Paradigm Shift

Imagine you are at an Airport. While you're waiting for your flight, you notice a kiosk selling cookies. You buy a box, put them in your traveling bag and then you patiently search for an available seat so you can sit down and enjoy your cookies. Finally, you find a seat next to a gentleman.

You reach down into your traveling bag and pull out your box of cookies.As you do so, you notice that the gentleman starts watching you intensely. He stares as you open the box and his eyes follow your hand as you pick up the cookie and bring it to your mouth. Just then he reaches over and takes one of your cookies from the box, and eats it! You're more than a little surprised at this. Actually, you're at a loss for words. Not only does he take one cookie, but also he alternates with you. For every one cookie you take, he takes one.

Now, what's your immediate impression of this guy? Crazy? Greedy?He's got some nerve? Can you imagine the words you might use to describe this man to your associates back at the office? Meanwhile, you both continue eating the cookies until there's just one left. To your surprise, the man reaches over and takes it. But then he does something unexpected. He breaks it in half, and gives half to you. After he's finished with his half he gets up, and without a word, he leaves.

You think to yourself, "Did this really happen?" You're left sitting there dumbfounded and still hungry. So you go back to the kiosk and buy another box of cookies. You then return to your seat and begin opening your new box of cookies when you glance down into your traveling bag. Sitting there in your bag is your original box of cookies - still unopened.

Only then do you realize that when you reached down earlier, you had reached into the other man's bag, and grabbed his box of cookies by mistake. Now what do you think of the man? Generous? Tolerant? You've just experienced a profound paradigm shift. You're seeing things from a new point of view. Is it time to change your point of view?

Moral

Many a times, we are clouded by our own instincts and predispositions. These hamper our relationship with our peers, subordinates and superiors. Try to be non-judgmental and look beyond the obvious.

Indian Hell

An Indian dies and goes to hell. There he finds that
there is a different hell for each country. He goes to the German hell and asks,
"What do they do here?" He is told, "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour.
Then the German devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day."

The man does not like the sound of that at all, so he moves on. He checks out the USA hell as well as the Russian hell and many more. He discovers that they are all more or less the same as the German hell.

Then he comes to the Indian hell and finds that there is a long line of people waiting to get in. Amazed, he asks, "What do they do here?" He is told, "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of ! nails for another hour. Then the Indian devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day." "But that is exactly the same as all the other hells - why are there so many people waiting to get in?"

"Because maintenance is so bad that the electric chair does not work,someone has stolen all the nails from the bed, and thedevil is a formerGovt servant, so he comes in, signs the register and
then goes to the
canteen..."

Impress your clients / managers

Do you want to impress / confuse your clients? Here is techno vocabulary!!!

This is called “buzzword” writing method.
0. Balanced 0. Management 0. contingency
1. total 1. Organization 1. Hardware (or software)
2. integrated 2. reciprocal 2. projection
3. compatible 3. monitored 3. time-frame
4. synchronized 4. digital 4. concept
5. optimal 5. modular 5. programming
6. responsive 6. transitional 6. mobility
7. functional 7. Incremental 7. capability
8. parallel 8. third-generation 8. flexibility
9. systemized 9. policy 9. options

Just select any three-digit number; then use the corresponding Buzzwords from the above grid, e.g., 257: "integrated modular capability". Don't worry if it doesn't make sense to you; it won't mean anything to anyone else either, but they'll think you're just smarter than they are so they won't say anything!! ..

You can propose "systemized reciprocal options" (929) to achieve "optimal transitional flexibility" (568), so that we can think of an "integrated monitored projection"

Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna...

CHARACTERS: BOY1, BOY2, GIRL1, GIRL2, PARENTS

BOY 1 loves GIRL 1.
BOY 2 loves GIRL 2.

PARENTS MAKE THE DECISION.



BOY 1 MARRIES GIRL 2.
BOY 2 MARRIES GIRL 1.



BOY 1 ? GIRL 2 ? UNHAPPY
BOY 2 ? GIRL 1 ? UNHAPPY


BOY 1 still loves GIRL 1
BOY 2 still loves GIRL 2


PARENTS COME TO KNOW AGAIN. DECISION MADE.


BOY 1 MARRIES GIRL 1.
BOY 2 MARRIES GIRL 2.

HAPPY ENDING!!!


NAME OF THE STORY: KABHI ALVIDA NA KEHNA.


BOY 1: SHAHRUKH KHAN
BOY 2: ABHISHEK BACCHAN
GIRL 2: PRIETY ZINTA
GIRL 1: RANI MUKHERJEE

Las Vegas

We (Ketki & I) had gone to Vegas in May. Here is the summary of the trip.

