Nirbhaya Case - Has justice been really served ?

Let me start off with a question: Nirbhaya Case - Has the justice been really served ?
Legally & Technically speaking - Yes. 
Out of the 6 convicts,  1 committed suicide, 4 were sentenced for death penalty, 1 - Juvenile, was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment in reform facility.
I am sure many will not like this answer, but that is the truth!

Logically speaking - a big NO, esp. when the Juvenile walks free after completing his 3 years of reform facility.

Everything boils down to the same old discussion "Law and The Lawmakers".

A kid, when he is involved in theft, burglary, vandalism etc; sentenced for reform facility makes sense, but when he is involved in heinous crimes like murder, rape etc... sending him for reform facility doesn't make any sense.
When both are combined there is little wiggle room left for niceties.
Why do we have to live with "One Size fits All" funda?.

In the name justice, this so-called Juvenile (reason i say 'so-called is because if he had the courage to rape, so to me he is not Juvenile), he has served his reform facility, the state government gives him Rs 10000/ ,a sewing machine to use his tailoring skills for his better future.

Let us compare this with what Nirbhaya could have done - as a doctor, she could have served the people, the poor and really worked towards the betterment of this society; BUT our tolerant society and its lawmakers chose rapists over justice for the doctor.

The Rapist Myntra -
     Betaaaa agar aap Juvenile hai,
     aur Rape karenge toh, 
     aapko milegi 3 saal ki Reform 
     Facility, 10000 rupaya, 
     ek sewing machine.. 
    aur ujjwal future.
    Atmost people will protest at India 
    Gate, many will be detained, 
    trend on Social media.. 
   but nothing will happen to you..    
   So Rape when you are Juvenile!

Earlier this year, sometime in march, a Nirbhaya documentary was released and our respected Politicians went in a flash protesting against the release; 
Why isn't the same urgency and resistance being shown when the NirbhayaRapist is being released?, on the contrary the kins of Nirbhaya were detained.

Rather than doing some productive work in Parliament, the law makers are busy mudslinging and disrupting the work;
Intolerance comments by Aamir, National Herald, DDCA, AAP raids are being given more importance over fixing Legal loopholes, Security of Women ..

Should we be concerned?

Hell yeah!!
Not because the NirbhayaRapists is out, but because there is a fundamental problem;
What the rapists did was literally screwed the lives of the victim and her family; Moreover there are bunch of educated morons helped him screw up the law in the name Juvenile Law, justify this decision.

At this point, I express deep anguish and sorrow for what has happened, I would rightly agree with Nirbhaya's mother that  - Crime has won!

Unfortunately in such situations, the legal pundits "cant do", or let me put it this way, "choose not to do" anything to cater for these situations.
There is a BIG loop hole and very little is being done to close the loop;
At-least fictionally, i would be expecting the following for Delhi.

It is high time that constructive heads get together and make something concrete, so that no other Nirbhaya case haunts the society.

This Diwali, Return the Right Thing!

Over the past few months, India is celebrating festival of Returns. Please don't mistake Returns here, with IT Returns
Latest being, People of Bihar have returned Bihar to Laalu again!
Some are returning medals in protest,
Some are returning awards, claiming intolerance..
Ina Fictional world
 - Some students returned their books, claiming intolerant subjects and syllabus
 - Tushar Kapoor, Amisha Patel are planning to return to Bollywood!
 - An opportunist husband tried to return his intolerant wife ;)

PA (PhaakAaaf) News reported:
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  Such high usage of word "InTolerant" has kept it trending on social media.
  There are Intolerance Campaigns, Intolerance debates being aired all along.

  Looking at the rising usage and discussion of the word "InTolerant"; the word itself has approached   Oxford Dictionary and decided to return "In" from "InTolerant" thereby claiming itself "Tolerant"

  The word has demanded steep increment in it's salary, considering
  the fact that it has been working overtime.

  Oxford Dictionary has acknowledged that the word is under high  stress,
  "We have seen lot of  demand over the past months."

  Other words like "Peace", "Motivation", "Growth",
  "Positivity"  have decided to go on hunger strike,
   claiming that they are not  even looked at and never ever
    discussed.

