The Medalists...

Last time I saw Indians standing for the national anthem was when the Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal became the common wealth games’2010 champion in the individual event. Today when I stood up once again for our national anthem in a movie theater, I quickly thanked all the players because of whom Indian national anthem hit our hearts 38 times during the recent CWG, Delhi.

Standing in a theater and listening to the national anthem is nothing before securing a gold medal and let the crew play the national anthem as our flag fly high and our pride do rounds around the country. Being the reason behind it, how all those players could have managed those hair-rising moments? What actually those players were thinking while the national anthem was on! This thought itself is very interesting and fascinating as well.

People wondered how could have Mr. Abhinav Bindra, the only man to win an Olympic gold for India so far, stood proud, managed or rather controlled his own emotions, while his country’s national anthem was being played on the world’s biggest stage because of his own achievement. Though his answer for this was simple, dealing with the situations would have been the toughest than aiming at the gold itself!

I know I’m very late. Nevertheless, I take this as an opportunity to thank and salute all those players of CWG for participating and for winning millions’ hearts. Always winning a medal is different; hearty congratulations to all the medalists, especially the gold medalists because of whom India ended number two in the medals tally.

Raktha Charitra – Not the story of hatred

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Hatred is the purest form of emotions” – An Indian Epic

Well before I entered the theater, these two lines from the “Raktha Charitra” movie banner made me think deep. Is really the hatred the purest form of emotions? May be! But how come hatred dominates love, after all only love can create hatred in a human’s mind? Does eye for an eye makes the whole world blind? If not completely blind, at least half blind, I convinced myself!

As always, this post is not about the story of the movie. This is just about the emotions that I underwent while watching it. Hope it never hurts anyone. Let me tell you, the cast of the film was undoubtedly superb; watchable performances. RGV has proved it once again why he is still the most wanted!

After observing the entire extravaganza created by many in last two days, I thought the movie was all about hatred. As far as I’m concerned, the movie clearly showcased the hatred that had been generated by the deepest love, in some cases it was because of a leader’s love towards his people, in some cases it was because of a son’s love for his parents, in some cases it was because of a politician’s love for power, in some cases it was because of people’s love towards their leader etc. I stress I believe it was all because of love, hatred would not have been generated otherwise.

Of course this is no different from what all movies show. Going by this, hatred shown in every movie would have been generated by the love for some or the other thing. But to me, this is special movie because it made me think; it made me understand the purest emotion further better.

Well, this is it for now. Next post continuing this topic will be delivered after November 19^th, after I watch the second part of the same movie. I must write this, I am awaiting Surya and his action.

Well done Ram Gopal Varma ji and thank you.

Be a Ruthless Competitor…

Winning anything is never easy. Be it the game, be it the fame, one has to believe the important of competing with their contemporaries. Understanding the strengths of the competitor makes one wiser; understanding the weaknesses of the competitor makes one stronger.

Apart from the act of competing one has to understand the important role that his competitors play in a person’s self development. We all learn from each other and we compete with each other. In this process we shall never ignore to be kind and friendly. Not only that people are important to your growth; but it is also that the healthy competition is important for the long being of the man kind.

Healthy competition can make lives easy. But practically this is not so easy to follow, nor is it easily achievable. Being humans many emotions hit us from the back. No need to explain this more as we all undergo such emotions everyday.

Everything apart, one has to be a ruthless competitor when it is required. At most of the times, the road to success lies in being so.

Are We Independent?

I feel human beings are not independent. It is just that some depend more and some depend less.

The Manager...

To me, “Manage” always appears incomplete. We manage when we’ve got to do nothing with something but just to manage it for the time being; in other words option less. At the same time, no one can turn down the importance of this task in our day to day lives, be it professional or personal.

In the contemporary world a manager has to do this ruthlessly to his people. At the same time he should not get managed by his people so easily. Not that the situation becomes worst otherwise, but issue is that the same culture gets cascaded among all the people who belong to him, which is not a good sign at all.

To conclude this topic from now, I hope I can quote this.

Manager shall manage people but shall not easily get managed by people.

TWO Options ... Take Home #28

Live for yourself;

Live for others;

For a better life, never ignore either of them. And the real challenge lies in adopting and copping up with these two as and when required.

No Escape...Take Home #27

Life becomes easier when we address the issues at the earliest, for which there is no escape.

Is Life Boring?

To all those who feel that life is so boring, I’ve something to say.

“Your own thinking can make your own life interesting, once again. Life never bores until and unless you allow it to do so”

CAUTION!!!

