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Who will be the Next PM of India?

2014-02-05T11:36:00.000-08:00

Narendra Modi: The RSS seconded Modi to the BJP in 1987. While Shankarsingh Vaghela and Keshubhai Patel were the established names in the Gujarat BJP at that time, Modi rose to prominence after organising Murli Manohar Joshi's Ekta yatra (journey for unity).His electoral strategy was central to BJP's victory in the 1995 state elections.

Modi became the General Secretary of the BJP and was transferred to New Delhi where he was assigned responsibility for the party's activities in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Vaghela, who had threatened to break away from BJP in 1995, defected from the BJP after he lost the 1996 Lok Sabha elections. In 1998, Modi was promoted to the post of National Secretary of the BJP. While selecting candidates for the 1998 state elections in Gujarat, Modi sidelined people who were loyal to Vaghela and rewarded those who favoured Patel, thus ending factional divisions within the party. His strategies were key to winning those elections.

First Term (2001-2002)

Patel's failing health, allegations of abuse of power, corruption and poor administration, as well as a loss of BJP seats in by-elections, prompted the BJP's national leadership to seek a new candidate for the office of chief minister. Patel's position was also damaged by the devastating Bhuj Earthquake of 2001, the effects of which his administration struggled to handle. Modi, who had aired his misgivings about Patel's administration, was chosen as a replacement. L. K. Advani, a senior leader of the BJP, however, did not want to ostracise Patel and was worried about Modi's lack of experience in governance. It was suggested that Modi should be made the deputy chief minister in a government led by Patel, upon which Modi informed Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee that he was "going to be fully responsible for Gujarat or not at all" and declined the proposal. On 7 October 2001, Modi was appointed the Chief Minister of Gujarat and was assigned the responsibility to prepare the BJP for elections in December 2002. As Chief Minister, Modi's ideas of governance revolved around privatisation and small government, which stood at odds with what Aditi Phadnis has described as the "anti–privatisation, anti–globalisation position" of the RSS.

During his second term, Modi's emphasis shifted from Hindutva to the economic development of Gujarat.[22] Modi's decisions curtailed the influence of organizations of the Sangh Parivar such as the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) and the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP),which had become entrenched in Gujarat after the decline of Ahmedabad's textile industry. Modi dropped Gordhan Zadaphia, an ally of his former Sangh co–worker and VHP state chief Praveen Togadia, from the cabinet ministry. When the BKS launched a farmers' agitation, Modi ordered their eviction from houses provided by the state government. Modi's decision to demolish 200 illegal temples in Gandhinagar deepened the rift with VHP.[46][47] Various organisations of the Sangh were no longer consulted or apprised of Modi's administrative decisions prior to enactment.

Gujarat is a semi-arid state and, according to Tushaar Shah, was "... never known for agrarian dynamism" but in recent years has improved its agricultural output substantially, in large part due to projects relating to improvement of groundwater supplies in Saurashtra, Kachchh and the north, as well as efforts to increase the use of micro-irrigation and to provide more efficient power supply to farms. Public irrigation measures in the central and southern areas, such as the Sardar Sarovar Project, have not been so successful in achieving their aims.

Development projects

Successive BJP governments under Patel and Modi supported NGOs and communities in the creation of infrastructure projects for conservation of groundwater. By December 2008, 500,000 structures had been constructed, of which 113,738 were check dams. While most check dams remained empty during the pre-monsoon season, they helped recharge the aquifers that lie beneath them.60 of the 112 Tehsils which were found to have over–exploited the groundwater table in 2004 had regained their normal groundwater level by 2010[62] and Gujarat had managed to increase its groundwater levels at a time when they were falling in all other Indian states. As a result, production of genetically-modified Bt cotton, which could now be irrigated using tube wells, increased to become the largest in India.[61] The boom in cotton production and utilization of semi–arid land saw the agriculture growth rate of Gujarat increase to 9.6% in the period 2001–2007. For the decade 2001–2010, Gujarat recorded aCompound annual growth rate of 10.97%, the highest among all Indian states.

Arvind Kejrival:

Early career

Kejriwal joined the Indian Revenue Service in 1995 after qualifying through the Civil Services Examination.[3] In 2000, he was granted two years' paid leave to pursue higher education on condition that upon resuming his work he would not resign from the Service for at least three years. Failure to abide by that condition would require him to repay the salary given during the leave period. He rejoined in 2003 and worked for 18 months before taking unpaid leave for 18 months.[4] In February 2006, he resigned from his position as a Joint Commissioner of Income Tax in New Delhi.[3] The Government of India claimed that Kejriwal had violated his original agreement by not working for three years. Kejriwal said that his 18 months of work and 18 months of unpaid absence amounted to the stipulated three year period during which he could not resign and that this was an attempt to malign him due to his involvement with Team Anna, a strand of the Indian anti-corruption movement. The dispute ran for several year until, in 2011, it was resolved when he paid his way out of the Service with the help of loans from friends.

Activism

Parivartan

Kejriwal believes "Change begins with small things". In December 1999, while still in service with the Income Tax Department, he helped found a movement named Parivartan (which means "change"), focused on assisting citizens in navigating income tax, electricity and food ration matters in parts of Delhi. The Parivartan organisation exposed a fake ration card scam in 2008 but, according to a founder member, did not have a great impact generally and was largely moribund by 2012.

Right to Information

Together with Manish Sisodia and Abhinandan Sekhri, Kejriwal established the Public Cause Research Foundation in December 2006, donating the prize money he had received from the Ramon Magsaysay Award as a seed fund.This new body paid the employees of Parivartan.[7]

Kejriwal has used the Right to Information Act in corruption cases in many government departments including the Income Tax Department, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the Public Distribution System and the Delhi Electricity Board.