Day 1 - Friday- We started from LA real late..the car rental company took up a lot of our time.Fridays are always busy with them. Abhi had taken printouts of all the maps.He took inspiration from Vikas and created a file for the maps.. :-)! The journey to Las Vegas was great...the terrain changed from cool lush green in CA to dry barren in Nevada. The desert called Mojave is spread over Nevada and Arizona. It isn't a desert like the Thar in India. This desert has got mountains too.
We entered Vegas at 9.30. The first view of the city is out of the world. The lights and the music gets you in the mood. It truly is a different place..They all say that 'What happens in Vegas..Stays in Vegas'..! This place has a party going on 24* 7..365 days a year..!
After we checked into our hotel, we decided to go to Las Vegas downtown..There's a street called Fremont Street ..they have laser shows at night..! its wonderful..!

Day2 -Saturday We woke up real late. Our hotel had promised us some free tickets if we went to this particular presentation..So we did and we got our free tickets to a show by the Master Magician -Lance Burton..! After coming back from the presentation..we visited all the casinos one by one.The 'Strip'...as they call it , is the main road in Vegas. It has hotels and casinos lit up on both sides. The interesting part about these hotels is that each one has a theme. For eg- Our hotel,The Excalibur was based on medieval times.It has knights and horses and shining armours hung all over. The other hotels were New York -New York.As the name suggests, this one is based on NYC.It has a dummy statue of liberty..it has the New York skyline..! There is a hotel based on Paris..one based on Alladin..another one on Rome and Venice...! They are all exquisite and different..!
But out of all, my favourite was Bellagio.I did not recognize the theme of this hotel..but it was beauuutifull.! They had a garden inside with dummy butterflies and beetles and frogs made out of flowers.. :-)and dancing fountains...! Abhi has taken lots of pictures.
We also went up the Eiffel tower replica...the top view of Vegas city is greatt.!

After covering 50 % of the Strip, we decided to head back to our hotel.We had to get ready for the magic show. We had a nice buffet dinner at the Monte Carlo Hotel followed by an amazing magic show..! Sure was a treat to watch..!

Day 3 -Sunday- We checked out of our hotel...grabbed some breakfast and headed off to Hoover Dam. The mercury was soaring..it felt like India..burning hot.!The dam is built on river Colorado. It provides water and electricity to 3 states - California,Nevada and Arizona. The lake created by the dam- Lake Mead is the largest man made lake in USA. This location is also very popular for movie shootings. I recollect a Bond movie being shot here..!
We clicked some pictures at the dam..and headed back to LA. Our vacation was over..! 50 miles south of Vegas and no one realises that there is place like this just round the next mountain..! It sure is holiday destination..!

Save The Earth

What is your first reaction when you see a written-piece like this one? Obviously, you are at your wits end and exclaim, "Oh! my god! What is this?" Maybe, you yell & scream like a mad man,"Stupid! It is utter nonsense". And, then, after a bout of volatile and high mercurial blast, comes a cool and a sane voice from inside, "Oh, yea! Somewhere something might be wrong, but you need not explode your anatomical frame into smithereens. Be cool and join the party of hi-fi intellectuals who would skin the issue with high sounding phraseology. You just watch them explode, one by one, over a very simple issue. It will be fun, extra-ordinary".

I tell you what. You see, when I read this story of KANK or "KABHI ALVIDA NA KAHNA", I was feeling like an alien, as an ET would do on the earth. Why? Because, there is a GENERATIONAL, CULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL GAP, which sets me apart from the TSUNAMI-WAVE GENERATION of your times. And those who haven't heard KANK Story; let me briefly narrate it to you, what my story- teller told me.

It was the tale of two Indian boys and two Indian girls, brought up on the Indian land on the alien culture, who make two happy pairs of love-birds, when parents decide to intervene (Or was it interfere?
Well, my narrator will later clarify!) Intervention leads to mis-matched marriage. There is a general state of unhappiness, till parents decide to have mercy (or was it pity? My narrator might clarify if he / she understands the difference between the two. I reckon it was a genuine correction by impulsive-act doers, who late realise their mistake of an emotive act!)

This story started a fission-type thought-reaction in me, which set me on a journey over the high altitude mountains of unknown terrain, where every thing seemed strange. I kept uttering to myself, "WHAT ONE SEES IS ALWAYS NOT THE TRUTH AND THE HEAP OF VISIBLE FACTS ONLY MISGUIDES ONE TOWARDS CONTRIVED TRUTH, WHERE REAL TRUTH IS ALWAYS A CASUALITY." Then, a stupendous realisation came. It said, "When one encounters unknown situations, one must not be governed by the dazzling shine of the surface but peep deeper beneath the surface to get a hang of it." You see, while reading one must not only read the written word but also what lies between the lines. THE TRUTH LIES IN THE VACANT SPACE OF TWO LINES (KNOWLEDGE PORTS). REMEMBER, EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE HIDE THIS TRUTH. And what is truth? YOU ARE THE TRUTH. Well! This is what Lord Krishna says in the holy 'GEETA'. That is Holy Book summed up, for you, in three words! Got it or flown over the head like a supersonic aircraft?

