Monday, September 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
रिमझिम धून
रिमझिम धून, आभाळ भरुन
रिमझिम धून, आभाळ भरुन
हरवले मन, येणार हे कोण ?
मन फुलांचा थवा, गंध हा हवा हवा
वाहतो वारा नवा, जुन्यात हरवून
गूज मनीचे मनाला, आठवूनी त्या क्षणाला
सांगावे का माझे मला, उगाच मनात बावरुन
वार्यात गाणे कुणाचे, गाण्यात वारे मनाचे
मनाच्या वार्यात आता, सुरात तुला मी कवळून ...
रिमझिम धून, आभाळ भरुन
हरवले मन, येणार हे कोण ?
मन फुलांचा थवा, गंध हा हवा हवा
वाहतो वारा नवा, जुन्यात हरवून
गूज मनीचे मनाला, आठवूनी त्या क्षणाला
सांगावे का माझे मला, उगाच मनात बावरुन
वार्यात गाणे कुणाचे, गाण्यात वारे मनाचे
मनाच्या वार्यात आता, सुरात तुला मी कवळून ...
Monday, March 2, 2009
Do what you love, love what you have to do
Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios delivered a great speech in a Commencement address to Stanford University’s 2005 graduates. Steve who founded Apple Computer was fired by his own company. He continued to say in the commencement address "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. You've got to find what you love. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle."
Table topic sessions are meant to improve your impromptu speaking. I will present topics where Toastmaster members as well as guests can participate. One can volunteer to participate in the topics; just raise your hand when you need to participate. If no one does I have the right to nominate any one from you. Just to reiterate about the timings if it’s an individual speech 2 minutes will be given and if it’s a debate/conversation 3 minutes will be given. A grace period of 30 seconds will be given if anyone exceeds the time limit. And be alert when you here the topics, as there is an exciting Landmark voucher to be won for the best Table topic Master. So let us begin with our first topic.
1. The topic is "Love". What are your thoughts when you hear the word love?
2. So moving on to our second topic. Imagine if you are too good at your writing skills but being in software industry you are not able to dedicate full time for your love of writing. So will you sacrifice your job and become a successful writer or would you like to stick in the software industry?
3. Let us move to our next topic. You need to ask yourself a question "What I want to do every day for the rest of my life? Do that."
4. Moving on to the next topic. (Showing the picture. Ask a question “Does anybody know this person?”)
Steve Jobs famously quoted "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" for what you want to achieve. So our next table topic is "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish to achieve success".
5. Our next topic is a debate. So I will require two speakers. The topic is "Is luck important in being successful?" One will speak that "Yes" luck is important and the other need to argue that not luck but great hard work is needed to be successful.
6. Tell us about your idol in your life and why do you admire the idol.
7. Imagine yourself being a CEO or Board of Director of some great company that you have founded and nurtured. Now your school calls up to you to deliver a motivational speech about how you have achieved glory in your life. So you need to deliver a motivational speech.
8. Let us have a look at this Dilbert picture.
So our next topic is a conversation between a boss and Dilbert. As seen, the boss has assigned some work to Dilbert but unfortunately the boss has forgotten what work he had given. Now we will further continue the story, now the boss remembers what work he has assigned. So I will need a Boss and Dilbert.
9. Share with us any movie that you really got impressed with and want to become like the main character for rest of your life.
I think we are about time. Just conclusion remarks, in order to achieve whatever you want in life remember Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. Thank you all very much. Over to MoC.
Table topic sessions are meant to improve your impromptu speaking. I will present topics where Toastmaster members as well as guests can participate. One can volunteer to participate in the topics; just raise your hand when you need to participate. If no one does I have the right to nominate any one from you. Just to reiterate about the timings if it’s an individual speech 2 minutes will be given and if it’s a debate/conversation 3 minutes will be given. A grace period of 30 seconds will be given if anyone exceeds the time limit. And be alert when you here the topics, as there is an exciting Landmark voucher to be won for the best Table topic Master. So let us begin with our first topic.
