tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84000006334119545162024-03-13T22:57:53.144+05:30Thoughts from the little pot<i>"Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.
Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie?"</i> - Marilyn MonroePrincehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-42803434147559667542018-01-01T23:04:00.002+05:302018-01-01T23:04:31.079+05:30Push from the Tinoo - Restart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-2937472712242641372013-12-31T21:30:00.000+05:302014-01-08T09:40:06.838+05:30Alvida 2013!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-55933624501336513412013-10-30T02:35:00.000+05:302013-10-30T02:37:20.982+05:30Randomness has a new meaning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think I ought to scribble this now,
not just for the sake of saying it but more of informing the aspirers. Sooner or
later, this would have surely popped up. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let me ask this you folks. What's the
buzzing word that comes to your mind when you think of top Indian B-schools? Still
thinking? Tell me, what’s the foremost thing that occurs to your mind<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space">when
you start imagining that you have actually attained it? Are those six figures of
placements glorified by Indian media, the
perpetual dream of cashflow, or the talent pool of geniuses gearing up to be
the country’s next in-line managers, or the best life that you will be having
henceforth once you get into these schools still lurking in your stimulated
minds?</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-converted-space"> Some
of you might be already aware of it but how do you know how is Brownian motion entwined
with our day-to-day life. Every student who enters B-schools would have dreamt
of carving out his niche in his area of interest domain. Some end up chasing
something else, some gets what he wants & some gets what he would have
never visualized before & after passing out the B-school. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-converted-space">Now,
the moot question is how this allocation happens. Do you get a chance to select
the desired industry or do you play the wait ‘n’ watch game & then make
your moves? Or is it the aura that you have had carried since childhood will
sail you through this as well? The answer to all such questions is ‘<b><i>Inexplicable
Randomness</i></b>’. In other words, you don’t decide what you want to do, you
do what you get & then you decide where life takes you. Sound weird, isn’t
it?</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><b>Welcome
to the cat-race!</b> B-school wants placements; media wants </span><span class="apple-converted-space">self-aggrandizing </span><span class="apple-converted-space">numbers
& students wants jobs. Then, why do people who are about to leave are so dissatisfied
compared to the happiness they had when they entered these hallowed
institutions. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-converted-space">May
be this was the life you wanted. May be not. May be your dreams are fulfilled
or shattered. May be everything went according to the plan. May be when reality
struck, life showed you the true meaning. May be you are yet to discover the hidden
meanings. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-converted-space">All
I can say is I am in the process of witnessing such acts of randomness at one
of the biggest stages of India. The more I dig, the deeper I reach and I really
don’t know where I am heading to. I just know I am going along with the herd
& still looking for what I actually want to with multitudes of opinion
pouring day-in & day-out. And I don’t whether I should be happy or whether
I should sit back & contemplate. And as Bhogle says, the entropy just keeps
increasing. </span></span></span></span><br />
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-76956012625834561282013-09-19T10:34:00.000+05:302013-09-23T10:45:57.501+05:30Passion had the last laugh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“<b><i>You are fired</i></b>”. Those were the last words which were still
reverberating in the ears of Mr. Jatin Joshilay, while he was unpacking
his things of the old office.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Always known as one of the best person to do the task at hand, Mr.
Joshilay was a man of his words. Adjectives such as talented,
intelligent, smart, punctual, workaholic, systematic were too less to
describe him. He was so passionate about the work that he did and the assignments
that he was allotted to, that sometimes the clients were taken aback by
the agility of their completion. He was often asked by his superiors to
slow down his pace and also have been reprimanded quite a few times as
well.
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Unknowingly, in this world of cat & mouse, Mr. Joshilay was
trying to be a quick rat, albeit a different one which slowly exploded
in the form of him being given a final golden handshake. His colleague, Mr. Neel Neendwaale, who happens to join at the same
time three years back was promoted to manage the European division of
the sales network, with an additional hefty bonus. Known for his tardy responses and lackadaisical attitude, Mr.
Neendwaale was often caught snoring at his workplace & finishing his
work way past deadlines (sometimes upto 3 weeks late) for which his
boss used to admire him and tell his inspiring anecdotes throughout the
office to all the new joinees.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the last one month, Mr. Joshilay had been rejected by 8 firms, out
of which 4 were the top big IB firms which had only question for him. “<b><i>What does Mr. Joshilay think of controlling his passion & swiftness and not try to be an insomniac?</i></b>” And Mr. Joshilay couldn’t reply to that. Mr. Joshilay was still searching for an answer and in the process, he
recollected those times, when Neel used to drop by at his cube asking
him to take a break, to which he used to politely refuse. One fine
evening, while passing by, Neel gave him a piece of advice not to break
his head at work and to have “<b><i>Chalta hain</i></b>” attitude like him
which will carry him all the way to the top. To which Jatin simply
laughed and ignored. Today he regretted. Alas!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
But, the fact that troubled him the most was nobody gave him any
proper explanation as to why he was asked to leave in the midst of all.
