Mumbai has been terrorized with bomb blasts yet again. This is no longer a news as it happened couple of days back. Around 2-3 days before the blasts, there was an organization in Mumbai who claimed to be well-wishers of mumbaikar and were seeking reservation in jobs, politics and other areas. There have been other organizations in the past who have claimed themselves to be true supporter of a mumbaikar.
I have waited patiently for 2 days after the blast just to hear some kind of reaction from these outfits. I think this is the time for them to come out and say we need reservation in the NGO's who are helping rebuild the city, we need reservation in police force who is trying to identify solve the mystery, we need reservation in the countries intelligence agencies who are trying to sense this mishappenings before they occur.
If they come out and express their feelings now, they will be heard otherwise these outfits are similar to any other political outfit.
...my 2 paisas
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Do you believe in signs
I am not talking about Manoj Night Shyamalan's movie "Signs", but things that happen around us which give us indication of what lies ahead. Recently, I saw a hindi movie called "Anjaana Anjaani". In the movie, the lead pair tries multiple attempts at their lives, alone and in group. But they dont succeed. Finally, they give up thinking they might have some unfinished work left in their lives. I am talking about these signs.
It happens that you get up in the morning and some email (nowadays everybody gets up with their hand held devices and check their mail as first thing) irks you. The other things that happen in the day, pretty much follow the same pattern.
Today, I woke up and just as I was getting ready, my phone rang. CID (caller id) said "anonymous caller". I picked up and somebody named John said he is calling from some school education funding program. I started telling him about removing my name and number from their list and I dont want to get a call again. Since I have already told this several times to these tele sales folks, I was rather annoyed and threatened to file a complaint (I still dont know where I would have lodged the complaint). Then, I checked my mail and there was an annoying mail from my team member. I responded to him and he responded back. After about 5 email exchanges, he agreed to talk rather than send emails. We had a heated discussion without much resolution. As soon as I completed writing mail to his boss complaining about his behavior, I got a call from my wife. She blamed me for turning off "heated dry" option in dish washer. I told her that I didn't do it, but it didn't help and we had another long argument.
The first sign of the day was a phone call and my day is not over yet. I dont know when will the effect of signs be over. To complicate matters, I have one-on-one meeting with my boss in next 30 minutes.
It happens that you get up in the morning and some email (nowadays everybody gets up with their hand held devices and check their mail as first thing) irks you. The other things that happen in the day, pretty much follow the same pattern.
Today, I woke up and just as I was getting ready, my phone rang. CID (caller id) said "anonymous caller". I picked up and somebody named John said he is calling from some school education funding program. I started telling him about removing my name and number from their list and I dont want to get a call again. Since I have already told this several times to these tele sales folks, I was rather annoyed and threatened to file a complaint (I still dont know where I would have lodged the complaint). Then, I checked my mail and there was an annoying mail from my team member. I responded to him and he responded back. After about 5 email exchanges, he agreed to talk rather than send emails. We had a heated discussion without much resolution. As soon as I completed writing mail to his boss complaining about his behavior, I got a call from my wife. She blamed me for turning off "heated dry" option in dish washer. I told her that I didn't do it, but it didn't help and we had another long argument.
The first sign of the day was a phone call and my day is not over yet. I dont know when will the effect of signs be over. To complicate matters, I have one-on-one meeting with my boss in next 30 minutes.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Green Card - to be or not to be
This is the normal dinner topic for all the desis (for starters desi can be any non American, but is typcially used to refer to Indian citizens by fellow Indians) during a social gathering. What is the priority date for green card? When will I get my green card? Most of us are travelling in the same boat where we wait for 7-10 years to get the green card. During this wait, we end up checking the status of queue almost every alternate day. People have built business models around this emotional idea where there are portals which tell about your status. If you want to crib about it, there are Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs on the same site.
Sometimes I wonder that do we put our careers at stake by waiting for green card for long? During the wait for green card, you cannot switch jobs. Even worse, I have heard stories where the engineers have been mentally totured because the employer knows that till the time he gets his green card, the engineer will not move.
