I don't know why, but I am feeling very sad today.....its rather very strange as there is no reason for it..but still...I am feeling like crying..my heart says that go and pour out all your sorrows..but my mind refuse to hear...seems even my tears have left me alone in these hard moments...even tried to call home as there is no better soothing method for me than to talk to my mother.. but alas...everything has to go wrong today...could not talk to her...must be a really bad day for me...
I had thought that I will write the second part of Baroda trip blog today and some other blogs..but ...leave it...not at all in mood to write....
Sincerely hope that this ends today itself and tomorrow be a new, fresh and happy day..
Amen...
Saturday, May 31, 2008
From the heart of my friend
Hi everybody,
Well let me first introduce myself…. I am a Friend of Ayus pursuing MBA from the same institute.
I am just about to finish my summers training, not at RBI, but at TCS, and would like to share some of my experience of these two crucial months.
Well what the summers are meant for????
According to me they are meant for two things:
Adding to your technical (I mean subject knowledge giving it a practical touch)
Providing deep and reach insights from so called “Glamorous Corporate World”.
As far as technical knowledge is concerned it depends on the project, the company you get. It is possible that you might not get a company of your choice or the project you get may not be of your interest. Hence as far as addition to all ready existing technical knowledge is concerned it might not be great.
If I talk about myself, the company I got is no doubt one of the dream companies of many people. But as far as the addition of technical knowledge is concerned, I did not get into the same domain I wanted. (I wanted to go for a finance profile, but it being an IT company…..).
However as far as addition to behavioral aspect is concerned it definitely provided me with great insights. I came to know about his glamorous corporate world, how “professional” people are here and how even your friends get professional by getting here.
Some thing that I have learn in these two months is that life is too tough and no body is yours. It’s your life and you have to fight it too hard. In this corporate life everyone is there to bite their own share and everyone wants this biggest pie. To get this they are ready to go anyway. Further, I have learn that what people say and what they do are entirely two different things. (I know “Saying” and “Doing” are two different things).
I at times used to believe that in this world there are people are of integrity, but after this two months……. ?????
Sometimes I feel that in this world there is no space for people who are sober, calm and introvert. It is a world of people who are diplomatic, cunning, and selfish and on the top of boot licker. And one day perhaps everybody becomes a boot licker.
Some of the minor issues that I have faced in this two months were related to general life like living and commuting problems, though at times they used to take a gigantic picture,
But a few things that needs to be ponder upon are
Is the world full of BOOTLICKERS???
What does a person get by deceiving others???
Who gives right to anyone to hurt others???
And finally whatever we do as a part of corporate life (may be the work we do not like but we continue to do it, or anything else) why we do it????
Just for sake of some money and actually let our real person dies a ghost death.
Is it right to compromise with your definition of life???
These are some of the unanswered questions.
Hope to find answers from you all.
Finally I thanks Ayus for providing me a SMALL space in his BADDA Sa Blog space..
Cheers!!!
Nivedita.
Well let me first introduce myself…. I am a Friend of Ayus pursuing MBA from the same institute.
I am just about to finish my summers training, not at RBI, but at TCS, and would like to share some of my experience of these two crucial months.
Well what the summers are meant for????
According to me they are meant for two things:
Adding to your technical (I mean subject knowledge giving it a practical touch)
Providing deep and reach insights from so called “Glamorous Corporate World”.
As far as technical knowledge is concerned it depends on the project, the company you get. It is possible that you might not get a company of your choice or the project you get may not be of your interest. Hence as far as addition to all ready existing technical knowledge is concerned it might not be great.
If I talk about myself, the company I got is no doubt one of the dream companies of many people. But as far as the addition of technical knowledge is concerned, I did not get into the same domain I wanted. (I wanted to go for a finance profile, but it being an IT company…..).
However as far as addition to behavioral aspect is concerned it definitely provided me with great insights. I came to know about his glamorous corporate world, how “professional” people are here and how even your friends get professional by getting here.