  Oxford Dictionary has claimed that it is having difficult times, in placating the words
  and keeping them on board.

  In the meanwhile, Opposition and Government are in tussle over proving whether
  intolerance persist in the country.
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Well now, it's actual festive season, THE festival of lights - DIWALI depicting victory of good over evil.

I am sure, at times you would have been Intolerant to your mom as well, at that time your mom didn't press the panic button and go back to return you to the hospital.

So this Diwali, it's time to return the right thing-

• Rather than returning hard-earned awards to the so called Intolerant situations, return with well argued critique and solutions.
• Return the love and respect towards elders.
• Promise to respect and protect the Laxmi (Women) from being vulnerable

Have a safe and blessed Diwali!
God Bless!

Mystery of missing hour - Daylight Savings!

Sunday morning couldn't have been more confusing then to search for the missing one hour.
What - Missing An Hour ??

Well yeah, when i woke up, my mobile phone showed different time than my wall clock, with a difference of exact 1 hour.

Sensing the critical situation, I had to put my engineers cap to crack this mystery.
Gave a knock on my brain;
He was baffled and started complaining
         "Its Sunday why do you want me to work today?"

I had to make special request;
         "Dude, please try and understand i guess i am missing an hour in my life, and you          know that can be very risky.. I could have done productive stuff in that hour."

Brain: "Okay, Okay hang on, let me have a look
           Oh, Its the first Sunday of October; 
           You are not missing anything, its Day Light Saving, you gotta live with it; 
          What productive could you have done, apart from sleeping ?? "

Me:   "Yeah whatever, you go back in your shell; i don't need your help. 
          Ohhh wait, wait.. What is this Day Light Saving (a.k.a DST) ..............."

Suddenly i heard my spouse, "What are you babbling and what's this DST ?"

With full confidence, i answered:
           Oh Baby, you don't know DST? 
           DST, a.k.a Day light saving and is used to save day light.

Grabbing the laptop she responded,
          "Well honey, i couldn't have expected for any better answer ~a typical viva type
            answer.  
           Daylight Saving Time (DST) is the practice of turning the clock ahead as warmer
            weather approaches and back as it becomes colder again so that people will have
           one more hour of daylight in the afternoon and evening during the warmer season
           of the year. In Australia it is done at 2am on the first Sunday in October, 
           when clocks are put forward one hour. It ends at 2am on the first Sunday in April,
           when clocks are put back one hour.How much easy, it would have been if you can
           simply google :) "

While she was improving my General knowledge, i took my satire train and reached to imaginations stations; mostly famous for the what-if's, the how's, the suppositions ..

          "What would the impact be, if DST was implemented in India"

Office goers: This DST has brought Monday one hour closer, this Monday will be not only blue but black as well.

Surya Bhagwaan's reaction: "Ohh Man.. i need serious increment; my working hours just got increased.. These earthly ppl always create problems.. just wondering what all things they do to fool themselves."

Clocks would be complaining, why special treatment to 2 ?? how come he gets a leave once a year.

Marriage:
         Groom: "Panditjee when is the Shaadi ka moohurat"
         Panditjee: "2 baje beta"
         ***DST kicks in***
         Panditjee: - "Beta, Abb ye shaadi nahi ho sakti hai. DST aa gaya"

News Reporters will be on ground, questioning people and checking their GK
          Reporter: "Do you know about DST ?"
          P1: "DST...... Delhi Service Terminal"
          P2: "DST nahi hota hai CST hota hai .. kaha kaha se log aa jaate hai Reporter
          bann ne"
          P3: "DST isss .. ammm.. hmmm.. i think .. "
         Smart Guy: "DST is Daylight Saving ... (interrupted by chachajee)
         Chachajee: Dhaatttt budbakkk, Daylight kaise hua.. This happens in Night, so Day
          kaha se aaya.. Humko lagta hai, it should be NST instead of DST"

Conversation between Teacher and Student:
        T: Why didn't you study this chapter for the test?
        S: Teacher, Teacher i planned to study it @2 in the night, but i couldn't because of
           DST
        T: For the first time, i am hearing brand new excuse.

