English Vinglish

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I know such English that I will leave the British behind. You see sir, I can talk English, I can walk English, I can laugh English, I can run English, because English is such a funny language.

1. What is your good name?

One of the most common of mistakes, this term simply means, 'What's your name?'. This is often a direct, word by word translation of the same phrase in Hindi, "Aapka shubh naam?". Shubh translates to good and most Indians translate the phrase without bothering to make alterations.

English Whirled Wide

2. I have a doubt.

While in the rest of the English world, to harbour a doubt is generally associated with doubting someone's ability, in India, to have a doubt means you have a question about something.

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3. Passing out of college

The normal world uses 'graduation' or 'convocation'. Indian English makes it, "I passed out of my college." If you pass out in the US or Australia or the UK, you would probably be rushed to a hospital, not lauded.

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4. First-Class!

Indians refer to anything they like or that is really good as being 'first-class'. So anything from a movie to a pani-puri could be 'first-class' in the country.

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5. Do one thing.

Once again, literally translated from 'ek kaam kar', the term is used by Indians whenever they want someone to take up their advice and act in a particular way. Eg: Do one thing, cook cabbage soup for lunch today.

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6. Out of station.

Out of station = out of town. I'm out of station means I'm on a vacation or not in town. It does not mean you are out of a particular station or inside a particular station, like Harry Potter on Platform 9 3/4

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7. Prepone.

What do you do when you do not want to postpone a meeting but reschedule it ahead of it's intended time? Simple. You prepone it! Literally using the antonym for post-, Indians derived this simple way of stating something will happen ahead of time.

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8. Mother promise, father promise, God promise.

Used mostly by youngsters, these phrases offer a convenient way out of any tricky situation where the speaker does not really want to put himself/herself in danger by 'crossing his heart and dying'.

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9. Doing the needful.

We will do the needful. Only and only the needful. Nothing more, nothing less. 'Please do the needful' is a common request which simply asks the person to finish the task.

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10. Like that only.

We might be punny or phunny but we are like that only! We only add only at the end of sentences. Or at the start of them. Or anywhere we want. So we will talk like this only. Problem much?

 

 

 

If Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop

English - absolutely hilarious/brilliant !

 

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

 

If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and there would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!

 

Saturday Saturday

Today I have come  office. Saturday is normally a holiday for us but since past 2 days I have  taken off I could not remain at home. Hence  barged into ma office.....

Aptitude Questions

Dear All,

 

Please find site for Aptitude Questions.

http://www.indiabix.com/

 

Thanks and Regards,

Kavitha

Water Bed

water bed -I laughed       Bed in a German furniture store. Note that the sign says NOT to get on the bed, but oh well..the best way to motivate people to do something is to put up a sign saying   "Don't........!"   Turn on speakers and watch people trying out the water bed.   It's in German, but that only makes it funnier.   Watch for the last two ladies !     http://www.youtube.com/embed/9wm-Ge8LL7o?rel=0

Great idea!!!!

 It is on weight reduction, a forwarded message ...  VRU Menon

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Marriage - Arranged vs Love

Now I know why our ancestors insisted on arranged marriages

The American and the Indian and their Family Problems

Two men, an American and an Indian were sitting in a bar and discussing their family problems. Shot after shot.

The Indian man said to the American: "We have problem in India. We can't marry the one whom we love. You know my parents are forcing me to get married to this so called homely and domesticated girl from a village whom
I haven't even met once. We call this an arranged marriage. I don't want to marry a woman whom I don't love. I told my parents that openly and now have a hell of a lot of family problems."

The American said: "Talking about love marriages, in America we can marry the one we love. Let me tell you my story. I married a widow whom I deeply loved and dated her for three years. After a couple of years, my father
fell in love with my step-daughter and married her, so my father became my son-in-law and I became my father's father-in-law. Legally now my daughter is my mother and my wife is my grandmother. More problems occurred when I had a son. My son is my father's brother and so he is my uncle. The situation turned worse when my father had a son. Now my father's son, my brother, is my grandson. Ultimately, I have become my own grandfather and I
am my own grandson.

And you say you have family problems?"

the Indian fainted

TIME DECIDES WHOM YOU MEET IN LIFE

YOUR HEART DECIDES WHOM U WANT IN LIFE

BUT YOUR BEHAVIOUR DECIDES WHO WILL STAY IN YOUR LIFE

Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, Not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life.
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes.
It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.
Let’s change to make a change!!!

When it rains, most birds head for shelter;
the eagle is the only bird that, in order to avoid the rain, starts flying above the cloud. ...

Winners win by pushing their limits until their limits become the norm.

Watch the attached PPS.

A Proper toilet posture (Useful to teach your children now)

EVEN IF one can't squat Indian way due to OA of the knees etc, , the video suggests:
placing a small stool and 35 degs squatting.
Do see the video.
Surya
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYcv6odWfTM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Squatty Potty-Toilet Stool: squatting for proper toilet posture

(3'  04")
Educational video about the effects of improper toilet posture and how it can affect your health. Help prevent common colon problems such as Hemorrhoids, Pelvic organ prolapse and constipation with squatting to eliminate. A great healthy solution.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYcv6odWfTM

China's Bailong Elevator takes visitors up 1,070ft in around a minute

China's Bailong Elevator takes visitors up 1,070ft in around a minute

Long way down: The Hundred Dragons Elevator in China is 1,070ft tall

If you suffer from a fear of heights, perhaps this one's not for you.

