Your trip to Rishikesh

Rule 1: Don't go for a weekend. You need atleast 6 continuous days. You cannot replace this with three weekends. 1 continuous week would be perfect.
My trip to Rishikesh was for 4 full days & it remains incomplete. It aches my heart & because it remained incomplete, I miss my time there terribly. I want to quit my professional commitments & go back there. This must also tell you how lovely the place is!

Rule 2: Go alone. Rishikesh deserves a solo trip. People go there to do rafting and bungee jumping but that's absurd. You may enjoy these activities but Rishikesh is not about it. Rishikesh is about an inward journey. It is Yoga capital of the world. Yoga is union of us with everything else. To make the most of this land, go solo.

Rule 3: What do you need to pack? Get a pair of very good quality shoes. Get good quality socks. Get a light bathing dress to enjoy the water-falls. Get a slipper. Get a couple of pair of very comfortable jeans. Get a light & thin towel. Get a couple of under-pants. Get a good quality camera or a superior camera-phone.

Rule 4: How much do you need to spend? For an Indian or a foreigner -  1 week satisfying stay at Rishikesh shouldn't ideally cross USD 200 or INR 9K. This difference is mostly owing to sophisticated life-style of foreigners viz-a-viz rugged lifestyle of a solo Indian traveller. It also accounts for difference in charges levied upon an Indian in comparison to foreigners for certain activities. This cost doesn't include Rafting, bungee jumping or other activities you may want to indulge in. This includes 2 days bike rental, your economical stay, food, local travel expense, essential local shopping you must do and other unavoidable miscellaneous stuff.

Rule 5: Where you stay would matter a lot. I recommend The Hosteller near Laxman Jhula - location is fantastic & it is ideal for solo travellers. Not recommended for families though. Good for a couple as well.

Rule 6: Where to visit:

a) Visit Vashisht Gufa near Shivpuri, Neelkanth temple, Patna waterfall. These three should be reached on a bike. Do take bath at Patna waterfall. You will cherish the water massaging your body & I don't think you will easily forget the moment.

b) Dedicate a day to walk left of Laxman Jhula upto Garur Chatti & go on daily to attend near by Ganga Aarti in the evening of the day - Parmarth Niketan Aarti is a good one, try all I would say. If you involve yourself fully in these Aarti's in a transcendental sense, you will not forget these evenings for a long time.

c) Visit Neer water fall & spend some tranquil moments with the nature. Carry your bathing dress & take a bath in the natural pool & shower.

d) Attend the famous Ganga Aarti of Triveni Ghat. Camp overnight in congruence with authorised trekkers & camp organizing groups at Rishikesh.

e) Visit Kunjapuri Temple early in the morning before sunrise to enjoy the place to its fullest. It is recommended on a bike as you may want to spend hours there. You may trek for 13 kms after over-night camping or you can take a taxi early morning.

f) Keep a spare day to reflect & go wherever you want to. You will find yourself mixing up with people from across the world.

Rule 7: Switch off the internet for as long as you can in the day. I only made or attended important calls to & from important people in my life.

On your trip to Rishikesh, you must just let yourself be. Don't follow what I have mentioned in any such order or like a routine. I recommend just keeping it in mind & doing it as your heart leads you. I went quite randomly and it was the time of my life. I indeed discovered some bits & pieces of myself I never knew before.