Media to Yadav: 
       M: Sir, you are supportive of DST, how do you think this will help the people of UP?
       Y: It will definitely benefit, Jaha electricity 24 nahi aati waha 23 ghante nahi aayegi;
           Isn't this a benefit ?

Reaction of Political parties:


Government: "Aaaj ka Bharat kya chahta hai.. Aaj ka Bharat believes in DST.. They want to keep up with the world.
Let us all vote for Development,  We will prove to world that India can sleep less and be more productive.
Our Ancestors have struggled throughout.. ,kya aap 1 ghanta nahi de sakte..
Tweet with #MoDiST"


 
Opposition: "Yeh Suit - Boot ki sarkaar,  is planning to take away one hour from our lives.. from the lives of farmers...
They promised us 'Acche Din' and here they are snatching away our nights as well..
If we are voted in power again, then we promise to give you additional one hour a day.. each day will be 25 hours longer"
         


Other filmy parties: I beg, the government to not do this..
Hum yaha raajneeti karne nahi aaye hai..
Please Please dont do this..


Alliance Parties: We will support the government on this, if they promise reservation of 50% in this, 
               i.e. instead of moving the clock one hour, if they move 30 mins ahead.. .. .. 

Free home delivery services will have revised timelines;
           "We Deliver, even if the time is missing"

While i was in all these, i heard my wife.."Here, a coffee for my problem solver husband ;) "

Fact is:

India's take on DST

• Time difference between India and Australia has increased. 
• I lost my one hour of precious sleep ;)
• Reaction of my dog on all these ...

A haalooo PATEL Aavyo

A haalooo PATEL Aavyo; 
Wow - what an impact, guess this is the biggest impact "Patel's" have made after the famous rapper Devang Patel!

Its "Reservation" again that is in question.
Time and again people have tweaked, twisted and played as per their benefits. The latest in the race are the Patel's from Gujarat who are trying their luck. They want "Patel's" to be part of OBC reservation.

So, what's so special about them:
   - These are the people who are most economically stable and yet they want reservation!

Usually satire makes its way from anywhere and this time "The Patel's" (demanding for Quota) are at the receiving end.

In a parallel world, after getting the Quota imagine how would day to day life be:

Indian Cricket On Field Conversation: <M.Patel bowling at 70kmph>

          Dhoni - Hey, Do i have to remind you that you are fast bowler ??

          M.Patel - I am Patel, and i am allowed to ball at 50% of my original speed.

          Dhoni - Thank God, that you are not a spinner.

          Ponting - I love India!

Education System would be updated with a new degree called as "Patelgiri"

• Proud dad's would say "Mera beta Engineering nahi, balki Patelgiri kar raha hai"
• Questions of "Beta bade hoke kya banoge? " would be answered as "Kaka hum Patelgiri karase"

       Now, only a Mumbaikar can understand the underlying meaning of "Main Patel hu" 

Bollywood Industry:

• Mere pass maa hai dialogue would be rewritten as "Hu Patel Chooo". 

• Salman would be doing an action packed "Patel Bhaijaan" on Eid. 

Patel Paani Puri Wala: <Conversation between Patel Pani puriwaala and customers>
               Girl - Bhai eka plate paani poori aapoo
               PaniPuriwala - Aaa lo ben
               Girl - Aa soo che, issme to 3 hi hai; ek plate me 6 piece aata hai
              PaniPuriwala - Naa ben, reservation k baad 3 hi aata hai.
Paise do poorrey, maal paao aadhaa

Political parties reaction:
Ramdas and his RPI party would be getting themselves ready to launch a nation wide protest
                "This is our house, we have ruled here since birth; 
               we will not allow any one else coming from outside"
              "Bahar k log aake hamari job le lete hai, we will not tolerate"

Laalu - "Hudd sala, eeee toh total blunder hai.. 
              Logon ko confuse naa karein Reservation me bhi Reservation - Totallyy Un-acceptootble"

MNS - "Hey lokaaa baaher se yeun, aamchya ghari hungama karto.. Mee Bhagto." 

