and the song ended .....

My first professional phase came to an end today...
a fun packed journey... a journey which taught me things about the world, about others and most importantly about me..
It was indeed a memorable phase... and today looking at the past four years, I feel satisfied..

I am sure that though the song came to an end today, but the melody will linger on ;)

the apathetic mumbaikars !

Yes we have done it again.

We proved once again that we are indeed the “Plastic" Mumbaikars… !

For us, the Mumbai spirit sets in only when we are attacked by the terrorists or maybe when we need to blame the government!

But hey when it comes to fulfilling our responsibilities, we either go on vacation, or…eh.... well we have the scotching heat as an excuse to refrain from our duty … or...maybe we just don’t bother and chill out at home and watch T20.

Business Capital of the country; maximum city but only 44% voting!!!
WOW !!!! What a Pity!!

• How can we point fingers on the government when we do not fulfill our duty ?..the duty of every citizen of this democratic country!
• Will we achieve anything by just lighting candles at the Gateway of India or having peace rallys?
• We often say that the government makes thousands of false promises post any attack or crisis.! Aren’t we practicing the same?
• How can we talk about corruption when we ourselves are so corrupt??

Hey plastic mumbaikar… wake up dude !!!

the year 2008.... :)

2008 .. was very rewarding ...!!

When the year began, I wasnt really sure of how / what things are lined up, however each month brought along some new experiences, unusual decisions and eventually helped me to move a step closer to my long cherished dream...

Hoping to have a great 2009 as well and wish you all the same ...... :-)

INDIAN.... the true spirit

This pic said it all... :-)

15 years...and its not over yet !!

Thousands of questions are being raised... Justifications are being given...

Fingers are being pointed... Accusations are being defended...

Opinions are being formed... Definitions are being changed...

Whether its us or them... we know not !!!

I dont know if we should be grateful to them for reminding us time and again of our weaknesses ...
For making us realise that what we call a civilized society is only a mere concept far from reality !!

I dont understand, what do we gain by shouting to the world that its our neighbour ??
Is it not our duty to protect our house ourselves ?? To leave no stone unturned in doing so !!

Are we, as the citizens of this country expect a lot when we say, ' we need a safe country ! ' ?

Have we not had enough ?
Have we not witnessed it so many times in last fifteen years...??

Revive the system.. Revive the organization..
But before all that, make the (hypocrites) powerful people realise that,
' Sir, its time !!!... and this calls for action... "

' We invite terrorism by ignoring them. !!
And I dont think we can afford that anymore.. '

first impression is the last impression !! is it ??

To say the least, 'I have been a victim of this !!'
There have been some 'n' times when I have formed the first impression about someone / something , but later on, I have got simply amased at how wrong I was :-) ...

And today it has happened again :-)
That makes me wonder...

1) I donot judge people/things well !! [ boo - hoo ]
2) I judge them right, but its just that they change overtime and became complete opposite of what I thought they were ! !

Anyhow... I am really bad with this 1st impression thing !! And I have some friends who have told me that they too are mostly wrong with the 1st impressions :D :D [ yipee .. I aint alone :D ]

So, does the 1st impression really last or its jst that over a period of time with more interaction with the person our opinion changes ..or gets refined ( if you may say so) ??

Jumping Jack

This is about "Mr. Jumping Jack ".. Nope he wasnt named so, 'cos of his dancing abilities but 'cos of his personality trait..

To most, he appeared as a very nice, fun guy, but those who knew him well, were acquinted with his jumping jack behaviour..
So presenting to you all, Mr.Jumping Jack, now on referred to as JJ..

JJ, as some people knew had this unique thing ...
He was a person who just couldnt settle for a single thing... He always wanted to have multiple things going around and he for sure liked to hop from thing on to another..

Nah, it was not about his multitasking ability but his mutli-option disorder..

There are some people who are of the "flip-flop" kind..
.Those who cant decide on one thing and keep wandering between the options..having many choices confuse them....
but our JJ wasnt a victim of many options.. instead he liked to have as many of them.. And never decided on one but liked to keep all of them open..

You ask him, if Black or White, and he would say, " Both !!..depending on his mood, he would go with either of them or maybe would find out a third option as well :) "

For him, the " rule of elimination " didnt exist, cos he followed the "rule of preservation "..

Friends often wondered why JJ didnot decide !!!
" Was it his inability of decision making or simply a state of unstable mind... ?? "

JJ detested having only one way.... He liked to have many ways... and loved hopping from one to another.. He changed the way not cos one proved to be better than the other, but cos he wanted to try all of them... and not rule out one ...
Jumping from one thing onto another had become his trait... sometimes in search of something and sometimes without any motive...

" Was it, in pursuit of something or simply in fear of a decision failing.....?? "
....no one knew !!

There came times when JJ was forced to make a decsion but he never obliged...

No one could believe him and no one could rely , but he continued to be the " jumping jack" that he was...

Hopping from one thing onto another ...
....sometimes in search of something and sometimes without any motive... !!

forgiveness...

Can all crimes be pardonable ?? All mistakes be forgiven ??

What should be called a 'crime' ??
- Something which has been entered in the law books or something which has impacted the victim badly ??
- A crime as grave as a murder or as sensitive as a breach of trust ??

Priyanka gandhi going and meeting her dads' assasin ...

She wasnt angry... She wasnt mad...
She was only wanting to know 'Why' !!
For she had already forgiven them..

How many of us can get onto that level ??
How many of us can forgive someone who wasnt good to us ??


Sometimes we trust someone so much that when the trust is broken we fall apart...
We question ourselves... try to figure out what went wrong...if it was our fault ??....
We try to find out if we make a mistake in judging people...
and this self questioning loop goes on and on ....

Most cases, we forget and even forgive the person...
but what happens ...
" when we arnt able to do either of it...???
cant forgive ....and we cant forget ...really cant :( "

I read in an article that,
' forgiveness is the best way to detach yourself from the wrongs going arnd.. once you
forgive someone, you free yourself from the pain..
and as for the person, well forgiveness is the best punishment for him..
He would be confused as to how easily he has been forgiven...
And if you dont forgive him and hold the grudge in your heart, it gives the person a
sense of delight that he is important.. '

After reading whole lot of stuff written on this, i thought mabbe its right..
mabbe we should learn to forgive and forget... I tried .. but i failed..:(

I couldnt really forgive the accused..

I know its still close to my heart and I often get reminded of this deceit...

I cant forget it...

It has taught me,
not to trust someone so blindly...
not to believe a lie...and not to deny the truth...
but it still hasnt taught me to forgive and forget .. :(

I hope someday I would too learn the profound art of forgiveness...