16 jan 2009

it takes time, it takes courage
it takes preparation, it takes sacrifices
the downside is small, the upside is huge

it takes vision, it takes clarity
it takes knowledge, it takes rigor
the pitch you make is opportunity grabbed or lost

it takes patience, it takes motivation
it takes faith, ability to handle frustation
the woods are dark and deep but there are promises to keep

it takes listening, it takes understanding
it takes mixing, it takes trust
goal matter, people matter, you are not so important

achievement of your aim, bread and dignity for others
it takes planning, resources, scalability, involvement of others' capital
optimization is important, there is little, you cant loose it

confusion

3 jan 2009

feeling confused, faded
my aspirations, my insecurities
my individuality, my family
my strong urge, my wandering thoughts
broken into two self
exploring, debating, analyzing

the inspiration lifts you
the rationality puts you down
a part of you fights back
but inaction drains your confidence

i need clearer answers
i need my family to strongly back me
i need to find a VISION
not vagueness, but a beautiful picture!

dont preach..learn from practioners!

Borrowers aren't complaining about MFIs' high rates. It's the self-appointed benefactors of the poor that are. Vijay Mahajan, BASIX

myth of single digit interest rate in Microfinance

http://www.microfinancefocus.com/news/2009/12/09/myth-of-single-digit-interest-rate-in-microfinance-vijay-mahajan-keynote/

The past must be a springboard, not a sofa

- Harold Macmillan

drawing inspiration on the 102nd birthday of this legendary poet sri hariwanshrai bachan

जीवन में एक सितारा था
माना वह बेहद प्यारा था
वह डूब गया तो डूब गया
अंबर के आंगन को देखो
कितने इसके तारे टूटे
कितने इसके प्यारे छूटे
जो छूट गए फ़िर कहाँ मिले
पर बोलो टूटे तारों पर
कब अंबर शोक मनाता है
जो बीत गई सो बात गई

the rest can be found on the following link

http://timir.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/जो-बीत-गई-सो-बात-गई-jo-beet-gayi-so-baat-gayi/

united India

to have dissolved 554 states by integrating them into the pattern of the Republic; to have brought order out of the nightmare of the chaos whence we started, and to have democratized the administration in all the erstwhile states, should steel us to the attainment of equal success in other spheres.

- V.P. Menon

boredddddddddddddd

Social work..making a difference. duh!!

today

i woke up at 10:30 for a meeting with vendor at 12 noon, i reached the destination on time. he is not there. i call him up...no response. there is agreement to be sent to mumbai tomorrow early morning. our consulting partner will courier it - they cant guarantee delivery of courier on time at 4:30 pm. our ever ready friend at partner's cant travel 10 min to courier it. i travel an hour one side to send the courier.

in every step there is grand wastage of time. why is there no optimization in this sector. why people are so busy feeding their ego and patting themselves on the back that they don't realize the amount of inefficiency there exists. they don't keep their time.

it is frustrating. i know i need to develop patience...dont know how?

oh society!

Oh Society! 10-03-08

I have nothing to prove, to nobody
I live my life, my way
My true companion on my way, my thoughts
I cherish them, feel them, express them!

I know you have no need for me
But I too have no need for your rules
Try and chain me, you will loose
I am free, today more than ever before!

Life to me is full of choices
Constrains I define, my passions I define
My sleep, my duty, my activities I decide
Unfettered by failure, more humbled by success!

Far ahead I know what I see
I am bold, I understand available paths
I am ready to move on, leave things behind
And reach out my hand for the stars to be mine!
And reach out my hand for the stars to be mine!

Federed..

The champion of all 4 grandslams, winner of 14 titles in just 6 years of his career...

thats an unbeatable record! a true genius of the game. it felt great to see him kiss the roland garros trophy...

he is a true master of his passion... hats of to this champion of champions!

maine ek phool se bola, teri mehek meri zindgi ko khusboo deti hai
wo sahem gaya, aur apni pankhudiyon ko band kar liya
main do pal thehra aur phir aage chala gaya...

escapist

I wish to create a melody
A hum that lightens my heart
A wave that settles my mind
And let me be in the present.

I am lost between my present and what I want
I spare too much time never getting to the point
I am becoming intolerant of myself and too tolerant of others
Never truly happy and never accepting my sadness
I am becoming an escapist, from self

I am holding back myself
I wish to tear my existence to shreds and move on!

i am bored! i wish for change... i see it coming, inshallah it happens soon.

trying new things...
what is it about humans that make them always wish to do things not done before..
is it the thrill of the unknown or just a manipulation of the mind to fit socially or expectattion of an experience not attended before.
why we get bored so easily with what we do; is it just that the things we are doing is not fit for us or there is an inner urge to explore more or is it just the evolution that can happen only by attempting unchartered territory.
often we believe that we need to do something else, but when we meet people having experiences we haven't yet had but desire, we dont see them feeling the way we expect to feel when we would be doing that thing.
i sound confused but i know this is the clearest i can be about my current state of mind.
i want to do a lot of things... acceptatble and unacceptable. in the world of my mind, i have solution to everything. but action is seldom there and condition can be held responsible; but i cant deny lethargy on my part. i see lot of energy wasted in me every moment but hardly any steps i have taken to invest it rightly.

what i experience i know is not unique to me. but i find it difficult to always live with it. i cant always expect God to show me the way and help me out... i dont want to just forget it all and go to sleep.

Innovation

Faraday was delivering a lecture on his new discovery 'Electricity'. At the end of it a lady approaches him and asks "I see what you present but of what use is this discovery?"

He repied "But ma'am, of what use is a new born child?"

