Saturday, September 29, 2007
wierd dismisals in cricket
Friday, September 21, 2007
kissa kursi ka....
what a difference a chair can make :-)
Sunday, September 16, 2007
heaven on earth....
should be easy enough to interpret :-P
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Twenty Rupee Note.......................
a nice story....
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: PATRICK KERR
The Twenty Rupee Note; sometimes we just need to be reminded!
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a crisp new twenty Rupee note. In the room filled with 200 people, he asked,
"Who would like this note?"
Hands started going up.
He said, "I am going to give this note to one of you but first, let me do this.
He proceeded to crumple up the note.
He then asked, "Who still wants it?"
Still the hands were up in the air.
Well, he replied, "What if I do this?"
And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.
He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.
"Now, who still wants it?"
Still the hands went into the air.
My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson.
No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value.
It was still worth twenty Rupees.
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way.
We feel as though we are worthless.
But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.
Dirt y or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you.
The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE and WHOSE WE ARE.
You are special - Don't EVER forget it."
Count your blessings, not your problems.
And remember: amateurs built the ark ... professionals built the Titanic.
If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: PATRICK KERR
The Twenty Rupee Note; sometimes we just need to be reminded!
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a crisp new twenty Rupee note. In the room filled with 200 people, he asked,
"Who would like this note?"
Hands started going up.
He said, "I am going to give this note to one of you but first, let me do this.
He proceeded to crumple up the note.
He then asked, "Who still wants it?"
Still the hands were up in the air.
Well, he replied, "What if I do this?"
And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.
He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.
"Now, who still wants it?"
Still the hands went into the air.
My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson.
No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value.
It was still worth twenty Rupees.
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way.
We feel as though we are worthless.
But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.
Dirt y or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you.
The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE and WHOSE WE ARE.
You are special - Don't EVER forget it."
Count your blessings, not your problems.
And remember: amateurs built the ark ... professionals built the Titanic.
If God brings you to it - He will bring you through it.
Friday, September 14, 2007
survival ...
:-)
Thursday, September 13, 2007
the reason to sell....
must admit, this is quite a good reason :-)
and i'm guessing his name has something to do with his not managing a girl friend :-P
The 99 Club
something to think about :-P
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Pat Kerr
Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neither happy nor content.
One day, the King came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked. This fascinated the King; why was he, the Supreme Ruler of the Land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant had so much happiness?
The King asked the servant, ''Why are you so happy?"
The man replied, "Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but my family and I don't need too much - just a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummies."
The king was not satisfied with that reply.
Later in the day, he sought the advice of his most trusted adviser. After hearing the King's woes and the servant's story, the adviser said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the servant has not been made part of The 99 Club."
"The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?" The King inquired.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Pat Kerr
Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neither happy nor content.
One day, the King came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked. This fascinated the King; why was he, the Supreme Ruler of the Land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant had so much happiness?
The King asked the servant, ''Why are you so happy?"
The man replied, "Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but my family and I don't need too much - just a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummies."
The king was not satisfied with that reply.
Later in the day, he sought the advice of his most trusted adviser. After hearing the King's woes and the servant's story, the adviser said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the servant has not been made part of The 99 Club."
"The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?" The King inquired.
The adviser replied, "Your Majesty, to truly know what The 99 Club is, place 99 gold coins in a bag and leave it at this servant's doorstep."
When the servant saw the bag, he took it into his house. When he opened the bag, he let out a great shout of joy... so many gold coins! He began to count them.
After several counts, he was at last convinced that there were 99 coins. He wondered, "What could've happened to that last gold coin? Surely, no one would leave 99 coins!" He looked everywhere he could, but that final coin was elusive. Finally, exhausted, he decided that he was going to have to work harder than ever to earn that gold coin and complete his collection.
From that day, the servant's life was changed. He was overworked, horribly grumpy, and castigated his family for not helping him make that 100th gold coin. He stopped singing while he worked.
Witnessing this drastic transformation, the King was puzzled.
When he sought his advisor's help, the adviser said, "Your Majesty, the servant has now officially joined The 99 Club." He continued, "The 99 Club is a name given to those people who have enough to be happy but are never contented, because they're always yearning and striving for that extra 1 telling to themselves: "Let me get that one final thing and then I
will be happy for life."
We can be happy, even with very little in our lives, but the minute we're given something bigger and better, we want even more! We lose our sleep, our happiness, we hurt the people around us; all these as a price for our growing needs and desires.
That's what joining The 99 Club is all about......!
some good history responses...
inspiration - how to get to the top....
How Narayan Murthy reached the top of Infosys..
This is truely Inspiring Stuff...Please carry on...
This is truely Inspiring Stuff...Please carry on...
