Now ..Enough has to be Enough !

Yes this is just another post by just another Indian on just another Terror strike...
To say the truth my conscience is telling me that this is not just another Terror strike...
This is really brazen attempt to ruin the Indian Respect. Hotel Taj Mahal and The Oberoi are symbols of the Indian Juggernaut on the path of economic growth. Hit these symbols n u'll hit the Indian turban directly. But if I remember correctly on 13th Dec 2001, similar but futile attemt was made by the Let Militants, at the time of Parliament attack !

Needless to say that an attack on world's largest democracy had to be the most brazen one and so should have been the answer from the then Indian goverment.
Yes they made POTA which was later abolished by other government but these steps are analogous to the situation that your mother is being beaten and you are convening a society meeting to tighten the local security.

I do understand that we are not like Israel that we are gonna blast all terrorist camps in POK and other areas of Pakistan (I hope at some time we could !) but still there has to be a concrete step taken somewhere. And if it is not today then it will never be !!!

Media, in these tough times has played a leading role. It has been a great medium to not only spread awareness among people all over the country but also be a reflection of the common man's sentiment.

Yesterday I was watching this program in which Barkha was the anchor and audience was also participating. People were furious over today's politicians and we have every right to be angry.
But one good point was made by Sharmila Tagore that we should channelise our anger to pressurise the goverment. We just cannot be at war with Pakistan as this is what Perpratators of violence want us to do. She also added that we don't want a situation in which pakistan- india border is sealed and the Pak-Afghan border becomes weak, which is very much possible in a state of Indo-Pak war.

On the other hand remarks like "Bade bade shahron mein aise chhote chhote incident ho hi jaate hain" directly from deputy C.M. of Maharashtra is very insensitive. Some similar instances of insensitiveness were shown by the state's CM himself and BJP's national Vice President Mukhtar abbas Nakwi too. Its very

This country who boasts of leaders like Lal Bahadur Shastri is going through a deep dark period of weak political will and inaction. Amar Shahid Maj. Unni Krishnan's father's warning to Kerala CM to stay out of his premises is the true depiction of the anger all of us have. It is unfortunate that in a country where crores of rupees are wasted in election rallies ATS chief dies of bullet injuries into his chest and that too despite his wearing a bullet proof jacket.

It's really ironical that we can reach to moon but cannot have suffiently strong infrustructure for our security forces.I would like to see an enquiry into this area. Hope the media picks up this point. However there is still a ray of hope because I also see today's young politicians like Milind Deora who are talking straight despite the fact that their own party is in question along with other parties be it BJP, left etc. how many such youth icons come into this political mess to clean it up only time will tell.

We as a people cannot afford to waste this oppurtunity to fill in the holes in the deocracy these "Netas" have made. Infact this a blessing in disguise for these politicians to correct themselves and act like true leaders.
Pakistan now has a goverment elected by the people unlike the Musharraf regime. They are also feeling the heat of terrorism in their own country. Lal Masjid, J.W.Marriott blast are enough for them to realize who is the real enemy and I have a feeling that Pak goverment is aware of the fact that it is not far that they will fall prey in the hands of terrorist organizations like Hizbul Mujahidin, LeT etc. to which they only gave birth.

Some of the Pak journalists are saying that India is overestimating these terror groups along with ISI and more importantly underestimating the Pak Government. They are also saying that Pakistani janta and the political leadership knows that having good relations with India are in their interset too more so economically.

Regardless of what Pak feels India and its over 1 billion people will be assuaged only when Pak takes some concrete actions against the terrorist groups in their own home. Steps only of the cadre of Extraditing some top notch terrorists to India or Cracking down the Training camps will be the one accepted to India.
Indian politician, like it or not thay have to move fast in order to respect public sentiment and more so to regain the lost faith of people in them otherwise they are in a great danger !

Will resume soon !

Do not worry about those who have come thru boats...
Our forces can easily defeat them.

WORRY about those who have come thru Votes....
Those are our REAL ENEMIES

Chasing the CAT...

So here I am finally writing about my never ending journey for the D Day..well rather D days!!!
[For those who are mistaking "CAT" as the shrewd creature who brushes around your legs ...CAT is a highly prestigious and competetive Management Entrance Exam in India].Yes in a way it is shrewd, clever and can irritate one if one succubs to the pressure it tries to mount upon one............and I am a CAT veteren !(No that doesnt mean tht I have cracked it way back ...It simply means that I am trying to crack it for some time now..actually 2 serious attempts..:-(...but without success.
I thought i wud do well this time round but I really screwed the paper big times!!
Its strange and in my case very frustrating what pressure can do to you... I dunno what went wrong but I want to forget that. I am really not feeling down this time ...for better...and I know the reason for this positivity.

Still there are a lot of exams left. Conquering them is never easy but I have done a lot of easier things in my life.This is my chance to prove something to none other than me.
I feel that I think too much rather I should concentrate more on doing things and doing them smarter.
Vocabulary, Developing speed in Quants .....so many things to take care of...phewwwwww
There is no point in trying to cut the tree with a blunt axe!!...I heard it somewhere !(Actually I screwed this line toooo but it still delivers the same sense)
I really need to get my AXE sharper (No Humor intended) ....and that too very quickly..
Will be back once I'll struck some Success!!!
Cheers !!