The Bailong Elevator, also known as the Hundred Dragons Elevator, carries tourists 1,070ft (330m) up the side of a massive sandstone column in a mountain range in China 's Hunan Province .
Riding the glass lift, which carries up to 50 people at a time or1,380 an hour, offers jaw-dropping, not to say vertiginous, views down to the bottom of the rocky mountain range in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangijiajie.

Work began on the lift, which cost 120m yuan, or around £12m, in 1999 and finished in 2002.

The project met with fierce criticism from environmentalists who were angry that it was sited in the middle of a World Heritage Site.

Lift shafts and tunnels had to be dug into the quartz sandstone column chosen from thousands in the area, and earthquake detectors installed so that the lifts (there are three of them) could be evacuated quickly in case of disaster.

Those in favour of the project said that the elevators, which are said to boast the biggest passenger capacity in the world, saved the mountain trails from excess traffic.


But protestors said the area, which attracts 5m visitors each year, was already saturated with tourists and did not need another attraction to boost that number further.

After it was built, the lift was said to be the world's tallest full-exposure outdoor lift, tallest double-deck sightseeing elevator, and the fastest passenger elevator with the biggest capacity, according to

After the project was opened to the public in 2002 it was quickly shut down temporarily because of safety, rather than environmental concerns.

It reopened in 2003 and now has a cult following from tourists keen to ride a lift known as one of the most terrifying in the world for its sheer drop views down to the bottom of the valley.
Those whose fear of heights prohibits them from taking the lift can instead take a two-and-a-half hour walk up the valley.

The lift ride takes around a minute to reach the top, from where tourists can see breath-taking views of the area's quartzite sandstone pillars.

Pity the maintenance staff: The Bailong Elevator in China 's Hunan Province is the tallest outdoor-exposure lift in the world

World Heritage Site: The lift attracted controversy as it was built in a beautiful mountain range that already attracted millions of tourists a year

A wealthy man and his son

A very Good Evening and have a great day


Give so much time to improve yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be successful you need friends but to be very successful you need competitors.

This is great. Take a moment to read it; it will make your day!

A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art.
They had everything in their collection, from
Picasso to Raphael.
They would often sit together and admire the great works of art..

When the Vietnam conflict broke out,
the son went to war. He was very courageous and died in battle while rescuing another soldier.
The father was notified and grieved deeply for his only son.

About a month later, just before Christmas,

There was a knock at the door. A young man stood at the door with a large package in his hands..

He said, 'Sir, you don't know me, but I am the soldier for whom your son gave his life.
He saved many lives that day, and he was carrying me to safety when a bullet struck him in the heart and he died instantly... He often talked about you, and your love for art.' The young man held out this package. 'I know this isn't much. I'm not really a great artist, but I think your son would have wanted you to have this.'

The father
Opened the package. It was a portrait of his son, painted by the young man. He stared in awe at the way the soldier had captured the personality of his son in the painting. The father was so drawn to the eyes that his own eyes welled up with tears. He thanked the young man and offered to pay him for the picture.. 'Oh, no sir, I could never repay what your son did for me. It's a gift.'

The father hung the portrait over his mantle. Every time visitors came to his home he took them to see the portrait of his son before he showed them any of the other great works he had collected.
The man died a few months later. There was to be a great auction of his paintings. Many influential people gathered, excited over seeing the great paintings and having an opportunity to purchase one for their collection.
On the platform sat the painting of the son. The auctioneer pounded his gavel. 'We will start the bidding with this picture of the son. Who will bid for this picture?'

There was silence...
Then a voice in the back of the room shouted, 'We want to see the famous paintings. Skip this one.'

But the auctioneer persisted. 'Will somebody bid for this painting? Who will start the bidding? $100, $200?'

Another voice angrily. 'We didn't come to see this painting. We came to see the Van Gogh's, the Rembrandts. Get on with the Real bids!'
But still the auctioneer continued. 'The son! The son! Who'll take the son?'

Finally, a voice came from the very back of the room. It was the longtime gardener of the man and his son. 'I'll give $10 for the painting...' Being a poor man, it was all he could afford.

'We have $10, who will bid $20?'

'Give it to him for $10. Let's see the masters.'

The crowd was becoming angry. They didn't want the picture of the son.

They wanted the more worthy investments for their collections.
The auctioneer pounded the gavel.. 'Going once, twice, SOLD for $10!'

A man sitting on the second row shouted, 'Now let's get on with the collection!'

The auctioneer laid down his gavel. 'I'm sorry, the auction is over.'

'What about the paintings?'

'I am sorry. When I was called to conduct this auction, I was told of a secret stipulation in the will... I was not allowed to reveal that stipulation until this time. Only the painting of the son would be auctioned. Whoever bought that painting would inherit the entire estate, including the paintings.

The man who took the son gets everything!'
Money is not EVERYTHING.
This may surprise few but is a fact.
God Bless.

Copper vessels, utensils, taps, door handles kills 95% of superbugs, bacteria

A man is but a product of his thoughts-- M.K.Gandhi

Purify water the old desi style.
Copper vessels kill germs Don't spend money & buy Water purifiers now on...
Another example of why doing things the traditional Hindu way is better than the ways of the "advanced West".

Forget water purifiers (Aqua Guard / Pure it), and follow grandma's age-old principle of storing water in copper tumblers to keep away diseases like typhoid, cholera, gastroenteritis and uncontrolled loose motions.

We Indian's spend thousands on designer taps, water purifiers for safe gaurds, but the age old hindu traditional copper vessels, utensils, taps, doors etc have now proved to be anti-bacteria which safe gaurds, this shows our ancestors knowledge of depth in every aspect of healthy living.

