Silly thoughts of Suraj Sharma

Main Khush hu

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:29:03 PDT

Zindgi hai choti par me khush hu, is time me khush hu,

in halat me khush hu,

aaj gadi me jane ka wakt nai hai, 2 kadam chal k hi khush hu,

aaj kisi ka sath nai hai, kitab pad k hi khush hu,

aaj koi naraj hai, uske is andaz me bhi khush hu,

jisko pa nai sakti uski yad me hi khush hu,

bita hua kal ja chuka hai, uski mithi yadein hai unme hi khush hu,

haste haste ye pal bitenge, ye soch k hi khush hu,

zindagi h choti hr pal me khush hu

Suraj Sharma

HEY SLOW DOWN . . YOU MOVE TOO FAST . .

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:58:24 PDT

Washington DC Metro Station, on a cold January Morning 2007,

The man with violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately 2000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing music. He slowed down his pace, stopped for a few seconds and hurried to meet his schedule.

4 minutes later:

The violin received his first dollar. A woman threw the money in his hat and without stopping, continued to walk.

6 minutes later:

A young man leaned against the wall to listen to his music, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

10 minutes:

A three year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the musician again but the mother pushed him hard and the child continued to walk again, turning his head again and again. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent without any exception forced their children to move on quickly.

45 minutes:

The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at the normal pace. The man collected a total of 32$.

1 hour later:

He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed, no one applauded and nor there was any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate plays ever written with a violin worth $3.5 million.

Two days before Joshua sold out a theatre in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by Washington post as a part of social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities.

The question raised: In a common environment at an inappropriate hours do we perceive beauty ??

Do we stop to appreciate it??

Do we realize talent in an unexpected context??

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this :

If we do not have moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians of the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the beautiful instruments ever made. . . .

HOW MANY OTHER THINGS ARE WE MISSING ???????

HEY SLOW DOWN . .

Look for beauty, its around you, everywhere. .

YOU MOVE TOO FAST . .

An Evening that just went by. .

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:29:41 PDT

I m sitting near a beach.. On black rocks.. I can see sun setting down just in front of me on the horizon.. Behind the enormous sea water.. There is just water n sand, as far as my sight can go..splashing waves.. hitting those black rocks.. Again n again.. Sea is on its worst ..i can see light from the light house.. White pure beam of light.. cold gush of air hitting me as it is trying to tell me something.. I m just sitting watching the sun go down..setting another day in my life...

This place bring some good feelings to me.. The wind force me to give away my pain to her as it will take them with her.. The waves force me to wash away my worries... The sun telling me to get over with things from the past.. The black rocks never give up facing the sea..they lie there in the middle of the sea till the end of their lives..

There is a man sitting here alone ...somewhat far on the same edgy slope... silent.... Not talking..it seems he just want to ease off pains of his lives... Just looking towards the sea with expectations that it will help him heal himself.. Make him believe that he will b happy tomorrow.. There will b friends around tomorrow.. Life will be lively .. Even.. Not rough.. He will b able to fly ..like the bird he is watching .. flying around horizon deep in the sea.. Sea of freedom.. Breaking shackles of his rigidness.. His fears.. His worries for d future.. His regrets from the past.. N do whatever he ever wanted to do in life.. With risking it all.. N not even worrying of what may happen..

For i have seen how sad can time make u sometimes.. That your heart aches every night when u go to sleep.. It cries for help.. Not to hit it with a knife everyday.. N feel like listening to loud songs to cut itself from environment around himself.. To find some solace from the everyday sadness.. N for once b happy.. May b for the first n last time after this sad phase.. Smile from within.. Without grudges.. N just keep smiling.. :-).

Everything We Do Make A Difference

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:50:48 PDT

There was a man taking a morning walk at or the beach. He saw that along with the morning tide came hundreds of starfish and when the tide receded, they were left behind and with the morning sun rays, they would die. The tide was fresh and the starfish were alive.

The man took a few steps, picked one and threw it into the water. He did that repeatedly. Right behind him there was another person who couldn't understand what this man was doing.

He caught up with him and asked, "What are you doing? There are hundreds of starfish. How many can you help? What difference does it make?" This man did not reply, took two more steps, picked up another one, threw it into the water, and said, "It makes a difference to this one."

What difference are we making? Big or small, it does not matter. If everyone made a small difference, we'd end up with a big difference, wouldn't we?

Fall in Love Once

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:09:22 PDT

I just love this one

Love is when ~....♥

♥ He starts geting serious abt his life, n she
stops thinking abt it..

...♥ He starts saving money 2 spend nly 4 her, n
she nvr stops spending on hrslf..

♥ He stops smokin, drinking jst 4 her, n she
starts alarming abt it nt 2 hv thm..

♥ He starts geting crazy on her evry move, n she
start realising hw beautiful is she 4 sm1..

