Nov 29, 2008
Nov 28, 2008
Its story time
The train has started moving. It is packed with people of all ages, mostly
with the working men and women and young college guys and gals. Near the
window, seated a old man with his 30 year old son. As the train moves by,
the son is overwhelmed with joy as he was thrilled with the scenery
outside..
" See dad, the scenery of green trees moving away is very beautiful"
This behavior from a thirty year old son made the other people feel strange
about him. Every one started murmuring something or other about this
son."This guy seems to be a krack.." newly married Anup whispered to his
wife.
Suddenly it started raining... Rain drops fell on the travelers through the
opened window. The Thirty year old son , filled with joy " see dad, how
beautiful the rain is .."
Anup's wife got irritated with the rain drops spoiling her new suit.
Anup ," cant you see its raining, you old man, if ur son is not feeling well
get him soon to a mental asylum..and dont disturb public henceforth"
The old man hesitated first and then in a low tone replied " we are on the
way back from hospital, my son got discharged today morning , he was a blind
by birth, last week only he got his vision, these rain and nature are new to
his eyes.. Please forgive us for the inconvenience caused..."
The things we see may be right from our perspective until we know the truth.
But when we know the truth our reaction to that will hurt even us. So try to
understand the problem better before taking a harsh action.
Who is clever? Teacher or student?
Who is clever? Teacher or student??????????
One Night 4 College Students Were Playing Till Late Night and Didn't
Study For The Test Which Was Scheduled For The Next Day.
In the morning they thought of a plan. They made themselves look as
dirty and weird with grease and dirt. They then went up to the Dean and
said that they had gone out to a wedding last night and on their return
the tyre of their car burst and they had to push the car all the way
back and that they were in no condition to appear for the test.
So the Dean said they can have the re-test after 3 days. They thanked
him and said they will be ready by that time.
On the third day they appeared before the Dean. The Dean said that as
This was a Special Condition Test, All four were required to sit in
Separate classrooms for the test.
They all agreed as they had prepared well in the last 3 days.
The Test consisted of 2 questions with the total of 100 Marks.
Q.1. Your Name.........................(2 MARKS)
Q.2. which tire burst................ (98 MARKS)
a) Front Left
b) Front Right
c) Back Left
d) Back Right.....!!!
This is True story from IIT Bombay...Batch 1992
Don't Lie to Your Mother
| A Mom comes to visit her son Kunal for dinner.....who lives with a girl roommate Sunita. During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how pretty Kunal's roommate was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between the two, and this had only made her more curious. Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between Kunal and his roommate than met the eye. Reading his mom's thoughts, Kunal volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Sunita and I are just roommates." About a week later, Sunita came to Kunal saying, "Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the silver chutney jar. You don't suppose she took it, do you?" Kunal said ,"Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure." So he sat down and wrote: Dear Mother, I'm not saying that you 'did' take the chutney jar from my house, I'm not saying that you 'did not' take the chutney jar. But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner. Love, Kunal Several days later, Kunal received an email from his Mother which read Dear Son, I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with Sunita, and I'm not saying that you do not' sleep with Sunita. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the chutney jar by now under the pillow... Love, Mom. . . . . . Lesson of the day: Don't Lie to Your Mother...........especially if she is Indian |
Know your Colleague
Interviewer: Tell me about yourself. Candidate: I am Rameshwar Kulkarni. I did my Tele Communication engineering from BabanRao Dhole-Patil Institute of Technology. Interviewer: BabanRao Dhole-Patil Institute of Technology? I had never heard of this college before! Candidate: Great! Even I had not heard of it before getting an admission into it .. What happened is - due to cricket world cup I scored badly! in 12th.I was getting a paid seat in a good college. But my father said (I prefer to call him 'baap') - "I can not invest so much of money".(The baap actually said - "I will never waste so much of money on you"). So I had to join this college.. Frankly speaking this name - BabanRao Dhole-Patil, can at the most be related to a Shetakari Mahavidyalaya. Interviewer: ok, ok. It seems you have taken 6 years to complete your engineering. Candidate: Actually I tried my best to finish it in 4 years. But you know, these cricket matches and football world cup, and tennis tournaments. It is difficult to concentrate. So I flunked in 2nd and 3rd year. So in all I took 4 + 2 = 7 years. Interviewer: But 4+2 is 6. Candidate: Oh, is it? You know I always had KT in maths. But I will try to keep this in mind. 4+2 is 6, good, thanks. These cricket matches really affect exams a lot. I think they should ban it. Interviewer: Good to know that you want cricket matches to be banned. Candidate: No, no... I am talking about Exams!! Interviewer: Ok, What is your biggest achievement in life? Candidate: Obviously, completing my Engineering. My mom never thought I would complete it. In fact, when i flunked in 3rd year, she was looking for a job for me in BEST (Bus corporation in Maharashtra) through some relative. Interviewer: Do you have any plans of higher study? Candidate: he he he.. Are you kidding? Completing 'lower' education itself was so much of pain!! Interviewer: Let's talk about technical stuff. On which platforms have you worked? Candidate: Well, I work at SEEPZ, so you can say Andheri is my current platform. Earlier I was at Vashi center. So Vashi was my platform then. As you can see I have experience of different platforms! (Vashi and Andheri are the places in Mumbai) Interviewer: And which languages have you used? Candidate: Marathi, Hindi, English. By the way, I can keep quiet in German, French, Russian and many other languages. Interviewer: Why VC is better than VB? Candidate: It is a common sense - C comes after B. So VC is a higher version than VB. I heard very soon they are coming up with a new language VD! Interviewer: Do you know anything about Assembly Language? Candidate: Well, I have not heard of it. But I guess, this is the language our ministers and MPs use in assembly. Interviewer: What is your general project experience? Candidate: My general experience about projects is - most of th! e times they are in pipeline! Interviewer: Can you tell me about your current job? Candidate: Sure, Currently I am working for Bata InfoTech ltd. Since joining BIL, I am on Bench. Before joining BIL, I used to think that Bench was another software like Windows. Interviewer: Do you have any project management experience? Candidate: No, but I guess it shouldn't be difficult. I know Word and Excel. I can talk a lot. I know how to dial for International phone call and use speaker facility. And very important - I know few words like - 'Showstoppers ' , 'hotfixes', 'SEI-CMM','quality','versioncontrol','deadlines' , 'Customer Satisfaction' etc. Also I can blame others for my mistakes! Interviewer: What are your expectations from our company? Candidate: Not much. 1. I should at least get 40,000 in hand. 2. I would like to work on a live EJB project. But it should not have deadlines. I personally feel that pressure affects natural talent. 3. I believe in flexi-timings. 4. Dress code is against basic freedom, so I would like to wear t-shirt and jeans. 5. We must have sat-sun off. I will suggest Wednesday off also, so as to avoid breakdown due to overwork. 6. I would like to go abroad 3 times a year on short term preferably 1-2 months) assignments. Personally I prefer US, Australia and Europe. But considering the fact that there is Olympics coming up in China in the current year, I don't mind going there in that period. As you can see I am modest and don't have many expectations. So can I assume my selection? Interviewer: he he he ha ha ha. Thanks for your interest in our organization. In fact I was never entertained so much before. Welcome to INFOSYS.. The fellow was appointed in a newly created section 'Stress Management' in the HRD of Infosys. |
Bastard
BASTARD
GIRL: I have sinned. I called my boyfriend a BASTARD.