Jan Lokpal Bill

Kejriwal was the civil society representative member of the committee constituted by the Government of India to draft a Jan Lokpal bill, following a campaign for introduction of such legislation that featured Anna Hazare. He had been arrested for his support of Hazare.

Political career

Kejriwal established the AAP in November 2012 as he believed that electoral politics was the next logical step in the fight against corruption. The party name reflects the phrase Aam Aadmi, or "common man", whose interests Kejriwal proposed to represent.

He became one of the five most mentioned Indian politicians on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter in the run-up to the Delhi legislative assembly election, 2013.This was the first election contested by the AAP.

Chief Minister

In the Delhi election, Kejriwal defeated incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in her constituency of New Delhi by a margin of 25,864 votes.The party as a whole won 28 of the 70 available seats, finishing in second place.

The AAP then announced its intention to form a minority government in the hung parliament, with what Dikshit described as "not unconditional" support from the Indian National Congress. Kejriwal was sworn in as the second-youngest chief minister of Delhi on 28 December 2013, after Chaudhary Brahm Prakash who became chief minister at the age of 34.He is in charge of Delhi's Home Ministry, Power, Planning, Finance, Vigilance ministries.

Jayalalithaa:

Although there have been claims that Ramachandran, who had been chief minister for the state since 1977, was instrumental in introducing Jayalalithaa to politics, she has denied it.[1][14] In 1982, she joined the AIADMK, which was founded by Ramachandran.[15]Her maiden public speech Pennin Perumai (the Pride of Women) was delivered at the political conference of the AIADMK that year.[16][17] In 1983, she became propaganda secretary for the party and was selected as AIADMK candidate in the by-election for the Tiruchendur Assembly constituency.[15]

Ramachandran wanted her to be a member of the Rajya Sabha because of her fluency in English.[18] Jayalalithaa was nominated and elected to that body as a Member of Parliament in 1984 and retained her seat until 1989.[19] She was successful in her role as Propaganda Secretary and this caused resentment among high-ranking members of the party. Those members engineered a rift between her and Ramachandran, among the alleged consequences of which was that Ramachandran stopped Jayalalithaa writing about her personal life in a Tamil magazine. Despite these machinations, she remained admired by the rank and file of the party.[1]

She was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1989 as a representative of the Bodinayakkanur (State Assembly Constituency). This election saw the Jayalalithaa-led faction of the AIADMK win 27 seats and Jayalalithaa became the first woman to be elected Leader of the Opposition. In February 1989, the two factions of ADMK merged and they unanimously accepted Jayalalitha as their leader and the "Two leaves" symbol of the party was restored.[19] On 25 March 1989, quoted as one of the worst incidents to have happened in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, there was heavy violence inside the house among the ruling DMK party members and the opposition. There were allegedly rude remarks made by Karunanidhi, the chief minister, on Jayalilatha. The heated conversation lead to some of the ADMK members tearing the budget report to be read by the ruling party. Mikes were broken and shoes were thrown at Jayalalitha. At the peak of the situation, when Jayalalitha was about to leave the house, Durai Murugan, a DMK minister, was seen pulling her saree. She took a vow that she would not attend the house until the conditions are fit for women to attend, which is seen as a section of media as "not until until I enter the house as a Chief Minister". Though some sections of media term it as a theatrics launched by Jayalalitha, it got a lot of media coverage and sympathy from the public.[25][26][27] During the 1989 general elections, the ADMK allied with the Congress party and had a significant victory. The ADMK, under her leadership, won the by-elections in Marungapuri, Madurai East and Peranamallur assembly constituencies.

First term as Chief Minister, 1991

In 1991, following the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi just days before the elections, her alliance with the Indian National Congressenabled her to ride the wave of sympathy that gave the coalition victory. The ADMK alliance with the Congress won 225 out of the 234 seats contested and won all 40 constituencies in the centre. Re-elected to the assembly, she became the first elected female chief minister and the youngest ever chief minister of Tamil Nadu, serving the full tenure from 24 June 1991 to 12 May 1996. In 1992, her government introduced the "Cradle Baby Scheme". At that time the ratio of male to female in some parts of Tamil Nadu was skewed by the practice of female infanticide and the abortion of female foetuses. The government established centres in some areas, these being equipped to receive and place into adoption unwanted female babies. The scheme was extended in 2011. Her party had 26 elected members to the assembly. Her government was the first to introduce police stations operated solely by women. She introduced 30 per cent quota for women in all police jobs and established as many as 57 all-women police stations. There were other all-women establishments like libraries, stores, banks and co-operative elections.

Second term as Chief Minister, 2001

Jayalalithaa was barred from standing as a candidate in the 2001 elections because she had been found guilty of criminal offences, including allegedly obtaining property belonging to a state-operated agency called TANSI. Although she appealed to the Supreme Court, having been sentenced to five years' imprisonment, the matter had not been resolved at the time of the elections. Despite this, the AIADMK won a majority and she was installed as Chief Minister as a non-elected member of the state assembly on 14 May 2001.

Her appointment was legally voided in September 2001 when the Supreme Court ruled that she could not hold it whilst convicted of criminal acts. O. Panneerselvam, a minister in her party, was subsequently installed as the Chief Minister. However, his government was purported to have been puppeted and micro-managed by Jayalalithaa.