Alright, let me explain. At a business conference of large corporations of the world, it was projected by all the CEOs that it was easier to fix and resolve the problem faced by the company if it can be detected in time, but it was very difficult to pinpoint the fault despite KNOWING SOMEWHERE SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
Accordingly, a HR Head of a top IT Company, obviouly MNC, was tasked to select a team of fresh talents to develop a software which could, at the click of a mouse, tell the CEO of a Company as to what was wrong with the company. The search began.

The HR head went to top IITs,IIsc Banglore and all other reputed engineering institutes including AIT to select three technical members of the team and one Team Lead.Everywhere he gave the written test,he asked the candidates to tick the correct answer in TEN SECONDS to the following question:-
What is bigger?
(a) Point two
(b) Point twenty
(c) Point two hundred
(d) Point two thousand
(e) None
(f) All
Most of the brilliant IIT/AIT/IISC boys mulled over the problem and thought there was some catch in it and wasted their time in explaining as to how wrong the options were.Yet, at the end of it every one gave the answer as choice (e), but not within 10 seconds.
He examined the answers and left the place without any affirmative action. He then, went to Top IIMs \ Business Schools and repeated the same question.Here,too, the candidates were in the same dilemma. They, too,explained at length as to how wrong were the options.Stil, everyone chose to answer choice
(f) but overshot the time. He went away without uttering a word. He now decided to go to top universities of the world.

He went to DU, JNU, PU, GNU, AU, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Oxford and various OTHER top universities of the world and put the same question. Everywhere candidates were baffled by the question and invariably they thought there was some catch in it. As at other places, here too, no one answered within 10 seconds. The choice of answers ranged from (e) to (f). His conduct was same. He would just walk out.
Finally, he came back to India. He was convinced that he would not get right candidates till he met a rustic school child in a remote village of Nawanshahar District of Punjab. He asked the boy same question in his vernacular. As soon as he spelt out the question, the boy bounced back, in double speed, with the answer as choice (d). He selected him. Two more technical members were needed. He went to a remote place in Himachal Pradesh and met a school boy in the dusty streets of a hill-side village. When he asked the question, the boy gave the answer as choice (c).This boy was also selected. He went to Vidharva rural areas in Maharashtra and selected a boy who gave the reply as choice (b).Now, only team leader was to be selected. To do so, he went to a Haryana village of Hissar District. The moment he spelt out the question to a school boy, rapidly came the answer as Choice(a).
He decided to make him the team leader.

He reported the conclusion of his mission to his CEO, who expressed the desire to meet the team members. HR Head handed over a sealed envelope to the boss asking him to open it up at the end of their meeting. Then, he produced his selected boys. As soon as the CEO saw the boys, he blew his top. He shouted at the HR Head and said:-

CEO: What is this? You call this bunch of
green-horn kids as members of a most prestigious project of the IT world?

HR Head: What you see is a naked fact. But the fact is always not the truth. And the truth is so enmeshed into web of facts, claims, data, visuals, inferences, interpretations and knowledge-statements that it is lost for ever, sir.

CEO: What do you mean? Could you illucidate?

HR Head: You know a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Also, it is truism that overdose of knowledge is catastrophic. While LACK OF KNOWLEDGE POINTS TOWARDS VACANT SPACE IN THE BRAIN, WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO A WRONG DECISION; ON THE OTHER HAND, OVERDOSE OF KNOWLEDGE CLUTTERS THE BRAIN AND IMMOBILISES THE MIND RESULTING INTO 'NO DECISION' AT ALL.

CEO: what rubbish, I don't get you? Get to the point.

HR Head: That was exactly the point,sir . Most often, what one sees with the naked eyes is what the heart wants to see. And what the heart wants to see is what has been pre-concieved by it because of its education, training and acquired knowledge. But the knowledge-feeding source of the heart is the brain which stores data \ knowledge. As long as there is coordination between the two, the flow of data between them is properly regulated and the heart reacts rationally or what you say normal behaviour. BUT, RATIONALITY IS A MATTER OF HUMAN PERCEPTIONS! WHAT SEEMS RATIONAL TO ONE, MAY BE IRRATIONAL TO OTHER----- AS IS THE CASE IN OUR PRESENT DEBATE. You know Shakespeare said that there was nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. Similarly, there was nothing either 'Right' or 'Wrong' but human perceptions make it so. And human perceptions are based on individual exposure; education; acquired knodledge through reading, interaction and observation; surrounding environments and personal experiences.

CEO: So,what are you propounding?

