An ace shooter wins a Gold & the government piles on awards of crore plus (not that he does not deserve it, in fact the contrary)

Another ace shooter dies fighting terrorism & the government pays him 5 lakhs.

This is the irony of our democracy!

Nuff said, What about us citizens? How many of us have shown our gratitude for someone who dies so that we can be safe?

If able middle, upper middle class citizens contribute just Re. 1/- for his family think of the amount??

But that is how the world is! One fails to understand why some newspaper; magazine; etc. take this forward…… If each middle, upper middle class Indian contributes:

Re. 1 for Inspector Sharma’s family
Re. 1 for Bihar Flood Relief
Re. 1 for Orissa Flood Relief
Re. 1 for Surendra Nagar Flood Relief
Re. 1 for the Vidharbha Farmers

In total it would cost them Rs. 5/- but think of the total for each beneficiary. These thoughts were shared with me today by two of my close friends.

Whilst still thinking of an appropriate answer - one of them said “The problem is with the Last Mile. How to reach the collected money in a manner that shall benefit the needy & that too on time. Inspector Sharma’s family is easy. Bihar, Orissa & Sunrendranager?”

The recent couple of years have put responsible people in this dilemma? The question that has no answer, which makes people wary of trusting anyone, which in turn leads to less assistance reaching the needy.

But if a group of people decide & work towards this, its not impossible.

Received a SMS from a friend first thing today morning - “plz forward this phone no. to all your friends. Very urgent.. A baby needs A -ve blood immediately. Contact 9944506707. pls do not delete, atleast fwd.”

Having received such sms in the past & being reasonably expert on them, asked him to verify the authenticity of the sender, nos & revert…..

No response till late afternoon, when I received a sheepish reply ‘pls ignore’

This was repeated twice during the course of the day; Mind you they were from different locations, friends who do not know each other.

This sets one thinking - Is this a marketing gimmick? Do people have so much free time to play around with someone’s lives if it is genuine enough???

WHATEVER the case may be, at the cost of being rude, I have made it a rule to always ask for verification/confirmation of authenticity before even thinking of forwarding such sms….

Rains, BMC, Politicians………a depressing week…..lightened by a lovely article received….that puts Mumbai in the right perspective & more important helps us remember why we still love it! Read the rest of this entry »

Pravin Agarwal a regular contributor sent me this….

“Waves are always my inspiration, not because of they look beautiful. But whenever they go down they come up with a greater speed….”

This is something I personally believe in!

“Two’s company, three’s … a hindi movie”

“I dont think so, therefore I’m probably not”

“Friends may come and go, but enemies tend to accumulate”

“Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs” Read the rest of this entry »

On the Military:
* Never forget that your weapon was ordered from the lowest bidder.
* If the enemy is in your range, so are you in his.

On Work:
* The more elaborate the corporate name, the smaller the company.
* If it wasn’t for the last minute, nothing would ever get done. Read the rest of this entry »

1. Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them.

2. If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos…then you probably haven’t completely understood the seriousness of the situation.

3. Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done.
Doing the job WRONG fourteen times gives you job security. Read the rest of this entry »

A great day that begun early morning with 4 cars/taxi honking loudly at the crossroad of my building.
The day began & it was like every other day, with the same traffic, honking & so forth.
In the evening, decided to go out for a drive & try to evaluate if everyone was still honking!!! Read the rest of this entry »

[1] Jone’s Motto:Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.

[2] Terman’s Law of Innovation:

If you want a team to win the high jump, you find one person who can jump seven feet, not seven people who can jump one foot each.

[3] O’brien’s Variation:

If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now. Read the rest of this entry »

I do not recall who sent this or where did I read it, but all the same brings a smile to my face.

1. A day without sunshine is like night.

2. On the other hand, you have different fingers.

3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. Read the rest of this entry »