A journey 'memoir' - Excerpt

Mumbai CST - The very place, a boy came with his 'toy' and made it his playground. After that incident, security has been intensified, more security persons were deployed, metal detectors were employed and did many things. From that Mumbai CST, I did my first ever General compartment journey from Mumbai to  Bangalore. It was in the Udyan Express. When I got into the compartment after an attack with the huge rush, most of the seats inside were unoccupied and I was happy. But there were a band of boys waiting inside the compartment and  I think  it is to welcome us. They were standing on each and every seats blocking people's way. Sooner I understood that it was the ' reservation system that Indian Railway has just introduced'. They were asking money from the passenger for each seats. The rates were ranging from some 30 to even 100. But they were good guys, because we can lessen the amount by bargaining. And it may fall as low as 20 per seat ! Being new to this place and being alone, after a long argument I finally decided to pay the money to save my life and settle with a 40 rupee for my seat . Few minutes after doing the 'reservations' they were nowhere to be seen. And train started moving and in the next stop my 'precious seat' was being invaded by other passengers. 

And during the journey met with some other 'small small robberies'. From some station 'hijadas' came asking for money. But they were extra decent. They have a fixed rate. A 10 rupees will do the job! 24 hours in 'general dabba' was quite an experience. One of the most exciting and unforgettable journey .

But people doing some organised crime like 'selling  seats' in general compartment, that too in a place like Mumbai CST is not a simple thing to overlook

It is quite interesting to note that both "Certainly Uncertain" and " Uncertainly certain" mean the same in certain ways !

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Waiting for the right moment....
I wasted hours...
Waiting for the right day..
I wasted years...
Days passed and years passed...
And at last the day turned up..
And it said to me...
It's the day..The greatest of all days..
It's Today...!

It took me years...
To know the value of today..
And I 'll never forget..
The greatest day of my life..
It's Today !

[And every day is today..
Today is your day..
Make it yours.. ]

'An Education' - 2

From the standard one itself , we know that the brightest students of the class are the guys who scores the maximum marks in the examination. And others are entitled as not so bright, dim , zero watt bulbs. And the teachers give their 'premium' attention to the 'bright side'. Yes, we all needs the successful ones, that is a fact, but are the other guys a failure??! No, NEVER.

Scoring high marks in the examination is all about interst and memory. If we are interested in doing something, then we are likely to do the things with our full heart and we are likely to get great results too..It is the same with studies too. But during our school life or college life we are interested in everything except studies. So scoring high marks left with only one option and that is memory.

So the ability to retain  things  in your memory plays a crucial role in our education and of course in our life too. The ability to hold things in your short term memory during the examination time decides your marks and thus the brightness of your academics.
I personally know this, because I passed most of my exams during my college by following the 'short term memory rule' and I am sure that I am not alone in this world and lacs and lacs of other people are along with me in this 'league of "extra-ordinary' men" ;)

And I came to know one more fact as the time passed by. All those information were 'permanently' stored in my short term memory so that after a 'long term' it was no longer available!! I attended a Tech - interview and  I had no clue of what the other guy was asking me!! ;)

So what is our whole education system about?
Is that an education??

'An Education' - 1

I am sure you must have heard these.. Bachelor of Technology or Master of Technology. Well, are they really masters of technology??! The answer can be something like 'may be' or 'may not be'. But nowadays one out of every ten persons we met at a town will be bachelor or ,aster of these so called technology, I assume; may be I am exaggerating. Their reasons to pursue this dream can be anything from dignity in society, security in finance, safety in job or may be simply following the flow. Now I am not into these reasons, but into 'An Education'

You know, it takes a complete four years to prepare some as a bachelor in Engineering. In order to pre-prepare for all these preparations, it will take a minimum of 12 years of Education!! So only after a continuous 16 years of education only someone is becoming an engineer. And what is the real product , that comes out, after these long manufacturing processes??! A good for nothing- who assumed to be knowing everything, but know nothing guy??! [ there are exceptions in everything in this world..  if there are more than 90% of exceptions or so.. I aaam soorrry for making such a statement ..]. I dont want to give you a generalization , but in most of the cases, a young graduate- professional or non-professional- coming directly out from a college is not job ready. He/she may or  may not know all the theories, but... where to apply, when to apply, how to apply..- no clues about all these "w-h" questions. People scoring high or above average marks do not mean that they have a superior knowledge. It just means that they knew the answers and at that moment of examination they clearly remembered it. [ I am not into malpractices, guys. 'coz here i 'd like to mention the casese of straight forward guys only.]