Neer Waterfall

Patna Waterfall

From Laxman Jhula to Garur Chatti

Garur Chatti

Laxman Jhula

Sunrise at Kunjapuri Temple

Kunjapuri

Bank of Ganga near Vasishtha Gufa

Vasistha Gufa

Unflappable

Quite some time!
Whats new?
I think a few steps ahead in life.Is it possible to know whats the correct amount of work you must give in every day of life in order to become addicted to it.I think that process is the pursuit of happiness.So it is a sum of not just how much you have given but also how much you take.Infact,I realized in these times that how much you can take counts much more.Builds you up.If you think of a healthy physique,you could say,what you take is your endurance.What you give is the structure.You know the difference,right?Journey is endurance and the destination is what you give,what is visible.It deludes almost everyone,not me though,not anymore.Strength is all parts endurance and one part structure.
I was talking about being a few steps ahead since the last time.Well,thats in terms of the endurance.You would know already if it was visible but you don't yet and I am sorry to some of you who might be reading it to see some announcements.There is just one,the journey keeps getting better and I keep moving ahead.
What else?
Oh ofcourse,the realization that there are a plenty of folks around.But that many and still together,a vast nothingness.It is not about what they do and how they live or think,its simply the funny approach.Its easy for me to ignore anyone,I am pretty much of an asshole in that sense.I don't care about anyone in a special way.I care about everyone in a similar way.I have a small world of 6 people who have control over me.These 6 never control me though.The beauty.They just inspire.Well it was 2 when I was born.Then it became 3,2 years later.It became 4,4 years later and it became 5,7 years later or maybe 6 or 8.20 years later it became 6 and it stopped.It never changed.Well these are the pillars of my endurance.So many jerks at every stage of every step ahead and just a thought of these 6,turns everything round.Its like magic.
I was talking about correct amount of "something"(have replaced the word work) you must give and take to love life,to pursue happiness.Well,these 6 are the centre of it all probably.So I think I will take this one to thank them.Seriously,it is amazing to drive a car with 6 strong wheels while knowing the destination,while knowing the way to the destination and knowing that you can drive.Its amazing.Well,thats what confidence in essence is too.Thats where your endurance comes from.Thats how you start loving the journey more than the destination probably.
Coming back to the point,the pursuit is still on.Your happiness is the pursuit.And however hard I try to not consider,that your happiness is my happiness, fail.Because my happiness is that too,yours.
Smiling at this hour is good.Well,I was having an iced glass of rose water.And now......asleep......almost................... :)
Keep it going.Have a few to love.Throw the garbage.Do no wrong.Be kind.Be true.Be yourself.Live well....tc..!

If you go forever,I will fly forever.Just because you have stopped,I have stopped.This life is what,but in parts.One part you and one part rest.So in a way,you are the forever.You go or you stay doesn't even matter in those terms.

Beginning of prep for UPSC 2016.

I am taking a shot at UPSC 2016.

This is more like a a sport you play in the evening while you have been doing school,college or office rest of the day.When the sport hour approaches,you get excited and then drain yourself out in those short 2 hours. When you play a sport you don't necessarily want to become a sportsman later in life but still you play with all your heart.Since there is no condition & expectation you usually enjoy it a lot.
Nevertheless,you do have those small ambitions of making it to the team in coveted tournaments or becoming a captain or maybe coming out as the best sportsman.Some similar drive inside me about this exam.
I would like to focus now on the Prep part because down the line,I guess that's what you would ant to read.
I tried to refer strategies and approaches on how to prepare etc but I wasn't satisfied.I liked Ananya Das to an extent while going through few who cleared the exam quite smartly and not that rigorously.My approach towards UPSC is only going to be like that of a task you complete in an optimized manner.What I mean is,becoming a subject expert or becoming too learned on certain topics is not at all my aim.So,my preparation is not going to be a very passionate one but of a different sort.Iam analyzing certain figures and facts on this exam and am thus going to attempt it accordingly..I will share with you the analysis at the end of the line.
I bought a world focus magazine today,cancelled an ordered Indian Polity book by Laxmikanth.I took the 2015 prelims paper,GS.I have scored 62 in the paper.The cutoff this year will supposedly be  between 100 and 110.I am attaching the scoresheet.
I am going to write the exam with Political Science and International Affairs as my Optional.Its going to be self study only.

The self talk of Nov 15

Almost a million things are going on in my small mind.I am wondering about my startup and its future.I am optimistic myself but I am worried about it too.I don’t understand if the track is right,if the people are right,if I am right in how I am approaching my people,if the vision is clear,if our idea is strong,if success is a doubt,if people will accept it at all,whether we are hitting where there is nothing,or we are going good,going well and that’s how everyone would probably have gone before they became known.This is not a simple state of mind,its rather so complex that I haven’t experienced in my life,a feeling alike,ever before.It is distressing and it is irritating.Its not just my mind which reacts to the situation,its my actions,my thoughts and my temperament as well.While doing all this I often try to stay as composed a spossible,I try my best to listen to all sort of criticism and absorb it,I also try my best to learn a lot from critics,I like those who pinch me and I like them too who try to hurt me now.This is because of my weird state of existence right now.I am so hurt already that what could do more wrong.I have developed a comforting resistance to all this and I have somehow become very strong.It is almost like a feeling where nothing can be lost.

I almost wonder half of the time when will this all be over.It is damn tough and very demanding but then I acknowledge these times with a feeling of curiosity rather than hopelessness.I have one thing which makes me strong and inspires me during all this.It snot a person or a feeling.Its rather the toughness itself.I tend to believe that our actions have probably yet not become so intense that the results would be forced to show up.I am yet to hit that part on the graph where the points change their plane and the line changes its orientation and shape.It is also inspiring that what I am trying to do is not merely build a tent which could serve me to live well.My aim inspires me a lot.It is ultimately the effect that motivates and gets a hang over the desolute days and thoughts.

