tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27087705954163391112024-03-23T22:42:58.420-07:00Juz my TH.InkingJuz my TH.Inking is the Inking of my THoughts on certain things I felt that I have to talk about.Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-31071540403839024962024-02-04T03:44:00.000-08:002024-02-04T03:44:02.279-08:00 Spirit of Sport<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Firstly we, as parents, are more than proud for being lucky to witness the dedication, commitment and perseverance that Adhrit showed today during his match in the scorching sun. And more importantly, we learnt how strong he is by looking at the way he exhibited the Spirit of Sport, while we were in fact waiting for the moment for him to say that he is forfeiting the match.</span></p><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let us quickly run through how things unfolded. It was a hot day and not really good for kids playing outdoor games. Unfortunately, Adhrit, along with other kids, had to go through this. We could see the first match, which was a close one, made him expend a huge amount of his energy. And he started the second match with a 5-minute break, and it went well in the first set.<br /></span></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93U05hCh0yK1-tTYKLWUY8RH_ttWGXzH77LDtv-fTMq9yuIo7KR1ii-dZXcYL7Pal8d4ZgOW_YYFdcHAcOTjy1qS70sws8nZZipoVtZZBhN_1licik-c72evXhsZPziMKIQXT-nLAkyyBOPWdjroikKe2WP8CP1PnVfaEAVgpU9eX0lhBSKTYsKvV2RtD/s5184/IMG_7127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Adhrit Anjay" border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93U05hCh0yK1-tTYKLWUY8RH_ttWGXzH77LDtv-fTMq9yuIo7KR1ii-dZXcYL7Pal8d4ZgOW_YYFdcHAcOTjy1qS70sws8nZZipoVtZZBhN_1licik-c72evXhsZPziMKIQXT-nLAkyyBOPWdjroikKe2WP8CP1PnVfaEAVgpU9eX0lhBSKTYsKvV2RtD/w213-h320/IMG_7127.jpg" title="Spirit of Sport" width="213" /></a></div>Suddenly in the second set, we could see he was having trouble due to a stomach stitch, probably because of the laborious day he was having. We could see he was not moving at all. During the break, we told him if he does not feel good, it's ok to inform the opponent that he cannot continue. He just said, "Let me try" and continued to play. We were doubtful if he was going to faint due to the merciless sun in addition to the physical struggle he was going through. As we could see he seldom could do anything to avoid losing the second set.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were not worried at all about the set he lost but wanted him to come out as early as possible. The decider was a tiebreaker and he was moving very slowly whether it was returning the ball or walking to serve or sharing the balls to the opponent to serve. We just could not wait for the match to finish, and the outcome was long gone from our mind.</span></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A loud cry of "yeah..." from Adhrit signaled not just the victory but his way of emoting for the gift he deserved for all the courage, commitment and dedication he showed to the sport and respect to the opponent.</span></span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this moment we learnt something. We as parents should stop worrying about the kids as they know when it is enough or to stop or to walk out. He knows who he is and what he is made of. What else can we ask for as parents than to witness our big guy teaching us a few things and letting us be part of the proud moment.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#spiritofsport #tennis #dedication #commitment #perseverance #respecttoopponent #scorchingsun #summergames #kidsknowbetter #proudmoment #proudparents #AnjayPhotography</span>Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-56289315133507799942023-12-24T03:22:00.000-08:002023-12-24T03:22:01.744-08:00k'NO'w the "NO"<p>I dedicate this to those who were in the job hunt process and still have not landed a job during this festive period. Festive season generally means joy, happiness which is all about positivity. But in the process of hunting for a job when the market is not supportive for a longer time, those individuals find it very difficult to move ahead. Been there, felt them and thought I would share my thoughts hoping that would create a glimmer of hope to someone. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVYCil4aP3KyzQ9bfl5cMDCylW7NJDZiBsW99oq455h-aLt-Bz8YBtzD7pn0puErNNyHgU9CzSLM2e1tBvkusXx1a5ZI0M45-LoHgppHU9ciUlv4_EXrGB-7yML8ugbuUDEd0AlaUzzRxUx4NYAVb_PUjjPFTcZJn6CqJMEdCbQc-OzcbjFByrI2JQ_ll/s1944/glimmerofhope1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1944" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVYCil4aP3KyzQ9bfl5cMDCylW7NJDZiBsW99oq455h-aLt-Bz8YBtzD7pn0puErNNyHgU9CzSLM2e1tBvkusXx1a5ZI0M45-LoHgppHU9ciUlv4_EXrGB-7yML8ugbuUDEd0AlaUzzRxUx4NYAVb_PUjjPFTcZJn6CqJMEdCbQc-OzcbjFByrI2JQ_ll/s320/glimmerofhope1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u>k'NO'w the "NO"</u></b><br /></div><div><br /></div>In different walks of our life, each one of us would not have come past without having to hear this magical word "NO".<div><br /></div><div>The word can be uttered anywhere by anyone at any moment - at home between parents and children, on the street between strangers, at the office between colleagues, between friends, between lovers and the list goes on. At times you receive this word and at times you direct this at others. I did not think much about the feelings while uttering the word but being on the receiving end for some time, I can say it surely is not a good feeling. So, it is good to kNOw the NO lying within!!