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2009-09-25T06:48:00.000-07:00

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Vedic Science Resources

2009-09-08T05:22:00.001-07:00

We Organise High Speed Vedic Math Workshops and specialise in the subject.Visit our website to learn more about us. www.vedicmathsindia.org

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SAKSI is a Spiritual movement. The aim is to spread the message of Veda and Sri Aurobindo, which imparts awareness to lead a beautiful, harmonious, creative and happy life, individually and collectively. The Institute 'SAKSI' was started in 1997 by Dr. R. L. Kashyap with the aim of disseminating the wisdom in the ancient Veda Samhita and related books. http://www.vedah.com/

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Experience the Knowledge of India : Bharath Gyan is an initiative of D.K.Hari and his wife D.K.Hema Hari who have travelled extensively and visited number of museums, theme parks, libraries, expositions, pageants and special cultural attractions world over. http://www.bharathgyan.com/

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Indian Foundation for Vedic Science. To preserve the ancient Vedic heritage and culture of India by way of systematically and scientifically editing, publishing and computerizing the entire gamut of the extant Vedic and Allied literature. http://www.vedascience.com/Aims.htm

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Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, India

INVITE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE

NATIONAL WORKSHOP
ON
Integrating Spirituality and Mathematical Science
December 21 - 23, 2009

http://www.fms.edu/activities/math_spi_conf.php

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HIMANSHU THAPLIYAL (Vedant)

My Reversible Philosophy

"If everything in this world would be reversible then no pain, no sorrow, nothing to lose can get back everything again. Minimum disturbance, Minimum entropy”

http://www.csee.usf.edu/~hthapliy/

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Innovation : Telephone Operated Remote Switch

2009-07-23T06:56:00.000-07:00

www.nif.org.in/dwn_files/hariyana/Part-I%20Innovations%20.pdf

National Innovation Foundation (NIF) has been pursuing the
mission of making India innovative and a creative society
since 2000 with the active support of Department of Science
and Technology, Government of India. Till date NIF has been
able to scout innovations and traditional knowledge practices
from over 520 districts across India.

Telephone Operated Remote Switch

The innovator observed the difficulty of farmers in their homes at night, who need to go to
faraway fields, as per availability of power supply, to switch the motor on or off for pumping
water.
The innovation uses the power of a mobile phone on existing networks to enable the
farmer to know of electricity status and remotely switch the pump on or off as required,
while sitting in his home itself. This “mobile phone operated switch” is an instrument box
with an attached mobile phone and modified circuit which can toggle a device between
switch-off and switch-on conditions, besides letting the user know the status of the remote
device.

Are you Softician ???

2009-07-23T06:38:00.000-07:00

Very good article about "Life Of engineers and mechanics" and Commoditisation of computing skills has created a new breed of software engineers: ‘softicians’.

http://business.outlookindia.com/print.aspx?articleid=1530&editionid=40&catgid=13&subcatgid=370

Excerpt from the article:

Code writers will be on top of the emerging industry pyramid, followed by developers
and softicians

Let’s look at the Indian software services industry to get some answers. The industry today is worth more than $40 billion. The export industry initially took off by offering to do low-end coding and maintenance work cheap. However, over the last 20 years, many companies, especially the big ones, have climbed up the value chain, and are doing complex work as well as simple coding, testing and maintenance work.

Today, the Indian software industry has figured out a way to succeed in the global services market by creating hybrid teams that are a mix of excellent engineers (about 30%) and average engineers (around 70%). The industry today commands 85% of the global offshoring market, so the model is obviously working well.

Improved Hand Pump - Innovation

2009-07-23T02:07:00.000-07:00

Improved Hand Pump
Swayambhoo Sharma, Rajasthan and Chandan Agarwal, New Delhi
A Case Study
By Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network – North (GIAN - North)
Science Park, Shastri Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Benefits of Hand pump redesigned
1. To make drinking water easy and stop wastage.
2. Also to collect clean drinking water for cattle.

www.idisc.net/en/Document.253.pdf

http://gian.org

Gifts for Mom - आज की बात

2009-07-16T21:50:00.000-07:00

हालांकि आखिर में मज़ाक में कुछ कहा है पर यह कहानी बताती है की आज कल हम अपने मम्मी पापा

को कैसे तोफे देना पसंद करते हैं|

Three sons left home, started careers and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts that they were able to give their elderly mother for her seventieth birthday. The first said, "I built a big house for Mom."

The second said, "I sent her a Mercedes with a driver."
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The third smiled and said, "I've got you both beat. You know how Mom enjoys the Bible and you know she can't see very well. I sent her a brown parrot that can recite the entire Bible. It took 20 monks in a monastery 12 years to teach him. I had to pledge to contribute $100,000 a year for 10 years, but it was worth it. Mom just has to name the chapter and verse and the parrot will recite it."

Soon thereafter, Mom sent out letters of thanks:

She wrote to the first son, "Milton, the house you built is not practical. I live in only one room, but I have to heat, cool, and clean the whole house."

She wrote to the second son, "Marvin, I am too old to travel. I stay home all the time, so I never use the Mercedes. And the driver is so rude!"

She wrote the third son, "Dearest Melvin, you were the only son to have the good sense to know what your mother likes. The chicken was delicious."

Typing in Hindi made easy

2009-07-14T23:41:00.000-07:00

Google has done a great work but making "Hindi Transliteration" very easy. http://www.google.co.in/transliterate/indic

Using this link, we can apply Google Hindi Transliteration on any website.
http://t13n.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/blet/docs/help_hi.html

Enjoy :-)

Vedascience.com - Awsome resource of knowledge

2009-07-14T22:09:00.001-07:00

Today, I was just browsing through internet, when I found this website www.vedascience.com. This is a amazing resource. Site contains an amazing collection of book which can be ordered from any where in world. Prices are also very nominal.

I must say people are making great effort to retain the "Ancient Knowledge".

Thanks to http://vedicmathsindia.net mailing list, from where I got this reference.

Orkut SPAM friend requests

2009-07-10T06:47:00.000-07:00

"My Name",I want to be your friend on orkut. How about it? "Sender Name"

I have been getting so many friends request for last one week on ORKUT. Frineds request format is also same for all the request i.e.

I see similar discussion on Google forum also.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/orkut/thread?tid=4ab507b26cb4c9ca&hl=en
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/orkut/thread?tid=00e8874b95af249e&hl=en

So be conscious before accepting any such friends request.

Mozilla Firefox : Proxy server changes the langauage

2009-07-07T23:17:00.000-07:00

Problem: I faced this issue, that if I am using a proxy server in some other country. Then for the websites which chose the language based on the country of the client, making the request. It will open the page as per the location of proxy server.

In my case, I was using a Japanese proxy server, so typing Google.com will take me to Google.co.jp and open the search results in Japanese.

Solution: Change the language preference in "Tools > Options> Content". After this webpage was presented in desired language.

Speech on Current Education System

2009-07-07T03:52:00.000-07:00

"LORD MACAULAY'S ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT 2 FEBRUARY, 1835"

"I have travelled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such calibre, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace the old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self esteem, their native culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation."

Macaulay_Shikshan_Paddhati
http://rapidshare.com/files/11902575...ati_1_of_1.mp3

Benefit of Being an Indian - from Bharat

2009-06-30T21:46:00.000-07:00

One of the benefit of being an Indian is that there is so much spiritual knowledge around us that whether we accept it or not. But that knowledge is hardwired into our brain from childhood. And at some point of our life, we get the true meaning of that knowledge and find it very beneficial.

The Way to a Man's Heart is through his Stomach

2009-06-25T06:52:00.000-07:00

I was just thinking.. assuming this statement to be true and in current scenario, if girl doesn't like to cook, what could happen?
1. Boys mother would be cooking the food. In that case, Mother will retain the special place in Man's heart and girl will be keep on thinking why the Man is Mama's boy.
2. Maid cooks the food. In this case, maid might find special place in Man's heart and later what could happen is known to everyone ;-).
3. Girl cooks the food. But as she doesn't like to cook the food, Man would not find the feeling in the food. So he would always be craving for that special food or might kept comparing it with someone else's like his monther/some aunt/somebody else's wife.

So learning out of this for boys is.. yaar don't be so fooddy.. try to change your DNA. Probably with this trial, we may be successful in some 400-500 years to update our DNA.

Lord Ramachandra about building the bridge

2009-06-12T05:57:00.000-07:00

Lord Ramachandra about building the bridge Building The Bridge - His Causeless mercy on us.

Lord Ramachandra was building the bridge to reach Lanka and kill Ravana. The monkeys were carrying huge stone to build this bridge. The strongest of all monkeys was Hanuman Ji and He was carrying the biggest boulders and throwing them in the sea to make the bridge.

There was a small spider who was also assisting Lord Rama to build the bridge by pushing very small sand particles. When Haumana Ji saw the spider struggling to push small sand particles, he started laughing and asked spider -

Hanuman Ji - "What is the use of your effort?"
Lord Ramachandra called Hanuman Ji over and asked him
Lord Ramachandra - "Tell me why I am building that Bridge?"
Hanuman Ji - "Because you want to cross the ocean".
Lord Ramachandra - "This is not true. I don't have to cross the ocean. Just a few minutes ago i dried the ocean simple by getting angry. That's not the reason I could be there in one moment if I wanted. Simply by writing my name the stones are floating in the ocean."
Lord Ramachandra - "How much more potent is it if I am there?"
Hanuman Ji - "Because you want to kill Ravana."
Lord Ramachandra - "If i want to kill Ravana all I have to do is leave his heart and he will die. Only because of my presence in his heart he is living."
Hanuman Ji - "Then why you are building this bridge?"
Lord Ramachandra - "To engage all of you in the devotional service and thus get purified. Like you the spider is also struggling and trying his best to engage in devotional service."

Amazing isn't it.

What are learning from these post for Indian students?

2009-06-10T03:48:00.000-07:00

Where is India???
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/060909-china-dominates-nsa-backed-coding.html?hpg1=bn

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/060809-cyberwarfare.html?hpg1=bn

Fw: Beautiful Paintings - AMMAZZZINNNNGGGGG

2009-06-03T04:38:00.000-07:00

* Beautiful Paintings - Capturing Life *

क्रान्तिकारी संत मुनि श्री तरुणसागर

2009-05-29T05:46:00.000-07:00

http://www.hindiweb.net/273#more-273
http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTzVexzZjYL8

Jain Muni Sri Tarunsagar Maharaj

क्रान्तिकारी संत मुनि श्री तरुणसागर

1. माँ-बाप होने के नाते अपने बच्चों को खूब पढाना-लिखाना और पढा लिखा कर खूब लायक बनाना । मगर इतना लायक भी मत बना देना कि वह कल तुम्हें ही 'नालायक' समझने लगे । अगर तुमने आज यह भूल की तो कल बुढापे में तुम्हें बहुत रोना पछताना पडेगा । यह बात मैं इसलिये कह रहा हूँ क्योंकि कुछ लोग जिंदगी में यह भूल कर चुके है और वे आज रो रहे है । अब पछताने से क्या होगा जब चिड़िया चुग गई खेत ।

2. बच्चों के झगडे में बडों को और सास बहू के झगडों में बाप बेटे को कभी नहीं पडना चाहिये । संभव है कि दिन में सास बहू में कुछ कहा सुनी हो तो स्वाभाविक है कि वे इसकी शिकायत रात घर लौटे अपने पति से करेगी । पतियों को उनकी शिकायत गौर से सुननी चाहिये, सहानुभूति भी दिखानी चाहिये । मगर जब सोकर उठे तो आगे पाठ-पीछे सपाट की नीति ही अपनानी चाहिये, तभी घर में एकता कायम रह सकती है ।

3. लक्ष्मी पुण्याई से मिलती है । मेहनत से मिलती हो तो मजदूरों के पास क्यों नहीं ? बुद्धि से मिलती हो तो पंडितों के पास क्यों नहीं ? जिंदगी में अच्छी संतान, सम्पत्ति और सफलता पुण्य से मिलती है । अगर आप चाहते है कि आपका इहलोक और परलोक सुखमय रहे तो पूरे दिन में कम से कम दो पुण्य जरूर करिये क्योकिं जिंदगी में सुख, सम्पत्ति और सफलता पुण्याई से मिलती है ।