♥ He starts teling her evry little thing, n she
starts talkng abt useless thngs..

♥ He stops sleepng jst 2 c her sleep, n c start
sleepng jst 2 let him luk at her..

♥ He starts geting close 2 her, n she stops him
nvr 4 dis..

♥ He stops luking at othr grls, n she starts
geting serious abt her own luks..

♥ ♥ Falling in Love is d best thing in lyf...!!! ♥ ♥

A Quote

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:39:11 PDT

I Just love this one :

"Certain Paths are smooth , Gentle and Straight of way.

Others, Rough and Twisting and Full of thorns, are Unavoidable Courses of Tribulations for Ethereal Beings.

Whatever Road you Choose to Take

"Do not Simply Walk on it But DANCE !! For each Pathway is Traveled but Once".

"
:)

8 Things To Learn From Japan

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 11:43:30 PDT

When you get something good Its good to share it with others. .

Impressive Learnings from Japan. .
1. THE CALM
Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.

2. THE DIGNITY
Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.

3. THE ABILITY
The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didnt fall.

4. THE GRACE
People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.

5. THE ORDER
No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.

6. THE SACRIFICE
Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid

7. THE MEDIA
They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins.No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.

8. THE CONSCIENCE
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly!
GOD BLESS JAPAN AND ITS PEOPLE.

Suraj Sharma

We Are the Champions - WE WON. . INDIA...

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:05:59 PDT

Wow, What a tour, What a tournament, .
Its summer of '99 I watched cricket for the first time(world cup), and It took 12 years to see what I have always wanted to see , The ultimate Wish I had in Cricket. Its Becoming the World Champion, Raising the Cup. And now We are the World champions 2011, We won the world cup. .
Something that was concerning me before this world cup was Yuvraj Singh's form. But as the world cup progressed he started showing us the best cricket he had in him. I always thought, to win this cup Yuvraj being in the form matters the most. And well he did the best in all areas - batting , bowling and fielding - the Man of the Tournament. There had been the Brilliant fielding performance by Raina and Yuvi in Knock out matches. And It raised the standard of the team in the tournament, which ultimately helped us to win this.
Well it was a great team effort , especially during the knock out matches.
The two teams I was scared before the tournament - South Africa and Srilanka. We lost against SA, but we won in final against Srilanka the Rival who had always doing great in any finals against India. Well Played Srilanka - Sorry It was against India you were playing, and the Cup was already destined to be with us..

In his 20 years of cricket life, Sachin Tendulkar had many achievements in his name but I was impressed by his performance only after 2009. With the age he has matured, He is the most taleted cricketer , no doubt in it. But in recent years we can see some good examples of a great person in him, With all records already in his name, Now he Finally has a world cup, The cup without which his cricketing career would have been incomplete. Well done Sachin.
Well to tell about Dhoni , A leader of strength , composure, humbleness, got a T20 World cup for us and now this one with a brilliant knock in the final.. And a Lucky guy as well. .:)
Under his captaincy Now we are the No 1 team in Test Cricket and ODI cricket.
We are The Champions everywhere , Proud to be so. Well , got tears in eyes after the cup. emotional moment. its time to Party now. . Cheers. .

Suraj Sharma

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:14:32 PDT

Just don’t take this as a quiz, just read straight. . It has got an Awesome message. .

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world. .
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners. .
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America contest. .
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. .
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor actress. .
6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners. .
How did you do?

The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. .These are no second-rate achievers. .They are the best in their fields. .
But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten.
Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.

Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel, appreciated and special.
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.
6. Name half a dozen heroes whose stories have inspired you. Easier?

The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care. They are the one who you remember forever. Do something good for others every day. It might be not disturbing them for a day if it provides happiness to them. If you find difficulty in understanding someone, just try to put yourself in their shoes and you will find it much easier. Care for others, keep them happy. This happiness is even bigger than any other biggest pleasure in the world. .

May be I should Have Posted it before.

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:11:31 PDT

Maybe. . .we were supposed to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one so that, when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.

Maybe . . . when the door of happiness closes, another opens; but, often times, we look so long at the closed door that we don’t even see the new one which has been opened for us.

Maybe . . . it is true that we don’t know what we have until we lose it, but it is also true that we don’t know what we have been missing until it arrives.

Maybe . . . the happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

Maybe . . . the brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; after all, you can’t go on successfully in life until you let go of your past mistakes, failures and heartaches.

Maybe . . . you should dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go, be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you dream of, and want to do.

Maybe . . . there are moments in life when you miss someone — a parent, a spouse, a friend, a child — so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real, so that once they are around you appreciate them more.

Maybe . . . the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you’ve ever had.

Maybe . . you should always try to put yourself in others’ shoes. If you feel that something could hurt you, it probably will hurt the other person, too.

