India is a country where last minute preparations even make the impossible possible!!!
This quality is imbibed in every system and in every activity of our beloved nation.Let us consider a politician visiting a town for a function, the nearly-in- ruin roads and street lights which were never ON since a long time; all get repaired and reworked in the last few days to make it perfect for the D-day.Government employees in various departments ranging from the Income tax to Food&Agriculture, Railways to Communication,Transport to Health, every one of them organise their work just days before an inspection.
Take for example the Ayodhya case.It has been more than half a century since the case was in the court, but it receives a judgment from the high court only days before a jury member is about to retire :)!!!
But nevertheless these last minute cover-ups are quite successful in many cases!
Consider the Common Wealth Games, just a month before the event it was a complete mess up and people were deciding who should be blamed for the mess.Probabilities of any huge success of the event were near to nil.But the transformation of the games village from its pathetic state to its amazing state was all-in-all a last minute miracle.The opening ceremony was a complete thumbs up:)..And whoa in CWG India ends up second due to its the medal bagging spree!!Speak of efforts;)..The CWF head calls Common Wealth Games 2010 a complete success :D
Also, lets take the example of the assembly goof up in Karnataka. Even in this case a last minute trust vote avoided the president rule in the state...
Talking of efforts at the penultimate moment, how can we forget to mention the test matches which India won recently!VVS zindabad..Our cricketers have the 'last-minute rush up' in their genes ;)
We have it in our genes too...
I love the sabji my mom makes in a hurry just before she takes off to work ;) (yummy results of last moment patch up...)
Hmmm...I gotta go,as I have to start writing an assignment with a deadline till tomorrow morning!!!( I have it too I guess ;))
Friday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Locked up?!?
I was watching an Akon feat song 'Locked up' today, that was when it stuck to me how locked up I was in a place where I was supposed to be free and during that phase of life where independence is felt,learnt and yearned for.Everyday I Facebook I see my friends from Mumbai uploading pics of fun,joy and freedom.But here when I have to ask a hundred permissions to cross the college gate I give up.I realise the value of being a person with a gift of adaptability.But there are atleast 5 thousand girls like me behind these walls of holy hell. Fun and frolic don't depend on the place say some.But I feel the world is going on and I am not in it.Its running fast and after a year when get out there I might not be able to catch up. Education is one thing but experience is another. When it comes to experience even the worst situations teach us a life lesson, something which we don't learn from being locked up.And atlast when we do get some holidays to go back home its like we are being bailed out awaiting a verdict.The days fly and back we go to the same walls.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
What should I do????
'Decision making' is one of the major attributes which we have to accept whether we want it or not.Many times I ponder over some of my major decisions which had,have and will have an affect on my life; then I get lost in the spiral which fills me with guilt.I realise a little more hardwork and a firm decision of not letting go would have gotten me where I was actually supposed to be.But this moment is more precious aint it? Everybody makes mistakes.The grass always appears greener on the other side.But the point is even if it is greener, am I a cow grazing???I am human and I can take decisions that ruin or make my life thats why I am here and thats why I would be responsible for anything I do.I cant blame anyone!
Living and crying,living and laughing,living and thinking,living and enjoying,living and loving....Living goes with everything,every moment is to be lived by us, not by someone else who's brave enough to take our decisions and thus take blame for them.
All this is a lot of philosophy,which I wouldnt have read in any other blog unless it relates to me.I guess it would most to most of us youngsters...So lets decide and live the moment as we want :)...
Living and crying,living and laughing,living and thinking,living and enjoying,living and loving....Living goes with everything,every moment is to be lived by us, not by someone else who's brave enough to take our decisions and thus take blame for them.
All this is a lot of philosophy,which I wouldnt have read in any other blog unless it relates to me.I guess it would most to most of us youngsters...So lets decide and live the moment as we want :)...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Common Wealth Games Organising Committee Over spending Common Wealth!!
There was a big deal of hooplah about an event which was going to happen.Huge money was involved, and so it was a bigger bribe-giving chain ceremony that begun!And when work was almost done with exorbitant money spent.The clock was ticking away!!
And from the heavens came a blessing/curse in disguise, it rained!The downpour revealed leaks and damages in the preparations as well as the system.It revealed the low standards of materials and men involved in it...Finally, the rain managed to wear away
the national pride.Ran caused more expenditure and then one fine day tax payers realised it was their money which was spent and so they questioned ---Why conduct an event which is above capacity n a given time?And even when it was taken up, why drain all the money down the loo by spending unreasonably.
I would like to ask a question--Why was Marketing outsourced to an Australian company(which failed miserably, but enjoyed a treasure bounty)?
Maybe because they couldn't market India as an active sports-athletics nation...Well when the drama is over the fact would anyways be out...
Kalmadi was an obvious comedy..
Height of overspending was---buying a tissue roll for Rs.8000 each.May be they wanted us to know that we pay for cleaning shit!
Lets hope that our national pride remains intact after the event..Also lets hope we get no complaints on rats in the room,leaking stadiums and creaky chairs!
But a free performance by the Indian Maestro of music is definitely lesser burden on the huge budget :)!
And from the heavens came a blessing/curse in disguise, it rained!The downpour revealed leaks and damages in the preparations as well as the system.It revealed the low standards of materials and men involved in it...Finally, the rain managed to wear away
the national pride.Ran caused more expenditure and then one fine day tax payers realised it was their money which was spent and so they questioned ---Why conduct an event which is above capacity n a given time?And even when it was taken up, why drain all the money down the loo by spending unreasonably.
I would like to ask a question--Why was Marketing outsourced to an Australian company(which failed miserably, but enjoyed a treasure bounty)?
Maybe because they couldn't market India as an active sports-athletics nation...Well when the drama is over the fact would anyways be out...
