Earth’s Heaven

Earth’s Heaven

Well Well!!!! Reading heaven and Kashmir it is, all over the place. Yes Kashmir is place which is known as heaven mainly because of ascetic beauty, its garrulous mountains, picturesque sceneries and what not. I may be short of words while describing this wonderful, stupendous, embellished piece of work elicited by nature. I am already enthralled by writing just two lines about it. The cold breeze, narrow roads cutting down the mountains, difficult terrains, step farming, fog, alas I am crazy about it. However, in spite of my alacrity of mentioning Kashmir and its enticing and mesmerizing beauty I will stick to what I meant to write in this blog. Astonished! Yes this blog does not pertain to romantic state Kashmir. Axiomatically, there is one more heaven on this earth and that is Infosys Mysore.

Hold on; don’t feel ennui by just the mention of a tech freak company. Yeah sure, the achievements and the work culture is what I can blabber and praise my whole life but here I am describing the epicurean of beauty- Infosys Mysore. I still recall my days when I got my first placement in this esteemed organization. Everybody was excited and I was no exception to it. The inevitable day came and we flown to city of Wodeyar dynasty Mysore. By the time we reached the campus it was dark or should I say fortunately it was dark. As soon as we entered this exemplary campus, we were all stunned. It felt like a five star hotel in the lap of nature. This canvass of nature was full of natural beauty. The first building that blinded our eyes was GEC2. It was an unprecedented building that took our breath away. With our mouth wide open we kept staring at the sculpture illuminated with lights and circumvented by the well maintained and minuscule parks. Not to mention the musical fountain that we got to hear the very same day. That tranquilizing, assiduous music at that particular juncture satisfied our ferment and insatiable souls.

Going forward, what we saw was even more mellifluous and adorned. Yup, you all conjectured it with perfect accuracy - The Multiplex and ECC building. I have been to many multiplexes and so do you. And I can bet anything to what I saw was nothing less than a wonder to me. A round shaped multiplex with pointed tips. I could not decipher the concept of building such architecture and the conundrum further increased when I saw one of the sdb’s with somewhat same architecture. Loyal world, rock climbing, swimming pool, book shops, tennis grounds, bowling alley etc etc all these were breathtaking.

I always felt that the challenge was not to build these buildings but to maintain with 100% dedication. The challenges are not the huge number of people using these facilities but people using them are naïve and rookie. They inadvertently may do something which can prove costly. And hence full marks to the staff there.

Moving ahead was the large bunch of trees and amidst them were a couple of benches and a board with “smoking zone” written on it. Coming from a college environment where people smokes but not with permission; it gave everyone (at least smokers) some soothing effect. Everybody knew that they don’t need to hide anymore and we could all appreciate the permission to step into world which considered us more responsible and sustainable in this new arena.

The roads built there were outstanding. They were completely black in color and when I say black it means dark black. (Later on we saw the maintenance staff washing the road with some giant brush). There were plants along the roadside and the mild air blowing gently took away all the tiredness we had. It was the place where you can allow the wind to pass by you and take away all the sorrows, worries, laziness and tiredness. It always sparkled me with new energy and enthusiasm. It was a 30 min walk from my room to the class and I enjoyed every bit of it.

Frivolous Childhood

Frivolous Childhood

Did you know that childhood is the only time in our lives when insanity is not only permitted to us, but expected? I still remember the tail when I plucked all the plants from the garden as it was night and I don’t want them to catch cold. And whenever people listen to this story, they say “HOW CUTE”. There are numerous benefits of being a child. You can be stubborn and will be called as delightful. You can make your grandparents to scold your parents. The completion rate of insatiable demands is not only astonishing but astounding. Trust me; I have 100 of handkerchiefs with India written on them. The mistakes at which you get the benign love form every corner. I must have broken 100 charmis cream when I was a kid and was never scolded. I can’t even dare to break a useless container now.  The unforgettable pamper that is bestowed on us by every single person when you are a kid. The strangest part is that you get the attention of killing a lion when you have only managed to killed a mosquito. I miss every bit of palpable love showered by the relatives when you visit your relatives. Not to mention the king size welcome, loads of gifts and affable demands. Everyone wants to with you.

Amid all these I can’t keep my school days out of the equation. Nobody bothers with whom you sit, with whom you eat and blah blah. I like to mention the name Tania. She was the girl having two bodyguards and the rest of it is confidential :P

I am not bolstering but believe me it was nightmare to be in the same school of your elder siblings and especially when you are not the brightest of all. They used to get marks and I was the one who was at receiving end. I remembered of drawing a dog looking animal when asked to draw a peacock. The drawing teacher, Ms Anjali I will never forget her name. Boss, she was my English teacher as well. And she has total of 3 periods daily of my 4^th standard. Ask me the minutest details and I will blabber everything. She scares my nightmares till date.

The visit to a doctor; I still remember that we went to a doctor as my sister was ill. Now how this is possible that I am not examined there. I forced everyone, cried the hell out to get me checked. And not to mention that I never had any course of tablets he prescribed.

When you are a child you don’t need to pack your bags, no planning, no responsibility, and no humdrum equations of life. Everything tends to be very simple. I really miss those days no bills, no worries, no broken hearts, happy life and always smiling.