Maybe . . you should do something nice for someone every single day, even if it is simply to leave them alone.

Maybe . . . giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Don’t expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart; but, if it doesn’t, be content that it grew in yours.

Maybe . . . happiness waits for all those who cry, all those who hurt, all those who have searched, and all those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of all the people who have touched their lives.

Maybe . . . you shouldn’t go for looks; they can deceive; don’t go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.

Maybe . . you should hope for enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you happy

Maybe . . . you should try to live your life to the fullest because when you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling but when you die, you can be the one who is smiling and everyone around you crying.

Make Your Moment, Live Your Life

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 09:45:01 PST

Give it a thought. You are born, you spend most of your life working hard, trying to make something of yourself but when you die, you simply go back to where you started and you end up with exactly what you had when you started… nothing. Yes, this world is ironic. Life itself is ironic.

So How can be life meaningful?

There is an interesting character in me. I have an interest to observe people in crowd. It might be because of my behaviour that whenever I am out and idle I just look at the people around me. The person who first catches my attention in such situation would be the one who is different than the other in the crowd, the one who seems to be in same situation as I had been in sometimes in my past or even some children.

Sometimes its really funny to watch, some people make us realise that how lucky we are, some are pathetic and some inspire me.

I try to go through the person silently, trying to know what might be in their mind. There are lots of people who had inspired me and they would be unaware of the fact that they just had got one more fan.

In my eagerness to know about people from different demographics, Grandma is different. She is my neighbor who lives just opposite to the place where I live. She is 84, sick often and lives alone. By the time I have grown a good relationship with her. She has poor sight but still finds me the one who reminds her of her grandson. She does help us for in case we need any help. The thing to observe with her is that she is too weak to walk and often complains with me that she doesn’t want to live any more. I always tell her to have fun. And she finds it very funny. Lolz. She tries to make sure that we get the things we deserve in the society. It makes me sad that she always says she is no more living her life. She says she is just waiting for the day when she would be free from this world. So I talk to her more often for the reason that she should not feel alone. Sometimes I even crack jokes so that it brings smile in the face of the person who is not living a life but just waiting for the time to go. She just smiles and say “Beta ab to kya , Umar ho gayi , aur kya kar sakte hain”. I never accept failure and so I continue insisting her to take care of her by anyways. I just try to take some time for this just because a little care would make her happy and smile, even though a little. God bless her. . And pray that her remaining life get colorful with more people bringing happiness in her life and making her feel that she is not alone.

“When you pray for others God listens to you and blesses them..

And sometime when you are safe and happy remember that Someone has prayed for you”

I don’t say the above action will make me legacy. It not only about leaving examples. Its about how you spend your time, moment that makes our life. I believe in making people surrounding me happy. Have you ever realised the happiness that you feel when you find out that your some actions have given some happiness to someone. Its an wonderful experience na. Try it.

Earlier I asked, “How can life be meaningful?” The only answer that I can come up with is – if your life has meaning to / for somebody else’s life, then your life will continue to have meaning after you are gone, because the legacy of your actions for others will continue to live after you are no more. Think about all those great people who made a difference throughout history. The legacy of their actions continues to live on long after their deaths. Their lives had meaning simply because their lives have meaning to us…

Life is about happiness, your happines and the happiness you give to others.

Life truly has meaning when you stop living for yourself and you start living for others.

Empty Mind

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:46:44 PST

Many moons have passed since last I updated the blog.. it is just got really busy with a “Memorable Home Tour, Exams and a job (my first one),. It has been a month I started writing a post and it is yet to be completed.

There is one more year added to my age between these two posts. But after this milestone I am feeling younger and stronger than the previous times( the curious case of Suraj Sharma - I have turned 21 now).

It has been the case with me always that I do not believe in New Year, Resolution, birthday etc. I don’t complain about those who wait for new year to make some resolution but it is that I just don’t believe in making a new resolution every year and breaking it. This year did bring some change in me. The difference lies in forcing myself to be happy in case of some problems in those days to happening the same without any effort these days. I hope this continues .

And something funny happening these days. I have been getting a B.E.A.utiful view of a place in my dream. It’s a place I have never visited - I am traveling by bus, crossing a bridge where I see a fabulous sunset view of a red lake , amazed by the view I regret for not bringing my digi camera with me. This has happened to me more than 3 times. I am not able to find the reason for it. But I will try that next time I visit that place I am there with my camera , will capture it and post the picture in my post. Lolz..

Wake Up Carrier

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:59:01 PST

It was a time when VoIP used to be in the news and geeks used to like it just because it was a change and it did things in more techie way even though the quality of service it provided were substandard. In spite of its lousy quality people found it something interesting to try because it was free of cost in the internet.

