, Image and Look. She was hired a year ago.

3. Sangeeta Welinkar is Additional Director General (Image and Look) and her son Udhav Waman Welinkar quit the OC last month as Administrative Assistant (Volunteer programme). Sangeeta Welinkar is in the core committee of OC chairman Suresh Kalmadi and worked with him during the Pune Youth Games as well. She draws a salary of Rs 1.31 lakh per month. Her son Udhav's salary was Rs 33,500 per month.

4. Vivek Raja, son of P K Murlidharan Raja, Secretary General of the Boxing Federation, is working with the OC as Director, Workforce, which is also partly responsible for hiring staff.

5. Raj Singh is OC's Competition Manager, his daughter Manisha Sharma is Administrative Assistant (Ticketing) and his daughter-in-law Shelkha Sharma is a receptionist in Kalmadi's office. Raj Singh is also Vice President of the Wrestling Federation.

6. Shikha Verma is Director, Creative Cultural Events, and her twin sister Shipra Verma is Director (Protocol ).

7. Jamal Raazi is Director (Technology) and his wife Sana Raazi is Project Officer (Technology). Both were promoted two months ago.

8. Syed Yasar Ibrahim is Assistant Project Officer (Venue Development & Overlays) and his wife Umama Ibrahim is APO (Venue Development and Overlays).

9. Siddarth Mall is Assistant Project Officer (Sponsorship and Sales) and wife Deepali Kapoor is APO of the Volunteer Programme. "

10. Capt N L Khan is Director (Administration) and his wife Geeta Khan is APO (Spectator Services).

11. C S Rathi is Assistant Project Officer (Sports) and his son Ajay Rathi is APO, (Lawn Bowl).

12. Col Surinder Kumar is Project Officer (Office Administration) and his son Shashwat is APO (Sports).

13. Savita Thakur is Assistant Project Officer (Ticketing) and her sister Babita Thakur is Administrative Assistant (Transport).

14. Aparna Ghosh is Director (Venue Operations) and her niece Aneesha Mitra is Administrative Assistant (Ceremonies).

15. Anita Guliani is Administrative Assistant (Administration) and her daughter Mansi Guliani is Administrative Assistant (Ceremonies).

16. Avny Lavasa is Project Officer (Queen's Baton Relay) and her brother Abir Lavasa is APO (Venue Operations).

17. Jeet Ram is Stenographer (Ceremonies) and his son Neeraj is Administrative Assistant (Technology).

18. D Anand Kumar is Project Officer (Sports) and his wife D Rama Devi is APO (Accounts).

19. Pratap Bhosale is Project Officer (Logistics) and his daughter Priyanka P Bhosale is Administrative Assistant (Cleaning and Waste Management).

Thanks to http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4424600

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Have... Need ... Want

When I was kid, I wanted to be on moon. Wanted to touch a star and play with them for whole night. Being young I wanted to be a handsome man ever to impress girls and become famous. Recently I wanted to be the richest man on earth, if it's too high then at least rich to get what and when I want. Every one of us want to have something, no matter how important and costly it is. It seems we are being stubborn day by day for what we Want. Now a days we ready to do 'everything' almost 'anything' to achieve what we want.

What we 'have' is really important to know before we start thinking of what we 'Want' and What we 'need'. There is misconception about Want and Need irrespective of what we 'have'. We forget what a best we have and what we can do with that but just start to demand and try to get what we Want, even if it is not needed.

We should value what we have and start working on our need. Want is something unnecessary need which may not fulfill your need of life. I remember Mahatma Gandhi, a great man we had on this earth. When he realize what he have and what he need, he controlled every emotion of what he want in life. He understand the value of basic need of life and get that which include food and a single cloth to cover half a body. We are not Gandhi and nobody can be one again. But we should just try to think what we have and what we need to stop follow what we want.

There are many things in our life which not needed but still we're having that. When we follow of what we want, we never value that again when we got. But when we get what we need we respect that and understand that need for longer time.

Food for beggar is his Need and delicious/toothsome food for most of us is Want. This is just a small example, and I'm sure there are many examples in front of us which we ignore/forget, as we are being busy to update our 'Wanting' list without any intention or cause of life.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Mentally down

I'm down... not physically this time, but mentally. I couldn't find any reason for this, but something is bothering me. My mind is full of weird/unnecessary/preternatural thoughts and I'm not able to find the way to get a rid of that. I befuddle, when I try to find why and how my mind is full of such shit. Amid I realized many things about My mind, rather human minds.