</div><div><br /></div><div>For now, I would like to keep this around the job hunt process. Heard that the management gurus suggest practicing the art of saying "no". While I was searching for jobs recently, I witnessed everyone taking the gurus' suggestions seriously. Jokes apart, no offence intended to the recruiting connections from agencies and companies, as they do what they were supposed to. The more you hear the "no" in your process, the more it drags you down and discourages you in your next attempt. Though it is a known secret, I would like to share a tidbit to restore or maintain the positivity at such difficult moments as the individual tends to lose this secret in the midst of a whirlwind. </div><div><br /></div><div>I repeat!!! Maintaining positivity is an important factor at such difficult times. Positivity can be achieved by expecting the possibility of negativity. Because, when the negativity occurs, potentially there is less damage to the level of positivity as this was something you were expecting. And when the negativity does not happen, your positivity will be lifted to a new level as that was something the least you expected. I know it's a bit of math happening here. To simplify, I would say better to maintain your positivity by expecting the negativity. In addition, do not remove the support you received from your friends, professional circle, recruiting professionals and last but not the least the life support you received at home by your loved ones.</div><div><br /></div><div>In this low period, in terms of recruitment, I would like you to maintain the positive frame of mind during this festive moment and wish to keep that mood alive into the new year. I know it is easy to say this, but still as your co-traveler, I will say this "You are not too far in your journey, and you will be there now or sooner". </div><div><br /></div><div>Wishing everyone out there a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2024.</div><div><br /></div><div>#festivemood #happiness #spreadthepositivity #maintainpositivity #positivethoughts #conquerthenegativity #cotraveller #jobhuntdiaries #jobhuntmoments #youarethere #glimmerofhope #kNOwtheNO</div>Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-23102947911212346502011-06-19T22:13:00.000-07:002011-06-19T22:20:37.352-07:00Recognition.The below blog, "Mixed Emotions - Happiness and Sadness!!!", I posted on IndiBlogger a few months back has been recognized as one of the Top 20 blogs. <br /><br />You can check the same on the <a href="http://www.indiblogger.in/blogger/32663/"> Indiblogger </a> site. 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Yeah, it was Diwali time and it is needless to say that it is the time for gala celebrations from North to South irrespective of where you are located. Before moving on to describing the moment I would like to tell a few lines on Diwali and happenings during the festival.<br /><br />And the debates like "should we really fire crackers? " or "is buying crackers a waste of money?" or "crackers are nuisance and cause of a noise pollution" or in any other context will happen if not at a bigger level, it will happen between your friends and close ones.<br /><br />So what exactly Diwali mean? For me its time to relax, enjoy, feel happy, have sweets and many many other sweet things you can think of. Even few of my friends (for that matter my better half ) would say "is this the age to fire crackers?" or "I have not liked it even during my younger days". Is there any specific age or some cut-off for anything - not only for firing crackers? It is perfect as long as one likes to do it. So if one does not like to do it, so be it. That does not mean they should expect others to follow them as well.<br /><br />I know some of you must be feeling a bit jittery about the .Hope, after reading the content below, you will agree to why I was elaborating it above.<br /><br />It was that momentous Diwali day. It started as it had in the previous years. We got up early and had oil bath (maybe not like the usual bath, at-least we had oil applied all over the body :)). After having some eatables, we started firing crackers - almost all types starting from Bijili, Lakshmi crackers, Sparrow/ crackers, atom bombs to garland crackers - in the morning. We were so happy and so immersed in firing that we seldom noticed the lads watching it around the corner.<br /><br />When I was about to fire a garland cracker, I went to that corner and found a few lads watching at us. I asked them<br />"what are you doing here?"<br />And got the immediate response "watching you fire crackers".<br />"Why are you not doing it? Go and fire crackers"<br />"We don't have crackers at home"<br /><br />For a moment, I was lost. I called them, after some hesitance, they came and I gave few crackers which we have bought and asked them to fire it either here or at their home. They started firing them near our place itself. Maybe their parents would not feel good or the lads might be punished for getting the crackers from outsiders.<br /><br />Whatever it might be, I was more than happy at the moment for seeing them firing crackers happily and at the same time felt really sad for the lads who could not spare for few crackers. I know few lads might come just like that to have extra crackers. But I felt that was not the moment to validate if the lads were really not having crackers or they wanted extra. When I watched them fire the crackers so happily, it instilled a little more happiness in me on that auspicious day.<br /><br />Let anybody say anything - its a waste of time and money, noise pollution etc. I felt that if I can make a few lads happy by giving a little percentage of what I had, I am content and happy. So at-least for few such kids, I buy crackers every year without fail. Hope some of you are upto this already. Thanks guys.<br /><br />PS: This story or reality bite is a part of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Indiblogger Fire and Freeze contest powered by Close-Up</span>, under the theme of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mixed Emotions</span>.<br /><br />Please vote for it on <a href="http://www.indiblogger.in/topic.php?topic=33">IndiVine Closeup</a> if you like it!!<br /><br />Also visit the close up facebook page and share your story or drop in a comment here at the blog : <a href="http://www.facebook.com/closeupindia">closeup and smile</a>Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-5949446375605739222010-08-07T12:34:00.000-07:002010-08-15T21:34:16.584-07:00One Good Thing is...