Learning

Learning

Guys, I know I am short of part 2 of my earlier blog, but I believe this is much important than anything else. I was the fervent believer that I am open to change; I am not egoistic and so on. This is my confession to one and all and the reason why I am putting this up in an open forum because I know I have been selfish and mean at more than occasional times.

Recently, I am going through a tuff phase where lot of changes is going on. Hence I blamed those changes for my behavior and by this I meant erratic and unpredictable behavior. I cursed everyone and everything and in course of that I sometimes (if I am being modest) uttered few defamatory remarks as well.

The purpose of writing is not to brag or exaggerate things in any way. It’s a sweet and simple confession of my egoism. Everyone must be wondering how that change came into my life? I need to thank couple of people who boldly told me. And to be honest I did not took this in a very friendly way and even went on to defend my egoism. But they were my friends, my well wishers. And I am the man of logic and proof. Hence I spent time to find its remedies. And I found this http://www.management-issues.com/2008/1/28/blog/%28-copy-of-%29-the-90-minute-hour.asp . I am not ashamed to accept that I am not this.

Guys, it’s not a blog but an apology to everyone. And thanks you two for highlighting this.

Democracy – Right or Compulsion part 1

Democracy – a word, a notion for which many freedom fighters lost their lives, many put their lives in risk. Struggle of hundred years after which we attained our independence and became republic. Once we became republic, Dr BR Ambedkar formed our constitution and it bestowed every citizen with some basic living rights. As per the same constitution, we choose some people, call them leaders, and make them the part of system for the betterment of society.

The four pillars of the democracy are the people, leaders, Parliament and the government. People, who chooses their representative from different parts of country for the impeccable narration of their concerns. Leaders, who hail from different constituencies meant to enumerate their area’s concern at the center stage. Parliament, commonly known as house of people and which has a primary purpose of forming legislation, perform a root cause analysis for subjects of utmost importance and discuss issues of national importance. Government – the ruler, the king who pampers the citizens of the country more than their own child.

The role of each and every party is very important for the efficient functioning of democracy. However, the recent event suggests somewhat opposite to what the idealistic scenario states. The people of country, the seeds of the plants, who decides whom they going to choose at the various positions in the ladder of the administration. As per their decision, the future of crop of development depends. 

to be continued ....

Leo's !!!!!!!!

Leo –

I have been big admirer of Leo to the point of irritation for others. Axiomatically, I am leo and people around me, with whom I interact, knows how much I appreciate myself of being a leo. Hence, I am known from many names/traits as well. Let me extend this to illustrating few to you all and these are: “Dirty Picture” (the name I like and hate the most), egoistic with lot of “I”, over confident and so on. Well these mostly consists of negative traits because this was the major factor why I am exploring and writing this astrological subject.

Let me give you some insight about the sun sign and the moon sign theory. I am a big fan of Astrology but will not bore you with the conundrums of it. Sun sign and Moon sign means the position of sun and moon at the time of Birth respectively. Hence the time of birth and place of birth matters while preparing your horoscope. Also, everyone has their guru, a prime planet commonly known as planetary ruler. This information will help to understand few other things mentioned below.

So we (by which I mean Leo’s) have the sun as our primary element – “the ruler”. Sun binds and holds everything with the magnetism and gravity. The sun signifies the light, warmth that they offer. It is reliable – it rises in the morning and sets in the evening. Everything benefits from its radiance and hence one can observe that we are generally very kind and helpful. You rarely hear a “NO” from our side. :)

As highlighted above the “I” factor. This basically happens when someone under appreciate their efforts or blame them for bad intentions. The worst thing you can do to a Leo is accuse them of bad intentions. Displaying behavior that makes them think you don't appreciate them runs a close second. These happy, jovial people become mighty hurt when others don't see them for their noble intentions. And this is where when the real Lion awakes and wants to pound on the prey. And this is the juncture when you encounter sarcastic comments, altercations, and unwanted remarks and so on. And in this case if they made a decision to take revenge or are done with someone then they actually mean it. They may sound bossy or dominating but deep down they treat everyone fairly and justly.

Other very important negative trait that they often get criticism is of Possessiveness. Leo’s are generally super possessive and super obsessive. They like to flaunt themselves and hence they are very jealous. Think of a lion, protector of the pride, fights over the females, etc. But underneath of it all they are brimming with feeling. Leo exudes his emotions and in a way, wears his heart on his sleeve. Leo rules the heart. So really, it's not that he is more jealous, possessive, perhaps more clingy, it's just that Leo shows his emotions. If a leo is not possessive then it’s a sign that he doesn’t cares for you. And yes it is a red sign.

I can write tons of things on this particular topic, but I just wanted to highlight or state few explanations of few of the characteristics that leo’s are often blamed for. They may not be appreciated for their leadership, romantic nature, and philanthropic attitude but will be blamed for this trait which is something I deeply regret. Every person on this earth has some good qualities and bad qualities. It is up to the person how you take things and how much you care for them.

P.S:- I am not writing this because i am recently blamed for it. Please don't conclude anything from your end. :)