Hi friends, it’s been a fortnight I appeared here. Well, could not locate how the days passed, but I’ve definitely missed many expressive moods of mine.

I’d like to quote something. Here I go.

The person who eats less is never understood by the person who eats more; and the person who eats more is never understood by the person who eats less.

No…no, I haven’t attended any eating competition. This is the outcome of what the silly thought that my two years of professional life has caused. Penned it down at least ten days ago; since then I’ve been cross checking my own thoughts, just to verify them in case! Finally I’ve decided to post them here.

It may appear silly, but this can be related to many behaviors! Be cautioned.

Just love it and live it

Clock hits 00:17 am and here I am to express my on-the-spot feelings, once again at my loveliest space ever.

Many have already said it at different times in different ways. Each one of us would have experienced it already. I believe it will not bore if I reiterate, in fact it never bores.

Past appears so beautiful;

No words can explain;

Every moment of it touches my heart

At the deepest of it, so soothingly;

Does not matter tears or smiles,

All I can see now is the beauty of it;

Some years back,

The then past appeared beautiful;

The then present worried me a little;

And the future was full of dreams,

Though the fear of it pinched me at back;

And now,

Past appears beautiful and irreplaceable;

Present worries me a little;

And the future is, again, of colorful dreams,

Though the fear of it pinches me at back;

Now this makes me say, whatever we learn, earn,

We remain the same at the basics of life;

Be it the feelings, of beauty, of love, of worry, of dreams,

Until we realize that, every moment we live is special;

And, not surprisingly, every heart we meet is special;

So special, such that we have to love ourselves,

To the deepest of our hearts, every day, every minute.

Past, present, futures are the matter of times,

And the times that we make when we care;

Care a bit and make every moment your best;

Just love it and live it; after all, it is your life.

Hang On...

A teacher always humiliates a talented student, just because he does not like the way the student is. The student gets disheartened, cries, curses, thinks, hates and does whatever that seems correct to get through the situation for the moment. Years turn very fast. The student completes his PhD, joins a university as a professor. He behaves very friendly and encouragingly with his students. He always recollects his teacher’s actions which made him understand what happens to a student’s mind when a teacher humiliates. His students love him for the knowledge he has also for the way he is. On the last working day of every year, when the passing out batch students come to him with their hearts full of love, his eyes become wet. He closes his eyes and thanks his teacher for what he had been!

Many of such examples can be found in every corner of the world. Such stories not only inspire but also teach us to hang on before cursing anyone for being unfair to us.

So friends, hang on…

Don’t hate anyone for being unfair to you. There comes a day, when you become successful and you need to thank the same person for what he had done to you.

NO Fear Is Invincible...Take Home #26

Sometimes, fears can express a person’s intentions better than any words can explain. However, at the end of the day, everyone is destined to come to the conclusion that no fear in this world is invincible.

Definitions... Take Home #25

Definitions remain the same, though not the people and their perceptions.

Life with No Second Thoughts…!!

Life with no second thoughts…!! Writing this phrase itself is making me feel very lucky to have got it in my mind. Thinking about this phrase is making me go back to the world of my imagination, where only happiness rules.

We all say that dreams are beautiful. We all know that childhood is memorable and livable any number of times, if given a chance. Why? I feel these are the moments where we do not have any second thought about life, we only concentrate and learn truly and completely.

A thought had appeared in my mind when I was laughing in the afternoon. When we laugh, we think only about that particular incident, or may be a couple of related second moments. But when we cry, a big bunch of thoughts come in to our minds to make us feel much inferior to the situation. This is a disheartening but true example to prove that the number of second thoughts only make us lose the control on our mind and life style.

So, I can quote easily, live life with no second thought. But it is the toughest thing one can do and maintain. Again, sweetest successes come from attempting the toughest things in life. So let us try and give it our best. My best wishes for you all.

“Sweetest successes come from attempting the toughest things”

Love Is Beautiful

The most beautiful feeling in the world,

Is undoubtedly the trust that lovers have

On each other, which makes their lives

Extremely important for the generations,

To spread the message all across, that,

Love conquers many hearts, no doubt.

Who can say no, when I say “Love Is Beautiful”?

People do not mind - Take home #24

It is not that people do not have time; it is that, sometimes people do not mind!

“Every tear will be answered”

Finally I controlled my emotions and said to myself, “Every tear of me will be answered”.

Every time I cried earlier, I felt like I was throwing the pain away by crying and later on by wiping my own tears. But today, for the first time ever, I felt the happiness and energy in widening my eyes and stocking the tears back in my kitty.