1. The topic is "Love". What are your thoughts when you hear the word love?
2. So moving on to our second topic. Imagine if you are too good at your writing skills but being in software industry you are not able to dedicate full time for your love of writing. So will you sacrifice your job and become a successful writer or would you like to stick in the software industry?
3. Let us move to our next topic. You need to ask yourself a question "What I want to do every day for the rest of my life? Do that."
4. Moving on to the next topic. (Showing the picture. Ask a question “Does anybody know this person?”)
Steve Jobs famously quoted "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" for what you want to achieve. So our next table topic is "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish to achieve success".
5. Our next topic is a debate. So I will require two speakers. The topic is "Is luck important in being successful?" One will speak that "Yes" luck is important and the other need to argue that not luck but great hard work is needed to be successful.
6. Tell us about your idol in your life and why do you admire the idol.
7. Imagine yourself being a CEO or Board of Director of some great company that you have founded and nurtured. Now your school calls up to you to deliver a motivational speech about how you have achieved glory in your life. So you need to deliver a motivational speech.
8. Let us have a look at this Dilbert picture.
So our next topic is a conversation between a boss and Dilbert. As seen, the boss has assigned some work to Dilbert but unfortunately the boss has forgotten what work he had given. Now we will further continue the story, now the boss remembers what work he has assigned. So I will need a Boss and Dilbert.
9. Share with us any movie that you really got impressed with and want to become like the main character for rest of your life.
I think we are about time. Just conclusion remarks, in order to achieve whatever you want in life remember Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. Thank you all very much. Over to MoC.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Murphy's Law of Computer Programming
Here are some of the wittiest laws defined by Murphy for Computer Programmers:
Corollaries are welcomed for the above law ;)
- Any given program, when running, is obsolete.
- Any given program costs more and takes longer each time it is run.
- If a program is useful, it will have to be changed.
- If a program is useless, it will have to be documented.
- Any given program will expand to fill all the available memory.
- The value of a program is inversely proportional to the weight of its output.
- Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of the programmer who must maintain it.
- Undetectable errors are infinite in variety, in contrast to detectable errors, which by definition are limited.
- No matter how many resources you have, it is never enough.
- If Murphy's laws are so true then how come I can log onto this site and submi............
[connection reset - error message 928 ] - A patch is a piece of software which replaces old bugs with new bugs
- It's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature.
- No matter what problem you have with your computer - Its Always Microsoft's fault
Corollary: If its not their fault - Blame them anyway :-)
Corollaries are welcomed for the above law ;)
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
My 3rd speech @ ToastMasters
Here is the text of my 3rd speech.
Gone are the days when only women had the inclination to look pretty, though they still spend endless hours at salons and countless money on products to look gorgeous and ravishing. They spend on beauty products like mascara, eyeliners, lipsticks, mesmerizing perfumes and "n" number of other fancy items to have a different look. I guess natural beauty is only a myth now. Also women keep on complaining that they lag behind men in some fields like in automobile industry or in aviation industry for becoming an airplane pilot. Similarly, we men also think that we lag behind women in the particular field of looking beautiful. Never mind, we are catching up in this field as well. Let me give you an example, earlier there was "Fair and Lovely" cream exclusively for women, so we men thought, "Why should girls have all the fun?" so now we have "Fair and Handsome" cream for us. Women watch out - here come the men.
I am sure that the men salon concept across India is close to being identical but I must say that experience has been an eye opener. The place I visit always has a surprise for me so I thought of sharing some of them.
This groom-to-be had come with his entourage to get ready for D-Day. He probably wanted to look 'fairer' so he must have tried at least two-three treatments to wipe off the dark shade pestered on his face. All attempts failed. To give you the exact picture - imagine 20 pounds of talcum powder on Courtney Walsh's face. His entourage was loyal and they encouraged him to put 20 pounds more.