4. संत को गाय जैसा होना चाहिये, हाथी जैसा नहीं । गाय घास खाती है, पर दूध, दही, छाछ , मक्खन और घी देती है । गाय का गोबर भी काम आता है । हाथी गन्ना, गुड और माल खाता है तो भी समाज को कुछ नहीं देता । संत मुनि को घास अर्थात् हल्का और सात्त्विक भोजन करना चाहिये । संत मुनि वे है जो समाज से अंजुलि भर लेते है और दरिया भर लौटाते है ।

5. संसार में अड़चन और परेशानी न आएं, यह कैसे हो सकता है ? सप्ताह में एक दिन रविवार का भी तो आयेगा ना । प्रकृति का नियम ही ऐसा है कि जिंदगी में जितना सुख-दुःख मिलना है, वह मिलता ही है । क्यों नहीं मिलेगा ? टेण्डर में जो भरोगे वही तो खुलेगा । मीठे के साथ नमकीन जरूरी है । सुख के साथ दुःख का होना भी जरूरी है । दुःख बडे काम की चीज है । जिंदगी में अगर दुःख न हो तो भगवान को कोई भी याद ही न करे ।

6. प्रश्न पूछा है – स्वर्ग मेरी मुट्ठी में हो- इसके लिये मैं क्या करूं ? कुछ मत करो । बस इतना ही करो कि दिमाग को ठंडा रखो, जेब को गरम रखो, आंखों में शरम रखो, जुबान को नरम रखो और दिल में रहम रखो । अगर तुम ऐसा कर सके तो फिर तुम्हें किसी स्वर्ग तक जाने की जरुरत नहीं है, स्वर्ग खुद तुम तक चलकर आयेगा । विडंबना तो यही है कि हम स्वर्ग तो चाहते हैं मगर स्वर्गीय होना नही चाहते ।

7. भले ही लड झगड लेना, पिट जाना, पीट देना मगर बोल चाल बंद मत करना । क्योंकि बोल चाल बंद होते ही सुलह के सारे दरवाजे बंद हो जाते है । गुस्सा बुरा नहीं है । गुस्से के बाद आदमी जो वैर जो पाल लेता है, वह बुरा है । गुस्सा तो बच्चे भी करते है, मगर बच्चे वैर नहीं पालते । वे इधर लडते झगडते है और उधर अगले ही क्षण फिर एक हो जाते है । कितना अच्छा रहे कि हर कोई बच्चा ही रहे ।

8. दुनियां में रहते हुये दो चीजों को कभी नहीं भूलना चाहिये । एक – परमात्मा, दूसरी – अपनी मौत । दो बातों को हमेशा भूल जाना चाहिये । एक – तुमने किसी का भला किया तो उसे तुरन्त भूल जाओ । दूसरी – किसी ने तुम्हारे साथ कभी कुछ बुरा किया तो उसे तुरन्त भूल जाओ । दुनियां में ये दो बातें ही याद रखने और भूल जाने जैसी है ।

9. तुम अपनी उस बेटी, बहू या बेटे को जो धर्म और अध्यात्म के प्रति उदासीन है, जो संत और सत्संग से दूर भागता है, सिर्फ एक बार मेरी प्रवचन सभा में ले आओ । बस माँ-बाप होने के नाते एक बार लाने का काम तुम्हारा है और रोज बुलाने का काम मुनि तरुणसागर का है । एक बार भी इसलिये कह रहा हूँ कि मुझे तुम्हारे घर का पता नहीं मालूम । यह मेरा आभिमान नहीं , आत्म-विश्वास है, जिसे आप आजमा सकते है |

10. डाक्टर और गुरु के सामने झूंठ मत बोलिये क्योंकिं यह झूंठ बहुत महंगा पड सकता है । गुरु के सामने झूंठ बोलने से पाप का प्रायश्चित नही होगा, डाक्टर के सामने झूंठ बोलने से रोग का निदान नहीं होगा । डाक्टर और गुरु के सामने एकदम सरल और तरल बनकर पेश हो । आप कितने ही होशियार क्यों न हो तो भी डाक्टर और गुरु के सामने अपनी होशियारी मत दिखाइये, क्योंकिं यहां होशियारी बिल्कुल काम नहीं आती ।

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2009-05-16T06:05:00.000-07:00

Art Of Living Bangalore Ashram

2009-05-16T05:36:00.001-07:00

http://vvmvp.org/vvmvp/vvmvp/Portals/_default/Skins/VVMP/media/vvmvpnew.swf

The Secret - Great Movie

2009-05-16T05:00:00.000-07:00

http://thesecret.tv/

Watch and ENJOY :-)

Special Thanks to "http://adding-flash.blogspot.com/", for helping me to add flash SWF in blog. :-)

Ahimsa in Jainism

2009-05-16T04:57:00.000-07:00

Ahimsa in Jainism

Ahiṃsā (Sanskrit : अहिंसा, Prakrit : अहिंसा) means “non-violence”, “non-injury” or absence of desire to harm any life forms. Ahiṃsā is the fundamental principle of Jainism forming the cornerstone of its ethics and doctrine. Vegetarianism and other non-violent practices and rituals of Jains flow from the principle of Ahiṃsā. According to Adian Rankin, the concept of Ahiṃsā is so much intertwined with Jainism that it conjures up images of ascetics who cover their mouths and sweep the ground before them with small brushes to avoid injuring the most minuscule forms of life and Jain-owned animal sanctuaries where even the sickest, most deformed birds and beasts are protected and cherished. These overt manifestations of an ancient faith challenge the comfortable - and near-universal - assumption of human precedence over other creatures.[1]

The Jain concept of Ahiṃsā is quite different from the concept of non-violence found in other philosophies. In other religious traditions, violence is usually associated with causing harm to others. On the other hand, in Jainism, violence refers primarily to injuring one's own self – behaviour which inhibits the souls own ability to attain mokṣa or liberation.[2] At the same time it also means violence to others because it is this tendency to harm others that ultimately harms ones own soul. Furthermore, the Jains have extended the concept of Ahiṃsā not only to humans but to all animals, plants, micro-organisms and all beings having life or life potential. All life is sacred and everyone has a right to live fearlessly to its maximum potential. The living beings do not have any fear from those who have taken the vow of Ahiṃsā. According to Jainism, protection of life, also known as abhayadānam, is the supreme charity that a person can make[3].

Ahiṃsā does not merely indicate absence of physical violence, but also indicates absence of desire to indulge in any sort of violence.[4] This Jain ideal of Ahiṃsā profoundly influenced Mahatma Gandhi, through his friendship with the Jain scholar Shrimad Rajchandra that it formed a basis of his satyagraha (truth struggle) against colonial rule and caused him to rethink many aspects of contemporary Hindu practices.[1] While Jainism is not a proselytizing religion and as such has no organised system of advocating its doctrine, Jains have been forefront in strongly advocating vegetarianism and non-violence through ages.[5] Ahiṃsā being central to the Jain philosophy, Jain Ācāryas have produced, through ages, quite elaborate and detailed doctrinal materials concerning its various aspects.

Don't copy if you can't paste!

2009-05-15T05:45:00.000-07:00

A popular motivational speaker was entertaining his audience. Said he:
"The best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who wasn't my
wife!"

The audience was in silence and shock.
The speaker added: "And that woman was my mother!"
Laughter and applause.

A week later, a top manager trained by the motivational speaker tried to
crack this very effective joke at home. He was a bit foggy after a drink.

He said loudly, "The greatest years of my life were spent in the arms of a
woman who was not my wife!"
The wife went wan with shock and rage.
Standing there for 20 seconds trying to recall the second half of the
joke, the manager finally blurted out "... and I can't remember who she
was!"

Moral of the story:
Don't copy if you can't paste!

Current Marriage Scenario in India

2009-05-13T22:31:00.000-07:00

http://www.hinduonnet.com/folio/fo9909/99090360.htm

Read this nice article today :)

Dr. Thara says, "marriage is often not the happily-ever-after phenomena as portrayed in fairy tales or films, nor is it a permanent state of romance. It is a life-long process of cementing a relationship in the face of several adversities and an ongoing process of physical and emotional accommodation, sharing and loving. Young people should neither idealise it too much nor have their knives sharpened all the time.

"There is no perfect marriage and there never will be one - neither is it necessary to be so. All the fun will be lost if marriage is always sedate and predictable."

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2009-05-12T22:11:00.001-07:00

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Impact of Education | Way we are putting our efforts

2009-05-12T04:51:00.000-07:00

एक दिन एक लड़का कॉलेज से घर जा रहा था| उसने देखा के एक बैल खडा है जिसके गले में घंटी बंधी है| वो लड़की उस बैल के पास जा कर बोला कि तुम्हारे गले में यह घंटी क्यों बंधी है| बैल ने कहा, ताकि मेरे मालिक को पता रहे कि में चल रहा हूँ| बैल ने कहा पर घंटी तो तुम खड़े हो कर ही गर्दन हिला कर बजा सकते हो, फिर मालिक को कैसे पता चलेगा| बैल ने कहा में ऐसा नहीं करूंगा| लड़के ने कहा पर क्यों| बैल ने कहाँ क्योंकि में कभी कॉलेज नहीं गया ना|

शायद कॉलेज जा कर हम यही सीख रहे है|

These days, we are looking for solutions like how to make that bell so intelligent, that OX would not be able to fool. But we are not putting effort in direction, that why OX is behaving this way.

???????????

"YAARI" - BIG time SPAM

2009-05-12T02:54:00.000-07:00

This is as per there... Terms and Conditions.

> *"By registering for Yaari and agreeing to the Terms of Use, you authorize
> Yaari to send an email notification to all the contacts listed in the
> address book of the email address you provide during registration. "*

So as soon as somebody registered to YAARI, everyone in the primary email address book account will be sent a mail.

For more information:
http://profy.com/2007/10/31/yaari-social-network-or-international-scam/

Bangalore Events on 9th May, 2009

2009-05-07T05:18:00.000-07:00

1.
ACM Tech Talk | Title: Security aspects of Wireless Cellular Systems |

Date: 9th May 2009 - 10.30am-12.00noon |
Honeywell, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore
http://acmbangalore.org/

WiCamp Bangalore

Saturday, 9^th May, 2009

10 AM till 5 PM (Lunch on)

Main Auditorium, DMS, IISc Bangalore

http://barcamp.org/WiCampBangalore

Fw: Kabhi Chakkar Aye Hein???

2009-05-02T00:23:00.000-07:00

Aajadi Bachao Andolan by Rajiv Dixit

2009-04-15T04:18:00.000-07:00

Security Design from Ancient India

2009-04-06T22:16:00.000-07:00

For past sometime, I have been reading something or other about our Vedic culture and also the scientific verification of the advanced facts mentioned there. Below mentioned articles might give more information in this direction:
Blog Entry: http://think-smile.blogspot.com/2009/03/scientific-verification-of-vedic.html
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY4Q2xx7BTc

Now having said that, I have been thinking that be it Cyber Security or physical security, there must be some basic rule or security design which might be mentioned in any of our ancient books. Probably we are putting are effort in the wrong directions and that is why internet is still very insecure.

One example could be, information and knowledge is for sharing purpose like OWASP and GNU are working. Now take the case of entertainment industry. They are trying to invent technology that can stop piracy but if we think it from design perspective "Knowledge/Fun is to share, not to patent and sell" like Vedas, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Any geek would agree that there can't be any piracy protection technology, which can't be cracked. So in a way we are putting our effort in wrong direction.

Similarly, what is the right direction/design for security? If anyone like to share any information or anyone whom they thing could give me some direction, that would be a great help.

Jain History | Sri Sri Ravi Shankar talking about Jainism

2009-03-17T13:03:00.000-07:00

sheet#94 count#4 Q#3

Q: Guruji, why in your so many tapes, discourses, there is very little mention on Lord Mahavira. Please let us know more about him.

Sri Sri: I've spoken quite a bit on Mahavira, Recently we had Mahavira Jayanti also. Mahavir was contemporary of Buddha. Buddha spoke about emptiness, Mahavira spoke about Self. Buddha said there is no self, Mahavira said all that is, is Self. Mahavira never spoke, infact he sat in silence and in His presence people started getting knowledge. So when you are all in silence, know that that is Mahavira's speech and it is ridiculous to talk a lot about silence (laughter).In Jain temples, you have Mahavira, he was 24th tirthankara, last tirthankar and you would find his statue in meditative pose and as soon as you would sit in front of smiling serene figure, you would also become like that. He would tell you how you should sit and with what serenity and just know that you are the Atma the Self and it conveys the whole philosophy.