I asked a lot of people about their experiences,difficulties etc before I started.What they shared was so easy to go through and what I am going through is so difficult.This question is some sort of a void.This is good or this is bad can be not known probably untill the end is clear.But you often hear about an unknown identity trying to push you all the time,and trying to make sure ou don’t stop.Well,that’s the case here as well because I have always been made to feel somehow to do even more,a little bit extra,sometimes different,at times to back off,at times to increase the pace,all that is so arbitrary.It is like a billion things that lead to those manoeuvers in my current life and when I think about it I am almost blank.Its very deep and I don’t expect anyone to understand this.

Strangely,this is also a state I always want to be in.There is so much pressure that literally you could bend a metal and change the shape of a diamond if you would place it inside of my body.I often smile at myself when alone thinking about this experience life has been putting me through.The me that has become is one who never any longer fantasies about fame,failure,reputation,wealth.It is my pleasure to have understood that it is really important to just make sure whatever I do and however I do it,I must not ever lie to the soul within.I have actualized about myself that there could be so many attractions in the world that would probably excite that you which doesn’t even exist.It is rally important to impress yourself all the time.It is probably a thumb rule to be honest about your body to your soul and the senses.It is not necessary to mould yourself according to the sight of rest others.Others that could be important would not even notice such things.

Then there has been an amazing experience of understanding others as well while I have been undergoing this tremendous whack of a situation.Its apleasure always to have a chance to know others.My perspective has changed too.I wouldn’t mean to be harsh but I often see a lot of people different from me.I notice their every moment of existence in impressing that which doesn’t exist.Thats a way of life I guess and that’s perfectly okay,it makes me feel vivid too.Its exciting to have myself as different,atleast in my own point of view.I have got an amazing respect for those others who behave in a manner in which that unknown identity behaves.I feel shy to speak to them,I would often assume they know the future already it seems.They really are an important part of that billion of things.

This stage is okay to have.I wouldn’t say it’s a pleasure but I concur that it is a proof of something.I mean ofcourse,if I would simply,start,grow and end,that’s not impressive to my own self.So I appreciate the pressure and I want more of it.But I am pretty sure,at the end of the day,I will have the right layout,the right people,the right time and the right results.I do feel that my head might burst right now but then somehow,something holds it together,like always.Thank you god.

Straight ahead

"Endless path or limitless goals,social solutions to economic impact
challenging patterns of day and night,noons and evenings
freedom over slavery and the guts to dream
the journey then from dream to plan and from plan to goal
the standing wall,strong as steel-nerves wrecked and ethics reeled
world has come to a broadway lie,corporates outward sly
when I dreamt of a far away land,i knew it was easy and lame
if the change was to begin,i had to be one starting a fling
and then the time came by,that decision evoked hue and cry

when everything looked dizzy in mind,some people knew guy wanted to try
they pushed and shoved and loved and adored untill he started by
it created a lasting impact,the lives around were still the same
with now and then seeking support,it was obvious life was just beginning
a life that wanted to lend its years,to buy happiness and end all fears
There were still doubts as ideas were talked,ofcourse some joked
there were all different men and women who heard it out
some were curious some just had doubts,and some had no idea,were knocked out

Thats true,there are people but there are some cool guys
As krishna said in Gita,its really not about shirts and ties,jackets and dyes
Looked secretly to their profiles,took inspiration most times
Its a good fact,life is what but speeding by,either die or you try
Work had to be loved,love was found,creating enterprise that was not around

Everyday was different,It is still,everyone has a different time
An important time of a business life,some to keep but some good byes
Today I want to think and know,a few men,women who reflect a  similar view
Going ahead,it is important to see,who is your own and who a mystery
I dont blame you,oh my dear,its me who keeps looking from the rearview mirror
Important you see its a serious act,a happening life on a very long track,
Decisions are what but looking ahead,seeing the past and fitting it in time..

Saw you Looking for a bunch of pie's,you might well sell tickets in black and white
Decided to move you at the bottom of my pile,you are so fragile
You must endure and dream along,you shake your strength and shake your soul
you have to dance on the wildest tunes,you have to follow those simple clues
I am very patient if you want to try but ruthless otherwise
Business is not just a wallet size,it is creating meaning in lives
Look from my eyes,you will see the sky,never lust when love says hi..
I pity you but who am I,life is yours and hope you strive

Nothing you ever had learnt before,if cash had become a nasty drive
If you were to run an enterprise,keep in mind your vision intact
I wish your health would stay fine,and ethics your solid ground
You have choosen a wonderful path,even today its out of time
father is a great man,who tells this guy,greatest secret beneath the sky
So to say,every day and night,your values my greatest pride
you have done your best all life,yours would be this life lived by..."

Beautiful Patna sky from where I secretly do cig's at times

Driveway...

