Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Change
Don't complain about others, change yourself. Because, its easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole earth.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Keep Playing
If people criticise you,
Hurt you or shout at you
Don't be bothered.
Just remember.
"In every game audience make noise, but the players keep playing"
Hurt you or shout at you
Don't be bothered.
Just remember.
"In every game audience make noise, but the players keep playing"
Accidents
News Dated 28 May 2011 (Indian Express)
MUMBAI: A Spicejet Mumbai-Hyderabad flight made an emergency landing at Mumbai airport early on Friday morning after smoke was detected in the cargo hold. The aircraft took off at 5.30 am. The pilot sent distress calls to the ATC soon after he found the cargo fire alarm had gone off. The aircraft made an emergency landing at 6.05 am at the airport.
News Dated 25 May 2011
(http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20110119/1670479.html)
A Kingfisher flight, which took off from here for Bhubaneswar, returned to Mumbai soon afterwards Wednesday and made a precautionary landing due to a technical problem, an airline official said, adding that all passengers were safe. "Shortly after Kingfisher Airlines flight IT 3141 took off for Bhubaneswar, the commander received a cautionary alert from one of the on-board systems," a spokesperson said. The emergency was withdrawn 45 minutes later after the aircraft landed safely in Mumbai.
News Dated 25 May 2011
(http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20110119/1670479.html)
A Kingfisher flight, which took off from here for Bhubaneswar, returned to Mumbai soon afterwards Wednesday and made a precautionary landing due to a technical problem, an airline official said, adding that all passengers were safe. "Shortly after Kingfisher Airlines flight IT 3141 took off for Bhubaneswar, the commander received a cautionary alert from one of the on-board systems," a spokesperson said. The emergency was withdrawn 45 minutes later after the aircraft landed safely in Mumbai.
The above mentioned news is just a reference, but not very uncommon now a days. Be it the flight of Jet Airways, Spicejet, Air India or any other airline, the news of flights escaping the accidents, like fire seen in cargo or in engine or the flight skidding on the runway, is becoming more & more frequent now-a-days. The question is weather it is really a matter of chance that could not have been avoided. In case any mishap occurs, we usually escape on the excuse that we had taken all precautions, but some technical fault occurred which could always occur in terms of probability. Can this excuse bring the life of the victims back? No, but those lives could be saved of course if we do our work a bit more sincerely and CAREFULLY.
First I would be taking above mentioned instance (of SpiceJet) here. The profit before tax of said airlines (Spice Jet in last financial year (FY 2010-11) was about 126 crore INR, which is hardly 4.3% of it corresponding income. If a company finds it difficult to operate at such low margins, they should better look at ways to improve the profit or better close the company. After all not all the companies can be forced to run even after making huge losses as is AIR INDIA (at present). But the cost cutting or increase in profit margin shall not be at the cost of others, or shall it be?
Coming back to the probability of accidents, its a widely accepted saying that "Machines do not make mistakes, Human does" The error can be anywhere - in design or in operation & maintenance but the error is because of human fault. Agreed that human error can't be eliminated but it can always be minimized. If we compare the frequency of such incidents with that in developed nations, we can easily see that there is still a lot of scope for improvement. It would be better if we adopt a preventive approach in our work & life rather than going for damage control every time such avoidable accidents happen.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Self
"Not everything that I face can be changed, but nothing can be changed until I face it.”
To get something I never had, I had to do something I never did. But something was not enough…….
No one other than ourselves knows what can truly make us happy......if we need to be happy we need to work upon it......
Friday, May 27, 2011
Happiness
You are happy when circumstances suit your temper. But, you are excellent if you can suit your temper to any circumstances...............
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Life
We can win in life by all means...If we simply avoid two things COMPARING and EXPECTINGBut their are only few lucky ones.......