<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">All of us know that a coin has two sides. At one point in time, you can see one side of a coin only. If you had to look at the other side of the coin, unless you flip the coin, you will not be able to see it. Likewise, in life, you have most of the ingredients in pairs like happy-sad, tall-short and such pairs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Why I am telling this is, most of the times, many of us, including me, will look at things happened to us - looking at one side of a coin. And we forget one important thing - not flipping the coin to see the other side. In not flipping we are unaware of what is there on the other side. And there is </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">always "One Good Thing" in what ever has happened which you might discover when you find time to flip. I am sure this does really excite you, but I am sure that when you flip, you will appreciate and accept that it is a fact that One Good Thing exists in anything, more importantly anytime!!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Let us have a look at a few of the happenings that occur either once in a while or in our daily walks of the life, which had atleast One Good Thing in it. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One Good Thing</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">* when any of your closest person, be it a friend or relative or your love, ditches you under some circumstances, is that it is really good that you learnt that you cannot count on them anymore. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">* when you have failed in any of your attempts towards a particular goal, see that it in turn makes you think much better to achieve what you wanted thus honing your ability.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">* when you miss the train / bus to your work place from your family / friends on a weekend night, is that, you can spend with your closed ones some more time.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">* when you feel sorry / bad on seeing few folks who slog a lot to earn very little, is that, you can relax as they have got something to take care of them </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">* when you cross a Volvo bus, is that, you can rest assure that you will not be the chosen one for those idiots who spit out on the street from a bus.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">* about this post is that you have been reminded that always there is atleast one good thing in everything and has brought a smiling curve, rather than a frowning curve, on your lips for a moment atleast. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Though at moments, you will not be in a position to look for the good things in whatever has happened, it would be good to flip the coin to discover and recover from that soon to see for the good thing in that. Now that you know that there is a good thing in everything, appreciate life for letting you know through an incident or happening.<br /></span>This content is published here: <a href="http://authspot.com/thoughts/one-good-thing-is/" target="_blank">http://authspot.com/thoughts/<wbr>one-good-thing-is</a>Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-1764441513675956952010-04-06T01:52:00.000-07:002010-05-13T12:19:36.120-07:00Grand 'SLAM' TimeHey its the month of April - time for an exclusive hunt - and every year this hunt will be on with mixed feelings. The hunt I am referring to is about getting your autograph book or slam books slammed by the buddies whom you think you dont want to miss, atleast for that moment, at a later stage of your life. Though the word SLAM sounds a bit harsh, I look at it a perfect framing. The words in the book will find the depth of your heart as though it is slammed inside your soul.<br /><br />This exercise of getting your slam books slammed by your friends, teachers, non-teaching staffs (though I have not got one...hmm) will look more important than completing your final exams as you don't want to lose anyone before you move (in most of the cases). And this slamming happens right from the school days, it continues to your high school, then to college days. I am not sure if anyone has got their slam books before they leave from one company to other and maybe when they retire:)<br /><br />What are the times which will make the guys pick a slam book? The situations could vary from moving from one school to other in case of elementary to high school or high school to higher secondary or school to college or in case of the person's parents getting transfered to a different place and the list can go on. What finally needs to be looked at is the guys coming up with a book in their hand in mixed feelings to get their book filled in by most of them around.<br /><br />So, why this becomes so special in your life? I should say it is a very special phase that you would love to read what every one has slammed in your book about them - their birthdays, address, photo and most importantly about you :) Sometimes, even this would get rid of the enmity between a few in your schooldays which is really good, right? And for some, it could be an ambition to get it filled from the ones they like/love and the word from them will mean everything for them :) It gives you a lovely feeling at that moment and a great feeling when you happen to look at that book after several years. It works like a time machine that you make a special trip to that older moments virtually, live there for a moment with the happenings around that period and so on. And, reading it again after years makes you feel very happy for sure :)<br /><br />The other day on the road, I saw two guys going thru the slam book and could see a smile on their face. Looking at them, unknowingly I was smiling and feeling happy since it reminded me of my good old days where I got autograph of so many great people who shared their times with me in some walk or the other in my life. Guys if you missed it during your school/college days, even now its not too late. If you are going to move to a different company from the one you are working now or if you are going to retire, make sure you get slammed by your people around and I can guarantee that you will love to read it after a few years.