PSYCHIATRIST: Well now, that's not a nice thing to call anyone, so what did he do to deserve that?
GIRL: Well, he kissed me.
PSYCHIATRIST: You mean like this?
( The psychiatrist kissed the girl )
GIRL: ......Yes!
PSYCHIATRIST: Well that's no reason to call him a BASTARD.
GIRL: But, he put his hand in my top.
PSYCHIATRIST: You mean like this?
( The psychiatrist put his hand in the girl's top )
GIRL: Yes!
PSYCHIATRIST: Well that's no reason to call him a BASTARD.
GIRL: But, he took my clothes off.
PSYCHIATRIST: You mean like this?
( The psychiatrist took off the girl's clothes )
GIRL: Yes!
PSYCHIATRIST: Well that's no reason to call him a BASTARD.
GIRL: But, he had sex with me!
PSYCHIATRIST: You mean like this?
( The psychiatrist had sex with the girl )
GIRL: .Yes!
PSYCHIATRIST: Well that's no reason to call him a BASTARD.
GIRL: But, then he told me he has AIDS.
PSYCHIATRIST: BASTARD!!
PSYCHIATRIST: Well now, that's not a nice thing to call anyone, so what did he do to deserve that?
GIRL: Well, he kissed me.
PSYCHIATRIST: You mean like this?
( The psychiatrist kissed the girl )
GIRL: ......Yes!
PSYCHIATRIST: Well that's no reason to call him a BASTARD.
GIRL: But, he put his hand in my top.
PSYCHIATRIST: You mean like this?
( The psychiatrist put his hand in the girl's top )
GIRL: Yes!
PSYCHIATRIST: Well that's no reason to call him a BASTARD.
GIRL: But, he took my clothes off.
PSYCHIATRIST: You mean like this?
( The psychiatrist took off the girl's clothes )
GIRL: Yes!
PSYCHIATRIST: Well that's no reason to call him a BASTARD.
GIRL: But, he had sex with me!
PSYCHIATRIST: You mean like this?
( The psychiatrist had sex with the girl )
GIRL: .Yes!
PSYCHIATRIST: Well that's no reason to call him a BASTARD.
GIRL: But, then he told me he has AIDS.
PSYCHIATRIST: BASTARD!!
I'm thankful you are my friend!
Stay in touch with your buddies all the time.
Last night you and your best friend had a fight.
You decide not to talk to her the next day.
She smiles at you.
You grind your teeth at her.
She tells her friends nice things about you.
You spread bad rumors about her.
She tries to come and talk to you.
But you push her aside.
She thinks you are a great friend.
You think she is a terrible friend.
She writes nice notes to you, telling you about the best times you shared
together. You write about all the bad times you can remember experiencing
together.
Deep down you know she's sorry.
But all you have is hate.
The next day you find a note. It reads:
Dear -------------,
I tried to tell you yesterday, but you didn't let me speak,
I tried to tell you good things,but you were afraid to hear them.
I tried to smile at you, to take away the hate.
But now it's time to tell you, even though it's a bit late. That i am
dying.
I have a bad condition and it is getting worse. I'm sorry to
have to tell you that i won't be able to see you today. I wrote
this to you today in the hospital.
My time is up.
I'm sorry i should have told you sooner.
I'm really sorry about our argument,you are such a great friend.
I promise i shall watch over you,
Lots of love
-------------
You run to the hospital to tell her you are sorry,
But only her mum is left.
Her hand clasped over her face.
And she was crying. Down on her knees she prays, for her daughter to come
back.
You are too late.
You wish you told her sorry sooner and got to say goodbye.
All friends have their ups and downs, and sometimes you need to say
sorry... Don't wait for the other person to do it first.
Because you never know what could happen.
If you really love your friends and would watch down on them when you pass
away, please send this on and show people that you really have a heart.
Even if you send this to 1 person only. You still have a heart.
However, if you don't send this to anyone....i can tell you that when you
need help, no one will be there for you because they will not remember this
letter..
I'm thankful you are my friend!
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. --
Last night you and your best friend had a fight.
You decide not to talk to her the next day.
She smiles at you.
You grind your teeth at her.
She tells her friends nice things about you.
You spread bad rumors about her.
She tries to come and talk to you.
But you push her aside.
She thinks you are a great friend.
You think she is a terrible friend.
She writes nice notes to you, telling you about the best times you shared
together. You write about all the bad times you can remember experiencing
together.
Deep down you know she's sorry.
But all you have is hate.
The next day you find a note. It reads:
Dear -------------,
I tried to tell you yesterday, but you didn't let me speak,
I tried to tell you good things,but you were afraid to hear them.
I tried to smile at you, to take away the hate.
But now it's time to tell you, even though it's a bit late. That i am
dying.
I have a bad condition and it is getting worse. I'm sorry to
have to tell you that i won't be able to see you today. I wrote
this to you today in the hospital.
My time is up.
I'm sorry i should have told you sooner.
I'm really sorry about our argument,you are such a great friend.
I promise i shall watch over you,
Lots of love
-------------
You run to the hospital to tell her you are sorry,
But only her mum is left.
Her hand clasped over her face.
And she was crying. Down on her knees she prays, for her daughter to come
back.
You are too late.
You wish you told her sorry sooner and got to say goodbye.
All friends have their ups and downs, and sometimes you need to say
sorry... Don't wait for the other person to do it first.
Because you never know what could happen.
If you really love your friends and would watch down on them when you pass
away, please send this on and show people that you really have a heart.
Even if you send this to 1 person only. You still have a heart.
However, if you don't send this to anyone....i can tell you that when you
need help, no one will be there for you because they will not remember this
letter..
I'm thankful you are my friend!
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. --
Interesting case of Suicide
| At the 1994 annual awards dinner given for Forensic Science, AAFS, President Dr. Don Harper Mills astounded his audience with the legal complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story: On March 23,1994 the medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the head. Mr. Opus had jumped from the top of a ten story building intending to commit suicide. He left a note to that effect, indicating his despondency. As he fell past the ninth floor his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast passing through a window which killed him instantly.
Neither the shooter nor the descender was aware that a safety net had been installed just below at the eighth floor level to protect some building workers and that Ronald Opus would not have been able to complete his suicide the way he had planned.
