Things to do in 2011

Little late to decide, though it goes on:

1) New year resolution i.e. _____, which I guess is working fine as on date

2) Debt free (Finish off the education loan)

3) Take LIC Term plan

4) Consolidate at work, think straight with general agenda in life as learning and chilling out

5) Lose 8 kgs

Jo beet Gayi So Baat gayi

eevan Main Ek Sitara Tha
Maana Vah Behad Pyara Tha
Vah Doob Gaya To Doob Gaya
Ambar Kay Aanan Ko Dekho
Kitne Iskay Taare Toote
Kitne Iskay Pyare Choote
Jo Choot Gaye Fir Kahan Mile
Par Bolo Toote Taaron Par
Kab Ambar Shok Manata Hai
Jo Beet Gayi So Baat Gayi

Jeevan Main Vah Tha Ek Kusum
They Us Par Nitya Nichavar Tum
Vah Sookh Gaya TO Sookh Gaya
Madhuvan Ki Chaati Ko Dekho
Sookhi Kitni Iski Kaliyan
Murjhaayi Kitni ballriyan
Jo Murjhayi Woh Fir Kahan Khili
Par Bolo Sookhe Phoolon Par
Kab Madhuban Shor Machata hai
Jo Beet Gayi So Bat Gayi

jeevan Main Madhu Ka Pyala Tha
Tumnay Tan Man De Daala Tha
Wah Toot Gaya To Toot Gaya
Madiralya Kay Aangan Ko Dekho
Kitne Pyale Hil Jaate Hain
Gir Mitti Main Mil Jaate Hain
Jo Girte Hain Kab Uthte Hain
Par Bolo Toote Pyalo Par
Kab Madiralaya Pachtata Hai
Jo Beet Gayi So Baat Gayi

Mridu Mitti Kay Hain Bane Hue
Madhu Ghoot Phoota Hi Kartay Hain
Laghu Jeevan Lekar Aaye Hain
Pyale Toota Hi Karte Hain
Fir Bhi Madiralaya Kay Andar
Madhu Kay Ghat Hai Madhu Pyale Hain
Jo Madakta Kay Maare Hain
Vey Madhu Loota Hi Kartay Hain
Va Kachcha Peene Wala Hai
Jiski Mamta Ghat Pyalon Par
Jo Sachchey Madhu Sey Jala Hua
Kab Rota Hai Chillata Hai
Jo Beet Gayi So Baat Gayi

-Harivansh Rai Bachchan

MNIK

And no, I didn't give in to SRK & Shiv sena, I didn't watch MNIK

Live with Chivalry -Chivas Campaign

Let’s raise a glass to the almost-forgotten,

fine art of Chivalry.

Here’s to doing thing the right way

To giving a damn about others.

Here’s to giving your word… and keeping it

Here’s to honor, and its simple extension…

the handshake.

Here’s to style, exuberance and charisma

Here’s to black tie instead of no tie.

To the rich… in experience.
Here’s to chasing wealth… in all its forms,

and here´s to sharing it.

Here’s to straight talking or,

as it used to be know… honesty.

Here’s to having some front…

and watching someone’s back

Here’s to knowing that life’s real luxuries

are time and friendships.

Here’s to optimism an leaps of faith,

And while we’re at it… here’s to freedom

And having the audacity to go out and get it.

Here’s to knowing that you are not alone

That together we’re better, stronger, smarter.

Here’s to the brave and the enlightened

To a shared way of behaving

that sets certain man apart from all others.

Here’s to those who live with Chivalry… here’s to us!

Another God damn....

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why God? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off".

• Storm of the Century (1999), Stephen King
  

God Damn Genius stuff

That's the whole trouble. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. You may think there is, but once you get there, when you're not looking, somebody'll sneak up and write "Fuck you" right under your nose. Try it sometime. I think, even, if I ever die, and they stick me in a cemetery, and I have a tombstone and all, it'll say "Holden Caulfield" on it, and then what year I was born and what year I died, and then right under that it'll say "Fuck you." I'm positive, in fact.

-Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger

And Kipling with whom I share my Bday( only a random coincidence)

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

One more I like

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.

-- William Butler Yeats

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

"How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each prayer accepted, and each wish resigned."

-I dont know who

Popper

Sir Karl Popper says- The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong.

It is difficult to practise popperian philosophy although it is so logical and independent.

Life could be so much easier and simpler if u can erase everything in ur mind when u find it is wrong. In that case we shall possibly be able to begin things from scratch.

