How someone's bad luck can be so good!!!!

Whenever you feel down because of the things not going as per your expectation,you feel bad. I do self analysis too. This time I was more than conviced that whatever I have are because of the hard work and the great efforts I have put in. It is not that I am an atheist and I believe in agnosticism. I do beleive there is an almighty, who controls everything.

Could not refrain myself from putting my feelings on the repository. It was December 1st, 2009.I Started of the day with lots and lots of energy and a great enthusiam, as it was the most important day for me in 2009. I was to take my CAT on the day. My test started at 10:00 AM sharp. For the first 45-50 minutes it was kinda great going. Around 11:00 am, I picked up a headache along with some cold. Temperature in the room was too low. I asked the person concerned to increase the AC temperature if possible. Got a reply that since there are many systems running parallely, it is not possible to lower the mercury level further.I felt like a gone case for me. I was trying hard to concentrate and get the questions done. I was taking double the time required for a question. Came back home totally depressed with a thought in my mind. The thought was revolving around all the incidents which have happened since 2001. I always had a feeling that whatever I have, all are hard earned. The luck factor has never been on my side. Each time this thought creeps into my mind, my sister will try to appease me by saying whatever happens, happens for good.This time I called her up and said now its enough and my faith in the almighty has withered. And I started enumerating the major happenings right from1999.
1. 1999: I matriculated with 84.8 % marks. Could not get admission in DPS, bokaro because of my 63 marks in social studies, though I was the one who used to get good marks in that subject.
2. 2001: After my IIT-JEE screening, fell severly ill and could not prepare well for my IIT mains.
3. December 1st, 2009: Everything was going fine as expected, but picked up headache at the crucial time.
After listening to all these, even my sister agreed that luck has never been on my side.

A true friend and selfish me!!!!!

Last morning around 7:40 a.m., I was called up and informed about a good news.I have been eagerly waiting for this news since last 2-3 months. I have been praying the God to make it happen. When it came, a true frined in me was very happy but a selfish in me was sad. Sad, because one of my best friends(since the day I knew him) is leaving this city. I have very few friends with whom I share the kind of friendship I have with him. Soumik, knowing you have been an achievement since I landed in bangalore way back in June'2006. Spending time with you, talking to you about every good girl we know, loitering with you in the malls of bangalore.......have been simply superb.I always wished if we could join the same college, but fate has something else for me.More I try hard to get into an IIM, the more it eludes me. Wishing you all the very best in future endeavours at IIM, Lucknow.
Mere thinking that you would be leaving bangalore has brought tears to my eyes.
Signing off.....Rakesh

I wish if this letter could reach Mrinal Pande(It was written by me sometime in Nov 2009)

Dear Madam,
I was sifting the information from my favorite daily "The Hindu", where I could find your take on Hindi media. I do agree with what you said, but there you have also mentioned something about Bihar. This is what you say of Bihar:
"Despite continuous political turbulence, poverty, rise in crime and a near-breakdown of law and order".
My question to you:
1.) How many times have you been to Bihar? Do you really know the current happenings in Bihar?
2.) Have you been to Mumbai recently?

I don't understand the reason why if someone has to talk about political turbulence, poverty, rise in crime and a near-breakdown of law and order, Bihar comes to his/her mind at first place. The only thing which comes to my mind to answer myself is "Bad man is better than a bad name".

I would to bring to your notice that how Indian media is responsible for not good image of Bihar:
-> Talk of cast system, media personality will never miss to mention Bihar, even though neighbouring state W. Bengal never had a single CM from the backward caste.
-> Talks on corruption again lead to Bihar (true to you too), when the most corrupt politicians and bureaucrats are in Mumbai.
-> Roads of Mumbai are worst of its kind with potholes and craters, but when Indian media has to talk about bad roads, it always moves to Bihar.
-> Rape, murder and abductions are rampant in the economically strong regions of NCR comprising of Delhi, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Noida and Faridabad; but when talks of crime start it always moves to Bihar.
-> You talked about political turbulence, what is your take on recent mayhem in Maharashtra assembly house?
I know few journalists do take advantage of this to make their column peppy and interesting.
When there is something good about Bihar, media will never cover it.