"Ordinarily," Dr. Mills continued, "a person who sets out to commit suicide and ultimately succeeds, even though the mechanism might not be what he intended, is still defined as committing suicide."
That Mr. Opus was shot on the way to certain death, but probably would not have been successful because of the safety net, caused the medical examiner to feel that he had a homicide on his hands. The room on the ninth floor, whence the shotgun blast emanated, was occupied by an elderly man and his wife. They were arguing vigorously and he was threatening her with a shotgun. The man was so upset that when he pulled the trigger he completely missed his wife and the pellets went through the window, striking Mr. Opus.
When one intends to kill subject A but kills subject B in the attempt, one is guilty of the murder of subject B. When confronted with the murder charge the old man and his wife were both adamant. They both said they thought the shotgun was unloaded. The old man said it was his long-standing habit to threaten his wife with the unloaded shotgun. He had no intention to murder her. Therefore the killing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an accident; that is, the gun had been accidentally loaded.
The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident. It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son's financial support and the son, knowing the propensity of his father to use the shotgun threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father would shoot his mother. The case now becomes one of murder on the part of the son for the death of Ronald Opus.
Now comes the exquisite twist. Further investigation revealed that the son was, in fact, Ronald Opus. He had become increasingly despondent over the failure of his attempt to engineer his mother's murder. This led him to jump off the ten story building on March 23rd, only to be killed by a shotgun blast passing through the ninth story window. The son had actually murdered himself so the medical examiner closed the case as a suicide. |
Archna, the name I love the most....
A moon silver Swift which was being driven at 80Kmph on the KBR park
road along the jubilee hills pulled over to the left extreme and came to
a standstill after the tyres were locked by the disc brakes.
A few minutes back....
Gowtham I want an ice-cream' Archna said. I looked at my watch and it
was 0100 hrs past midnight. 'Now?' I asked. 'Yes, now... 'She said. I
grabbed the keys on the table and ........
'I want mango bar.... No... choco bar... no... I think I will go for
cornetto.... Hmm.. I don't know.. I am not able to choose....' Archna said.
'Why don't you have all the three...' I said looking at Archna's face.
They were still sitting in the car and Archna moved her gaze from the
left window and looked at him, 'So that my teeth get spoiled ....' And
Gowtham continued, '.... And they will be extracted and you will look like
an old woman and you will be stammering and at some point of time, you
will stop this blabbering and peace will return to my life...' I said.
'Blabbering aaa... peace aaa.... 'She said even as she hit on my chest
before I caught her hands and laughed out loud.
I have been married to Archna for the past four years. To me, she's the
most beautiful girl I have ever seen or I will ever see. After my mom,
perhaps my life mostly revolved around Archna. Her beauty, her
prudence, her loving and caring nature and above all her beautiful smile
which seemed to have lighted up my life, all made the world around me
look beautiful. And the way I treat her like a two year old kid, makes
her feel so secure in my hands.
Every night, I have to feed her food with the spoon running behind her
or else she starts crying like a baby. Every night I have to wish her
good night by planting a kiss on her forehead else she wouldn't go to
sleep. Every morning she wakes up kissing me, else she feels that her
day's gone for a toss. And every moment she wants me to say 'I Love You'
to her else she feels miserably alone.
'Gowtham, you know why I need you to love me so much...?' she asked and
there was a pause for a while, 'Maximum we may live for another 50
years, with god's grace, and obviously, not more than that. After those
50 years, we will leave our bodies and our souls will merge with the
almighty. As a soul, I won't have any mind and so I don't think we can
love each other so much then. So I need you to default love me so much
now.'
'Every moment I spend with you is precious, every breath I take I am
reminded of you, every heart beat makes me love you more and more'
'A day will come Gowtham, when you and I will die. And that day, if we
look back at the time we spent together, it's nothing. Believe me, you
will know that we have never spent so much time. You will think that it
was yesterday or day before yesterday that you married me. And that you
want to spend more time with me because you will feel that we haven't
spent any time together'
'Life is ephemeral. All these moments of love will melt down. All these
feelings of the heart will die from within body. And if you turn back
and look at our life, you will see lot of fights, quarrels, loathe....'
'And that day when I am 60 or 70 years old, I don't want to feel that I
have wasted some precious moments which would then mean a lot to me. I
want to enjoy each and every moment with you Gowtham, I won't ask you for
anything more...'
'You know why I wake you up at midnight and ask me to take you for an
ice-cream? It's not that if I don't eat my ice-cream, heavens will fall
down or earth will break apart. I want to see the love in your eyes,
whenever I say, we'll go to have an ice-cream. I want to play with you
even at this extra hour of the midnight. I want to feel your love at all
points of the time as long as I am alive..'
'What have I done to you Archna... why do you love me so much...' there
were tears in my eyes even as I asked her.
'Gowtham, to a child, its parents are everything. Why do the parents love
their kid? Why can't they rear him and later leave him like most animals
do? This is where the human race has diversified itself from other
species on earth. That extra ability to think, that extra ability to
love is the answer for the question. Some one who's given me birth and
bring me up, I have loved them so much, you are some one with whom I
have shared my everything, my life, my body and my soul, and some one
with whom I am supposed to spend the rest of my life, isn't it evident
that I should love you equally well or even more'
That moment my heart beat stopped. My eyelid slowly dropped blocking my
vision. There was nothing around me. The whole world seemed blank. And
then Archna held my hand. And my heart started to beat again. And I
opened my eyes and saw the world around me. It looked beautiful. Never
before have I seen such a wonderful place to live. The milieu was
teeming with love.
I just pulled her close to my heart. And gave her the best hug in all
these years since I was married to her. I kissed on her forehead, her
cheeks her lips and again on her forehead... I knew I wouldn't get this
time again. Never again.
They say that everyone is born for a specific purpose. I don't know why
I was born till this moment. But then I realized that making my wife
happy and loving her so much is one of my purposes.
I prayed to god that time should stop at this point. I just fast
forwarded time and I could see her and me walking along the same road
hand in hand. The road to that point is very much in my hands. I am
going to enjoy each and every precious moment with her.
Finally, the day has dawned and she left me. My Archna left me after
loving me so much for 50 long years. 50 long years, no way, it was more
than a fleeting transience, just as Archna told me. I have enjoyed all
these years with her, but the human mind asks for more. It's never
satisfied. I wish I had hundred such lives to spend with her. Perhaps,
that would also be insufficient.
And yes, the purpose of my life... because of Archna's love, I
understood what humanity means, I understood why we need to help others,
why human being is some special species...
More than three-fourths of the money I had earned was donated in charity
not only for the upliftment of my fellow beings but also for my fellow
creatures.
