tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8548351717469178512024-03-14T14:56:43.027+05:30Management and me!!<b>Don't tell me to wait for the slow movers,
because if fast movers wait for the slow movers,
eventually everyone would be a slow mover </b> --sudharm baxisudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-61104455928098561232013-08-26T12:16:00.000+05:302013-08-26T12:16:06.264+05:30I am back!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's been long since i have gone missing from the blogworld. But i am back and back with a bang. </div>
sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-85598571073707569912010-07-06T12:20:00.000+05:302010-07-06T12:20:28.577+05:30I feel ashamed<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel ashamed when my countrymen trouble their fellow countrymen. I feel ashamed when my people try to hault their country's progress in the name of 'bandh'. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To oppose the rising prices, the whole of opposition united to fight against the United Progressive Alliance. The opposition that consists of parties with ideologies ranging from extremism, shallow secularism, communism, regionalism mixed up to form a cocktail that proved to be a an unbearable bitter concoct for the common man.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel sorry for myself and for all my fellow country-men that the ruling party is unable to control the rising prices and the opposition instead of properly opposing is further pricking the wounds of the terribly troubled population.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--sudharm baxi</span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-59297270488091308852010-07-01T19:27:00.000+05:302010-07-01T19:27:15.850+05:30Memorable quotes<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something deep inside them - a desire, a dream and a vision. They have to have the skill and the will, but the will must be stronger than the skill.</span></em></strong></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> --Md. Ali</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Someone has so wonderfully stated that if you have the will to do something, half the task is already done. But the real trouble is there is no shop where one can buy this 'will'. One has to create it within oneself, one has to forego luxuries, every pleasantries, sleeps and all those things that give temporary pleasure instead of the permanent one. But, we humans are bad at analysing the fruits of hard and smart work. We, on the other hand, are more willing to enjoy the fruit cakes in front of our eyes. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are not willing to go that extra mile in order to ensure much more luxuries..</span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-9021939664058032472010-07-01T18:46:00.003+05:302010-07-01T18:46:50.260+05:30Updates<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know nobody is interested in these trifle things..but still i would like to mention them here...</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RAS notification 2010 out - I don't know how geared up am i to fight the battle?</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purchased an MTS data card for internet mobility.</span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-88661016123229614532010-07-01T18:44:00.000+05:302010-07-01T18:44:35.700+05:30Football fever<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am not an ardent football follower, but still like to read about the happenings in South Africa about the most followed sport on this planet. Looking forward to the match between Argentina and Germany - the two biggies are surely going to lock some horns and spill some blood...A big day in the sporting history..</span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-80473961276641617832010-05-19T20:26:00.000+05:302010-05-19T20:26:08.562+05:30Oh God, if tension could help!!<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh God, if tension could help, I would have been the happiest person alive. A few months back, I used to lecture everyone (particularly the two important women in my life) on not taking tension whatever the circumstances are.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But now, I am digressing from my own saying. I used to say, if we can't do anything about a problem than what is the point in taking tension, and if we can, we must devise a detailed contingency plan. But, in both the cases we should not be tensed or stressed out.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But recently, <em>I got terribly apprehensive, poked my nose in every negative happening at home, at workplace or for that matter anywhere and everywhere. </em></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a way, I became a spoilsport, who not only ruins others' parties but also squader his own. <em><strong>A person who gets so terribly drenched in pros and cons that he no more can swim and gets deeper and deeper in the pool of depression.</strong></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pros and cons should be used as oars to sail the boat of decision-making, but I never use them that way. My fault entirely. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But now i am trying to change. Change the course of life, change the approach and bring in a lot of positivity from where ever i can.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">God give me strength to achieve the same.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--sudharm baxi</span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-31349910193975137292010-05-19T20:13:00.000+05:302010-05-19T20:13:19.822+05:30Do more, act more ..think less<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other day at a showroom inaugration, I met an architect, a jolly guy with good command over both English and the local language <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marwari_language">Marwari</a>, let me quote one of his beautiful lines - <strong><em>सोचो कम करो ज्यादा (think less, do more).</em></strong> How true? Isn't it?