Some thing that I have learn in these two months is that life is too tough and no body is yours. It’s your life and you have to fight it too hard. In this corporate life everyone is there to bite their own share and everyone wants this biggest pie. To get this they are ready to go anyway. Further, I have learn that what people say and what they do are entirely two different things. (I know “Saying” and “Doing” are two different things).
I at times used to believe that in this world there are people are of integrity, but after this two months……. ?????
Sometimes I feel that in this world there is no space for people who are sober, calm and introvert. It is a world of people who are diplomatic, cunning, and selfish and on the top of boot licker. And one day perhaps everybody becomes a boot licker.
Some of the minor issues that I have faced in this two months were related to general life like living and commuting problems, though at times they used to take a gigantic picture,
But a few things that needs to be ponder upon are
Is the world full of BOOTLICKERS???
What does a person get by deceiving others???
Who gives right to anyone to hurt others???
And finally whatever we do as a part of corporate life (may be the work we do not like but we continue to do it, or anything else) why we do it????
Just for sake of some money and actually let our real person dies a ghost death.
Is it right to compromise with your definition of life???
These are some of the unanswered questions.
Hope to find answers from you all.
Finally I thanks Ayus for providing me a SMALL space in his BADDA Sa Blog space..
Cheers!!!
Nivedita.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
A TRIP TO BARODA … Part 1
Recently I took a trip to Baroda, the neighbour district of Ahmedabad (though not very near neighbour, there are 2 more district between them). It was supposed to be a business visit, as I was going for interacting with bank management for my project work. But there was also a thought somewhere in the back of my mind that I may see one of my friends living there, although the odds were heavily against it.
One more bank employee was supposed to go with me and we decided that we will meet at police post near Subhas bridge (meeting place has nothing to do with his or mine background), even though I never knew where in Ahmedabad is subhas bridge located. So on the morning of visit, after an hour of searching and after changing three autos, I reached the police post (though I never saw any bridge, leave alone Subhas Chandra Bose. All I saw there was a policeman extracting money from a helpless motorist..)..
Cutting short… We reached the bus stand and looked for ticket counter as neither of us has gone before there. We took two tickets of express highway bus. The single most striking feature of this bus was that there was no conductor in it. Would you believe it..?? I have never sat in bus which doesn't have conductor. Even a Volvo has one, and this was just a state bus. But the good thing was that only the limited no of tickets were issued and everybody has his (or her) seats pre assigned. So there was no commotion, no putting handkerchief on the seat, etc.
Cutting short… The bus started without any hiccups or pushing from the back. As usual, once every one settled down, I started doing what we guys normally do in such circumstances. And there she was. Just 2 seats in front of me was sitting a beautiful girl with her mother. She was wearing a yellow sari ( I mean the mother) .. The girl was very nicely dressed in jeans and top. ( now, don’t ask me the color..who remembers the color in such situation. And what difference does it make). She was having difficulty in adjusting her luggage, and before I could offer my service and score brownie points, her mother stood and helped her..(Now, why do mothers have to help…. what are we guys for.. cant they just sleep…)
......to be continued....
One more bank employee was supposed to go with me and we decided that we will meet at police post near Subhas bridge (meeting place has nothing to do with his or mine background), even though I never knew where in Ahmedabad is subhas bridge located. So on the morning of visit, after an hour of searching and after changing three autos, I reached the police post (though I never saw any bridge, leave alone Subhas Chandra Bose. All I saw there was a policeman extracting money from a helpless motorist..)..
Cutting short… We reached the bus stand and looked for ticket counter as neither of us has gone before there. We took two tickets of express highway bus. The single most striking feature of this bus was that there was no conductor in it. Would you believe it..?? I have never sat in bus which doesn't have conductor. Even a Volvo has one, and this was just a state bus. But the good thing was that only the limited no of tickets were issued and everybody has his (or her) seats pre assigned. So there was no commotion, no putting handkerchief on the seat, etc.