And now again it seems like there is endless news around messaging, VoIP and video calling and lots of organizations actually implementing VoIP in their organizations. They are growing very fast recently and lots of companies adopting it in their products. Google Voice, Skype services, and Apple announcing Facetime Support for the Mac with 19 million such devices shipped since June, might explain how it has captured the attention of the big companies as they see a big emerging market in it. The issue in VoIP still remains because of a conception that still there are technology issues in it but it needs to be understood that it is the next generation of network technology and can’t be ignored.

The way messaging, voice, video, and chatting applications are on fire lately implies that VoIP will be the biggest competitor of carriers and finally the winner. It means that soon Carriers will become irrelevant in Voice and Messaging.

At present because of telco monopolies these companies are very slow to respond to the change and innovation. On the other hand VoIP is getting advanced both in technology and services day by day. And in Indian context, Gosh..! 3G is yet to be implemented by these companies.

Right now VoIP applications like Skype enable its users not only to make voice and video call but provide other services like enabling the user to view distant users desktop and lot more. Now Imagine the future of communication on your smartphone: you’re on a video call with your significant other across the world on different networks, you tap your screen, and instantly their phone screen mimics yours as you flip through photos of your trip while continuing your call. Or imagine sending out an MMS to a group, and when each of your friends open it they immediately tap into a live HD audio/video stream which you’re broadcasting to everyone. No delays, no dialing, and no going in and out of different apps—it just works. All of these amazing use-cases, and more, will be enabled by 4G wireless standards. This is because 4G is 100% IP-based, which is what the internet was founded upon.

Today, voice is routed separately from data on mobile networks due to “circuit-switched” architecture. With LTE, the first phase of 4G, voice and video sessions will be packetized and sent over the network from a smartphone just like any other application layer data, which will open a range of new capabilities. This is because the future in mobile communication is being written at the application layer — both by innovative giants like Apple and Google, and smaller startups such as GroupMe and Twilio — not at the infrastructure layer. The carriers had a chance to provide a better voice and messaging experience with 4G, and to charge a toll for that experience, but they are missing that window. What the carriers really need to do is get out of bed and resolve how voice will be packetized, then move forward and deploy it but right now they are not interested in doing it because they have better profit at the carrier.

This kind of slow change and lack of innovativeness at the carrier will lose its customer to VoIP with new and better services to be provided at lower cost in future. This provides a scene that there is going to be some big Mergers and Acquisition at the telcos if they don’t provide the services at the application layer.

ShivaDMD Health and Education Trust

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:50:08 PDT

It was just few months’ back we lost a sweet and typical 13 year old boy named Shiva. He was living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a cruel and unforgiving muscle wasting disease that will cut short one’s life if a treatment does not come in time. Actually there is no proper cure for DMD. Like 35% of cases, Shiva DID NOT inherit DMD, it is because of his body's own spontaneous mutation that he suffered from DMD.

He was the boy with full of intelligence and determination. He used to be one of the top scorer in the class. He was better in understanding the purpose of life than other guys of similar age.

The words he used to say often was “There is no limit for dreaming.”

"Jab Sapne hi dekhna ho toh bada dekho na.. Sapne dekhne me kya jata hai..??"

And his principles were “When it is about dreaming then don’t get scared to dream too high. You are not going to lose anything but, by doing so, you are increasing your scope”. And when it comes about charity he used to be the first to help used to criticize the people not believing in charity.

“Help others and you will get them back for sure.”

He never dreamt low. It used to surprise everyone around him that a boy of thirteen year had so much to dream about his life.

He is no longer with us but he left behind his principles for us to live with. On his name ShivaDMD Health and Education Trust was started.

Then Recently we met a boy named Shivam. Shivam could be described as your typical sixteen year old boy. Shivam is a ticking time bomb as he was recently diagnosed with DMD. He loves playing cricket and he is one of the biggest fans of Sachin Tendulkar. He even has a bat signed by Sachin Tendulkar and inspires to meet Sachin ONE DAY VERY SOON. He loves other sports as well and wait till early morning to watch FIFA or Olympic in TV.

He is a popular member of his class at school, where he excels at reading, mathematics, art and computers. He used to spent spends his playtimes doing his best to keep up with his friends but he is becoming physically weak because of which he feels like he is losing his friends slowly. He loves playing Computer Games and these days he is more into it and watching sports. Shivam is fascinated with other countries, the people, and their way of life. He follows news more than us and used to have in-depth thoughts about them.

He misses playing cricket these days, and his body is losing strengths. He no longer can count on his muscles and needs support to sit, walk, write or eat. He recently passed HSC with very good mark of 73%. I personally checked his mark sheet and found it very impressive. His Doctor feels that he no longer could study and sit in exams. He needs regular exercise and is being treated for DMD. Unfortunately, medical science has not discovered any effective treatment strategies against the disease that is slowly destroying the muscles in his body. It is said that he will eventually lose the ability to walk followed by the ability to breathe. His heart will slowly lose its ability to function. At this moment in time, there is little that anyone can do about it. Sometimes a little improvement in him after stem cells, each injection costing 2 lakhs Rs, gives us hope that he would be able to play like his friends very soon. But everything looks dark when his doctor says If there are no significant research advances made soon or may be if not given a proper treatment, Shivam will face certain death .