His manager gave him only one reply while departing, “<b><i>You are too passionate for your work!</i> <i>Try containing it.</i></b>” Unfortunately, Passion had the last laugh.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Note</b>:</span> <span style="color: red;">This article has been published under <b>Faking News</b> as well. You can follow it over here </span>- http://my.fakingnews.firstpost.com/2013/09/18/passion-had-the-last-laugh/</span></span></span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-78570598933118853702013-08-21T14:47:00.000+05:302013-08-24T14:47:32.836+05:30Hey you sisters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="null">Hey you sister, hey you biggie sister </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="null">Hey you motu, hey you little chotu </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="null">Are you listening to me today? </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="null">I know I miss you, I know you’ll miss me </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="null">But, I also know </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="null">You do care </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="null">And it reminds of the times we share </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="null">Hey you sister, hey you biggie sister </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="null">Hey you minu, hey you little nee-no </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="null">Are you hearing me today?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null">For my sisters – Madhwi & Meenakshi</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="null"><span class="null"> </span> </span></span></span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-14292974586721141952013-07-21T19:16:00.003+05:302013-07-21T19:16:48.305+05:30एक झलक सी ही...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
क्यों न तुम आकर, ज़रा मुस्करा कर फिर चले जाना<br />
बस एक पल ही सही, एक पल के लिए सिर्फ आ जाना<br />
क्यों न तुम आकर, एक झलक दिखला कर फिर चले जाना<br />
बस दो पल के लिए ही, एक बार हमें याद तोह कर लेना<br />
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इस अस्मंजश में हैं हम, की करे भी तोह क्या करे<br />
कभी भूल जाना भी करे, पर इस यादों में हैं आ उलझे<br />
इस मुशकिल में आ ठेहरे, की मन तोह बहुत कुछ करे<br />
माना हैं कभी कहाँ नहीं मैंने, पर इस चुप्पी को कभी सुना तोह करो<br />
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इंतज़ार और इंतज़ार, बहुत करवाया हैं इस समय ने <br />
पर अब तुम आ भी जाओ, एक पल के लिए ही<br />
पर अब तुम यूँ न तड़पाओ, अब उस <b>एक झलक सी ही</b> के लिए<br />
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-25723943624980913922013-06-24T15:07:00.002+05:302013-11-10T12:15:12.286+05:30On the Edge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">With a silent whisper, you said me so</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the flick of a coin, with a deathly blow</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why I couldn't see, Why I didn't understand </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The montage I had, Completely broken & bare</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Like a dolt I thought, Like a stupid I listened</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">To the beats of the rain, In the music of thy charm</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now in dire straits, On this stranded place </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">With an open heart, Still Bags full of hope</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Though darkness has it all, With no lights to escape</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I still sit like a fool, <i>On the edge</i> of my desire</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">With Castles in the air, And Dreams on a plane </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">May be someday I'll get lost, In those woods of deep</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When thy may never find, And I always knew I longed!</span></span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-85781870977380011192013-06-03T19:30:00.000+05:302013-06-03T19:30:02.942+05:30Late Goodbye<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Warped in the cold, Laden with the daily drudges</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">With a heavy foot, Dragged by the tow</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In the shivering days of snow, With a smiling glow</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">With a bag full of laughter, Numbed on my way</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Many are left unsaid, A few ones unspoken</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The bond I share, May that shall remain unbroken</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A lot are to be missed, A lot that remain will miss</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Life takes its turns, Life seems on a roller-coaster ride</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Time flies with age to count, As if we are just passengers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And time has come to say, Let me have another day</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">With all those memories, In my lingering minds</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I bid thy, though it's a late Good-bye!</span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com1Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India12.929614580987227 77.634887695312512.434434080987227 76.9894406953125 13.424795080987227 78.2803346953125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-22915526076505613992013-05-29T16:19:00.000+05:302013-05-29T16:19:09.375+05:30Granny on FB…VOILA!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">On an exhausting and mundane day, when I returned back home and checked my FB account at night, I had a surprise friend request from a known person, my granny. Shocked? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Even, I was taken aback. And it didn’t end here. She had a fair number of friends in two digits in her list, in 90s, in her account & had some impeccably, awesome photos of her yester years, a few of which I, myself, was seeing for the first time. How come I missed these snaps of her?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Never imagined in my wildest dreams my granny would be on FB! Still my mom is yet to create her account and she hardly finds time to squander away in these leisure-time activities unlike my granny (assuming she, herself, does & maintains that). It must be the work of my cousins and I thought, let me first check with them. I called them up and enquired &got a straight no from all of them. I knew all of them would be lying, trying to dupe me. So, I asked my mom but I was astonished when I got to know that my granny has learnt to switch on PC, enter the user-name & password and other nuances of handling it. Really, that blew my mind! How social has our networks become?<br /><br />In fact, she has got addicted to be on FB for at least an hour to see what her grandsons, grand-daughters & other known ones are doing and spending their time. She likes my pictures but is learning to post lengthy comments and navigate further on the internet. Last Wednesday, on a snap uploaded by my college friend at a pub, she commented,"<i> Party going? Are you drinking?</i>" What do you think I would have replied?</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I commented, “<i>No daadi, aisa nahi hain. Yeh sab friends hain jo party aur drink karte hain. Mein toh bas… Aap jaanti hain, mein kaisa hoon!</i>” :D :D :D. Time for a change, to change with time ;)</span></span><br />