HR Head: Nothing, only explaining that Once there is overflow of knowledge in the brain, it starts leaking from all possible outlets and the resulting actions of the heart become irrational. One of the major function of the brain is to analyse and rationalise data\ knowledge and guide our contemplated action. This function is ignored \ obstructed because the membranes, whose job it is to analyse, get busy with storing of the excessive incoming Knowledge. And, as the loads and loads of knowledge\ information \data arrives, the brain abdicates all other functions in favour of storage. Thus, the mind \ brain is immobilised. Heart is confused with multiple directions arriving simultaneously. One becomes an INACTIVE KNOWLEDGE PULP. You become ROGER MOORE OF THE MOVIE, 'THE RAIN MAN'---- A data spitting human machine akin to a computer-----GIGO----Gabage In ; Garbage Out.

CEO: My goodness gracious! For, heaven's sake cut out this crap.

HR Head: What is knowledge? It is essentially a culmination point of man-made logic. Let us say, in arithmetic, we accept that numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 etc. are assigned certain descriptive values. Now, if we were to alter the assigned values of the numerals universally, it will become a new accepted logic and the old values will be considered illogical. Thus, knowledge and the logic are not a real truth. In fact they hide the truth. Similarly, education and training curb the natural instincts of a person. They make him automated and mechanical. Thus anything that appears outside the framework of known \accepted norms, it is automatically discarded.

CEO: So, what do I do with this theory of yours?

HR Head: I was coming to it. A mechanical \ automated mind can not invent \ discover \ innovate because he\she can tread only beaten path. They are brilliant carriers of old legacy but miserably fail on unbeaten paths. If you note, most of the discoveries \ inventions \ technological innovations were made by half-read persons. Genius is only good for storing data \ information \ knowledge - not good for devising something new. This data and knowledge is man-made and good only till it remains accepted as per its assigned authenticity. If we said in the past that there were nine planets in our solar system, it was because of the limit of our knowledge. But it was not the real truth. Today our known truth is that we have 10 planets. For, all one knows some more may be found in future. Therefore, the value assigned may change. This is what i call the contrived truth. A mechanical \ automated or say educated mind confines himself to the four-walls of this contrived truth. He is not trained to think out of this conventional box of knowledge.

CEO: Hey, listen friend, I had enough of your bullshit, you come to the point or you are fired.

HR Head: OK, the question I asked from everyone should tell you what was being looked for in the candidates? The job at hand doesn't require a genius. It requires persons with open mind. It requires people who have no previous knowledge. It needed absolutely raw minds. The more serious the problem; More fresh must be the minds who seek to fix it.

CEO: Whatever,we are not running a charity organisation. we can not have these untrained kids doing the job. Your mode of selection seems funny to me.

HR Head: I did not select any of the students of the reputed universities\ engineeing institutes \ business schools because even after realising that there was something wrong in the given options or the question was wrongly framed, they still tried to answer it.
They should have walked away, if they were sure of the folly of the question. They faulted on four counts. First they had no concern of the time. YOU KNOW GENERAL GEORGE S PATTON OF THE US ARMY USED TO SAY THAT A GOOD PLAN TODAY WAS BETTER THAN THE PERFECT PLAN TOMORROW. Second, they had too automated a mind to think beyond the known knowledge. THEY THOUGHT THAT THE KNOLEDGE THEY HAD ACQUIRED WAS THE ULTIMATE THING.
SUCH A FIXATION WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF A STAGNANT MIND. Third, they were hungry for the routine job, not for the pioneering-work. If assigned the job, they will definitely adopt predictable methods and waste time.
Finally, they were confused and not sure of themselves.

CEO: And what is your logic for selecting these four kids?

HR Head: Team members were selected because they were raw minds and after some basic guidance they can be launched on to a pioneering work. They have the eagerness and hunger to tread the unknown path without any fear.Team leader was selected because besides having other qualities of the team members, he also knew how to be on the top because he chose option (a). Really speaking, the answer given by these kids are correct and i think you should know there was nothing wrong with the question. LOOK AT IT THIS WAY. "POINT TWO, POINT TWENTY, POINT TWO HUNDRED and POINT TWO THOUSAND" COULD MEAN SPECIFIC POINT IN A DESCRIPTIVE STATEMENT. LIKE I WOULD SAY I HAVE FIVE POINTS AND POINT TWO IS BLA, BLA---------- AND SO ON. AS A COMPARITIVE STATEMENT ANY ONE ANSWER IS PLURALISTIC AND OTHER THREE ARE SINGULAR. THE LAST TWO CHOICES WERE ABSTRACT AND MEANINGLESS. THUS, EACH BOY IN HIS WISDOM SHOT BACK THE ANSWER IN THE ALLOTED TIME FRAME. THEY COULD THINK BEYOND THE BEATEN PATH RATHER THAN CRIB ABOUT THE LACK OF RESOURCES AS MOST OF THESE HIGLY EDUCATED, TRAINED AND KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE PERSON WOULD DO.I think you should task these kids to do your job.

