Stepping out of Economic Growth to step into Ethical Growth...

We all start the new year with a few hopes for ourselves... A few promises to others & sometimes ourselves too... That's all... As soon as the new year week is over... We're all on the same tracks again... No worries... We're like that... Everyone is...

You read the 'Economic Times', and you find out that India is progressing... Oh yes, didn't you know that? Everyone says so... They say our GDP (Whatever that means!) is very close to 8%, they say we're being preferred over China in the US board rooms... We've overcome the Global economic meltdown faster than any of the countries... etc etc etc... Alright... 

But aren't we just growing economically? Where is all this growth going? In the hands of the Government? Top 400 CEOs of the country? Is it doing something good for the common man? Isn't it supposed to do good for the common man?

Yes, we are growing... Daily commodities are being sold at rates that look like 6 times the daily wage of a mason or a sweeper... You cannot tell the difference between the number of T-shirts being sold in a shop at Fashion Street and the number of suicides being attempted... People want more and more partitions in the country, new states... Yes... We are definitely growing, aren't we?

Its time we did something new this year... Its time we extend our hands to those who need it... Find someone today...

The constant carelessness...

Am I meant to be like this? Or is it only the brief interval of disillusionment... I don't understand... On the materialistic scale of marks, reports & certificates, I stand nowhere... Simply nowhere...

A man is judged by the worthiness of his opponents, they say... Mine have already overestimated me and stepped out of competition... Or is it my carelessness? My arrogance? Do I label my opponents as 'unworthy' only to console myself when I loose? Or Am I so used to the pampering and favoritism offered to me by my surroundings that I've developed this tendency to let go?

Even when the whole day is wasted... I do not let any night go without the rehearsal of my grande speeches, success conversations with my family, friends ... Overconfidence? Whom am I to blame?

A new but disillusioning dawn...

There hasn't been such clear mist before... Nor has there been such clarity in my confusion... Sometime back I craved for responsibilities, now I have more than I can take... Do I need a break? No. I've had enough breaks already. I guess its these breaks that make me think that I'm overwhelmed with responsibilities at the moment. And yes, there's always the grief of being left alone without my partner who was always there with me to share my responsibilities...

A close friend said once, "Some people believe in themselves only when Others believe in them." Somehow, he's right... But I guess I'll rephrase it for myself... "I believe in myself only when the people I believe in believe in me."

A new dawn rises... I still still need someone to show me the light...

Where are my colors?

I can't recall how it struck me to do this... But when I saw this pic of mine, I suddenly realised I wasn't there in the pic... Am I lost? I could have processed this pic in 5 mins flat, but something made me work on it slowly, very slowly... I used a small brush size to recreate every color in the picture except my face only to see how all the wonderful colors contrasted with my desaturated face... It made me feel hollow, empty... Am I lost? People say I make them smile... I make them laugh... Where is my laughter? Where has my smile disappeared? There are times when people feel low in their life... When's mine gonna end?

Convincingly False!!

Oxygen is a very toxic gas and an extreme fire hazard. It is fatal in concentrations of as little as 0.000001 p.p.m. Humans exposed to the oxygen concentrations die within a few minutes. Symptoms resemble very much those of cyanide poisoning (blue face, etc.). In higher concentrations, e.g. 20%, the toxic effect is somewhat delayed and it takes about 2.5 billion inhalations before death takes place. The reason for the delay is the difference in the mechanism of the toxic effect of oxygen in 20% concentration. It apparently contributes to a complex process called aging, of which very little is known, except that it is always fatal.

However, the main disadvantage of the 20% oxygen concentration is in the fact it is habit forming. The first inhalation (occurring at birth) is sufficient to make oxygen addiction permanent. After that, any considerable decrease in the daily oxygen doses results in death with symptoms resembling those of cyanide poisoning.

Oxygen is an extreme fire hazard. All of the fires that were reported in the continental U.S. for the period of the past 25 years were found to be due to the presence of this gas in the atmosphere surrounding the buildings in question.

Oxygen is especially dangerous because it is odorless, colorless and tasteless, so that its presence can not be readily detected until it is too late.

-- Chemical & Engineering News February 6, 1956

The secret of Apartments...

Ever wondered why an Apartment is so called?


It teaches us to stay apart... Families don't stay in apartments do they? They live in homes...

Yes, We've got ourselves a great HRD minister.

"I want to get rid of coaching classes by 2011." ~ Kapil Sibal

Kapil Sahab, I really appreciate your sense of humor! With all due respect, I understand that your statement is simply meant to lighten up everyone's mood in this festive season, when more than half of the country's major sweets manufacturing centers are being raided for adulteration in their stuff.

Did you know that such a statement can jeopardise your vote bank? Do you not see how attached are parents and students to them? Or do you simply think that Coaching Classes as an autonomy are a blot on the education system and hence the futile statement? I wonder what ran through your mind, But let me give you a glimpse of what kind of relationship the society and coaching classes share... Firstly, if you haven't realised Coaching Classes are a byproduct of the flaws in the education system itself.

Recall how many students committed suicide in your days when they flunked or even scored less marks leaving them ineligible for admissions at pretigious institutions? Almost none? Why? Didn't the students then didn't want to make a good name for themselves and their families? So why has suddenly every parent been gripped by the mania of making their child stand in the line of toppers and rankers? The competition Kapil Sahab, the competition.