baby shower....and the thoughts!

What a day it was! Kruti's baby shower....I, in fact we, were quite normal when we woke up...It seemed like any other Sunday. The only thing on our minds was that there are people coming home and then we take them forlunch after the puja.

But as the time started nearing both of us were quite excited. Kruti started dressing up in her saree from 0815 in the morning. it took about 45 mins for her to get dressed. I had a qucik bath at 0930. Devan came in at 1030 sharp and within another 20mins, thompy, Manish and Pratik also came in with their respective spouses.
We began the vidhi at @ 11 and it was over in 10 mins. We then served everyone custard and then we went off for lunch...had a gala time....

...while all this was going on...there seemed some conversation goin on within me. It was as if unknowingly I was talking with me inside. I don't know what it was all about. It was just that I kept feeling that something big is going to happen to our life. We are going to get a new permanent guest..a little one...somone we have been longing for some time now...the center of our life...the stressbeater...the cutest person on this earth...the symbol of our family...
..and then I also get the feeling....am I really ready for the responsibility..Yes....but am I capable to take the responsibility? Will I be a good Father? Will I be able to provide him/her with the best things in life? Will we be able to raise our child in his/her best interests?

Its a lot of confusion...and joy...mixed feelings...I really don't know how to express myself...I myself don't know what I am thinking....I am just waiting for that great day when our bundle of joy will arrive in this world and I'll hold him/her in my arms..sing songs to her...take her to sleep...show him/her the world....make him/her the most noble, responsible and respected citizen of the world. May god bless the baby with the best of health and intelligence....

Beautiful poem...nostalgic!

oh lord! punish these terrorists!!!

Last weekend was ghastly and ghory to say the least....17 serial bomb blasts in Amdavad...more than 45 people killed. What the heck!!!
Can someone even call these terrorists  animals..forget calling them humans....

The worst part was blowing off an explosive ladden car outside the trauma ward of the civil hospital...now what kind of a person would he be? What kind of pervert mindset these terrorists have?

My heart goes out to the families who have lost their dear ones...for no fault of theirs..for no fault of anyone....justa  sinster design to create havoc in  the country.

Its high time God takes an avtaar and guide us vanquish these demons....I really hope that Gujarat police at least cracks the case and all those behind the blasts are punished severly..hanged in public...or lynched by the people of Amdavad...thats the only way to teach these bastards a lesson....

some self made shers..

ungliyon pe ginte hai khushiyon ko apni,
ab chodo bhi...gham ka kya hisaab karna...

izhaar na kar paaye khud se kabhi gham-e-daasta apni,
teri yaadon ne kambakht ghamo ka bhi gala ghont diya.

sukun-e-saahil paane ko zehmat uthayi hamne
kya jaante the saahil se takra ke bikhregi kashti apni

kar diya kaafir iss sachche musalmaan ko
masjid mei bhi ab to teri bandgi karta hun

Hamaam mei sab nange hain!

Indian Politics is more dramatic than any bollywood movie or any Ekta Kapoor soap. Ekta shows the protaganists in her serials having multiple affairs/marriages/confused kids/betrayal/murder and what not....still it didn;t match the last 2 weeks in Indian politics.

Polticians are strange bedfellows and when the adjective "Indian" is added, these politicians are even stranger. Wow! People trying to screw each other for years suddenly are cosy(Congress and SP)...people screwing another group for 4.5 years suddenly wants to screw someone else(Left) and that someone else is always ready to be screwed (Mayawati) and in turn screw the whole country. The BJP is confused..whether to screw someone or get screwed!

And finally what happens(on the day of Vote of Confidence..July 22 2008) is everyone get screwed and everyone gets to screw someone...resulting in the people of the country getting ROYALLY screwed and nailed......protitutes alleging that pimps are screwing them with huge amounts of money and some prostitutes who do get smaller amounts show it to all the prostitutes. The pimps (read likes of Amar Singh and Ahmed Patel, media etc.) enjoy the show......and in the brothel everyone is alleging that the other person screwing him/her......as they say "Hammam mei sab nange hain"

I am not a subject matter expert on Nuclear energy or foreign affairs, but I do know one thing...if 51% support something (not neccessarily for the merit of it but just to oppose the rest 49%) and 49% oppose it...it has to be handled in a better manner. 1 thing is sure from this drama..whoever called Mannu a clean gentle and honest person...go wash ur face...he dropped his pants as soon as he go a chance...hammam mei sab nange hain..

...yet the country goes on with an autopilot for some more time....we will get to elect another set of 545 prostitues and pimps after 3-4 months...now it is up to us whether we elect a prostitute, a pimp or a real MAN!..till then keep bathing...hamaam mei sab nange hain!

Some new Development

Well! There is some new development on work front. I am moving out of my current project in which I worked for 2 years. I have never worked so long on any single project, but this I did as after spending a year I got a chance to work as a PM. It was good experience.

During the feedback I had already conveyed my preference for an onsite assignment. It seems things are moving towards that. And that too in Devan's project. If the client does give a nod then I think things will move pretty fast and I'll have to elave next month.

I hope it happens...for the good....I am sure it will...I see omens for it and it seems the language of the world currently...tried last month and immediately succeding? Talk about beginner's luck!!!!! Right Mr. Paulo Coelho?

Finally the dog bites....