Cutting short… The bus started without any hiccups or pushing from the back. As usual, once every one settled down, I started doing what we guys normally do in such circumstances. And there she was. Just 2 seats in front of me was sitting a beautiful girl with her mother. She was wearing a yellow sari ( I mean the mother) .. The girl was very nicely dressed in jeans and top. ( now, don’t ask me the color..who remembers the color in such situation. And what difference does it make). She was having difficulty in adjusting her luggage, and before I could offer my service and score brownie points, her mother stood and helped her..(Now, why do mothers have to help…. what are we guys for.. cant they just sleep…)
......to be continued....
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Why I need a girl friend
It may sound very absurd( common..who doesn't know why a guy needs a girl friend..?)to tell why I need a girl friend. Every guy wants a girl friend, may be for different reasons..Here are some of the reasons I think, or rather most of the guys think, why a girl friend is a necessity..
1. Ok..guys are there....but when we need that emotional support, that shoulder on which we can share our secrets and hug the friend, no one can beat the girls.
2. Every one has a girl friend.. suresh has it...mahesh has it...ram has two..that stud shyam has three...even that stupid motu has one....why cant I have.??
3. No one has the unique power which the girls have to make you smile...Even in the worst of your mood, just that one killer smile is enough to make you melt..
4. Who will send you birthday cards, gifts, and lovely text message everyday if you don't have girl friends...You cant expect guys to do the same..
5. Forget about the memory enhancing medicine... just get a girl friend..and tell her all that you would like to be remember. She will remind you to the point of amazement, saturation and frustration..probably in that order..!!
6. Who said you cant eat quality food in hostel..Ask a person having a girl friend..She will make it a point to see that you eat good food, even if that means cooking herself..
7. Ok.. you have bad taste in colors ?? .. you don't know how to select a gift ?? Consult her...She is the utmost expert in all these matters in which we lesser mortal guys are incompetent..
8. Want to watch a movie in which your buddies are not interested ??..Want to visit some place where they don't want to go..You have got the company..
I can think of many more reasons, but I think most you must be knowing them..And if by any chance you don't know, then you are still not ready to have a girl friend.
1. Ok..guys are there....but when we need that emotional support, that shoulder on which we can share our secrets and hug the friend, no one can beat the girls.
2. Every one has a girl friend.. suresh has it...mahesh has it...ram has two..that stud shyam has three...even that stupid motu has one....why cant I have.??
3. No one has the unique power which the girls have to make you smile...Even in the worst of your mood, just that one killer smile is enough to make you melt..
4. Who will send you birthday cards, gifts, and lovely text message everyday if you don't have girl friends...You cant expect guys to do the same..
5. Forget about the memory enhancing medicine... just get a girl friend..and tell her all that you would like to be remember. She will remind you to the point of amazement, saturation and frustration..probably in that order..!!
6. Who said you cant eat quality food in hostel..Ask a person having a girl friend..She will make it a point to see that you eat good food, even if that means cooking herself..
7. Ok.. you have bad taste in colors ?? .. you don't know how to select a gift ?? Consult her...She is the utmost expert in all these matters in which we lesser mortal guys are incompetent..
8. Want to watch a movie in which your buddies are not interested ??..Want to visit some place where they don't want to go..You have got the company..
I can think of many more reasons, but I think most you must be knowing them..And if by any chance you don't know, then you are still not ready to have a girl friend.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Pink City goes "Red"
Ok, I am too late in commenting on this topic... the papers have already made a thorough analysis of it...The political parties have already used it to their advantage...The common people like you and me have suffered a lot....then what’s the need of this another post on such a "regular" event...??
There is...Because it is the only medium where I can give vent to my anger...I can express my anguish and sadness on the loss of so many lives. And more than that, towards the feeling of fear and insecurity which these blast have caused.