To the Capitalists

When ideas are born,they are rejected.Then they are admired.And it becomes the most powerful thing.It assumes power first of all by disturbing the most powerful,basically by challenging the contemporary.
I know you're taking it in the teeth,but the first guy through the wall,he always gets bloody.Always.This is threatening not just a way of doing business,but in their minds,it's threatening the game.Really, what it's threatening is their livelihood, their jobs.It's threatening the way that they do things.Every time that happens,

whether it's a government,a way of doing business, whatever,the people who are holding the reins,they have their hands on the switch,they go batshit crazy.I mean, anybody who's not respecting a good idea right now

and rebuilding their work and the world around them based on that idea,they're dinosaurs.They'll be sitting on their ass on the sofa at the end of their life and probably repent over asumptions of if they would have.And thats good because this world is being driven that way.

And bytheway I absolutely despise and hate Mukesh and Anil Ambani who are nothing but crazy crows born in a billion rupee nest.Cronies.No respect and sometime in the future,someone with an intent must and will shake their souls out.

Okay enough of raw feelings,check this interesting pic out which shows the aha moments of few cool guys who are entrepreneurial legends now

Oh and if you do care about music that I hear now a days ..haha its repeat mode,a typical trait of mine.Currently there are two songs really - Time flies tuesday 2011 and Akon's blame it on me.
And,ofcourse I am really hunting bad for a new fav girl.Thats a deep void since what,ages now probably.Good for me.No desperation,no womanising,just chill.

Should old acquaintances be forgot,

And never brought to mind?

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

And days of auld lang syne?

Tc folks.Life is racing but dont loose your breath and never loose your heart.

Corrupt,oh you anti social

Corruption is very much into your skin.Infact it is your clothe,your bread,your roof & almost your evth.Go back into years and reimagine how you would have lived if corruption weren't that fed you.If you starve a poor and give yourself an extra bread,if you let the roads be compromised and people be killed,what civility allows you to buy yourself many cars,if you are adjusting justice to someone's suitability,you are hurting a poor,you are hurting strugglers and doers of the world,you are stripping those of their money who have earned it by in someway carrying this planet on their shoulder,and then you seek respect just because you built a big bloody house and stoned it with your name.You save a criminal,who rapes many,kills many more, and still you manage to lie to your family that you are a hero and that you punish and catch criminals.This corruption is in the system.And those who practice it are infact the champions of current education system.So ideally,they know that they are doing wrong but they go on and still do it.Whats the root cause of corruption and how could it really be impaired ?
I dont really think they are bad human beings but they are weak men and women who fall for money.So clearly since they are weak and since they do it for money,there could be three simple ways of dealing with corruption 1. Love for society cum weakness of money Psychometric tests for everyone before taking on such responsibilities and zero tolerance for negative results.Declaration of all expected other income before taking up a responsibility.
2. Secret corruption shoppers in each state reporting to maybe CAG or Lokpal who would be monitoring and summoning people,very much operating like RAW with informants etc.Ofcourse evth would need to be cross checked.
3. Further,once proven guilty,at no cost law to be bent or leveraged.Intent of govt to be clear empowering common men that corruption is disaster and that corrupts are social enemies.

PMO India Narendra Modi Arun Jaitley Ravi Shankar Prasad

How I am inspired and why I may succeed...

