Now all we need is a sparrow couple to come and get a good look of their new "home". I am sure they are going to love it and bless us with their chirping ... something to sit back and enjoy in this chaotic world!!
Friday, February 22, 2008
Home Sweet Home!!!
Now all we need is a sparrow couple to come and get a good look of their new "home". I am sure they are going to love it and bless us with their chirping ... something to sit back and enjoy in this chaotic world!!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Surprise Surprise
said that two of my best friends are getting engaged! (Not mentioning the names to keep anonymity)
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Finally ...!!
"Not selected for SIBM pune" was the first thing which caught my sight ... my heart missed a bit ... but then the line little below was showing " Welcome to the SIBM family!!"
I was wondering ... why are they saying welcome when i am not selected ???
But then ... Duhhh ... i missed the line in between .... "Selected for SIBM Bengaluru"
At that moment ... i was very confused ... should i happy that i got selected for one campus or disappointed that i dint make it to the other ?I told my brother ... that i got selected for SIBM ... he was elated ... i was still dazed ... perhaps waiting for the feeling to sink in ...
My brother called my dad to give him the news ... (This was like a BREAKING NEWS for me ;) ) ... Congratulations and Thank you's followed for the rest of the day...
I started SMSing my friends frantically that i have done it ... i have finally converted an MBA call !!!! SMS replies , calls started flowing in ... was simultaneously chatting on gtalk ... to friends , SIBM senior... one window with pagalguy.com was opened where i was the first to post my result ... forgot to add the dancing smiley though .. ;)
There is still a lot of selection process remaining for other B-schools ... but definitely this one is special ... because doing an MBA is a surety this time round ... and that is a very relieving .... trust me!!
Friday, February 15, 2008
A bundle of nerves...
Since then i have been trying various things to keep my mind focused! "Reframing" is one thing i have learnt and practiced ... Here you keep telling yourself that "Whatever happens ...happens for the best" ... though this may sound pretty naive ... It's very effective! You avoid yourself thinking too much about your failures ... Trust me ... getting disappointed is natural ... but chewing that same disappointment over and over again is completely useless!
Many a times we worry too much about the result and forget that a sincere effort will automatically ensure that result!
We forget that in every failure there's a hidden lesson to be learnt ... it points to some weakness of ours ... once we learn that ... it's not a failure anymore ... it just becomes a step towards achieving your goal!!
This morning, i came across a similar quote from the book "Wisdom Song - The life of Baba Amte"
"It is wrong to evaluate an adventure in terms of ultimate success and failure. An adventurer does not bother about success or failure. Some (experiments) succeed, others fail ... the small failures will be the launching pads of bigger adventures .... The seed of success is hidden within every failure"
Aren't we nothing but adventurers set on the jouney of life ?
So I dont worry too much .... I just keep on putting in efforts ...
I find Paulo Coelho's qutoe from "The Alchemist" very inspiring ...
“When you want something, all the world conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
Sorry ... if that was a strong dose of spirituality .... :-)
Just to end on light note ... here's a video clip of SRK from "Om Shanti Om"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6dacWmdDG8For non-hindi audience .. here is the translation :
"They say, if you want something with your heart,
the whole universe will try to help you get it.
Finally everyone has helped me achieve this goal.
Thanks, thanks very much.
I feel like the king of the world.
Today, I realized that in life, like in our movies,
everything becomes good in the end.
And if it does not get better, then it is not the end.
The movie is still not over. "
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Jodha Akbar
Here is the trailor ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRyDWVXheL0 ... Enjoy!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Happy Valentine's Day
Anyways, V-day means a lot to many folks ... especially for those who work day-in-day-out and don't get time to spend with their loved ones ... well ... this day is exclusively for that! :)
so grab some flowers , chocolates , jewellery or even take your loved one's out for that lovely candle-light dinner!!! In fact this is the day which companies eagerly await to cash in ...
I read a news article which mentioned that "Archies" earns 15% of their income from this one day alone! isnt that amazing ?