Online Stores will have newly branded Tshirts.

Reactions in US - UK: Obama and Cameron praising their luck
Lucky we! otherwise we would have been exercising curfew in Washington and London..
Lets have double shots for our wisest ever decision..

I feel;
"Reservations in any field sucks and i am totally against it", 
but what is being demanded by these guys is not correct , the way it is being politicized, money being wasted is a concern.
If you really want, then get rid of Reservation entirely. 

It is as good as saying "Agar Reservation nahi hata sakte, toh hame andar aane do.. Rest we don't care"

Lets see:
What has been achieved thus far:

• City came to standstill.
• Schools shut, Curfew imposed & Social life hampered.
• At least 6 innocent people are being killed.
• Infrastructure of city damaged.
• Unnecessary energy of Army is being wasted.

What they will achieve:
        Someone will use this as their political launchpad and others will get a big Babaji ka Thullu..... 

We all know what has happened in the past, when it came to these topics..
A revolution came with Anna and it left behind Arvind, lets see what this one leaves.

Well, in all these the most innocent Patel - Parthiv asks
                      "Will this give me entry in Indian Cricket Team? "  

Politically Forked Up

As we enter the last week of this year's parliamentary monsoon session, the government will heave a sigh of relief on getting over with all the gates [#LalitGate, #SushmaGate]
Whereas the opposition will be patting it's back on the great achievement of paralysing entire monsoon session.

If you have noticed monsoon session was a total washout..
Approx. Rs. 2.5 lac is spent every minute, so you can do the math on how much amount is wasted everyday.
I don't think, we the tax-payers are willing to spend such an amount to see the ugly members stripping in the parliament, rather i would do a quick phuket trip :)

In a parallel world some politicians are claiming yes that is what Monsoons are meant to be - a Washout.
               "Cirkeet nahi dekhte ho, maansoon me washout hi hota hai."

The pain and frustration of each non working day in Parliament can be compared to - an average middle class (the taxpayer), cricket loving fan who has purchased a ticket (paid  tax) for the most awaited match (parliament session) and that match is washed out.

You got to appreciate our politicians, somehow out of no-where, before every session they will open some or the other Gate, which is sufficient enough to drain the session.
Be it #LalitGate, #CoalGate #AdarshGate, #ArmsGate or whatever gate..

I mean its simple, in India pick up any random word, suffix it with 'gate' and it becomes a Scam, Involve media and you are done to screw up the session ..

The word - "Opposition" is taken literally.
The main mantra is "Just because i am in Opposition i will not support you, irrespective of what you are presenting." 
  I will strip my self..
  I will hurl abuses..
  I will create ruckus .. 
  I will fight.. 
  I will demand resignation ..
  I will go on bhookh hartaal.. 
  If all these doesn't work then "I will pass sexist remarks .."
  I will do whatever it takes to not allow the session to work.

Its a pity, that our politicians are busy discussing the gates and wasting unnecessary energy in the wrong direction.

The thing that i am not able to figure out is:
       "If the opposition and the government both work for the upliftment of the poor,
        betterment of the farmers, women safety and Terrorism, then
        Why do we still have poverty?
        Why are farmers committing suicide?
        Why are there rapes happening ?
        How come terror walks in free from the neighbourhood? "

Anyways, I hope we could get answers to all these one day...

A kids letter (hypothetical) to our parties -

Well kid, this is a very naive optimism, practically speaking we have wasted another precious session and i wont't be surprised to see this repeating in future, which means we all are Politically Forked Up.

Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam - The MISAAL Man

“Every youth (i.e. You) wants to be unique, but the world around You is doing its best, day and night to make You, 'Everybody else'.”

But this was not the case, with the one born on 15 October, 1931 in Rameswaram to Jainulabudeen and Ashiamma , the world failed to make him 'Everybody else'; he was truly unique.

One of the greatest influencer, the Father of Modern India; Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, born to a poor background family, his father, a boat owner and his mother, a housewife.

Looking at the family condition he stepped out early in his life to support his family income, by distributing newspapers after school hours; shows his hardworking and sincere attitude.