My message to everybody would be, 'Love your wife, love your parents,
and love your fellow beings. Strive for their upliftment and also care
for your fellow creatures... Man is something special. He's changed the
face of earth. Leave behind hate, detest and loathe, and see the world
through your eyes and you will know how beautifully God has created this
heaven for us...'
A metallic black X-4 concept car which was being driven at 80Kmph on the
KBR park road along the jubilee hills pulled over to the left extreme
and came to a standstill after the tyres were locked by the disc brakes.
A few minutes back....
'Gowtham, I want an ice-cream' Archna said. I looked at my watch and it
was 0100 hrs past midnight. 'Now?' I asked. 'Yes, now... 'She said. I
grabbed the keys on the table and ........
'I want mango bar.... No... choco bar... no... I think I will go for
cornetto.... Hmm.. I don't know.. I am not able to choose....' Archna,
my granddaughter said. My daughter named her daughter in the fond memory
of my wife. Archna, the name I love the most....
'Grandpa, your ice-cream is melting down...' Archna said even when I
was reminded of those melted moments with Archna, my wife.
road along the jubilee hills pulled over to the left extreme and came to
a standstill after the tyres were locked by the disc brakes.
A few minutes back....
Gowtham I want an ice-cream' Archna said. I looked at my watch and it
was 0100 hrs past midnight. 'Now?' I asked. 'Yes, now... 'She said. I
grabbed the keys on the table and ........
'I want mango bar.... No... choco bar... no... I think I will go for
cornetto.... Hmm.. I don't know.. I am not able to choose....' Archna said.
'Why don't you have all the three...' I said looking at Archna's face.
They were still sitting in the car and Archna moved her gaze from the
left window and looked at him, 'So that my teeth get spoiled ....' And
Gowtham continued, '.... And they will be extracted and you will look like
an old woman and you will be stammering and at some point of time, you
will stop this blabbering and peace will return to my life...' I said.
'Blabbering aaa... peace aaa.... 'She said even as she hit on my chest
before I caught her hands and laughed out loud.
I have been married to Archna for the past four years. To me, she's the
most beautiful girl I have ever seen or I will ever see. After my mom,
perhaps my life mostly revolved around Archna. Her beauty, her
prudence, her loving and caring nature and above all her beautiful smile
which seemed to have lighted up my life, all made the world around me
look beautiful. And the way I treat her like a two year old kid, makes
her feel so secure in my hands.
Every night, I have to feed her food with the spoon running behind her
or else she starts crying like a baby. Every night I have to wish her
good night by planting a kiss on her forehead else she wouldn't go to
sleep. Every morning she wakes up kissing me, else she feels that her
day's gone for a toss. And every moment she wants me to say 'I Love You'
to her else she feels miserably alone.
'Gowtham, you know why I need you to love me so much...?' she asked and
there was a pause for a while, 'Maximum we may live for another 50
years, with god's grace, and obviously, not more than that. After those
50 years, we will leave our bodies and our souls will merge with the
almighty. As a soul, I won't have any mind and so I don't think we can
love each other so much then. So I need you to default love me so much
now.'
'Every moment I spend with you is precious, every breath I take I am
reminded of you, every heart beat makes me love you more and more'
'A day will come Gowtham, when you and I will die. And that day, if we
look back at the time we spent together, it's nothing. Believe me, you
will know that we have never spent so much time. You will think that it
was yesterday or day before yesterday that you married me. And that you
want to spend more time with me because you will feel that we haven't
spent any time together'
'Life is ephemeral. All these moments of love will melt down. All these
feelings of the heart will die from within body. And if you turn back
and look at our life, you will see lot of fights, quarrels, loathe....'
'And that day when I am 60 or 70 years old, I don't want to feel that I
have wasted some precious moments which would then mean a lot to me. I
want to enjoy each and every moment with you Gowtham, I won't ask you for
anything more...'
'You know why I wake you up at midnight and ask me to take you for an
ice-cream? It's not that if I don't eat my ice-cream, heavens will fall
down or earth will break apart. I want to see the love in your eyes,
whenever I say, we'll go to have an ice-cream. I want to play with you
even at this extra hour of the midnight. I want to feel your love at all
points of the time as long as I am alive..'
'What have I done to you Archna... why do you love me so much...' there
were tears in my eyes even as I asked her.
'Gowtham, to a child, its parents are everything. Why do the parents love
their kid? Why can't they rear him and later leave him like most animals
do? This is where the human race has diversified itself from other
species on earth. That extra ability to think, that extra ability to
love is the answer for the question. Some one who's given me birth and
bring me up, I have loved them so much, you are some one with whom I
have shared my everything, my life, my body and my soul, and some one
with whom I am supposed to spend the rest of my life, isn't it evident
that I should love you equally well or even more'
That moment my heart beat stopped. My eyelid slowly dropped blocking my
vision. There was nothing around me. The whole world seemed blank. And
then Archna held my hand. And my heart started to beat again. And I
opened my eyes and saw the world around me. It looked beautiful. Never
before have I seen such a wonderful place to live. The milieu was
teeming with love.
I just pulled her close to my heart. And gave her the best hug in all
these years since I was married to her. I kissed on her forehead, her
cheeks her lips and again on her forehead... I knew I wouldn't get this
time again. Never again.
They say that everyone is born for a specific purpose. I don't know why
I was born till this moment. But then I realized that making my wife
happy and loving her so much is one of my purposes.
I prayed to god that time should stop at this point. I just fast
forwarded time and I could see her and me walking along the same road
hand in hand. The road to that point is very much in my hands. I am
going to enjoy each and every precious moment with her.
Finally, the day has dawned and she left me. My Archna left me after
loving me so much for 50 long years. 50 long years, no way, it was more
than a fleeting transience, just as Archna told me. I have enjoyed all
these years with her, but the human mind asks for more. It's never
satisfied. I wish I had hundred such lives to spend with her. Perhaps,
that would also be insufficient.
And yes, the purpose of my life... because of Archna's love, I
understood what humanity means, I understood why we need to help others,
why human being is some special species...
More than three-fourths of the money I had earned was donated in charity
not only for the upliftment of my fellow beings but also for my fellow
creatures.
My message to everybody would be, 'Love your wife, love your parents,
and love your fellow beings. Strive for their upliftment and also care
for your fellow creatures... Man is something special. He's changed the
face of earth. Leave behind hate, detest and loathe, and see the world
through your eyes and you will know how beautifully God has created this
heaven for us...'
A metallic black X-4 concept car which was being driven at 80Kmph on the
KBR park road along the jubilee hills pulled over to the left extreme
and came to a standstill after the tyres were locked by the disc brakes.
A few minutes back....
'Gowtham, I want an ice-cream' Archna said. I looked at my watch and it
was 0100 hrs past midnight. 'Now?' I asked. 'Yes, now... 'She said. I
grabbed the keys on the table and ........