CEO: Hell with you and your theories. I am not convinced. I think i was wrong in assigning this job to you. You are fired and leave immediately.

HR Head: I think you are absolutely right. But you have taken a trifle longer to sack me. I expected you to do it forth with. Anyway the loss is bothways yours. You may open the envelope and read it now.
Thanks For bearing with me.I have recorded our conversation so that you do not back out after reading this note.

Thus, the HR Head happily walked away without any signs of remorse or bitternes shown on the face. The CEO opened the envelope and began reading. It read:-

My dear Chief,

Sir, your conduct is predictable as you have been programmed through your learning process to behave like this. Before you sack me here is my resignation. I leave this company of my own free-will because i was stagnating here and not growing . I was sinking deep in the stagnant waters of my career in your company due to lack of growth and the repititive work. YOU KNOW WHAT PHILOSOPHER LINSDAY HAD ONCE SAID. HE HAD STATED THAT YOU DID NOT DROWN BY FALLING IN THE WATER, YOU DROWNED FOR HAVING STAYED THERE. I have had the opportunity over the last six months to have a glimpse of our rivals companies. And I have had an excellent offer. Perhaps, this was possible because I got the opportunity to work outside the suffocating environments of the company. No doubts, this opportunity was given by you, when you asked me to select a team for a job which was ill-conceived. You see a human intensive organisation can be guided through computers but IT CAN NOT BE COMPUTER-DRIVEN.

Therefore, all you CEOs are on the wrong foot if you ever think human conduct can be mapped by a computer and you will ever be able to FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG & WHERE IS IT WRONG, at the click of a mouse. All of you are wrong if you think computers can ever replace a human brain. This is the undoing of most of the CEOs.

I took up the assignment because it was an opportunity to explore a new vista. I knew from the beginning that I would have to go and therefore I searched new openings for myself. And I have been offered a CEOs job by your strongest rival and I would join them as soon as I am free from you.

As regards these boys, they stand enrolled in your company for a minimum period of three years ,on a salary befitting their envisaged future role in the company. However, according to their terms of contract, they will be under training for one year and provided with all the facilities to learn about the job. Their jobs are protected against sacking. The company will have to dish out one million dollars to each if removed from the job before three years or not trained to their satisfaction. It will be considered as contractual deficiency. The annual CTC for each boy will be minimum one lakh dollars. Well, you can not back out because i was fully authorised by the management and the CEO to make these selections as per my wisdom as i deemed fit for the company. You have no choice but to bear with these boys. At the end of three years, they are at a liberty to leave, which they will, because they have signed the contract with my new company to join us after they leave you. It is for your information that My ccompany will be providing legal services and advice to the boys free of cost, should you default on this contract.

Sir, by now, you would have understood that living life is not a few clicks of the computer mouse. There is no display monitor of the consequences of your actions in life. you live it today and not on the contours of tomorrow. Today is the reality; face it. And this reality is that in a competitive and a market economy everything is on the sale. Talk not about old ethics and moralities which are marvellous ruins of a old social structure. Let future travellers of these ruins marvel at their grandiose style, like we wonder today at the beauty of collapsing caves of Ajanta and Ellora. New moralities of the emerging social system lay stress that individual was supreme and all his activities revolve around this as the central theme. Join the band wagon and enjoy the fun. Rat race is on and the some rat will win. Lets run.

With best wishes,

Yours sincerely,
An Alien Thinker,
Head , HR Dept.


Such a conduct and thinking of 'Alvin Toffler's "THIRD-WAVE" generation or what you call the 'knowledge society', frightens me. They behave like the ' TSUNAMI-WAVE' and I feel they are making this earth a dangerous place to live. Their FREE-FOR-ALL CONCEPT OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY WITHOUT ANY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND FAMILIAL RESPONSIBILITY ARE BREAKING THE CHAINS OF EMOTIOAL TIES AND AFFINITIES. They blindly pursue goals which have only materialistic gains and monrtary awards. This thinking is the cause of de-sensitisation and brutalisation of human-beings, finally, contributing towards religious activism and over-energisation of religious fundamendalists. The theory of 'INDIVIDUALISM' has its varients in regional, communal, lingual, religious, ethnic, racial and economical fraternities.