<br /><br />So, get slammed and have fun!!!!!!<br /><br />This content is published here: http://quazen.com/shopping/grand-slam-time/Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-26232693025750427552010-03-30T11:49:00.000-07:002010-05-13T12:41:11.186-07:00Relationships!!<a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-QBdE7zWztg7k1XM9rRozSEzNCQnVCfmgtMveQX9CnU0H4ffntgLYavXQJx_SGnp38NwO11JQjUUeuFeTCIsxD2_tPImJ8Oi351oZjImpl1kRQPyKT2kDgvZCtS4no1pojr0AavNeIys/s1600/ThinkingMan_final1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-QBdE7zWztg7k1XM9rRozSEzNCQnVCfmgtMveQX9CnU0H4ffntgLYavXQJx_SGnp38NwO11JQjUUeuFeTCIsxD2_tPImJ8Oi351oZjImpl1kRQPyKT2kDgvZCtS4no1pojr0AavNeIys/s320/ThinkingMan_final1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454503975645881506" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Have you, at times wondered like - "what's happening to me?", "few years back it was not like this", "what happened all of a sudden?", etc...?<br /><br />Few years back you would have been talking to your closed ones (siblings, relations, friends...) without any hassles but now the scenario might be different that you try to avoid each other and you are feeling uneasy. You are like an isolated island with respect to that person(s) though you are very close physically.<br /><br />If you look back at it, spending some time for that, you will realize that it could have been avoided by talking open heartedly. So talking the issues and thrashing it out before it's too late is a good thing to maintain relations is what I feel. It's not that we don't know this but we <b>DON'T DO</b> it. How sad :(<br /><br />What's happening is that we are not ready to accept the uniqueness of each personality. Each person is unique in his own way. But when it comes to being together with others, we, somehow, expect others to behave like how we expect. So, we <span style="font-weight: bold;">DON'T ACCEPT THE DIFFERENCES</span>. On the other hand, we are not ready to listen to what others tell. That is, if your closed ones tell you something or wants to comment about your act, you are not OK with that and <span style="font-weight: bold;">DON'T WANT TO LISTEN</span>.<br /><br />When such things happen and you don't talk about that, the gap becomes large that you start to feel some discomfort with the respective person. If the talking had happened somehow, you would not have moved into the so called discomfort zone. So start talking to your closed ones open heartedly, now atleast so that such petty things dont destroy the relation between two good people. These talkings are good in any kind of a relationship - be it between your siblings, between your family members, between parents and their children, husband and wife or between friends.<br /><br />Aren't these things very simple and can be shoo-ed away just like that without any issues? It CAN be done provided, you - both the ends - are <span style="font-weight: bold;">open to accepting</span> the differences and <span style="font-weight: bold;">listen </span>to what others say. I know it is very difficult though easily said but when it comes to maintain relationships, which atleast I feel, is very important in all walks of our life.<br /><br />This content is published here: http://socyberty.com/relationships/relationships-9/<br /></span>Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-13555531589272635722010-02-21T11:35:00.000-08:002010-05-13T12:19:17.773-07:00Live in others!!!<span style="font-size:85%;"><br />We have heard of "Live and let others live". I would like to modify this a bit as "Live in others and let them live". Yes, when we have a chance to live in others by donating blood when we are alive and other organs like eye, kidney etc after our death, the modified statement makes sense right?<br /><br />I thought of sharing my experience I had last weekend as it was a very satisfying one for me as I was chosen by The Almighty to help a person in need . To be specific, the person, suffering from blood cancer, was in need of blood platelets.<br /><br />I know many of you who read this would have donated blood atleast once or would be thinking of doing it in the future. I am not sure how many of you have heard of donating blood platelets, a component in our blood.<br /><br />Last weekend, I got a call from some group, which assist in arranging blood for the people in need, to check if I am interested to donate platelets. They have traced me through the site www.indianblooddonors.com where I have registered very recently. I checked with our family doctor if it is safe to donate blood platelets and confirmed them I can donate.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Platelet separation process</span><br />This particular platelet donation takes 1 to 2 hrs of time based on the platelet count of the donor. Normally the range is 3 to 4.5 lakh platelets per cubic liter of blood (the person I donated had a count 8000 only). They have an instrument to separate the platelet from our blood. This is how the process goes.<br /><br />Before the process starts, they check if the donor has good platelet count. Once it is fine, they ask us to get refreshed and come as we will have to lie down for a max of 2 hours without any disturbance. Once we are ready, they inject in our hand and pull blood to a container in that instrument. And when the blood is pulled out of our body, you will feel numb around your lips as the Calcium content gets dropped. The lab technician gives you a tablet to chew so to compensate that.<br /><br />Once 400 ml of blood is collected, the platelet separation process starts. Don’t get panic on what will happen to the 400 ml of our blood. The blood is collected by the instrument into a container with a solution that keeps the blood safe from clotting. Once the platelet separation process is over, the blood with out the platelet will be injected back into our body.