Before I explain the next incidence you have to understand that men share a lot of details and talk a lot with the barber. Owing to this fact I found out that the guy sitting next to me wanted to spend 3 hours at the salon as his mom-in-law was going to be at his place for that long. To kill time the dude took a hair cut (he was partially bald), took an oil massage (the sound of the barber's hand whacking the bald terrain was something), took a facial and got his nails cut (now that is really disrespecting the mother-in-law). He was so adamant that he had more time to kill; he would have started helping the other customers too. By the way I will not discuss what I was doing for those 3 hours.
The entire salon went quiet when a Chinese national walked in. He must have been a gutsy one. He could barely speak English so the barber had to turn to me for help - 'Arey - yeh haka noodles kya bol raha hai'. I explained to the best of my capabilities. Unfortunately it turned out that my Chinese version of English is not good! Poor fellow was literally in tears and left crying.
I will be very honest. In spite of all of this chaos I really enjoy my time there, as it is 'the' guy space. No inhibitions and no hassles. I think I can say this with confidence that women don't have a single space like this and for that they should be jealous. After all men are from Mars.
Gone are the days when only women had the inclination to look pretty, though they still spend endless hours at salons and countless money on products to look gorgeous and ravishing. They spend on beauty products like mascara, eyeliners, lipsticks, mesmerizing perfumes and "n" number of other fancy items to have a different look. I guess natural beauty is only a myth now. Also women keep on complaining that they lag behind men in some fields like in automobile industry or in aviation industry for becoming an airplane pilot. Similarly, we men also think that we lag behind women in the particular field of looking beautiful. Never mind, we are catching up in this field as well. Let me give you an example, earlier there was "Fair and Lovely" cream exclusively for women, so we men thought, "Why should girls have all the fun?" so now we have "Fair and Handsome" cream for us. Women watch out - here come the men.
I am sure that the men salon concept across India is close to being identical but I must say that experience has been an eye opener. The place I visit always has a surprise for me so I thought of sharing some of them.
This groom-to-be had come with his entourage to get ready for D-Day. He probably wanted to look 'fairer' so he must have tried at least two-three treatments to wipe off the dark shade pestered on his face. All attempts failed. To give you the exact picture - imagine 20 pounds of talcum powder on Courtney Walsh's face. His entourage was loyal and they encouraged him to put 20 pounds more.
Before I explain the next incidence you have to understand that men share a lot of details and talk a lot with the barber. Owing to this fact I found out that the guy sitting next to me wanted to spend 3 hours at the salon as his mom-in-law was going to be at his place for that long. To kill time the dude took a hair cut (he was partially bald), took an oil massage (the sound of the barber's hand whacking the bald terrain was something), took a facial and got his nails cut (now that is really disrespecting the mother-in-law). He was so adamant that he had more time to kill; he would have started helping the other customers too. By the way I will not discuss what I was doing for those 3 hours.
The entire salon went quiet when a Chinese national walked in. He must have been a gutsy one. He could barely speak English so the barber had to turn to me for help - 'Arey - yeh haka noodles kya bol raha hai'. I explained to the best of my capabilities. Unfortunately it turned out that my Chinese version of English is not good! Poor fellow was literally in tears and left crying.
I will be very honest. In spite of all of this chaos I really enjoy my time there, as it is 'the' guy space. No inhibitions and no hassles. I think I can say this with confidence that women don't have a single space like this and for that they should be jealous. After all men are from Mars.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
My 2nd speech @ Toastmasters
After a long time I gave my 2nd speech @ Toastmasters meet. Here is the complete text of the script.
(Before beginining just some formalities. Need to say "Good Evening to Madam ToastMaster, Fellow ToastMasters and Dear Guests")
We all have fantasies (pause). We all lived our fantasies through Jim Carrey's eyes in Bruce Almighty. Who would not want to have all those powers? For those of you who have no clue as to what I'm talking about then at least go and watch "God Tussi Great Ho". I must admit that if there were a real Bruce he could have done something to stop this movie from releasing :).
Given the situation that the entire world is in financial crisis and scams. I think it is about time that we got one Bruce to ourselves to fix the world. As charity begins at home I have taken upon myself to comprehend what would I do in Pune should I be the Almighty! The only difference will be that I will only get to use my power once (small pause).