'I want mango bar.... No... choco bar... no... I think I will go for
cornetto.... Hmm.. I don't know.. I am not able to choose....' Archna,
my granddaughter said. My daughter named her daughter in the fond memory
of my wife. Archna, the name I love the most....
'Grandpa, your ice-cream is melting down...' Archna said even when I
was reminded of those melted moments with Archna, my wife.
Cute Love Story!!!
One night a guy dropped his girlfriend at her home.
As they were about to wish each other good night at the front door, the guy started feeling a little more romantic. With an air of confidence, he leaned with his hand against the wall and smiling, he said to her
"Honey, would you give me a kiss ?"
Horrified, she replied, "Are you mad? My parents will see us!"
" Oh come on! Who's gonna see us at this hour?"
He asked grinning at her.
" No, please. Can you imagine if we get caught?"
"Oh come on!
There's nobody around, they're all sleeping!".
" No way, it's just too risky!"
"Oh please, please, I love you so much?!?".
" No, no, and no. I love you too, but I just can't!".
"Oh yes you can. Please?"
" No, no. I just can't" " I'm begging you ... "
Out of the blue, the light on the stairs went on, and
The girl's elder sister showed up in her pajamas, hair dishevelled,
And in a sleepy voice she said,
" Dad says to go ahead and give him a kiss, or I can do it. Or if need
Be, mom says she can come down herself and do it, but for God's sake and all of ours....
TELL HIM TO TAKE HIS HAND OFF THE DOOR BELL..........
From the pages of my life
YOU’RE MINE…
Little Meenu was spending her first day at home away from home. She was 6 a year old kid with her dark black unkempt hair running down her back.
Meenu had lost her father when she was a year old. After her father’s death Meenu’s world revolved around her mother. Her mother was her father, friend and everything. It was too much of a loss when her mother died in an accident.
It was her first day at ‘New Ray Hope’ - a home for orphans… She crawled on to her bed, pulling her pillow on to her lap. She sat their hugging it tight. All the others in the room were sleeping. She was the only one awake.
Meenu felt lonely, she wanted to run away from the dark room. Wherever she turned she saw darkness. Tears were streaming down her eyes and wetting the pillow. She cried and cried.
As if Mother Nature could not bear to see her child crying like this. A strong wind blew the curtains aside and now a new streak of light lightened the room. In the darkness, the ray of light brought a new ray of hope. Little Meenu walked up to the window and put her hands on the window pane. She slowly rested her head on her hand and looked at the stars.
“Ma, how come there are so many stars in the sky?”
“Meenu dear, all those who leave their abode on earth become stars by Gods side.” She remembered her mother telling her.
She suddenly smiled and wiped away her tears with her little hand, she pushed the curtains a aside so that the room would become a bit bright.
She slowly went up to her cupboard and took her notebook and pencil. She tiptoed to the door and opened it slowly… The door screeched in the darkness…
Meenu ran to her bed and lay their motionless… She was frightened, after some time she mustered courage and peeped out to see if anyone was there…
She took her book and pencil and sat at one corner of the corridor.
She started writing.
Deer God,
How ar youe. I bad. Why youe taik my mume? You have no mume. I feel afraied give me back mi mume. I no sleep. My bed big big big. No one sllep with me, no one tel me storie I feelied cold no one to hug me. Give me mi mume bacik. I give youe all mi choclate and doll. I give all. Pleaasie… I cry.. I no loieve you. Youe bad give my mume you good.
Little Meenu slept on the corridor crying… Her letter was all written with her tears.
Shantha was the care-taker. She had a soft corner for children. When she read Meenu’s letter she firmly decided that the next child anyone would adopt from their home would be Little Meenu.
She carried Meenu to her bed and laid her to sleep. She put the letter inside her pocket.
Rohith walked into the premises of ‘New Ray Hope’ disappointed. He had been there for nearly a month with the hope of finding a child. All the children were a bit grown up and had only traces of innocence. He wanted a child just out of the mother’s womb.
Mother Mary saw him and said,” Good Morning Rohith. Have you decided on the child you want to bring up?”
“Good Morning Mother. No Mother I am still searching for HER”, said Rohith
“Don’t be disappointed child. God has someone really special. If you have not found a child yet, it’s just god’s will.
Rohith was bought up in ‘New Ray Hope’. He knew the pain a child undergoes in the absence of a mother/father. So he decided to adopt a child.
He nodded with a little disappointment. Suddenly his attention was caught by a little girl climbing on to a tree. He rushed to the tree. He saw a little girl climbing a tree with something in her palms.
He called out,” Hey what are you doing? You will fall down. Get down.”
The command in his voice shook the child and she fell down on the ground with a thud. Thank God she was unhurt.
She got up and hurriedly looked into her palms… it was there. She was happy.
He looked at her sternly and said,” I told you that you would fall down.”
She looked at him with a smile and said,” That is why I fell.”
He looked at her shocked,” What? You fell because I said?”
She calmly said,” You know, God makes all our words come true. You said I would fall and I fell.”
Rohith was stunned, he was searching for words. They failed him. He finally went up to the child and dusted her clothes,” What is your name?”
“Meenu” she said with a giggle.
“Why did you climb the tree?”
“A row of ants carried this candy for their morning breakfast, but it fell down midway. I did not want them to go hungry so I thought I will put it into that hole for them.” She said showing him the candy, “Can you put it in that hole for me?”
Rohith was shaken with the child’s love. He could not deny her request.
He lifted her so that she herself would put it into the hole. She had a broad smile on her face, “Thank you.”
He did not have the heart to put her down. He slowly carried her around. He wanted to start a conversation but did not know how…
“Do you always wear such good clothes…? He was mystified with her question. He looked at her and said,” Yes Meenu? Why do you ask such a question?”
She said with a light air,” My Mummy gets me good clothes on my birthday. All the other days she gets it from my neighbor. I wear their clothes.” He felt a little upset and asked,” When did you come here?”
“I came yesterday night. I will be leaving soon. My mummy will come to take me…” She said smiling. “Your mother…? How did you know?” he asked her perplexed.
She asked him to put her down, which he did with little hesitation. She caught his two fingers with her hand and pulled him to her room.
She looked around stealthily for some time. Then slowly pushed her pillow and put her hand inside the pillow cover and pulled out a piece of paper.
She thrust it into Rohith’s hand and said,” Read it…”
Rohith read it….
Dear Meenu,
I will send your mummy back to you. Your mummy will come back to you. Till that I want you to be smiling. Be a good girl, your mummy will come back to you,
Love GOD.
Rohith knew very well that someone had played a trick on the little child, but he did not know why…
Just then Shantha walked in… She looked at Rohith and smiled, but when she saw the letter in his hand a chill ran down her spine.
She put her hand on Meenu’s shoulder and said,” Meenu go down for your breakfast.” And Meenu ran away hopping like a little rabbit.