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At least, I have a very bad habit of thinking toooooo much. I analyse so much, I keep on calculating the pros and cons for an indefinite time, I am calling it indefinite coz it almost never ends. Recently, I was in a heavy conundrum of whether to join a job (that i did not like) or not. One moment i made up my mind that i m gonna do it; the other moment, no in no case; yet another moment, then what? so it keeps on going untill infinity. The confusion actually arose because of the option given to me. If there had been no option, I would have continued with what i had in hand but i received an option, got tempted and went to join a job that I had so terribly disliked and left 4 months back.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I worked there for 3 loooooooong days, and at the end of the third day, I said enough is enough. I can't take it anymore, I know I got to be more responsible, I know INDECISIVENESS screws like anything, but i could not help, I kept on going deeper and deeper into the conundrum and finally decided to resign just after three days :(</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The reason for my trouble and the trouble i transferred to all my well-wishers was nothing else but a weak process of thinking, in fact a lot of thinking; I was in fact thinking of things that were of no point, somewhere down the lane I was indecisive too, but the real culprit was my <em>imbalanced brain that kept on counting pros and cons of all the prospects <strong>I have, I might have or I could have.</strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now i am back with a bang, handling my dad's business, looking out for something new to start with and above all focussing on my civil services preparation. In crux - Life is complex, work towards making it simpler..that's it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--sudharm baxi</span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-2560505349013928782010-05-19T19:24:00.000+05:302010-05-19T19:24:08.073+05:30IPL debacle<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Talks are going on for replacing Mahi with some other young gun. But would that be of any use? If players don't perform what can a captain do? You got to have a team like Australia's in order to experience the magnificent captaincy talent of a guy like Ponting or Waugh. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Australian team is at the top of the small pyramid of a meagre 10 international cricket teams, for more than a decade now. They are consistent, they bounce back like no other team in the history of sport ever has (West Indies could never bounce back). They take up responsibilty, they face termination just on losing the final; we on the other hand feel happy that we were the runners-up. It is all approach and nothing else.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A big pot of blame for the poor performance in T20 WC hangs on the IPL and its (in)famous night-parties. In fact, our players need to take up dictionary and look for the meaning of the word <em>party</em>. We party to celebrate, but in IPL they party coz they are part of IPL. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Players get worn-out, they think more of the parties than the upcoming matches and we see results right in front of our eyes. And when our captain-perfect says-it was because of the IPL parties that the players could not perform well. He gets a thrashing from the veterans as well as the young guns, who all are by mistake on IPL payrolls. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things have to be straightened out, as this is amongst the few sports where India stands <em>SOMEWHERE</em>. We need strategic changes at the governing bodies, we need people who take up responsibility and not pass on the bait at the time of failure. We need people who are actually willing to take the sport to greater heights and not just the hoopla associated with it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's the last ball to score the winning run for cricket as a whole.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana;">--sudharm baxi</span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-83633678999054868842010-05-18T13:03:00.000+05:302010-05-18T13:03:13.634+05:30Smart phone operating systems<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks Anurag for publishing my article on <a href="http://mobileappstesting.com/2010/05/16/smart-phone-operating-systems/">MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS</a> on your </span><a href="http://mobileappstesting.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">website</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--<span style="color: magenta;">sudharm baxi</span></span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-27620766792900022992010-05-17T14:53:00.001+05:302010-05-17T14:54:18.690+05:30Give me Command<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh God, I demand no riches, I demand no prosperity, If You are willing to give me something..give me COMMAND and not OPTIONS in life. Command me to walk that one path. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whenever I am given options in life, trouble creep in, I get tripped, I get into the conundrum and get so terribly engaged in the pros and cons surrounding the maze of life, that i can't concentrate upon anything. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How much more do you wish to test me God?</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How much more do you want me to be stronger?</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kill my indecisiveness and give me strength to be sure of whatever i do, take me to the toughest path and i shall walk on it with earnestness, but don't provide any other path...</span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-88011805139304025692010-04-01T15:08:00.001+05:302010-04-01T15:10:27.055+05:30The explosion<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saw a large explosion far at the zenith of a big hill or may be a mountain. Strangely though, there was no sound. Before I could tell others around me, there were a series of explosions at distant places towards my left. Everyone panicked and ran towards a series of rooms. Me and a friend of mine, don't know exactly who, occupied the first room. I was not in India for sure but where was I, probably America because just after one of the explosions I saw a big statue lying meekly on the ground holding the torch in its hand.