Subsequently, in March 2002, Jayalalithaa assumed the position of Chief Minister once more, having been acquitted of some charges by the Madras High Court.This cleared the way for her to contest a mid-term poll to the Andipatti constituency, after the sitting MLA for the seat, gave up his membership, which she won by a handsome margin. India's first company of female police commandos was set up in Tamil Nadu in 2003. They underwent the same training as their male counterparts, covering the handling of weapons, detection and disposal of bombs, driving, horseriding, and adventure sports.

Third term as Chief Minister, 2011

In April 2011 the AIADMK was part of a 13-party alliance that won the 14th state assembly elections. Jayalalithaa was sworn in as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for the third time on 16 May 2011, having been elected unanimously as the leader of the AIADMK party subsequent to those elections. On 19 December 2011, Jayalalithaa expelled her long-time close aide Sasikala Natarajan and 13 others from the AIADMK. Most of the party members welcomed her decision, and on 2 February 2012, Tehelka magazine claimed that Natarajan and some of her relatives were conspiring to kill her by poisoning her food over a period of time.The matter was resolved by 31 March, when Natarajan was reinstated as a party member after issuing a written apology.

Rahul Gandhi:

In March 2004, Rahul Gandhi announced his entry into politics by announcing that he would contest the May 2004 elections, standing for his father's former constituency of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha, India's lower house of Parliament. The seat had been held by his mother until she transferred to the neighbouring seat of Rae Bareilly. The Congress had been doing poorly in Uttar Pradesh, holding only 10 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state at the time. At the time, this move generated surprise among political commentators, who had regarded his sister Priyanka as being the more charismatic and likely to succeed. It generated speculation that the presence of a young member of India's most famous political family would reinvigorate the Congress party's political fortunes among India's youthful population In his first interview with foreign media, Rahul Gandhi portrayed himself as a uniter of the country and condemned "divisive" politics in India, saying that he would try to reduce caste and religious tensions.

Rahul Gandhi won, retaining the family stronghold with a margin of over 100,000. Until 2006 he held no other office.

Rahul Gandhi and his sister, who is married to Robert Vadra, managed their mother's campaign for re-election to Rae Bareilly in 2006, which was won easily with a margin greater than 400,000 votes. He was a prominent figure in the Congress campaign for the 2007 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections; Congress, however, won only 22 seats with 8.53% of votes.

Rahul Gandhi was appointed General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee on 24 September 2007 in a reshuffle of the party secretariat. In the same reshuffle, he was also given charge of the Indian Youth Congress and the National Students Union of India. In 2008, senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily mentioned “Rahul-as-PM” idea when the PM of India Manmohan Singh was still abroad.

In July 2012, Union Law Minister, Salman Khurshid stated that Rahul Gandhi should provide a "new ideology" to meet the present day challenges, the Congress party was facing.

On 19 January 2013, in a party conclave of AICC, Rahul Gandhi formally took charge of Congress Vice President. He was elevated to the post of Vice President at the party's Jaipur conclave. As vice-president, he is second only to party President and his motherSonia Gandhi.

On 27 September 2013, Rahul Gandhi surprised everyone by openly criticizing Prime Minister of India and his government for coming out with an ordinance to undo the effect of the order passed by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India by which convicted criminals could not contest election.

His rise to the top of the Congress Party has not been without controversy. As a member of the Nehru–Gandhi family, many, such as his political opponents in the BJP and AAP see him as a symbol of dynastic politics in the Congress Party.

Youth politics

In September 2007 when he was appointed general secretary in charge of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) and the National Students Union of India (NSUI), Rahul Gandhi promised to reform youth politics. In his attempt to prove himself thus, in November 2008 Rahul Gandhi held interviews at his 12, Tughlak Lane residence in New Delhi to handpick at least 40 people who will make up the think-tank of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), an organisation that he has been keen to transform since he was appointed general secretary in September 2007.

Under Rahul Gandhi, IYC and NSUI has seen a dramatic increase in members from two lakhs to twenty five lakhs. The Indian Express wrote in 2011, "Three years later, as another organisational reshuffle is in the offing, Rahul’s dream remains unrealised with party veterans manipulating internal elections in the Youth Congress and a host of people with questionable background gaining entry into it."

2009 elections

In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi retained his Amethi seat by defeating his nearest rival by a margin of over 333,000 votes. Rahul Gandhi was credited with the Congress revival in Uttar Pradesh where they won 21 out of the total 80 Lok Sabha seats.He spoke at 125 rallies across the country in six weeks. The nation wide elections defied the predictions made by pre-poll predictions and exit polls and gave a clear mandate to the incumbent Congress government (80 seats gained).

2012 Assembly elections

Rahul Gandhi campaigned during the 2012 Assembly elections in the politically crucial Uttar Pradesh election for almost two months, holding 200 rallies. However Congress emerged as the fourth party in the state, winning 28 seats, an increase of six seats from the previous 2007 elections. Out of the 15 seats in the Amethi parliamentary constituency, Congress won 2 of the 15 seats.

Congress activists defended the result in Uttar Pradesh, saying "there’s a big difference between state elections and national polls"[citation needed], and pointing out the turn around attributed to Rahul Gandhi in the 2009 Lok Sabha national elections in the state. However, Rahul Gandhi publicly accepted responsibility for the result in an interview after the result was declared.

In the Gujarat assembly elections held later in the year, Gandhi was not made the head of the election campaign. This was seen and regarded by opponents as an admission of defeat and was termed as a tactic to avoid blame of defeat. Congress won 57 seats in the assembly of 182, which was 2 less than the previous elections in 2007. Later in bypolls, Congress lost 4 more seats to BJP.

How Cloud Computing Works?

