Friday, September 24, 2010

CWG

Well I for sure don't want to forget  the chaos happening at present. After working for a year for this very thing.. however small my contribution is I feel related to it to some extent. But for now just sit back and relax and enjoy the article published in HT.

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Better than beating the chest, why not laugh your heart out? That’s what disappointed, dejected and despairing Delhiites are doing as the Commonwealth Games stumble from one embarrassment to another.

In the last two days, jokes about the CWG are coming up on people’s Gmail statuses, on Facebook accounts, as tweets and also on cell phone inboxes. Get a sample:

BREAKING NEWS Kalmadi tries to commit suicide but survives as the stadium ceiling collapses!

The CWG organising committee has taken the word ‘village’ a little too seriously.

To the Common-wealth Games’ committee: Dilli badnaam hui, darling tere liye!

Will there ever be any light at the end of the tunnel for the CWG, or has the tunnel collapsed as well?

CWG: yahan khuda hai, wahan khuda hai... idhar khuda hai , udhar khuda hai... jahan nahin khuda hain, wahan kal khudega...

Kalmadi’s favourite song: CWG ki naiya hai Ram ke bharose, apni bhi naiya ko paar tu lagayi de.

Issued in public interest: When walking near CWG venues or while watching the Games IN the stadium, kindly wear a helmet all the time.

Asuvidha ke liye khel hai.

Rain, rain, go away, Suresh Calamity wants to play.

Indian bridge is falling down, falling down...

CWG: “Clogged Water Games”.

This is not rain but tears of Shera, our friendly neighbourhood CWG mascot!

Breaking News: Shera spotted at Delhi Airport trying to flee the country.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Hard Fact 1

"Stop thinking about others, they don't think about you."


Who am I? - ver. 2

OK.. let me put down the second version of the same question - "Who am I?"

Last week when the same question was put across the table for me, I knew what i had to answer. In fact I knew the very answer for the question. But today, the same question is haunting. The very base of this question seems intriguing and scolds me that why still I can't answer this to the whole truth of everything.

We don't decide our fate, we create our fate. We are the product of our past activities and our at the moment decisions. Sounding too big?? Yes..but then this is the reality..!

Nothing is pre-decided, nothing is written by someone else. What you get is because of what you do. Many a times we see cine-stars complaining about their hectic life and lack of privacy. But isn't that what they have thrown themselves into?? We always see them laughing and dancing on the screen. What about the real them? Who are they? They are the same as I am. Its all about decisions. You decide you have to become Warren Buffet, you can always work towards the same. But not setting the target at first place is like walking on a pitch black path.

Finding therefore the answer to the question "Who am I?" at the moment is not possible. I am not sure what I got till now in my life and what I will get. But only thing that am sure is .......

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Insomniac

People Say that life of an IIM student is very tough. With so much grilling and such a hectic schedule, sleep just loses its importance from our 24 hour activities.

After trying to put my brain in some stupid Accounts problem, followed by learning how a population is normal or random and then trying to figure out why emotions are important in organization, I feel I am standing at the same station from where I started.

Its 5 in the morning with sun already out and birds chirping. These assignments have just stolen my beloved sleep from my life.

Thank God its Saturday 'today'. But then seeing the next week's time table, I am already having butterflies in my stomach.

Can anyone just save me from this wide awakeness ?!

Who Am I?

In my class 8th, in the subject of Buddhism, I came across few words by Lord Buddha – “All that we are is the result of what we have thought.” The brain never sleeps and therefore thinking is a never ending process. And so the answer to who am I is completely time bound.


Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to

be alive -- the risk to be alive and express what we really are. As far as I know, expressing yourself is the best thing one can do. It not only reflects the true self of a person but also leads one to self actualisation and finding the answer to this very question “who am I?”.


From the very beginning, this questions always bothered me. Why am I studying? Why should I work? Why do I love, laugh, cry when everything is going to end. But then time and again I came across people saying, live every moment. And this always gives me a constant push to live…live and not just exist.


In this life, I have made many friends, seen some of the best places, met some great people. Even the personality tests say that I am an extrovert person who love living among the people. But then, back again, who am I?


I am, in very simple, world accepted definition – a 23 year old person doing his MBA with big dreams to achieve. I love music..music is life. I love talking to my close group. I love to express my self. And above all I love God.


You must be the change you wish to see in the world. And therefore, I try to see myself from other’s eyes. Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising up every time we fail. I am learning to enjoy every minute of my life. That’s one reason why I am currently here.


Whatever be the purpose of my life, I know at the moment just one thing "The secret of getting ahead is getting started".