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I closed the room from within, we could hear rhythmic steps of death at our door steps, we were thinking who could these people be? Chinese, Russians, Arabs...And then they were visible, hordes of them walking on the road with a clear mission of massacre of one and all. All of a sudden I had a scimitar in my hand, I don't know where it came from, but will I be able to fight the mighty army with just a fancy sword, instead I wanted a nuclear bomb to blow-off everything and become a martyr.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Outside the room I could hear the movement. They were out there to kill me, I was not thinking about my friend, in fact he was not in sight, where was he, he can't go anywhere from this small room except through that door where the killers awaited us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I was not afraid, there was not a trace of fear within me. All the while I was pretty sure that the Americans in retaliation would bomb them before they fire a single bullet on me. Americans!! Why? Was that America for sure?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They opened up the door, and all of a sudden I woke up; I was dreaming and had a terrible feeling about why I was not afraid in my dream. Is it that I realized in my dream that it was a dream. I was pretty much confident that nothing is going to happen to me. From where that foolish confidence crept in? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Was that normal? Do people tend to lose sanity when death is in front of them or they apply a simple logic that there is no point in being fearful of a death that was so certain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was still thinking and there was a thuderous knock on my door. Ohh they are here. They have chased my dream. But how is that possible? Or was that not a dream at all?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Son, get ready soon we need to fix a lot of things before we leave for America.' a familiar voice, in fact much like my dad's declared.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">--sudharm baxi</span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-6375811418513006772010-03-27T15:48:00.005+05:302010-03-30T17:42:14.649+05:30Hail Sachin !!<span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes yes i am the same guy who <a href="http://baximanages.blogspot.com/2009/11/sachin.html">uttered profanities</a> at the God of batting, reason being i felt he knew his batting well and cared only for his batting and never his team or nation. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">But he has changed i guess, now he is more of a team player and a team instigator than just a sole master blaster. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">He has proven to be so much more confident and motivating, he is the torch bearer of the present <em>Mumbai Indians</em> squad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">He truly has proven all the critiques wrong (including me). I have always admired him as a batsman but now i admire him as a player, a team player.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">Long live Sachin and long live cricket.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;">--sudharm baxi</span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-70506886448129954142010-03-27T09:21:00.003+05:302010-03-30T17:36:51.335+05:30Mahavir - pinnacle of spirituality<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-30KokcpjHyWmvjI8TcBm3bjIGoHoBBRFoyftdVV1COo7XGePNbhRrvak8GvBnh9sbdMsmIr4wlLaogJ7STMYQzta3QYZYx2TsMS1kNonAof1I6xy4lPLIVCQq3Qg_yfwGbyLivr1aZT/s1600/mahavir.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-30KokcpjHyWmvjI8TcBm3bjIGoHoBBRFoyftdVV1COo7XGePNbhRrvak8GvBnh9sbdMsmIr4wlLaogJ7STMYQzta3QYZYx2TsMS1kNonAof1I6xy4lPLIVCQq3Qg_yfwGbyLivr1aZT/s320/mahavir.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mahavir - the man who left all the worldly pleasures to seek ‘the truth’, the man who never angered, was never jealous, was least interested in the luxuries of life, who ate to live and not to satiate his palate, who lived to spread happiness and not collect wealth, who never preached but always taught, who taught to make people aware and not boast his own knowledge, who never argued but always discussed, who sought truth and got enlightenment, who smiled in his personal pains and empathised with others in theirs, who never wanted revenge but believed in the power of forgiveness. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The man who relinquished the last cloth on his body, just because it got stuck in a rose plant and if he had tried to get it back, a few branches of the plant could have been damaged. So, he left it there and never wore anything else after that.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mahavir was the epitome of non-violence, an idealistic human being to be followed and cherished. He was a lover, a lover of honesty, nature, kindness and the entire human race. He never discriminated on the basis of caste, colour, creed or gender. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On this birthday of Mahavir Swami, let us take the oath of being truthful and loyal to our partner, be patriotic, take every possible care of our parents, being honest with our customers, love everyone, hate no one, be happy and spread happiness. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He is the answer to most of the global problems; in the present times, if we adopt his teachings even to an extent as small as 20%, all our troubles, hatred and disliking for each other would vanish. This world would become a paradise. His simple living, his ‘live and let live’ style of life is the real solution to all the troubles between nations, creeds and castes. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But the only trouble is, if only a few people follow him and walk on his footsteps, they will suffer because generations like to follow Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Saddam and never Mahavir or Buddha. They like violence, they believe in the power of hatred, they prefer ‘an eye for an eye’ over forgiveness. Walking the path of violence and hatred is much easier than following the travails of Mahavir and practicing non-violence. We sincerely need guides like him, those who are willing to brighten our thoughts and help us in reviving the whole panorama. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">His philosophy should act as the colour in our life’s sketch. His ideologies should be the ultimate lesson in selflessness and happy living. Driven by this selfless act, we can be kind and helpful not only to our brothers and sisters, but to the whole mankind. And that is something that can bring peace and harmony in the whole world.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">--Sudharm Baxi</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">P.S. - The hindi translation of this article appeared in Dainik Bhaskar on 28th of March, Jodhpur(Rajasthan).</span></div>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-71033211132913158492010-03-26T22:22:00.002+05:302010-03-27T09:21:35.401+05:30What's happening to me?<span style="font-family:verdana;">Sincerely, I don't know what is happening to me. I have been having various thoughts simultaneously at a time. One moment, I wish to get back into IT, another moment I wish to start something new, yet another moment I wish to join my Dad in his business, and so many other things in the remaining moments.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Life is confused and entangled like a wire maze, it now succumbs me from time to time. If i only think of myself then there is no trouble, but whenever others come into picture then the trouble creeps in, then i start thinking for them. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">God show me the path, give me the way, at least light the torch.....I shall walk on that path till my legs ache and my eyes get sore...but please please show me the path.</span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-82456956708385196362010-01-30T15:32:00.003+05:302010-01-30T15:42:11.281+05:30Man - the worst animal<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxG4chAdY7fzJ09l4GoRZQfcanMADeaBVz1q8GKVsBRX6VTFvaj7RD9x3bdNQJ89rum9b6a9WRaGgNXvE0Vqeac1tH6uIlQlyJrnajvti8mun0FWCfh_EFggxNtqThcleQuqX7U_rpvvu0/s1600-h/tigercub.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432473302066218738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 344px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxG4chAdY7fzJ09l4GoRZQfcanMADeaBVz1q8GKVsBRX6VTFvaj7RD9x3bdNQJ89rum9b6a9WRaGgNXvE0Vqeac1tH6uIlQlyJrnajvti8mun0FWCfh_EFggxNtqThcleQuqX7U_rpvvu0/s400/tigercub.jpg" border="0" /></a>Just 1411 left.<br />I was shocked to read this in today's Hindustan Times in context of the tigers left in India. How mean, cruel and wicked we humans are? We are ripping off the entire planet at a pace that is non-traceable. We are killing the animals faster than we breathe. We are ruining everything around us.<br /><div></div><br /><div>The poor animals can't help themselves; if the situation continues, in a decade or so, tigers could only be seen in photographs. </div><div> </div><div>Please spare them, let them live; they are the most crucial link to the ecological balance; don't disturb the mother earth, or else the mother won't even give a warning...</div>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-42043663507817900372010-01-28T17:54:00.002+05:302010-01-28T17:56:57.153+05:30I am BackAfter all the happenings, i am back on the blogosphere..<br /><br />I won't say i'll be writing more frequently from now on because whenever i say such a thing i am unable to stick to it. So, i am just going to write.<br />Write write and write....<br /><br />Initially to get back on track, to get the flow and then improvising upon the content.sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-26670594520610150252009-11-06T17:55:00.006+05:302009-11-06T23:11:27.192+05:30**** Sachin<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">First and foremost, this is not to confront anyone, don't take it as if i am arguing or grumbling, instead i am just putting up my thoughts..</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></p><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><li><div class="MsoNormal" face="verdana">A great batsman.. agreed, but a good sportsman NO<o:p></o:p></div></li><li><div class="MsoNormal" face="verdana">A great human.. agreed, but is he known for being a great human NO<o:p></o:p></div></li><li><div class="MsoNormal" face="verdana">Very modest.. agreed, but is he known for his modesty NO<o:p></o:p></div></li><li><div class="MsoNormal" face="verdana">Great technique.. agreed, but was that of any use NO<o:p></o:p></div></li><li><div class="MsoNormal" face="verdana">Fantastic player.. agreed, but a team player NO, NEVER<o:p></o:p></div></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="verdana"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="verdana">Let me take the help of my favorite analogy. Consider Sachin to be a cook. A world renowned cook who has reached the pinnacle of aesthetic, orthodox cooking, one who knows every damn dish and still keeps on adding some new variety, some new flavor and some new aroma to the dishes. But this chef has unknowingly cultivated a bad habit. As soon as the dish is ready to be served, ready to fill someone's belly, he throws it away. As simple as that, he just throws it away.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="verdana"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="verdana">Everybody saw him cooking many a times; everybody enjoyed the lovely aroma of the splendid food that was being cooked. BUT, what good that food is, if it can not satiate the hunger. Smell, however sweet it may be, can never fill the appetite. You have to eat food, but our master chef loves throwing it away.