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Smoking
Dear Smokers, Please get a plastic bag and cover yourself whenever you want to start smoking. So you can enjoy the smoke 100% by yourself, I don't want any percent of it. And some of my friends, too Regards, Don't-kill-me-if-you-want-to-kill-yourself... P.S.: Please spread this message to support the keep-smoke-away Campaign.. :)
Monday, May 23, 2011
Lessons
The difference between school and life ? In school, you are taught a lesson and then given a test; but In life, you are given a test that teaches you a lesson...
Sunday, May 22, 2011
What it is to be in the Line of Fire......
A conversation between a Soldier and Software Engineer in Shatabdhi Train .........An interesting and a must read!
Vivek Pradhan was not a happy man. Even the plush comfort of the air-conditioned compartment of the Shatabdhi express could not cool his frayed nerves. He was the Project Manager and still not entitled to air travel. It was not the prestige he sought; he had tried to reason with the admin person, it was the savings in time. As PM, he had so many things to do!! He opened his case and took out the laptop, determined to put the time to some good use. "Are you from the software industry sir," the man beside him was staring appreciatively at the laptop. Vivek glanced briefly and mumbled in affirmation, handling the laptop now with exaggerated care and importance as if it were an expensive car. "You people have brought so much advancement to the country, Sir. Today everything is getting computerized. " "Thanks," smiled Vivek, turning around to give the man a look. He always found it difficult to resist appreciation. The man was young and stockily built like a sportsman. He looked simple and strangely out of place in that little lap of luxury like a small town boy in a prep school. He probably was a railway sportsman making the most of his free traveling pass.
"You people always amaze me," the man continued, "You sit in an office and write something on a computer and it does so many big things outside." Vivek smiled deprecatingly. Naive ness demanded reasoning not anger. "It is not as simple as that my friend. It is not just a question of writing a few lines. There is a lot of process that goes behind it." For a moment, he was tempted to explain the entire Software Development Lifecycle but restrained himself to a single statement. "It is complex, very complex." "It has to be. No wonder you people are so highly paid," came the reply. This was not turning out as Vivek had thought. A hint of belligerence crept into his so far affable, persuasive tone. " Everyone just sees the money. No one sees the amount of hard work we have to put in. Indians have such a narrow concept of hard work. Just because we sit in an air-conditioned office, does not mean our brows do not sweat. You exercise the muscle; we exercise the mind and believe me that is no less taxing." He could see, he had the man where he wanted, and it was time to drive home the point. "Let me give you an example. Take this train. The entire railway reservation system is computerized. You can book a train ticket between any two stations from any of the hundreds of computerized booking centers across the country. Thousands of transactions accessing a single database, at a time concurrently; data integrity, locking, data security. Do you understand the complexity in designing and coding such a system?" The man was awestruck; quite like a child at a planetarium. This was something big and beyond his imagination. "You design and code such things." "I used to," Vivek paused for effect, "but now I am the Project Manager." "Oh!" sighed the man, as if the storm had passed over, "So your life is easy now." This was like the last straw for Vivek. He retorted, "Oh come on, does life ever get easy as you go up the ladder. Responsibility only brings more work. Design and coding! That is the easier part. Now I do not do it, but I am responsible for it and believe me, that is far more stressful. My job is to get the work done in time and with the highest quality. To tell you about the pressures, there is the customer at one end, always changing his requirements, the user at the other, wanting something else, and your boss, always expecting you to have finished it yesterday." Vivek paused in his diatribe, his belligerence fading with self-realization. What he had said, was not merely the outburst of a wronged man, it was the truth. And one need not get angry while defending the truth. "My friend," he concluded triumphantly, "you don't know what it is to be in the Line of Fire" . The man sat back in his chair, his eyes closed as if in realization. When he spoke after sometime, it was with a calm certainty that surprised Vivek. "I know sir.... I know what it is to be in the Line of Fire......." He was staring blankly, as if no passenger, no train