Completed his graduation from Madras Institute of Technology in 1960, joined DRDO, started his career by designing a small helicopter for Indian Army and since then he never looked back.

During his entire lifetime he played various roles:

As a Scientist:

He Contributed in developing PSLV and SLV-III - India's first experimental satellite vehicle;

He played major part in developing many missiles including Agni. Led the team behind country's Nuclear tests.
His contributions to India’s satellite programmes earned him the title of "Missile Man'
It was his special efforts that gave India recognition in the world, in the field of Nuclear Science.

Chinese Professor Jiang says “He is not simply a scientist of India but also for the entire world. People of China will remember him for long”

As a President:
He was nominated as President in 2002, he was third President of India to have been honoured with a Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour; he was also the first scientist to occupy Rashtrapati Bhawan.

Very approachable by nature; used to empathize with the problems of the all, this nature of his earned him title of  People's President.

As an Influencer

His inspirational speeches reached world, below is a glimpse of his famous speech at European Union

Few of the Inspirational Quotes from one of the greatest Influencer of modern Era

• If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher
• Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
• Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.
• My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.
• A leader should know how to manager his failures

Most inspirational person, this era has witnessed

As a teacher:

He loved teaching, even during his presidency he made time for his favorite hobby i.e. teaching

Once in an interview he said

“Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, calibre and future of an individual…youth have a dream and also they have a pain. The pain comes out of their dream; they want to live in a prosperous, happy and peaceful India. This type of student’s environment ignites me and leads me to interact with young minds,” 

Always wanted to be remembered as a Teacher - "I was a teacher earlier, and I am a teacher again"

His 79th birthday was recognized as World Student Day by the United Nations

But, on the evening of 27th July, the Yamraaaj decided to make Indians temporarily blur by taking away their Vision.
He passed away, doing what he was doing the best - Teaching.
A loss that cannot be compensated.

The day before he died, he was concerned and worried about the Punjab attacks and terrorism, killing of innocent lives.
He wanted to find a potential solution to avoid dysfunctional of parliaments.

Well, Sir you have to come back to find the solutions for the above.. RIP (Return If Possible)

If anyone asks, what can i be in such a short life:
You can be a scientist, You can be an Influencer, You can be a Social Reformer, You can be a President, You can be down to earth, You can be a teacher;  You can be KALAM.

SMAI - Gabbar of Social Media

SMAI - Surveillance 

Looking at the amount of mess people are making around with social media, was wondering what would happen if Social media itself decided to go smart.

The likes of FB, Twitter, Whatsapp and others decided to integrate itselves with Artificial Intelligence.

I would name such an innovative technique as ''SMAI'' - Social Media Integrated with Artificial Intelligence.

What does this mean -
This means, every Social media site will be equipped with a mechanical robot, which will monitor each and every activity happening on the sites; it is as good as, a virtual police surveilling activity of every user using the social media. ~Gabbar of Social Media

Simply stated - SMAI will provide suggestions, predictions, auto-correction, filtering the non-sense and more importantly flushing down the trash activities generated on the internet.

How will life be after SMAI in place ?

Comments posted - SMAI will be able to analyse the current mental state of the user and try to map it with the comments being posted
For e.g.
Girl commenting on other girls profile pic - Wow!! cute, super like
<SMAI - Analysing comment.......>
             Based on your neurological assessment, your historical conversation with this
             person, the comment doesn't match to what you are thinking.
<SMAI - Response.......>
             More apt comment would be "B##@h, i am 100 times better than you..
            Stop showing off"
For e.g.
Commenting "LoL", ":)" on whatsapp
<SMAI - Analysing comment.......>
            Based on the neurological assessment, you want to ignore the chat and this
            comment is a mere cover up;
<SMAI - Response.......>
            More apt comment would be "Least bothered to answer you...."

Uploading pics: SMAI will analyse all your pics before they are uploaded.
For e.g.
User uploads multiple pics.

<SMAI - Analysing contents.......>
           All the pictures uploaded are with same expression, same background,
           clicked at the same time. ~ No difference detected.
<SMAI - Response.......>
           Auto-adjusting the expressions.