I wanna write today because I have two hours ago walked out of a movie theatre after having a really fine time watching 2 States.It is so importaant how my thoughts always return to just one thing everytime there is a Tamil connection.There was this girl who was significant enough to leave those ever lasting memories in my mind and that pretty feeling in my heart.Have you ever just stopped and realized that if you hadn't met a certain person in your life, your life would be completely different.Yes,that is the person I always turn back to.Its not that I have become a different person,no.She was very similar to me in a lot of ways and my thinking about life,about shaping life,about living it,my approach towards family,love,happiness,success and all other little things that matter.When we spoke for long hours in night she would not talk about her much,I would talk about her all the time and she would talk only about me,these selfless calls on phone were only a reflection of our unconditional love.What she did to me therefore was that,she made me a big guy-if measured by aspirations and imaginations.She inspired in me her believes,which were my believes too,her dreams,her strive for success,her intoxicating laughter at all serious unimportant things in our lives,infact her complete beauty was unknowingly shared between us.She was an angel, if angels were to be the most beautiful people in the world.With all this,I changed.I would probably have still thought about different aspirations I had but the urge would definitely have been weak and fragile.It could have probably evaporated at a tempting job and a safe life,which usually does happen with 99th percentile among us.It is wiser only because,risk cannot be shared by all.If all were to share this risk,how would everything else function.
So maybe the alchemy of universe points a few out and leaves them out in the wild open to either make a difference or get swallowed while trying at it.Thats the risk you take and it is often inspired by a strong desire.That stregth,which I have in me,has come to me only because she came in my life.My parents,my father and my mother are the reasons I live for and she still is a distant cause of any shape that my life will take.Because really,the very time when those dreams were shaped aren't when I met you,they were long back,when I was still trying to get a hang of how reproduction in humans work,that back.Or even earlier,when I saw my most honest administrator father have all the greatness that respect and integrity brings but still not a step closer to achieve his faraway dreams.These are important moments that happened,when my mother would look at the TV and enjoy those soaps and imagine only what she would know.If all this is landing you to a feeling that I had a struggling story with my family,then I wrote bad,I was trying to say how my dreams have shaped in real.They have been born from different dots in different times.They are more of many people's dreams that I have taken to become mine.It would be a perfect ode to a wonderful man and a lovely woman if their son can complete the circle of their life.It would make a lot of sense.But this needed utter strength and that strength wasnt born out of the dreams themselves,there was only way,it needed an inspiration.I’m pushing you away but I’m pushing you gently so you’re not gone, not completely. I wait for you to resist my feeble attempts and return again and again and again, until you never leave at all.
My entrepreneurial journey will be fascinating to wonder about .It could either become an unknown tale of an unknown dreamer or it will become story of a fearless entrepreneur.In any case when I would probably close my eyes for always,even a moment before that,they wouldn't reflect to anyone else that I didn't live.Popularly known is to all what life is.It is the most amazing opportunity one gets in life and to top it up I got everything else to make it comforting and still when I go how could I ever complain.I would never compalin.I am not coplaining even now.I have started my bit and have become slowly an evolving entrepreneur.Amidst the most impeccable memories of love and childhood nurturing,I have it in me to endure what I aspire.I have seen men-women stubborn in pursuit of path they have chosen because thay don't know the significance of goal,I on otherhand am very stubborn in the pursuit of my goal.I have always been an advocate of ethics ,integrity and honesty and therefore they are in my blood.On the grounds of righteousness,nothing I ever do shall ever harm anyone else.The most interesting aspect of my thought process is,money has no place anywhere,it is only as important as a centimeter ,a kilogram or a miles per hour is.Ideas,management,leadership,contribution,wipe out of crony capitalism,justice to deserved economically,fair pricing,inspiration are rather something's which matter a lot to me,among others.

On a parting shot,I cannot only let her be the cause of it all,what if its a havoc? Its mine more if it blows but if it flies its all yours. 

Ditch toxic people

One of the most significant things you can control is association -- your choices of who you permit into your world, who you give time to or invest time with, and who you look to for ideas, information and education. The people around you rarely have a neutral effect. They either facilitate your accomplishment, they undermine it, or they sabotage it outright.

The first useful association tactic is the elimination of toxic people and saboteurs. It's not an easy thing to face facts about a friend, family member, long-time employee  or long-time vendor when they are, in some way, interfering with or disapproving of your accomplishment. It's important to face these facts and to act on them because the more time you spend with people who are unhelpful, unsupportive, disrespectful, envious, resentful, dysfunctional or outright damaging to you, the less value all your time has.

These people don’t just harm the minutes you and they are in the same place. Few people can so perfectly compartmentalize that they can lock every thought, assertion and act of a toxic person in a little mind box and without leakage into other mind boxes. Paraphrasing a Chinese proverb (I found in a fortune cookie), if you lie down with mongrel dogs, even for a short nap, you wake up with fleas -- and they ride with you wherever you go.

Ideas, beliefs, opinions and habits work just like that. Even if you're associating only occasionally or briefly with someone who is intellectually or emotionally toxic or someone who is feckless and inept, it’s enough time for the fleas to leap from them to you, burrow in and be carried away by you to subtly affect your performance and productivity. If your creativity or constructive thinking or work performance is thus diminished, so is the value of your time.

People who are detrimental for you to associate with are not necessarily of evil intent. They may all be “good people,” but that doesn’t mean they’re good for you. Good chocolate cake is not good for a diabetic. In fact, it’s poison. Associating with somebody who is always pushing it to you, saying “Just have a tiny piece” is just as suicidal as baking it for yourself.

There are lots of ways a person can be toxic and poisonous to you. I’ve had clients describe how recurring disputes with a particular employee were mentally exhausting but couldn’t be helped because otherwise, that person was a great asset. The “otherwise” is a big problem. Many small businesses wind up with a ruthlessly defensive key person who goes into murder mode anytime an attempt is made to add a second person but is “otherwise” terrific.

There's the “we tried that before” guy. If it were up to him, we’d light the place with candles because Edison would have been limited to one try. There’s the “constructive critic,” always making you feel inadequate or undeserving, in the guise of being a cautionary ally worrying over you stubbing a toe.

On the other hand, constructive association with creative, inspiring, encouraging people can do a great deal to bolster your performance, thus making your time more valuable. Each minute of your time is made more or less valuable by the condition of your mind, and it is constantly being conditioned by association.