What an insight! Like a new born child, a new idea has potential to change the world.

leftist or rightist..

i dont know how many of us have met and admired people of both leftist and rightist ideology. i am certainly one.

if we respect more than one religion, it is rarely seen as a problem in intellectual circle but why the same thing is not relevant for ideologies. there are differences in the religions, in their approach to salvation, but we tend to look beyond them and see what they represent at a depth, the message of universal brotherhood and love. Then why do we fight over minor differences in ideologies. in fact most people have been brainwashed to see the bad in the other and therefore is intolerant. it is an example of divide and rule which has been so effective since time unknown.

"the aim of argument should not be victory, but progress." whenever we debate as enemies, we tend to find mistakes in the other and become more and more extremists. we tend to spend more time in finding faults and less in seeing what tweaking can be done to our approach to make it more more effective. in fact both approaches are beautiful and is capable of doing equal level of goodness. These approaches have same outcome of progress along the way as it is with practicing different religions.

the extreme rightist is intolerant towards other religion at times, the extreme leftist wiped out its opponents and industries leading to fall of USSR. but why look at this examples. infact they only exist because of lack of acceptance of goodness of the other. if you see goodness in someone, the other person see goodness in you and together you both become comfortable and build foundation for coperation and progress. the same is possible with the proponents of these ideologies. only if they could kill the malice in their heart for the opposite and start seeing the goodness.

i believe that the next state of evolution will wipe out the differences that exist between them and we will see a more collective approach. Now you may wonder that i may be some buddhist monk who always likes the middle path. Though this is not completely false, it isn't an absolute ly true either... :)

to you...

where does sex and virginity stand in front of love
when has world understood people like you
you are an anchor to more lives than your own
i cant see you faded and down
you have the maturity to feel what others' aspire
and the guts to stand up against all odds
i only wish to see happiness in your eyes
and if need be, let me know...i will be there!

and whats between you both must be pure
live it and relish every moment
they are not moments to be lost.

back from cairo to saudi...

i will remember those lighted streets and sheesas and music
i will remember the relaxed attitude of the masses
i will remember the beautiful faces embedded with angelic eyes
i will remember the hip dance of the whores at haram

the mighty pyramids, museum with unparalleled treasure
the snorkeling at sharm, hitting on a italian beauty
some learning too amidst a lot of fun, i will remember all
Except an often made enquiry, "Are you muslim?"

4th december

it seems that i need to speak to myself and i also realized that the thoughts are fair enough to be shared. Therefore I have decided to be a regular blogger henceforth.

about the mumbai attacks

1) the root cause is inequality and feeding on the situation by people who brainwash..very simple.

2) the ease with which corruption is possible in our indian setting leading to break through across various security barriers that should ideally exist.

3) the ease with which most of us accept the situation, not being directly affected.

4) the ease with which we can pass the blame to our neighbors holding them responsible. even if they were the once who planned, are we incapable of defending ourselves? where is the strategy, hasn't this been happening since last 60 years?

5) the media is focused on display of breaking news, reiterating how close their colleagues are to the danger. have they ever tried to look deep into the root causes, presenting not so entertaining realities of common suppressed lives in india from kashmir to north eastern to narmada effected area in MP to naxalites in the east.

i know i dont understand most of the stuff and am trivializing issues with deep problems. but i am tired of our approach or rather attitude.

why am i cribbing and not doing something...

I have a ready excuse!


beyond this i will try to be a little different, so readers discretion is requested. my reason for being different here is simply that the opposite views have been iterated again and again, and this very valid view has died along the way.

since 26th, i have received hundred mails to sign for the fact that i am not afraid and that objective of terrorist attack to drive fear into our spine has failed.

i dont understand how death of over 270 of us be called a failed mission. i acknowledge the effort of hard working souls that are initiating such a drive. but if looked deeply, it results in being more of excuse to run away from the situation and continue to live as if nothing happened. synergy of these collective energy is needed to accomplish objective of beating the monster at its roots rather than superficially creating an aura with a very short life. what all this will rather lead to is people becoming more extremists in their heart and saffronizing the upcoming election, not on the basis of relevant issues but rather on developed hatred (not fear) despite the fact that saffroners dont have one leader in their team we can look upto.

lets look at terrorism. few misdirected, passionate people creating havoc to challenge the existing status quo and way of life (pardon me for such a romantic definition). the reason could be the circumstances around leading to pull towards an extremist, intolerable ideology preaching life thats looks like a door for better tomorrow to them. most of them are simple people with a lot of hatred for the way the things are. their aim is not to drive fear in us but more importantly to bring to attention the things we tend to ignore, with a bang and to hit back against what they hold as responsible for their miserable condition.

what is a must i believe is to be more responsible towards our society, to enable a more balanced growth and to atleast make a true attempt to handle the root issues. killing few terrorist, dismantling a few camps wont achieve anything in the long run. a program that involves dialouge and active participation to understand the concerns of every section of our society and true spirit for everybody's growth is only way out or rather only action worthy of an attempt, worthy of being spread...are we game!

mumbai attacks

lets pray this stops and lets hope some concrete steps are taken for the future. our army is largest in the world, next only to china. why cant we just devote few days of their full strength and take care of this internal issues once and for all.

and let us pray and spread understanding so that it doesn't end up being hindu muslim thing. this times call for collective strive to reaffirm our beliefs in what is right and not bend to terrorist whims by taking a course they want us to take: hate and fight amongst ourselves.

i know it is easy to be here and speak this stuff, but i dont know what else to do.

let us hope, hope and hope and never stop believing in humanity, in conscience and in collective strength.

Cairo, 27th Nov 2008

To jump without a net is the scariest thing imaginable and it's the essence of courage. To weave a net first the essence of intelligence. The Definition of Insanity is to jump believing you can weave the net midair.

source: status message of my college senior