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="verdana"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="verdana">I completely agree that there are ten other players who are equally responsible for the debacle, but is it like necessary for HIM to throw away things for the junior cooks to reassemble and serve. They sometimes do it too, but why only Dhoni or Yuvraj think of sticking around till the end and not our GOD. Ponting, who has been considered next best, tries till his last breath to take his team to the podium; he might have a short hand at batting when compared to the GOD, but this lord of Cricket has done more for his team than for himself. He might have thought of chasing Sachin in the number of centuries scored but did Sachin ever try to actually stick till the end and score the winning runs? NO. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="verdana"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="verdana">I hated Brian Lara for the very same reason, he always played for himself. He was rarely a match-winner. His square drives, cover drives, those hooks and whatever, did they serve any purpose except his own? No. Chanderpaul or Sarwan must have sailed the drowning Windies boat more than what Lara did. Even though both of them are not even near to what Lara has to offer in statistics.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="verdana"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="verdana">I sincerely feel if Sachin had been a part of some individual sport like Tennis or Chess, he would surely be a great for me too. But he has hurted my feelings not once, not twice, but a million times. He was made the captain, I was more than happy; but he fumbled, I was perfectly okay with that too, being a human he has every damn right to fumble, he was never a GOD for me, but i certainly admired him for the various facets of his personality; particularly his humbleness, his calmness, the love for his family and above all, the way he handled burden of fame on his tiny shoulders. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="verdana"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="verdana">BUT, he should understand the difference between taking your team to the victory and the actual victory. You kill a thousand soldiers of the rival army and being the king, foolishly jump into the well; you are not doing any good to your nation. You will be admired for being a fierce fighter but will you be a patriot. NO. I don't give a damn about his 170 odd runs or that mammoth 17000, what i know is INDIA LOST..and that is where the story ends for me.<br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" face="verdana"><o:p>This </o:p>might sound foolish or immature, but that is how cricket rules our brains. Our emotions are attached to it; till the last ball, our hopes, however shattered they are, still stand tall against the hot and scorching winds of the rivals. That's cricket for us, and Sachin in those senses is neither God nor a loyal responsible sportsman. My heart weeps writing this, but this is the truth at least in my soaring eyes.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">--sudharm</span><o:p> </o:p></p>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-40461757147164355452009-10-29T12:19:00.005+05:302009-10-31T18:56:40.489+05:30Do it now..<span style="font-family:verdana;">Come out of the procrastinating you.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The procrastinating armour certainly protects you from the labour, the pains and the bitter realities of life.</span> But it also bars you from the fruits of timely work, from the fruits of getting a few steps ahead of the world and most importantly from living your life to the fullest. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The world is asleep, so why not you go out, turn on a few street lights and start the race; be that facilitator, be that protagonist and hit the road.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Don't wait for things to happen, take the burden of actually making them happen. This habit has to be shed; just like those leaves that are to be shed to welcome the arrival of the newer ones. This is life, welcoming the new and hence welcoming the changes attached.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">In the journey called life, if everything goes by without any speedbreakers, haults, fuel getting exhausted; then what's the fun. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Magnify your dreams by applying this added lens, called change. Then see the effect, the dream would be much clearer, much better visible and hence much more comprehensible. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Procrastinate the procrastination for some future time in life and never let that time come by.</span> Gear up, gird up your loins and go for the kill; be it finishing some assignment, studying for some exam, bringing back some relationship on track, conquering the world or even climbing the Everest. Go for it!!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Go for it now</span>...<br /><br />More soon..<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">--sudharm baxi</span><br /></span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-32555035906184535292009-10-28T23:55:00.004+05:302009-10-31T18:54:48.992+05:30My resolution..<span style="font-family:verdana;">I took a resolution a couple of days back and missed it on the very first day. Damn it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">No worries. This is how life is, FLEXIBLE. You plan something, something altogether different happen to you and then you find books, theories and philosophies claiming what you think is what you get; what you visualize gets materialized and similar SECRETs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">But i only follow one simple rule... Never to worry. Always keep your worries aside, give your best shot, whatever you get in return, is what is best for you. Always be honest to yourself, never let your spirit go on a shopping spree to find out the easier ways, the less troubling ones.<br /><br />Instead, create your own ways; devise your own paths and you won't even realize when those paths become roads for others to follow in your footsteps, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">not just to admire and cherish you as a pathbreaker but more importantly as a pathmaker.