So what is our whole education system about??!!
Is that 'an education'???!!

(contd.. next week...)

Awards!!!

It 's almost more than 1 month... no new posts..no updates.. I was idle.. as far as blogger is concerned...even the  happy news of 'this award' itself came to me after a long time only.. so it gave me an opportunity to post something..

The person who showed such a kindness to award me is none other than 'adreamygal'.. she has got some interesting blogs..they are..

flowery thoughts

woven thoughts

the unusual love story

and( i think its a new blog..)

keeping it short..

So the awards are

THE SUNSHINE AWARD

BEAUTIFUL HEART AWARD

P.S.:There are certain rules that i have to follow.. but breaking rules has become one my bad habits.. ;)

"If u follow all rules, u gonna miss all the fun" . Actually I dont have too much people to give away this award. So.. please forgive me for breaking the rules..Its my advance bail :)

Thanxx once again to Arthi Kumari aka adreamygal.. - a wonderful blogger ...

Celebrations of Media

We are quite aware of the fact that the media like Television, News paper etc literally celebrate all major events. May be it some one's success, failure, gossips, and even death. These celebrations are their struggle for existence! The more they celebrate, the better they are doing their business. 

The celebration of success, achievement are always welcome. Because they are positive, they can inspire people and can do a lot of wonders in the society. But what about the other side??

Celebration of Death!!

Haven't you seen in television, the special programs and discussions on some celebrities death? We can argue that its is a part of paying tribute to that great personality. But isn't also a kind of celebration?

I am not against paying tribute to the great people who had done so much of great things to our society. But what made me think about all these things is one fact. 

When news flashes that some celebrity passed away, in the next time slot the TV people telecast special program on that person. These programs are all well edited and informative one,of course. Well, any one has some previous experience with video editing can tell that, it takes more than 1 minute, even for editing a 1 minute duration clip. So how are they doing all these things within a very short span of time?? Are they expecting all these things in advance and preparing these in advance or is it my mere ignorance on latest technology or am i underestimating the quick brilliant video editors?? 

If they are expecting someone's death and prepares a special programs to telecast on the 'D-day' in advance, what do we need to call it? Is it ethical or unethical? I have no answers for these. 

And it all became a part of our society, The celebrations..

[Here in this post, my intention was not to blame anyone. I was just sharing my opinion. Well everyone's wish is to gain some personal advantage. See how i am celebrating the celebration of death!!!]

An Ugly face of corruption

We are aware of the fact that our daily lives are greatly influenced and even manipulated by the interests of business world. In order to promote their product, in order to reach to the right audience, each and every organization tailor made their advertisement. Through advertisement they are exploiting our interests, love,anger, fear and whatever things you can name.So it is very clear that we have been exploited. If a product is something new and they cannot find a feeling to exploit, they may start to influence and manipulate our feeling by creating a brand new culture through advertising. It is a fact.

We know this fact and we are less resistant to this kind of things. Yeah, its okay to manipulate the way thing, but only to certain limits. What if the limit exceeds??

Everyone is familiar with Swine flue or H1N1 . Can you believe that it was a hoax??! It is true that there was such a disease. But the intensity and depth was a kind of product of fake advertisement.

Here is the story from www.your-story.org
"In yet another exposé of the financial corruption that is driving the H1N1 “pandemic” and pharmaceutical vaccine scam, a Finnish member of the World Health Organization Board, who also happens to be one of their key advisors on pharmaceutical vaccines, has allegedly received 6 million Euros from the vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline. Although the World Health Organization (WHO) promised full transparency, this conflict of interest has only recently been uncovered through much effort."

