vechaan vera bhavan!!

For the uninitiated, the title of my subject "vechaan vera bhavan" means SalesTax Department.

I had to pass my today in this very department, which had done wonders to my spirit, after a four month long monotonous schedule of development of the software, which has been loaded on net a few days back and which calculates VAT taxes for all concerned dealings.

Tommorow,VAT is going to be implemented all around gujarat and I am one of the proud members responsible for the development of one of the first softwares in the queue for the VAT purpose.

Today, I was asked to attend all the queries that have arisen related to this tool.

From 10:00 in the morning to 06:00, I was bombarded with different questions by dealers on various issues related to the software, on five different phones in the helpline, none of which could keep their rings off for more than 5 seconds.

While I was finding it difficult to think correct solutions for all the questions,at the same time I was more than delighted by the vision of the strength of people who are going to be the users of this software available for free.

Before joining the company, I had a desire to work selflessly on atleast one software which could be given free to all in my country and which could be prove useful to all of my countrymen as a genuine tribute and token fro my selfless love towards my country.God seems to have listened to me quiet early!!

Gyan............

Well,in last couple of posts, I have been informing all of you that my college life is reaching it's destination.

Now, before we all plunge into the river of our responsibilities to swim to our all kind of cardinal and platonic objectives, I would like (and love!!) to clarify my attitude (and philosophy!!) to all my dear friends, who often mistake my aloofness, arising out of my keen laziness to be my apathy towards them, as I have noticed in some of the mails,in a few points, what seems to be an ongoing tradition on all the blogs.......

Well, it seems that after poring over all the blogs, I read today,most of the blogs written by those of my own state,I have developed a much better capability to describe myself, many a time stealing the words of all my fellow bloggers..

So,the countdown begins....

1) I love, admire and crave for silence.
After passing four years of my college in the luod company of my buddies,this is the only thing left to be praised by me.
Silence to me is musical, golden and the most valuable thing.

2)Insincerity is something I cannot tolerate, endure, endorse and stand.
So, don't come near me to spill your beans if you can't appreciate this quality.

3)All along my life, the most important thing for me has been ME.
No wonder, I couldn't generate any kind of interest in any kind of sports, music or any such activity till my school time.

4)Any person, who does what he says, is someone COOL for me, maybe however his appearance, education and way of life be.
I can pass hours talking to such people.

5)All along my school life, I had wasted my time in one habit, which I seriously assume is more harfmul than any epidemic to our generation.I am talking about TV in general and MOVIES in particular.Though this activity really helps in expandigng your companinoship to innumerable enthusiasts of movies.

6)"Do I believe in GOD?" is not the question you should ask.
The answer will depend upon your definition of God.
To be precise, any feeling, any activity which leads you to believe that you have achieved more purity and fulfilness in positive sense, is a spiritual feeling and the easiest way to achieve this is to help any other person in need.

7)I visit a certain temple does not mean that I am a believer in that deity crowned in that temple.
To me, visiting temple is like, giving a recharge to battery of your cell (usage of improper words regretted if it hurts anyone!!).It just fills me with +ve energy, given the holy ambience of a temple.

8)Friends, who ask me, am I your best friend, never get an answer.
I cannot measure friendship.Friendship can only be treasured.

9)I am the most lazy person alive on this planet.

10)Some people,owing to my unending mouth-shut, say I avoid them while others say I annoy them because of my constant chatering.God knows the truth...

11)I value hard work and it seems to me that almighty has been particularly fair in alloting to me the fruits of my hammer.
I have always got,in appropriate quantity, whatever i have strived for appropriately, with my heart and hands at proper place.

12)One bad tendency:Whenever I am alone, I keep on thinking about all ofmy friends,Whenever I am with my friends, I keep on longing for privacy.
Certainly does not mean I am in love, it is some kind of pschycological impact arousing out of my abrupt entry from my recluse shooling to the rocking college.

13) Though I am bad at expressing my feelings, I value and respect all my relations and relatives.
I particularly and dearly love my parents,my sisters and my brother.
I can never ever see them sad.

14)Of all the interests I have been able to generate through twenty long years of my life, the most dear one is Gazhals.
Suggestions for any good ghazhal are welcome.

Enough for now, and I hope all of you(who read this) can afford more clarity of thought towards my nature.

If money could speak!!

Yesterday, one of the most reputed institutes of our country gave it's students, the most ludicrous placements they could have dreamed of.

A student from IIMB got a job of 86.5 LPA in London.

In past also, such kind of heavily placements have taken place in IIM, but this time it was more than an Indian srudent can expect.

Now, the question I am asking myself is "Could I have been in the position of that student?"

Well, given my current academic stand, may be I would have liked to reply in a blatant "No" but then I realise that most of the times, it is these "NO"s that are responisble for the degradation of a student's morale and hence the future possibilities of a successful and content carrier and the resulting life.

Here, I am poiniting to both economic and social contentment, a person will like to realise, though hthe definition of "Successful" and "Contentment" moght vary from person to person.

Going with the general definition, which I assume is to have a higly paid job, a nice life partner, a secure future and the commitment of responsibilities towards your family and society, I realise that all the times, we keep on adopting a strategy of adjustment.

Being from Gujarat Board, it is preassumed that the student will never be able to clear any entrance for Graduation.
Being from Gujarat has been seen as a curse for students of the school, and if you are from a gujarati medium, the suffearge can me much more than you can assume.

However, through all the time in my carrier, I have been duly realising one truth, which has placed all the question of not achieving any extraordinary carrier on my head.
This is the fact that, alll across my carrier I have never given my entire devotion towards my studies.

Though I have always remained aloof, and at an arms distance from too much fun, but my commitment towards academic growth has never envisaged the kind of enthusiasm that a student should behold to gain a respectful position as a student in particular and as a person in general in the eyes of society.