The contrasting theory can be why do you wait for green card? Is it just to be able to change the job. But if you are working hard, chances are your organization loves you and is keeping you happy. Then why do you want to leave or even think about leaving.
Or we just want the freedom to be able to move whenever we want. Even if we dont switch jobs, but somewhere within we know that we can switch over.
Sometimes I wonder that do we put our careers at stake by waiting for green card for long? During the wait for green card, you cannot switch jobs. Even worse, I have heard stories where the engineers have been mentally totured because the employer knows that till the time he gets his green card, the engineer will not move.
The contrasting theory can be why do you wait for green card? Is it just to be able to change the job. But if you are working hard, chances are your organization loves you and is keeping you happy. Then why do you want to leave or even think about leaving.
Or we just want the freedom to be able to move whenever we want. Even if we dont switch jobs, but somewhere within we know that we can switch over.
Monday, December 20, 2010
India's contribution
Today, I am thinking about being critical of India. :-)
Yesterday I was watching hindi movie named "Purab aur Pachim" (East and West) by one of my favs Mr. Bharat (Manoj) Kumar. Pran (movie villian) provokes him in the party and questions India's contribution. Our HERO starts with "zero diya mere bharat ne..." (India gave '0' to the world). Now zero was contributed way back in 3rd century. We also boost on providing world with "sanskriti" (culture). In recent days, we say India is a big IT contributor.
Indians are treated as one of the brain-iest of the species. Then why do we have to struggle if asked to count the number of innovative technologies created by Indians. Even Mr. Bharat Kumar couldn't think of anything but something that was contributed in 3rd century. Are we not applying our brains to innovate but just resolve the problem at hand?
I think the answer also goes back to our schooling days. Everybody was somehow trying to finish his/her job. The school teachers (I have the highest respect for all the teachers in my life) had a course material to complete and they were busy with that. Students, including me, were trying to pass the examination somehow, even if it was Std 5 exams or the engineering exams. So many theorms were asked to be proven, so many practical exams where we tried to prove what was already known to the world.
In my opinion, students should be allowed to pick up one subject (of their interest) for research apart from what they are doing. Research doesn't mean that you expect the student to come out with new formulae, but just to let them start thinking about innovation from early childhood days. Teachers are an experienced and learned lot, if a student is given quality time with his/her guru when they are just trying to understand concepts and talk about new ideas, without any exam/scoring fear, I think it will do wonders.
Then we should be able to see 20 something CEO's in India creating new teachnology such as Facebook.
I think we will get there one day, but the path needs to be planned now.
Yesterday I was watching hindi movie named "Purab aur Pachim" (East and West) by one of my favs Mr. Bharat (Manoj) Kumar. Pran (movie villian) provokes him in the party and questions India's contribution. Our HERO starts with "zero diya mere bharat ne..." (India gave '0' to the world). Now zero was contributed way back in 3rd century. We also boost on providing world with "sanskriti" (culture). In recent days, we say India is a big IT contributor.
Indians are treated as one of the brain-iest of the species. Then why do we have to struggle if asked to count the number of innovative technologies created by Indians. Even Mr. Bharat Kumar couldn't think of anything but something that was contributed in 3rd century. Are we not applying our brains to innovate but just resolve the problem at hand?
I think the answer also goes back to our schooling days. Everybody was somehow trying to finish his/her job. The school teachers (I have the highest respect for all the teachers in my life) had a course material to complete and they were busy with that. Students, including me, were trying to pass the examination somehow, even if it was Std 5 exams or the engineering exams. So many theorms were asked to be proven, so many practical exams where we tried to prove what was already known to the world.
In my opinion, students should be allowed to pick up one subject (of their interest) for research apart from what they are doing. Research doesn't mean that you expect the student to come out with new formulae, but just to let them start thinking about innovation from early childhood days. Teachers are an experienced and learned lot, if a student is given quality time with his/her guru when they are just trying to understand concepts and talk about new ideas, without any exam/scoring fear, I think it will do wonders.
Then we should be able to see 20 something CEO's in India creating new teachnology such as Facebook.