Every mind is like plain water till it mixed with some thoughts. Flow of thoughts changes the human mind alike plain water change it's own color and shape with mix of the strange things. No matter what & how those thoughts affecting our mind, but every thoughts has it's own color and it change many things in our mind. When we are in joy, we feel like having a our own color in our mind and we feel that color in our move. We think happy thoughts and do the things  which we like to do. We like to see the world as want, we like to help others, we felt the nature in generous color of it's own and we try to enjoy each and every sec of min we spent. We do many things in that flow of happy thoughts and share happiness. Suddenly we start forget and forgive other to make happy way of our life. But same mind of very same human get changed with some stupid thoughts. It's gets diluted with negative or some strange thoughts. we never know why and how such thoughts came by and caught you, specially why you only. The more thoughts come to mind more mind get grunge.

More we think negative or wrong, more our mind get culprit of our owns. There is no way to clean or get out of such stage, unless we stop thinking. 'Time is really best medicine' for all and we suppose to give us time to come out. Time will not change everything and clean our mind, but it helps us to think something diffrent or better to cheer up. New thoughts suppress our bad/wrong or neagtive thoughts in deep somewhere in mind and new happy thoughts gets on top, seems like everything is normal and all bad thoughts gets out of our mind. This is illusion, which we create for ourselves and make us happy to go ahead. But the fact is all negative/wrong thoughts are still in our mind and may come up when we get upset or in shit of thoughts. It's same like using alum for diluted water. Alum will only suppress all dirt at the bottom of the water flask and give illusion that water is clean, in actual water can be diluted with all dirt again when it get shake.

Mind get all over all negative, wrong feelings on top when we are down mentally. I'm feelings same...I'm down mentally. :(

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Power to make Wealth

Power is a sign that you can change something as you need or want. Everyone/everything needs a Power, Power to think, Power act, Power to do, Power to lead, Power to follow Power to write, Power to say. Everything is Power and Power is everything but Everything needs a Power. Power is invisible unless you realize it with in you. You may never know what kind of Power you may have. Every sense is Power, every thought is Power, every word is Power, every move is Power. Power is to make others to you or surrender yourself to others. Power to understand others or Power to express to others. Power to keep quite when time comes or to clam others when you want. Need Power to down one or to lift others. Need a Power to prove Right or Wrong and need a Power to use a Power. So with out Power we are nothing. We don't know who we are unless we use a Power we have.

Power is everything, but we need to understand the value of Power to use in life. Use Power in such way that help us to achieve what we want. Power never gets waste, but wrongly applied Power can bring us down in life. Once we understand the 'Theory of Power' we can apply that in our practical life to uphold where we are or go further where we want. Nothing is easy as we think, but we need to apply Power to makes every thing possible. Power of sense to think and Power of act to apply in life.

Powerful is a person who convert his each and every Power to get something better to create wealth.

So start using 'Power' to make life wealthy.

Monday, August 30, 2010

What if we failed?

I failed again :( ... Yes it's not first time i failed to do something, but I feel very upset whenever I failed to do something which I really wanted to do in life. It's not that easy to just follow your heart without thinking about anything. Life is not that easy and simple at all. Life always give you surprise, when you least expected of any. It test you when you are not prepare or in bad time to give any test. But this is life, never go in way what we need or want. Like everyone, I feel like uuuummmmmmm....... or some time uuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmm more frustration when things are not going in my way.

'Time has answer for most of the questions' but what we need to do till Time gives an answer. Shall we wait? but waiting is waste of time. Shall we try again? But what If we Failed again? more frustration. Shall we give up? No never, We're not born to give up that easily. Then what to do in unstable mind state? with confuse and frustrated mental? May be hyper for most of the people like me. In such situation we never find a way to get things in our way. And this lead to more serious problem in life. Most common is -ve thinking take over on us and we assume things which may not real. We try to rationalize the things and make a situation more complicated then ever. This disturb us more in our normal daily life and was give us break to think else. I know easy to write what the situation would be after failed, but very difficult to come out for anyone.

Failing is part of life, we have to fail to realize and enjoy the success. Failing really increase the value of Success which we never thought. What is a point, if there is no struggle to achieve something in life? Every living things has it's own struggle. Take any example, you will find there is failure (in fact huge failure) before things get success. Every human fail to do something new in his life, but never stop for anything. This is life, so think how we should come out of the failure mind set rather think over failure. But hey, keep this Failure in mind, it's really wonderful to have history of failures and keep walking in life to not face same failure again.