This idea was used in the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind". Amazing movie it was, the erasing was again not 100% successful leaving some ash behind which rose again.

Never ever drink again

Rome at a distance

Today I feel unusually calm and composed. From past few weeks things have been tipsy topsy and have been little sad and doing stupid things. You can not just keep doing the same things and feeling bad about it. You need to make changes.

A little courage and sense should prevail. Have a distant view in perspective and in a disciplined way keep moving in a direction. If you know you have to reach Rome, keep moving, eventually you are going to be there as they say all roads lead to rome.

Ode to the nice guys

Written by a girl who knows too much:

http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~jenf/writing/rant04.html

Illogical Manipulative Bitches :))

Useful

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.
- Edwin Schlossberg

Irrelevancy principle

As time passes, things become more and more irrelevant and more and more things become irrelevant.

Ironical

I got placed in a start up during campus placements. I had my joining date on 1st April 09 in Bangalore. I reached just in time for joining taking 2 flights from Indore- Mumbai - Bangalore as I had no other option coz I had my convocation on 30th March and Mr. CEO Hari Rastogi after a lot of requests did not postpone my joining date.

Anyways when I reached Bangalore on 31st March, I called the CEO and informed him that I have arrived and please let me know the address where I have to reach exactly.

So kind of him he said that you can take a day break before joining work. I thought nice fellow. So on 1st of April, he called me in the afternoon to meet him in CCD in IndiraNagar. I said, great.

I got ready in my formals and reached there. We had a long chat about different things and his company and the discussed about the project I was slated to work upon. Also discussed about politics, nano( where we had our differences) etc etc. In the end he says that the project is delayed by two months so he will give me another joining date.

Its been two and a half months now with no response from Mr. CEO Hari Rastogi. And recently company's site is also closed.

The irony is incidentally all these happened on fools day.

I am a free man, I will walk away

Date

I took a beautiful girl for a date today. She still doesn't admit its a date. Anyways it was very good and I forgot to take my wallet (stupid me) probably in overexcitement. And she paid :))

No nostalgia

A time comes when u know its time to leave. When I was leaving KGP, i never really felt sad. I really loved the place but it was time to move on.

Same is here, I want to leave IIM Indore now. Its really a bad time here and i am still not placed and I dont know at a situation like this where would i end up. I have no doubts that I am going to do well and love the place and job wherever I will go but still the things dont seem to end up as they were expected and a a lot of anxiety and tension is building up.

Probably, whenever I have to move on, the place doesnt want to leave me so easily and smoothly. The last day I had to leave KGP, I got an F in my grand viva ( in the last 5 yrs no one got an F in Grand Viva and only in my panel 5 students out of 14 got an F) and then had to stay there for 20 more days, gave a Re- GV and left.

When I was supposed to leave Tata Motors and join IIM Indore, again I did a stupidity and didnt pay the joining fees of IIM Indore, I tht my waiting at K would clear and then I will go to K. And probably the first time in the history of IIM k W/l 6 didnt get cleared. And now I was kind of stuck and then after a week I got a mail from IIM Indore that they are still waiting for my draft as my dad has already sent a fax of the draft. IIM Indore allowed me to deposit the fees and accepted my admission.

Now the placements, again I am stuck for few extra days. I cant really help it. Probably if things start happening a bit smoothly for me, there could be a bit of nostalgia while leaving but the prankster(no offence God) sitting above always has some funny plans :).

Keep faith

Placement season(2009)

For all the passing out this year from best of B schools in India.

I am one of you and I know that despite all the efforts you have put in last two years, despite all the competencies and capabilities you have it in you, most of you are facing the lowest time of your lives.
Many of you will end up confused and stranded without a job or with a job you would never think you would be doing. Most of you who studied with loans on your head will be facing a perpetual struggle every month if you still stand on your virtues by not going for a default.
I suggest the only thing you can do is be strong, prepare yourself mentally to do all the jobs with low salaries which you never thought of doing and keep ensuring that you create value consistently more than you are being paid for.
Go to those sectors which needed the best of talent to grow and were not being able to afford you. Show the world what you can achieve for them by being loyal and justifying every penny they are going to pay you. Keep faith, be courageous and be ready for the struggle you are going to put on. I am sure the things you will learn at these trying times will bring humbleness and the knowledge and efforts you can put will help you grow a long way and make you the brightest and smartest of leaders the world will ever see.