What is the motive of these blasts..??? I, with my limited knowledge and worldly wisdom cannot see any purpose being served from it apart from creating terror....then the question comes, why this terror for and who wants to do it...?? Is it the terrorist groups....??? Is it Pakistanis..??? Is it the Bangladeshis...??? Is it a Muslim organization..?? Is it the work of some radical Hindu group for selfish reasons..??
Why is that every time such things happen, we out rightly blame our neighbor....Have we ever tried to have a sincere and honest look within our self and try to find if not some blame is on us also.???.. The recent report says that Rajasthan police had some information of such attack days before and had been warned...Then why adequate measure didn’t had been taken...
I know I am doing the same thing that I just criticized. i.e. blaming others...
It is very easy to point fingers to others. But don't we, the common people also have some responsibility towards our society. And if not to others, then at least for our self only. The least we can do is to keep our eyes open...I think we all understand what that means. If we citizens just become a bit more cautious and report any antisocial activities going around us, the world would be a better place to live....But it requires courage.
And as Aamir Khan said in RDB…
“जिंदगी जीने के दो ही तरीके होते हैं .
एक, जो हो रहा हैं, उसे चुप चाप सहते रहो,
या फिर जिमेदारी उठाओ उसे बदलने की “
There is...Because it is the only medium where I can give vent to my anger...I can express my anguish and sadness on the loss of so many lives. And more than that, towards the feeling of fear and insecurity which these blast have caused.
What is the motive of these blasts..??? I, with my limited knowledge and worldly wisdom cannot see any purpose being served from it apart from creating terror....then the question comes, why this terror for and who wants to do it...?? Is it the terrorist groups....??? Is it Pakistanis..??? Is it the Bangladeshis...??? Is it a Muslim organization..?? Is it the work of some radical Hindu group for selfish reasons..??
Why is that every time such things happen, we out rightly blame our neighbor....Have we ever tried to have a sincere and honest look within our self and try to find if not some blame is on us also.???.. The recent report says that Rajasthan police had some information of such attack days before and had been warned...Then why adequate measure didn’t had been taken...
I know I am doing the same thing that I just criticized. i.e. blaming others...
It is very easy to point fingers to others. But don't we, the common people also have some responsibility towards our society. And if not to others, then at least for our self only. The least we can do is to keep our eyes open...I think we all understand what that means. If we citizens just become a bit more cautious and report any antisocial activities going around us, the world would be a better place to live....But it requires courage.
And as Aamir Khan said in RDB…
“जिंदगी जीने के दो ही तरीके होते हैं .
एक, जो हो रहा हैं, उसे चुप चाप सहते रहो,
या फिर जिमेदारी उठाओ उसे बदलने की “
Sunday, May 11, 2008
The Last Don
Since the matter concerns with the "DON", let me put a disclaimer in the beginning itself.....
This post has nothing to do with "The Don", my room mate. Its about the novel.
The Last Don, written by Mario Puzo in 1996 is the second book I have read about the mafia, the first being the evergreen" The Godfather".
lemme confess that i had great expectation from this novel as it was natural after having read the godfather . As with Da vinci code, i have read godfather many times and it looks as fresh each time.But "the last don" did not stand upto my expectation.
The Don Domenico Clericuzio here did not show the personality, the wisdom, and was not shown in great light as Don Vito Corleone of godfather. Never once i ever felt in awe with him. And even though there were ample negative shades of DOn corleone,I felt a sense of respect for him. This is not for the Don Clericuzio or any other character.
The storyline itself diverge too much on the film industry rather than on the mafia industry. And finaly there were too many details which made reading less interesting.
In effect, it was like watching Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie "Saawanriya" after having watched "Black"...
This post has nothing to do with "The Don", my room mate. Its about the novel.
The Last Don, written by Mario Puzo in 1996 is the second book I have read about the mafia, the first being the evergreen" The Godfather".
lemme confess that i had great expectation from this novel as it was natural after having read the godfather . As with Da vinci code, i have read godfather many times and it looks as fresh each time.But "the last don" did not stand upto my expectation.