Now An Indo-Australian team of researchers has found that water, if stored in copper vessels for about 24 hours, gets purified as the harmful bacteria present in it become inactivated or gets destroyed.

To find out if the inactivated bacteria can become activated when one drinks the water, scientists fed water purified through a copper tumbler to rats. The rats did not develop any of the symptoms of infection caused by these bacteria.

"Copper attacks the DNA and other protein molecules present in the bacteria and causes them severe injury. This injury later leads to their death. For bacteria to die it takes about 24 hours," said Dr Riti Sharan, one of the researchers.

For a country like India where pure drinking water is a dream in many localities and for a vast section of its people, the Indian tradition of storing water in copper vessels reduces the chance of a number of infections, she pointed out.

Dr Sharan is part of the three-member Indo-Australian team comprising Dr Sanjay Chhibberb and Dr Robert H Reeda.

The researchers tested the anti-bacterial effect of copper against bacteria like Salmonella Typhi, Salmonella typhimurium, Vibrio cholerae and E coli. They found that copper can kill these harmful pathogens present in contaminated water.

"The copper vessel should be pure — at least 95 per cent copper and five per cent zinc. If the copper content is less than 95 per cent it will not kill the harmful pathogens. In our studies we have taken 99 per cent pure copper vessels," said Dr Sharan.
Pl read the report below (from Horse's mouth )........
Copper door handles and taps kill 95% of superbugs in hospitals Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1081359/Copper-door-handles-taps-kill-95-superbugs-hospitals.html
Copper Kills Salmonella, Other Microbes
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/07/study-copper-kills-salmonella-other-microbes/#.UGMsdhf9hKM
Copper vessel keeps germs in water away http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/hyderabad/copper-vessel-keeps-germs-water-away-427

VERY INTERESTING COURT CASE AGAINST LORD KRISHNA.

VERY INTERESTING COURT CASE AGAINST LORD KRISHNA.

THE CASE AGAINST LORD KRISHNA

A nun in Warsaw, Poland, filed a case against ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness). The case came up in court.

The nun remarked that ISKCON was spreading its activities and gaining followers in Poland. She wanted ISKCON banned because its followers were glorifying a character called Krishna "who had loose morals," having married 16,000 women called Gopikas.

The ISKCON defendant to the Judge: "Please ask the nun to repeat the oath she took when she was ordained as a nun."

The Judge asked the nun to recite the oath loudly. She would not.

The ISKCON man asked whether he could read out the oath for the nun. Go ahead, said the judge.

 The oath said in effect that 'she (the nun) is married to Jesus Christ'.

The ISKCON man said, "Your Lordship! Lord Krishna is alleged to have 'married' 16,000 women. There are more than a million nuns who assert that they are married to Jesus Christ. Between the two, Krishna and Jesus, who has a loose character?"

The case was dismissed...

The Indians Eating with hands -Oprah by MJ Akbar

The Indians Eating with hands -Oprah by MJ Akbar  

Except hot soup I prefer my fingers
Recently I saw someone 'enjoying' a Sadya from plantain leaf and using knife, spoon and fork!!- and he was frequently checking whether others are watching him  ...

Living with the difference

M J Akbar (Byline) / 30 July 2012

That infallible icon of contemporary mores, Oprah Winfrey, seems to have suffered deep and choking revulsion at the sight of Indians eating with their hands. The very rich and extremely civilised Oprah must be eating with her feet. All of us eat with our fingers. Some of us feel the need for metal or wooden appendages to our fingers. To each his own; why get smug about this?
The cutlery-wallahs believe that spoon and fork are hallmarks of cleanliness. This logic seems a trifle dubious. At least your fingers belong to you. Cutlery does not. Do you really want to know who shoved the fork into his mouth just ahead of you in a restaurant? You don’t want to go there, so unconsciously keep such questions out of your mind.
Convention can become a barrier to the obvious. Those who do not believe in being spoon-fed simply keep their hands and fingers clean. They wash before a meal. Moreover, the Indian climate is conducive to bathing; a bath is not considered a special event, as it was in colder climate before central heating and running hot water.
History confirms that the major power of an era determines what becomes socially correct within the penumbra of its influence. Power, empirically measured by economic growth and military supremacy (the two are not entirely unconnected), is a cyclical occurrence. Egypt, India, China, Mexico, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Turkey, Mongolia, Kampuchea, Russia, Britain, France, Germany, America: all have had their turn. Success sets the standards of usage and behaviour. The beard was doubtless all the rage when Darius ruled the routes; and Bernard Lewis notes, wryly, that the gentlemen of Cairo began to prepare for the Mongol onslaught after the destruction of Baghdad in the middle of the 13th century by adopting the drooping moustache of Chengiz Khan. Mughal dress influenced court and popular wear all across southern Asia from Herat to Rangoon for an age, and the bright red Ottoman fez was a defining visual of Muslim identity up to Hollywood films of the 1950s, long after the reformer Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had abolished them in Turkey as a memento of medieval nostalgia.


The British gave us trousers for which I, at least, am deeply thankful. They are far more comfortable than the lungi or dhoti of my ancestors — although I may now be talking like a victim. The British gave their empire and its huge hinterland a dress code. The Americans gave us food. It was fast, but it was food.
This is entirely appropriate as a difference between a democracy and a plutocracy, which is what Britain was during its imperial phase. British food may or may not be described as an oxymoron, but it was designed for the stomach, not the palate. America, on the other hand, does not quite understand dressing up. It is stretching a point to call jeans, America’s contribution to clothes, haute couture. But only in the Age of America could something created for obesity, such as the McDonald’s burger, conquer the world. You can eat this burger after a stern party committee meeting in Beijing, or after a pilgrimage in Makkah, or after a holy dip in the Ganga at Allahabad. Wherever you go, McDonald’s follows you. You can, with some luck and creative positioning, avoid the American Army, but you cannot escape the American McDonald’s.
The law of capitalism is unflinching: no army can defeat a market force. Any prevailing superpower can influence style and surface behaviour, but when it tries to permeate through culture, the effort begins to congeal.