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Live this life to the fullest, never have remorses, never regret decisions; instead always learn from the decisions that somehow went wrong. Those decisions might have crumpled you entirely but what will you gain in worrying now? Nothing. In fact, more worries. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Your ruined past is ruining your present and hence your future. Come out of this cycle, break the chain.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">So, go out and shop for a few seeds that will conceive fruits for the life ahead. With a positive mind, toil the land, sow those seeds, water them, take care of them and hence, experience the enlightening growth. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">More soon..</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">-<span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">-sudharm baxi</span></span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-73122007403683938872009-10-26T20:00:00.005+05:302009-10-26T20:20:45.064+05:30I am a writer..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tSPTGEjkiWxi5e9qcgYk9RKYn0D035yiM_126iEzR8vDf2gA2utlGp8cZ6212FLe_JxmWdjoej6ncRO1YVGE8_jHad7AemZYnmyxaFcN_P7c863V0vipXw7XgB_bVR1dSztXKJH2Znc9/s1600-h/metal_pen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tSPTGEjkiWxi5e9qcgYk9RKYn0D035yiM_126iEzR8vDf2gA2utlGp8cZ6212FLe_JxmWdjoej6ncRO1YVGE8_jHad7AemZYnmyxaFcN_P7c863V0vipXw7XgB_bVR1dSztXKJH2Znc9/s200/metal_pen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396920295669743330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">The other day, i was thinking about writing, yes, instead of writing i was thinking. Absurd, no? I am a writer and i love to write and yet i write so less, why? No answer.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Time doesn't permit. How much time is required in shooting off a few well-organized words on the web? A few minutes. Then what must be the possible explanation for a writer who loves writing, yet doesn't write much. No answer again.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">But not anymore. From now on, i am taking a resolution to write; write till my eyes go soar, write till my fingers ache, write till my thoughts exhaust and then write some more.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The things i would write might amuse you, entertain you, enlighten you or God forbid bore you. But those few words on a daily basis, are surely going to help me out in exploring various facets of my writing and also widen my scope of writing.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />But, why am i writing this thing here? So that someone out there give me a tight slap whenever i get lethargic, whenever i procrastinate.<br /><br />So God, give me power and creativity to pen the words in my mind and the feelings in my heart. On this positive note, ending the post...<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:verdana;" >--sudharm baxi</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span> </span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-64680184773112544822009-10-04T18:49:00.003+05:302009-10-04T19:44:48.448+05:30Ingloriuous Basterds<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYP81ALodh_rjQiKkq61VGLQ2orxyYifjcvL0YcsGM-8z6va_Utm04yAlBJwAj1_qsE_FblsIl9KUvrqJnOwwOe5CCpkNGdljSjgbDo9uclWOJFl7ljx_K05uQ4WO789mU399-sdTewiI/s1600-h/inglorious-basterds1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYP81ALodh_rjQiKkq61VGLQ2orxyYifjcvL0YcsGM-8z6va_Utm04yAlBJwAj1_qsE_FblsIl9KUvrqJnOwwOe5CCpkNGdljSjgbDo9uclWOJFl7ljx_K05uQ4WO789mU399-sdTewiI/s200/inglorious-basterds1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388734136186056242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I have not seen much of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tarantino's</span> works, but have heard a lot about him and of course his works. Out of many of his famous quotes in media, I particularly like this one - “<span style="font-style: italic;">Sure, Kill Bill’s a violent movie. But it’s a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tarantino</span> movie. You don’t go to see <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Metallica</span> and ask the f*****s to turn the music down.</span>” Pulp fiction and Kill Bill; for many come at the top of their best ever list.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Inglorious <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Basterds</span>, beginning from the very first scene till the end, the movie was a canvas depicting shades of black. I guess Quentin always deals with the darker side of life. It always gives a lot of scope for a director to depict or portray a gloomy, dreary, dark scene; but it also takes a lot of skills to make it look really devilish (Joker of 'The Dark Knight' is at the zenith). Every one has a devil hidden somewhere in the closet of his thoughts and Quentin can portray that devil better than anyone else. He reveals the devilish grin out of every character in every possible minutest detail. He surely is a master story-teller, a fantastic writer, an offbeat director and above all a super expressive artist.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The dialogues, the frames, the immaculate choice of actors and a heavily fictitious plot set in real times strikes the chord in an innovative manner.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Waltz">Christoph Waltz</a> as the 'Jew Hunter' was impressive and Brad Pitt has set a new level for himself by delivering one of his most memorable performances ever.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Brad delivered this particular dialogue extremely well - "<span style="font-style: italic;">Each and every man under my command owes me one hundred Nazi scalps..and I waant my scalps</span>." A must watch even if you don't like the dark, violent cinema.