We suppose to gather all small, big, bigger moments of success from our life along with failure moments. When we failed start think about the small or even smaller success about our life and look forward to catch new. Start with small and go to the higher or biggest success you've made in life to cheer you up. Keep Failure in mind to keep you alert when you are on top of success. The biggest and common mistakes we do is 'we forget the failure when we are on TOP of success and forget the success when we Failed'. I know easy to say and very common line we could hear when we fail, but really true and most required line when either Fail or Success.

So, what if we failed? We'll try again, we'll wait and try again, we'll try another way, will get another chance again but never give up, unless you try with all your strength.

"everything is not possible for everyone in single life"

Friday, August 27, 2010

What's in your mind?

Brain is incredible organ of human body. It's so complicated that Surgeons are still confuse and trying to dig every part of tiny brain to get more information. It's so precisely made by GOD, that nobody can challenge or think better than it's own design. We usually says, our Brain is creator of every single small thoughts. Every single thoughts from Brain has it's own value. Sometimes it's just a sake of output of our brain, which may be stupid, weird ideas, or incredible innovation for others. You never know what it would be the output of your own Brain unless it come out. Brain is awesome thing, but some time we get confuse and follow something else and ignore our Brain. Who is that something? is that somebody else who go against our own thoughts and give us something else which we follow blindly?

Using my Brain i try to think a lot on this, but couldn't find the perfect answer and i lead (or mislead) by something else which is against my own thoughts of Brain. I don't know what to say about that SOMETHING. Some say it's heart, some say it's Mind and some say it's soul which is hidden and helping brain to think what exactly you want. So what is exactly MIND/HEART/SOUL? There is no specific answer from anyone yet. If it's hidden then why and how it thinks? and why we should follow that? when we have our own Brain which is visible and why we can't just ignore Mind/heart completely? When I think over this using my Brain and Mind (Which is invisible) along, I found some strange answers.

Like Brain, Mind represent you, your inner thoughts and yourself. You can do anything, say anything or act anything as your brain but your Mind plays a finest role in every activity of yours to represent to the world. We all are centered to our MIND, no matter how we react on our Minds action or reaction.

Every thoughts which comes out of our Brain is in our mind as well. Its say something to you and most of us just ignore what our mind say and just follow what our Brain says. But you can't ignore one and just follow other. When we think about something in brain, our mind divert us to something else. And when we follow our Mind few steps, our brain interrupt us and force us to do back on things. Both are not wrong, but confuse us more and so we say 'I can't concentrate'.

I don't know who follow what? So I decided to experiment on myself.

I try to follow my mind for every questions. For every question, my Mind gives me emotional answer, which really a better point of view to the world. I started to think about others, to respect others and value other human personal, I see happy faces around me and feel very happy to share happiness as they want. I become very very cool and finest person among all around me. They are happy cause I'm thinking from them, of them and for them, rather me or I. I'm loosing my success or money in this period, but I was happy to being up lift by everyone around me. After some time I realize this leads me on a track where I get more confuse and forget about myself. Where is Myself in all those question/answer? I was in need of answers which are center to me. I lost ME/I from every question. Where is I or self? I don't want an answers which are from others point of view only and gives me more confusion or trouble to find me or I.

So I switched and started to follow my Brain. Brain is really smart and gives me a perfect answer of any question what I was looking. Perfect and Practical I must say. I become very professional by this and gaining more success/money and status which i dream of. I'm happy to know that my Brain is best in world for any questions related to me. But seems it's so perfect and practical that I started to cut few of my close relations, friends and dearest one, who were really around me when I was no-one and still want to be around me when I'm someone. I started hurt them by being practical and giving practical answers. There is nothing wrong in that but my Mind is diluted with my own brain thoughts and I'm ignoring my mind completely over my Brain. I'm start loosing my friends and my dearest one who were really lifts me up when I was following my heart/mind.

So none of the one from both Brain and Mind gives right for me. Finally this concluded that, we, human has to follow both, Brain and Mind along to get success and social. There are many who follow brain for money, but never follow heart/mind for happiness. I'm really around of few, who work blindly where they are not happy, working in night shifts, in bad surroundings, in politics just to sake of money. The money which gives them lavish life, account balance and new dreams which can earn by money only. And opposite of this, I know many, who really follow heart/mind which never gives them money like others who follow only brain but gives happiness which never gets only with Brain. They are happy, not only because they are following their own mind, but doing same they can give someone a life/hope by thinking from their point of view. They are happy to share some of money which they have earn by following mind. This really makes a difference. They are satisfy with what little they have earn alike who never gets satisfy by following only brain to achieve a dreams which can only fulfilled by money.