Style has a value; it can be purchased. Culture, to use a familiar line, is priceless. Culture is far deeper than modern needs, compulsions or attractions. Let me end with an example from India. We inherited English from the British empire and have turned it into the operating language of the ruling class.
We govern in English. We write our balance sheets in English. While news is available in every language, English news in print or television still earns a premium in both advertising and influence. We seem to have everything in English, but we do not have television soap operas in English.

Why? Because we still laugh and cry in Hindi, or Urdu, or Bengali or Tamil or Bhojpuri — in the tongue of the mother. We can turn for news to BBC or CNN, but Oprah Winfrey would flop on Indian television. Not because she is good or bad, but simply because she is the voice of a different culture. She thinks fingers are distasteful; we consider finger-licking a gesture of great appreciation. No one is right, and no one is wrong. We are merely different, and long live the difference!

WORLD'S 2nd RICHEST MAN

A man is but a product of his thoughts-- M.K.Gandhi

WORLD'S 2nd RICHEST MAN

    "I  always knew I was going to be rich.
   I  don't think I ever doubted it for a  minute"
   -  Warren Buffett
 

 
      PLEASE  PASS THIS AS IT IS CLASSIC

PRICELESS WORDS

PRICELESS WORDS

A husband wakes up at home with a huge hangover. He forces himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins and a glass of water on the side table. He sits down and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and pressed. He looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, spotless, clean. So is the rest of the house. He takes the aspirins and notices a note on the table. "Honey, breakfast is on the table, I left early to go grocery shopping. Love You!"

Totally shocked with the note, he goes to the kitchen and sure enough there is a hot breakfast and the morning newspaper. His son is also at the table, eating. He asks, "Son, what happened last night?" His son says, "Well, you came home around 3 AM, drunk and delirious. Broke some crockery, puked in the hall, and gave yourself a black eye when you stumbled into the door". Confused, the man asks, "So, why is everything in order and so clean, and breakfast is on the table waiting for me? I should expect a big quarrel with her!" His son replies, "Oh, that! Mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to take your clothes n shoes off, you said,

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"LADY LEAVE ME ALONE! I'M MARRIED!"

JUST FOR LAUGH!

New Greetings:
May your happiness increase like Petrol Price,
May your sorrow fall like the Indian Rupee, and
May your joy spread in your heart like corruption spreads in India…!!!



Congress is fulfilling its promise, when they said: GDP will rise this year.
The only thing we forgot to ask him its full form:
G= Gas & Gold
D= Diesel & Dollar
P= Petrol & Parties


Dear Father-in-Law,
I deeply regret taking a Car in dowry.
Please take your Daughter or Car back…
I cannot afford both.


Now Tata Nano’s fuel cost will be more than its EMI per month!

Soon, Rupee will be SENIOR CITIZEN (above Rs.60 per US Dollar);
Petrol has already become VERY SENIOR CITIZEN in Bangalore (Rs.81 per litre) !!!



Finally it has happened…
After decades,
Beer is now cheaper than petrol !!!
Now, there will be new slogan: JUST DRINK; DON'T DRIVE !!!
Expensive petrol will help solve the problem of traffic jams!




Drink and drive should not be a problem now.
After all, how many will be able to afford alcohol and petrol on the same day?



We have the world’s cheapest car and the world’s costliest petrol.




Sign board at Petrol pump: Buy Petrol worth Rs. 20,000 and get a TATA nano absolutely free.
(scheme for आमआदमी Now he can get car with petrol! )

Man at Petrol Pump: Full tank करदो...
Attendant: Sir, PAN Card की copy दो...
Man: What? Why? How?
Attendant: Sir, it’s a HIGH VALUE TRANSACTION !!!._,_.___





























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FERN AND BAMBOO

ONE DAY I DECIDED TO QUIT

I quit my job, my relationship , my spirituality…
I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the woods to have one last talk with god
“God”, I asked,
“Can you give me one good reason not to quit?”.
His answer surprised me…
“Look around”, He said. “Do you see the fern and the bamboo ?
“Yes”, I replied.
“When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them.
I gave them light. I gave them water. The fern quickly grew from the earth.
Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed.
But I did not quit on the bamboo.
In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful.
And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed.
But I did not quit on the bamboo. He said.
“In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed.
But I would not quit.
In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would not quit.”
He said.
“Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth.
Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant…
But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall.
It had spent the five years growing roots.
Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive.
I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle.”
He asked me. “Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling,
You have actually been growing roots”.
“I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you.”
“Don’t compare yourself to others.” He said.”
The bamboo had a different Purpose than the fern.
Yet they both make the forest beautiful.”"Your time will come”, God said to me.
“You will rise high”.
“How high should I rise?” I asked.
“How high will the bamboo rise?” He asked in return.
“As high as it can?” I questioned.”Yes.” He said,
 “Give Me glory by rising as high as you can.”
I left the forest and brought back this story.
I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you.
Never, Never, Never, Give up.
Don’t tell the Lord how big the problem is,
tell the problem how Great the Lord is!!!!

The Pear Tree

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.



The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise.

The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.

The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.

He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy,

and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.

Moral:

Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don't judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or later.