When she was out of sight Rohith looked at her and asked,” Did you write this letter? Why did you do this to a poor kid, every day she will be expecting her mother… She is going to get disappointed…”
“No she won’t.” said Shantha with a confident tone. “I have decided to adopt Meenu.” saying so she pulled out the letter that Meenu wrote. She handed it to Rohith.
Before Rohith could finish he had a tear drop writing itself in the same piece of paper.
He looked up at her and asked,” Will your husband agree to it this?
“I am a spinster. I had plans of marrying but not after I saw Meenu. If you spend one day with her you will realize that she is the most priceless gift that god can ever give to anyone. I don’t want to miss her.” saying so she walked out of the room.
Rohith walked down to the dining hall… He saw Meenu sitting at the end. She slowly mixed the curry with rice. How much can a little hand do? She then slowly put a handful into her mouth.
Rohith wanted to SPEND A DAY WITH HER. He went into the Mother’s room sought her permission.
Meenu finished her breakfast and was sitting in the corridor looking at the butterflies fluttering around a flower.
He walked up to her, kneeled down before her and said,” Meenu…” She looked at him smiling.
“I want to take you out… Will you come with me?”
She looked at him and said,” Will you get me a chocolate?”
He smiled and said,” I will get you many…”
She immediately held his hand. He carried her and walked up to his car. Put her in the front seat and drove off…
He drove her to his house, on the way he had too many questions to answer. He thought,” There are no seven wonders in this world for a child there are seventeen hundred!!!”
He took her to HER room and when she opened… Lo! There were toys all around. He left her playing with them.
He fed her with his own hands and played with her… He felt that the world was beautiful when she was beside him.
Time went on… it was evening. She was playing in HER room. The power went off. In a few seconds the generator went on. He walked into the room just to verify that everything was fine. As soon as he opened the door she clung to his legs.
He carried her to the hall. It took him some time to console her. He finally asked her,” What Meenu? Why do you fear darkness?”
She looked at him and said,” There is a girl in our home who cries everyday when the sun comes up. I am much better than her.”
Rohith could not help but smiling. There was so much truth in the child’s word. When there are men who are afraid of light… how could we blame a kid for fearing darkness?
Meenu slept on Rohith holding on to the collar of his shirt and a thumb in her mouth. Suddenly she woke up startled and said, “Mani, Mani is alone. I need to go back to him.” She got up and pulled him to the door.
Rohith could not understand anything he looked at her and asked,” Who is Mani?”
“He is my friend. He is a small puppy. Come dada lets go.” The way she called him made his heart skip a beat. He decided… MEENU IS MINE. I WILL NEVER LEAVE HER.
He got into his car, called up Mother and asked her the address from where Meenu was brought. He had lot of confusion in finding his way out. Suddenly Meenu pulled his shirt close to him and dozed off on his shoulder.
Finally he reached the little hut. When the car jerked Meenu woke up startled… She looked out of the window and saw her home - sweet home.
He got out of the car, opened the door for Meenu to get down. She looked around with tears in her eyes… her eyes were searching for her little friend. All the while she was holding on to Rohith’s pant. She looked at the corner of her hut and saw a small thing moving. A tiny pair of eyes looked at her and then it came running to her. Her joy knew no bounds. She carried him in her hands and wiped all the dirt off him with her dress.
She kissed him, fondled him. Rohith was looking at her with a smile.
He thought, “I love you Meenu, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. She is not an Orphan by choices of her own but by the choices of others. I can’t let this happen. Not to the one I love. “
She came running to Rohith. He carried her and Mani into his car. They drove off back home.
All night he saw her play with Mani, He heard her talk. She was laughing, she was bubbling with joy, and she was full of life. Everything in his house seemed to be blessed with the touch of her little hand. And now he believed that joy and happiness came in small packages.
Finally she fell asleep, holding on to his ears with a finger in her mouth. She felt cold and she pushed herself close to him for the warmth of his love and affection. He put his hand around her, carried her and put her on his chest. He held her close so that she would not feel cold.
He looked at her and said,” You taught me how to love, but not how to stop. I can’t lose you Meenu. I LOVE YOU with all my heart and soul. It is really hard for me to accept the fact that you were someone else’s and you will be someone else’s. I have spent less than a day with you, but I just feel that it is only now that I have started living. You have just been with me like the dew on the blades of grass. The dew can leave the grass with no trace of it having been there; but, only the blade of grass knows how painful it is to lose the dew.”
He could no longer bear it. He put Meenu down on his bed walked up to the phone and called ‘New Ray Hope’.
“Yes tell me Rohith…” said Shantha.
Rohith was perplexed,” How did you know that? Okay. Whatever it is… I need Meenu. I can’t give her to anyone. I will do anything for her. Just tell me how much…”
“Rohith, wait… I knew you would never leave Meenu. I just wanted you to spend a day with her after which I was sure you could never leave her. I was expecting your call. All children deserve someone to love them, but, children like Meenu deserve more love. SHE IS YOURS… If Meenu agrees to be with you, we do not have any problem. There are many more children who deserve a home. I will take one of them as mine. Sleep peacefully. Good Night Rohith.”
Rohith was dumbstruck. He could only say,” Err… Thank you. Good Night Shantha.”
He spent all night wondering what Meenu would say. He fell asleep on the sofa. When he woke he was surprised to see Meenu sleeping on him. He carried her on his shoulder and prepared milk for her.
He then put her on their bed and sat there looking at her. After some time she woke up she looked at him. He wished her good morning and gave her the cup of milk. She pushed the glass of milk aside, hugged him and said,” Dada will you sending me back to that home? I don’t want to leave you. I want you. I won’t ask you chocolates, I won’t ask you toys. Please don’t send me away. When you were not by my side yesterday night I felt like crying. Please don’t send me away.” She kissed him hard and held him close.
He did not know which word could explain her how much he loved her. If he said I LOVE YOU will she understand…? A tear ran down his cheeks and he said,” Your mine Meenu, you don’t have to go anywhere. I don’t want to miss you”
Little Meenu was spending her first day at home away from home. She was 6 a year old kid with her dark black unkempt hair running down her back.
Meenu had lost her father when she was a year old. After her father’s death Meenu’s world revolved around her mother. Her mother was her father, friend and everything. It was too much of a loss when her mother died in an accident.
It was her first day at ‘New Ray Hope’ - a home for orphans… She crawled on to her bed, pulling her pillow on to her lap. She sat their hugging it tight. All the others in the room were sleeping. She was the only one awake.
Meenu felt lonely, she wanted to run away from the dark room. Wherever she turned she saw darkness. Tears were streaming down her eyes and wetting the pillow. She cried and cried.