I think we will get there one day, but the path needs to be planned now.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Are married men more prone to bollywood actresses
While browsing through some of the bollywood news, I came across a strange pattern. Most of the bollywood film actresses fall for married men. To name a few, Shilpa Shetty married Raj Kundra, Karisma Kapoor married Sanjay Kapur, Kareena is in love with Saif, and many more. There are so many in the film industry that you can count. If I go a little back in time, I see that the pattern continues, that means this is a not a new trend. I am still trying to find out the reason for this and here are my thoughts.
Married men have less choices and are hence soft targets. What I mean is a bachelor will be more flirty in nature, he will have a number of female friends and typically unmarried. So, chances are bachelor men will find an unmarried female. This same person, once married, will mostly stop looking out. But, if somebody approaches her, and that too a bollywood hottie, he will be most vulnerable.
I know there are lots of loop holes in this theory, but again this blog is all about wild thoughts :-)
Married men have less choices and are hence soft targets. What I mean is a bachelor will be more flirty in nature, he will have a number of female friends and typically unmarried. So, chances are bachelor men will find an unmarried female. This same person, once married, will mostly stop looking out. But, if somebody approaches her, and that too a bollywood hottie, he will be most vulnerable.
I know there are lots of loop holes in this theory, but again this blog is all about wild thoughts :-)
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Putting myself in Lord's shoes
Even though Lord Ram or Allah didn't wear shoes, I am trying to put myself in their shoes. I must say this will the utmost honor of my life, if I am given that kind of opportunity.
Actually, whenever I am getting ready to prepare for a meeting or a presentation, I try to put myself in the customer's shoes to imagine what kind of questions he/she might have. That made me thinking, how about putting myself in Lord's shoes.
Today, people are waiting for the verdict to be announced whether Ayodhya belongs to hindus or it belongs to muslims. Imagine if Lord Ram or Allah actually came down. They will both start discussing whose land it is. I am not very sure, but I think they will not pick up their weapons to solve the problem. Given my limited knowledge, Allah might volunteer to give the land to Lord Ram and Lord Ram might say that no this is yours. And this is not because they are scared of each other, but it will actually show how sensible and caring they are about human race.
Just a thought!
Actually, whenever I am getting ready to prepare for a meeting or a presentation, I try to put myself in the customer's shoes to imagine what kind of questions he/she might have. That made me thinking, how about putting myself in Lord's shoes.
Today, people are waiting for the verdict to be announced whether Ayodhya belongs to hindus or it belongs to muslims. Imagine if Lord Ram or Allah actually came down. They will both start discussing whose land it is. I am not very sure, but I think they will not pick up their weapons to solve the problem. Given my limited knowledge, Allah might volunteer to give the land to Lord Ram and Lord Ram might say that no this is yours. And this is not because they are scared of each other, but it will actually show how sensible and caring they are about human race.
Just a thought!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Things around us
Every second there are lots of events happening around us, irrespective of where we are and what we do. All of us have a point of view and want to say something. Some of us actually want to do something as well. Now, where to start.
When I see something happening, I want to talk to somebody about it. But not always I will find the person who also has same interest. e.g. I have an point of view on common wealth games but not everybody may be interested.
So, I thought I will start writing my thoughts on a blog. This way I will be able to share with wider audience. If I am lucky to find a person with similar interest, we can share our views as well. That sounds quite interesting. Hence I am starting this blog.
Since I am an Indian by nationality, the topics might be widely Indian. But in this global and internet world, nothing is really far off from your thoughts.
ciao
When I see something happening, I want to talk to somebody about it. But not always I will find the person who also has same interest. e.g. I have an point of view on common wealth games but not everybody may be interested.
So, I thought I will start writing my thoughts on a blog. This way I will be able to share with wider audience. If I am lucky to find a person with similar interest, we can share our views as well. That sounds quite interesting. Hence I am starting this blog.
Since I am an Indian by nationality, the topics might be widely Indian. But in this global and internet world, nothing is really far off from your thoughts.
ciao
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