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">--sudharm baxi</span><br /></span></span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-44742126208207144512009-10-04T18:02:00.004+05:302009-10-04T18:19:32.271+05:30Wake up Sid<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTei2NorAkurv23j29Jg9OO9xjnZm2ml8pgws2yNOdo9p1MiT9Z4BXa_SVPCZL_FsTtXTQxwK2ZHphFZ7fTE2SL7glrVOF0KvWYBmicrRsUdHrFi-09JJiSXTkb-GuhPJsanRLhWWfLAH/s1600-h/802x100_Wake-Up-Sid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 25px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTei2NorAkurv23j29Jg9OO9xjnZm2ml8pgws2yNOdo9p1MiT9Z4BXa_SVPCZL_FsTtXTQxwK2ZHphFZ7fTE2SL7glrVOF0KvWYBmicrRsUdHrFi-09JJiSXTkb-GuhPJsanRLhWWfLAH/s200/802x100_Wake-Up-Sid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388726003626934994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Wake up Sid, a lovely, well-paced and beautifully articulated movie, produced by Karan Johar, whose name if attached to any movie definitely makes it catchy on style and vibrancy. Be it Kal Ho Na Ho, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum or this latest offering.<br /><br />You might not like the food but the ambience of the restaurants even remotely associated with KJ, leave you wondering about the fantastic aesthetic, colorful touch KJ puts in. Everything ranging from the clothing, the sets, the cinematography and the overall styling of the movie is pretty chic.<br /><br />KJ has not directed this movie though, but he always has a major say in all his movies, directed or produced. Ayan Mukerji, as a debutante director has done good work. Though, I doubt if he can handle anything other than this kind of cinema, time will tell.<br /><br />The film has a colorful vibrancy, a very naive and jolly effect attached to it. It keeps you engrossed for the most of the part. Songs are not something to really vouch for, barring the lovely composition of Amit Trivedi's 'Ek tara' (yes, the same guy who did the godly work in Dev D). Ranbir Kapoor has done a good job, he has almost been type-casted in such roles and stereotyping is not good unless he is the next Salman Khan.<br /><br />As the climax approached, it appeared as if the director was in a hurry to wrap things up quickly, there can always be a twist in a typical Bollywood movie and Wake up Sid lacked it. But still a good movie to watch.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">--sudharm baxi</span><br /></span>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-49789363977562884822009-10-03T15:43:00.007+05:302009-10-03T16:59:07.751+05:30Wake up Raj!!<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjea2TFU0JSTewCN5mCbCCSJ-M3qVVXo4ltigsqm5gmgTUg7UTyKs1GoZIOlpBOYYrTSTGTIm21sRmnOvko39afHyTyNw-ly8Pq83Miqofeo4_kJ7EeNKaadjoHFPApWp6mQYtLbX5Hn7fQ/s1600-h/raj.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjea2TFU0JSTewCN5mCbCCSJ-M3qVVXo4ltigsqm5gmgTUg7UTyKs1GoZIOlpBOYYrTSTGTIm21sRmnOvko39afHyTyNw-ly8Pq83Miqofeo4_kJ7EeNKaadjoHFPApWp6mQYtLbX5Hn7fQ/s200/raj.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388332083649709282" border="0" /></a>
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mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hello Mr. Thackeray,
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">How are you? I have been thinking of penning a few lines in favor of you but something always stopped me from doing so, what it was I am not sure, but there was something. But now, I have woken up and with profound pleasure decided to write this letter.</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">There are a few people on this planet who have the personality, the aura of a leader. In a way, they are born leaders. God has made them that way. And with a little grooming they become solid mass-pullers. You are certainly one of them. People listen to you, people adore you, people follow you. Undoubtedly everyone would agree that you are the next Thackeray (no offenses Bal Thackeray Jr, I mean Uddhav). </span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">You are pretty much sure of your ideologies, but I am not sure whether you are sure of your motto or not? I mean do you really want all the non-Maharashtrians to be thrown out? If that is the case, okay. You have your point and I completely agree with it. There should be overall development and prosperity across the country and not just here in Maharashtra. Why not create a couple of more Bombays....err Mumbai (will come to that in a while)?</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">But sincerely speaking I have a gut feeling that a man like you should be doing much more than what you actually are doing right now. I agree that Maratha is your gadh but emperors don’t have a single castle, they also have a lot of palaces and forts. So why don’t you go for a bigger cause. Go for something that would aid in the development of the nation. </span></span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sorry to say, but the work you and your people do; not exactly lead to anything apart from disturbances and of course some media attention, Barkha Dutt, Rajdeep Sardesai, Vir Sanghvi and all the other honchos get to do an episode or write an editorial on that, but that’s all. And I sincerely feel that’s not your worth for sure. </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">If there is some genuine face-reader somewhere, please please consult him and I tell you from the depth of my mind he’ll suggest the same - Go for something big and not just involve yourself in the local politics, it is the right time for you, and this nation needs your energy, your enthusiasm and your leadership.</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">I also know that if you move out of Maharashtra, you surely are going to lose grip on the Maha-politics, but even if you stay here, the rewards, the results are not that enormous; they are petty when compared to your skills.
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<br />About Bombay, I have just been living here for last two odd years and what I fell in love with was Bombay and never Mumbai, because I always felt that Mumbai was for the Maharashtrians and Bombay is for the rest of the Cosmo population. I might call my mother-ma, mummy, momma or whatever, but for others she will always be auntie and that’s what Bombay for us was and is.