The entrepreneur is particularly susceptible to gaining or losing power by association because he has so many diverse responsibilities and is often operating under pressure, duress and urgency. Playing this game in a compromised mental state, weakened or wounded by poor ideas and attitudes seeded into the mind by association, is extremely difficult. Playing it strengthened and empowered by rich ideas and attitudes seeded into the mind by association can make the difficult easy.

Simply put, you want to deliberately reduce and restrict the amount of your time left vulnerable to random thought or association, and deliberately, sharply reduce the amount of time given to association with people who won’t make any productive contribution and may do harm. Does that mean you can only spend time with people you are in complete philosophical agreement with? No. In fact, such isolationism can be dangerous. But it does mean you should avoid association with people who believe and promulgate beliefs diametrically opposed to “success orientation.”

You want to deliberately increase the amount of your time directed at chosen thinking and input, and constructive, productive association. You want to associate with strivers and achievers, with winners and champions. This is an uplifting force that translates into peak performance, which makes all your time more valuable.

Quintessential me

I keep trembling at the thought of an overlapping distress that often rises out of pretty much believable anxiety i am going through.Setting things right ,doing them fine and moving forward is essentially the lecture I hear out.See,I have made a choice and when I was doing it,I truly wanted to throw myself at the aisle and feel the heat of the dusty charcoal.There are different ways in which a life shapes up.Everyone can be successful I think and all of them in different ways.What drives me is not success at all,my perception of life is very subjective.Discussing that will infact make sense only when there is something substantial which it tells to the world.
Now,entrepreneurship to me is giving back a lot and lot to the world.I believe beyond Politics,beyond what an IAS could do in India for eg. and beyond other walks people take in life,this journey of building up an organisation can in a great way encompass all the dimensions one can think of.It is indeed very important for me to dream very big,I am a dreamer and I have no boundaries.I remember telling my girlfriend in college once that,you will see that India will rise above the west,people will earn better,live better and be much more proud.When she asked how will this happen and who will do it,& since she was very lovely and understanding,I thought she will understand this as well.I said to her then that I will contribute my part and try and make it happen.She didnt laugh and I think that was a moment my love just turned eternal for her.It was at the age of  20 or 21 I think.
Even before,I remember drawing a flow chart on one of the 2002 diaries dad gave me,had written very clearly what I wanted to do some 4-5 pages.Diary is lost sadly .But,I have all the memory of that diary being read by my sis one evening and she feeling great while reading it.She involved herself totally into it and asked bhaiya how!!what will be the name!!where will you go!!etc.etc.That day,I think I started respecting my younger sister a lot.I was 15 then.
So,its always been damn clear in my head and I have often seen the path take a shape when I do close all other doors viz-the worlds drama-polity-dismay-failure-crap-shit etc.The feeling of getting lost into that endless world of possibilities shakes me up,positively.At that moment,I am often aware of my capabilities.I think then,I should do it because I could do it.At most I could fail,and then probably still manage to make a livelihood and just live-which in any case I would have made and done had I choosen the typically correct walk to life.
This journey has begun.It has still not taken the peak though.Still searching for the escape velocity,and sometimes getting carried away by the menial possibilities of the punk culture of capitalist corporates.Paycheck-Promotion-Missile-Bomb,thats fine-but not for me.As I begun,I drew this thick line of difference in each and all.I stand by it and I am all tied up setting myself to differentiate my individuality as well.This difference if I can create it,I will owe to the few who mean a lot in my life.Even if I fail,I will still owe my life to them.

"Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love." 

-- Miguel Angel Ruiz 

We three

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living."

-- F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

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chole-rice from the culinarian in making

today i would discuss cooking chhole.not the one that goes with bhature,havent thought of making that.it takes unbearable quantity of oil and mehnat to cook an average bhature.it gotta be spicy,a lot of spices mixed up etc...lets just eat those once in a spring...somewhere outdoors,with a pretty girl,a big fan of chhole bhature maybe......

coming to the recipe of chhole,that can be served with roti or rice.lets take a couple of potatoes.three onions.three tomatoes.and chhole.most important however is that,if you wanna eat chhole today,you would have to start preparing 12 hours before,atleast!! chhole has to be soaked in water for that much of duration or more before really getting set to eat a good,soft,tasty one.we would also need,a mix of spices.chhole masala/chana masala,half a tea spoon chilli powder,half a tea spoon dhania,half a tea spoon garam masala,jeera and turmeric.salt ofcourse.

assuming that,chhole has been soaked well in water,we begin cooking now.lets wash the chhole a little before putting it into the pressure cooker.now lets put chhole in the cooker.add water, 1.5 times of chhole.add a full spoon salt(add to taste).add a tea spoon of turmeric powder.if you wanna mix a couple of potatoes too,put them as well in the cooker,after properly washing and peeling off its skin.all set,everything in cooker,lets now turn on the furnace.