One of the main things of Mahavira, main principle is 'Syathva' i.e. perhaps. He would always add perhaps in everyone of his expressions. There is room for exploration. If you say, this is like this, you are making it so definite. In this world nothing is definite there is always a possibility, perhaps, that is called 'syathva'. In Physics also the subject object relationship changes, whatever you know, you know in a particular level of consciousness. When your consciousness changes your understanding changes. You can never know 100% unless you become that thing. Its so amazing that Mahavira 2500-2600 years back he came up with 'perhaps' principle, when law of uncertainty, theory of relativity came up in this century, in the previous century perhaps (laughter).

Mahavira's main principle is non-violence ('ahimsa'). You have no right to be violent on anything in the world. Second is 'Swadhyaya'. Study your emotions, your mind, your consciousness. 'Kayothsarga' Rise above your body, you are not the body. Body is changing. 'Tapas' Forbearance, opposites happen in the world, people love you, hate you, people compliment you, you get derogatory remarks. Tapah - forbearance, heat and cold, nature is all conflicting. it has full of opposites. Moving in life with Tapah.

These are the principles of Jainism.And then is 'kShama' - whether knowingly or unknowingly if anything has happened to anyone by acting or not acting you ask for forgiveness. 'Dashlakshini' - 10 days of celebration and prayers in the last day is the 'kShama-achana' - whether with my intentions or unintentions, knowingly or unknowingly, if I have become the cause of any sadness, sorrow for you, please forgive me. Asking for forgiveness, highest principle. Isn't it? When everyone comes from that space of I'm the one responsible for all the experiences pleasant or unpleasant, but if I become the cause of any unpleasant experiences I have ask for forgiveness, ask myself for forgiveness. Its the pinnacle of humility.So the ritual is, every Jain is to ask everyone forgiveness. Please forgive me if I have done anything wrong knowingly or unknowingly. Not only by doing something wrong happens, but by not doing also something wrong happens. Do you see what I'm saying. Suppose you have to do a job and you don't do it, then also you are responsible, you ask for forgiveness. 'kShama-achana' - another principle of Jainism. Hmmm....To ask forgiveness from everyone, mind has to be in such a serene, humble, pleasant state, isn't it? When there is aggression in you, you start justifying yourself, you stop knowing yourself. So they did that space for you to justify yourself. Ask forgiveness. You know that immediately softens the other person's heart also. Someone does something wrong to you and they come and ask forgiveness, would you give them or not? What would you do? When you forgive someone, you become light, you start feeling lighter and all that anger and hatred and that chain of action and reaction drops and you become friendly again. Real virtue is to forgive someone even before they ask for forgiveness. If you don't have that then at least when they ask for forgiveness you have to forgive them. And I don't think you would not, if anyone in spite of pleading for forgiveness, and when you forgive you are the one to benefit. You think you did a great thing, I tell you, you are wrong. When you forgive its you who become free otherwise holding onto that is such a misery. Very good.

Know more about Jainism

2009-03-17T12:29:00.000-07:00

Few articles which will help you know more about Jain culture.

णमो अरिहन्ताणम्
णमो सिध्धाणम्
णमो आइरियाणम्
णमो उवझ्झायणम्
णमो लोये सव्वसाहुणम्

ऎसो पन्च णमोकारो
सव्वपावप्पणासणो
मन्गलाणम्चा सव्वेसिम्
पढमम हवई म॑गलम्

**Santhara (also Sallekhana, Santhara, Samadhi-marana, Samnyasa-marana), is the Jain religious ritual of voluntary death by fasting. Jainism believes that each and every action (eating included) may or may not become karma. Jains are strictly vegetarian, but a tree, even if it has only one sense, has life, and hence taking away a piece of it (vegetable, fruit, leaf) hurts it - thereby adding a negative karma to all who encourage this process. Besides, there may be living organisms surviving in that fruit/vegetable/leaf that one eats. So by eating, one hurts the tree/plant and also possibly kills organisms living in it. In fact, since water also has microscopic organisms, even drinking water adds to one's karma.

The basic idea in different kinds of Jain fasting is to acquire a lowest possible negative karma and purify oneself in the process. Santhara, in this sense, is the best way to purification.

Ref-1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallekhana
Ref-2: http://indiatraveller.blogspot.com/2006/11/people-who-die-voluntarily-by-ones-own.html

**Rishabh Dev (ऋषभदेव) or Adinatha was the first of the 24 Tirthankara. Rishabh existed before civilization developed. He taught people agriculture, tending of animals, cooking, and more. His eldest son - Bharat - was a chakravarti king - the conqueror of the known world. India was named Bhārata-varsha or Bhārata after him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishabha_(Jain_tirthankar)

**Sorry Telling day - Samvtsari - Paryushan
Khamemi savve jive, (I forgive all the living beings)
Savve jiva khammatu me, ( May all living beings please forgive me)
Metti me savve bhuyeshu, (My friendship is with everyone)
Veram majaham na kenai. (My enmity is totally nonexistent)

Ref-1:http://koshiz.blogspot.com/2007/08/sorry-telling-day.html

Jain History | Origin of Word Bharat-varsha

2009-03-17T11:58:00.000-07:00

Rishabh Dev (ऋषभदेव) or Adinatha was the first of the 24 Tirthankara. Rishabh existed before civilization developed. He taught people agriculture, tending of animals, cooking, and more. His eldest son - Bharat - was a chakravarti king - the conqueror of the known world. India was named Bhārata-varsha or Bhārata after him.

Modern scholars are of opinion that Rishabha was a historical person based on many archeological and literary evidences. P. C. Roychoudary puts the date of Rishabha at the end of Stone Age and beginning of Agriculture age.

Jainism has historical facts and it is non-vedic.It prevailed before vedic influence arrived in India. The Yogi idol found in Indus Valley and certain Mantras of Rigveda prescribe the names of Rishabhdeo and Aristhnemi which are main basis of this ideaology. The story of Lord Rishabh in Bhagwat and Vishnu Puran also clearifies the antiquity of Jain religion.

"The idol carved in Kayotsarga Mudra in Harappa is fully a Sramanic, non-vedic idol. On its face the simplicity or grace appears from distance."

Dr. Kashiprasad Jayaswal has also compared the same with the one of oldest idol of Tirthankar (Lord) Mahavir found in India. There is clear resemblance in naked idol of Harappa and this Jain idol. Their superiority is Yog Mudra (The Indus valley civilisation and Rishabhdeo V.G. Nair Page-1). Yoga as claimed by vedic masters ,is originally part of proto-dravidian brahmi , non-sanskrit culture, thus it is non-vedic and considered to be part of Jain, sraminic or vratya culture.

In Jain tradition, he is more than a Tirthankar. As a king, he is credited with development of several innovations affecting the society, as transition was being made from a simple to a more complex society. According to Vrihat-svayambhuu stotra:

प्रजापतिर्यः प्रथमं जिजीविषुः शशास कृष्यादिसु कर्मसु प्रजाः

(As first Prajapati, he taught people who wanted to earn a living various trades.)

The Bhagavata Purana says: ^[2]:

अष्टमे मेरुदेव्यां तु नाभेर्जात उरूक्रमः. दर्शयन वर्म धीराणां सर्वाश्रमनमस्कृतम्

(In the womb of Merudevi, wife of Nabhi, Rishaba had his eighth avatara. He showed himself in a form that is to be worshipped by those in any stage of life (ashrama).)

Bhāgavata calls him "शरीर मात्र परिग्रह " (body his only possession), "गगन परिधानः " (wearing the sky), वातरशना (wearing the wind).

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishabha_(Jain_tirthankar)

Scientific Verification of Vedic Knowledge

2009-03-15T11:30:00.000-07:00

Just to give an example, see the reference in Veda for Pythagoras Theorem.
http://gosai.com/chaitanya/saranagati/html/vishnu_mjs/math/index.html

Please watch this video for more such eyeopening informations. This is a must watch video, an eyeopener for our GenX. A clear message that how we have not shown respect to our core knowledge.

Thanks to http://thammayya.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/scientific-verification-of-vedic-knowledge-a-must-watch-video/ for sharing this information about this video.

Videos I love the Most

2009-03-14T13:06:00.000-07:00

Haryanvi Song

Hindi Kavita

Shravanabelagola: Tallest monolithic statue in the world

2009-03-14T12:12:00.000-07:00

Situated in the Hassan District, 157 km from Bangalore.The statue of Gomateshwara Bhagwaan Bahubali is located atop Vindhyagiri mountain.
At 57 feet, it is the tallest monolithic statue in the world.
There are 650 steps to the top of the platform.Is the place where Chandragupta, the founder of the Mauryan dynasty, became a Jain ascetic after relinquishing his throne. The statue of Gomateshwara is 1026 years old. Shravanabelagola is the seat of the ancient Bhattaraka Math, belonging to the Desiya Gana lineage of Mula Sangh, from the Digambar monastic tradition. Mahamastakabhisheka is held in Sravanbelagola once in 12 years and attracts a huge number of devout worshippers from all over the world.

Voting for SEVEN wonders of India: http://7wondersofindia.ndtv.com/thanks_final.aspx?voteid=81

Sixth Sense to Next Level

2009-03-14T11:38:00.000-07:00

Watch this video. Quite interesting.
Well Done Pranav.
http://ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

Google's Security Challenge.

2009-03-05T06:34:00.000-08:00

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Google-Challenges-Hackers-to-Native-Client-Security-Contest/
http://code.google.com/contests/nativeclient-security/faq.html
http://code.google.com/p/nativeclient/

Google Challenges Hackers to Native Client Security Contest
Google wants hackers to take their best shot at cracking Native Client security. Google is offering prizes for the top five vulnerabilities hackers can find. The contest ends May 5. Google is hosting a contest to get its hands on security flaws affecting its Native Client technology.
Native Client is an open-source research technology for running x86 native code in Web applications. As an incentive, Google is offering five cash prizes, the largest of which is $8,192. Second place is $4,096, third is $2,048 and both the fourth and fifth place prizes are $1,024. All amounts are in U.S. dollars.
The contest will end just before midnight Pacific Time on May 5.

Spectator today -> Victim Tomorrow | Election Reforms

2009-03-03T22:11:00.000-08:00

We all know that country like "Bharat"(India), which is considered the GURU in ancient times is going through a bad phase mostly because of "BAD POLITICS". All the problem we talk about today, have there roots in bad politics. Open any newspaper, and we can easily see this link for any/every bad news.

Movies like "Rang De Basanti" have also highlighted the same frustration of youth but no feasible answer. Youth is still confused that, what they can do to help things get better.

Though we try to "Keep BLIND eyes"(besides watching news), but we can't. Deep inside we know, that we have to do something.

In this scenario, lets start to think SIMPLE. Lets follow the "Information is safety"(Jaankaari he bachaav hai). Recently I got a chance to attend a session by IIMB professors who are trying to reduce the criminalization of politics. First step towards ADR(Association For Democratic Reforms. Here also no active participation is required from our side(as I said, try to be SIMPLE and EASY).

(Action-1 Know)Just know that which political position is having maximum impact on you and person sitting on it. So if you are in living in XYZ constituency, then person holding the political chair in that constituency is having maximum impact on your life. So just KNOW the person sitting on that chair. Just KNOW the name and criminal record of the person. Information is made public by initiative like ADR(Association For Democratic Reforms) in many forums.

(Action-2 Find Your Constituency)
1. http://www.indiastudychannel.com/india/pincodes/Index.aspx?
Based on Pincode, you can find constituency.
2. http://www.indian-elections.com/states/

(Action-3 - Read) National Election Watch (NEW) Report on state Assembly Elections 2008
• National Election Watch Report
• Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2008
• Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2008
• Delhi Assembly Elections 2008
• Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2008

I don't think, there could be anything simpler then this.

Swami RamDev Introduction

2009-02-26T04:36:00.000-08:00

Science is proving, whatever is written in Indian Scriptures

2009-02-25T01:12:00.001-08:00

People does not easily rely on whatever is written in Indian Scriptures but we put emphasis on Scientific findings.

Good thing what I have seen is that consider any survey/report/scientific inventions.. they will prove whatever is already written in the scriptures.

Take it another way, that I have not come across a single proof which can contradict, anything from these Ancient Master pieces.

So if we show some respect to our ancestor and try to believe what they have said, it will make our life easier.

We have seen the results of GenX thinking of being INDEPENDENT. Movies like Page3, fashion have already conveyed the ideas. People are doing suicides for reasons like failure-in-exams, love etc. People who are doings jobs, says they don't find the life interesting.