Tagging:  If someone tags you incorrectly in a location.. SMAI will be able to track and auto-correct
For e.g.
"You were with ... at ...."
<SMAI - Analysing comment.......>
           Current Google Locations of all the tagged person doesn't match to your location,
           You are in "Shingnapur" and rest of your friends are either in "Mumabi", ÜSA"or
            "Singapore", which means you are alone,
<SMAI - Response.......>
           'Removing all the tagged friends' - Darshan kaaron ghari jawaaa,
            timepass nako kara.

Character Analysis: These days a lot of apps allow users to test which celebrity they look like
For e.g.
User uploads his results as 'Wohaaaa i got Arnold!'

<SMAI - Analysing contents.......>
           Based on your current profile, you are 163 cm in height, weighing 68kg,
            you are no where near to Arnold. ~Re-analyzing your findings....
<SMAI - Response.......>

Candy Crush Requests: 
For e.g.
User tries to send candy crush request to friends
<SMAI - Analysing request.......>
           In the past 2 days, you have sent this request to your friends multiple times;
           No one has accepted the requests.
<SMAI - Response.......>
           'Uninstalling Candy Crush from your phone'

Frequent Users:   
For e.g.
Users who access Social media every minute.
<SMAI - Analysing .......> 
              You access FB account every other second. your all time high was
              80 times per minute.
<SMAI - Response.......> 

Miracle Messages:  
For e.g.
Send this message to 3 groups and you will hear good news
Send this message to 2 groups and you will be millionaire
<SMAI - Analysing contents.......>
            The meaning of word "good news" is to express something happening in
            a persons lives. It is often used by relatives of newly wedded couples as:
                       - "Beta abb to good news suna do"
                       - "Koi good news hai kya"
                       - "Ek good news deni hai"
<SMAI - Response.......>
           As per the usage and meaning of the word "good news", SMAI concludes that
           sharing stupid messages will not give any good news,
           instead you will have to work hard to get the good news and become millionaire ;)
       
Accessing unauthorized sites: 
For e.g.
A user trying to search for XXX movies and pictures on open internet.
<SMAI - Analysing request.......>
               Based on your profile, you are under-aged to access this site,
<SMAI - Response.......>
               'Contacting your mom'

Accessing profiles of other girls: This feature of SMAI is more for errant and lecherous users.
For e.g.
A user tweets on a profile picture and passes double meaning comments:
<SMAI - Analysing contents.......> 
               Based on the amount of time you spent on a particular picture,
               your eye-ball movement, increase in heart-rate and escalated movement in your
               limbic system, your comments are considered to be lewd.
<SMAI - Response.......>
               You are required to write a public apology until then your account will be
                suspended. Also you deserve an SMAI punch!!

Inappropriate Selfies:
For e.g.
User uploads selfie with a corpse
<SMAI - Analysing contents.......>
               Looking at your current situation, it is not advisable to take selfies during this time.
<SMAI - Response.......>
               You are recommended for mental checkup

Birthday Wishes:
For e.g.
User checks how many birthday wishes got on his bday.
<SMAI - Analysing contents.......> 
               58 persons have wished you on your timeline.
               Out of 58 comments; 26 have wished as "Happy birthday";
               20 as "Happy bday dude"; 11 as "Happy bday bro, have a great one!";
               1 is a detailed wish with lots of love that happens to be your wife.
<SMAI - Response.......>
               Based on the analysis, if you turn off your birthday reminder,
               you will get only 10 wishes. SMAI would also like to wish you
              "Happy Birthday mate"

Early Mornings Users: 
For e.g.
Users who access FB, Twitter and Whatsaap early in the morning.
<SMAI - Analysis.......>
               You last accessed your account 6 hours ago, when you woke in middle of your
                sleep to answer natures call.
                Since then, there isn't any breaking News Feed that would
                fantasize you;
                There is no single like or comment on your last status
               update of "Good night all" 
<SMAI - Response.......>
               Dekh Behen; "Tera phone kahi bhaaga nahi jaa raha, 
               pehle mooh to dho le"

While SMAI is still an inception and a dream, let us not wait for SMAI to rule us and decide the good and bad..
Be Responsible.