2011-12-11T17:24:00.000-08:00

Let's say you're an executive at a large corporation. Your particular responsibilities include making sure that all of your employees have the right hardware and software they need to do their jobs. Buying computers for everyone isn't enough -- you also have to purchase software or software licenses to give employees the tools they require. Whenever you have a new hire, you have to buy more software or make sure your current software license allows another user. It's so stressful that you find it difficult to go to sleep on your huge pile of money every night.

Soon, there may be an alternative for executives like you. Instead of installing a suite of software for each computer, you'd only have to load one application. That application would allow workers to log into a Web-based service which hosts all the programs the user would need for his or her job. Remote machines owned by another company would run everything from e-mail to word processing to complex data analysis programs. It's called cloud computing, and it could change the entire computer industry.

In a cloud computing system, there's a significant workload shift. Local computers no longer have to do all the heavy lifting when it comes to running applications. The network of computers that make up the cloud handles them instead. Hardware and software demands on the user's side decrease. The only thing the user's computer needs to be able to run is the cloud computing system's interface software, which can be as simple as a Web browser, and the cloud's network takes care of the rest.

There's a good chance you've already used some form of cloud computing. If you have an e-mail account with a Web-based e-mail service like Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail or Gmail, then you've had some experience with cloud computing. Instead of running an e-mail program on your computer, you log in to a Web e-mail account remotely. The software and storage for your account doesn't exist on your computer -- it's on the service's computer cloud.

India in England 20111

2011-09-11T09:40:00.000-07:00

India is playing the toughest series in England. India is towards losing One day series 4-0.

Already having lost Test series 4-0 and T20 1-0. Mostly it is observed after winning world cup team has a good form to win subsequent matches, but as usual Indians are different. In short India lacks Luck and Talent both....

Better Luck India for the coming series.....

Mumbai Indians Win by 4 Wickets

2011-05-25T19:35:00.000-07:00

Harbhajan Singh hit the winning six for Mumbai Indians, roared, and all but thrust his boot towards the Knight Riders’ dugout. It was his way of telling everybody the kind of frustration his team has endured so far and how they have come out fighting.

ScoreCard

Highlights

Chennai Super Kings into IPL4 Finals

2011-05-24T22:42:00.000-07:00

CSK Beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 wickets. Suresh raina was named Man of the Match for 73 runs of 50 Balls.....

To see the highlights click here

Score Card

Choose the funniest movie scene

2011-05-22T07:42:00.000-07:00

Choose the funniest movie scene for the year 2010.

Click here

You can see the scenes before making your choice - All the best!!!

IPL4: Final 4 teams decided

2011-05-22T07:38:00.000-07:00

Following Kings XI Punjab's defeat to Deccan Chargers on Saturday, the top four slots in IPL 4 are booked. But you might need your calculators out on Sunday as the race now heats up for the top two slots. It is clear that Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders andMumbai Indians will be in the playoffs. What remains to be decided are their placings, which will depend on the outcomes of the RCB-CSK and KKR-MI games on Sunday. The winner of the first match will top the table, while the loser of the second will be placed fourth. If CSK wins the first game, RCB will finish third and the winner of the KKR-MI game will finish second. However, if Chennai loses, the winner of the KKR-MI match will be tied with CSK on points and the second and third spots will then be decided on net run rates. In that case, CSK will hope that it loses by a narrow margin and Mumbai wins the second game, since Sachin's boys have the lowest net run rate of the four teams at the moment. Finishing in the top two is not just a matter of bragging rights. The format for this season gives the first two teams two shots at getting into the final. A unique eliminator concept means that the top two teams first play each other, with the winner making the final, and the loser then playing the winner of the other playoff to decide the second finalist. Cricket Calculations * Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai through to playoffs * Sunday's games to decide spots 1 to 4 * Winner of CSK-RCB game will top table, loser in KKR-MI match finish 4th * If CSK wins, RCB's third, winner of KKR-MI 2nd * If CSK loses, 2nd, 3rd spots to be decided by net run rates

Tax Returns 2010

2011-01-04T21:43:00.000-08:00

File Tax Returns on Taxactonline.com... Fast federal Tax Filing, Fast Refund

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Sending Money To India

2010-12-26T20:05:00.000-08:00

Following are the different Mediums for sending money to India:

1. Some Indian banks have tie up with US, UK Banks and you can register for remittance accout and send money through your Foreign bank account directly to Indian Account. Limitation here is, Indian bank to which you can send is fixed and rate you get is less compared to the market but fixed, no fluctuation.

2. Many other websites like remit2India, remit.onlinesbi, money2india etc are available which transfer the money to any bank account within 4-5 business days. Rate depends on the market value on the day the money is exchanged and transfered. SBI gives more rate as compared to other websites. Remit2india has a very good customer service.
No comments on Icici and HDFC...

Ice in Golden Valley

2010-01-03T12:30:00.000-08:00

Temple in Golden Valley

2010-01-03T12:23:00.000-08:00

We Visited temple in Golden valley. Its a beautiful temple with all the Gods like Ganapati, Shiva, Vithoba, Saraswati etc. The temple is built by South Indians(chennai people). We met a very senior person over there who is I guess member of that temple. He is in Minneapolis over 41 years and was sharing his experience in the city. He told us that this temple has costed them about 70 million dollars and they pay an EMI of 36000$ per month and till date they have not faced any problem paying that amount. Overall it was a great start to our new year as it was 1st Jan 2010.