So its time to change our reference point. Trying to be OPEN to new thoughts and then I am sure we will get the true meaning of Independence.

People should read about Bharat Swabhiman Movement Started by Swami RamDev. Don't follow it but also don't keep your eyes closed.

http://www.divyayoga.com/BST.htm

(IN) Secure Magazine by Help Net Securiy

2009-02-25T01:06:00.000-08:00

Subscribe to this magazine and enhance your Security knowledge.

http://www.net-security.org/insecuremag.php

TATA NEN Hottest Startups - Dare to Try

2009-02-25T01:02:00.000-08:00

Tata NEN hottest startups is a very good initiative by TATAs. Now people will get a chance to showcase there ideas.

http://www.hotteststartups.in/

Bharat Swabhiman (Trust)- Its Structure, Plan, Objectives & Norms In Brief

2009-02-12T05:23:00.000-08:00

http://www.divyayoga.com/BST.htm

Today morning, I got a chance to get so much information, that I did not know at all. Today(12th Feb, 2009), on Astha Channel, part of Swami RamDev Yog, information was shared about Indian Culture.

It was Awsome!!

Folk Hostel - ISCKON Hostel for youth

2009-02-09T06:44:00.000-08:00

http://folknet.in/SS2008/folknet.html
http://folknet.in/SS2008/html/

Aero India 2009 11th - 15th Feb 2009

2009-02-09T06:38:00.000-08:00

http://www.aeroindia.in/tickets.html

ClickJacking

2009-02-06T06:15:00.001-08:00

Further info on

Barcamp Bangalore 8 @ YAHOO 7-8 March

2009-02-06T06:09:00.000-08:00

... time for a new journey.

Book your dates on 7-8th March for the
8th edition of Barcamp Bangalore @ Yahoo!

We have made a few changes in the event this time and we will post the details in the
coming days.

But its time for you guys to start preparing your sessions, tweeting,
blogging, or anything else you find interesting. Just stay tuned for further announcements!

For those Design gurus interested in the Logo Competition please head here.

Last date for submission of logos is 10-Feb-2009.

Join the barcamp bangalore mailing list
at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bangalore_barcamp

Attakkalari Bangalore Feb 6-15

2009-02-06T06:06:00.000-08:00

Performances in Theaters

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Dance Theatre CcadoO

February 7th | Dance Theatre CcadoO | South Korea

The Murder in the Elevator

Venue – Chowdiah Memorial Hall | Time – 7:30 pm | Duration: 60 mins

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Dance Theatre CcadoO

February 8th | Dance Theatre CcadoO | South Korea

The Murder in the Elevator

Venue – Chowdiah Memorial Hall | Time – 7:30 pm | Duration: 60 mins

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Nrityagram Dance Ensemble

February 9th | India

Mixed Bill

Venue – Chowdiah Memorial Hall | Time – 7:30 pm | Duration: 60 mins

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NATYA S T E M Dance Kampni

February 10th | India

Mixed Bill

Venue – Chowdiah Memorial Hall | Time – 7:30 pm | Duration: 60 mins

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Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts

February 10th | India

Chronotopia

Venue – Ranga Shankara | Time – 7:30 pm | Duration: 60 mins

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Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts

February 11th | India

Chronotopia

Venue – Ranga Shankara | Time – 7:30 pm | Duration: 60 mins

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Samudra

February 11th | India

Cosmic Dance of Siva

Venue – JSS Auditorium | Time – 7:30 pm | Duration: 60 mins

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Cie Philippe Saire

February 12th | Switzerland

Could I just draw your attention to the brevity of life?

Venue – Chowdiah Memorial Hall | Time – 7:30 pm | Duration: 60 mins

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Padmini Chettur Dance Company

February 13th | India

Pushed

Venue – Ranga Shankara | Time – 7:30 pm | Duration: 60 mins

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Cie Philippe Saire

February 13th | Switzerland

Could I just draw your attention to the brevity of life?

Venue – Chowdiah Memorial Hall | Time – 4:30 pm | Duration: 60 mins

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Master Class Performance

February 13th | USA | India

FDDC Master Class Performance

Venue – Alliance Française | Time – 5:30 p.m | Duration: 30 mins

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Materiais Diversos

February 14th | Portugal

Matrioska - a performance for children above 8 years

Venue – Ranga Shankara | Time – 7:30 pm | Duration: 40 mins

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Materiais Diversos

February 15th | Portugal

Various Materials | Um Solo

Venue – Ranga Shankara | Time – 7:30 p.m | Duration: 52mins 30mins (there will be an interval in between)

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Samir Akika

February 15th | Germany

ETE – Extended Teenage Era

Venue – Chowdiah Memorial Hall | Time – 6:30 pm | Duration: 110 mins

A man is found dead in an elevator. The cause of death remains a mystery. Suicide is likely, but there are no letters left to his family. Besides, there are some clues that he might have been moved to this place after his death. One peculiar thing is that the autopsy shows an image lasting for about 15 seconds that was stored in the brain of the deceased man. The image of a blue sky and a single tree with no shadow overhead is presented.

The piece is a work in progress by Moya Michael who was invited to work with the dancers Diya Naidu and Hema Bharathy for the month of July in 2008. The imagery and movement phrases are largely about the interaction of two physical bodies that at various points of the performance actually seem like one, this physicality borrows from the Indian mythological and religious characters of goddesses like Saraswati and her avatars as well as animalistic movements.

Porcelain – the most refined of all ceramic wares – impervious, translucent, resonant. Porcelain that is brittle and fragile. Harder than steel, white as snow. Porcelain that resists higher temperatures than stone. And porcelain that breaks…
The notion that the stage is a place where the invisible can appear has a strong hold on our thoughts. It is a place where we allow our senses to mingle. We hear the scene, we see the speech.

Chaaya - Even if a child is not able to comprehend the gravity of an experience intellectually, the body remembers at the cellular level, visceral reactions leaving traces long after the event. The mind blocks out the violations but revisits these happenings through recurring nightmares. Smells, sounds, people, objects, touch and taste briefly awaken memories of dark and unpleasant encounters. Chaaya is an exploration of such unwanted encounters.

RHYTHMOSAIC
Matter, energy, dynamism and quantity are the key essences of existence. Every phenomenon in this world happens in relation with another -- like falling leaves have a relation with the wind that blows, a teardrop is directly or indirectly related to the emotional turmoil that takes place within an individual.

'CHARADE' is a technology-influenced solo that has been animated, choreographed, and performed by Jonah Bokaer through the use of digital choreographic software. It takes the deconstruction of modernist portraiture as its inspiration, presenting a digital “maquette” which is mimicked by the performer.

PRAARAMBHA - hymn of creation
At first, there was but ONE. That ONE thing, breathless, breathed by its own nature, beyond that, there was nothingness.

CHHAYA - imageA submission to the inherently lyrical form of Odissi, this dance explores the various dimensions of its abstract vocabulary.
MUGDHA - lost in love

'Murali paani . . .' is an Oriya poem interpreted through facial expressions (bhava) and gestures (mudra):

VIBHAKTA - the division
In the union and the separation of the male and female principle lies the secret of all creation. Each acknowledges and celebrates the existence of the other.

AARATI
A salutation to the presiding deities of Odissi dance, the goddess Vimala and Lord Jagannath.
'From you comes all life; and into you we must all return'.

Dancers: Bijayini Satpathy, Pavithra Reddy, Rasmi Raj, Manasi Tripathy.

The Kampni will present an amalgam of excerpts from its newest work 'Mandala', which is based on the premise that formlessness gains articulation when translated into design. Divine forces are propitiated in the form of symbols in all cultures of the world; triangles and circles represent the various transformations of reality that culminate in the universe of mind and matter.

Apart from ensemble pieces like ‘Ushas' and ‘Taraana', Madhu Nataraj and Janardhan will present two solo works – ‘Bindu - the womb of brilliance' and ‘Naadaantaa' respectively.

Inspired by the Tamil epic 'Chilappathikaram', Attakkalari's multi-media dance production is an episodical journey, traversing layers of temporal and physical locations that often defy conventional notions of space and chronology. Establishing a link, between the landscape and the emotional as well as spiritual mindset of the protagonist, images from ordinary human existence encounter the intervention of inexplicable forces.

In 'The Cosmic Dance of Siva', Nataraja is both symbol and reality. It is the movement of creation, preservation and dissolution. This triad, taken together, is the principle of Maya. Shiva is the Divine Dancer, visualized in terms of motion and vibration. Nataraja personifies the kinetic aspect of Siva's divinity – the elemental force through the power of which the whole universe is created, sustained, and ultimately destroyed. We are all dancing with Siva this very moment, and He with us. This cosmic dance of Siva is called Anandatandava, the Dance of Bliss.

In contrast to previous Philippe Saire creations, 'Could I just draw your attention to the brevity of life?' performs a delicate upheaval of the normal conventions of entertainment and plays on them in a light yet precise way. What is the driving force of our lives and universal need? And in answer to the question posed in the title, a surprise finale, a sort of reminder of the fragility of this universe.

- - None - -

Zeros & Ones
Developed in the Winter 2008 in Bengaluru, India's 'Silicon Valley', this piece highlights the digital divide separating e-haves and e-have nots.

Burning Skin
Many different forms of movement have influenced the choreography in Burning Skin - the martial arts, ballet, modern dance, bharata natyam as well as Roger Sinha's own unique vocabulary based on improvisation.

Quebasian Rhapsody
In a fluid form of movement mixed with various dynamic accents, the choreographer deconstructs the controlled and formalized techniques of Bharatanatyam and integrates it into his own personal, explosive and very fast movement style.

Minimini (turning around and around)
Minimini is about an experience of the life of the choreographer, Serge Aimé Coulibaly. In traditional African societies, when you want to express something strongly, you start with speech and when this is not sufficient you move on to dancing and singing. And sometimes you reach a trance-like state.

In Between Skin
Do you get sun burnt? Indian women do not laugh this loudly.What language do you dream in?
The suitcase contains dance and text making it a theatrical performance with a strong dramatic undertone.

I lost my English
I lost my English deals with cultural alienation and the intellectual dominion and the social and economic oppression that language can contain. When the way these words sound suddenly speak volumes about your history, your country and perhaps nothing about what those words mean in the dictionary.

Anger, pain, pleasure, happiness, sorrow, love, lust. Pushed is all of these journeys. Six dancers enter and exit in quick succession weaving a long and linear non-narrative that moves from one transition to the next seamlessly. The intention is to blur the lines of emotionality. To move the emotional from the tangible subjective to an intangible objective. Emotion is then our ability to find balance but also to lose.

- - None - -

Matrioska is based on the idea that there are overlapped layers in the things we see.
What we see in front of our eyes is often not more than the first image, the most immediate of many others behind it. This state of constant discovery, this curiosity about the images presented and their mutation is what we want to convey. What's behind that? What's inside this? What's that shadow? Is there someone inside it? What language does this singer sing? What's hiding beneath this shape?

UM SOLO (2002)
Um Solo functions like an echo chamber: it is where Tiago Guedes awaits and welcomes the spectator. It is in this shared space that his gestures detached from the rest, seem to express an inner voice deflected by any object he handles. The objects are silent and mysterious precisely because they are mute. To misuse them is to derange their functionality opening the possibility of creating new meanings.

VARIOUS MATERIALS (2003)
Tiago Guedes exhibits an absolutely exact presence, total but detached, in the middle of a small world made of different materials - newspapers, trash bags, scotch tape and others. He lines up metaphors and as if a child becoming an adult artist, he recomposes the parable.

E.T.E. – Extended Teenage Era: This dance theatre piece is a study of the present generation of young artists that learn well but without steady jobs. Because they have no chance to find their place in the adult world, they live within the limitations presented by parents and fill their world with the power of the imagination and memories out of the teenager time. Change is the magic word. The piece is characterised by a playful lightness and subversive jokes as well as with absolute dance and body control.

Fw: Website Launch - Young Jains

2009-02-05T01:06:00.001-08:00

Dear All

Sadar Jai Jinendra

Time has come that we all get connected through one of the most powerful invention of 20^th century!!!

Arre!!! don't rub your head with your hand in thinking what I am saying……I am just talking about the internet!!! J J J Friends!!! Say hurray!!! J J J........the stage has all set for the launch our Young Jains' website!!!