The Don Domenico Clericuzio here did not show the personality, the wisdom, and was not shown in great light as Don Vito Corleone of godfather. Never once i ever felt in awe with him. And even though there were ample negative shades of DOn corleone,I felt a sense of respect for him. This is not for the Don Clericuzio or any other character.
The storyline itself diverge too much on the film industry rather than on the mafia industry. And finaly there were too many details which made reading less interesting.
In effect, it was like watching Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie "Saawanriya" after having watched "Black"...
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
4 people I would like to slap
it many sound bizzare, but if i ever have a chance, i would like to slap these people.
1. KPS Gill ... for his sheer stubbornness and for the decline of our national sports.
2. A. B. Bardhan.....For all the roadblocks he is putting in India's growth.. Be it nuclear pact, economic reform, etc..
3. Raj Thakre..... I think any sane person would understand why I want to do this...He is dividing the country.
4. All the rapist and child molesters.
1. KPS Gill ... for his sheer stubbornness and for the decline of our national sports.
2. A. B. Bardhan.....For all the roadblocks he is putting in India's growth.. Be it nuclear pact, economic reform, etc..
3. Raj Thakre..... I think any sane person would understand why I want to do this...He is dividing the country.
4. All the rapist and child molesters.
Monday, May 5, 2008
da vinci code
Recently I read the much famous "Da vinci code" by Dan Brown for the hmmm....4th time and completed it in 2 nights...wow...thats a record for me for finishing the book fastest. ( previous record is of 4 nights). i don't know why, but every time i read this book, i feel the same excitement as when i had read it for the first time. Even though i know all the character, the plot, the vaious codes and their eventually breaking away sequence, the fast paced chase from paris to london....all of these i know but still feel the same thrill every time. why is it so...???? is it only with me or others also feel the same way....??...
But what makes this book click so much...why do millions of reader associate themselfwith this book...it may be the controversies, it may be the mystries of "holy grail", the various insight about leonardo, pi, pagan culture, priory of sion, etc.....and the heat and debate generated by this book has only enhanced the interest in this book....i myself had spent many hours on internet trying to find additional information on various "truth" mentioned in it.
And i know one thing for sure...if i dont get any good book when i feel like reading, then i will not hesitate to read it again.
But what makes this book click so much...why do millions of reader associate themselfwith this book...it may be the controversies, it may be the mystries of "holy grail", the various insight about leonardo, pi, pagan culture, priory of sion, etc.....and the heat and debate generated by this book has only enhanced the interest in this book....i myself had spent many hours on internet trying to find additional information on various "truth" mentioned in it.
And i know one thing for sure...if i dont get any good book when i feel like reading, then i will not hesitate to read it again.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Life at RBI
जब मेरा RBI में summers हुआ तो मैं कितना खुश हुआ था...अब सुबह नहीं उठाना पड़ेगा ...पढना नहीं पड़ेगा..आराम से २-३ महीने गुजरेंगे..कितना गलत था मैं..कभी सोचा ही नहीं था की कॉलेज और सारे दोस्त इतने याद आयेंगे...जिस कॉलेज को जाने को मन नहीं करता था अब वही कभी कभी याद आने लगता हैं... वोह दोस्तों के साथ घूमना...क्लास के सारे किस्से....क्लास में लोगो को सोते हुए देखना....अब सारे याद आ रहे हैं...
RBI में तो एक सी जिंदगी हो गयी हैं...सुबह १० बजे जाना और ६ बजे आ जाना...और वहाँ जाकर सिर्फ काम करने का दिखावा करना...यह भी कोई जिंदगी हैं.. waiting to go back to college....
RBI में तो एक सी जिंदगी हो गयी हैं...सुबह १० बजे जाना और ६ बजे आ जाना...और वहाँ जाकर सिर्फ काम करने का दिखावा करना...यह भी कोई जिंदगी हैं.. waiting to go back to college....
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