existed, just a vast expanse of time. "There were 30 of us when we were ordered to capture Point 4875 in the cover of the night. The enemy was firing from the top. There was no knowing where the next bullet was going to come from and for whom. In the morning when we finally hoisted the tricolour at the top only 4 of us were alive." "You are a...?" "I am Subedar Sushant from the 13 J&K Rifles on duty at Peak 4875 in Kargil. They tell me I have completed my term and can opt for a soft assignment. But, tell me sir, can one give up duty just because it makes life easier. On the dawn of that capture, one of my colleagues lay injured in the snow, open to enemy fire while we were hiding behind a bunker. It was my job to go and fetch that soldier to safety. But my captain sahib refused me permission and went ahead himself. He said that the first pledge he had taken as a Gentleman Cadet was to put the safety and welfare of the nation foremost followed by the safety and welfare of the men he commanded... ....his own personal safety came last, always and every time." "He was killed as he shielded and brought that injured soldier into the bunker. Every morning thereafter, as we stood guard, I could see him taking all those bullets, which were actually meant for me. I know sir....I know, what it is to be in the Line of Fire." Vivek looked at him in disbelief not sure of how to respond. Abruptly, he switched off the laptop. It seemed trivial, even insulting to edit a Word document in the presence of a man for whom valor and duty was a daily part of life; valour and sense of duty which he had so far attributed only to epical heroes. The train slowed down as it pulled into the station, and Subedar Sushant picked up his bags to alight. "It was nice meeting you sir." Vivek fumbled with the handshake. This hand... had climbed mountains, pressed the trigger, and hoisted the tricolour. Suddenly, as if by impulse, he stood up at attention and his right hand went up in an impromptu salute. It was the least he felt he could do for the country.
PS:- The incident he narrated during the capture of Peak 4875 is a true-life incident during the Kargil war. Capt. Batra sacrificed his life while trying to save one of the men he commanded, as victory was within sight. For this and various other acts of bravery, he was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the nation's highest military award.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Ram Janam Bhoomi
Are Ram Chandra keh gaye Siya se, hey Ram Chandra keh gaye Siya se, aisa kalyug ayega; mera janam kaha hua tha, supreme court batlayega!
Friday, May 20, 2011
What if ?
Today I was going through another post regarding the hike in petrol prices. Every time I go through the kind of posts / news regarding hike in prices or taxes etc. a weird thought comes in my mind quite often.
The govt. increases the prices of petrol & diesel, the rail fare for good, and not to mention the direct or indirect taxes; what does it leads to? The cost of manufacturing goes up for the companies and they pass it to the consumers by increasing the prices of their goods. To meet the increase in prices of goods (inflation), common man starts cheating on the taxes & wherever he / she could. Govt. loses revenue (due to it) & increases the taxes & prices of fuel & other raw material even further; & the cycle goes on.
I sometimes wonder, can this cycle work the other way round. Govt. decreases the taxes (for example) and the companies pass the benefit to the customer. Their purchasing power increases, leading to higher purchases (& may be less of cheating on taxes) & hence increase in govt. revenue. The loss is thus compensated & benefit passed onto next session. The cycle goes on till… Well here my mind goes blank. Of course not a very practical situation, but still not an impossible one either (I hope). But the question is, even if its theoretically possible, will it ever happen?
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Who's the boss ?
India now ruled by..Amma in South...Didi in East...Bhenji in North...Aunty in the Capital...Madam in Center...Nani on top (the president)..& "Wife At Home"...............And yet people say.. It’s a Man's World?
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Movies - Are they really reflecting the society
After viewing the movies today, a question that arises in the mind is - Is it the movies that are shaping the society or the other way round. The violence, love, betrayal etc. shown in the movies reflect what's happening in the society, or is it leading the society into making that happen. Everyone will have their own opinion on the matter. the bollywood & many of those supporting it feels that the movies simply reflect the society. They simply add some storyline to streamline it into a story (for the movie). Well may be its true. But is it really the entertainment we need.