Let me accept, there has been some delay in the process………but!!!, "Jaisa ki Aagam (sastra) may Aaya Hai Ki" until five basic ingredients collectively met…………… (1) Kaal Labdhi (2) Purushartha (3) Swabhaav (4) Nimitt and (5) Honhaar............the work does not get completed. "Kuch aisa hi abhi tak hua."

However most of the things have now been completed except the launch of the same and that will get completed only with the presence of you all.

Let me feel great pleasure in inviting you all for the launch our website on 7th February 2009 (coming Saturday) at India International Centre, Delhi . The launch will coincide the two day seminar on " Jain Way of Life" (JWOL) organized by the Bhogilal Leherchand Institute of Indology.

Dr. Karan Singh, M.P., President of ICCR will preside over the Inaugural Function and Dr. Kapila Vatsyayana will be the Chief Guest. Prof. Sheldon Pollock and Prof. Gananath Obeysekere will be the Guests of Honor. Besides, more than twenty leading scholars from all over India will participate in the seminar.

The website will be launched by an eminent speaker and academician, Prof. Radhavallabh Tripathi (HOD Sanskrit) of Dr HSG University, Sagar, MP.

Program details: -

Friday, 6th February 2009

9.30 am - 6.00pm - Inaugural & Academic Session

Saturday, 7th February 2009

9.30 am - 6.00pm - Academic Session and Website Launch

Venue:

Conference Room No. III

India International Centre (Annexe)

Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110003

- Tea and lunch will be provided at the venue

Detailed brochure of the program is enclosed herewith. Hope to see all of you at the venue.

Since the seats are limited, please book your seat in advance however we will try to accommodate all if the confirmation is given in advance.

For giving confirmation/seat booking/any other clarification, please contact Gaurav Jain 9811981233

For any assistance at the venue, please get in touch with Gaurav at above number or Neeraj at 9999905646

Team – Young Jains

PS: Please come in Young Jains T-Shirts

Fw: Tip to avoid automobile theft - leave an old mobile phone in silent mode

2008-12-30T21:35:00.000-08:00

Good Idea !!

Hyderabad police website.

Hide a second hand mobile phone with a post paid connection and keep

charging it once in two days. Don't forget to keep it in Silent mode. If

your vehicle is stolen, at least police will be able to trace it within 48

hours..! (through tower signals)

Fw: ICICI DUPLICATE SITE

2008-12-22T20:44:00.000-08:00

Dear All Please pay attention to the following

ICICI bank's net banking has a duplicate site as details given below.
Please be careful while using ICICI net banking.

ICICI Bank Duplicate site-be careful

Fw: Gita Saransh......

2008-12-17T22:16:00.001-08:00

Fw: 4 LICENSED Microsoft Softwares for FREE to College Students in India

2008-12-12T06:10:00.001-08:00

DreamSpark program launched by Microsoft is for all technical students in
India.
You can inform your relatives/friends studying in college & they can take
advantage of this offer & learn Microsoft technologies.

The software suite includes following ORIGINAL LICENSED programs.

Windows Server 2003,
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008,
Expression Studio,
SQL Server Developer Edition
Virtual PC and more.

How to Get it

You could simply walk into any NIIT or Aptech training institute and show
your college identity card to get free DVDs.

Both undergraduates and graduate students are eligible to receive free
software from Microsoft.

Alternatively, if you have a high bandwidth connection, you may download
the software online from www.dreamsparkindia.com

Microsoft DreamSpark will be expanded to include high school students by
early 2009.

Fw: CELLPHONE QLTY CHECKER

2008-12-10T03:51:00.001-08:00

I did this test and got 00 as 7-8th character. Which means my handset is

original. Check yours………………..

Would you like to know if your mobile is original or not?????

Press the following on your mobile *#06# and the-international mobile

equipment identity number appears. Then check the 7th and 8th numbers:

|--------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+----+----+--+---+---+---+---+---+---|

| | 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7 | 8 | 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15|

| | | | | | | | th | th | | | | | | | |

|--------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+----+----+--+---+---+---+---+---+---|

| Phone serial | x| x| x| x| x| x| ? | ? | x| x | x | x | x | x | x |

| no.. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|--------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+----+----+--+---+---+---+---+---+---|

IF the Seventh & Eighth digits are 02 or 20 this means your cell phone was

assembled in Emirates which is very Bad quality

IF the Seventh & Eighth digits are 08 or 80 this means your cell phone was

manufactured in Germany which is fair quality

IF the Seventh & Eighth digits are 01 or 10 this means your cell phone was

manufactured in Finland which is very Good

IF the Seventh & Eighth digits are 00 this means your cell phone was

manufactured in original factory which is the best Mobile Quality

IF the Seventh & Eighth digits are 13 this means your cell phone was

assembled in Azerbaijan which is very Bad quality and also dangerous for

your health

Fw: How to fail tests with dignity!

2008-12-10T03:48:00.000-08:00

Fw: The BEST Awareness ADS , award winning!!! last 1

2008-12-09T22:13:00.000-08:00

Fw: Innovative wedding invitation-CHECK THIS OUT

2008-12-03T22:04:00.000-08:00

Fw: Cutest Twins Of The Universe

2008-12-03T20:33:00.000-08:00

Fw: Funny Life - Funny thoughts

2008-12-03T20:31:00.000-08:00

"U love someone
U marry someone else..

The one u marry
becomes ur wife or husband

And the one u loved
becomes the password of ur mail id"

---------------

There's only one perfect child in the world & every mother has it.

There's only one perfect wife in the world & every neighbor has it.

---------------

Three dreams of a man:

To be as handsome as his mother thinks.

To be as rich as his child believes.
To have as many women as his wife suspects...

---------------

Husband & wife are like liver and kidney. Husband is the liver & wife
the kidney.

If the liver fails, the kidney fails. If the kidney fails, the liver
manages with other kidney.

---------------

Generation Next Motto: Na hum shaadi karenge, na apne bachchon ko
karne denge..

---------------

What's the diff between Dava & Daru?

Dava is like a girlfriend, that comes with an expiry date and

Daru is like a wife, Jitni purani hogi utna sir chad ke bolegi.

---------------

Wife ko Begum kyu kehte hain?

Kyonki shaadi ke baad saare gum to husband ke hisse mein aate hain or

wife Be-Gum ho jaati hai.

Fw: Blood clot - for everyone's safety - STROKE IDENTIFICATION

2008-11-28T01:15:00.000-08:00

Please have a look....This 5 min may save a life and lots of tears.....
You could save a life.
(Embedded image moved to file: pic12977.jpg)

STROKE: Remember The 1st Three Letters... S.T.R ...

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a party, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured
everyone that she was fine and just tripped over a brick because of her
new shoes. (they offered to call ambulance)

They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she
appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of
the evening. Ingrid's husband called later telling everyone that his wife
had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm , Ingrid passed away.)
She had suffered a stroke at the party . Had they known how to identify
the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today.

Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. It
only takes a minute to read this...

STROKE IDENTIFICATION:

A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he
can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick
was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient
medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Remember the '3' steps, STR . Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately,
the lack of awareness spells disaster.
The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail
to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple
questions :

S * Ask the individual to SMILE ..
T * = TALK. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (eg 'It
is sunny out today').
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS .

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call the ambulance
and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

NOTE : Another 'sign' of a stroke is
1. Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue.
2. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other that is
also an indication of a stroke.

A prominent cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to
10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

and it could be your own..

PASS THIS ONE.

Barcamp.org upcoming events in India

2008-11-26T22:34:00.000-08:00

http://barcamp.org/#India

India

29th November 2008- Barcamp Pune 5
16th November 2008 - FailCamp Chennai
7th December 2008 - BarCamp Kerala 3
7th December 2008 BarCampIndore
14th December 2008 PRCamp Chennai
17th December 2008 - MobileCampNewDelhi
3rd January 2009 - BarCamp Kolkata
20th January 2009 - PSP Homebrew DevCamp 1 - New Delhi

Fw: HUM TUM... Nice one...

2008-11-25T01:54:00.000-08:00

Fw: Imagine what is on the top of this tower? - "Stratosphere" in Las Vegas

2008-11-25T01:53:00.000-08:00

Imagine what is on the top of this tower?

This is "Stratosphere" in Las Vegas with its 'Triple Thrills', along with
a Hotel and Casino.
Thrilling, isn't it?

Fw: Side effects of alcohol ... and remedies!!!

2008-11-24T02:39:00.000-08:00

Side effects of alcohol ... and remedies!!!

1. Symptom: Cold and humid feet.
Cause : Glass is being held at incorrect angle (You are pouring the
drink on your feet).

Cure: Maneuver glass until open end is facing upward

2. Symptom :
The wall facing you is full of lights.
Cause: You're lying on the floor.

Cure: Position your body at a 90-degree angle to the floor.

3. Symptom: The floor looks blurry.
Cause : You're looking through an empty glass.

Cure: Quickly refill with your favorite beverage.

4. Symptom: The floor is moving.
Cause: You're being dragged away.

Cure: At least ask where they're taking you.

5. Symptom: You hear echoes every time someone speaks.
Cause : You have your glass on your ear.

Cure: Stop making a fool of yourself!

6. Symptom: The room is shaking a lot, everyone is dressed in white and
the music is very repetitive.
Cause: You're in an ambulance.

Cure: Don't move. Let the professionals do their job.

7. Symptom : Your dad and all your
brothers are looking funny.
Cause : You're in the wrong house.

Cure: Ask if they can point you to your house.

Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fw: A Good Thing To Learn 'The Law of the Garbage Truck'

2008-11-24T01:21:00.000-08:00

One day, I hopped into a taxi and took off for the airport . We were
driving in the right lane when suddenly, a black car, jumped out of a
parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed the brakes,
skidded, and missed the other car by just inches!

The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at
us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. I mean, was really
friendly.

So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and
sent us to the hospital!" This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now
call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck'

He explained, "Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of
garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As
their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll
dump it on you. NEVER take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well,
and move on with the routine life." Don't take their garbage and spread it
to other people at work, at home or on the streets.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take
over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets,
so...... 'Love the people who treat you right.. Pray for the ones who
don't.'

Tips for Freshers looking for Jobs

2008-11-23T02:00:00.001-08:00

Getting a Job is really hard in current scenario. But for a fresher, situation is never easy. If institute have Campus Placement then there is nothing like that. I received many call from known people who are fresher and looking for a job. Most companies hire fresher through Campus Placements only. Lateral-entry is usually for experienced people. But here are some suggestions, which I usually find useful and can be adopted by freshers.

1. Your Alumni's: People usually ignore the power of Alumni Network. sometime Institutes maintain Alumni Network and also have Alumni Meets so that students can get to know their seniors but some institue does not have Alumni Networe and people rarelly interact with their senior. But for a fresher, Alumni is the best contact. Let me tell you why?

When a fresher is looking for the job then only basis for job recruitment is his/her last qualification. For example, in case of any Computer Institute/college, everybody is learning basic skill like C/DataBase/Networking/Java/Operation System/Data Structure. So depth of these subjects are the deciding factor. Not every institute is famous like IIT/IIM. So organization need some kind of scale to gauge the capablities of a fresher. Interviewing is a very costly practice and organization can not do this for every resume they receive. So when resume is forwared by Alumni, then Alumni's performance can be considered as an indicator of the other students capablities from same institute. Also every Alumni has some kind of bondage with the Institute so, Alumni are always more then willing to help other student from their college in getting the job. So it really makes a difference when resume is forwarded by your Alumni or your friend.

2. Contant Followup: People usually think that just forwarding a resume to a friend is more then enough. And if the person does not respond in a give time, then they make a bad feeling about that person, that he/she is not helpful. Good thing, is to contact as many people as possible and make constant followup. Also if someone does not respond to query with 1-2 trial, don't keep a bad feeling as person may be too busy. So my suggestion is that "Keep Moving".

3. Good Resume: Some people just thing that putting everything in resume is good enough. But this is not the case. People who are reading your resume have limited time, and they will not read the whole resume. So make a point that key points are highlighted so that, you they are not missed.

4. Internet: Reach as many websites as possible. These days, most companies have functionality to upload resume on their website. Use social networking sites like LinkedIn. LinkedIn.com is also a very good profession networking website. So having a account on these site also helps.

5. Set priority: There is a saying that

if you can plan for a week, you get grass,
if you can plan for months, you get flowers
but if you can plan for years then you will get Tree.

So set your priorities in life, that will help you in achieving long term goals. In my case, I changed my job profile, after two years of experience. Now some people may feel that, in this case, I am losing on my two years of experience. But for long term, I think I am Good. So I believe, its never too late, to start/change something.