Chicago Beauty - Buildings

2009-12-30T13:05:00.000-08:00

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with more than 2.8 million people, the 3rd largest city in the United States. Located on the southwestern shores of Lake Michigan and next to Indiana, Chicago is the third-most densely populated major city in the U.S. and anchor to the world's 26th largest metropolitan area [4] with over 9.6 million people across three states. Except for the southwest corner of O'Hare Airport in DuPage County, the city of Chicago is located in Cook County.
Chicago was founded in 1833, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. The city became a major transportation and telecommunications hub in North America. Today, the city retains its status as a major hub, both for industry and infrastructure, with its O'Hare International Airport as the second busiest airport in the world. In modern times, the city has taken on an additional dimension as a center for business and finance and is listed as one of the world's top ten Global Financial Centers. Chicago is a stronghold of the Democratic Party and has been home to influential politicians, including the current President of the United States, Barack Obama. The World Cities Study Group at Loughborough University rated Chicago as an, "alpha world city.
In 2007[update], the city attracted 32.8 million domestic visitors and about 1.15 million foreign visitors. Making use of its abundant resources, Chicago has a heritage for hosting major international, national, regional, and local events that include commerce, culture, entertainment, politics, and sports.
Globally recognized, Chicago has numerous nicknames, which reflect the impressions and opinions about historical and contemporary Chicago. The best known include: "Chi-town"; "Chi-city"; the "Windy City" with reference to Chicago politicians and residents boasting about their city; "Second City," due to the city generally being the second most prestigious in the nation in terms of culture, entertainment, and finance; and because for much of the twentieth century Chicago's population was the second largest of any city in the United States, and the "City of Big Shoulders", referring to its numerous skyscrapers (whose steel frame designs were largely pioneered in Chicago), described as being husky and brawling.
Chicago has also been called "the most American of big cities"

When Emails go to wrong mail IDs

2009-02-05T16:51:00.001-08:00

> What happens when mail is sent to wrong id?
>
> A man checked-in to a hotel. There was a computer in his room, So he
decided
> to send an e-mail to his wife. However, he accidentally Typed wrong e-mail
> address, and without realizing his error, he sent the e-mail.
> Meanwhile.....somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned home from
her
> husband's funeral. The widow decided to check her e-mail, expecting
messages
> from relatives and friends. After reading the first message, she fainted.
> The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and
saw
> the computer screen which read:
>
>
>
> To : My Loving Wife
> Subject : I've Reached
> Date : 13 September 2005
>
> I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now, and
> you are allowed to send e-mails to your loved ones. I've just reached and
> have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your
> arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then ! Hope your journey
is
> as uneventful as mine was.
>
>

Positive attitude

2009-01-30T23:47:00.001-08:00

1. When your boss says - "You have screwed up this module"
Smile - it means "the other modules were good"

2. When your boss says - "I am not going to let you go early today evening"
Smile - It means "you can come late tomorrow"

3. When your boss says - "Do the documentation"
Smile - it means "Relax dude, you've done enough of coding, time to give your brain a break"

4. When your boss says - "You do nothing but just surf the internet"
Smile - it means "Dude, now I know where all that knowledge comes from"

5. When your boss says - "Do you come to office to sleep?"
Smile - It means "hey buddy, why do you stress yourself? Have a good night's
sleep and come to office whenever you wish!"

6 . When your boss says - "Stop staring at that girl you moron"
Smile - it means "My wife is better than her "

7. When your boss says - "Why does nothing work on your machine?"
Smile - it means "I am thinking I could rather give you my laptop"

8. When your boss says - "Would you stop talking on your mobile phone?"
Smile - it means "Use the office phone instead"

9. When your boss says - "Why do you keep smiling always?"
Smile - it means "I love the fact that You are spreading the good will"

10. When your boss says - "YOU ARE FIRED"
SLAP HIM IN HIS FACE AND SAY - "I RESIGN"

A perfect Husband

2009-01-28T04:59:00.001-08:00

Several men are in the changing room of a golf club. A mobile phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker-function and began to talk. Everyone else in the room stops to listen. MAN: "Hello" WOMAN: "Darling, it's me. Are you at the club?" MAN: "Yes" WOMAN: "I am at the shopping centre and found this beautiful leather coat. It's only Rs. 10,000. Is it OK if I buy it?" MAN: "Sure,..go ahead if you like it that much." WOMAN: "I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new 2008 models. I saw one I really liked." MAN: "How much?" WOMAN: "Rs. 40,00,000" MAN: "OK, but for that price I want it with all the options." WOMAN: "Great! Oh, and one more thing ... The house I wanted last year is back on the market. They're asking Rs. 2,50,00,000" MAN: "Well, then go ahead and give them an offer of 2,25,00,000. They will probably take it. If not, we can gofor the extra amount. It really is a pretty good price." WOMAN: "OK. I'll see you later! I love you so much!!" MAN: "Bye! I love you, too." The man hangs up. The other men in the changing room are staring at him in astonishment, mouths agape..... He smiles and asks: - - - - - - -"Anyone knows who's this mobile belongs to?"

Trip to Shirdi

2009-01-28T03:20:00.000-08:00

Hello readers, I had been to shirdi last 2 days i.e. on 26th Jan at 8.30 Pm and came back on 28th Jan 12 am in night. The trip very exciting than i expected it to be. Unfortunately we dint had camera so no pictures with me, also cameras and mobiles were strictly not allowed in the temples.

