Worth a read...

Read these lines somewhere...just wanted to share them...

"I gotta roll, can't stand still,
Got a flame in my heart, can't get my fill,
Eyes that shine burning red,
Dreams of you all thru my head."

- - Black Dog, Led Zeppelin

Just Thought...

Dear Blog,

I have a tendency...to compartmentalize things to a reasonable extent so that there can be some calrity of thought...but as with many, I also tend to go overboard with it at times :) ...like today...am creating a new section in the blog "Just Thought". I'll write one-line/couple of lines thoughts in this section...y'know...the "just thought about it" type of thoughts...the one-liner thoughts...or, better still, just thoughts...Hehe...

So here goes....

- There is no opportunity cost once a decision has been made

- Obedience is the mother of sacrifice

- Life is an unfair opponent to play against in a game of chess…it has already made all the moves to check-mate you from the moment the game starts; Life is an unfair ally to play with too…it has already made the decision to make all the moves, leaving you with no room to maneuver differently

- English is a funny language...When you translate "Just Thought" into Hindi, it can mean "abhi socha" as well as "aise hi...bas socha" :) :)

MBA - A new meaning :-O)

Read the worst full-form of M.B.A. ever in a newspaper -- Mamata's Business Acumen!!!!! Shucks!!

Methinks the MBA fraternity should protest!!

But on a genuine note...what's up with Mamata di these days? The ease with which she is changing her hues, becoming all pro-industry and all, donning a calm and mature composure all speak of her in a different light...maybe she's coming of age as a politician...

Personally, I think its a time to watch out...if this change in her attitude wins her many accolades from the industry and public, and she manages to achieve her goal of becoming the WB CM, only to turn the industry away again just as she did in the Nano case, then WB is in for worse times...

Strange...Paradox?

Its so strange...all our lives, we are taught one one simple fact - Change is constant...the only thing that's certain in one's life is that it WILL change...one must be prepared...one must learn to move on...one mustn't hold on so tightly that one can't move ahead....is duniya mein kya lekar aaya tha aur kya lekar jayega, jo itna moh hai tujhe...but still we aren't able to bear the thought of change...bear the turmoil...the uncertainty...why?

Life's taking sharp turns...is it good? is it bad? what will the future unfurl? will I stay up to the challenge? Do I want to take up this challenge? Even if I don't, I'll have to take up the other challenge. Will it help more than taking the first route? If I take the first route, Will I have the chance to back-track? I want a chance to back-track...

The other day, was watching "Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashma" on SAB TV, where one character says something very thought-provoking "Hey Bhagwaan, mujhe utna hi dukh dena jitna main sehen kar sakoon" --though it was said in jest in the serial, i was thinking...Is God really that fair? Or does He always give more pain than the person can handle, so that he (the person) can brace himself for the next disaster in his life? What if the person is not able to handle it? Does it not hurt Him to see his children in pain and suffering? or, seeing that His child is suffering more than He intended him to, He has mercy on him and gives him what he so strongly desires? Does God play Dice?

Or, taking a practical viewpoint of "what we sow, so shall we reap" funda, its all our own doing and so what's the point of even praying to God for all these things?? Itna sochna hi nahi chahiye...'hota hai-chalta hai-duniya hai' types rehna chahiye...? Hmmm?

I have always believed that God is an entity who, like each breath in us, knows us inside out...guides our path, knows our deepest desires and loves them as much as we do...works with us to help us accomplish our goals...our yearnings...helps us keep the candle of Hope alive...wants to see us Happy the way we want to be Happy and Himself feels Happy in seeing us Happy...

I hope God is reading this.

Monsoon! Baaah!!

Pathetic Weather! Pathetic Weather! What is wrong with clouds, raining all day like there's not going to be any other year to rain in!!? The streets are muddy, the air's heavy all the time.....impediment to work, impediment to every outing, a real dampner on the moods....damn!!

Who says Nature's perfect....for we don't need so much rains in the city....make it rain where it is actually required and that's what its supposed to do...not here in the city area where employees are just trying to find an excuse to shirk work, where poor people in the slums have to bear with the rains too, as if they didn't have enough problems already...

Its pathetic out here.....hate it. Hate it. Hate it.