All the Best!!

Please add comment with your suggestion

Fwd: Aur Batao Syndrome - 99% Software Engg suffering

2008-11-23T01:02:00.001-08:00

Aur Batao Syndrome
:
Guess we all r suffering frm it..
:
Conversation between 2 software engg Friends:
:
Sw1---hello
:
SW2---hi
:
Sw1---hey h r u???
:
SW2---m fine!!! Wht abt u???
:
SW1---m fine too
:
SW2---cool
:
SW1---so howz life???
:
SW2--gud
:
SW1--hmmmm
:
SW1--aur batao? ( passing the ball to the other side)
:
SW2--hmmm everything as usual
:
SW2--so wht else???
:
SW1--nothing much
:
SW2--ok
:
SW2--aur batao? ( passing the ball to the other
side)
:
And it goes on like this until they give up
:
:
Are u also having such conversation with ur frnds, then I guess u r also suffering from aur batao syndrome It means ur life is all screwed up following the usual monotonous routine.
:
:
Probably u need a change in ur life something which is exciting,something which is adventurous, something which really makes u feel gud
:
:
Correct????
:
yeh sab to thik hai
:
AUR BATAO :-)

__._,_.___

Fwd: Is it true?? Demand from Men and Women

2008-11-23T01:00:00.000-08:00

How to Keep a Woman Happy

It's not difficult?

All you have to do is to be:

1. A friend

2. A companion

3. A lover

4. A brother

5. A father

6. A master

7. A chef

8. An electrician

9. A carpenter

10. A plumber

11. A mechanic

12. A decorator

13. A stylist

14. A gynecologist

15. A psychologist

16. A pest exterminator

17. A psychiatrist

18. A healer

19. A good listener

20. An organizer

21. A good father

22. Very clean

23. Sympathetic

24. Athletic

25. Warm

26. Attentive

27. Gallant

28. Intelligent

29. Funny

30. Creative

31. Tender

32. Strong

33. Understanding

34. Tolerant

35. Prudent

36. Ambitious

37. Capable

38. Courageous

39. Determined

40. True

41. Dependable

42. Passionate

WITHOUT FORGETTING TO:

43. Give her compliments regularly

44. Love shopping

45. Be honest

46. Be very rich

47. Not stress her out

48. Not look at other girls

AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST ALSO:

49. Give her lots of attention, but expect little yourself

50. Give her lots of time, especially time for herself

51. Give her lots of space, never worrying about where she goes

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT NOT TO FORGET:

52. Birthdays

53. Anniversaries

54. Arrangements she makes

Just merely 54 demands ? J

HOW TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY!!! :

1. Leave him in peace

2. Feed him well.

3. Let him have the remote control.

Oh my god 3 demands ? L

Men.... What a demanding creature!!!

Fwd: 16 Signs that you Like Someone

2008-11-22T01:28:00.001-08:00

16 Signs that you Like Someone::

SIXTEEN:

When you're on the phone with them late at night and they hang up, you still miss them even when it was just two minutes ago.

FIFTEEN:

You read their Texts and Ims Over and over again.

FOURTEEN:

You walk really slow when you're with them.

THIRTEEN:

You feel shy whenever they're around.

ELEVEN:

When you think about them, your heart beats faster but slower at the same time.

TEN:
You smile when you hear their voice.

NINE:

When you look at them, you can't see the other people around you, you just see him/her.

EIGHT:

You start listening to slow songs while thinking about them.

SEVEN:

They're all you think about.

SIX:

You get high just from their scent.

FIVE:

You relize you're always smiling when you're looking at them.

FOUR:

You would do anything for them, just to see them.

THREE:

While reading this, there was one person on your mind this whole time.

TWO:

You were so busy thinking about that person, you didnt notice number twelve was missing

ONE:

You just scrolled up to check & are now silently laughing at yourself.

Fwd: Civil Engineer - Innovation

2008-11-22T01:26:00.000-08:00

If you are not able to figure out the problem in the above picture than you are the biggest genius.

Fwd: Intelligent answers for difficult questions!

2008-11-22T01:22:00.001-08:00

Q.How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

A. Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)

Q.If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?

A. No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23 rd Rank Opted for IFS)

Q.If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?

A. Very large hands.(Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted for IPS)

Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?

A. It is not a problem, since you will never find an elephant with one hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES)

Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?

A. No Probs, He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)

Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?

A. It will Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC IAS Rank 2)

Q. What looks like half apple?

A : The other half. (UPSC - IAS Topper )

Q. What can you never eat for breakfast?

A : Dinner.

Q. What happened when wheel was invented?

A : It caused a revolution.

Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?

A : Liquid

Sometimes just thinking out of the box is what it takes!

Fwd: Funny Translations English -> Hindi

2008-11-22T01:17:00.000-08:00

Have a nice day! ------> Achcha din lo!

What's up? ------------ >Uppar kya hai?
You're kidding! -------->Tum bachcha bana rahe ho!
Don't kid me! ---------> Mera bachcha mut banaao!
Yo, baby! What's up? --> Beti Yo, uppar kya hai?
Cool man! -------------> Thandaa aadmi!
Don't mess with me, dude.-----> Mere saath gandagee mat karo, e yakti.
She's so fine! --------> Woh itnee baareek hai!
Listen buddy, that chick's mine, okay!?-----> Suno dost, woh choozaa
mera hai, theek?

Are you nuts? ---------> Kya aap akhrot hain?

And the best ones are.....

How do you do? --------> Kaise karte ho?

Keep in touch.......... >Chhoote Raho

Fwd: Keep the Spark - Fantastic Article - Long article but worth reading

2008-11-22T01:11:00.001-08:00

Keep the Spark

Inaugural Speech for the new batch at the Symbiosis BBA program 2008
© Chetan Bhagat

Good Morning everyone and thank you for giving me this chance to speak to you. This day is about you. You, who have come to this college, leaving the comfort of your homes (or in some cases discomfort), to become something in your life. I am sure you are excited. There are few days in human life when one is truly elated. The first day in college is one of them. When you were getting ready today, you felt a tingling in your stomach. What would the auditorium be like, what would the teachers be like, who are my new classmates - there is so much to be curious about. I call this excitement, the spark within you that makes you feel truly alive today. Today I am going to talk about keeping the spark shining. Or to put it another way, how to be happy most, if not all the time.

Where do these sparks start? I think we are born with them. My 3-year old twin boys have a million sparks. A little Spiderman toy can make them jump on the bed. They get thrills from creaky swings in the park. A story from daddy gets them excited. They do a daily countdown for birthday party – several months in advance – just for the day they will cut their own birthday cake.

I see students like you, and I still see some sparks. But when I see older people, the spark is difficult to find. That means as we age, the spark fades. People whose spark has faded too much are dull, dejected, aimless and bitter. Remember Kareena in the first half of Jab We Met vs the second half? That is what happens when the spark is lost. So how to save the spark?

Imagine the spark to be a lamp's flame. The first aspect is nurturing - to give your spark the fuel, continuously. The second is to guard against storms.

To nurture, always have goals. It is human nature to strive, improve and achieve full potential. In fact, that is success. It is what is possible for you. It isn't any external measure - a certain cost to company pay package, a particular car or house.

Most of us are from middle class families. To us, having material landmarks is success and rightly so. When you have grown up where money constraints force everyday choices, financial freedom is a big achievement.

But it isn't the purpose of life. If that was the case, Mr Ambani would not show up for work. Shah Rukh Khan would stay at home and not dance anymore. Steve Jobs won't be working hard to make a better iPhone, as he sold Pixar for billions of dollars already. Why do they do it? What makes them come to work everyday?

They do it because it makes them happy. They do it because it makes them feel alive. Just getting better from current levels feels good. If you study hard, you can improve your rank. If you make an effort to interact with people, you will do better in interviews. If you practice, your cricket will get better. You may also know that you cannot become Tendulkar, yet. But you can get to the next level. Striving for that next level is important.

Nature designed with a random set of genes and circumstances in which we were born. To be happy, we have to accept it and make the most of nature's design. Are you? Goals will help you do that.

I must add, don't just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order.

There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if your mind is full of tensions.

You must have read some quotes - Life is a tough race, it is a marathon or whatever. No, from what I have seen so far, life is one of those races in nursery school. Where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same with life, where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die.

One last thing about nurturing the spark - don't take life seriously. One of my yoga teachers used to make students laugh during classes. One student asked him if these jokes would take away something from the yoga practice. The teacher said - don't be serious, be sincere. This quote has defined my work ever since. Whether its my writing, my job, my relationships or any of my goals. I get thousands of opinions on my writing everyday. There is heaps of praise, there is intense criticism. If I take it all seriously, how will I write? Or rather, how will I live? Life is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up? It's ok, bunk a few classes, goof up a few interviews, fall in love. We are people, not programmed devices.

I've told you three things - reasonable goals, balance and not taking it too seriously that will nurture the spark. However, there are four storms in life that will threaten to completely put out the flame. These must be guarded against. These are disappointment, frustration, unfairness and loneliness of purpose.

Disappointment will come when your effort does not give you the expected return. If things don't go as planned or if you face failure. Failure is extremely difficult to handle, but those that do come out stronger. What did this failure teach me? is the question you will need to ask. You will feel miserable. You will want to quit, like I wanted to when nine publishers rejected my first book. Some IITians kill themselves over low grades – how silly is that? But that is how much failure can hurt you.

But it's life. If challenges could always be overcome, they would cease to be a challenge. And remember - if you are failing at something, that means you are at your limit or potential. And that's where you want to be.

Disappointment's cousin is frustration, the second storm. Have you ever been frustrated? It happens when things are stuck. This is especially relevant in India. From traffic jams to getting that job you deserve, sometimes things take so long that you don't know if you chose the right goal. After books, I set the goal of writing for Bollywood, as I thought they needed writers. I am called extremely lucky, but it took me five years to get close to a release.

Frustration saps excitement, and turns your initial energy into something negative, making you a bitter person. How did I deal with it? A realistic assessment of the time involved – movies take a long time to make even though they are watched quickly, seeking a certain enjoyment in the process rather than the end result – at least I was learning how to write scripts , having a side plan – I had my third book to write and even something as simple as pleasurable distractions in your life - friends, food, travel can help you overcome it. Remember, nothing is to be taken seriously. Frustration is a sign somewhere, you took it too seriously.

Unfairness - this is hardest to deal with, but unfortunately that is how our country works. People with connections, rich dads, beautiful faces, pedigree find it easier to make it – not just in Bollywood, but everywhere. And sometimes it is just plain luck. There are so few opportunities in India, so many stars need to be aligned for you to make it happen. Merit and hard work is not always linked to achievement in the short term, but the long term correlation is high, and ultimately things do work out. But realize, there will be some people luckier than you.

In fact, to have an opportunity to go to college and understand this speech in English means you are pretty darn lucky by Indian standards. Let's be grateful for what we have and get the strength to accept what we don't. I have so much love from my readers that other writers cannot even imagine it. However, I don't get literary praise. It's ok. I don't look like Aishwarya Rai, but I have two boys who I think are more beautiful than her. It's ok. Don't let unfairness kill your spark.

Finally, the last point that can kill your spark is isolation. As you grow older you will realize you are unique. When you are little, all kids want Ice cream and Spiderman. As you grow older to college, you still are a lot like your friends. But ten years later and you realize you are unique. What you want, what you believe in, what makes you feel, may be different from even the people closest to you. This can create conflict as your goals may not match with others. . And you may drop some of them. Basketball captains in college invariably stop playing basketball by the time they have their second child. They give up something that meant so much to them. They do it for their family. But in doing that, the spark dies. Never, ever make that compromise. Love yourself first, and then others.

There you go. I've told you the four thunderstorms - disappointment, frustration, unfairness and isolation. You cannot avoid them, as like the monsoon they will come into your life at regular intervals. You just need to keep the raincoat handy to not let the spark die.

I welcome you again to the most wonderful years of your life. If someone gave me the choice to go back in time, I will surely choose college. But I also hope that ten years later as well, you eyes will shine the same way as they do today. That you will Keep the Spark alive, not only through college, but through the next 2,500 weekends. And I hope not just you, but my whole country will keep that spark alive, as we really need it now more than any moment in history. And there is something cool about saying - I come from the land of a billion sparks.

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I fear nothing, I hope for nothing, I am free.

Fw: Self motivation!!!