As his mother with a big hope in her thinks that in future she could see Shivam finishing his studies and backpacking around the world. She dreams him commencing a creative career dedicated to his work, just as dedicated to his play.

Our dream for Shivam is to have a long, happy, and fulfilling life in relative health so that he is here with us to fulfill his dreams. WE have already lost enough children because of DMD and we don’t want to lose more. We have been working on it and for the dreams of every other child and their parents who has got such incurable disease.

But it will take the help of people like you to see this dream come true. Visit www.shivadmd.org to help us end Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

ShivaDMD in Facebook

ShivaDMD in Twitter

ShivaDMD in Orkut

Motivation and Inspiration: ShivaDMD Health and Education Trust [Digg]

Digg — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:55:05 PDT

Suraj sharma writes about importance of social media marketing, online marketing and his college and hostel memories

Me in Google Me

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 23:25:28 PDT

There has been rumor in the internet for a long time about Google me – Google’s super social network. It was according to a tweet from Digg founder Kevin Rose long back, Google is preparing to launch a rival social networking service called "Google Me." The Wall Street Journal and Reuters quoted Google CEO Eric Schmidt saying the company will integrate social networking elements to its services.

To see at Google’s history, Google has made a number of attempts to corner the market of Social Sites, with limited success at best. Back in February, Google had launched its Twitter competitor, Buzz, which was a big failure, and was roundly condemned for the perceived privacy issues surrounding that service's e-mail integration. Buzz was like Twitter meets Digg and not a true social networking site where you can spend virtual time with your friends. Google Profiles, Social Search being Google’s other properties of Google with some social networking features are not a called a success as well.

Google’s Social Networking Site “Orkut” launched in 2004, was hit in India and Brazil. However, it hardly carries the same cache as other Google properties in other part of the world. More conservative companies would have cut their losses by now—but that thought process has never applied to Google, particularly when it comes to launching new properties. It is Google, Boss.

Google Me ‘the Facebook killer’ as said, was about to be launched in fall. It’s time now but there is no clue yet. News about Facebook is that for the last few weeks Facebook is in lockdown period and are coming out with redesign and added features in it. Facebook group has already created hype in the internet.

TO come back to Google Me, the service will introduce what Google calls “a social layer” into online search, video and Google Maps. I feel Google would do this by integrating all of its social sites into a single platform. By doing so Google Me may have initial user base of 200 million. This is speculation by the next wave for the reason of combination of Google and Gmail accounts would give such user base.

Facebook has already reached user base of 500 million and it is growing. The way Facebook is progressing, it might be considered foolish to start a project to compete against it and with a hope to succeed. However If Google Me gets it even half right, they could be the first real competition Facebook has seen in a long time.

So is Google Me getting Real?

When will I see Me in Google Me?

Suraj Sharma

Angry about Education? Go Here. [Digg]

Digg — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:11:43 PDT

I seem to be finding myself writing about education a lot lately, whether it’s the latest round of elearning startups, innovative solutions that use technology to solve education problems in the developing world,...

A Suing WAR

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:35:45 PDT

I have been coming across to many updates regarding the major war going on in telecoms world.

Actually It is really funny to see the cases and the number of companies involved who are cross suing each other.. It would be really interesting to see how it ends. .

The image explains the war , however just see whether it would solve your queries or raise even more questions.

Who's suing who? an Explanation in detail to solve your queries.

Google unveils Google Instant

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 23:15:41 PDT

Google, the Search Engine leader comes out with many new and innovative features that would make the search engine more accurate and faster so that it stands out from the rest of the competitors in the field. When its competitors announce a new feature in their search engines, the Search Leader (Google) surprises everyone with more advanced features in it. As we have seen in the past to help it one-up the competition and maintain their dominance in the search engine arena Google had unveiled a set of new features like Real time search, mobile search updates, Google googles and voice translation, when Bing had announced twitter integration, visual search and a new Maps application. This makes no surprise to me that Google successfully crossed the one billion users a week milestone recently.

Today Google unveiled its new Instant search feature - Google Instant, which auto loads search results as we type >. Basically, the Google no longer waits for us to hit Enter while searching and starts updating its results page Instantly as we type. Google describes it as a fundamental shift in search engines and has estimated that it'll accumulate a 350 million saved hours over the course of a year.