Listening to my conscience

It was a 3 day weekend this April. I and my friend Lalit got bored as other friends already went for outing with their parents...So we decided to have a short trip to OOTY!
There is a national wildlife sanctuary before ooty, Bandipur so we decided that first we'll go to OOTY n then while returning we'll cover Bandipur the next day.I was extremely excited as this was a perfect oppurtunity to experiment with my new Canon S5 IS, its a kind of semi slr camera!
Fine, we boarded the mysore bus as didn't get the direct one to ooty...Yeaah Nothing comes so easy.We started around 8 pm from Bangalore.Although we wud have loved to have a loooooooooong nap but since the weather was cool n the lights were off, we started singing old Hindi songs.
The singer in me was at its peak at that time n so did the irritation of my co-travellers :-)
But man who cares!!!!!
By the time we reached Mysore it was already 11:30 n it was raining outside.We were pretty confident or rather lalit was quite confident of getting a connecting bus to OOTY..
There you are, at times we lose Hosh when we are in full Josh n exactly thats what happened next. Me n Lalit waiting for the OOTY Bus at the Mysore Bus stop.First one came... "yesss..we are off to OOTY " we thought but God wanted to teach us a lesson for this unplanned journey. There wasn't a single seat available!! then the second bus and the third and the foruth came n went ...phewwwwwww.The excitement bubble was turning into frustration.Newayz we went for a quick tea. As we were having tea we saw an old lady,very short ,fair complexion but in dirty clothes was standing there.For once I thought "She can't be a begger..Can she?"
Neway who cares I turned towards Lalit n we talked about what to do next. Then I had to turn to my right as someone addressed us saying, "Excuse me!". Gracious me it was that old lady herself n what did she just said..excuse me????
Never thought that indian government has taken a brave step to educate beggers. She continued,"Hello, where are you guyz going?"
We told him that we were on our way to OOTY n got stuck here due to lack of seats in the buses.
Old Lady:"Well, there is one bus from the platform 11 at 1:15 pm you can confirm it from the enquiry office."
Me:"O yes we just got that info from them, thanks newayzzz"
I was absolutely mesmerized by her polished english in British Accent n was thinking how come she was in such a poor condition!
She:"Shall I ask you a favour for me? I shall be very grateful to you."
"There you are ..coming to point finally!" I thought.
She:"I have to recieve money from Bombay tomorrow but right now I have to fed my dying mother so that she can get atleast something in her mouth before she leaves me. I am not asking you for money. Just asking you to pay for the food which is alreday packed at the shop close by."
I thought "Comon... you still have your mother?? Why can't just say that I want something to eat? Why the hell unnecesarrily making stories!" Newayz I asked her the amount.She replied,"Its 236 rs.!!"
I saw Lalit as he was silently staring at me. Already we were short of funds and now this. But I just cudn't deny her. Its strange that at times your inside dominates you like the way I was dominated.
I said, "Ok.. but where do i have to go then?"
She pointed to the other end of the bus station which was dark.For a moment i thought that I shud accompany Lalit for what if this was a trap!!!
Newayz I moved with her towards the shop n she continued speaking during the short walk we had.
Me:"How come you are in such a bad condition? What do you do for your living? Seriously speaking Ma'am, I am helping you not by believing you but because of your state."
She:"Oh no! God will not forgive me if I ever do that."
"Gimme a break... granny!!!"I thought.
She:"Actually I am a tourist guide for foreign tourists here in Mysore. I can speak 6 different foreign languages apart from English!!!"
"As if I can catch your so called 6 different languages lie" I thought.
We reached to the shop and I paid the bill.
Her packet was full of chips n biscuits!
I understood that she was lying but I still felt pitty on her. At last she asked me for some cash ..136/- for the medicines of her mother.I said that I can go upto medical store n pay the same.But it was closed as it was midnight.
There I was...Even before reching to my destination paid half of what I had to a begger who was lying to me but I have no regrets as my conscience was telling me to go ahead n help her.I asked her name.She replied,"Jyoti Patel" and blessed me again in the polished English with British accent!
Many of my friend believed that I acted foolishly but as I said .. one can't and shudn't deny the voice of one's conscience.Having said that I don't think my conscience will act to the same extent if I spot her again with same story!

What's my passion ?

Hi folks ! I'm Pushkar ,working with Wiprotech. at Bangalore. I joined the company in August'06. I was a fresh campus joinee at that time. Its been 9 months in the job and I'm already bored ! I am getting a strong feeling that I am suppose to do something exciting, something that may give me satisfaction.

In order to discover that something, I wrote CAT this year, got an OK percentile and converted a call to a decent college. But life is not that simple ! as again I had to drop the idea of joining the B-school for financial reasons. But is Management my destiny? How many times I asked this to myself and found myself confused.

I love talking to people, listening to them and trying to help them. At this point of time what I feel that with so many wishes, one is bound to be dissatisfied at times and such times will be many. What one can do side by side, is to do all kinds of things that provide him pleasure.It may be anything such as Learning any art like Salsa or any musical instrument for that matter .But this applies to all us who are not in a position to chase their dreams by taking career risks.

But if you dare to risk and go out searching for ur dream then all the best. One instance that reminds of such a person is the interview of "Kalyan Verma" on my company's intranet. For those who don't know him, He quit his 3 years old IT career to take up his passion of Wildlife Photography. After initial apprehensions he is now a successful photographer. S o you see if u dare to dream only then you can succeed.

But as of now its hard for me to realize what my passion is. I like rock drumming...I did that. I like Wildlife Photography but I don't have enough money to buy even a decent camera so I just keep on clicking scenic beauties with my Nokia N-72. In fact my friends named me Nature Boy for the same reason. But it does charge me up when I see that I captured nature's beauty from different angles.

I'm going to write CAT this year too. Chances are that I end up in a good B-school and after two years in an MNC's boardroom. But I shall definitely try to get what I always want to do.
TO CHASE MY SOURCE OF SATISFACTION coz that's wat everyone aspire for. Isn't it?