2008-11-22T01:02:00.001-08:00

D o u know what's self Motivation is
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This is called Self Motivation!!

Hope you all had a big smile for a moment in your face in midst of a busy schedule!!!

Keep smiling which never cost you, however makes lot of difference in you!!! J

Have a Bright and a Smiling Day J

Fwd: Unicef award winning advertisements

2008-11-22T00:49:00.001-08:00

PLEASE READ THESE CAREFULLY.... What an effective message !!!!

Re: Letter from Ludhiana School boy! - nice one must read

2008-11-22T00:47:00.001-08:00

The Principal,
Bela School,
Ludhiana

Sir,

Binti eh hai ki aj kal school vich dil nahi lagda te raat nu neend nahi andi kyonki school vich kudiyan ghat ne, jo hai oh sab eniyan ajeeb ne ki dekhan nu ji ni karda.Te madama v koih khas ptaka nahi haan.Hor ni koch taan receptionist hi sohni rakh lavo taa ki nave bache admission laan leyyee motivate ho sakan .

Aap ji da bahut dhanwadi howanga.

Your faithfully,
Boys Association

Fwd: Hand Painted Art

2008-11-22T00:40:00.001-08:00

क्या सही है क्या ग़लत है ???

2008-11-21T01:42:00.000-08:00

अगर हम किसी भी विषय पर बात करें, तो हमेशा उसके सही मानने वाले भी होते है और ग़लत मानने वाले भी तो हमें पता कैसे चले की क्या सही है और क्या ग़लत हर कोई अपने को हे सही मानता है जैसे के

1. चाहे तो कोई भी समय रहा हो, 20 साल के लड़के/लड़की को लगता है के उसका परिवार उसको Enjoy करने नही देता
40 साल के आदमी/औरत को लगता है की बच्चे उनकी बात नही सुनते

2. हर Teacher को लगता है के में तो बच्चो को पढाने के लिए itani मेहनत करता हूं और यह है के ध्यान नही देते इन्हे समझ ही नही है की यह क्या खोने लग रहे हैं
Students को लगता है के यह क्या फालतू का पढ़ा रहे हैं बस यही कोशिश रहते है के कोई ऐसा प्रशन पूछो की teacher अटक जाए यहे सबसे बड़ा Achievement है

3. Employee को लगता है की कितना भी काम करो कुछ भी नही होता और यह Managers सारा काम हम से करवाते हैं, ख़ुद कुछ नही करते
Manager को लगता है की काम के समय तो सबके Reason होते हैं पर Yearly Review के समय सबको सब कुछ चाहिए

4. सास को लगता है बहु न तो कुछ काम करती baatein kitani करवा लो
बहु को लागता है कितना भी काम कर लो सास को तो तस्सली होनी हे नही है

5. पति को लगता है के Tension के समय वैसे ही दिमाग ख़राब रहता है एंड पत्नी ko bhee rahta hai की उसे सब कुछ बताओ अब कोई क्या क्या बताएगा
पत्नी ko लगता है की अगर मेरे पति अपन बात मुझे नही बता रही है तो क्या वो मुझने अपना नही समझते, जो कुछ share नही कर रहे है

तो जब यही नही पता के क्या सही है और क्या ग़लत है तो किसी को क्या कहो ख़ुद क्या करो किसी और को क्या सलाह दो अगर कोई मुझ से पूछे के "क्या किसी को जान से मरना सही है" तो में कहूँगा बिल्कुल नही पर अगर वो Army में हो तो मेरा जवाब बदल जायेगा

To be Continued॥

मुझे पसंद - तो सही नही -तो ग़लत

2008-11-21T01:30:00.000-08:00

हा जी तो आप मेरी सोच को सुनने में रूचि रखते हैं आपके समय के लिए बहुत बहुत शुक्रिया
आज मैंने सोचा की, आजकल मेरी सोच यह है के अगर कोई मेरा दोस्त मुझे कुछ मजाक में कह दे, जैसे की,

१. तू पूरा दिन खाता रहेगा क्या?
२. अपनी शक्ल देखो है आईने में
तो उसके में मजाक में टाल दूँगा पर आज कल हम घर में यह सब बातें नही सुन सकते अगर घर पर कोई यह बात कर दे तो बहुत बुरा लगता है बस मन में आता है "तेरे से मतलब" और यह सब कुछ ज्यादा मुश्किल हो जाता है जब यह बात "In-Laws" में से किसी ने कही हो

इसका तो मतलब हुआ, दोस्त से तो हम अपनापन बना लेते है "In Laws" से नही।

यह वैसे ही है के अगर दोस्तों में अगर कोई कह दे के डांस कर दे यह गाना सुना दे, तो वो सही है पर Ragging के समय यही बातें सुन कर लगता है के "तू कहने वाला होता कौन है"

अगर में ऑफिस से काम करके घर पहुँचा हूं और घर पर कोई काम के लिए कह दे तो लगता है, थक कर तो घर पर काम करके आया हूं और अभी कसे काम कर दूँ पर अगर उससे समय मेरे दोस्त का फ़ोन आ जाए कहीं मिलने के लिए तो मुझे थकान नही लगती तो फ़िर वो थकान कहाँ गयी फ़िर क्या में Parents से झूट बोल रहा था की मुझे थकान है'
तो इसका मतलब, में यही है की में वोही करता हूं, सुनता हूं, समझता हूं, जो मेरा मन करता है

Fwd: Daddy's Perception of Child when he/she age : 4 to 60

2008-11-19T21:17:00.001-08:00

HOW A SON/DAUGHTER THINKS OF HIS/HER DADDY AT DIFFERENT AGES:

At 4 Years
My daddy is great.

At 6 Years
My daddy knows everybody.

At 10 Years
My daddy is good but is short tempered

At 12 Years
My daddy was very nice to me when I was young.

At 14 Years
My daddy is getting fastidious.

At 16 Years
My daddy is not in line with the current times.

At 18 Years
My daddy is becoming increasingly cranky.

At 20 Years
Oh! Its becoming difficult to tolerate daddy. Wonder how Mother puts up with him.

At 25 Years
Daddy is objecting to everything.

At 30 Years
It's becoming difficult to manage my son. I was so scared of my father when I was young.

At 40 Years
Daddy brought me up with so much discipline. Even I should do the same.

At 45 Years
I am baffled as to how my daddy brought us up.

At 50 Years
My daddy faced so many hardships to bring us up. I am unable to manage a single son.

At 55 Years
My daddy was so far sighted and planned so many things for us. He is one of his kind and unique.

At 60 Years
My daddy is great.

Thus, it took 56 years to complete the cycle and come back to the 1st. stage. Realize the true value of your parents before its too late

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2008-11-19T09:29:00.001-08:00

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Fwd: Today's generation :) Girls writing a letter to father

2008-11-17T00:32:00.001-08:00

Father passing by his teenage daughter's bedroom
was astonished to see the bed was nicely made and everything was neat
& tidy. Then he saw an envelope propped up on the centre of
the pillow. It was addressed 'Dad'.
With the worst premonition, he opened the envelope and read the letter:

Dear Dad,

It is with great regret & sorrow that I'm writing you, but I'm
leaving home.I had to elope with my new boyfriend Randy because I wanted to
avoid a scene with Mom & you. I've been finding real passion with
Randy & he is so nice to me. I know when you meet him you'll like him
too -even with all his piercing, tattoos, & motorcycle clothes.
But it's not only the passion Dad, I'm pregnant &
Randy said that he wants me to have the kid & that we'll be very happy
together. Even though Randy is much older than me
(anyway,40 isnt so old these days is it?),& has no money,
really these things shouldn't stand in the way of our relationship,
don't you agree?

Randy has a great CD collection; he already owns a trailer in the woods
& has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. It's true he has
other girlfrnds as well but I know he'll be faithful to me in his own
way. Randy taught me that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone and he'll
be growing it for us and we'll trade it with our friends for all
the cocaine and ecstasy we want.
In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS
so Randy can get better; he sure deserves it!!

Don't worry Dad, I'm 15 years old now and I know
how to take care of myself. Someday I'm sure we'll be back to visit so
you can get to know your grandchildren.

Your loving daughter,
Rosie

At the bottom of the page were the letters 'PTO'
Hands trembling, her father turned the sheet, and read:

PS: Dad, none of the above is true. I'm over at the
neighbour's house.I just wanted to remind you that there are worse
things in life than my report card that's in my desk centre drawer.
Please sign it and call when it is safe for me
to come home. I love u!

--
Rosie

Fwd: reminder for gati event tomorrow 16th Nov, 2008

2008-11-17T00:07:00.001-08:00

GATI FORUM: MUSIC, ART AND DANCE IN THE 20TH CENTURY

A talk by Dr Punita Singh

Sunday, November 16^th2008

Siddhartha Hall, Max Mueller Bhavan.

7pm

Free Entry

The 20^th century provided a conducive backdrop for remarkable innovations in music, dance and the visual arts as constraints of content, form, structure and narrative were displaced by the use of elements not traditionally considered to be aesthetic or artistic. Experimentation with space and time, with texture, tonality, timbre and technology led to composers creating auditory works that paralleled 'modern' art movements such as impressionism, expressionism, fauvism, exoticism, evolving into postmodern artscapes that defied the very definition of what is construed as music or dance.

Using illustrative audio and visual examples, in this talk Dr Punita Singh will share observations and insights about some major developments in the history of western art music in relation to parallel trends in painting and dance.

Punita Singh is a musicologist, psychoacoustician and linguist by training. Currently based in New Delhi, she has taught at Washington University in the USA and McGill University in Canada. Besides lecturing on and conducting research on music, she also performs as a percussionist and has played with West African and flamenco dance ensembles.

The Gati Team

http://www.gatidance.com/

The Gati Forum
D-36, Basement
Nizamuddin East
New Delhi-110013.
Ph 011-41825766
Website http://www.gatidance.com/

Fw: Best of R.K Laxman - Cartoons

2008-11-13T05:05:00.000-08:00

Fw: Chanakya's Quotes - AWSOME!!

2008-11-13T03:50:00.000-08:00

Chanakya's Quotes

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"A person should not be too honest.
Straight trees are cut first
and Honest people are screwed first."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC 75 BC)

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"Even if a snake is not poisonous,
it should pretend to be venomous."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

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"The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. If you
cannot keep secret with you , do not expect that other will keep it. ! It
will destroy you."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

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"There is some self-interest behind every friendship.
There is no Friendship without self-interests.
This is a bitter truth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

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"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I
doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you
think deeply
and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

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"As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

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"Once you start a working on something,
don't be afraid of failure and
don't abandon it.
People who work sincerely are the happiest."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)

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"The fragrance of flowers spreads
only in the direction of the wind.
But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)

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"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)

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"Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years.
For the next five years, scold them.
By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend.
Your grown up children are your best friends."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)

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"Education is the best friend.
An educated person is respected everywhere.
Education beats the beauty and the youth."
Chanakya quotes (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275BC)

Fw: Missing Puppy

2008-11-13T02:22:00.000-08:00

Fw: Can u take a Photo like this?

2008-11-12T23:00:00.000-08:00

Click on the photo, to know why?

Fw: If mobile is invented by a Girl

2008-11-12T22:13:00.000-08:00

Dedicated to all GIRLS......and boys do get one of these to your GIRLFRND!!

Fw: Why Men can't be Car Models???

2008-11-12T22:12:00.000-08:00

Article "On Money" by Adam khoo, really nice to read

2008-11-06T23:10:00.000-08:00

Some of you may already know that I travel around the region pretty frequently, having to visit and conduct seminars at my offices in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Suzhou (China). I am in the airport almost every other week so I get to bump into many people who have attended my seminars or have read my books.

Recently, someone came up to me on a plane to KL and looked rather shocked. He asked, 'How come a millionaire like you is travelling economy?' My reply was, 'That's why I am a millionaire. ' He still looked pretty confused. This again confirms that greatest lie ever told about wealth (which I wrote about in my latest book 'Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires' ). Many people have been brainwashed to think that millionaires have to wear Gucci, Hugo Boss, Rolex, and sit on first class in air travel. This is why so many people never become rich because the moment that earn more money, they think that it is only natural that they spend more, putting them back to square one.

The truth is that most self-made millionaires are frugal and only spend on what is necessary and of value. That is why they are able to accumulate and multiply their wealth so much faster. Over the last 7 years, I have saved about 80% of my income while today I save only about 60% (because I have my wife, mother in law, 2 maids, 2 kids, etc. to support). Still, it is way above most people who save 10% of their income (if they are lucky). I refuse to buy a first class ticket or to buy a $300 shirt because I think that it is a complete waste of money. However, I happily pay $1,300 to send my 2-year old daughter to Julia Gabriel Speech and Drama without thinking twice.