Google's also integrated a predictive algorithm into Instant, which it describes as a "psychic element, in that it is able to predict what we're going to type. Gmail already does this with contacts, and it’s a big time saver. Now extend that concept to a half-dozen other forms of local search: Google Books, Google Scholar, Froogle, Desktop, News, Reader, Apps, Images etc. Imagine it in all of Google’s local search sites, popping up thumbnails and textual descriptions.

Google Instant isn't yet available for mobile, but the plan is to release it soon. This might be coming this fall. The service is rolling out right now to signed-in users some of us even got to use it ahead of the announcement, but it's pretty much a question of luck as to when you might get it over the next few days. The first countries to benefit from this new hotness are the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Spain and of course the United States as, while Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer 8 are the first supported browsers.

Right now Google instant might not save significant time but with more and more refinement of algorithms it would understand and predict what user is going to search and thus would successfully serve the master better.

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:07:55 PDT

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER

I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass stains. I would have cried and laughed less while watching television - and more while watching life.

I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.

Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, "Later. Now go get washed up for dinner."

There would have been more "I love yous"... more "I'm sorrys"...but mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute... look at it and really see it...live it...and never give it back.

Sharing with you someone's dedication in memory of Erma Bombeck who lost her fight with cancer. "Be courageous and bold. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did."

Suraj S YXD9YW75NUXJ

How Much A Miracle costs

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:30:09 PDT

Tess was a precocious eight years old when she heard her Mom and Dad talking about her little brother, Andrew. All she knew was that he was very sick and they were completely out of money. They were moving to an apartment complex next month because Daddy didn't have the money for the doctor bills and our house. Only a very costly surgery could save him now and it was looking like there was no-one to loan them the money. She heard Daddy say to her tearful Mother with whispered desperation, "ONLY A MIRACLE CAN SAVE HIM NOW."

Tess went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet. She poured all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. Three times, even. The total had to be exactly perfect. No chance here for mistakes. Carefully placing the coins back in the jar and twisting on the cap, she slipped out the back door and made her way 6 blocks to Rexall's Drug Store with the big Red Indian Chief sign above the door.

She waited patiently for the pharmacist to give her some attention but he was too intently talking to another man to be bothered by an eight year old at this moment. Tess twisted her feet to make a scuffing noise. Nothing. She cleared her throat with the most disgusting sound she could muster. No good. Finally she took a quarter from her jar and banged it on the glass counter. That did it!

"And what do you want?" the pharmacist asked in an annoyed tone of voice. "I'm talking to my brother from Chicago whom I haven't seen in ages," he said without waiting for a reply to his question.

"Well, I want to talk to you about my brother," Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. "He's really, really sick ... and I want to buy a miracle."

"I beg your pardon?" said the pharmacist.

"His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?"

"We don't sell miracles here, little girl. I'm sorry but I can't help you." the pharmacist said, softening a little.

"Listen, I have the money to pay for it. If it isn't enough, I will get the rest. Just tell me how much it costs."

The pharmacist's brother was a well dressed man. He stooped down and asked the little girl, "What kind of a miracle does your brother need?"

"I don't know," Tess replied with her eyes welling up. "I just know he's really sick and Mommy says he needs a operation. But my Daddy can't pay for it, so I want to use my money. "How much do you have?" asked the man from Chicago.

"One dollar and eleven cents”, Tess answered barely audibly. "And it's all the money I have, but I can get some more if I need to."

"Well, what a coincidence," smiled the man. "A dollar and eleven cents -- the exact price of a miracle for little brothers." He took her money in one hand and with the other hand he grasped her and said "Take me to where you live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let's see if I have the kind of miracle you need."

That well dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neuro-surgery. The operation was completed without charge and it wasn't long until Andrew was home again and doing well. Mom and Dad were happily talking about the chain of events that had led them to this place. "That surgery," her mom whispered "was a real miracle”. I wonder how much it would have cost?"
Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost... one dollar and eleven cents....plus the faith of a little child.

Vicki Escarra - An Inspiration to High Flying Aspirants

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:02:16 PDT

I was working on my project about online reputation management for airline industries, in the course of process to check for chief marketing officer of aviation industries, Vicki Escarra, former CMO of Delta airlines grasped my attention in a moment for her inspirational professional and social life. I was amazed when, I found out how she has soared to unprecedented heights within aviation industry from a normal post, and to know her significant contribution to Feeding America. Vicki Escarra serves as a source of strength and a voice for women as a visionary in distinguishing herself in the corporate world while maintaining a high level of integrity in the society.

Beginning of Vicki Escarra’s Career and Success:

Vicki Escarra began her career in Delta’s In-Flight Services division (flight attendant) as an eager and passionate young woman, who was just out of Georgia State University with Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in the year 1973, with a plan in her mind to take the advantage of the opportunity to work and see the more of the world at a younger age.

She was pursuing her job in delta with a plan to return to graduate school one day. Along the way, however, the job itself became the source for her continuing education, and Vicki Escarra became completely enamored with the airline industry and it’s potential. An interim decision had resulted in a propelling moment in her career.

