Quest to be the Best!!

When I was in high school - On showing answer sheets to mom, was always confronted with same question ,"Who got the highest?"

Later there were many debates on this topic . Whether it is a good practice to relate? Or Whether each student should be appreciated for what ever S/he got. Whether it motivates a student or does the opposite?

I am not here to debate but just to write my thoughts. I think it has definitely motivated me . Always inspired me to be among the best. No doubt, there was always an extra burden while writing exams and more while getting back answer sheets. There was always more curiosity about knowing the competitors marks than your own.

Today, after more than a decade; I realize how important this question is. If handled with care, it plays a very important role in one's life. It is the quest of being among the best which differentiates . It is the quest which makes you to go out of comfort zone. It is the quest which innovates. It is the quest which prohibits you from being complacent.

I dont get it.

There is so much hue and cry about homosexual marriages getting legal status. Every week there is atleast one news about it. Some where people are protesting against it and somewhere for it. It has become a deciding factor in making or dropping the governments in various countries.

On the other hand each day I see many people becoming a part of live in relationships. Day by day the value of marriage is diminishing.It limits their freedom. People give excuses - they dont want to commit, not ready, dont want to face the challenges of marriage and so on.

It leaves me thinking - what do people want? I think people always want what they dont have. Its the natural tendency to go against the rules. Break the rules. Go and get what other say is not for you.

I dont get it. I am still thinking.

Books Vs Online Material

In case you noticed In my previous posts I have always been a technology admirer. Have always mesmerized by the new inventions and specifically Web. This time I have contradictory views.

I was thinking about how we use google for any to all things. I always say if google is not there we cant work(code) . But then I think Is google (online material) good enough to learn? Can online reading replace the books? I strongly think there is no match.

Books have many many advantages over online material.

1) You can only read the stuff online which you have an idea about. Normally the topics which you have some doubts or which you have some issues with .But what about plethora of material which you dont even know.

2) Books teach you step by step. You get to know many things which you never think about. Since you never think about them you can never google them .

3) Dont forget the old time markers. Yes I know you can book mark pages which you read online but still books come handy when you need to go through those topics again. Once you finish a book you brain always keep an impression of topics with layout of pages. You can easily track the old topic.

4) You can read book anywhere .Yes I know everything is getting Wi-fi equipped but still there is a long way to go.

5)Book gives you a direction and you always have a goal to finish.While you can easily forget about online links. If in case your computer shuts down before you book marked it ,there is 90% chance you will never revisit that page and In case you already bookmarked there is 95% chance you will never open your bookmark list again.

6)Online material usually have links to other pages.Clicking on those links will distract you and you will end up reading a totally different topic which had no connection to what you were reading initially.

7) Very Important in my view Books give you a common platform . You can talk about those books to other people.This helps you understanding people from their taste of books.

These are my views so If you want to actually learn some thing keep Google as a reference and buy a book. Atleast you will have other motivation to read it since you have spent few bucks on it.

How kool is that!!!

Last time when I was reading Thomson Friedman's book " World is Flat" , I was amazed when he cited the incident of Japan.Wherein he, with his friend was sitting in a train. His friend opened up his lap top and they were connected to world through Wi-fi.

This time I was all the more excited as I experienced it myself . I was able to chat in India and US while I was traveling in Europe.How kool is that ,I was connected to whole world at the same time :)

More to it, I did not need to take leave for this trip. Surprised?? Yes, thatz true I just took two days leave for my entire trip of ten days.No, I did not club my trip with public holidays but I was working remotely. Again thanks to technology. I was able to work over VPN using free Wi-fi from hotel.

This is really kool Isn't it!! Kudos to all the Geekiez who made it possible.

Wild Imagination

Yeh tou main chutkiyo main kar dun.(I can finish this in no time). You would have said and heard this many times. But in this era it has actually become true.

Now u can do many tasks just on click. Just remember when was the last time when you waited in a queue to pay for bill or to book train tickets. I know it was not long back when you might need to take a day off to finish of these inevitable things. I remember that time I used to dream that there should be aladin ka chiraag(magical gin) to do all these things and see it has actually become a reality. Internet is no less than a super powered gin.