The rush you get...sitting in that front seat

The rush you get...sitting in that front seat.     THE RUSH YOU GET, SITTING IN THAT FRONT SEAT!! The lion jumps for his lunch and you... Well... Just imagine what you would do...!!         The lion comes forward... Is he interested in the meat on the bonnet... Or...   Is the lion going to take a swipe at the tasty soft meat in the front seat???           What if the lion wants to have second helpings!!!...   SCROLL DOWN!!!   SCROLL DOWN!!!         This is the Werribee Open Range Zoo in Victoria , Australia and only the bonnet of the 'jeep' is outside  the glass cage with the lions; the rest of the vehicle being on the 'inside'.

A very interesting way of interacting with the lions! 

 

NOTE: The seats are cleaned after every session!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Nancy Reagan's letter of forgiveness

Nancy Reagan's letter of forgiveness

We could all learn so much from this elegant and gracious lady.
You might recall that John Hinckley was a seriously deranged young man
who shot President Reagan in the early 1980's.
Hinckley was absolutely obsessed with movie star Jodie Foster, and in
his twisted mind, loved Jodie to the point that to make himself well
known to her, he attempted to assassinate President Reagan.
There is speculation Hinckley may soon be released as having been
rehabilitated.  Consequently, you will appreciate the following letter from Nancy
Reagan to John Hinckley:

From: Mrs. Nancy Reagan

My family and I wanted to drop you a short note to tell you how
pleased we are with the great strides you are making in your recovery.
In our country's spirit of understanding and forgiveness, we want you
to know that we bear no grudge against you for shooting President Reagan.
We are fully aware that mental stress and pain could have driven you
to such an act of desperation. We're confident that you will soon make a
complete recovery and return to your family to join the world again as
a healthy and productive man.
Best wishes,
Nancy Reagan & Family

PS. While you have been incarcerated, Australian Prime Minister, Kevin
Rudd has been having a passionate affair with Jodie Foster. You might
want to look into that.

Yenna Rascalaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Movies like these come only once in a lifetime!!! ;-) enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyy


Yenna Rascalaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Best movie of the millennium




THE VILLU STORY:

Vijay’s dad was killed by the villain, and his mother needs an operation! So he sells his

land for his mother ! Inorder to take revenge, Vijay (Villu) has to go to America to kill

the villain, but he has no money, no passport and no visa! So he decides one thing and comes

to Chennai !


In Chennai, Villu climbs on top of LICBuilding, gets blessings from Godess Kuruvi, and jumps

from the top floor!!!

But our Villu stays in air itself in same position! After 12 hrs, the earth rotates and

since he is still in the same position, he jumps and lands in America! He kills the villain

and returns to Chennai the same way!!!!

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I am speechless...L

Beauty of Mathematics !!!!!!!

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
                             12 x 8 + 2 = 98
                            123 x 8 + 3 = 987
                           1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
                          12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
                         123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
                        1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
                       12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
                      123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

                             1 x 9 + 2 = 11
                            12 x 9 + 3 = 111
                           123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
                          1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
                         12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
                        123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
                       1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
                      12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
                      123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

                             9 x 9 + 7 = 88
                            98 x 9 + 6 = 888
                           987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
                          9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
                         98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
                        987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
                       9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
                      98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

                          Brilliant, isn't it?

                       And look at this symmetry:

                                1 x 1 = 1
                              11 x 11 = 121
                            111 x 111 = 12321
                          1111 x 1111 = 1234321
                        11111 x 11111 = 123454321
                      111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
                    1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
                  11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
                111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321



                       Now, take a look at this...


                                  101%



                 From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:



                            What Equals 100%?
                What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?

 Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

        We have all been in situations where someone wants you to
                             GIVE OVER 100%.

                        How about ACHIEVING 101%?


                        What equals 100% in life?


          Here's a little mathematical formula that might help
                         answer these questions:


                                   If:

           A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

                           Is represented as:

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.


                                   If:


                            H-A-R-D-W-O- R- K

                       8+1+18+4+23+ 15+18+11 = 98%


                                  And:

                           K-N-O-W-L-E- D-G-E

                     11+14+15+23+ 12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96%


                                  But:

                            A-T-T-I-T-U- D-E

                       1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100%



            THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:



                           L-O-V-E-O-F- G-O-D

                     12+15+22+5+15+ 6+7+15+4 = 101%


      Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:

   While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will
   get you there, It's the Love of God that will put you over the top!

  It's up to you if you share this with your friends & loved ones just
                             the way I did..

                      Have a nice day & God bless!!

Hug of the century

WOMAN IN THE VIDEO FOUND THIS LION INJURED IN THE FOREST READY TO DIE.
SHE TOOK THE LION WITH HER AND NURSED THE LION BACK TO HEALTH. WHEN THE
LION WAS BETTER SHE MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH A ZOO TO TAKE THE LION AND GIVE
IT A NEW AND HAPPY HOME.

THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN WHEN THE WOMAN AFTER SOME TIME WENT TO GO VISIT THE
LION TO SEE HOW HE WAS DOING.
WATCH THE LION'S REACTION WHEN HE SEES HER. AMAZING!!!!!

Emotional Atyaachaar.....

since past 2 days did not go to office.Feeling a big time low at heart.Missing fun at work.My hubby did not like me going to work.Not getting any other job call also.Feeling sic.....Why money is the base of all relationships....?


my neighbours have all taken swine flu vaccinations.Vaccines are available at very discounted prices at Yashoda, KIMS and Care hospitals.

Destiny's Child.....

My nephew met with an accident a bit disturbing news for me.Me feeling sad about the same.Why does detsiny always plays with the most sweetst and sober ones?