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
exit tax on iit/iim grads
a topic that's currently rather hot in the news - should iit/iim students be taxed if they choose to go abroad after having their studies subsidized by the indian government?
some links:
and many more.... just search the web i guess.
my thoughts on this:
everyone gets a subsidy when they study in india
after all, they don't pay direct income tax, since they don't have incomes, and the consumption taxes (service, sales etc.) are actually to the cost of the parents where the money is earned.
hence, why single out iit/iim grads only? i'm sure there is some form of subsidy to REC's and other management institutes. what about the UGC? doesn't this also go to students who could potentially go abroad?
hence an exit tax that singles out iit/iim is unfair. it should be applicable on all students who depart from india after they study here, and the tax should be to the extent of the amount of subsidy received.
taking this a little further, all scholarships that are given to students (especially to the weaker section) should then be claimed back, going by the same argument. this of course should be applicable on students irrespective of whether they go abroad or not. its a subsidy to them, which should be recovered when they are able to repay it out of salaries earned. hence the concept of a scholarship should be done away with, and instead should be replaced with a concept of a loan with a grace period.
people in india pay income tax, people abroad pay nothing (to the indian government)
most of the students who do not go abroad join the private sector. these are purely capitalist companies, that have no intention to do good to India (corporate social responsibility is just a sham, and covers a very small percentage of the profits of most companies anyway). how do these students, who earn for themselves, do anything additional for the country?
if the argument is that by staying in india they spend here, and create GDP (money multiplier effect), i'm sure we can compute:
1. foreign remittances that are sent back to india
2. FDI and other expenditure that is brought into india (this would also have to count, since this is in some way related to the students going abroad and making a name for themselves).
4. contracts that are handed to indian companies
based on this, i think we can see that a fair amount of support to the country is being brought about by the students who've gone abroad in the past, and this is likely to be the case from students who'll go abroad in the future.
hence i don't believe there is significant difference between a person who embarks on a mercenary career with a private sector company in india vs. one who goes abroad for the same mercenary career. is there really any difference between a consultant based in the US (who helps Bill Gates line his pockets) and one based in India (who helps Azim Premji line his pockets) or an investment banker in the US (who advises Pepsi on an acquisition) vs. an investment banker in India (who advises Parle on an acquisition) (note: names taken only due to their being famous people/brands).
however, the guy who stays in india pays income tax to the indian government, which the guy abroad doesn't. while the guy sitting abroad does pay tax to the foreign government, why can't he additionally pay something (need not be the full 30%, but could be restricted to 5-10% or so) to the indian government. then, there can be an agreement with the large countries (say the US, UK etc.) that they can claim credit against this tax payment with those countries taxation departments. even if the claim back doesn't work out, in general, most people go abroad for "better" opportunities - read as more money. if so, why can't they be taxed on their income so long as they hold indian passports? holding an indian passport gives them rights back here, so the indian government should be allowed to tax them for these rights.
a problem....
Imagine you are in Hwange. You have been tied hanging on a tree with a rope anchored on the ground, a candle is slowly burning the rope, and the lion is waiting for you to drop and be his lunch.
Your survival hinges on the rope staying intact, there is no one around to help you. The only possible way is to somehow convince the lion to BLOW the candle out. How do you do that?
THINK FIRST AND THEN Scroll down for answer...
Sing Happy Birthday...
Your survival hinges on the rope staying intact, there is no one around to help you. The only possible way is to somehow convince the lion to BLOW the candle out. How do you do that?
THINK FIRST AND THEN Scroll down for answer...
Sing Happy Birthday...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Nasa Prediction
NASA predicts Worldwide Holiday on Feb 1, 2019 as the world is scheduled to end
this is what it will look like....
but this can be prevented as follows:
so relax, enjoy life and hail rajni! :-)
Monday, September 10, 2007
some people are never satisfied
the extents that some people go to... :-)
"You're in remarkable shape for a man your age," said the doctor to the ninety-year old man after the examination.
"I know it," said the old gentleman. "I've really got only one complaint-my sex drive is too high. Got anything you can do for that, Doc?"
The doctor's mouth dropped open. "Your what?!" he gasped.
"My sex drive," said the old man. "It's too high, and I'd like to have you lower it if you can."
"Lower it?!" exclaimed the doctor, still unable to believe what the ninety-year old gentleman was saying. "Just what do you consider 'high'?"
"These days it seems like it's all in my head, Doc," said the old man, "and I'd like to have you lower it a couple of feet if you can."
Sunday, September 09, 2007
heights!