In a career in aviation industry that lasted for more than 3 decades, the former flight attendant had risen through the ranks to be chief customer services officer at Delta Air Lines and later the company's chief marketing officer.
In an industry with daily advancing aviation technology and increasing demands by business travelers, it was a challenging beginning in one’s career but she pursued it with her trademark diligence – and it has paid off. Her skills at interacting with throngs of people from all across the world in less than ideal situations continue to serve her well today, as they did then.

To point out one, in the aftermath of the tragedies involving so many aircraft and passengers on September 11, 2001, Escarra called upon her ability to handle a crisis, to listen with compassion and to assure thousands of flight attendants under her supervision worldwide that all would be well. Her mission at the time was also to help in-flight crews manage the fears of the more than 104 million customers they would continue to serve, as they flew Delta each year.

Vicki Escarra first accounted for the safety of each of Delta’s 500-plus aircraft in its global network. Then she moderated a conference call with flight attendants, many of whom were stranded away from their home bases and made sure that they weren’t alone as they experienced the grief and concern that had suddenly gripped the nation. Attention to people’s needs characterizes Escarra’s management style.

Not long after the industry began to experience post 9/11 trauma in terms of lagging ticket sales, with the increased responsibility Escarra was challenged again. With a challenge to minimize the impact of this devastating travel malaise on Delta’s revenue, she responded by escalating her efforts to strengthen strategic partnerships by expanding company’s relationship with coca cola company. A deal was done to make Coca-Cola products the exclusive beverages on 8,000 daily flights to more than 500 destinations in 114 countries to add to company’s revenue by Skyteam – an alliance comprised of Delta, Aeromexico, Air France, Alitalia, CSA Czech, and Korean Air.

Her expeditious progress and professionalism in Delta is commendable. In 1992, she assumed management for more than 21,000 flight attendants worldwide as Director of In-Flight Operations. Later, in 1994, she was named Vice President of Reservation Sales, where she successfully directed the company’s telecommunication resources for more than 20 Call Centers worldwide. Following the addition of Distribution Planning to her responsibilities, she was appointed Vice President for Airport Customer Service, where she was accountable for the daily operations of 315 Delta airport locations in 39 countries. Having been promoted to Senior Vice President in that position, she soon ascended to the post of Executive Vice President, and, in May 2001, she was named to CMO. Escarra is among very few women in aviation to have achieved this level of responsibility.

She was named as one of the “200 Most Powerful Women in Travel” in 1997 and for three consecutive years afterwards by Travel Agent magazine. The National Air & Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution presented her with its National Aviation and Space Exploration Wall of Honor certificate in January 2000. In 2002, she received the Atlanta YWCA Women of Achievement Award.

Her contribution to Feeding America:
After leaving Delta in 2004, she began to consecrate most of her time for the commitments in which she found her own happiness, love, and satisfaction. Now she had more time to devote to placate the pain and hunger of deprived people of America. In 2006 she was appointed as President and CEO of Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, which provides food to Americans in need through a network of more than 200 food banks. Vicki Escarra also serves on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships as a member of the Task Force on Economic Recovery and Domestic Poverty. She is on the Sesame Workshop Advisory Board on Food Insecurity, as well as the boards of HealthNet, the Congressional Hunger Center, The Chicago Network, and the Committee of 200.

Feeding America, which has many recent awards to its name, relies on a broad community of supporters to achieve ongoing success, and Escarra has been central to strengthening relationships across the public and private sectors. Under Escarra’s guidance, the network successfully encouraged the passage of a robust Farm Bill in 2007, leading to significant enhancements of federal feeding programs. Her efforts have created partnerships with the charitable arms of the TV shows "American Idol”, "The Biggest Loser" and "Celebrity Apprentice" and expanded the number of people served annually from 25 million to 37 million and the pounds of food and grocery products distributed annually from 2 billion to 2.8 billion. Feeding America provides the emergency food to almost one out of 8 needy Americans. One of the richest nations in the world has 13% people starving for daily food (of which 37% are children), then what would be this statistics in other developing and underdeveloped nations? The appreciation of Indian government on its step to Right to education (Author – Suraj Sharma) doesn’t mean that it has succeeded in providing other basic human rights like food in India. The Human Rights start off with basics that every human requires. To the next level comes being human, to have pleasure, recreation, and then being able to love and contribute to the society. I appreciate the step initiated by Bhook.com in India.