As if Mother Nature could not bear to see her child crying like this. A strong wind blew the curtains aside and now a new streak of light lightened the room. In the darkness, the ray of light brought a new ray of hope. Little Meenu walked up to the window and put her hands on the window pane. She slowly rested her head on her hand and looked at the stars.
“Ma, how come there are so many stars in the sky?”
“Meenu dear, all those who leave their abode on earth become stars by Gods side.” She remembered her mother telling her.
She suddenly smiled and wiped away her tears with her little hand, she pushed the curtains a aside so that the room would become a bit bright.
She slowly went up to her cupboard and took her notebook and pencil. She tiptoed to the door and opened it slowly… The door screeched in the darkness…
Meenu ran to her bed and lay their motionless… She was frightened, after some time she mustered courage and peeped out to see if anyone was there…
She took her book and pencil and sat at one corner of the corridor.
She started writing.
Deer God,
How ar youe. I bad. Why youe taik my mume? You have no mume. I feel afraied give me back mi mume. I no sleep. My bed big big big. No one sllep with me, no one tel me storie I feelied cold no one to hug me. Give me mi mume bacik. I give youe all mi choclate and doll. I give all. Pleaasie… I cry.. I no loieve you. Youe bad give my mume you good.
Little Meenu slept on the corridor crying… Her letter was all written with her tears.
Shantha was the care-taker. She had a soft corner for children. When she read Meenu’s letter she firmly decided that the next child anyone would adopt from their home would be Little Meenu.
She carried Meenu to her bed and laid her to sleep. She put the letter inside her pocket.
Rohith walked into the premises of ‘New Ray Hope’ disappointed. He had been there for nearly a month with the hope of finding a child. All the children were a bit grown up and had only traces of innocence. He wanted a child just out of the mother’s womb.
Mother Mary saw him and said,” Good Morning Rohith. Have you decided on the child you want to bring up?”
“Good Morning Mother. No Mother I am still searching for HER”, said Rohith
“Don’t be disappointed child. God has someone really special. If you have not found a child yet, it’s just god’s will.
Rohith was bought up in ‘New Ray Hope’. He knew the pain a child undergoes in the absence of a mother/father. So he decided to adopt a child.
He nodded with a little disappointment. Suddenly his attention was caught by a little girl climbing on to a tree. He rushed to the tree. He saw a little girl climbing a tree with something in her palms.
He called out,” Hey what are you doing? You will fall down. Get down.”
The command in his voice shook the child and she fell down on the ground with a thud. Thank God she was unhurt.
She got up and hurriedly looked into her palms… it was there. She was happy.
He looked at her sternly and said,” I told you that you would fall down.”
She looked at him with a smile and said,” That is why I fell.”
He looked at her shocked,” What? You fell because I said?”
She calmly said,” You know, God makes all our words come true. You said I would fall and I fell.”
Rohith was stunned, he was searching for words. They failed him. He finally went up to the child and dusted her clothes,” What is your name?”
“Meenu” she said with a giggle.
“Why did you climb the tree?”
“A row of ants carried this candy for their morning breakfast, but it fell down midway. I did not want them to go hungry so I thought I will put it into that hole for them.” She said showing him the candy, “Can you put it in that hole for me?”
Rohith was shaken with the child’s love. He could not deny her request.
He lifted her so that she herself would put it into the hole. She had a broad smile on her face, “Thank you.”
He did not have the heart to put her down. He slowly carried her around. He wanted to start a conversation but did not know how…
“Do you always wear such good clothes…? He was mystified with her question. He looked at her and said,” Yes Meenu? Why do you ask such a question?”
She said with a light air,” My Mummy gets me good clothes on my birthday. All the other days she gets it from my neighbor. I wear their clothes.” He felt a little upset and asked,” When did you come here?”
“I came yesterday night. I will be leaving soon. My mummy will come to take me…” She said smiling. “Your mother…? How did you know?” he asked her perplexed.
She asked him to put her down, which he did with little hesitation. She caught his two fingers with her hand and pulled him to her room.
She looked around stealthily for some time. Then slowly pushed her pillow and put her hand inside the pillow cover and pulled out a piece of paper.
She thrust it into Rohith’s hand and said,” Read it…”
Rohith read it….
Dear Meenu,
I will send your mummy back to you. Your mummy will come back to you. Till that I want you to be smiling. Be a good girl, your mummy will come back to you,
Love GOD.
Rohith knew very well that someone had played a trick on the little child, but he did not know why…
Just then Shantha walked in… She looked at Rohith and smiled, but when she saw the letter in his hand a chill ran down her spine.
She put her hand on Meenu’s shoulder and said,” Meenu go down for your breakfast.” And Meenu ran away hopping like a little rabbit.
When she was out of sight Rohith looked at her and asked,” Did you write this letter? Why did you do this to a poor kid, every day she will be expecting her mother… She is going to get disappointed…”
“No she won’t.” said Shantha with a confident tone. “I have decided to adopt Meenu.” saying so she pulled out the letter that Meenu wrote. She handed it to Rohith.
Before Rohith could finish he had a tear drop writing itself in the same piece of paper.
He looked up at her and asked,” Will your husband agree to it this?
“I am a spinster. I had plans of marrying but not after I saw Meenu. If you spend one day with her you will realize that she is the most priceless gift that god can ever give to anyone. I don’t want to miss her.” saying so she walked out of the room.
Rohith walked down to the dining hall… He saw Meenu sitting at the end. She slowly mixed the curry with rice. How much can a little hand do? She then slowly put a handful into her mouth.
Rohith wanted to SPEND A DAY WITH HER. He went into the Mother’s room sought her permission.
Meenu finished her breakfast and was sitting in the corridor looking at the butterflies fluttering around a flower.
He walked up to her, kneeled down before her and said,” Meenu…” She looked at him smiling.
“I want to take you out… Will you come with me?”
She looked at him and said,” Will you get me a chocolate?”
He smiled and said,” I will get you many…”
She immediately held his hand. He carried her and walked up to his car. Put her in the front seat and drove off…
He drove her to his house, on the way he had too many questions to answer. He thought,” There are no seven wonders in this world for a child there are seventeen hundred!!!”
He took her to HER room and when she opened… Lo! There were toys all around. He left her playing with them.
He fed her with his own hands and played with her… He felt that the world was beautiful when she was beside him.
Time went on… it was evening. She was playing in HER room. The power went off. In a few seconds the generator went on. He walked into the room just to verify that everything was fine. As soon as he opened the door she clung to his legs.
He carried her to the hall. It took him some time to console her. He finally asked her,” What Meenu? Why do you fear darkness?”
She looked at him and said,” There is a girl in our home who cries everyday when the sun comes up. I am much better than her.”
Rohith could not help but smiling. There was so much truth in the child’s word. When there are men who are afraid of light… how could we blame a kid for fearing darkness?