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-82303302095770864352013-05-22T10:07:00.000+05:302013-05-23T07:35:24.271+05:30Small Bets - That's Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">As I read the column titled – ‘<i>Always Ahead of the Curve</i>’ of April edition of the BusinessWorld about the winners of Young hottest start-ups, I was left wondering with the oft-quoted but hackneyed phrase – ‘<i>Drop by Drop fills the ocean</i>’. The Gargi twins, as described, have been taking small bets in their life since 1998 before finally registering their company in 2009. Their story is so much similar to the insights revealed by Peter Sims in his book – ‘<i><b>LITTLE BETS</b></i>’.<br /> Always fascinated by tag-lines, I stopped by to have a glance at the book because of the word ‘<i>ideas</i>’ in its and after skimming through the first few pages, I made up my mind – Just finish it!<br />The book is very intriguing in itself as it analyzes & deduces from the works carried out by the greats of 21st century, much similar to Malcolm Gladwell well-compiled books, but different in the way that it comes to a common conclusion after much introspection, as to what can be adopted, taken & practiced to propel forward in life.<br />Beginning with Chris Rock, Peter slims illustrates how Chris experimented firstly at small comedy clubs before finally performing them at global world tours. He continues forward citing the examples of Google founders – Page & Brin and their library search project, Jeff Bezos and his failures transforming him from resigning to booming into A(ma)->Z(on) and then Beethoven’s art of experimentation, which gradually distinguished him from Mozart & others. What was so common among them – Trying to hit targets by making a series of little bets and in the process, attaining extraordinary success. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Prodigies & geniuses are there & will be there but they are exceptionally rare but also, there are people who strive to unlock their creative potential by having growth based mindset, taking small steps, failing fast and then recovering also as fast as they failed so as to learn quickly & then move forward. HP, Pixar, Grameen Bank are exemplary in these cases. Steve Jobs is a maverick, but why? In animation industry, he followed and took steps which ultimately transformed the way that industry can witness decades later. PIXAR is a great example of that. Likewise, Belkan’s Chet Pipkin followed the principle of doing all the things to discover what to do. Experimentation, careful observation, problem finding & playful improvisation are all part of such approach. And as the Slims says, “<i>It all begins with one little bet</i>.” After all, life is a creative process.</span></div>
Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-42399876066537259992013-04-25T14:31:00.002+05:302013-04-28T22:31:19.422+05:30A thousand dreams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Shouldn't I do this, Why can't I try that?<br />Just from the mere thought, Sprouts a new dream<br />Can I really do that, Can't I try something bigger?<br />Just the mere push, Rekindles a new hope<br />What if I shall fail, Shall I try that again?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Just the mere words, Lifts up my spirit<br />Did she smile at me, Does she really like me?<br />Just the mere smile, Imbalances my stupid-cupid hormones<br /><br />A thousand dreams get born, A hundred ones let die<br />With start of each day, Dreams are on a fly<br />Pick the one you like, Pick the one you can hold<br />For dreams shall keep coming, For what dreams shall unfold<br />And you can never know, And you can never tell<br />Where your destiny may lie, Where your destiny would take<br />For you have to travel far, For you have to sail alone<br />Journey full of gusto, Journey needs to be done<br /><br />In a world full of cries, In a world full of smiles<br />In the land of thousand dreams, In the land where I better be!</span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-69767078263892122952013-04-16T11:59:00.000+05:302013-04-16T11:59:10.652+05:30The long wait...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Years of turmoil, Months spent in penance<br />Days of hard labor, Weeks in growing agony<br />All those traumatizing hours, All those eerie moans<br />Comes to a sudden halt, Comes as a splash<br /><br />Alas! What I have done! What I have really done!<br />Has my eyesight weakened? Has my mind gone numb?<br />Am I in my senses? Am I in control of my mind?<br />Can somebody tell me? Can someone please help?<br /><br />Shaken by the actuality, Jolted by the paralyzing truth<br />My mind cannot fathom, What my eyes searched to looked at<br />With my limbs benumbed, My subconscious turned unconscious<br />Brought back from the winks, By the twinkling blinks<br /><br />With a feel of elation, And a sense of respite<br />The boundless joys, the inexplicable glee<br />The act seems to be realized, The mitzvah done<br />But, how can I stop now? Why can't I dream again?<br /><br />Thanks to the Almighty, Bow to the Supreme being<br />I can't get all, I cannot desire for all what I want<br />Then life would have been perfect, but life's a stage<br />And my soul keeps whispering, the longing wait is temporary over...</span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-53531662394860388002013-04-08T19:22:00.001+05:302013-04-12T16:41:03.880+05:30Monkeys in Bizness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">What do Mahatma Gandhi, John Rolfe and Peter Troob have
in common? If the hint would be that all of the three propagated their messages
using a maxim which are widely known throughout the world, then will it trigger something in your neurotic synapses? Still
pondering? Let me disclose then; it is the "<i>The three wise monkeys</i>”.