It's true Our Mind and Brain are so opposite that we need to pull them together to think ins single direction. But it's not as easy as writing on this. It's something like pushing the South pole to South pole or North pole to North pole of two powerful magnets which are equal and opposite with full strength. But putting this together only can achieve both happiness with money. You can't do everything with money if you don't have anyone around you and same you can't only share happiness without earning money. Both Brian and Mind are incomplete without each other, but they can't go in one direction as well.


Try to make them ONE and follow them together. "Brain is path to your destiny, which decide by Mind", So what's in your mind?

Monday, August 23, 2010

Shoes without aim

‘Ooopppsss!!!... miss that’ or ‘Thank god !!! he miss that’ I don’t know which was your reaction when you’ve seen the world’s first ever shoes protest incident against US or US President Mr. George Bush by Iraqi journalist Mr. Muntazer al-Zaidi in 2008. Al-zaidi must have unaware before doing this, but he gave a unique way to protesting and get famous in world, though we Indians are denying and trying to be a premier inventor of such protest. Some Indian news channels were trying to find the old news/ videos to be or push Indian on first place. Lets give a credit to Al-zaidi, who is real hero for most of the protesters around the globe. I must say, it is a unique and interesting way to protest. The news may be old but the impact of such incident is still in the world. There are more than 15 such cases has been logged till date and this will continue in future for sure.

When I asked one of friend, what you think? Is it a right to throw a shoe like this? The answer was (as expected), “There is nothing wrong doing anything, if you have valid and strong reasons behind that”.

I wonder can a shoe throwing resolve a purpose with such high value drama? I don’t think. Let’s check the Indian impacts and results;

Start from Home Minister P Chidambaram who gets shoe from Journalist Jarnail Singh on 7th April 2009 to protest against the answer to a question on the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on the 1984 anti-Sikh massacre. Result of this is nothing, Jagdish Tytler is still in Congress party and recently he gets clean chit again by Supreme Court and CBI.

In April 2009 Mr. Rajmal Singh Saharan, Principal of a Government School in Babain village hurled a shoes to Congress MP Navin Jindal for protesting the congress policies. Result of this is, Congress has not change the policy, but change the Principal of that Gov. School. Saying something must be changed after this.

In same month of April 2009, BJP worker Pawas Aggarwal feel party is away behind in this new publicity, so he throws a slipper, not sure about the reason behind this, but some say it was protest against for not allowing to wear shoes in really. Result of this is clueless.

Aug 2010, suspended Jammu and Kashmir head constable hurled a shoe at chief minister Omar Abdullah in protest against his suspension order, I suppose. Result is nothing in this or may be pending we could say.

Now the very latest is yesterday, a 21 year old Shakti Singh throws a shoe to Haryana CM B.S. Hooda. This was due to frustration; Shakti Singh had received a bullet injury during a police firing incident, I don't know when this was happen. But that time, the government promised him cash relief of Rs 10 lakh and a government job. But he says none of the promises have been fulfilled so far. Result for this would be, he may get cheque of 10 Lakh which never get cleared and may not get any job.

All above incidents had happen, were aimless, none of them have had hit anyone and none of the problem is resolved by that.

Now awaiting for next shoes hurled which may hit on TARGET.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Common Wealth Games 2010