So the Global swine flue scare was a fabricated big scale advertisement of Pharmaceutical companies. Its also a story of shameful corruption. Can you believe that even the WHO people were involved in such a scam?! The very people who are responsible for the good health of people all around the globe are involved in such a case. Then how are we going to live in this world? 

Multi National Companies are even willing to kill people to promote their products !! Where is the human values?? Where is humanity? Everywhere we can find is only money and business!! Are we on the right path??! Are we destined to live our lives according to the way many business tycoons show us??

Google - Another Perspective.

    Most of the Netizens can't think of a day without Google. In one way or another, we are using some of the Google products on a daily basis. Right now we are using one! We all adore Google for its simplicity, speed, accuracy etc. And more importantly all its services are free! And so Google has become an integral part in our lives.

   Now Google has entered in most of the places in internet world- searching, social networking,mailing,videos,books, document management, advertisement and of course blogging and lots more. And through these years, they have accomplished great credibility. The credibility has reached to such an extend that, we take those things as granted that Google shows us through their various services. So nowadays Google has reached to a position that can potentially influence the way we think.

   If one day Google decides to spread something like 'Google culture' like MTV culture and all, we without knowing this, gradually adopt to this way of living. This is only a possibility. Because Google reaches to our lives in such a depth that it can even change our perceptions and vision.

  Google is entering into newer and newer arena on a rapid pace. And the interesting fact is that we always happy to accept all those new things. When it introduced a new browser in the midst of  four, five other browsers , we accepted it with our both hands. When they will introduce a new Operating System, we will accept it. Google chrome could break the monopoly of Internet Explorer. The new OS is also expected to do the same.

  Google also entered into a new world, into the world of Mobile phones, with Nexus. They already have their own Mobile phone Operating system Andria. And this new introduction is expected to break the monopoly of Apple iPhone and windows' Mobile OS. Thus in many way Google is breaking away all the old monopolies and on the same time building a new monopoly of their own!

 I t reminds me of Indian history! The way in which British East India company came to India! and the rest you can find in some history book. So Google is also capable of growing into a giant that can control the whole world. Lets hope that the people who lead Google are people of high values.

Love, Marriage and Religion

Again on the topic of Love ! Well, you see, people all over the world again and again, time after time celebrating this feeling, singing songs of  love and doing much more..Earlier days, they were talking,singing and writing about the so called "Eternal love". It is also known as true love and all. But as the time passed, as the world changed, as the pace of life shot up...a new tern, a new word was coined.." Practical love".

What actually is the practical love?
Well,people may put it roughly as thinking about all the pros and cons of the relationship, like caste,colour, religion, financial stability, job security and too many other things. But as in the case of ideal eternal love, if the lovers, no matter whatever problems they had, liked each other..they were going to fell in  love and eventually they would marry. But things have changed now. Many of the people, are not willing to take up the challenges and responsibility that come with the 'eternal love' package'. They are opting for a customized practical love package. [I may also like to order an package, i think ;) ]


Religion
One of the greatest deciding factor in love nowadays is religion i think.
But what actually it does? I feel, it limits our options.There are lots of girls around us. For a better calcualtion let it be 100 girls all around us.We will met only a 40 of them in our life time in the most or in the extreme case..whatever... We may, depending upon our beauty quotient and all, like a 25 girls.  As we are looking forward for a risk-free, no-responsibility practical love, we get to choose only 5 girls in our community. As we are again looking for financial security etc then we get 3 girls. After confirming the job security and all we get 1 girl...and at last that girl doesn't like  person!!! :) ;)  So at the end of the day you have nothing in hand. So we have to go for some other less lucrative options!!

Well this is a kind of exaggerated numbers and statistics, just for an illustrative purpose.

So the point is that, we are restricted... because of religion. The whole society is set up in that way. In the case of marriage, especially in arranged marriages, our parents will be choosing a match from their community only. We restrict ourself in falling in love with a girl in another religion!

Do we actually need all these religion and all??

But there is one thing... When there is true love, it out weights the practical one.. and its always a kind of blind..  to see religion and other hurdles..

So lets hope for true love...and a better world of course..