Now I realize the importance my sweetheart, my hubby.He is really down to earth and a gem of a person. He has fed me all these years and had he not been in mylife, my life would have turned topsy turvy.
May God bless him with many more years of a warm , funfilled and loving life.

My inlaws are very very caring and they have heart of gold. I am really touched with their care and I wish my motherinlaw was here with me.She used to shower so much unparalleled love on me.My affectionate parents and inlaws.

Obama left India on a good and stronger note.A great leader, fine orator who can talk to the gallery.He won the hearts of millions of Indians accompanied by his wife Michelle.Their daughters were missing the event.

Hindu Nectar: Spiritual Wanderings in India .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLvr80ZrCqo

Feelings

Feeling jittery as they say Monday blues I am feeling Tuesday blues on returning to office after a long weekend.Not much work happenign at my end...My blog keeps me engaged.Trying to spend time jotting down points and buiding an audience base on my blog.I hope and pray to God that my audience base increases and I spend quality time on the tool as well as my blog.Newbie sin my team.They come upto me with questions and I need to clarify their doubts. A bit taxing task but keeping the knowledge sharing process going on.Hoping for more productivity at the end of the day.MNC's are here to churn us and suck our blood.No moral ethics , no compassion just a shit use and throw policy.Such a big shame.....
Feeling good as I am sharing my info about th eproduct to my peers.It really feels good from heart.Subordinates listen to us with so much attention when we share our gyaan.They literally keep us on pedestal.
Waiting for my Google Adsense account to get

activated so that money starts pouring in.
Hope I pass the qualification criteria.Today

was a bit lad back day as my manager wa snot

talking to me.Hence even I stopped talking to

him.Now it is like impasse.N body ready to

initiat etalks.Allroads blocked.God only knows

where this project is heading.

Some terms for guys working under Agile

environment like Sprint Planning Meeting,

Sprint Review Meeting, Sprint Retrospective

Meeting,Burn Down Graph,Pie Chart,Bar

Graph,Chicken and Pig(Core and Anciliary

roles), Ring, Bus , Network topology, Pareto

Chart,Pesticide Paradox, Waterfall,Spiral,

RAD, Testability, Reliability, Readability,

Scalability,Turn Around Time, GMROI(gross

margin return on investment),VMWare,Hits per

second,Throughput, Test Metrics,Test

Weightage,Bug Aging Graph,Defect Density,Peer

Review, Walkthrough, Brainstorming Session,

Test Coverage,Effort Variance, Schdeule

Variance, Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, Simple Mail Transfer protocol, BOL(Billof lading), BOM(Billof Materials), Ledger, Asset Register,Issue Log, Pseudo Code. Code Smell, Defect Triage Meeting, Config Management, Confi Control, Config Status Accounting, Config Audit, Bespoke software,COTS(Commerical offthe shelf software product), Risk Mitigation, Risk Control,Loop Coverage, Branch Coverage, Test Coverage,Lean Framework,Kanban,Kaizen,Deliverables (DSR Daily Summary Report,Weekly Status Report, Test Execution Report),PVCS Tracker,Bugzilla, Lotus Notes [Steps to Reproduce,Bug Description,Severity, Priority,IE,Browser,version], Index,QTP,Meta Search Engine, Search Engine optimisation,Web Crawling, Indexing, Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog,User Story[Initial Condition, Triggering Event, Post Condition, Resulting Event, Actors],BAU,Business Analysts, System Analyst,Planning Poker,Test Case Authoring, Retail,Pay Day Loans, Wholesale,CRUD,Atomicity, Consistency,Isolation, Durability,Functional Decomposition Method,Fish Model,Derivatives,Churn Rate, Attrition Rate

Not sure whether the hype and hoopla surrounding Obama's visit is going to translate into anything substantial.India INC needs FDI, more jobs, more opportunities to support and boost the youth today.India is a growing marvel advancing in the fields of IT, Sports, Tourism etc.Dollar Store was one outlet at King Koti. It used to sell foreign products like body lotions, handwashes, creams and gels.
Foreign chocolates and bars fully laden with nuts and almonds are also available there.Nawadays variety of icecreams are also available like Hazelnut,Choco Lava Cake,Icecreams in variety of flavours like
Vanilla,Strawberry,Butterscotch,Casatta are also available.Here in Hyderabad we have icecream outlets like Melting Moments and Temptations with different tones like Ginger, Mint, Green Chilly flavours.They are available in Scoop and Cone shapes.Perfumes like Brute are doing the rounds in my home. Mogra, Lily fragrant perfumes are eye catching.Coming to cakes having chocolava topping is a treat for taste buds.Watched Life of Pi last week.Cutting edge animation and graphics call the shots at the end of the  day.Humse Hain Muqabala, Fashion, Jurassic park, Raja Hindustaani are few movies that we have
watched in theatre the so called Multiplex of Gen Next.Today resting at my home sweet home.It is such an eternal bliss to be at home in the caring company of my hubby. Husbands are husbands they
pamper  and spoil us.My hubby is the most handsome and good looking guy. He has a heart of gold. A very very sweet and caring person.He has never ever been abusive on me. Such a sweet and caring hubby.I
am damn lucky to have him in my life.When I see other flirtatious men outside I realize his importance.He is truly a gem at heart.And I must say he is less lucky to have a committment less wifey like me in his life.
Even though my hubby works for the beverages industry he has not touched a teaspoon of alcohol.Distilled grains or wet soluble grains a by product of distillation process is used as cattle feed. It is very high in protein content.It is used as fodder for livestock.
Priya Pillai a Green Peace Campaigner my cousin was offloaded at the Delhi airport.Now this is called sheer injustice meted out to her.However she addressed the British Parlimentarians through Skype.She is blessed with a 8 yr old son and her hubby also works for AIR and takes active interest in theatre and plays.She has been working with Oxfam and now Green Peace. She has been relentlessly fighting for the tribals in the coal mines of Mahan.Hope the government does not do anything to their family.They are the most honest and adorable couple.They hail from modest backgrounds and still have made it so big.Their parents are teachers and from government services background.Hope the government removes the stamping which would mean a bad stamp and remark on her.