Gandhiji had this rare possession in his Ashram and John Rolfe & Peter
Troob( I'll be addressing them as JR & PT), fellow associates, depicted them
on the cover page of their book, named "<b><i>MONKEY BUSINESS</i></b>".
But the monkeys of JR & PT are of 21<sup>st</sup>
century, who wear formal suits, possess a cash-rich bag with dollars flowing
out and work at investment banks.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Anybody who does book-window
shopping would be attracted to it by the mere glance of the book-cover. Same
was the case with me and I picked it up immediately. I added it to my reading-list,
started skimming through it in a dilly-dally manner initially but found it
difficult to pause after having read a few pages. And after finishing, I said
to myself - "<i>How can somebody write so neatly and sarcastically about what
is being carried out at the workplace & worshiped outside in such biting humor</i>". The
quotes & proverbs at the beginning of each segregated chapters spice it up,
too. One of the rhymes used goes like, “<i>I wish I were a moron – My God,
perhaps I am</i>!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> JR & PT passed out from two
of the world's best B-schools - Wharton & Harvard and were recruited by DLJ
(Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette), a defunct US investment bank (IB) now. And
in this book-"<b><i>Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle – Monkey Business</i></b>",
they have described what the life of an I-banker is - a mirage which keeps
pushing you either till you are burned out to burst or you get adapted to it. The process starts from the fertile breeding grounds of
the B-schools, where the students are interviewed & selected for internship.
The buzzing words inside those first year b-school heads are the six figures as
reported by Placement Survey, teamwork, banking, boozes, gals, and cocktail parties
– Fuck Man! That’s the life I have always dreamt about. I need that JOB!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> The chosen
ones flex their muscles at the world’s best I-banks, after having gone through
multiple, rigorous rounds of interviews along with the pain of covering those
glossy answers with big lies – “<i>I really like the way…</i>”, though experienced
fellows are seasoned in that, too. Once entered, you get to see what actually
these I-banks do and how it all happens inside these big firms but restricted
to for a short period of time for about ten weeks with handsome bonuses. And when
the interned students are given a lifeline-PPO (Pre-placement Offer) to become
full-time goose-killers and be a part of their bandwagon, they are stuffed with
monetary rewards. Not all can be their part of the wholesome. Only <i>crème de
la crème</i> can. And the non-creamy ones need to take a rebirth for that. I-bankers
as what are popularly known as stands at the helm of the world like eagles
soaring over the heads of common folks, starting with analysts at the lowest
level, followed by associates, Vice-president, Managing Director and the
hierarchy goes on and on... What attracts the most to this profession are the hefty
packages with a grand lifestyle of parties, social engagements and gateway-pass
to the deluxe hotels allowing you to indulge in affluent & hedonistic
pleasures. Along with that comes endless hours of work, travel and meetings. A
ubiquitous part is the preparation of drafts which go through rounds and rounds
and rounds of evaluation till the top-level finally gives a nod, a few hours
before the pitch is made and the associates at lower rug get the actual I-bank
feel of it. They need to lick the asses, blow their own trumpets and are the ones
whom the bosses can trifle & play around whenever they want in whatsoever ways
– in short, a human robot but with desires. Whoa, sounds exciting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> The best
time for the I-bankers is the time spent at the printer. Printer? Yes, as the offering
company covers all the expenses & in excesses to an extent for him until you
gets browned off. Balance is not a proper word to be used if you are an
I-banker. It may happen as delineated that you may end up drooling in meetings,
sleeping in the board-rooms and finally getting only sixteen hours of sleep out
of the allotted 168 hours of a week. When it comes to compensation, if it isn’t
as good as offered by Goldman Sachs, an I-banking yardstick to compare, it simply isn’t good enough. An year of hard-work
& mating at this level gets paid in form of big fat-bonuses & incentives,
with tap at your back, “<i>… great promise as a banker… potential to be a real
star</i>”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Not all can last long in this
arena. PT left after two years and three months followed by JR after six
months. They wanted LIFE in their life, so they joined other private equity firms
which gave them enough time to leverage their personal & professional
lives. Nevertheless, the lessons learnt at DLJ were very valuable in their
life, as they acquired the skills how to lick and keep ticking, no matter
what. You may marvel at what they might have missed by leaving, however are they
really missing out on something? Boarding the IB-ship isn’t that easy as you
know now. The pain, the drudgeries, the long working hours, the happiness, the
rewards & remunerations – will be there but life. And as Orson Welles said,
“<i>If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your
story.</i>” I reckon, JR & PT realized that in such short time-span.</span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-48599688744654644552013-03-27T11:29:00.001+05:302013-03-27T11:29:34.270+05:30The Nursery Rhyme --- Hoo-Lee<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Splash a little, spill a little<br />I won't mind<br />Throw a little, pour a little<br />Let the bells chime!<br />Shout a little, yell a little<br />I shall join<br />Trip a little, Fall a little<br />Let the sun shine!<br /><br />Happy HOLI!!! [:-)]</span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-36420282895255674492013-03-21T23:01:00.000+05:302013-03-22T22:58:06.159+05:30The eight-inch bricks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Far from the place, Spaced out by miles<br />Lies a place, Where all yearn to be at<br />In search of life, Just for a mere dime<br />Home O'home, Why did we desert YOU?<br />To all those sleeping ones, To all those unsleepy ones<br />Days will pass, Night shall come & go<br />But out of our palatial homes, Aren't we poorer?<br />Bounded by these walls, Stared by these eight inch-bricks galore</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />Confined in our bodily prisons, Burdened with the mundane chores<br />Every now & then, We tend to whine & sneer <br />Man tricks man, Isn't that something common?<br />For we would've come across, For we would've been the butts<br />In the world that we live, Such are very hackneyed<br />How do we forget then, What is the ultimate end?<br />Life takes a shot, With its Giggles & Sniggers <br />And we'll be laid to rest, Laughed by these eight inch-bricks galore!</span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-85872042510059419422013-03-14T22:29:00.000+05:302013-03-14T22:29:16.424+05:30'Come On, HEWITT!'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was the year 2001 when the great Sampras & the
star Agassi were doing the rounds to capture the grand slams title of the year.