1. What is height of Fashion?**
Ans : Dhoti with a zip .**
2. What is height of Secrecy?**
Ans : Offering blank visiting cards.**
3. What is height of Active laziness?**
Ans : Asking for a lift to house while on a morning walk.**
4. What is height of Craziness?**
Ans : Getting a blank paper Xeroxed.**
5. What is height of Forgetfulness?**
Ans : Seeing the mirror and trying to recollect when you saw him / her last.**
6. What is height of Stupidity? **
Ans : A person looking through a keyhole of a glass door.**
7. What is height of Honesty?**
Ans : A pregnant woman taking one and a half ticket.**
8. What is height of Suicide?**
Ans : A dwarf jumping from the footpath on the road. **
9. What is height of De-hydration?**
Ans : A cow giving milk powder.**
10. What is Height of Kanjoosi ?**
Ans : Banta's house **has caught fire and he is giving miss calls to theFire brigade!!! *
Ans : Dhoti with a zip .**
2. What is height of Secrecy?**
Ans : Offering blank visiting cards.**
3. What is height of Active laziness?**
Ans : Asking for a lift to house while on a morning walk.**
4. What is height of Craziness?**
Ans : Getting a blank paper Xeroxed.**
5. What is height of Forgetfulness?**
Ans : Seeing the mirror and trying to recollect when you saw him / her last.**
6. What is height of Stupidity? **
Ans : A person looking through a keyhole of a glass door.**
7. What is height of Honesty?**
Ans : A pregnant woman taking one and a half ticket.**
8. What is height of Suicide?**
Ans : A dwarf jumping from the footpath on the road. **
9. What is height of De-hydration?**
Ans : A cow giving milk powder.**
10. What is Height of Kanjoosi ?**
Ans : Banta's house **has caught fire and he is giving miss calls to theFire brigade!!! *
Saturday, September 08, 2007
appraisal pressure....
what the pressure of an appraisal can do to you....
Friday, September 07, 2007
when do we pray??
a good thought...
There is a story of about a sea captain who in his retirement skippered a boat taking day-trippers to Shetland Islands. On one trip, the boat was full of young people. They laughed at the old captain when they saw him say a prayer before sailing out, because the day was fine and the sea was calm.
However they weren't long at sea when a storm suddenly blew up and the boat began to pitch violently. The terrified passengers came to the captain and asked him to join them in prayer. But he replied, 'I say my prayers when it's calm. When it's rough I attend to my ship.' Here is a lesson for us......
If we cannot and will not seek God in quiet moments of our lives, we are not likely to find him when trouble strikes. We are more likely to panic. But if we have learnt to seek him and trust him in quiet moments, then most certainly we will find him when the going gets rough.
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Girl waiting for the perfect man...
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
THE CELL PHONE vs. THE BIBLE
THE CELL PHONE vs. THE BIBLE
I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell
phones?
What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?
What if we flipped through it several times a day?
What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?
What if we used it to receive messages from the text?
What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?
What if we interrupted our favorite program to take just one verse?
What if we gave it to our kids as a gift?
What if we made sure our friends and family were on the same plan?
What if we stepped out of a meeting, just to read one encouraging verse?
What if we used it when we traveled?
What if we used it in case of emergency?
What if we interrupted our dinner to read it?
Unlike our cell phone, we don't have to worry about our Bible being
"disconnected" because of an unpaid bill. Jesus already paid the bill in
full.
And just think - no missed calls or undelivered sms! God hears them all.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
delhi rules...
Here Are The 15 Rules Or Laws That Delhi Lives By
· The Other Side Law:
If my side of the road has a traffic jam, then I can
start driving on the wrong side of the road, and all
incoming cars will be rerouted via Meerut.
· The Queue Nahin Rule:
If there is a queue of many people, no one will notice
me sneaking into the front as long as I am looking the
other way.
· The Mind Over Matter Law:
If a red light is not working, four cars from
different directions can easily pass through one
another.
· The Auto Axiom:
If I indicate which way I am going to turn my auto
rickshaw, it is an information security leak.
· The In Spit Of Thing:
The more I lean out of my car or bus, and the harder I
spit, the stronger the roads become.
· The Cinema Hall Fact:
If I get a call on my mobile phone, the film
automatically goes into pause mode.
· The Brotherhood Law:
If I want to win an argument, I need only to
repeatedly suggest that the other person has illicit
relations with his sister.
· The Baraat Right:
When I'm on the road to marriage, all the roads in the
city belong to me.
· The Heart Of Things:
If I open enough buttons on my shirt, the pretty girl
at the bus stop can see through my hairy chest into
the depths of my soul.
· The Name Game:
It is very important for the driver behind me to
memorise the nicknames of my children.
· Parking Up The Wrong Tree:
When I double-park my car, the road automatically
widens so that the traffic is not affected.
· The Chill Bill Move:
When I park and block someone else's car I am giving
him a chance to pause, relax, chill and take a few
moments off from his rushed day.
· The Brrrrp Break:
The louder I burp in a public place; the more it helps
other people digest their food.
· The Bus Karo Law:
If I stop my bus at the correct place near the bus
stop, the city will explode and blow into 6 million
pieces.
· The VIP Rule:
There are only 7 important persons in this city-Me, I,
Myself, Main, Mainu, Aami and Moi !