Miscellaneous

Aye zingadi gale laga le humne bhi tere har ek ghum ko gale se lagaya hain... hain na....humming the song from

Sadma....Superb acting by Sridevi and Kamal Hassan.Diamonds of our movie industry.....Their proficiency in their craft is

unparalled.It is our luck that we are born in this generation.Suddenly my mind is gyrating towards the honeymoon destination

I have visited in Hyd post marriage courtesy my loving and caring husband.Salar Jung Museum, NTR Gardens, Ramoji Film City,

Srisailam, Nagarjunsagar dam, Sindhudurg fort in Maharashtra, Gateway of India in Amchi Mumbai are something which I must

never forget to mention.And my macho and haute hubby drove me along 12 hours journey to Pune. Pune is a land rich in

literature.Shaniwaar Vada and Osho's Ashram are also countable.Remember the German bakery where blasts took place is close to

Osho's Aashram was primarily targeted at foreign tourists.Rocky and Mayur on NDTV Good Times are a treat to watch .Their love

for good food and it is a joy to see the foodilicous twosome.From veg to nonveg traversing the north,south,east and west

poles their love and craving for food knows no boundaries. After coming to Andhra I have loved the tasty hot hot idli and

kaarampodi.Their coconut chutney mixed with groundnuts is a treat to satiate the taste buds.Kritunga is another hangout place

for its Jonna roti, Raagi Sankati,Gongura Chutney, Chapala Pulusu. The Andhra and Rayalseema coastal food is spicy.

For all foodies out there please check out the Andhra food.Biryani, Veg and Non Veg Haleem (Chicken, Mutton, Emu) are a

pleasure to taste. My hubby has marinated and kept some fish shallots in the freezer. He will be frying them soon and by

lunch would be completo complete with them and some dollops of thick curd.

We have to get Skype installed on our desktop so that we can chat with our son in Kerala. He is studying at Elegant Public

School @ Palakkad.

My dad is interested in doing gardening.He has banana plantations and is very passionate about gardening.He takes care of

them with so much sobriety as if his own kids.

We will we will rock you...:)

Today was a proud moment to watch the Republic Day Parade and it was great to see the most powerful couple Obamas grace the occasion.The presentation from different states and their contingent was beautiful.Today's show was a display of might,strength and synchronous balanced manouvering.India's strength the MIG 21 aircrafts orbitting the sky was a phenomenal sight

to watch.All respected dignitaries graced the occasion.All in all a spectacular sight to view the carnival. Obama's vehiclethe Beast (Cadillac) weighing 8 tonnes more than a tanker and its slow movement on the road is a worthy sight to watch.Micelle Obama was little too bored towards the end of the show as the show was getting a bit stretchy.Our NaMo was great to watch. I liked his colourful turban. The designers of NaMo's coat and suit have been given keen attention todetails.At this moment I am simply reminded of one thing that India's most talked about leaders have remained unmarried toname a few, Mrs. P. Jayalalitha,Mamata Banerjee,NaMo. Is remaining unmarried a status quo or to put in other words itimproves the desirability quotient.
My hubby gifted me a Reliance Lenovo smat phone and i was having a ball playing games on

the phone. I am totally a novice in this field. I have absolutely zero idea on the freaking gadgets and the apps to be played on played on them.

This year my hubby gifted my son a brand new tablet. Kids of today's generation have idea about these gadgets from their school mates and they create fuss at home to buy them the latest gadgets.Even though my son is littl ebackwards in studies he knows all these things an dmy hubby scolds me to not stress him too much in studeis.I am unaware of where he is heading.

All in hands of God.......