'Commonwealth Games' is the second largest sports festival in the world, after Olympic Games. The Games are held once in four years but only in between the Olympic years. The Games were originally known as the 'British Empire Games'. This history suggest the Commonwealth games has it's own reputation, strength and value since the first game organized by Commonwealth Games federation in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada.
Since then India is 1st ever Asian country to host the games in year 2010. This suppose to be a proud movement for all Asia, specially India. But unfortunately from last few days the kind of news spread around the globe about the CWG is definitely pinch Indians, at least those who are love games, but not political games. I would say I'm one of them who really want to have games without any political interference.
So the question in my mind is; is this a real CommonWealth Games for athletics or just a Wealth game for Politicians or Businessmen? Who is gaining what out of this? Let's summarize the plan since Indian have own the battle to host the CWG.
It was in year 2003, when world was just finished the 17th CommonWealth Games 2002 in Manchester, UK. That was really a fantastic event for 72 nation who was participated in. Year 2003 bring a India and Asia smile when CWG committee announced about the 2010 CWG hosting nation, that is India, Delhi. The Indian Government announce this news and start the discussion in Parliament over to decide the venues, Infrastructure cost and making an outcome of this Games, in short the price tag of the Game and making business out of this. So the deal was decided by CWG India or Gov. in Rs 296 crore. for upgradation of sports infrastructure and conduct of games, with expenditure on security and Games Village to be incurred by the government and Delhi Development Authority. It was high for 2003, but hosting a CWG is more prestigious for nation so concluded to go ahead with the cost. Rs 296 crore. is included the cost of $100,000 which we donate/bribed/gifted etc to UK and Australia each. I'm still confuse on this why? :(
According to the plan and Indian Olympic Association reports says, Games will be beneficiary for all Indian athletics future. This will be a pride for Indian and we could have proposed to host a major events like Olympic Games by next 10 year down the line of the CWG. So the plans started by IOA and the report suggest that the updated bid document of December 2003 estimated the operating expenditure alone at Rs 635 crore and other expenditure at Rs 1,200 crore. It goes on to quote the minister's reply later in December 2003 in Lok Sabha stating that as per IOA estimates, the likely expenditure on the conduct of the Games was Rs 399.05 crore. This did not include the cost of construction of Games Village (estimated at Rs 186 crore) and an estimated expenditure of Rs 32.5 crore for construction of an outdoor and indoor stadium at the Yamuna Sports complex and upgradation of existing infrastructure under the DDA. In May-June 2006, it was reported that cost of the Games had escalated to Rs 500 crore. In July 2006, union minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mani Shankar Aiyar, came out with his own projections. He said the Games would cost Rs 7000 crore but adding that no more than Rs 2000 crore should actually be spent on the event. The first budget for the Games approved by the Cabinet in April 2007 estimated the total expenditure at around Rs 3,566 crore. Means the cost which we'd plan to host the event was merely Rs 296 crore is whip up to Rs 3,566 crore in just 4 years i.e. 10 times. and the recently sports Minister of India M.S. Gill announced total cost for infrastructure, expenditure and all events will be ONLY 37,000 crores. However, in the case of Delhi's Commonwealth Games, official cost estimates have gone up by a whopping 525% since the city won the bid. Unofficial assessments put the escalation at a mind boggling 1575% - that is more than 15 times the original estimate.
It's unfortunate that the CWG is in highlight for SCAM not for any games. Started from Landon Queen's Baton Relay, Toilet papers, Balloon for Opening and closing ceremony, SMAM advertising agency to many more. The list is endless, so the black money is involved in this as well. For me Kalmadi, M.S. Gill, Sheila is culprit and involved in each and every deal to renovate the Delhi and get commission from each and every service provider. There is no evidence against them and they can just wipe the hands from this shit saying some stupid excuse, but how can a common man will believe this? What we do after every news comes on media about CWG? We read/listen and forget the things to allow them to get in to new Games of politics or Money.
This is really bothering me when I try to calculate what we are getting out of this? name of new scam, new faces, new politics and no new games...
We are proudly saying 'India is most corrupted nation in this world' and I hope will continue this till our next generation think over it.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Process of thinking


What do you think about thinking?
Most of us probably think we do a lot of it, but we don't. True, for most of us, there is an endless stream of chatter drifting through our consciousness. But self-talk isn't thinking. It's just commentary. It's just an automatic regurgitation of opinions and beliefs. That automatic commentary often leads to negative and us down. 

Thinking means the conscious formulation of ideas. Thinking suggests deliberate thoughts that serve a purpose. So little true thinking takes place that it caused two great minds to make the following comments. Some would argue that we avoid thinking to avoid thinking about death, but that's another subject. 

Someone has said it wisely -- "Some persons do first, think afterward, and then repent forever." 

When we think before we act, or consider the consequences of our actions, we can prevent many disasters.  Marcus Aurelius is wrote "Very little is needed to make a happy life;" he adds, "Life is good when we think it's good. Life is bad when we don't think." So true ! 

One of the most powerful forms of thinking is reflection or contemplation. Simply put, it is careful thought, or thinking things through. In other words, we weigh the pros and cons or benefits and liabilities of a particular course of action. However, we don't want to overdo it. After all, if we make a mistake, we can learn from it and move on, but not to act at all is to remain frozen in time. 

If you are unhappy with life, change the way you think about it. In other words, change your perspective. Change the way you see things. Learn to see the good that surrounds you. Sometimes we are so busy looking for flaws, imperfections, and problems that that is all we see. Constructive thinking is a life skill that leads to opportunities and personal growth. 

I am sharing a poem by C. Flynn on 'GREATNESS', which indeed is very thought provoking; 

"A man is as great as the dreams he dreams, And the happiness he shares… 
A man is as great as the thoughts he thinks, As the worth he has attained; And the insight he has gained… 
A man is as great as the truth he speaks, As great as the help he gives, As great as the destiny he seeks, As great as the life he lives" !