Kalmadi was an obvious comedy..
Height of overspending was---buying a tissue roll for Rs.8000 each.May be they wanted us to know that we pay for cleaning shit!
Lets hope that our national pride remains intact after the event..Also lets hope we get no complaints on rats in the room,leaking stadiums and creaky chairs!
But a free performance by the Indian Maestro of music is definitely lesser burden on the huge budget :)!
When I remain silent....
There are very few things which make me shut up and keep my opinions to myself.This basic instinct of being argumentative has put me in a pickle a lot of times.But it gives me a sense of deep satisfaction.
When I remain silent it surely means its either one of these few things:
That I ve fought with someone.
I am bored of routine life.
And when I don't write in my blog it means:
That my college wifi sucks bigtime!!
Or I am holidaying in southeast asia :))....
When I remain silent it surely means its either one of these few things:
That I ve fought with someone.
I am bored of routine life.
And when I don't write in my blog it means:
That my college wifi sucks bigtime!!
Or I am holidaying in southeast asia :))....
Friday, May 14, 2010
The cobbler
I miss my grandpa a lot.When he passed away last year; it kindled a lot of old memories!!A lot of these memories had many subtle points which I never noticed.Upon further dwelling,they make me realise now,how myriad and beautiful is human life;however long or short it might be!!
I remember this one thing about my grandpa a lot.He lived in mumbai with us for a few years.Not knowing hindi so well did not deter him from befriending a lot of people.His friends or rather his 'Hi' mates, were usually common people whom we often miss out on.He used to wave a 'Hello' to the shopkeeper round the corner, the nariyal paniwala at the junction, a rather hefty autowallah (whos lazy enough to do only local business,so would often turn down my request to drop me down at west and would instead catch me another auto) and was quite a buddy to the corner cobbler.
This cobbler was an old guy who had a cheerful smile up whenever he waved to my grandpa.The cobbler lived in a small shackie most of the day time mending up shoes(some of them for free, including ours :P).During heavy rains he would be gone; we ll look at his shackie and hope he was safe.
Upon learning about my grandpa recently; the cobbler shed a tear. Such a strange world ; a complete stranger to whom you hardly talk feels bad about your grandpa passing away.
This is the reason why; we should acknowledge all the people who come into this weird journey called life!!They might not share any business with you!They might not be of any relevance to your day-to-day routine but it when comes to the fact of being a good person, you gotta be humble!Else you won't have 84 years with 84 millions of faces to remember and cherish!!
I remember this one thing about my grandpa a lot.He lived in mumbai with us for a few years.Not knowing hindi so well did not deter him from befriending a lot of people.His friends or rather his 'Hi' mates, were usually common people whom we often miss out on.He used to wave a 'Hello' to the shopkeeper round the corner, the nariyal paniwala at the junction, a rather hefty autowallah (whos lazy enough to do only local business,so would often turn down my request to drop me down at west and would instead catch me another auto) and was quite a buddy to the corner cobbler.
This cobbler was an old guy who had a cheerful smile up whenever he waved to my grandpa.The cobbler lived in a small shackie most of the day time mending up shoes(some of them for free, including ours :P).During heavy rains he would be gone; we ll look at his shackie and hope he was safe.
Upon learning about my grandpa recently; the cobbler shed a tear. Such a strange world ; a complete stranger to whom you hardly talk feels bad about your grandpa passing away.
This is the reason why; we should acknowledge all the people who come into this weird journey called life!!They might not share any business with you!They might not be of any relevance to your day-to-day routine but it when comes to the fact of being a good person, you gotta be humble!Else you won't have 84 years with 84 millions of faces to remember and cherish!!
Grade point marking?!?!knock knock is it me?
When theres a really screwing paper, I just sit back and relax at the thought that everybody would screw up; so a lot of C's and D's.Just keep arrear away!
Sometimes I unexpectedly land a grade i dont deserve; may be I was just hanging at the edge of that range.I am happy; is it fair for all those who did not sleep all night preparing for dat paper?who cares about others; they ll be happy with their grades too. A day then comes when one of my most coveted papers; in which Im really good at has a terrible semester question paper.Scoring in my internals, wasn't good enough to save me from sinking down the drowning semester ship! :(
Now I ask when I burn the midnight oil, why is everybody mocking at me?Why do I miss an S or an A by just 2 or 3 marks?Lifes a hell when you go to the other side of it!
Sorry for such pointless essays on semesters and stuff, I must say I am facing one of the toughest semesters this time what wid an additional paper to speed up completing my graduation(shouldn't it be smeting done gradually??); teachers who are stingy at giving internals,courses which make me go blah blah to just explain a concept,already screwed lab pracs,....but its worth the hardwork...Lets wait for the xams to end!! coming soon at your places is a holiday vacation,cant wait!!!
Sometimes I unexpectedly land a grade i dont deserve; may be I was just hanging at the edge of that range.I am happy; is it fair for all those who did not sleep all night preparing for dat paper?who cares about others; they ll be happy with their grades too. A day then comes when one of my most coveted papers; in which Im really good at has a terrible semester question paper.Scoring in my internals, wasn't good enough to save me from sinking down the drowning semester ship! :(
Now I ask when I burn the midnight oil, why is everybody mocking at me?Why do I miss an S or an A by just 2 or 3 marks?Lifes a hell when you go to the other side of it!
Sorry for such pointless essays on semesters and stuff, I must say I am facing one of the toughest semesters this time what wid an additional paper to speed up completing my graduation(shouldn't it be smeting done gradually??); teachers who are stingy at giving internals,courses which make me go blah blah to just explain a concept,already screwed lab pracs,....but its worth the hardwork...Lets wait for the xams to end!! coming soon at your places is a holiday vacation,cant wait!!!
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