And then there is other group of people who are anxiously wait for this day to pass on ... as quickly as possible without themselves being noticed (Yours truly is currently included in this group) ... some of them say "We dont believe in V-day ... why to restrict ourselves to just 1 day in the whole year ?"
well ... i kinda agree ... also V-day somehow seems to be narrow in scope ... is it only for couples to express their love for each other? I think , it should be a day to express our feelings towards everyone who we feel attached to ... be it parents , brother, sister and even friends!!
Plus the focus should be on emotions rather than spending a fortune on material things ... Though a lot of fortune is currently spent on it , i think it's because of the "herd" mentality!
Everyone looks around and feels compelled to celebrate the "V-day" like others do!
Let's be ourselves and celebrate V-day the way we want!!
Happy valentine!!
Whose "Mumbai" is it anyway?
I think these are just the symptoms of a grave underlying issue .....
After 1947, Indian states were created based on language which i think was the right thing to do as these states not only represent different languages but also different cultures.
After 60 years of independence, if you look at each of the states ... in terms of development and employment opportunities created ... then there's a stark difference !!
Some of the states have done well but other group of states are still lagging far behind ... Also in every state, certain cities become the centres of development while the rest of the state simply gets ignored !! ... So it is but natural that people from the poor areas would simply "migrate" to such centres of development with a hope for earning a better living!
These migrants have no option but to work for whatever money they can get ....obviously they would be preferred by the employers over the locals ... who will feel discriminated!
Other thing which is happening is that when everyone rushes to Mumbai, Delhi or cities like it ... the basic resources need to be shared ... e.g. water, electricity etc. And then naturally there's a shortage and everyone starts feeling the pinch!
To avoid this , we need "Decentralisation" ... we need to create employment opportunities in rural areas to such an extent that people wont feel the need to migrate!
We need "self sufficient villages" as envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi ... where all the needs are satisfied within the villages itself... if this happens then we wont the "trickle down" effect which till now doesnt seem to have worked !!
But till this happens ... such incidents would happen ... the locals will feel discriminated and politicians will continue to take advantage of such a sentiment!
what we can hope is that sense prevails out of all this chaos and Mumbai would be normal again!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Evadhasa Aabhal
Monday, February 11, 2008
Breaking News!!!
First post on my blog
I was thinking since a long time ... that i should have my own blog where i can share my experiences , opinions and absolutely anything that comes to my mind.
I dont want to use this blog as something where i just dump my thoughts ... but i do intend to treat this as a precious collection!
Being a harry potter fan, i think "pensieve" was the apt title i could think of ... for those who dont know ... Hogwarts principal "Dumbledore" used to have a pensieve , where he could save all his thoughts ( You can see the picture on the copy of "Half Blood Prince" ;) )
I dont want to restrict my blog to any particular topic ... so you can expect anything from a movie review ... a cricket match watched in the past ... lyrics of recent songs ... history behind certain classics ... pointers to a good article ... or something i strongly feel about
Now after a brief introduction ... i would like to introduce myself
my introduction may sound like one which is used for MBA interviews ... because that's what i am currently preparing for ...
I come from Mumbai ... Parle Tilak Vidyalaya ... was my school ...
I did my computer engineering from Fr. CRCE , Bandra , Mumbai
worked for Infosys for 3 years
currently pursuing to get into a MBA course .... WORK IN PROGRESS on that front
My interests include listening to music , reading books and watching movies
to elaborate ... I like to listen to anything that sounds good to ears ... I like english classics ... beatles , queen and all the likes ... favourites also include some recent hindi numbers ;) ... but more or less anything that will sound soothing to ears
Reading is something ... though not natural to me ... i like to make a conscious effort to read ...
Movies is something i simply cannot do without ... though i have restrained myself for 2-3 months because of MBA preparations .. but otherwise i am someone who will atleast watch 1-2 movies every week.
I think ... this is enough for the first day! :)
Goodbye my "pensieve"
PS. Any veteran blogger reading this ... i would definitely like to have a feedback or some tips about how to write a blog ( not just a blog ... but a interesting one ;) )