I’ve just read a tweet - “Hide your sword behind a beautiful smile” – what a superb attitude! Great, absolutely!

Every tear will be answered;

On some or the other day;

By some or the other person;

In some or the other way;

All you will have to do is,

To stock back your own tears.

Remember without fail,

Every tear will be answered.

Self Satisfaction...

For any person, self satisfaction of not losing his individuality by getting succumbed to the circumstances is one of the permanent pleasures. It is very sad to see people ignoring this important point to get some temporary pleasures.

Togetherness...

Not just staying together but enjoying the togetherness completes every relation.

A humble person…Take Home #23

A humble person listens and analyzes what is said by the speaker, rather than looking in to the speaker’s face and searching for his reputation or social status.

I’m on my own… Take Home #22

In one of my recent posts I mentioned “I’m all alone”. I would love to give some positive shade to this line. Here I go.

“When I’m all alone, I’m all on my own. I’m proud for being so, since there can not be another best opportunity to prove myself”

Spot Fixing – Dispute, but nothing new!

Over the years, the rules of the game have been changed, but fortunately, the meaning and the essence of the spirit of the game have never been changed. With the recent dispute namely the ‘Spot Fixing’, I feel the spirit of the game called cricket has been challenged, once again.

Be it the bodyline bowling in 1930’s, be it the on field sledging, be it the Sydney test between Australia and India in 2007-08, be it the serial match fixing buzzes, be it the mysterious death of Bob Woolmer during 2007 world cup, and up to the very recent spot fixing incident, all those players/persons who are guilty have added themselves in to the history books for all the wrong reasons. After all of these incidents have devastated the game, still there are some cricketers who maintain the decency proving the game as the gentlemen’s. I’d like to say hats off to them before I move on.

After thinking deep, somehow I’ve developed a kind of soft corner for the cricketers involved in this. At the same time, the cricket boards, bookies, and the ICC are my main aims to arrow my comments.

Pakistan’s cricket board stands tall in the whole buzz, I feel. The way it bans it’s own players and the way it calls them back in to the team is no mystery to the honorable board members. Board has to support the players, I too agree, but not to the extent that it fails to inspire the players not to commit mistakes again and again!

The world T20 champions, the players from Pakistan are naturally talented and they can play beautiful cricket coming to the game. I’ve read an article which mentioned that most of the young boys of the team had been headed from the poor families. It must be easily understood to get the problems they would have faced to get the tag of playing for the national team. It is never easy in this competitive world.

The less monetary growth and the poor payment by the PCB are the main points for the bookies to attract the players. Of course, we may say, money should not be the criteria for the players and they need to play cricket, but to get these wise words or to understand the essence of representing the nation, the players are not even minimum educated. Their minds have to be tuned before they are allowed to play for the country. But sadly, their minds have been tuned as per bookies before the PCB does something.

Players should be educated more. Education when I say, it is not in terms of degrees, but rather it is in terms of the spirit of the game. This is the solution I see at the moment from the players’ side. And coming to the bookies, its not so easy to stop them as long as the money rules their minds. We can not do much on their side so let us not think too much.

ICC shall go for the strict monitoring track around the players and most importantly the team managements in and out of the pavilions. The code of conduct shall be stricter and at the same time player friendly, after all, they are also human beings not machines.

I’m very sure, for the issue which could not have been concluded over the years by many talented people, I alone can not conclude anything sitting back home and writing this post. Hence there is no proper conclusion here as well. With what I know and within few paragraphs I could suggest only this much for the time being.

Every shade that comes out of everything expresses something. We must understand it and move forward with a hope.

Hope the game wins always!

If you love your Organization/Country…

The growth of any organization/country will be paused, as long as the higher officials are under the impression that they will not be questioned, and as long as the people are under the impression that they can not question. This may not be observed and understood by everyone, but the person who can get this and strives against this issue will be remembered real longer. To be frank, he will be of real help.

So, if you love your organization/country, be ready to question any one and also be ready to be questioned by any one.

The Unseen Efforts... Take Home #21

If efforts can not be seen until and unless they produce results, fault is neither of the unseen efforts nor of the delayed results, but rather fault is of the person who is unable to see and get the essence of these two.

My Guest Post @ Yamini's Blog..

I’m so happy to inform you that I’ve done a guest post couple of days back in my cousin sister Yamini’s blog. To my pleasure it was the 400^th post of her. You can find the post here. Request you all to bless my dearest sister.

Also there is a special post by her in her blog on female infanticide. Please do read and promote the same, if you like it.

Yamini: Hearty congratulations on successful completion of your 400 posts. It is never easy. Keep it up.