Our journey started from thane, we went first to vandana bus stand where we came to know that we have to go to Khopat bus stand for Nashik and shirdi buses. This bus stand was walkable from Vandana bus stand. We reached Khopat and bus to shirdi was there standing for us. The ticket fare to shirdi is 210 Rs this is just for readers knowledge. We reached shirdi at 3:15 am and we had left thane at 9 Pm. Then as usual agents arrived at the bus and we fixed with one and he provide us with a room to fresh ourselves and take bath. He took only Rs 20 for this per person. Then we came to that agents shop where he provided us free lockers to keep our belongings including mobiles as they are not allowed inside the temple. We bought flowers, prasad etc. from the same shop. Then at 4:30 we reached temple wher Kakad Aarti had just started, it was very good and was satisfactory that we reached on time. After standing in the queue for 3 hours at 7:30 we got Sai Darshan. Then inside the temple there is museum, Samadhis of different people.

After having breakfast in shirdi we took a bus to Nashik from the bus stand which is very near to the temple. Nashik is 90 Km( 66 Rs) from Shirdi, we left shirdi at 9am and reached Nashik (CBS) at 11 am. From CBS we took a bus to Trimbakeshwar which is 30 KM(20 Rs) from CBS. In this temple also no bags, mobiles, cameras are allowed. Locker at very chea rate of Rs 5 available near the temple where you can keep your luggage. When we went inside the temple huge queue was awaiting for us. Bhadjis asked 100 Rs per person, but we thought its not the right way and joined the queue. After 3 hours we finally got the Shiv Ling darshan. It was great feeling after we got darshan as we stood in the queue in hot sun.

We left Trimbekeshwar at 5 Pm to CBS again. We took a auto(20 Rs) from CBS to Panchavati which is 2 Kms from CBS. Panchavati is really a beautiful place with river godavari flowing in the heart of city. Many people take bath in this river but we just washed our hands and legs as we had no spare clothes. I felt this Temple as Golden temple of Amritsar, I am not sure wether this comparison is correct because i have seen golden temple only on television. In panchavati there are many small temples which reveal the story of how Ravana captured Sita to lanka. From panchavati we took a auto to Bombay Naka (20 Rs). Remember every where we have to Bargain a lot. Here we got a Dadar bus which reached thane(Majiwada) at 12 am. Overall the journey was exciting and we enjoyed a lot and I wish all readers should experience this.

Colllege days: Chaan kavita

2009-01-24T09:51:00.001-08:00

कँटीन मधला चहा आणि
चहा सोबत वडा पाव
पैसे कुठ्ले खिशात तेव्हा
उधारीचचं खातं राव !

कट्ट्यावर बसणं लेक्चर चुकवून
आणि पोरींची चेष्टा करणं
दिसलीच एखादी चांगली तर
तिला लांबूनच बघून झुरणं !

बसलोच चुकून लेक्चरला तर
शेवटचा बाक ठरलेला
कुणाच्या तरी वहीतलं पानं
आणि पेन सुध्दा चोरलेला !

परिक्षा जवळ आली
कि मात्र रात्री जागायच्या
डोळ्यात स्वप्नं उद्याची
म्हणून झोपाही शहाण्यासारख्या वागायच्या !

पूर्ण व्हायचं एक वर्तुळ
एक वर्ष सरायचं
पुन्हा नव्या पाखरांसोबत
जुनं झाड भरायचं.

अशी वर्तुळ भरता भरता कळलं
अरे कागदच भरला !
वर्तुळ झाल्या कागदाला
फ़क्त सलाम करायचा उरला !!

पुन्हा नविन रस्ता
पुन्हा नविन साथी
जुन्या रस्त्याच्या , प्रवासाच्या
फ़क्त आठवणीच हाती !!!!!!

Satyam k sholay!

2009-01-15T17:39:00.001-08:00

Jay : Mausi, ladka Satyam mein kaam karta hai..

Mausi : Hai ram..!!! Aur kahin try kar raha hai kya??

Jay : kahan mausi, 2 saal Satyam me rahne ke baad koshish to chalu hai..miltehi bata denge

Mausi : Hi Raam to kya 2 saal se Satyam mein hi hai..

Jay : haan socha tha 2 saal me salary hike hogi hi...hike milte hi change kar lenge

Mausi : To kya salary BHI KAM milti HAI..?

Jay : Ab appraisal bhi to asaani se kahaan hota hai mausi..

Mausi : Hai hai ...!! To kya appraisal bhi nahi hota uska..?

Jay : Senior se ladhai karne ke baad appraisal mein achhi rating to nahin milti hai na... Mausi..

Mausi : To kya seniors se ladhta bhi hai..?

Jay : Ab 2 saal tak onsite Jane ko na mile to ho jaati hai kabhi kabhi anban..

Mausi : To kya AB tak ek baar bhi onsite nahi gaya ..???

Jay : Ab Outdated technology ke developer ki kismat mein to yehi

likha hai mausi..

Mausi : kya kaha ladka Outdated technology mein kaam karata hai..!!!

Mausi : Kaunse college se padhai ki hai..?

Jay : Uska pataa lagte hi hum aapko khabar de denge!!

Jay : To main rishta pakka samjhuna mausi???

Mausi : Beta, kan khol kar sun Le...Sagi mausi hoon basanti ki, koi

sauteli maa nahi....Bhale hi hamaari Basanti Call Center wale Chandu

se shaadi kar Le par Satyam ke employee se katai nahin karegi .

Jay: thik hai muasiji…maire itna samjhane k baad bhi aap kuch nahi samajh rahi hai toh kya kare

Mausi: Ek baat kahu beta…tumhara dost bhalehi outdated technology pe satyam mein kaam karta hai

Lekin tum thakte nahi ho uski tarafdari karte karte…

Jay: kay karu Mausi mera dil hi aisa hai…Akhir mein bhi toh WIPRO mein kam karta hun

HAVE FAITH

2009-01-14T17:45:00.001-08:00

Sharing an interesting story -

A business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out.

Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He
sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save
his company from bankruptcy.

Suddenly an old man appeared before him.

"I can see that something is troubling you," he said.

After listening to the executive's woes, the old man said, "I believe
I can help you."

He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his
hand saying, "Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from
today, and you can pay me back at that time."

Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come.

The business executive saw in his hand a check for $500,000, signed by
John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world!

"I can erase my money worries in an instant!" he realized. But
instead, the executive decided to put the uncashed check in his safe.
Just knowing it was there might give him the strength to work out a
way to save his business, he thought.

With renewed optimism, he negotiated better deals and extended terms
of payment. He closed several big sales. Within a few months, he was
out of debt and making money once again.

Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the uncashed
check. At the agreed-upon time, the old man appeared. But just as the
executive was about to hand back the check and share his success
story, a nurse came running up and grabbed the old man.

"I'm so glad I caught him!" she cried. "I hope he hasn't been
bothering you. He's always escaping from the rest home and telling
people he's John D. Rockefeller."

And she led the old man away by the arm.

The astonished executive just stood there, stunned. All year long he'd
been wheeling and dealing, buying and selling, convinced he had half a
million dollars behind him.

Suddenly, he realized that it wasn't the money, real or imagined, that
had turned his life around. It was his newfound self-confidence that
gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.

Romantic 1st lines...and

2009-01-13T17:24:00.001-08:00

I thought that I could love no other
Until, that is, I met your brother.

Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's empty
and so is your head.

Oh loving beauty you float with grace
If only you could hide your face

Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;
This describes everything you are not

I want to feel your sweet embrace
But don't take that paper bag off of your face

I love your smile, your face, and your eyes -
Damn, I'm good at telling lies!

My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
Marrying you screwed up my life

I see your face when I am dreaming.
That's why I always wake up screaming

My love, you take my breath away.
What have you stepped in to smell this way

My feelings for you no words can tell,
Except for maybe "go to hell"

What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime

Friends and Friendship

2009-01-10T04:53:00.001-08:00

Why Friendship and what is need of friendship

Why we need friendships when we have a lovely life in this world.
Why we need friends in our life.

Well friends, this is a tedious question to answer. Lets see each questions.

Why we need friendships?

Friendships are the gift to the man kind. The relation which we get in this world are blood related. But the only relationships which doesnot related to blood is friendship. Friendship has many forms and shapes. It is like water. If we pour the water into a jug it takes the shape of jug. if you pour the same water into a bowl it takes the shape o bowl. Sameway friendships will take a different shapes and sizes according to our heart. Friendship gives pleasure to human beings. Where there is friendship then there will not be any sorrow. When you see a child laughing you will forget your sorrows for a second, sameway when you are with a friend you forget your sorrows.

Friendships crosses boundries

The world is rotating smoothly because of the friendly hearts in the world. it crosses boundries and share a mutual bonding of love. Friendships will take care of this entire world from problems. If we are friends then our countries will, when our countries are friends then there is not need of weapons. So take weapon named friendship and love and conqure the world with love.

Friendships saves life

Trusted true friendships never makes others down. it helps a lot to make friends to comeup from the situation. Friendships never expect anything in return for all its offering. It saves life without looking into situation.

Lets get friendship !!!!

Why we need friends & friendships?

Friends comes with friendships, They are the channel of love and affection. Friends are like child's heart which doesn't know wrong thinkings. When there is a friend with us we feel secure, happy, huge support, and comfortable which you can't get from others.

So Lets get some real friends in this world. and lets Be Friends.

My Placement in and completion of 2 Years in TCS(Continued)

2009-01-01T10:17:00.000-08:00

Hello Readers

Thanks for the patience. After a long time I am continuing to write my journey in TCS. Do you know where did I stop in my Last blog yes you are right its my joining in coimbatore. I was very excited and why not it was my first job. We all friends booked the same train we were 40 of them and you can imagine how exciting it was, everywhere friends in the train. We had to take breakup journey i.e. first from belgaum to bangalore and then from bangalore to coimbatore. We left on 8th of october from belgaum and reached in the 9th morning. Our train to coimbatore was in the evening, I dont remember the exact time. I still remember all my friends who were at job in bangalore had come at station to see off me. At last in the morning we reached coimbatore, the time of 8 to 10 hours was very short because we were enjoying, cracking jokes etc.

There was lot of fun on station we were new to the plac and also to the language(tamil). Auto drivers are very cunning here, they know hindi( some not all) but they dont speak just to create confusion and ask for more money. We had our accomadation in Arul Joti hotel, also we had the perfect address, I stiil remember it was Rajaji street, Ramnagar. One thing, I met 2 new friends on station from our college itself but I had not seen them nor they had seen me before may be because we were from different branch. We became the room mates, I remember the room numbaer it was 120 on the first floor. The room was good with 2 double beds and lots of rats always giving visit to check everything was alright. Atlast we settled down in the room and then we left to check our training center which was at walkable distance from hotel. There was a grand welcome on 11th october in a very big Hotel may be a 3 or 4 star hotel. Introduction about TATA Group and some formalities were completed on the first day. Schedule of the training was given to us which was a very hectic one 12 hours a day. My god I am getting bored again sorry readers i have to stop now, I will continue later...........

What life is all about.