Flip through the Telegraph then, these names would have been the buzzing words -
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<span style="font-size: small;"> An avid TV-watcher then, I tuned to the Sports channel where I saw a
young teenager limping & fighting with the doubles-great favorite, whose initials reminded me of the great Bjorn Borg; and I got
glued to the match. What attracted to me especially was the way the young lad
kept telling himself not to give up, lifting his spirit & kept coming back every-time he faltered. "<i><b>COME ON!... Come Onnnn!</b></i>" were the
reverberating words & the whole crowd was cheering for him, too. This five-setter
marathon match at the Australian Open heralded the coming of the player,
Lleyton Hewitt, a name to be reckoned whenever the Australian tennis history
pages will be scrolled & in the tennis history, too. The young, unseasoned & courageous lad went to win his
first grand slam title that year at US Open defeating one of the legends of the
game - Pete Sampras. And I added him to one my favorites thinking '<i>What a
self-motivating teen he is!</i>'</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> That hasn't changed till now
but Lleyton Hewitt has. A decade later, I got to watch a match of him &
Wawrinka, where Hewitt lost to the Swiss in two straight sets at the BNP
Paribas Open for this year. Hewitt played aggressive and tried hard to outrun his opponent but his rival proved too good for him producing some marvelous backhand
& winners like his fellow compatriot, Federer. The alarming fact was that Hewitt was broken
thrice in the match, once at his own serve, which really proved to a crucial
break for Wawrinka. The score line read 6-4, 7-5 but it was closer than what it
seemed. One thing which the former US champ hasn't lost is his fighting spirit.
The young lad of 2001 needs to trigger himself more so as to capitalize on
those small & definitive game-changing points. Hope we will get to see more
of him in the coming days, when the crowds shall echo -"<b><i>Come ON,
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-83510315397424862642013-03-10T23:00:00.000+05:302013-03-12T14:17:01.105+05:30Ouch, that hurts "My sentiments".. DEATH!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<i>Dhara-e Ten Sau Do(302) of Bhartiya Sanwidhan(Indian Constitution) ke tehet, you are charged with attempt to murder and will be hanged till death</i>" uttered the honorable judge of the court. Then he used to break his pen's nib as a sign of symbolic bad luck gesture with the echoing of "Naheeeeeeeee...." either of the person's wife or his mother in despair. That was the first time I heard what's death sentence is all about in one of the 80's movies in my Vth Standard. Later, I got to read about it in one of the finest short story of Anton Chekov - '<i><b>The Bet</b></i>' in my 9th standard. <br /> Life sentence vs Death sentence - this perennial debate has been going on since then or may be before that. Do life sentence makes the accused feel guilty of the crime he committed & brings a change in him or do hanging by death sets an example how grave the crime committed by the person was? It's difficult to reason out and to outline a theory for it what's right or what's wrong, though evidences can comprehensively collected and data can be surmised to come to a near conclusion for either of them. Death sentence has always evoked strong responses. Many countries have even repealed it by giving the criminals/accused a life sentence of more than the average life span of the normal human being or by euthanising them. The death sentence of Ajmal Kasab and the recent hanging of Afzal Guru has again brought back the discussion to the fore. What needs to be done? The operation was kept mum until they were hanged.For Afzal guru, some said proper methods weren't followed, some said the decision was made in a hurry & many other voices opined too. The effect was felt mostly in the valleys of Jammu & Kashmir, the place to which he belonged followed by a ruckus in the J&K Assembly. I wonder do the life of him is valued more than the lives which we took when he masterminded those attacks on Parliament, as he is believed to have done, by some of our leaders & elected representatives. If justice was delivered, why this hullabaloo then? Ah!, we live in a democratic country and people have the right to express, so do our honorable elected ministers. That's how the blame-game & electoral games are played & decided upon. Everybody knows Indian judiciary is tardy in processing & pursuing the cases against the accused, who may or may not be, before finally coming to verdict, though eventually it comes to & gives it after a wait of many long years. Some hope! And that's why we believe in this system, thus reposing our faith on the continuum of law of the Indian judiciary.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> I know it would have been tough to take a decision that concerns a person's life but I hope the courageous decision would have been made after considering all those relevant facts that led to the one. Death is inevitable. Everybody dies but how you die when your time comes that matters. The last words of the great socialist, Hugo Rafael Chavez were "<i>I don’t want to die. Please don’t let me die</i>". He also bequeathed his countrymen but what he did were reflected in the eyes of theirs. People cried & mourned as if they have lost someone from their own family. This debate on death sentence will go on but what will eventually matter is the deliverance of the justice by the system for its people. And ultimately, death will be finish line for all. And as the charismatic pioneer, Steven Paul Jobs said, "<i>No one wants to die. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it</i>." Till then, walk, trot & gallop! (:D)</span><br />