<br /><br />This process of pulling out and injecting blood into our body happens 4 to 5 times. In this process platelet collected was around 210 ml and the platelet count will be around 2 lakh it seems. And they call the platelet donation "online" because the life span of the collected platelet is 2 days it seems. So ideally, once the platelet is collected from a donor, it should be immediately injected to the patient. Since it is the component alone that is injected, it is good than the whole blood being injected. Also, you can donate blood in the next 2 days :) Cool right!!!!<br /><br />The patient's people called us the next morning to say that now the count has increased from 8000 to around 90000 and that he was a bit stable. What more one can ask than things like this in your life? My wife & I were very much satisfied.<br /><br />I would like you all to visit the website "www.indianblooddonors.com" and have yourself registered as you can not only look for the needy people, you can also look for the people who donate. Also, the details may not be the exact one. Check with your doctor for more details or google to know more.<br /><br />And get a chance to live in others to make them live!!!!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">This content is published here: http://healthmad.com/medicine/live-in-others/</span>Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-39358209779802967932010-02-16T10:10:00.000-08:002010-05-13T12:19:01.005-07:00School HuntCome October and it is happening time for the schools and a nightmare for many parents who are on the look-out for schools for their kids from pre-kg or pre-nursery to any grade.<br /><br />A short intro on where we are and for what we are hunting for schools. Right now we are in Bangalore and we planned to put our daughter in Pre-kg for the academic year 2010-11. Most of us, our peers, would have studied in some normal / government schools except a few. And as any normal parent we thought of looking out for a good school where our daughter could get some more exposure than we have got during our school days.<br /><br />And I never thought checking out for a school would be such a big challenge/learning experience. Yes, in deed it was a great experience for us before we zeroed in on a school which, at least we felt would be better than the rest.<br /><br />Initially, somewhere around August, we started googling for CBSE board schools in the city and prepared a list of schools and took a print out of the same with the address and numbers. Then, we enquired our colleagues about the schools they feel is good. October came and we started our hunt for schools. We went to an area and searched for schools in and around that area with the list we had. We called up the phone numbers and found most of them were outdated. And we got the numbers of few schools through the JustDial service.<br /><br />This way we went to 3/4 different areas and enquired in schools about the details like - fees, donation, whether they have some extra-curricular activities apart from academics, teacher to student ratio, if the school has playground and things like that. And our daughter got admission in a school in the first week of November.<br /><br />In this process, we came to know one thing - admission in schools is a very big business. The reason why I say this is, we came to know through some of our colleagues that there are brokers to get a seat for pre-kg (not for BE and MBBS as it was during our days) and the cost for that is few lakhs it seems.<br /><br />I just wanted to quote an incident happened to us in one of the schools. When we enquired for the direction over phone, we were told that they don’t have Pre-kg and they admit kids from LKG only. But we just wanted to look at the school and asked for the direction again. The response was "Why do you want to come when we do not admit kids for pre-kg?" and they just hung the phone. The school is one of the so called "good" schools. I was totally taken aback by this and I just told to myself, is this the one or similar one my kid is going to study in? But I had no choice and I had to choose the best among the worst<br />available. And we got admission for our kid in a good school.<br /><br />Here, by good school, what I mean is that, we felt the school was good. With that assumption, we have given our kid a channel to start her academic / career / life. And we could do nothing more as finally it is the kids who, with the parent’s guidance, in future will show us if we chose him/her really a good school.<br /><br />So, my take is, do not worry much about which school to seek for. All are good and bad. We can just go by our knowledge about the schools and expect for good things to happen. I am sure, good things will happen to all of us - the parents whose job of hunting for schools have become a terrific task these days!!!!<br /><br />This content is published here: http://socyberty.com/education/school-hunt/Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-67958432509887637962009-07-29T15:54:00.000-07:002010-05-13T12:18:42.531-07:0030.Jul.2009: Irony - Dreaming Vs Expectation."Dream a lot so that it will get shape one day".<br />"Dreaming sincerely leads to the destination you wanted to reach"<br /><br />You would have been told by your elders or friends or atleast heard things like that somewhere. The above sayings mean that Dreaming lets you attain whatever you wanted with sincere efforts towards that.<br /><br />And now look at the below statements:<br />"Dont expect too much"<br />"Keep your expectations low"<br />"Its better not to develop expectations"<br /><br />You would have heard these statements too by almost the similar lot of people who have told you about dreaming.<br /><br />If you look at what exactly a dream means, you will find that dreaming is expecting something. What an irony!!<br /><br />So now what would you have to do? Should you not dream or not have expectations? No way buddy and you can dream and have to have expectations for sure. As our beloved APJ Abdul Kalam says "Dream is something that you dont do while you sleep. It is something that does not make you sleep".