on full flame,let the first whistle blow.then,put the flame at little higher than the lowest,say slightly lesser than medium and let the cooker and flame go on for next 35 minutes(by watch).

after its done,take potato out of the cooker and cut them into 4 pieces each.now lets,put out kadahi on the furnace.pour 3 spoon of oil and heat it.oil heats pretty fast,you see many a times oils are used to heat other things :P (out of context)...yeah,so once oild is heated,put two pinch jeera in the oil.let it crack,say 5 seconds.put tejpatta in the oil.put lal mirch in the oil.and let them burst into pieces and crack themselves for say 10 seconds.then put the onion,you have kept ready(ofcourse,you must already have sliced the onions and tomatoes into small pieces in those 35 minutes,or else you are a lazy cook(hehe..lets not be conclusive,sorry)...so next up,fry the onion untill golden brown,fry on high flame.once golden brown,put in the tomatoes.fry for 10 seconds.add salt,1 spoon(add to taste).add ginger garlic paste,1.5 tea spoon.add a tea spoon chana masala/chhole masala.add half tea sppon each of lal mirch,dhania powder,garam masala(i added quarter of chicken masala too).all this done,fry it for 2 minutes on high flame.then pour half a cup of water and fry on medium flame for 6-8 minutes.transfer the chhole from the cooker to the kadahi(along with the yellowish water you must be seeing).mix everything in the kadahi well.add the potatoes too.add 1.5 spoon more of chhole masala/chana masala.add a teaspoon of salt.mix it again.all this was done on high flame.now,bring he flame back to medium and cover the kadahi.this goes on for 5 minutes and add a cup of water more.cover back the kadahi.let it cook itself over next ten minutes.dont sleep.keep remixing stuff every 2-3 minutes.now that 15 minutes have passed,remove the cover,check it out,taste the saltness etc.all perfect!!cool...
go ahead and add a cup of water more.next five minutes,let it get cooked on highest flame.once you see,its evaporating and the bubbles coming up as a result.turn the furnace off.chhole is basically ready.if you gonna eat yourself with your best buddy or girl friend.if you have guests,you could decorate it over with some properly washed dhania ka patta.its done.
this chhole is awesome with chawal.this chhole is also awesome with roti.this chhole is gonna be just awesome.........
god bless ya.love.....

Aloo dum..the awesome making

So guys hope you all stayed blessed al this while.sure,i do pray for all good people all times i pray.

i wanted to share the food i ate on the saturday bygone.i prepared it and the way it came out was very sumptuous.kinda in the league of 'u keep craving for more'..but how did i do it ? lolz..but it was actually very simple.stick to basics.so i followed instructions of my youngest sis,who in her idle time would have put together an email,must be terribly bored but after eating the aloo dum with rice,i thought wow,boredom can be so cool too.haha. what a sweet way to get rid of boredom..so since it was legen....wait for it...dary i would say,before making your own aloodum next time,give it a try...who knows,you could simply love the taste...

"see bhaiya today i made aloo dum. it was very nice. so i m sharing the recipe with u. ok.

take 6medium sized potatoes. ok. and boil them in a cooker. ok. then peel them. ok. then cut them into 4pieces each. u kno. vertically and then horizontally. ok. 

then, take just 1tablespoon oil in a kadhai. ok. heat the oil. ok. put 1pinch of zeera. ok. jeera phoot jayega then u dump those potatoes that u have cut in this oil. ok. on high flame just make sure tht the aloo becomes ekdam halka sa golden. add a pinch of salt. it should not take more than 3minutes. ok. then take all this aloo out in a bartan. ok.

now, take 2onions. ok. medium to large size. ok. chop it as finely as u can. ok. take 2 tamatars. ok. chop them finely too. ok.

now put 2tablespoon oil in that kadhaai only. ok. no need to wash the kadhaai. ok. put 1 sukhi laal mirch tht is broken into 2halves in it. ok. then add 1pinch of jeera. ok. then add the chopped onions and fry until golden on medium heat. then add 1tablespoon of ginger garlic paste and fry on medium heat for 2-3minutes. then add the chopped tomatoes. ok. then add 1small little spoon of jeera. them half spoon black pepper. then half spoon laal mirchi powder. and 1spoon turmeric. and then salt to taste. ok. then fry these on lowest flame for 7-8 min. ok.

 then dump those potatoes tht u kept aside in this masala, then add half cup water. mix them all. then on high flame let the water evaporate. ok. then add 1cup water. and as it starts to boil. just turn off the knob. ban gaya... :) "

P.S... Thanks cute !!

They can make a difference,the magical mentors...

One fine day,jump off the hook and fall in the deep river,gasp for breath there,struggle a little.Then..either die or bring your head up,sign up the moment.