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-14405046603622573052013-02-25T09:51:00.000+05:302013-02-25T09:54:10.396+05:30Pounding PUSH... ed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: small;">Lost in my path, Searching for a way<br />Amidst all the chaos, where should I go?<br />Out of nowhere, from the dark clouds<br />Glimmered a light, it took me by surprise<br />Dazzled by its glimmer, Shook by the thunder<br />Echoed a Voice, as if it spoke to Me<br />My heart started to pound, palms turned sweaty<br />What's happening here, where I am now?<br />With no One there, I seemed scared<br />Looked here & there, hunted for an answer<br />Heard a voice, "<i><b>Follow the Light!</b></i>"<br />With my gathered courage, I took the step<br />A mile I walked, a mile I ran<br />With my heads down, I halted for a breath<br />When I stood up, I was amazed what I found<br />On the edge of cliff, Standing on the top<br />On a clear sky, my path was perfectly laid<br />Who brought me here, how did I reach?<br />Came a voice within, "<i><b>Courage stands out</b></i>!"<br />With my pounding hearts, I doubted a few<br />When pushed to the wall, I always knew!</span><br />
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-10692396200535451942013-01-26T11:32:00.002+05:302013-02-01T07:52:07.910+05:30I enjoy that!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<i><b>It's something I'm excited about.</b></i>" Those were the last words said by my Swiss hero in the post-match conference after losing to the Scots star. It's always heartbreaking to see my maestro lose, especially when the matches extend to five sets and his opponent plays more aggressive, thereby giving him less chances to break their service games and making it more difficult for him. I want him to win whenever he plays like the way I want my cric hero, the Sachin, to score whenever he walks to the 22-yard battlefield taking the sledgehammer bat in his hand.<br /><br />Three years ago, the Scot lost to the Swiss Star in the Australian Open final, 2010 in straight sets. He cried and added,"<i><b>I can cry like Roger, it's just a shame I can't play like him</b></i>". Today, it was the semis of Australian Open 2013 and his opponent was none other than the Swiss legend, Roger. But, this time the result was otherwise. Murray dominated the game in five-set thriller, winning it and reaching the final to face the title defender, Novak. Another fighter of the game.<br /><br />It's been thrice since Federer has reached the semi-finals of Australian Open and lost. But for the first time in a five-setter in semis over here. Throughout that match I was hoping, now the Scot will make an error, there he will scream at himself. But, nothing as such happened. Murray has learnt over the course of time to be calm, not allowing the opponent to read his mind, henceforth giving himself a better chance of taking a shot at the grand slam. It comes with experience and he, too has learnt it like a sincere student. Anybody who would have seen him playing in the last grand slam then and now, can easily spot the difference in his attitude. But, why with my Swiss hero? It breaks hearts when he loses coming so close. Today, his usual elegant movements were not noticeable in the final set. He didn't run that hard and the poise with which he slices the ball with his backhand was not there. May be the back-to-back five setter would have tired him out, but he's not the one who resort to excuses and he said, "<b><i>No regrets from me</i></b>." He is six years older than the Scot but still he keeps playing at an intensity which will surprise a 20 year old guy. No other play in the tennis history plays so gracefully with one hand as he does. From his backhand to serve, his repertoire of shots ranges from a whole lot that one would simply love to sit and watch. As he says,"</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>I enjoy that</b></i>", Roger Federer will be coming back more strong, as strong as an ox as he always has been. He enjoys playing tough tennis.</span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-22684337386963316962013-01-18T23:33:00.000+05:302013-01-26T21:52:39.390+05:303 years to reckon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">India's 3rd largest IT company, Wipro, posts a 2.4% growth in sequential dollar revenue, but lower than Infy's 4.2% and TCS's 3.3%;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Aussies are bowled for a paltry second lowest total of 74 in an ODI; </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Djoker continues his form over the Czec and Maria crushes William's sister </span><span style="font-size: small;">in the third round of Australian Open'13</span><span style="font-size: small;">; </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I complete three years of my working experience, three memorable years in the so called IT world in the Silicon valley of India. </span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-64097727692217091742013-01-12T16:47:00.000+05:302013-03-20T17:52:01.802+05:30It's all about RAFA!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Being a FedEx fan for over the years, it's tough to applaud his opponent, though I may be biased towards my ten times ATPWorldTour awardee, but I am forced to acknowledge that sometimes the classy, sublime FedEx also seems fallible against this brawny Nadal, rather Rafa as the world calls him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Last weekend, I was looking for a biography of my maestro-RF but ended up picking up RAFA (as the maestro's one is yet to come out). This book is an absorbing read for all those Rafa fans, who wants to know more about him - what is so special about him, why is he ranked among one of those tennis legends, is he worthy of those for what the world hails him & many more self-posed questions. Borrowing a part of the quote from Shakespeare, Rafa has '<i><b>achieved greatness</b></i>' like some of the greats in the tennis history. A mere example of his grand continuum can be assessed from the fact that he has been a record 7-time French Open champion till now starting with his first grand slam of 2005, apart from the fourth round Solderling-tragedy of 2009, which was a blessing in disguise for my Swiss hero.