Luck ...

He worked by day And toiled by night.
He gave up play And some delight.
Dry books he read, New things to learn.
And forged ahead, Success to earn.
He plodded on with Faith and pluck;
And when he won, they called it luck …

A nice little sonnet by an anonymous writer ... I am sure at some point, all of us have been at the receiving end of this :)

A nice addendum in the comments section by Neo -

One was asked- "Do you believe in luck?"and he replied -" How else do you justify your rival's success!!!!!

Just like that ...

It might seem that I am getting obsessed with cartoon strips of late :) ... but this one presents predicament of thousands in a plain simple sentence.


BTW this ones from "Just Like That" featured in today's TOI.

Saddened by today's Media ...

Not that this is something new or unexpected ... but when you look at the articles and footage and the melodrama created after just one sentence of Zaheer Khan in an interview to a news channel; you are forced to smirk at the desperate measures that media are taking to thrive in today's throat cutting competition ... and reinforces the business strategy of any field ... Give more of what sells rather than what makes sense !!!

Any of you sensible guys out there who must have got a chance to see the interview .. can easily figure out that it was just an innocent sentence which said .."Not really ... I was not tired as such ..." (What do u expect him to answer a question "Were you Tired???" ... do you expect him to say that "Yea .. I was dead tired !!!") ... and voila ... the media got fodder for their cricket gossip ... with headlines "Zaheer contradicts Dravid", "Zaheer takes on Dravid", "Zaheer's disclosure brings more embarrassment for Dravid", "Zaheer's beamer to Dravid", "Zaheers bouncer: I was ready for follow on" ... whereas in the interview Zak also followed up his comment saying that the follow-on was a team decision and he definitely went with the team decision ... never during his interview does one get the feeling that he opposed Dravid's decision of not enforcing the follow on ...

But just imagine what the number of people who wouldn't have seen the interview; will start thinking after reading/seeing all these about ZK as a team man?? Many will think that just one good performance has gone to his head ... Wat repercussions will this have on Zaks and RD's working relationship???

I do understand the competitiveness of today’s media due to which each one trying to come up with something that can lure in audience ... but how I and million others just wish that they would spend the same amount of time, enthusiasm and resources and focus on some REAL news !!!!

P.S: Having said this I would like to duly mention that our media has been doing a lot of nice, extreme and real journalism too .. which has been a triggering force for lot of improvements nation wide ... but just that all of them give more than required footage to such gossips .. which is what gets annoying at times ... you are surfing the news channels to get some news and you are bombarded with BREAKING news like these :-( well ... rather than annoying it makes me sad ...

Addendum to the last post ....

Another cartoon by Rajneesh ... on the similar lines to the last post ... i wouldnt say that this one relates to me .... but its nevertheless entertaining ... :)

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P.S: - I had obtained the soft copy of the last cartoon strip from Rajneesh himself ... and today he sent this related one across to me on his own ...

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@ Rajneesh -> thanks man ... and keep up the good work of making people smile !!!!

My state of mind ... literally

An excerpt from a fundoo cartoon strip "This is our life" by Rajneesh Kapoor. I couldn't help but smile after reading this one ... relates to me cent percent :-)

Cheers !!!

Resume Gaffes

A nice read for linkedin members ...

http://www.linkedin.com/answers/career-education/resume-writing/CAR_RSW/76934-7009368?trk=mh_viewq_2

Hum kis gali jaa rahe hai ???

"Hum kis gali jaa rahein hai ... apna koi thikana nahin ...."

I have always wondered how everyone tries to relate to some song/movie/incident in others life to their own. And I bet that almost 90 % of entire human race will relate to the above quoted prologue of one of Atif Aslam's song from his new album Doorie.

I have always admired (secretly though ;)) my friends, colleagues who were so clear about what their objectives in life and planned according to their goals ... and I am glad that most of them have been successful in doing so and are doing pretty well ... (Actually it’s not just the big professional and personal goals in life; I am more amazed at how they are clear about far more trivial things in day to day life)

But damn I am very bad (worse actually) at it ... so I have always coin a nice little excuse for that ... "I like to take life as it comes …" ... well I think I actually do… and by gods grace have been doing well without planning as well !!!

P.S : - Relating to ones own life ("philosophical crap" as most of my friends would put it ...) part of the song aside; this song is awesome to listen to as well with nice guitaring (if there is such a word)... give it an ear sometime and I am sure you will like it ...

Can't make up your mind ????

Whenever you're called on to make up your mind, and you're hampered by not having any, the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find, is simply by spinning a penny. No - not so that chance shall decide the affair while you're passively standing there moping; but the moment the penny is up in the air, you suddenly know what you're hoping ...

This has happened to me ... and it works !!!! :-)

One more beginning ...

well ... i hv been reading tonnes of blogs of friends, friend's friends, strangers ... and every time i would finish reading one i would be compelled to write one myself ... not that i do not want to be left out of this blogging trend ... but am convinced that jotting down the learning's, observations, experiences (good & bad) etc of owns real life incidents has a calming effect somewhere or the other ... so i m ready to showcase my terrible writing skills to all :) so ppl BEWARE and get prepared for some torture ...