But there are still some things which you have to do on your own. One of them is cooking and eating :). After cooking dinner after lunch and breakfast I was thinking(dreaming) .

There should be some automatic way to do that. I was so tired of buying grocery and cooking thrice a day. I still remember that when I was a kid I used to say there should be a zipper on the stomach to engulp the food. Now with all this technology around, my thoughts have become more wilder. Now I think there should be more than that.

There should be two pipelines coming to your home. No, not to supply gas. These pipelines will supply Essential Flavoured Nutrients. You can open up the valve ,Select the amount, select your flavours, select the percentage of protein ,carbohydrates and other minerals you want and fill your vessel. Wait this vessel is not a simple bowl. This will be a cylinder with spray valve. You have to just spray it in your mouth and you are done. You can choose it spray it continuously or on your way. If you are one of those who carry their lunch box long with then you just need to fill that cylinder with appropriate amount. There are no issues of big and small cylinder . You can simply make the fluid more concentrated. Imagine in that situation when you get up in the morning you just need to fill your cylinder .May be your company already has the pipelines in the office so no need to even carry.I think this will be the FASTEST possible food.

Are you thinking why do we need to pipelines, Let me take a moment to explain. These two pipelines will work alternatively . Vendors will be replenishing them continuously. Every alternate day one pipeline will be sterilized to avoid any kind of contamination.
Just imagine at that time all these big grocery malls will turn to nutrients supplying vendors. The success of these vendors will depend on the standards they follow to provide hygienic food. Their capability to continuous on time supply. There might be offers of getting a strawberry flavour free with Mango flavour. Being a vegetarian ,there should be pure vegetarian suppliers. They need to take special precautions to avoid leakage. Otherwise , beggars may be the frequent visitors to your place(inhaling the free supply from your pipeline) There will be discount offers of one day free supply with a year long package or may be free cylinders with pipelines.

During Diwali ,X-Mas they will supply different flavors of sweets, chocolates etc. Your package may vary as in you can get different type of flavours on different days. Imagine getting Italian on one day, Thai on other , Indian food on next day.How many flavours you can get will define the your status.
Oh My God!!!My imaginations are going beyond myself. I am stopping it here. Let me know your thoughts.

Be Honest

Life comes as full circle.One has to continuously and repeatedly deal with people.Sometimes one has to work with people to whom S/he never wants to see again. But that never happens. from my not much but small experiences I have realized that life makes sure you come across people to whom you never want to meet.

There will be many situations when you do things which you dont like to.Given a chance you will leave at the very moment.But life is not fair. There might be different priorities which force you to do many things against your wishes.Many of those things have happened to me as well. And I have learnt that no matter what you are asked to do, no matter whether you like to do that job or whether it is enforced you need to do your job with honesty. It always pays in longer run. It may happen that you come across same person some time. If you had done your work responsibly you will always feel comfortable and confident to approach them.

I have many incidents to recite regarding this but I dont want to bore you with that. All I want to say is earth is round and you are bound to meet same people again and again so do your share of work with honesty. In case you have some issues which forbids you to perform your duties be honest and let your manager/master know. You might suffer short term losses but you will earn long term good will.

Be honest to your duties ,responsibilities your colleagues ,clients or whosoever you come across. As I said you might not like the job you are doing but after all you are not getting paid to like the job but to do the job.

Remember Honesty is still a best policy.

Uncle's Shop (Part II)

In my last article I supported big malls coming up .I said that it might not matter too much for our Uncles' . But today I got the news that shop beneat my house is shutting down. They are not able to sustain now.Earnings are decreasing day by day due to upcoming shopping malls. I felt so sad.

The bond I was talking last time became more evident. He was not a mere shopkeeper but our neighbour too.We never had to worry about buying essential groccery no matter whether we had money or not. It never mattered whether it was end of month or starting. It never mattered whether out relatives or parents were visiting us when we were running short of money.

I remember at times I used to run late for my office and on the way just used to grab my packet of biscuits for break fast without even asking the price and without even paying for it. Some times used to pick it up by my own to avoid the waiting period because of other customers.

Can never even think of repeating the same in any big mall. No body will give u any thing even if you are just a penny short.

Thats the importance of these uncles shops.

I gonaa miss them a lot.