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Wimbledon 2008 was a dream for Rafa, until he finally made it true on 6th July, etching his name in the history books as one of the greatest matches ever played in this Open Era with his favorite rival, Ah!, my Swiss maestro. This book delineates in bits & pieces in every chapter, the way how he sustained the mental battle & long anguish, exercised his self-belief & played to his game-plan and ultimately, made his way to glory, along came his career ranking of No.1, too. An apt phrase for the Spaniard will be the partial application of Newton's laws that once he gets going, he just gets going. The rate of conversion becomes proportional to his hardened, rock attitude, maintaining his '<b><i>Una buena cara</i></b>'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">At an age when the nippers just play, have fun & frolic around, this Mallorcan has been practising daily under the tutelage of his Uncle Tony, the calculative man and his coach, who stood like a rock behind this Spaniard. Lines like '<i>Look, however small the possibility might be of victory, fight to the very end</i>' says it all about the attitude of Tony Nadal. In the final of Australian Open 2009, where he was to play FedEx, Rafa was exhausted to a point in the semi-final that his muscles had cramped-up & became stiff; he wasn't sure </span><span style="font-size: small;">that he could win or </span><span style="font-size: small;">he could continue to play either. He presumed that he had lost it before playing the match and said to his uncle, "<i>I'm sorry... I just can't</i>". Then his uncle voiced his words and gave a stirring speech to him. "<i>Don't say you can't. Because anybody who digs deep enough can always find the motivation they need for anything. In war, people do things that appear to be impossible. Just imagine if there were a guy sitting behind you in the stadium pointing a gun at you, telling you that if you didn't run and keep running, he'd shoot you. I bet you'd run then. So, come on! It's up to you to find the motivation to win. This is your big chance. Bad as you might be feeling now, it's likely that you'll never have as good a chance of winning the Australian Open as you do today. And even if there's only a one percent chance of you winning this match, well, then you have to squeeze every last drop out of that once percent. Remember that phrase of Barack Obama's, 'Yes,we can!' At every changeover, repeat it to yourself, because, you know what? The truth is you can do it. What you can never allow yourself is to fail because of a loss of will. You can lose because your rival played better, but you can't lose because you failed to give your best. That would be a crime. But you won't do that, I know it. Because you always do give your best and today will be no big exception. You can Rafael! You really can!</i>".(Excerpts from the book).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And Rafa, indeed, won 7-5,3-6,7-6,3-6,6-2 and as his physical-therapist friend, Titin said, pain is in the mind. If you can control the mind, you can control the body and Nadal triumphed above all that day to prove it forthright to become the Australian Open champion of 2009.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A shy boy, a homely person and a Real fan, he tells how he adjust his timings to watch matches and how he rushes back home to spend time with his family & friends - Miguel, Tomeu & others, whenever he can find time after the matches and tournaments. How he handles fame, lives in his islandic-home, his candid confessions about his likes & dislikes, his relationships with his sponsors and how he manages them along with his day-to-day life is very neatly outlined & beautifully described in his 'story of life'. And as he says, the three most important ladies in his life are his mom, his sister and his low-profile girlfriend, Mario Perello or Xisca as the media defines her. The world may be bemused about him, but '<b><i>Vamos</i></b>' for this brawny, hardened, dynamic & emotive-volitive RAFA. Australian Open 2013 will definitely miss him!</span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-2807618334707008222012-12-31T03:01:00.000+05:302012-12-31T19:09:46.658+05:30From hopeless end to endless hope<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Age dawns at me,</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My body has fatigued, but has my mind too?</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">O' Lord, Are you there? O' Lord, do you see?</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">O' Lord, Are you aware? O' Lord, do you listen?</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Give me the power, Give me the strength</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Give me the patience to endure & withstand</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For I have not been born in this way,</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Either to give up or to give in</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For I'll change my foreordained place,</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And rewrite thy history with stories of mine,</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">For they shall remember what I did</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And I shall go all the way, To get what I want,</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To get what I dream of, To get what I deserve</span><br style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">From hopeless end to endless hope...</span></span><br />