Lets consider the romantic bollywood movies for example (Because its the most common theme in Bollywood). In most of the cases, its the same storyline - the boy & the girl are in love & want to marry, but either their parents or some other relatives or friends are not in favor. the movie shows the boy as a hero who takes the girl with him, fights everyone & in the end takes the girl with him against the will of others. Or in some cases its like "The parents will agree after the marriage anyhow. They can't stay mad with us for long". Agreed, that it might be happening in certain parts of the country, so whats the harm in showing it in the theater? Well, the concern here is that the things that were limited to certain parts of the country are now well known to everyone across the country. The younger generation especially is taken away with it and feels the compulsion to try the same themselves. Result - even those who would not have ever gone against their parents, now want to govern their own life and the parents are no longer consulted by them. The 'foreign' (Typically not considered as part of Indian culture) culture that was struggling to exist in the country has now become a part of the young blood. So, has the movie(s) really reflected the state of existing society?
It would not be correct to say that all the movies are having negative influence on the society. But the true family movies like "Hum Aapke Hain Kaun" (its just the first name that came in mind - no offence) are very rare now a days. Ok, the movies like "Taare Zameen Par, 3 Idiots etc." are there but are only handful in number.
Consider the bollywood movies once again. The hero in the movies kills numerous people (ok the bad ones) and what the public does - clap on the killings. The villian violates the girl(s) in the movies (ok not shown so explicitly in bollywood till date), and walks away at least at that time. 'Sex before Marriage' is not uncommon in the movies now a days. Consider the same in movies like "Dill Dosti, Salaam Namaste, or recent flick - Band Baaja Baraat" and the way it is shown; is it really a part of our society or have we really become indifferent to it becoming a part of our culture? Now is it truly reflecting the society & even if yes, is it really worthy to be shown in the public. Agreed that the mature ones can understand the difference between the fiction & the reality, but are the kids & the teens ready for this? Are they really isolated from watching such movies in general? If we visit some school now a days, the kids (leave alone the teens of senior secondary schools and the adults) are using the offensive languages as a routine part off their conversation, which was hardly the case - say a decade back. The 'tapori' kind of language used in movies like "Munnabhai" have become a part of their life. The innocence of the kids is lost far too early since they are watching whats happening in the society (i.e. movies as we say it). Is it really the entertainment & the society we want?
Just Chill
Compare the salary you are getting today to what you were getting 2 yrs back, its must be 50% high so is the petrol.. so don't worry just chill
(in response to someone concern over rising prices of fuel - posted on facebook)
(in response to someone concern over rising prices of fuel - posted on facebook)
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The mirror principle
The mirror principle, says that everyone reflects the same way one feels about another
Monday, May 16, 2011
Who's Responsible
Let’s take a look at whom we held responsible for various situations (in general):
- Roads are not proper – Government
- Electricity Cuts – Government Again
- The Drains are stinking – The Local Municipality
- Water Shortage – Government once again
- The Streets are not clean – Local Municipality
- Water Clogging in Rains - Local Municipality / Government
- Traffic Jams – Government doesn’t do anything about it.
Anything that happens bad around us, we held government to be responsible for it. Yes, to some extent it’s true but is it always true?
How many times do we switch off the power where it is not required and help to conserve / save the electricity?
How many times to we put off the running tap in our street, even if its next to our home.
Do we always throw the litter in dustbins & not on the streets & in drains causing the drains to block?
Do we follow the traffic rules & keep ourselves in line so that the others coming from other side can pass by.
Many of our problems can be solved or minimized if we ourselves (& all others of course) are going to be disciplined. Small actions of ours, which hardly cost us anything can help us build a better nation.
But we all are in such a hurry in today’s fast paced life that we hardly even think about it. All that we think is to make excuses & blame others for all our problems. Can it really solve the problem, please ask yourself.
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