2008-11-19T09:17:00.001-08:00

What Life Is All About

Life isn't about keeping score. It's not about how many friends you have. Or how many people call you. Or how accepted or unaccepted you are. Not about if you have plans this weekend. Or if you're alone. It isn't about who you're dating, who you use to date, how many people you've dated, or if you haven't been with anyone at all. It isn't about who you have kissed. It's not about sex. It isn't about who your family is or how much money they have. Or what kind of car you drive. Or where you're sent to school.

It's not about how beautiful or ugly you are. Or what clothes you wear, what shoes you have on, or what kind of music you listen to. It's not about if your hair is blonde, red, black, brown, or green. Or if your skin is too light or too dark.

It's not about what grades you get, how smart you are, how smart everyone else thinks you are, or how smart standardized tests say you are. Or if this teacher likes you, or if this guy/girl likes you. Or what clubs you're in, or how good you are at "your" sport. It's not about representing your whole being on a piece of paper and seeing who will "accept the written you".

But life is about who you love and who you hurt. It's about who you make happy or unhappy purposefully. It's about keeping or betraying trust. It's about friendship, used as sanctity, or as a weapon. It's about what you say and mean, maybe hurtful, maybe heartening. About starting rumors and contributing to petty gossip. It's about what judgments you pass and why. And who your judgments are spread to.

It's about who you've ignored with full control and intention. It's about jealousy, fear, pain, ignorance, and revenge. It's about carrying inner hate and love, letting it grow and spreading it.

But most of all, it's about using your life to touch or poison other people's hearts in such a way that could never occurred alone. Only you choose the way these hearts are affected and those choices are what life is all about.

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My Placement in and completion of 2 Years in TCS

2008-11-17T15:10:00.000-08:00

I am not getting from where to start telling you my journey in TCS. I start it from my placement into TCS to completion of 2 years. When I was in 1st year of engineering, our college had very poor placement. There was no placement for Computer Science people and I was one of them. Only some IP and mechanica based Companies were visiting our college for placement. In 1st year itself one of the senior TCS Associate came to visit our college and that time I had not heard about TCS nor any other company(May be because my general knowledge was poor). He was impressed with our college and the very next year they came for placement and there after they come every year. I was placed into TCS in the year 2005 i.e. my third year. TCS was the first company to visit our college. Their criteria was 60% through out in Engineering, SSLC and PUC II year and I had 75% in Engineering and more than 80% in SSLC and PUC II year, so naturally qualified for the aptitude test.

At 9 am they finished the PPT and as usual it was very good and everyone was impressed including me. There were 3 rounds Aptitude, technical interview and HR interview. I had come in the morning for the test, the test was conducted in batches and my serial number was 354. The aptitude test was online and I got into the lab at 7Pm for the test after 8-9 hours. After every batch finishes the test, results were announced immediately. Iwas waiting for my name to be announced and it happened so. Then I was called for technical interview next day at 11 am.

My interview turn came at 5Pm inthe evening, the time which i spent between 11am to 5 pm was horrible. I was tensed and asking each person who comes after the interview about the questions asked to him. Atlast came my turn, I was a bit nervous but also confident, the interviewer asked me to introduce myself and about my favorite subject. I was able to answer all the questions and the interviwer was also impressed and gave me the form to the HR interview. I was very happy and was the last man for the HR interview. Finally there was announcement of selected students and out of 400 students only 51 were selected and I was one of them.

I received my offer letter very late. I was the first one to get placed and last one to get my offer and joining letter. I had to fight for it i.e. call TCS many times. I also decided to search for another job when it was too late. I waited for joining letter upto september i.e. 4 months after my result in July, then i was planning to search for another job. But hopefully i got my joining date and location by email and it was 11th october at Coimbatore. Now I m bored typing this blog remaining i will tell you in next blog...........

Marathi Kavita:Tuch tharav

2008-11-09T00:57:00.001-08:00

तो- काय खाऊ या?
ती- काहीही चालेल.
तो- पावभाजी आणि व्हेज पुलाव खाऊ या?
ती- शी केव्हढी ऑईली असते. मला पिंपल्स येतात.
तो- मग नुस्तंच चहा-ब्रेड सँडविच?
ती- मला इथं मरणाची भूक लागलीये, अन तू मला चहा-ब्रेड देणार?
तो- मग तूच सांग काय खायचं?
ती- काहीही चालेल..!!
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तो- मग आता आपण काय करू या?
ती- काहीही. तुच ठरव.
तो- पिक्चर बघू या मस्त? बरेच दिवस झलेत?
ती- नको. वेस्ट ऑफ टाईम!
तो- मग बागेत चल, बॅडमिंटन खेळू या.
ती- डोकं फिरलंय का? बाहेर ऊन बघ किती ते..
तो- मग कॉफीशॉपमध्ये तरी जाऊ या.
ती- नको. पुर्ण दिवस झोप येत नाही कॉफी प्याल्यावर.
तो- मग तुच सांग, काय करू या?
ती- काहीही. तुच ठरव..!!
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तो- जाऊ दे. सरळ घरीच जाऊ या झालं.
ती- काहीही. तुच ठरव.
तो- बसनं जाऊ या?
ती- शी केवढी गर्दी. अन कसकसले वास येतात त्या बसमध्ये.
तो- ठीके. टॅक्सीने जाऊ या मग.
ती- पैसे जास्त झालेत का? एवढ्याशा अंतरासाठी टॅक्सी?
तो- ठीक. चल मग, चालतच जाऊ.
ती- किती दुष्ट तु? रिकाम्या पोटी मला चालायला लावतोस?
तो- ठीक. मग आधी जेवू या?
ती- व्हाटेव्हर!
तो- काय खाऊ या?
ती- तुच ठरव..!!