"50 -50 kos door jab koi, Social media pe jhol karta hai ... 

toh sab kehte hai betaa mat kar.. 

Warnaaa SMAI #phaakaaaf kar degaaaaaa"

Experience something New. That First Week...

We (I along with my wife) arrived into chilling Bendigo on 19th May at night, it was very foggy and cold. Something which we haven't seen in years neither in Mumbai nor in Singapore.
The next morning welcomed with drizzles and cold winds; Walking down the hill towards office i could see my own breath..


Frankly this was the coldest i have encountered in the entire life time.

A new location, new environment for both of us.
Like a lost child we were struggling to get acquainted with the environment, the culture and most importantly the food.

The first Sunday we went around the streets of Bendigo along with my friend and his wife, to explore local beauty of Bendigo.

On that very day i.e just 3 days into Bendigo, we encountered our first mess ;)

The smoke Alarm!
That evening was unusually cold; we decided to do an experiment - use the fireplace in our living room.
Managed to grab some wood from the backyard and burned in the room.
By the time we were to enjoy the heat.. came the surprise, the smoke alarm went on...

Didn't knew what the hell was that, have only seen those in our Bollywood movies, never in real life.
But the worse part of Bollywood movies, they don't show how to turn off the smoke alarm.

In a very quite environment the sound was unbearable, enough to wake everyone up in the vicinity. While i was struggling to find ways to stop that non-sense beep, i heard a siren of fire truck.

Two things Holy Shit! and Wow! -


Wow! - What a fantastic system, on one hand the smoke alarm goes up and on the other hand the fire truck is on the way..

Holy Shit! - What have i done..

While i was standing on the road, clueless, waiting for the fire truck to come, contemplating my
answers in back of my mind.
The fire truck went straight on the other road.

Haash! -  A temporary relief.

It was just mere coincidence, the fire truck went on the parallel road and smoke alarm went up in my room.

Now my next task was to turn that off..
I was about to dial 000, as good as calling 999, 911 & 100 in Singapore, US and India respectively.

I parked my disastrous thought in my mind's parking bay and gave a second thought - Called one of my friend, he advised me to push the reset button and that was it..
Small things matter!

Being in a new country, the first things we do is comparison; Direct comparison between things happening back home and here.. Be it from $ comparision, culture comparision and so on.
Of which below are few unique differences :-



Tissue Rolls Please!
Coming from Indian background, i didn't know the importance of tissue papers especially after attending nature's call, and here people dealt with those only.

Thumb rule - Attend nature's calls come only when you are ready to take shower :) but this rule can be dangerous for people suffering from bad stomach..
Hence we had to resort to our old Indian jugaad.. The Lotaa!


You eat, You pay!
Drinks and Dinner with client is inevitable, almost on every alternate day - be prepared for meeting over lunch.
What's so special about it ? This happens everywhere.
The surprise is - you gotta pay for your own drinks, so be prepared to shell out;
Mirchook people stay away ;)

Recycle everything!
To our surprise we found that people here try to re-use and recycle everything. They are more than happy to buy or reuse used furniture; which back home, some consider it a taboo.

Phone Numbers!
Landline numbers are even smaller than India's postal code..
You need a taxi, call 131008, at first i thought saala kya phenk raha hai; apne India me dial kiya ye toh invalid number bol ke gaali de dega.

Veges and Indian Spices!
Looking for Lauki (Bottle-guard), Methi and Bhendi (LadyFinder) in Bendigo; you have come to the wrong place boy.. Bhendi-Go away.


With this experience, i can say its just the first week that is usually terrible, understanding the culture, the living, taste of food and getting our schedules right.
That first week is really important to set things straight for you.. the nervousness and the fear about the new place always bites you ..

Irrespective of the situation; you need to be brave enough to overcome these ..
And once these are done, you are all set to enjoy the beauty of the change. 