<br /><br />So, you can dream of whatever you want provided you work towards that to make it happen. More important, your dream should not depend on anyother individual other than you. The moment your dream is dependent on others you will seldom move towards what you had dreamt of.<br /><br />Thus the secret lies in dreaming things that are there within your control only. So dream!! Be it small, big or medium and wishing you all the best to attain it - <strong>YOUR EXPECTED DREAM</strong> :)<br /><br />This content is published here: http://authspot.com/thoughts/irony-dreaming-vs-expectation/Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-25599438356481222882008-12-31T00:47:00.000-08:002010-05-13T12:18:20.372-07:0031.Dec.2008: Responsibility...<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In today's world, check with anyone if they have anything or anyone to blame. Immedialtely you will get the answer - a big YES from everyone. Only thing is everyone will have issues or persons to blame according to their living standards forgetting their own responsibilities. Let me not get into the depth of each of the persons in each standards. I have given below the situation that made me think about this. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The other day, I was in the hospital for some checkup for one of my family member. We were waiting for the doctor and talking in general. That moment, a school girl in her uniform was assiting one more girl who was badly hurt into the hospital. Even the girl who brought the other girl was also hurt but not that bad compared to the other girl. Both the girls, should be in their 8th standard, kept their school bags near the entrance and walked into the hospital crying. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />The other girl was hit on her forehead and was bleeding in addition to scratches on her legs and hands. The girl who assisted this girl was also having scratches in the hand and leg. But she seemed a bit courageous in coming to the hospital. I dont know what I would have done in that age :)<br /><br />We overheard and came to know that the girls were returning from the school in the bike and fell down. We thought some guy had dashed them and went. But after sometime we came to know the actual reason. Nobody had done anything but themselved. Yes, the girl who assisted was riding the bike and got caught in the sand and lost the control it seems.<br /><br />I was feeling really bad for the girls for sure. But when I thought who was responsible for this incident or rather accident. The first thing is how can the parents allow their children, who are not even 15, to take the bike to school? Dont they know that they should not ride without getting a licence at the age of 18? Since the parents did not tell anything, the girls took the bike and went to school. This is the first step where this accident could have been avoided.<br /><br />This is the fault by the girls. But, given their age, they do love adventures and riding bike is one among them for sure. This is the next level where the accident could have been avoided. But more than all these things, what struck me was "How can the management, teachers allow their students to come in bike?". Dont they know that a 8th standard student will not have licence with them?<br /><br />They should have called their parents and instructed them not to allow this. They do teach so many things but they fail in not following them. If at all they have called for the girls parents to take the bike once they have reached the school, this could have been avoided.<br /><br />With the above incident, one thing is clear. Everyone has a role in each walk of our life. But then we just do not care about them and cry once something bad had occured. We do not do what we are supposed to, but we will start blaming others. So, on this New year time, lets stop the blame game and look into our responsibilities first.<br /><br /><strong>Happy New Year 2009!!!</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This content is published here: http://socyberty.com/holidays/responsibility/</span>Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-6985351106773179542008-10-20T22:03:00.000-07:002010-05-13T12:18:01.134-07:0020 Oct 2008: Sach(in) a great feat!!!!<p><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Breaking a record in itself is a special one. And when Sachin does that it becomes very special, not for me alone but for the whole cricketing world. Yes, Sachin - the master blaster, little master, modern era Don, cricket's GOD, you can call him anything - has added another feather to his cap by becoming the highest run scorer in Test cricket.</span></p><p><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >He not only went past Brian Lara's record to become the highest run scorer but eventually crossed the 12000 mark. So again he is the first one to have scored 12000 plus runs in both the forms of cricket - One day and Test cricket. He achieved this on 17th Oct 2008, the first day of 2nd Test at Mohali against the Australians. </span></p><p><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Though there are some still murmuring that he should have done this long back or compare him with his comtemporaries or something else, this is no mean feat which the ordinary people can even think of. He is sach a person that he need not think of any sach things but he is destined and well deserved to hold sach records in his career lasting for around 20 years. This span of 20 years itself is a great thing which many can dare to visualize.</span></p><p><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >At times, even I have made some remarks or criticized about his performances, which everyone will agree that it has come below his standards in the recent times. But that did not stop me in congratulating this great feat. So my, I would rather say our, hearty wishes for sach a person called Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar on achieving sach a great feat. </span></p><p><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Oops...I was totally lost and mesmerized by this guy that I was using "sach" for "such". So, for sach...mmm...such a person, let us wish him to scale more in the days to come.