The reason why I would like this restriction is because if I get to do what I want there will be beer in my kitchen taps. Tequila in the shower. Friday will be declared as a weekend. Leading lady of "Singh is King" will call me after every one hour. A new highway will start from my new house. I will get paid to buy things. I will ban all women in Pune from wearing headscarves, why bloody wear a headscarf when you are already wearing a helmet and with so many handsome guys (try to adjust the caller in order to mention that I am talking about myself) waiting for a glimpse. I will fix all roads and make them non-diggable, so that even when I resign from my Godly position those useless characters won't trouble us with the unneccessary digging. I will bless all the Punekars with descent driving sense, I will give them good eyesight so they know the difference between a footpath and a road. I will create a Pollywood in Pune on similar lines as Bollywood in Bombay. This will ensure that all gorgeous girls in Pune can pursue their modelling and acting careers in the city itself and they won't leave the city. Also there would not be any beauty-drain like brain-drain. (Give a long pause about 4-5 seconds. Let audience wonder as to what I will be speaking next)
Time to use the power once - I think I will wish for everyone in Pune to become educated. Everyone will have a PhD. It will take our literacy rate to the heavens but I'm not sure how that will help the other issues as educated people are amongst the biggest offenders. Hmm - now what?
Time to use the power once - I think I will wish for everyone to be honest. That would take care of bunch of things, criminals walking into police stations, tax evaders walking into IT office and bribes being sent back. This could open a can of worms and trust me - we don't want worms in Pune. Money has to move to grow - if everyone is honest it won't grow. Hmm - now what?
Time to use the power once - I think I will wish for everyone in Pune to become stress free. That will make life easier but it will spoil thins again. Kids will not study, People will not work, Cow won't give milk. Hmm - now what?
Time to use the power once - I think I will wish for the entire city to be migrated to Australia. Why? I say why not? They have ample space and a good cricket team. They have good roads and infrastructure and do I need to even mention the women? We, of course wont change and become like them, instead we will make them like us.So Australia will become the New India. So in trying to making and India of global standards we will end up making the globe of Indian standarads. Hmm - now what?
So Pune, as you can see even God cannot help us but don't worry there is hope. The only thing that can work ( and I mean it) is if I wish for everyone to be happy doing whatever it is that they do. Bribe makes you happy - go ahead. Killing people with your driving makes you happy - go ahead. Scamming makes you sleep at night - go ahead. Cheating makes you happy - go ahead. Dirtying the city gives you pleasure - go ahead. After all being selfish is not a crime so let us all just do that and be happy. (Now I need to be serious as I am drawing towards conclusion) But remember - courage can make you happy. A profession of your choice will make you happy. Contributing to society and protecting nature will add to your happiness too. You already have the power to make the choice.You already know what's right and you can make the difference if you want to. So you see, my intervention will only make you lazier and more complacent. So I leave the future of this world in your hands- make it or break it- it's your choice. In the end, you would have chosen the future of this planet. Even I don't know what you will do. I'll just sit back and watch the future unfold.
Thank you. (Then say "Over to MoC for the day ToastMaster XYZ").
(Before beginining just some formalities. Need to say "Good Evening to Madam ToastMaster, Fellow ToastMasters and Dear Guests")
We all have fantasies (pause). We all lived our fantasies through Jim Carrey's eyes in Bruce Almighty. Who would not want to have all those powers? For those of you who have no clue as to what I'm talking about then at least go and watch "God Tussi Great Ho". I must admit that if there were a real Bruce he could have done something to stop this movie from releasing :).
Given the situation that the entire world is in financial crisis and scams. I think it is about time that we got one Bruce to ourselves to fix the world. As charity begins at home I have taken upon myself to comprehend what would I do in Pune should I be the Almighty! The only difference will be that I will only get to use my power once (small pause).