However, I just heard that the person who came with the highest package last yr. was 32 years old!!

So, I still have 10 more years atleast to gather all my enthusiasm towards my academic health and tp prove to the society in general and parents in particular (my fav statement!!) that I have become able to take responibilities and I have achieved the growth both mentally and physically to ghive my contrribution to the society.

By the way, I came across a very nice song from the movie "Swami Vivekananda" sung by "Yesudas".
This is the song thatis supposed to be sung by swamiji at this first meeting with Shri Ramkrishna Paramhans,wh8ich mesmerized him thorougly

So presenting a few lines,

Chalo mann jaye ghar apne , Chalo mann jaye ghar apne
Is pardes mein ,is par bhes mein kyun pardesi rahe .....
Chalo mann jaye ghar apne , Chalo mann jaye ghar apne

Aankh jo bhaye wo kora sapna, saare paraye hain koi na apna,
Aise jhoothe prem mein padna, bhool main kaha jiye?
Chalo mann jaye ghar apne , Chalo mann jaye ghar apne

Sache prem ki preet jaga ke, sun mann meri kan laga ke,
Paap aur punya ki gathari utha ke,apni raah chale..
Chalo mann jaye ghar apne , Chalo mann jaye ghar apne

A few two-liners!!!!

Yeh chirag bujh rahe hain,mere saath jalte-jalte!!
Mujhe koi mil gaya tha, yu hi raah chalte -chalte!!
---Pakeezah

Waqt aane par bata denge tujhe E aasma,hum abhi se kya bataye kya hamare dil mein hai!
Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai, Dekhna hai zor kitna Baazo-E-Katil mein hai!!
----(The legend of) Bhagat Singh


Hum bhi dariya hain, hame apna hunar maloom hai, jis taraf bhi chal padenge Raasta ho jayega.
Sar jhukaoge to patthar devta ho jayega, itna mat chaho use woh bewafaa ho jayega!!!
---- Jagjit Singh
Tum tanha duniya se ladoge, bacchon si baatein karte ho !!
Mujhse bichhad kar khush rahte ho, meri tarah tum bhi jhoothe ho!!
---- Jagjit Singh

Kabhi kitaabon mein fool rakhna, kabhi darakhton pe naam likhna!!
Hai yaad humko bhi aaj tak wo, Nazar se har-fe sallam likhna!!
Gayi rutoon mein hasan hamara, bas ek hi to ye mashgala tha !!
Kisi ke chehre ko subah kahna, kisi ki zulfon ko shaam likhna!!
---Ghulam Ali

Har taraf har jagah beshumaar aadmi,
Fir bhi tanhaiyaon ka shikaar aadmi!!
---- Sazda(Jagjit Singh, Lata Mangeshkar)

Do din to junoon ke hai, aao ke machal jaayen!!
Fir tumko khabar kya hum, kis sant nikal jaayen!!
---Ghulam Ali

Hum bhi kuchh naadan the yaaron, itne khwaab saja baithe,
waqt bhala kya deta humko, waqt ko apne kaam se kaam.
Raat, ghataye, jaado, khushboo, jiski zulfon ke paigam
Dil ke darakh pe dhoondh raha hu, us saada chehre ka naam.
---Ghulam Ali

Tera pata na mila to mujhe log kya kahenge, yu hi darbadar raha to mujhe log kya kahenge!!
Tujhe Zindagi jaha hai tu hai Zindagi ka haasil, Tujhe bewafaa kaha to mujhe log kya kahenge!!
---Ghulam Ali

Where is our security?

Five times it raised its head in Delhi on the auspicious occasion of Diwali, then came the turn of IIS,the most prestigious institute of Banglore, then a series of railway stations Ahmedabad railway station, Varanasi cantonment railway and finally religious places like Sankat Mochan temple (believed to be the most ancient temple in UP) have fallen prey to this ruthless terminator.
Any Indian can guess the terminator, I am talking about!!

Terrorism!!
After love and god,this is the most familiar word all around the world.
Today, as I was watching TV, a news came before me on Sahara News telling that the cantonement railway station just happened to see a bomb blast after two minutes of departure of shanti express.
The visuals of the dead and injured set shivers down my spine.
Around 6 people were dead and more than 30 injured.
THEN, another news appeared telling that the Sankat Mochan temple has been bomarded claiming many other lives.
The toll of injured was high as today is tuesday, which is supposed to be the favoured day of Lord Hanuman, and hence a big crowd was present at the temple.
Usually , I don't indulge in blaming the government for the loss of security but todays events have really shook my senses.
What hurts more is the politicisation of these events and religious galvanisation.
"The prime minister has expressed his grief and told the people to remain calm"
"A compensation of 5 lakh will be given to families of dead and 1 lakh to those of seriously injured"
"Red alerts have run all across the country"

Varanasi cantonement railway is the most frequented railway by my family.
I can clearly remember troddling the platforms of that station as I saw the visual footages on television of that station, blood splattered all over.
A few days when I came from Nadiad to ahmedabad, after about 7 hours, the platform was bombarded with a heavy amount of RDX.
I won't say it was a near death experience but the death wasn't too distant either.
I am a spiritual person and a believer and regularly visit temples and other religious places .
Blasts at sankatmochan have made me realise the callousness of the people behind these incidences and the extent to which a person can fall to get his selfish motives fulfilled.
Will there be any end to this series of massacres which seem to have become a routine activity?
Will the people of our country ever be able to visit any public place or even temples without the fear of getting blown apart?
The government is certainly going to face many questions on the security of people, which we seem to have lost completely, and the bad law and order situation given by our governments, particularly in UP and Bihar have certainly played a major part in the development of this grave situation.