Some two years back, a global Bihari meet was organised in Patna which had eminent speakers like Mr. Kalam, noted economist Lord Meghnad Desai, Mr C. Rangarajan and many more. This high profile event was hardly reported in any national media.

My question again: was it not a duty of any enlightened media to highlight this meet to create positive vibes about Bihar, if they dont miss any chance of belittling Bihar's image.
To me it seems, Indian media has become impotent and it needs some medicine to perform like an enlightened media!

My request: if you can't help the needy, don't try to laugh at them. The condition in Bihar is improving, though it has to grow by leaps and bounds, but then it has to be started somewhere.

I would like to beg your pardon, if I had struck any of yours discordant chord. But I could not refrain myself from writing to you, I am fed up with reading these things about Bihar. I feel bad when people talk only bad things about Bihar.

Thanks,
Rakesh

Shobha Shock

Midst the current controversy and agitation prevailing in Mumbai as well as in Bihar, Shobha De's remark on the issue was shocking one. This is what she has to say "In West Bengal, people speak Bengali, in Karnataka they speak Kannada, in Tamilnadu, they speak Tamil. Well the disconnect is happening in Mumbai because people think of Mumbai as belonging to all of India".
Such an stupid remark from one of the most celebrated writers is totally uncalled for. Being a responsible citizen of India she should have thought once before making such an statement.What is she trying to say? Does she mean that Mumbai is her parental property?
Why is she trying to be Mr Gilchrist of Australia, for whom we Indians had lot of respect before he condemned the demigod of cricket of being a bad sport.

She should not follow the footsteps of the uncivilsed son of the soil (read Raj Thackerey).

Blame game of Indian politicians in the hour of need

Who can forget 13th of September’08, the horrifying day? It started like just another day and turned out to be the most terrible day for Delhites.

Connaught Place, Delhi: One of the hottest destinations to Delhites. People were hanging around with there near and dear ones, totally unaware of the terror in the air. Suddenly a series of bomb blasts rocked Delhi at various places. Connaught Place was one of the witnesses among them. In a second everything thing changed from good to worst. People were lying here and there crying for help. The whole atmosphere was surrounded by cloud of smoke.

Everything was being aired on TV. I called my younger brother who is based in Delhi and got quite relieved after talking to him. Suddenly I was taken aback at what I saw on some NEWS channel (don’t remember exactly which news channel). The Congress leader Kapil Sibal and BJP leader Arun Jaitely were arguing with each other about the short comings of BJP government and that of UPA government. At the same time the activities at CP, Delhi were also being aired. The people were lending their helping hand to the needy, injured people were being taken to hospitals.

And these so called great leaders were trying to find some loopholes, so that the blast can be attributed to those loopholes. The only thing which came to my mind at that moment is that these leaders should be made to stand in queue and must be shot dead. They are useless fellows always trying to make fool out of a common man. Can’t they learn something from their American counterparts, who always stand as a nation in the hour of need? Why they always play blame game in situation like this?
Don’t know who should be blamed? But strict actions need to be taken otherwise days are not far away when we will have bomb blast every other day, in every other city, in every corner of India.

Our education system - good enough?

Right from childhood we are told to perform better, try to secure first rank in the class and so on. The point I like to make here is our individual performance is what get noticed. Even teachers pay more attention to top rankers in the class. And this is the reason why from the very beginning we learnt to concentrate on individual performance rather than performing as a group/team. There is a least amount of team work we get involved in during our school days. At least this is what I have seen in my school and I assume this is what happens in most of the schools across the country.

But once we are into the corporate world everyone expects us to be a good team player, a team player to the core.

Now my question to the society is: Is there something wrong with our education system?Is there something wrong with the way we are brought up? Is there anything we can do in this regard?