I have seen leaders,I have seen guru's,corporates,the government.A roundabout exposure to more than what is required essentially.Hardly have a few mentored me.Well,possibly someone mentors only when you are deemed fit for it.In school,there was noone,therefore I had no clue,almost like a lost sheep,I kept changing my plans,my interests and even my dreams infact.I remember though,in the end,I had taken a decision on what I wanted,I had made a flow chart in my diary and had described the flow,it was implicit.My sister,Shagun,I must mention,had showed a grea deal of confidence when see saw that,she was 14 then.she had said,its awesome bhaiya,its nice...!!So that was my first mentor,right there,in my family.

But then what,I had no idea I thought.I went to do a B.Tech in Chemical Engg !! Wish,someone had held my fingers then and shown me the way.However,as time past,things eventually occurred.Four years were fine and I am thankful to each day of them.Those days,I used to think hard though,so hard that in the 4th semester,I thought I should rather go out and work somewhere,wherever possible.A US shift BPO,Aheads E Solutions hired me after I assured I wouldn't messup the work because of my college.So there,quite early,I learnt some stuff.Most people were unlike me,so I hardly bothered about them,except for the normal manners,Hi's..smile and Bye's,smile.One though,Alwin Jayaprathap,no idea where he is now,gave me some lessons.First Cocktail,Cosmopolitan,I had drank with him,on a roof top,in an exquisite restaurant at T.Nagar,Chennai.He was from Ooty and was a good looking man,intense and Fun loving.He used to hit on the same girl I used to like.Gave me sleepless 'mornings'.Anyways,thats a different story,he was a mentor too,because he rooted for me in meetings with his seniors,I was unaware.He made me know that,I am talented enough for that job I was doing.It was nice and heartening.However,since the college-job balance was getting heftier,I left soon after.He also,more importantly,had become my best friend.Really would love to see him,hear from him..

In my college otherwise,there was no mentor.

Now while I am working,I see some.Thats a great thing about working with a great organization..

No entrepreneur in the history appeals to me though,thats weird,I think sometimes.I often juggle up between Gates and Jobs..Buffett and Ambani.They are/were all amazing.But,there is a void,a figure of inspiration is missing...I have an ideal,pictorial one in my mind though..!!

P.S. Do read this,its a must-read  http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-13/news/31337678_1_chanda-kochhar-kv-kamath-icici

WHY to do this MBA!!

Dear friends,as I understand,making right decisions at right time is one of the most important things in your lives,and as you know,life matters a lot to us all,as should the decisions.
At this point of time,many of my friends would be wondering whether to or not to do the Manipal MBA offered by ICICI at the cost of 1L and a loan to fund the degree at an interest rate of 2.5 %.
Afetr a thorough groundwork,I have understood that this MBA is only going to be a right decision,with absolutely nothing wrong about it!!

How ?

I am listing few of the points I understand are worth noting before taking a decision ,

1. Firstly the extra edge it gives.
2. Time it saves(u dont hv to quit workin in this case)
3. Incase you are not aware,now-a-days all job openings,decent ones,have a clearly laid eligibility criteria..MBA with two years of work experience,indian banks,international banks,whatever.
4. Opportunities in International Banks will double or infact quadruple with the MBA(remember the extra edge).Without the MBA,you might get a job at the same salary,but only at a probability of .01 %, that too only through references(don't let luck decide your career).
5.Since the syllabus is in sync with the training we already have undergone,quantity of effort required would be little(varying person to person).
6.Cost of MBA varies from 5L in India to 1 Crore in other parts of world but this one is coming at a total cost of 1L (3.75 L+Interest-Inflation=<3L in case you quit before 5 years).
7. Those looking upto an IVY league MBA later in career(for eg. me) need not be disappointed because it is only gonna add value to the CV you will hold.Later,when selected,you will probably connect the dots and remember thisdecision and maybe,me too :P
8.Everywhere,corporate or academia,earning a degree while working full time is duly respected bcz it truly reflects the self-management capabiilities,multi-tasking abilities,perseverance and focus of an individual(doesn't matter if u don't think so abt urself,wht matters is wht they think.. :-) )
9.People thinkin abt salaries,let me reconfirm,someone with MBA earns around 6K-10K higher than the non-mba at delhi(varies with the rating you got)
10.payback period for this MBA is an year(including the bonus and excluding the salary before promotion),which is remarkably good and infact matches Harvard,LBS and INSEAD(I too blushed when i arrived at the figure)

Hope it did help you,atleast a little,in making a final call..hmmm and nevertheless,no sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is,but the world as it will be..

Ok guys,ciao later on updates about my cfa preparations and how the syllabus is.tc.god bless ya all....bye..... 

Sometimes we must get hurt in order to grow. We must fail in order to know. Sometimes our vision is clear only after our eyes are washed away with tears