The Colonial Native Vs The Hindu

IT WILL BE A PITY IF YOU DO NOT READ THIS FULLY AND OBJECTIVELY AND THEN INTROSPECT. ONCE AGAIN IT IS AN OUTSIDER WHO NOTICES THE DISCONNECT AND HAS THE COURAGE TO POINT IT OUT TO US. The Colonial Native Vs The HinduDr. David Frawley, (American Institute of Vedic Studies, New Mexico) A defeatist tendency: Exists in the psyche of modern Indians perhaps unparalleled in any other country today. An inner conflict bordering on a civil war rages in the minds of the country’s elite. The main effort of its cultural leaders appears to be to pull the country down or remake it in a foreign image, as if little Indian and certainly nothing Hindu was worthy of preserving or even reforming. The elite of India: Suffers from a fundamental alienation from the traditions and culture of the land that would not be less poignant had they been born and raised in a hostile country. The ruling elite appears to be little more than a native incarnation of the old colonial rulers who haughtily lived in their separate cantonments, neither mingling with the people nor seeking to understand their customs. This new English-speaking aristocracy prides itself in being disconnected from the very soil and people that gave it birth. There is probably no other country where: It has become a national pastime among its educated class to denigrate its own culture and history, however great that has been over the many millennia of its existence. When great archaeological discoveries of India’s past are found, for example, they are not a subject for national pride but are ridiculed as an exaggeration, if not an invention, as if they represent only the imagination of backward chauvinistic elements within the culture. There is probably no other country where: The majority religion, however enlightened, mystical or spiritual, is ridiculed, while minority religions, however fundamentalist or even militant, are doted upon. The majority religion and its institutions are taxed and regulated while minority religions receive tax benefits and have no regulation or even monitoring. While the majority religion is carefully monitored and limited as to what it can teach, minority religions can teach what they want, even if anti-national or backward in nature. Books are banned that offend minority religious sentiments but praised if they cast insults on majority beliefs. There is probably no other country where: Regional, caste and family loyalties are more important than the national interest, even among those who claim to be democratic, socialist or caste reformers. Political parties exist not to promote a national agenda but to sustain one region or group of people in the country at the expense of the whole. Each group wants as big a piece of the national pie as it can get, not realizing that the advantages it gains mean deprivation for other groups. Yet when those who were previously deprived gain power, they too seek the same unequal advantages that causes further inequality and discontent. India’s affirmative action code is: By far the most extreme in the world, trying to raise up certain segments of the population regardless of merit, and prevent others from gaining positions however qualified they may be. In the guise of removing caste, a new casteism has arisen where one’s caste is more important than one’s qualifications either in gaining entrance into a school or in finding a job when one graduates. Anti-Brahminism has often become the most virulent form of casteist thinking. People view the government not as their own creation but as a welfare state from they should take the maximum personal benefit, regardless of the consequences for the country as a whole. Outside people need not pull Indians down: Indians are already quite busy keeping any of their people and the country as a whole from rising up. They would rather see their neighbors or the nation fail if they are not given the top position. It is only outside of India that Indians succeed, often remarkably well, because their native talents are not stifled by the dominant cultural self-negativity and rabid divisiveness that exists in the country today. Political parties: In India see gaining power as a means of amassing personal wealth and robbing the nation. Political leaders include gangsters, charlatans and buffoons who would stop short at nothing to gain power for themselves and their coteries. Even so-called modern or liberal parties resemble more the courts of kings, where personal loyalty is more important than any democratic participation. Once they gain power politicians routinely do little but cheat the people for their own advantage. Even honest politicians find that they cannot function without some deference to the more numerous corrupt leaders who often have a stranglehold on the bureaucracy. Politicians divide the country: Into warring vote banks and place one community against another. They offer favors to communities like bribes to make sure that they are elected or stay in power. They campaign on slogans that appeal to community fears and suspicions rather than create any national consensus or harmony.They hold power based upon blame and hatred rather than on any positive programs for social change. They inflame the uneducated masses with propaganda rather than work to make people aware of real social problems like overpopulation, poor infrastructure or lack of education. Should a decent Government come to power: The opposition pursues pulling it down as its main goal, so that they can gain power for themselves. The idea of a constructive or supportive opposition is hard to find. The goal  is to gain power for oneself and to not allow anyone else to succeed. To further their ambitions: Indian politicians will manipulate the foreign press to denigrate their opponents, even if it means spreading lies and rumors and making the country an anathema in the eyes of the outside world. Petty  conflicts in India are blown out of proportion in the foreign media, not by foreign journalists but by Indians seeking to use the media to score points against their own opponents in the country. The Indians who are responsible for the news of India in the foreign press spread venom and distortion about their own country, perhaps better than any foreigner who dislikes the culture ever could. The killing of one Christian missionary: Becomes a national media event of anti-Christian attacks while the murder of hundreds of Hindus is taken casually as without any real importance, as if only the deaths of white-skinned people mattered, not the slaughter of the natives. Missionary aggression is extolled as social upliftment, while Hindu efforts at self-defense against the conversion onslaught are portrayed as rabid fundamentalism. One Indian journalist even lamented that western armies would not come to India to chastise the political groups he was opposed to, as if he was still looking for the colonial powers to save him! Let us look at the type of leaders: That India has had with its Laloo Prasad Yadav ( ex CM Bihar), Mulayam Singh Yadav ( ex CM UP) or Jayalalita to mention but a few. Such individuals are little more than warlords who surround themselves with sycophants. Modern Indian politicians appear more like colonial rulers looting their own country, following a divide and rule policy, to keep the people so weak that their power cannot be challenged. Corruption exists: Almost everywhere and bribery is the main way to do business in nearly all fields. India has an entrenched bureaucracy that resists change and stifles development, just out of sheer obstinacy and not wanting to give up any control. The strange thing is: That India is not a banana republic of recent vintage but one of the oldest and most venerable civilizations in the world. Its culture is not trumpeting a militant and fundamentalist religion trying to conquer the world for the one true faith but represents a vaster and more cosmic vision. India has given birth to the main religions that have dominated East Asia historically, the Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Sikh, which are noted for tolerance and spirituality It has produced Sanskrit: Perhaps the world’s greatest language. It has given us the incredible spiritual systems of Yoga and its great traditions of meditation and Self-realization. As the world looks forward to a more universal model of spirituality and a world view defined by consciousness rather than by religious dogma these traditions are perhaps the most important legacy to draw upon for creating a future enlightened civilization. The irony: Is that rather than embracing its own great traditions, the modern Indian psyche prefers to slavishly imitate worn out trends in western intellectual thought like Marxism or even to write apologetics for Christian and Islamic missionary aggression. Though living in India, in proximity to temples, yogis and great festivals, most modern Indian intellectuals are oblivious to the soul of the land. They might as well be living in England or China for all they know of their own country. "They are isolated in their own alien ideas as if in a tower of iron. If they choose to rediscover India, it is more likely to occur by reading the books of western travelers visiting the country, than by their own direct experience of the people around them."

 
 
 

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