The reason why I would like this restriction is because if I get to do what I want there will be beer in my kitchen taps. Tequila in the shower. Friday will be declared as a weekend. Leading lady of "Singh is King" will call me after every one hour. A new highway will start from my new house. I will get paid to buy things. I will ban all women in Pune from wearing headscarves, why bloody wear a headscarf when you are already wearing a helmet and with so many handsome guys (try to adjust the caller in order to mention that I am talking about myself) waiting for a glimpse. I will fix all roads and make them non-diggable, so that even when I resign from my Godly position those useless characters won't trouble us with the unneccessary digging. I will bless all the Punekars with descent driving sense, I will give them good eyesight so they know the difference between a footpath and a road. I will create a Pollywood in Pune on similar lines as Bollywood in Bombay. This will ensure that all gorgeous girls in Pune can pursue their modelling and acting careers in the city itself and they won't leave the city. Also there would not be any beauty-drain like brain-drain. (Give a long pause about 4-5 seconds. Let audience wonder as to what I will be speaking next)
Time to use the power once - I think I will wish for everyone in Pune to become educated. Everyone will have a PhD. It will take our literacy rate to the heavens but I'm not sure how that will help the other issues as educated people are amongst the biggest offenders. Hmm - now what?
Time to use the power once - I think I will wish for everyone to be honest. That would take care of bunch of things, criminals walking into police stations, tax evaders walking into IT office and bribes being sent back. This could open a can of worms and trust me - we don't want worms in Pune. Money has to move to grow - if everyone is honest it won't grow. Hmm - now what?
Time to use the power once - I think I will wish for everyone in Pune to become stress free. That will make life easier but it will spoil thins again. Kids will not study, People will not work, Cow won't give milk. Hmm - now what?
Time to use the power once - I think I will wish for the entire city to be migrated to Australia. Why? I say why not? They have ample space and a good cricket team. They have good roads and infrastructure and do I need to even mention the women? We, of course wont change and become like them, instead we will make them like us.So Australia will become the New India. So in trying to making and India of global standards we will end up making the globe of Indian standarads. Hmm - now what?
So Pune, as you can see even God cannot help us but don't worry there is hope. The only thing that can work ( and I mean it) is if I wish for everyone to be happy doing whatever it is that they do. Bribe makes you happy - go ahead. Killing people with your driving makes you happy - go ahead. Scamming makes you sleep at night - go ahead. Cheating makes you happy - go ahead. Dirtying the city gives you pleasure - go ahead. After all being selfish is not a crime so let us all just do that and be happy. (Now I need to be serious as I am drawing towards conclusion) But remember - courage can make you happy. A profession of your choice will make you happy. Contributing to society and protecting nature will add to your happiness too. You already have the power to make the choice.You already know what's right and you can make the difference if you want to. So you see, my intervention will only make you lazier and more complacent. So I leave the future of this world in your hands- make it or break it- it's your choice. In the end, you would have chosen the future of this planet. Even I don't know what you will do. I'll just sit back and watch the future unfold.
Thank you. (Then say "Over to MoC for the day ToastMaster XYZ").
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Rain - Pain or Joy
(This speech was delivered by me at IPTMC. I was the Seargeant At Arms(opening batsman in simple terms) )
Black clouds gather in the sky. A gentle breeze blows. Birds starts chirping. Thunderous sound is heard from the clouds. Theres a silver lining in the sky. Rain gods shower themselves. Well the rainy season has started and so the season of love and romance. Farmers are excited and expect bumper crops. Rains bring cheers to these farmers. Everyone is happy until rain pours in sufficient amount. The moment rain become violent, natures fury takes over. There are floods which results in the loss of human and property. The joy turns into pain.
Black clouds gather in the sky. A gentle breeze blows. Birds starts chirping. Thunderous sound is heard from the clouds. Theres a silver lining in the sky. Rain gods shower themselves. Well the rainy season has started and so the season of love and romance. Farmers are excited and expect bumper crops. Rains bring cheers to these farmers. Everyone is happy until rain pours in sufficient amount. The moment rain become violent, natures fury takes over. There are floods which results in the loss of human and property. The joy turns into pain.
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