</span></p><p><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >This content is published here: http://sportales.com/cricket/sachin-a-great-feat/<br /></span></p>Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-22170186042229922322008-09-25T00:37:00.000-07:002010-05-13T12:17:43.289-07:00It depends...<span style="font-size:85%;">Certain people does something but that something would be totally unacceptable for someone. Why is it so? I feel this is because the people involved are fine with what they do. So it depends on the individual's perspective towards the act they do. You cannot write anything off by saying that is wrong or right. It depends on that particular person at that particular moment on that particular act they are doing.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />If you look at the terrorists or the guys who does something which might involve huge loss of human lives, they never know what they are doing or for them that is the right thing to do. As far as the person/group of people is concerned, it is correct. We can say that their mind is corrupted but very little could be done to stop the people who do that - corrupting others minds and influencing them. Though we can argue that weak minds or person in need are targeted, the targeted persons also feel for that moment that what they are doing is correct.<br /><br />Why to look at such a broader scale? Just check within your circle of friends, family members, colleagues, daily acquaintances and you will find that "It depends on each one of them for the act they do". Let us look at our friends circle. For some, cigarette smoking or drinking is not a big thing but for some those would come under bad habits. In spite of knowing that both are not good, they do it because for them it is not that bad.<br />Even in looking at girls/boys or passing comments on them or touching them at every opportunity, the border line drawn by each individual is differnt. Some would stop at looking, but some would go further to pass comments and some make the fullest of every opportunity to touch. If you ask them why they do it, each one would say there is nothing wrong in what they do. So you cannot say any particular thing as right or wrong at any given moment.<br /><br />But when you live in a society among others, and if certain things are wrong and accepted by most % of people, we have to avoid doing that. Some still do even those things even if there is a law governing that act and is punishable. This is where the words terrorism, loss of human lives and such unwanted sad things are heard. One nice saying is there, even for a culprit to become good, he must be willing to become good. Otherwise, even if all of us say you cannot / should not do this or that, it will go unnoticed. Good thing is that some try to point out the wrong things so as to minimise the bad things atleast. But again, for all these to be in place, IT DEPENDS ... on how we take it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">This content is published here: http://authspot.com/thoughts/it-depends/</span>Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-43601393555685673872008-07-29T22:14:00.000-07:002010-05-13T12:17:26.295-07:00B +VE !!!!<strong>B +VE !!!!</strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">No, I am not a medical guy and am not going to talk about the blood groups here, but about thinking and being positive always. One fine day, I masticated on why I was not that good at my studies when I was doing my B.Tech, though I was more than an average student during my B.Sc days. I could think of many things but one thing which struck me was the thought that was doing a trip in my mind. When I pressed more on that I realized that it was not just a thought but it had influenced me negatively even without my knowing.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />For the moment, let me rewind and want you all to be with me to have a look at my B.Sc days. First of all, welcome buddies :). I was not the person with any "cups" during those days. Oh, if anyone is lost on what a "cup" is, I have got only one thing to say - you are really the so called good guy/gal during your college days :). When you fail in a subject, then you are having a "cup" in that subject. So "cup" is a nick name for fail. Dont search for this meaning in any dictionary. Sorry for having digressed in defining "cup".<br /><br />Let’s get back to what I was telling. I did not have any "cups" during my B.Sc days. Some poor chaps and friends of mine were having "cups" in not only one subject. I felt bad for them and tried to help them in reducing the "cups" they had as much as I could by assisting them in the subjects. Somehow I was thinking "How these guys would feel when they have a "cup" in a subject?". I really don't know why such a thought came to me.<br /><br />If you closely analyze my thought, you can discover one thing. Only way to know their feelings is to be like them, meaning you have to get a "cup" in a subject. What did that mean? Am I wanting to get a "cup" in a subject just for the sake of knowing how those guys felt? Now, I can say how foolish it was to think like that. This thought did not affect me immediately but I strongly feel that thought, a negative thought to be precise, had its effect during my next level of education - my B.Tech days. The result is that I was not that good at studies and scored enough to get out of the college :)<br /><br />Basically, what I wanted to tell is, instead of me thinking to be like the guys who got a "cup", I could have thought the other way. Like, I could have thought of them being without any "cups" and could have helped them in not getting anymore "cups". This is a positive approach I beleive you all would accept. From the moment I realized this, I avoid being negative at any point of time but remain like that of my blood group which is B +VE :). So, even if your blood group is not B +VE, always think and be positive!!