Based on my experience thus far what i have noticed is things are pretty much laid back in Bendigo, the scenic beauty along with well maintained work-life balance is sufficient enough to give you the desired kick to fall in love with the city.
The perception about Australia has changed just within a week. People are very friendly, joyful and caring.

For those who are willing to visit Bendigo -  Be prepared to "Experience something New".

Welcome to Bendigo Maaayte!

More to come.


Cheers.

Keeping yourself Motivated

Motivation - A single and the most powerful word that can change your entire approach towards life. 

In this super-fast paced life, information is available at your fingertips, which means getting attracted to negatives, depressing things is unavoidable.

Switch on news channel, all you see is gloomy news. 

Change the channel and you are unknowingly dragged into "saas-bahu", "Main Tulsi Padosan ki.. " kind of serials.

The front page of almost all the newspapers across the world, is usually filled up with killing, terrorism, cheating and what not.. 

To add fuel to the fire we have social media ranging from Facebook to Whatsaap to Twitter depicting the same.

The medium and the flow of negativity around us is almost irrefutable, to keep us above all these is really important and challenging. 

Another contributing factor are negatively motivated people - simply stated as an Opportunists
An Opportunists can be a person or a situation or any other third entity.

It’s very easy to take these negatives and run away into depressions.

So Anna Hazare came with a positive motto of having a corruption free India, and some Opportunists went ahead to form a party called AAP.  

And now they are also ONE of them [dirty politicians]

A person commits suicide during a political rally, and all the opportunists politicians suddenly come out fighting for the rights, demanding justice. 

It looks as if bunch of street dogs are fighting for a flesh of meat, eventually no one cares about the meat.

[My deepest condolences towards the family of the victim] 

I don't want to drag my post towards politics any more, as i feel that's the epicenter of all the negativity. 

The people, things we deal with in our day to day life have great influence on us. 
According to me technology somewhat defines our thought process.

Although technology has made life really simple, but as they say "nothing comes without a price", so does technology.

The days starts with checking Whatsaap messages, emails , Facebook and ends with that, even before you reach your work-place the brain is already tired. 
For e.g. Lets take simple password management; everytime you have to use a gadget you have to deal with password; 
      Unlock the phone, the ATM, the credit cards .. 

     Windows password ?
      Facebook password ? Twitter password ?  
      Mail password?  
      Bank password ? 

Oh my God, i am on Instagram as well.. shucks i forgot the password, 

The forgot password link will give you ride of your lifetime and make you forget everything.

Somehow when you come to your password reset page, and when you enter your new password; there comes the heart-attack ~the diktat .. "Your password must contain this, Your password must be that"

Seems like you summoned by the class-teacher of your son and the teacher is complaining about all the mistakes.

You can try setting up SBI password 

So simple things made difficult, remembering password is a great challenge, the bigger challenge is resetting it.

These days Smart phones are making you more dumb, you lose your phone and that's it, feels like you have travelled time 30 years back. 

People are easily frustrated, tolerance and patience level has hit the all-time low. 

Most of us today have the tendency to procrastinate things, i would say 

Don't let Moti-WAIT ruin your life, rather let motivate rule your life!

The other day I completed reading one of the best books thus far "You Can Win" by Shiv Khera, all I can say is it is a perfect medicine for us to keep our neck above all the negativity & depressions. 

This book, teaches us how to carve out positives from each and every failures is commendable. 
A book that makes your realize your true potential, sufficient enough to give you the required kick to take you to next level.

A must read book.. 

Few excerpts which I would have re-tweeted innumerable times and which eventually caught my eye are:

"Winners see the gain, Losers see the pain"

“Winner don’t do different things, but they do things differently” 

"There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills."

"Under Adverse conditions - some people break down, some break records"

And finally the one that prompted me to write this post is:

“Motivation is like fire—unless you keep adding fuel to it, it dies. Your fuel is your belief in your inner values.” 

Motivation along with positive attitude is a perfect blend for solving all the impossible. 

Don’t be demotivated, there is always a reason to be motivated, believe in yourself

Appraisals are over, wait for next year :)

Talking about Motivation, one question always bites me Who motivates the motivator ? 


For me its my brother ..  How about you ?