Fragmentation and disintegration of families, socities, and countries due to onslaught of 'INDIVIDUALISM' is causing friction and violence every nook and corner of the world. The result is terrorism, wars, military conflicts, riots an disharmony. Emotive bonds of centuries of togetherness have boken. There is a general state of hatred, distust and a sense of insecurity. The questions before all of us are :- Can we save this earth form a final disaster when it will go spinning out of the solar system due to a nuclear holocaust? Have you ever thought that nuclear bombs might create a diequilibrium in the rotational and revolutionary motions of the earth by changing its axis? What if some nuclear scientist governed by monetary advantages, decides to give nuclear weapons secrets to some crazy organisations\ nations\ individuals who suffer from shortsightedness. You see, mankind is sitting on a volcano of its destruction. If we want to save it we would have to re-infuse social codes and a set of moralities wich bind people obligingly together. Declaring wars on terrorism or against a crazy nation will not reverse the situation. It will act as a catalyst. What is needed to be done is to do away with the dominating philosophy of American-style 'free- for-all- liberty and freedom', which is the Mother of 'INDIVIDUALISM'. To do so, we must begin with the basic unit i.e. the old family system. Let family emotions spread its wings to tie people into familial, social and human bonds to sensitise people towards each other's sensitivities. If It happens, Earth shall not spin out of its path. We shall survive. And we owe it to yet-to be-born future generations to let them see this beautiful creation of the GOD- who is singular despite multiple names.

Stagnation leads to decay & degeneration

You know it is the fundamental law of nature that anything not moving will begin to decay and degenerate as soon it comes to a standstill. It is true of all things earthly-whether living or non-living. May be, the rate of dissipation of non – living objects is very very slow.And NEWTON said,in his first law of Motion, " If a body is in a state of rest,it will continue to be so till some external force is applied". In the living-beings, the external force is the mind, which forces a person to get moving. If the mind starts resting then life comes to a full stop. A resting object will begin to decay.
Ultimately, it is truism,everything on this earth shall end (say die?). It is not for nothing our VEDIC PHILOSOPHERS called this earth as MIRTYU LOK (The Mortal World!)
Philosophically speaking, look at it this
way: -
· Every idea/ thought has a destination- where it just
evaporates.
· Every pathway ultimately disappears to make way for
another road that will finally reach a dead-end.
· Every morning ends up in the evening.
· Every childhood has old age coming.
· Every river has a course that ends up in the ocean.
. when celestial bodies explode they end up into
a black hole-which sucks up every form of energy.

When this happens,time stops ticking and there is stagnation. One must know that stagnant waters only breed reptiles or deadly mosquitoes and dangerous germs. They spread diseases, which brings death and destruction. Life is also like this. A static life or what you say ‘an inactive life’ only breeds the reptiles of mind which finally shortens your sojourn on this earth. So, what is the moral of the story? My old man said, “ Move On! Do not be a prisoner of your past”.

Move on; do not bring halt to your life by calling yourself a ‘Past-Your-Prime’ or ‘A Retired Person’. One is never past one’s prime time in life, as long as one is mentally alert and physically active. Age is in the mind. Think young; act young- you will never grow old.
The very thought of retirement unleashes the forces of stagnation or what they say in Hindi, “ THHEHRAAV”, which is the harbinger of degeneration. One does this only at peril to one’s life.

You may be aware that pessimism was the real cause of such stagnation in life. Invariably, negative thoughts are the hybrid seeds of pessimism. Positive thoughts lead to positive vibrations in life. THINK POSITIVE AND ACT POSITIVE EVEN IN THE FACE OF HOPELESS SITUATIONS. You will see that hopelessness would turn into a brilliant pathway to success and achievements. Life shall become a bundle of roses.

Hey, listen folks; I’ m not trying to bully you with self-acclaimed-enlightenment but merely putting forward my views on certain aspects of life. I do not expect a consensus or a general agreement on my views because we differ anatomically, biologically, socially, environmentally, educationally and whatever you may think of. Be rest assured, no two individuals can think alike. This is also the cause of conflict in all human activities-------ranging from ‘father-son’ duals, through ‘husband-wife-missile-firing’ to bellicose nations across the borders. All conflicts arise from this ‘ tailor-made-attribute’ of human race. What matters is the degree of disagreement. As wide is the gap, equally wide will be the conflict. Therefore, I’m not at all unhappy, when you dismiss all my writings as illogical trash. There is a definite merit when you sentence this missive as crap. But I only feel sorry that you do not, perhaps, fully understand the meaning of a Chinese pearl of wisdom hidden in “YIN-YANG” theory. Now, what is this?

The theory has a wider meaning. Simply put, it says, “ Within strength lies weakness; within weakness lies strength” or to translate into your language, it implies that ‘everything good’ has some evil in it and ‘everything evil’ has some good in it. So, you see even in my ‘trash’ you may find something interesting in it. Like this ‘YIN-YANG’ theory is actually an adaptation of a lesson from great Indian epic “THE RAMAYANA” by a seventh Century Chinese monk called ‘Huen Sang’. He learnt the story of the epic from a ‘Hindu sage’ in Varanasi (OLD Benaras). He was told that at the conclusion of the fight with Ravna, who was about to breathe his last, Lord Rama went to touch his feet to seek his blessings and solicit advice on matters worldly. This had infuriated Lord Rama’s younger brother, Laxman, who sought an explanation from the lord.