<br /></span></p><p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">In a way you have made it that way for us. You made us feel that. I completely agree with you on that too, why should I call your home mine, why should I ask for food from your mother. But the thing is she is also my auntie and she loves me, not as much as you, but at least to some extent. So she lets me lead a tough yet fulfilling life. A child always has a feeling that his/her mother might start loving other kids as much as she loves him/her. So is it this thing that worries you?</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">About Wake up Sid, I am not sure why was that necessary? Is it a crime to do so? Are you the moral police? If yes there are dirtier things happening in the streets of Bombay, your men can clean those up, instead of wasting their energies in such a petty thing. It was just a movie nothing else, nothing more. What say Raj? The complete episode to me was incomprehensible. Just like in the flood times, I am more worried about the brand of the blanket provided to me than whether some food, some aid would be provided at all or not.</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">So, these were just suggestions from a person who himself is going through a lot of turmoil in his life. I too wish to do whatever I can for my nation; I too wish to serve my nation and be its loyal child and hence suggest a few things to a few people who are in my eyes are - the CHOSEN ONES!! </span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">With positive vibes,</span></p> <p style="font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">--Sudharm</span></p>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-48210636877982200182009-10-02T17:45:00.005+05:302009-10-02T20:03:42.153+05:30Vikram Hazra<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimR8-7wd-AY3s0YPA0VZBsMvgHu3UEtPVhPure6PVVytKflzT1kF7WXcDOn2A3b-WcE3KWmo3WONQizLPucbwQdm6iwy-TZtYUwztkMp5PuWOg2nEUGxaYN_UVbTTgC0oE-uFYgpvj_w1R/s1600-h/vikram+image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimR8-7wd-AY3s0YPA0VZBsMvgHu3UEtPVhPure6PVVytKflzT1kF7WXcDOn2A3b-WcE3KWmo3WONQizLPucbwQdm6iwy-TZtYUwztkMp5PuWOg2nEUGxaYN_UVbTTgC0oE-uFYgpvj_w1R/s200/vikram+image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387976509977552002" border="0" /></a>
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Seeing him perform was such a delightful sight, his energy, charisma and the way he took everyone along with him on the spiritual journey is simply mind-boggling. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">A devoted pupil of Sri Sri Ravi Shanker, he has been spreading the love and message of his guru for many years now. I have not heard or read of Sri Sri much, but one thing I remember watching on TV, when one of the reporters asked him about his never fading smile and the love and jolliness he carries? He replied – “I refuse to grow up” with the same childlike smile, so pure, so serene, that you can’t help but fall in love with the mojo of the Guru.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Vikram Bhaiya, as he is famously called, sang bhajans of many deities including Shiva, Krishna and Durga. In his mellifluous voice, it appeared as if even the songs were enjoying themselves. We were all singing along with him with the same fervour and same energy. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">How time passed not a single soul in the auditorium realized. When he was singing ‘Radha raman hari bol’, people started leaving and I soon realized it was his last song for the evening, but he had not sung ‘Achutam Keshavam’, his most loved bhajan, yet. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">As soon as he finished, put his guitar aside and bowed to say goodbye, I stood up from the farthest corner of the auditorium and shouted, “Vikram Bhaiya, Achutam Keshavam”, he was humbly adamant of not singing it and said now even the guitar has fallen asleep. I replied no guitar needed, just you sing. Soon there were pleas from all the corners, “please”, “please”,” one last song.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal">So he picked up the guitar and hence came the most mesmerizing of all the performances of the evening. Everyone was spellbound , singing and enjoying , reaching the seventh heaven on that spiritual extravaganza. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">It was one of the most memorable evenings I have ever had. Thanks Vikram!! Thanks Sri Sri!!
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Catch a glimpse of Vikram's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad-VwKFjkZ8">jamming</a>.
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p>sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-854835171746917851.post-85468482585952671642009-09-30T21:14:00.003+05:302009-09-30T23:08:56.604+05:30Back<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5Csudh%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5Csudh%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5Csudh%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> 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line-height:115%;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">'<i>Life hasn't turned out quite the way i wanted to be</i>' - these words from <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelback">Nickelback</a>'s</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Rockstar</span></span> echoes with almost every grumbling soul on this planet. Calling all those souls grumbling would be harsh, since they had dreams that went off-track and hence they are crying and singing about <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Why?
<br />Why me?
<br />Why my dreams?
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<br />It has been ages since i have written anything here, my irresponsibility can be attributed for the same.
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<br />Life has taken multiple turns in these few months for me. Turns can be for good or bad of the being, but since they are turns, they certainly disturb the smooth ride one is having on the autobahn called life. This autobahn has resting places, motels, bars and of course toll-booths. All the luxuries are there on this expressway but not a single house, because it doesn't allow to stay at a place for long. It tells you to move on, it prompts you to continue the journey after a beer or a few hours' sleep.
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<br />You can't sit and become stale because everything around you is moving: nature, life and every drop of the river that leaves the regions of prideful mountains just to become the part of the universe called ocean.
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<br />And let me tell you, I am willing to move on. I hate to sit, i hate to walk leisurely, i am a runner for life, i am a fighter and i am going to enjoy every damn turn, every damn speed-breaker that may or may not come my way...
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<br />More soon...<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Keep visiting..<o:p></o:p></span></p> sudharm baxihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05267161615281216261noreply@blogger.com2