When I joined the YEO (Young Entrepreneur' s Organization) a few years back (YEO is an exclusive club open to those who are under 40 and make over $1m a year in their own business) I discovered that those who were self-made thought like me. Many of them with net worths well over $5m, travelled economy class and some even drove Toyota's and Nissans (not Audis, Mercs, BMWs).

I noticed that it was only those who never had to work hard to build their own wealth (there were also a few ministers' and tycoons' sons in the club) who spent like there was no tomorrow. Somehow, when you did not have to build everything from scratch, you do not really value money. This is precisely the reason why a family's wealth (no matter how much) rarely lasts past the third generation. Thank God my rich dad (oh no! I sound like Kiyosaki) foresaw this terrible possibility and refused to give me a cent to start my business.

Then some people ask me, 'What is the point in making so much money if you don't enjoy it?' The thing is that I don't really find happiness in buying branded clothes, jewellery or sitting first class. Even if buying something makes me happy it is only for a while, it does not last. Material happiness never lasts, it just give you a quick fix. After a while you feel lousy again and have to buy the next thing which you think will make you happy. I always think that if you need material things to make you happy, then you live a pretty sad and unfulfilled life.

Instead, what make ME happy is when I see my children laughing and playing and learning so fast. What makes me happy is when I see my companies and trainers reaching more and more people every year in so many more countries. What makes me really happy is when I read all the emails about how my books and seminars have touched and inspired someone's life. What makes me really happy is reading all your wonderful posts about how this BLOG is inspiring you. This happiness makes me feel really good for a long time, much much more than what a Rolex would do for me.

I think the point I want to put across is that happiness must come from doing your life's work (be in teaching, building homes, designing, trading, winning tournaments etc.) and the money that comes is only a by-product. If you hate what you are doing and rely on the money you earn to make you happy by buying stuff, then I think that you are living a life of meaninglessness

Support Raj Thackeray ????

2008-10-31T04:59:00.001-07:00

We all should support Raj Thackeray and take his initiative ahead by doing more...

1. We should teach our kids that if he is second in class, don't study harder.. just beat up the student coming first and throw him out of the school
2. Parliament should have only Delhiites as it is located in Delhi
3. Prime-minister, president and all other leaders should only be from Delhi
4. No Hindi movie should be made in Bombay. Only Marathi.
5. At every state border, buses, trains, flights should be stopped and staff changed to local men
6. All Maharashtrians working abroad or in other states should be sent back as they are SNATCHING employment from Locals
7. Lord Shiv, Ganesha and Parvati should not be worshiped in our state as they belong to north (Himalayas)
8. Visits to Taj Mahal should be restricted to people from UP only
9. Relief for farmers in Maharashtra should not come from centre because that is the money collected as Tax from whole of India, so why should it be given to someone in Maharashtra?
11. Let's throw all MNCs out of Maharashtra, why should they earn from us? We will open our own Maharashtra Microsoft, MH Pepsi and MH Marutis of the world
12. Let's stop using cellphones, emails, TV, foreign Movies and dramas. James Bond should speak Marathi
13. We should be ready to die hungry or buy food at 10 times higher price but should not accept imports from other states
14. We should not allow any industry to be setup in Maharashtra because all machinery comes from outside
15. We should STOP using local trains... Trains are not manufactured by Marathi manoos and Railway Minister is a Bihari
16. Ensure that all our children are born, grow, live and die without ever stepping out of Maharashtra, then they will become true Marathi's
Isnt it funny how politicians these days will go against everything that you thought was 'normal' :)

So you can think you can dance??? motivational

2008-10-28T13:47:00.000-07:00

I am just watching this show on AXN at 2 AM in morning. I know its very late, but dance can keep me awake this late. Then somehow I thought of writing this blog. Actually I am in IT industry and there is altogether different life in IT field. Now most of the people who participate in these shown are between 18-25. And the kind of effort they have put in such a young age is tremendous. After watching this show, it appears as if dancing is like breathing for some people. And we need to have so much struggle and uncertainty in life to get the maximum out of out life.

I used to think that people who are in dancing are very lucky because they know dancing and they are doing what they like. But somehow while learning dancing in an institute, I came to know the kind of effort and risk it require to be in this field. One has to keep learning. Most dancers who seems to be very dancing jumping on music, but as soon as music stop, most of them would not be able to walk, because of some injury or tiredness. Also everytime there is so much uncertainty about future because it require a lot effort to prove that one can take dancing as career.

I really respect them. They are turly motivational.

Sex Education: Required but do we really need a separate paper

2008-10-27T12:17:00.000-07:00

This is a very controversial topic. Some think that, having this discussion may make students interested into this and would make the situation bad. Other think that, understanding the current statistics, students should be given this knowledge.

I feel, that having adult education is very necessary, but using the word "SEX Education" is itself very offensive and misleading because, knowledge which is to be delivered is not just about SEX, its about understanding our body.

Regarding having a separate course, I believe we already have chapters about Reproduction in 9th class. So besides teaching students, first it should be made clear with teachers that they take these chapter seriously and convey the required information. What is mostly seen is that teachers themselves, feel shy about these topics and may not spend the required time on these chapters.

So for most people, information about our body is acquired by [1 Hrs Movies ;)], which besides conveying the right ideas, creates so much confusions and convey the wrong information. Even people completing college does not know about these basic aspects. Few days back, some of us had an open discussion about "Understanding the Body Basics" and it was very clear that we were not having peoper knowledge. Google came to our resue, which add to our knowledge.

So "Understanding the Body Basics" is mandatory but should be managed properly.

When is the RIGHT TIME to evaluate your decisions..

2008-10-27T10:29:00.000-07:00

At every point of our time, we make decisions. And also we keep on evaluating not just recent decisions, but also the decisions, that we made some years back. For example, if someone did not get a job after completion of one course, he/she may think that "I should have joined some other course". Similar thinking is true for every small or big decisions that we made. If today, I feel that I made a good decisions, something can happen very next moment that can make me realize that, it was my biggest mistake in life. So life is so uncertain, and evaluation about a decision, can change even after many year of taking that decision. Having said that, so when is the right time to evaluate a decision, because we usually keep on evaluating ours or others decisions in throughout life.

"मैं Parents के साथ रहता हु" To "Parents मेरे साथ रहते हैं."

2008-10-25T13:02:00.000-07:00

Though these lines, that "मैं Parents के साथ रहता हु" To "Parents मेरे साथ रहते हैं." sounds very similar, but basically they showcase the thinking that we have for our parents. I may sound too rational, and also not talking about "What people should do?". Rather, I am talking about, that what is happening these days. कब जिंदगी में वो समय आता है के पहले में parents के साथ रहता हुईं, और फ़िर वो मेरे साथ रहने लगते हैं

Why it has become so difficult for our generation to keeping living with our parents. What kind of of independence or individual-space are we expecting. And basically no one accept that he is doing anything wrong.

To understand this.. let me give another example... if we asking anyone, that are you helpful or not. I have not seen a single person, who would say, that I am not helpful but still people that, that this person is not helpful or that person is not helpful. Reason being, everyone has certain limit to "Helping Others". One may see that a financial support of one lacs means helping him/her but the receiver may be expecting ten lac.

In similar sense, when we are not able to live with our parents, we start making excuses that, parents are expecting too much etc etc. But end result is that things have been separated. Before getting married, everyone hates those people who are not supporting their parents. Everyone respect their parents. But how come after getting married, things starts changing. What is required in our generation, that can bring the old joint family culture.

How to spread smile, make the people to start talking

2008-10-04T12:23:00.000-07:00

I have been thinking about this for a longtime, but have not got any working solution. I want to spread smile around me.

I got a magazine from one IT fair. Magazine is from one orgainsation named "Sumartri". I was about to throw that magazine without reading, but at the very last moment, I thought of reading it. And after reading just two pages, it changed my thinking a lot. It mentioned that may problem these days are occuring because, we don't get people, whom we can talk to. Who can listen to us - WITHOUT GIVING SUGGESION. So afterwards, I have been trying to make the similar environment, and also to improve upon on listening skill.

to be continued...

सोच का महत्त्व

2008-10-04T11:53:00.000-07:00

यह सोच बहुत बड़ी चीज़ होती है. एक बार एक साधू सड़क पर जा रहा था. और उसी समय दूसरी तरफ़ से एक चोर चला आ रहा था. सड़क पर बहुत पत्थर पड़े हूए थे. दोनों को एक ठोकर लगी. जब साधू ने नीचे देखा तो पाया के एक पत्थर पर ठोकर लग जाने से उसे चोट लग गयी है और खून भी निकल आया है. जब चोर ने निचे देखा तो पाया के उसे एक डिब्बा से ठोकर लगी और जब उसने वो डिब्बा खोला तो पाया के उसमे तो पैसे थे. इसे देख साथू को बहुत बुरा लगा कि में तो हर समय भगवान् के पूजा करता हु तो मुघे चोट लगे और यह हमशा ग़लत काम करता है तो इससे पैसे मिला. वह अपने आश्रम वापिस गया और भगवान् यह पूछा के ऐसा हूए क्यों हुआ........

.अब देखिये कि भगवन कि एक बात से कैसे उसका सब आक्रोश विश्वास में बदल जाता है. भगवान् उसे कहते है की तेरे भाग्य में तो आज मौत लिखी थी पर क्योंकि तुने मेरी पूजा करी तो तुघे बस चोट लग कर तेरा बुरा समय चला गया और दूसरी और, उस चोर का आज इतना खजाना मिलना था कि वो राजा बन जाता पर उसके कर्मो के फलस्वरूप उसे थोड़े पैसे ही मिले.इसे सुन साधू फ़िर शांत हो गया.....

अगर सोचा जाए तो भगवान् ने ना तो साधू का दर्द कम किया और ना हे चोर से उसके पैसे लिए पर फ़िर भी एक सोच में परिवर्तन से ही साधू शांत हो गया.

वस्तु के प्रति हमारी सोच

2008-10-04T11:50:00.000-07:00

जब भी हम किस्सी से बात करते है तो हम किस्सी चीज़ के अच्छे या बुरे होने के बात करती है. बात करते करते हम यह भूल जाते है के अगर में कहूं की "वह चीज़ अच्छी नही है" इसका मतलब यह है की "वह वस्तु मुघे पसंद नही है." तो यहा वस्तु के साथ साथ, आदमी की उस वस्तु के लिए सोच भी सामने आ रही है. पर हम सोच को भूल जाते है और सीधे ही वस्तु को बुरा या अच्छा मानने लगते हैं.

अगर कोई कहता है मुघे यह फ़िल्म अच्छी नही लगी तो हम सीधे हे फ़िल्म को बुरा मान लेते है. और यह भूल जाते है की कहने वाले को कैसे फ़िल्म पसंद है

A Wednesday | ADRINDIA.ORG - One of the solution in this direction.

2008-10-04T11:25:00.000-07:00

I saw this movie "A Wednesday" day before yesterday and found it amazing. Actually I am interested into computer security and every friend of mine, who know this interest of mine was saying that, I should watch this movie as, 1. Movie is really good and 2. It involve computer security stuff. As I am not movie freak, so was not aware of this movie, and somehow made this image in my mind, that it must be a Hollywood thriller, but when I watched this movie it came out to be a Hindi Movie. After all this..... it is a AMAZING movie...
Message conveyed in this movie, has already been conveyed in movies like "Hindustani - Kamal Hasan", "Rang De Basanti". All these things bring so much anger and guilt, that made me thing that what should be done.
Recently I had the benefit of attending one session by Prof.Trilochan Sastry from IIM Bangalore as part of Barcamp7. It was supposed to be an hour session but discussion lasted for around three hours. People had all kinds of doubts that usually bother us, but all queries were answered with strong examples with references from previous events.
The Association for Democratic Reforms was started by a few professors at IIM. And after much struggle, they were able to collect data of various candidates from different political party and came out with a detailed report. This details was very shocking.
More references:
1. "The Association for Democratic Reforms" official site - http://www.adrindia.org/home/index.asp
2. Interview with Prof. Shastry - http://upsidedownworld.org/sastry.htm
3. http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/home.aspx
4. Blog entry - http://desilibertarian.blogspot.com/2006/10/criminalization-of-politics-in-india.html