The answer given was, “ Laxman, you must understand Ravan was not evil though his acts were evil. He is very well educated and he knew the results of his evil acts but he lost control of his senses because of emotional fury, when you chopped off the nose of his cousin sister—Sawarurp nakha. He died for his family honour. In this zero-sum game of life, his evil acts surpassed his goodness and he has to die. But this does not mean there was nothing good about him. Even his act of abducting ‘SITA’, from the point of view of worldly life, must be seen as an act to redeem his family honour. And he was justified in this. You see ‘Good’ and ‘Evil’ is a matter of perception. It depends which side of the fence you are sitting. Therefore what may be good for you may turn out to be evil for others. They are the two sides of the same coin.”

You see, this answer became a food for thought for Huen Sang and he coined the ‘YIN-YANG’ theory. In fact, this address to Laxman by Lord Rama has influenced many a great souls. All of you know about ‘Swami Dayanand’. His most favourable teaching to his disciples was, “ HATE THE SIN, NOT THE SINNER”. Doesn’t it have the same sentiments as were expressed by Lord Rama in his sermon to Laxman? Sure, I have no doubts. Anyway this was not my theme. It is just by the way deviation from my main theme i.e.----------LIFE MUST NOT HANG ON, IT MUST FLOW LIKE RUNNING WATER, FOR, FLOWING WATER IS CLEAN AND HYGEINIC AND THE STAGNANT WATER IS THE BREEDING CENTRE OF GERMS AND REPTILES OF DECAY.

Alexander's Three Dying Wishes

There is very instructive incident involving the life of Alexander, the great Greek king.

Alexander, after conquering many kingdoms, was returning home. On the way, he fell ill and it took him to his death bed. With death staring him in his face, Alexander realized how his conquests, his great army, his sharp sword and all his wealth were of no consequence.

He now longed to reach home to see his mother's face and bid her his last adieu. But, he had to accept the fact that his sinking health would not permit Him to reach his distant homeland. So,
The mighty conqueror lay prostrate and pale, helplessly waiting to breathe his last. He called his generals and said, "I will depart from this world soon,

I have three wishes, please carry them out without fail." With tears flowing down
Their cheeks, the generals agreed to abide by their king's last wishes.


" My first desire is that," said Alexander, " My physicians alone must carry my coffin." After a pause, he continued, " Secondly,
I desire that when my coffin is being carried to the grave, the path leading to the graveyard be strewn with gold, silver and precious stones which I have collected in my treasury.


" The king felt exhausted after saying this. He took a minute's rest and continued. "My third and last wish is that both my hands be kept dangling out of my coffin."


The people who had gathered there wondered at the king's strange wishes. But no one dare bring the question to their lips. Alexander's favorite general kissed his hand and pressed them to his heart. " O king, we assure you that your wishes will all be fulfilled.


But tell us why do you make such strange wishes?"

At this Alexander took a deep breath and said: " I would like the world to know of the three lessons I have just learnt. I want my physicians to carry my coffin because people should realize that no doctor can really cure any body.

They are powerless and cannot save a person from the clutches of death. So let not people take life for granted .


The second wish of strewing gold, silver and other riches on the way to the graveyard is to tell

People that not even a fraction of gold will come with me. I spent all my life earning riches but cannot take anything with me. Let people realize that it is a sheer waste of time to chase wealth.


And about my third wish of having my hands dangling out of the coffin, I wish people to know that I came empty handed into this world and empty handed I go out of this world."

With these words, the king closed his eyes. Soon he let death conquer him and breathed his last. . . . .

Shaayari - DASTAAN-E-MAZHAB

DASTAAN-E-MAZHAB

Main mazhab hun insaan ka,
Mujhe waqt ne diye kayi naam; Koi mujh ko sab kuchh maanta,
Koi bechta mujhe sar-e-aam.

Ik daud lagi hai jeevan mein,
Sab‘jeet’ ke peechhe bhaag rahey, Kahin chor hai meri khidmat mein,
Kahin qaatil rehmat maang rehey.

Ik din ki kiya main baat kahoon,
Mere naam pe ik bazaar lagaa, Maal bech rahey sab ek hi thaa,
Par awaam ko sab ne khoob thaga .

Shor-gul thaa yun neelaami ka,
Koi baat samajh nahin paata thaa; Dhun toh sab ki ek si thhee,
Par sangeet alag ho jaata thaa.

Main dang hua yeh dekh nazara--
Jo gali ‘Gurudawarey’ jaati thhee, Uski nukkad pe ‘Mandir’ aur ‘Girja’,
Woh ‘Maszid’ ho ke aati thhee.