</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />This content is published here: http://authspot.com/journals/b-plus-ve/</span>Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-2371086505427732942008-07-16T02:50:00.000-07:002010-05-13T12:17:06.599-07:00No tickets...please!!!<p><strong>No tickets...please!!!</strong></p><p>First time when I heard that I was taken back. What do you think it would be? When I got into BMTC bus, I gave a five rupee coin and asked the conductor a ticket for the stop I needed to go. The stop I had to go is actually the next stop which is a little more than the walking distance. The ticket charge was 3 rupees. </p><p>He promptly gave me the change and moved without giving the ticket. I asked him for the ticket and the response was "NO TICKETS". This is when I found the conductor had given a rupee more than the actual balance. I came to know that this is a practice (???) that's been followed. Should I tell that my 2 rupees had actually gone into his pocket? The worst thing is that I was denied a ticket even after I asked for the ticket by giving another rupee. The reply was simple - "this is not a stage and wont give tickets". If that stop is not a stage, then why are the buses stopping at that stop? Also, some conductors stare and at times literally scold murmuring on asking for a ticket. Hmm... so that's a nice treatment for no fault of ours, right?</p><p>This prompted me to check the info on the number of buses that BMTC ply daily and found it in wikipedia (around 25th Apr 2008) and this is an excerpt from that page:</p><p>Every day(as on 12-01-2008), we<br />* Operate 4723 schedules </p><p>* Deploy a fleet of 4829 buses </p><p>* Make 66665 trips </p><p>* Perform 10.48 Lakhs Service Kilometres</p><p>* Carry more than 37.00 Lakhs Passengers </p><p>* Earn around Rs.220.11 lakhs and </p><p>* Pay Rs. 12.11 lakh to the Government towards Motor Vehicle tax<br />[check the link for more info on BMTC: <a href="http://www.bmtcinfo.com/english/atpresent.htm">http://www.bmtcinfo.com/english/atpresent.htm</a>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_Metropolitan_Transport_Corporation">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_Metropolitan_Transport_Corporation</a>]<br /></p><p>I am sure that he is not the only person who is doing such a thing and this is not the only route where this is happening. Now, lets think of a hypothetical case. Just out of the 66K and odd trips, consider that during only 10% of these trips (I have a feeling that it would be minimun 70%) they dont give the tickets. This means that around 7000 trips they are not giving tickets. Also say for example that in each trip they dont give the Rs.3 tickets to 50 people in one trip and take 2 rupees from them. This means they are getting Rs. 100 per trip. On whole they get approximatley Rs.70000 per day. Does this not mean Rs.70000 LOSS to BMTC for one single day?</p><p>When I just gave a thought process on the cause for this, I could think of a few things - not even once I have seen the checking inspector & co; the public also needs to be blamed as they are the ones who encouraged the conductors across Banglaore to do this and I really dont know what they are going to do with a rupee saved per trip. They are not realizing about what they are losing indirectly. I really wonder if this is not known to anyone of the BMTC officials. Also, think it is high time that BMTC takes some step to stop this before the conductors start this habit in Volvos and in turn boost its profit to a new high by making sure that conductors DO issue tickets!!!</p><p>This content is published here: http://authspot.com/thoughts/no-tickets-please/<br /></p>Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708770595416339111.post-69151395222979742252008-07-15T23:49:00.000-07:002010-05-13T12:16:38.985-07:00Is this "fair"???<strong>Is this "fair"??? </strong><br /><br />First of all I would like to say that I am no enemy for those who are fair in complexion :). This is just my thought on certain advertisements and movies that tend to preach negative thoughts based on the color.<br /><br />As we all know, the media is as powerful as ever and its importance has increased in the recent past. In such a scenario where everyone including the future of India - the youngsters - take a close look and tend to follow by that, such things might make a bad impact in the younger minds. So when an advertisement/movie appeals for fairness alone, what message does it send to the viewers? What about those guys in dark complexion? What will the younger generation think about those in dark complexion?<br /><br />When we talk constantly about eradicating racism elsewhere, how such ads/movies get an OK? The other concern is - How do the cine stars or the models, who have a large fan group following, act in such ads/movies? Is money the only factor for them? Also, the masterminds behind these ideas are to be blamed. Cant they think of some good concepts other than this?<br /><br />Are the Men in Black/Dark complexion not handsome? Atleast I dont think so. Look at these personalities who are dark but looks very handsome to me:<br />Nelson Mandela (more details: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela</a>),<br />APJ Abdul Kalam (more details: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APJ_Abdul_Kalam">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APJ_Abdul_Kalam</a>),<br />Arthur Ashe, Rosa Parks (I came to know about her from my friend Raj. more details: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks</a>),<br />and a lot more including our own Super Star Rajnikanth (more details: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajnikanth">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajnikanth</a>)<br />and obviously ME :))<br /><br />Hope, in the future, those who are involved will give a second thought before they make it available for the public and be really fair :)<br /><br />This content is published here: http://socyberty.com/education/school-hunt/Jai Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247551493156176332noreply@blogger.com2