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-9037005503853294772012-12-09T09:09:00.000+05:302012-12-09T09:47:39.059+05:30Hey, you wood-Bee..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hey you wood-bee, hey you cood-bee<br />Are you listening?<br />Do you see,<br />Do you feel the way I do?<br />Hey you wood-bee, hey you cood-bee<br />Are you hearing me?<br /><br />You hop, you jump and you mill around<br />Diffusing your radiance, spreading your buzz<br />You hum & you tattle in your dulcet vocals<br />Leaving the tittle of your charm as you go by <br /><br />Hey you wood-bee, hey you cood-bee<br />Are you listening? <br />Do you understand,<br />Do you see the way I do? <br />Hey you wood-bee, hey you cood-bee <br />Are you hearing me?<br /><br />You are on own, in a world imperturbable<br />Hardly daunted & fazed by these nitwits of life<br />You sting, you bite and you twinge<br />Hurting along the way as you pass-by<br />You fly around in your own self-woven labyrinths<br />Meandering & wandering like a falco peregrinus<br /><br />Hey you wood-bee, hey you cood-bee<br />Are you listening to me?<br />Do you feel, <br />Do you sense the way I do?<br />Hey you wood-bee, hey you cood-bee<br />Hey, you wood-bee cood-bee<br />Are you hearing me, tonight?</span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-61225033277422695202012-12-01T13:19:00.000+05:302012-12-16T08:45:15.039+05:30Just another bum<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yeah I know, I know I am just another wretched glutton</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Who just gobbles, who fritters & frovols away</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Who nods his head, who squanders with his life</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yeah I know, I know I am just another bum</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Who does almost nothing, who grovels without thinking</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yeah I know, I know who I am and what I am now</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another one from the neighborhood, Another one to be forgotten!</span></div>
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Princehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14129753712159050797noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400000633411954516.post-55492303949680196102012-11-21T23:36:00.000+05:302012-11-26T23:38:40.902+05:30Volunteering...No, it's something beyond that!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Retrospectively, as I mull over the last year the ways I have chipped in from my end to 'My' company, be it toils to meet the deadlines or be it to contribute socially by educating those little nippers, I feel happy about the way I have done it. A fervent proponent of Bertrand Russell's ideas, I would like to borrow one of his happy life that if we are good, it doesn't imply we will be happy. But, if we are happy, we'll be good. And I, along with my other associates, really feel good about the way those innocuous nippers have learnt and progressed along during the course of this period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">TCS Maitree group has been associated with several CSR
activities extending from teaching at schools to organizing walkathons
diffusing the social messages of creating an awareness and a healthy
environment for all. For the last year and a half, SJM Towers of TCS has
been actively involved in doing its part of grooming and indoctrinating
the kids of Jakaranya Kere School at Platform Road. The Road, as the
name says, has been symbolic in its way where the TCS associates have
played a defining role in laying down the basic foundation for those
little children by imparting the elementary education as they progress
ahead from one class to another. Beginning from reciting the letters of
English language to making cards from pencil shavings, the candid little
kids are keen & very responsive in learning new things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The insurmountable task begins with making the kids of
the first standard sit in groups where the cacophony of noises and the
unceasing movements of theirs add to it. Our volunteers, on a constant
vigil, engage their attention in activities like Alphabet scramble &
newspaper games so that the kids can easily pick-up & and learn the
letters of English language. Counting the numbers are taught using
ball-games and other methods. As they move up to the next classes,
subjects such as English Language, Mathematics and Social Sciences are
stressed upon encompassing topics such as importance of handwriting( in
double-line notebooks), multiplication/division of numbers and tables,
pronunciation of words and their phonetics, planets of solar system,
different types of flowers & animals, et cetera.. On Children's day,
many events like poem-recitation, clay-modeling, painting and dance
competitions are organized to mark the significance of that day &
make them realize it's importance. Finally, just before the classes go
for hibernation period of two months, a Summer Camp is held to mark the
completion of an year with events like art & crafts where
piggy-banks are made from sweet-boxes, chart-papers and adorned by the
paintings of theirs, handicrafts like greeting cards made from pencil
shavings, collage representing various themes, word-puzzles and fancy
dress competition where they dress up from a doctor to a cobbler and are
made aware of each roles that are meaningful in shaping up the society.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These activities just give a glimpse of what are being done by our fellow-mates and TCS volunteers for the last few years. The joy and the fun shared with those little children simply cannot be put in these mere words. You have to be with them to enjoy & relish every moment to make a difference in their lives for a greater cause of educating them & sharing a laugh with them [:-)]</span></div>
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