Khud se pochha, “Main cheez hun kya?
Kiya sabko miloon virasat mein?
Kya janam ki mohar ke jazwon mein ?
Insaan Umar bhar rahey hirasat mein.”

‘Hindu’ garv se kahen jise ek mandir,
Fir maante‘Prabhu’rahey uske andir; Kuchh daava karen Masjid ‘Allah’ka ghar,
Har'Musalmaan'jhukaye adab se apna sir.

‘Sikh’maanne‘Gurudwara’‘Guruon’ ka dhaam-
Guruvaani’ ka wahin mile unhen gyan, Us imarat ko daiyen log ‘Girja’ ka naam;
Yahan ‘Isaai’ sunaiyen ‘Jesus’-Paigam.

Yeh namoone hai maire naamon ke kuchh;
Albatta, main hun sirf ek jeene ki raah; Ek gujre waqt ka woh khiyalaat hun;
Nek 'Banddon' ne dee, jo ek nek slaah.

Aaj nafrat ke sab yeh ho gaye gulaam,
Qaatil ban ke khuda,bechen zannat ke jam; Neki karne ka ‘Rajee’ yeh karte elaan;
Dafan 'Neki’ ko karte magar subah-shaam.

Shaayari - DAASTAAN-E-ISHAQ

DAASTAAN-E-ISHAQ


Arz hai:-

Mumkin nahin ke waqt bhar de dil-e-jakhm-e-nishan,
rafta, rafta sulgati rehti hai chingari;
Dhuan uthega har baar, paani jab bhi daaloge
Kaho ishaq ki aandhi, ya dil ki lachaari.


KIONKIH:-

Zikar hoga jo kabhi, mere in khyalon ka;
Milega zawab aapko, ishaq ke sawaalon ka;
Ishaq-e-dariya mein toh mausam lajawab aate hain-
khushi ka toofan aaye toh,gum ke bhi sailab aate hain.

Zikar hoga...
Milega jawab...

Hamsafar bana lo jise, yun hi anjaane mein;
Dil woh le jayega tumse harjaane mein;
Kiyon ummeed rakhte ho daulat ke deewanon se?
Piyar bhi bikta hai aaj ke zamaane mein.

Zikar hoga...
Milega jawab...

Dil ka yeh rog bura, dard be-hisab aate hain;
Dilvar ki judai mein, aashiq be-lagaam gaate hain;
Kaise koi mehfooj rahe, dil ke chale jaane se;
Dukh ke aansoon milne hain unko nazraane mein.

Zikar hoga...
Milega jawab...

Zakhm-e-ishaq na bharte kabhi,kuchh bhi upchaar karo,
Piyar ki himaqat ki, anjaam saweekar karo;
Haare aashakon ke ‘RAJEE, kitne hi afsaane hain;
Gum chhupane ke liye jaate sab maykhane hai.

Shaayari - JALWA-E-ISHAQ

JALWA-E-ISHAQ

Arz Kiya Hai:-

Khushi se jhoomti lehren saagar ke seene mein,
shaamat laati hai magar woh kinaron pe; Dillagi ke maze har dum leta toh hai dil,
Magar roti rahti hain aankhen uske isharon pe; Humne daikhe hain chehron ke badlte rang,
Aah jab bhi nikli toote huye dil ki diwaron se ; Lekin koi seema nahin dil ki manmani ki jaanam,
Hosh ud jaate hain sipahsalaron ke .


KIYONKI:-

Piyar ka toofan jab kisi dil mein chalta hai,
Har lamha judai ka fir khalne lagta hai.

Khushiyon ka ehsas hota jiske vaydon se-
Raaton ko bechain kar de apni yaadon mein,
Unse hard um milne ko dil khoya rahta hai,
Piyar ka toofan jab kisi dil mein chalta hai,
Har lamha judai...

Har dharkan, har saans pe jo raaz karta hai,
Deewangi ki hud tak dil uspe hi marta hai;
Kuchh bhi naseehat de koi par bus na chalta hai,
Piyar ka toofan...
Har lamha judai...

Aisa jadoo hota hai un mithi baton mein,
Armaanon ka mehal banta tanha raaton mein,
Sapnon ki duniyan mein dil to khoya rahta hai,
Piyar ka toofan...
Har lamha judai...

Dil ke aaine mein toh ik tasveer hoti hai,
Aankhon se dilvar ki par tasdeek hoti hai;
Khaane, peene,sone ka na khyal rahta hai,
Piyar ka toofan...
Har lamha judai...

Dil se dil ka khel yeh sadiyon purana hai,
'Rajee’ par is mail ka dushman zamana hai;
Dard, gam aur aahon ka bhi kissa banta hai-
Piyar ka toofan...
Har lamha judai...

A Long Time...

I haven't written for few month's now. I really need to work on this site now :). I will start by adding mails I have recieved by my father :). So hold on its going to be a fun moral ride.