...but that too when the person to be bitten was away in Japan and the remedy for the bite had already been created...poor commies...
And then there is the evergreen...flip flop "Cycle" mounted Mulayam and the verbal diahorrea suffering Amar Singh who are more than eager to lend their support to the Congress with reasons devoid of even -100% of principles or logic.

Don't worry my countrymen, the weakest PM with the worst government ever is going to stay in power for another 6 months...they are still thirsty of our blood so be ready to be drained out...because whether u have any blood left in you or not 1 thing is sure these guys have no shame left in them...

I have read that God takes birth on earth as an AVTAAR when there is too much of dishonesty and "PAAP" on the earth and HE feels he needs to come and clean that off by getting rid of the villains like a Ravana or a Duryodhana or a Hiranya or a Parshuram....
I sometimes wonder.....after reading all about Ravan and other mythological villains...they were not as bad as we have these days...Even Ravana had his principles..he didn't touch Mata Sita against her wishes...Duryodhan followed the principles of war...so why is GOD not taking an Avtaar now?

This govt has destroyed everything...violence in J&K is up again and may reach the level of the mid 80s as per experts. The govt has broken the whole social fabric..pitching 1 community against the other and creating divides between religions and inside the religion too...there could not be a more devastating govt. I dont know what is going to happen if someone else comes into power next time but I just hope that the social fabric is not broken..I am ready for a slow progress..but not enemity between people...

Rest In Peace Sam Bahadur!

The first active Field Marshall of the Indian Army, Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw is active no more. The nonagenarian took his last breath on 27th June 2008 at a Military Hospital in Wellington, Tamil Nadu at the age of 94.

He was a hero in the 2nd world war and was decorated right in the battle field. Fighting on the Burma front against the Japanese in 1942, Manekshaw was almost pronounced dead when brought to Rangoon hospital with nine bullets in the lung, liver and kidneys. The military surgeon was reluctant to operate seeing the hopeless condition even though Sam was just about conscious. The surgeon asked what had happened to him. Sam replied: “Oh, a donkey kicked.” The surgeon decided that if a soldier could have such a sense of humour at that critical hour, he must operate to save him. Sam survived androse to become India's eighth army chief.

Best remembered for his authoritarian (some call it rebel like) stand on the Indo-Pak war in 1971, he was aman of conviction. No one can forget how he stood up to Indira Gandhi (then the Prime Minister in 1971) when she had called a cabinet meeting to declare a war on Pakistan in April 1971. In front of the cabinet Sam Bahadur rebuked her giving the reason that in April with the snow melting he could not advocate that risk when even China was a threat, and stood firm. After the cabinet meeting he politely asked Mrs. Gandhi "When should I send you my resignation letter?"

The resignation never happened, Indira trusted the General and made him time the war which happened in December 1971 after some really careful planning and intelligence operations by RAW and Indian Military in the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Sam Bahadur went into the war with his own conditions and with the PM's trust and came out triumphant in 14 days flat. This was the first convincing Military victory for India in ages. It resulted in splitting of Pakistan and the surrender of some 90000 odd Paki troops.

Indira had asked Manekshaw to go to Bengal and oversee the surrender. Sam famously refused to go allowing the chief of Eastern Command General Jasjit Arora to have that honour. He said that he will go only if the entire Paki army surrendered. He won the hearts of one and all in the military and every Indian. This war was the most defining moment in Indian military history and his illustrious career.

So was the popularity of the decorated hero that Indira once asked him if he was planning a coup. To this he famously replied pointing to his long nose "I do not poke my nose in others' matters"

 

I do not know when we will get another Sam Bahadur, but the legacy he has left will surely inspire many young Indians to follow his foosteps in the years to come.

I, an Indian, salute you sir. Thanks for all you did Sir! Good bye...rest in peace!
Jai Hind

 

Reference: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Columnists/Tarun_Vijay_Saluting_Sam_Bahadur/articleshow/3179920.cms

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Manekshaw

The Secret of Life

Secret of Life

Today is the beginning of my new Life
I am starting over Today
All good things are coming to me today
I am Grateful to be Alive
I see Beauty all Around Me
I live with Passion And Purpose
I take Time to Laugh and Play Everyday
I am Awake Energized and Alive
I Focus on All the Good Things in Life
And give Thanks For Them
I am At Peace and One With Everything
I Feel the Love, the Joy, the Abundance
I am Free to be Myself
I am Magnificence in the Human Form
I am the Perfection of Life
I am Grateful to be ......... ME!
Today is the Best Day of My Life!!!

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHBOMiM9ozs

A decade of belief! A decade of Teamwork! Rincon!

Last Saturday Rincon India Solutions Pvt. Ltd completed a decade of successful existence. An idea that led to the creation of a company with probably 4 people on board (I guess it was Kanumama, Manish, Yogesh and Harshad)...not many might have thought that it would grow so much in a decade...specially since it was new (and in India, and undiscovered) field and the people who started it were not even from the same domain...but it was bold..courageous step that was bound to yield results.

The teamwork at Rincon is an example. I have not seen such a cohesive team..I mean I know the core team like Harshad, Hitesh, Bhavesh along with Vidya and Shankar...and they contributed equally in making the organization grow. Hats off to them too!

It must have been a ride full of roughs, I am sure...but probably today Manish and Mama must be feeling quite satisfied. I know they still have a hunger for more...and thats probably what keeps them going...I wish them all the very best...! As Mama keeps saying "Together we can! Together we will!" I have no doubt that the growth will be phnominal in the next 4-5 years and Rincon will go places! Amen!