To achieve this great success in Feeding America, Escarra made major innovations in every aspect of Feeding America’s operations. Most visibly, after taking the Chicago job she initiated the organization’s comprehensive rebranding effort that evolved its long-standing brand, America’s Second Harvest, to Feeding America. She says "No one knew what we were doing. The new name has increased awareness and giving.” She continues to serve in Feeding America with the intention that no one sleeps and dies with hunger.
Vicki Escarra has truly soared farther than her expectations in her career and forerunner in fighting for a cause, and provided the aisle with no limit for other women with high-flying aspirations. With growing needs of such person in the society, I believe we would be seeing many more fighters (shero) to born and provide a balance in the community. - Suraj Sharma

Motivation and Inspiration [Digg]

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Suraj Sharma's thought on motivation and inspiration stories, College life, Hostel life of Suraj Sharma, and view on Social Media Marketing, Online marketing, Importance of Social media marketing

Expert Knowledge - A Blog by Suraj Sharma about his interest [Digg]

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Gives the ideas about social media marketing, importance of social media optimization, facts about social media, significance.\r\nSuraj Sharma shares his interest over here with college life stories, hostel life, his memorable events and some motivational and inspirational stories.

Social Media Marketing – An Imperative Change to be Fit

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:10:30 PDT

With the advent of new technology, new media of communication is discovered. Even though the basic remains the same, the change needs to be adopted in order to survive in business . Social media marketing is the new trend, in fact, new revolution in the internet and in business.

With growing social networking sites like Face book, twitter, Orkut, etc. and blogosphere on the internet and their great success in attracting the users, the new component is added in Integrated Media Communication (IMC) plans of the organizations read more.

Facts About Social Media Marketing

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 06:32:03 PDT

As many organizations have understood the importance of Social Media Marketing to be incorporated in their marketing and communication strategy, as I have explained in my post Social Media Marketing – An Imperative Change to be Fit, there are few fascinating facts about social media and its growth that would allow you to imagine the position of Social media in business and our life in coming future.

Social media has reached people so rapidly that currently more than 90 % of the world’s populations know at least one social network on the net and 72% of internet population is active on at least one social network. In 1984 there were 1000 internet devices, now read more.

Google succeeds completing Android

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:57:23 PDT

           Android 2.2 the complete Android has evolved into a real product, on a totally different level than its first year.
           Android 2.2—aka Froyo—is the most usable, polished iteration and seventh version of Android yet. But more importantly, it's the first release that makes Android truly compelling for a broad consumer audience.
           Without getting overly technical, Android executes its apps in a layer above its core Linux OS in a virtual machine called Dalvik. There have been the results of a 2x–5x performance boost read more
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Creation of artificial cell - I would say an epoch in human history

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:50:14 PDT

May 20, 2010, it is the day that would be remembered forever as scientists announced that they have successfully created first artificial life in the history of human being on this day. It is the production of a living cell powered by man-made DNA. The inventors (Dr. Venter and team) call it the world's first synthetic cell, although this initial step is more a re-creation of existing life which is changing one simple type of bacterium into another — than a built-from-scratch kind.

The breakthrough could be a step toward creating artificial microorganisms that observers say might be used for such purposes as absorbing greenhouse gases or developing vaccines and fuel.

They, however, have also expressed concerns that the research could result in the production of hazardous life forms or biological weapons and many more to come which would be a big threat to humanity.

"It's the first self-replicating cell on the planet that's parent is a computer," says Venter, referring to the fact that his team converted a cell's genome that existed as data on a computer into a living organism. Dr. Venter has a reputation as a maverick, having raced the federal government to map the human genome and finishing in a tie in 2000.

How was artificial cell formed?

The researchers picked two species of Mycoplasma, simple germs that contain a single chromosome and lack the cell walls that form barriers in other bacteria. First, they chemically synthesized the genome of M. mycoides, that goat germ, twice as large as the germ genome they had previously built.Then they transplanted it into a living cell from a different Mycoplasma species, albeit a fairly close cousin.

At first, nothing happened. The team scrambled to find out why read more

My Dream Death.

noreply@blogger.com (Suraj) — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:11:34 PDT

We are all aware of the fact that we all are gonna die one day. Our life is not permanent and one day we will leave this world and blaw, blaw and blaw..

Most of us actually have a dream which never will be going to happen at present that we want to live forever. And most of us dream about how we want to live to live in this world, how you want your life to be, how victorious you should be, how you want your friends, lover or life partner to be. But my dreams don’t end with this. Apart from these normal dreams, I have another dream “How My Death Should Be”.

Yes. I always have the great passion towards Astronomy and NASA. I wanted at least to be a part of NASA and travel once in space. But life doesn’t go the way you dream and certainly doesn’t go the way you wanted when what your wish is distinct and difficult, and on those occasions if you don’t show any effort to achieve it. And of course, in life, priority matters. The wish to be a part of NASA still remains in me but the funny part is that sometimes I feel very stupid. I want the death to take me from a spaceship while I am travelling far in space. I don’t know from where the heck these stupid things come to my mind but certainly my happiest death, as I feel of now, would be me dying in space while making some space journey.