Meenu slept on Rohith holding on to the collar of his shirt and a thumb in her mouth. Suddenly she woke up startled and said, “Mani, Mani is alone. I need to go back to him.” She got up and pulled him to the door.
Rohith could not understand anything he looked at her and asked,” Who is Mani?”
“He is my friend. He is a small puppy. Come dada lets go.” The way she called him made his heart skip a beat. He decided… MEENU IS MINE. I WILL NEVER LEAVE HER.
He got into his car, called up Mother and asked her the address from where Meenu was brought. He had lot of confusion in finding his way out. Suddenly Meenu pulled his shirt close to him and dozed off on his shoulder.
Finally he reached the little hut. When the car jerked Meenu woke up startled… She looked out of the window and saw her home - sweet home.
He got out of the car, opened the door for Meenu to get down. She looked around with tears in her eyes… her eyes were searching for her little friend. All the while she was holding on to Rohith’s pant. She looked at the corner of her hut and saw a small thing moving. A tiny pair of eyes looked at her and then it came running to her. Her joy knew no bounds. She carried him in her hands and wiped all the dirt off him with her dress.
She kissed him, fondled him. Rohith was looking at her with a smile.
He thought, “I love you Meenu, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. She is not an Orphan by choices of her own but by the choices of others. I can’t let this happen. Not to the one I love. “
She came running to Rohith. He carried her and Mani into his car. They drove off back home.
All night he saw her play with Mani, He heard her talk. She was laughing, she was bubbling with joy, and she was full of life. Everything in his house seemed to be blessed with the touch of her little hand. And now he believed that joy and happiness came in small packages.
Finally she fell asleep, holding on to his ears with a finger in her mouth. She felt cold and she pushed herself close to him for the warmth of his love and affection. He put his hand around her, carried her and put her on his chest. He held her close so that she would not feel cold.
He looked at her and said,” You taught me how to love, but not how to stop. I can’t lose you Meenu. I LOVE YOU with all my heart and soul. It is really hard for me to accept the fact that you were someone else’s and you will be someone else’s. I have spent less than a day with you, but I just feel that it is only now that I have started living. You have just been with me like the dew on the blades of grass. The dew can leave the grass with no trace of it having been there; but, only the blade of grass knows how painful it is to lose the dew.”
He could no longer bear it. He put Meenu down on his bed walked up to the phone and called ‘New Ray Hope’.
“Yes tell me Rohith…” said Shantha.
Rohith was perplexed,” How did you know that? Okay. Whatever it is… I need Meenu. I can’t give her to anyone. I will do anything for her. Just tell me how much…”
“Rohith, wait… I knew you would never leave Meenu. I just wanted you to spend a day with her after which I was sure you could never leave her. I was expecting your call. All children deserve someone to love them, but, children like Meenu deserve more love. SHE IS YOURS… If Meenu agrees to be with you, we do not have any problem. There are many more children who deserve a home. I will take one of them as mine. Sleep peacefully. Good Night Rohith.”
Rohith was dumbstruck. He could only say,” Err… Thank you. Good Night Shantha.”
He spent all night wondering what Meenu would say. He fell asleep on the sofa. When he woke he was surprised to see Meenu sleeping on him. He carried her on his shoulder and prepared milk for her.
He then put her on their bed and sat there looking at her. After some time she woke up she looked at him. He wished her good morning and gave her the cup of milk. She pushed the glass of milk aside, hugged him and said,” Dada will you sending me back to that home? I don’t want to leave you. I want you. I won’t ask you chocolates, I won’t ask you toys. Please don’t send me away. When you were not by my side yesterday night I felt like crying. Please don’t send me away.” She kissed him hard and held him close.
He did not know which word could explain her how much he loved her. If he said I LOVE YOU will she understand…? A tear ran down his cheeks and he said,” Your mine Meenu, you don’t have to go anywhere. I don’t want to miss you”
Find Yourself
Start with the first box in first line & move accordingly and see where u endup in the last line. Be honest ......
Think Out Of The Box !
Think Out Of The Box !
- Employee "A" in a company walked up to his manager and asked what my job is for the day?
- The manager took "A" to the bank of a river and asked him to cross the river and reach the other side of the bank.
- "A" completed this task successfully and reported back to the manager about the completion of the task assigned. The manager smiled and said "GOOD JOB"
- The Employee "B' before starting the task saw Employee "C" struggling in the river to reach the other side of the bank. He realized "C" has the same task.
- Now "B" not only crossed the river but also helped "C" to cross the river.
- "B" reported back to the manager and the manager smiled and said "VERY GOOD JOB"
- Employee "Q" before starting the work did some home work and realized "A", "B" & "C" all has done this task before. He met them and understood how they performed.
- He realized that there is a need for a guide and training for doing this task.
- He sat first and wrote down the procedure for crossing the river, he documented the common mistakes people made, and tricks to do the task efficiently and effortlessly.
- Using the methodology he had written down he crossed the river and reported back to the manager along with documented procedure and training material.
- The manger said "Q" you have done an "EXCELLENT JOB".
"O" studied the procedure written down by "Q" and sat and thought about the whole task.
He realized company is spending lot of money in getting this task completed. He decided not to cross the river, but sat and designed and implemented a bridge across the river and went back to his manager and said, "You no longer need to assign this task to any one".
The manager smiled and said "Outstanding job 'O'. I am very proud of you."
What is the difference between A, B, Q & O ????????
Many a times in life we get tasks to be done at home, at office, at play….,
Most of us end up doing what is expected out of us. Do we feel happy? Most probably yes. We would be often disappointed when the recognition is not meeting our expectation.
Let us compare ourselves with "B". Helping some one else the problem often improves our own skills. There is an old proverb (I do not know the author) "learn to teach and teach to learn". From a company point of view "B" has demonstrated much better skills than "A" since one more task for the company is completed.
"Q" created knowledge base for the team. More often than not, we do the task assigned to us without checking history. Learning from other's mistake is the best way to improve efficiency. This knowledge creation for the team is of immense help. Re-usability reduces cost there by increases productivity of the team. "Q" demonstrated good "team-player" skills,
Now to the outstanding person, "O" made the task irrelevant; he created a Permanent Asset to the team.
If you notice B, Q and O all have demonstrated "team performance" over an above individual performance; also they have demonstrated a very invaluable characteristic known as "INITIATIVE".
Initiative pays of every where whether at work or at personal life. If you put initiative you will succeed. Initiative is a continual process and it never ends. This is because this year's achievement is next year's task. You cannot use the same success story every year.
The story provides an instance of performance, where as measurement needs to be spread across at least 6-12 months. Consequently performance should be consistent and evenly spread.
Out-of-Box thinkers are always premium and that is what every one constantly looks out for. Initiative, Out-of-Box thinking and commitment are the stepping stone to success.
Initiative should be life long. Think of out of the box.
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