Sports - the most rewarding form of education - after India won the ICC World Cup 2011

The new education attached with X-factor!

  The Indian cricket players, after winning the World Cup 2011 have been showered with whopping amounts of prize money which can't even be talked in 'lakhs'...All range from few crores to too many crores! And all being funded from Education Funds of Government treasure. Mr. M.S. Dhoni will be given a doctorate soon by the Ranchi Government. The time is not far when teachers will hold classes in school holding a ball as most sports revolve around kicking, catching or dribbling
the ball. And extra classes would be given on how to pose for cover pages of magazines and how to act in advertisements of bikes, cokes and gadgets. Considering the rewards attached (glamour, money and luxury), Sports is surely going to outshine all other degrees and streams of education.

Here is a cartoon I made thinking about the growing importance and the X-factor attached with sports which is surely going to attract the youth of India or may be the World. A new stream might soon be introduced called MSp (Master in Sports) same as Msc or MBA. And am sure MSp would be the best paying stream in the coming years!! 

Roshni Agarwal

(taashuu)

Will the movie 2012 hold true?

The movie 2012 that released last year had almost shook our bloods and forced us to think if the devastation as shown in the movie will really be something that we will see in our lives. Well, when a movie ends, the thoughts, the fear and the connected feelings fade away with time and what leaves behind are the discussions with our family and friends as to the finesse of the movie, the concept and the whole idea behind it.

This time, it were not friends who reminded us of the movie 2012 but the devastating Tsunami in North-east Japan. The earthquake ranging 8.9 on Richter scale shook the country at large leaving the whole World talking about it and discussing about what is in store for the entire globe.The tsunami that followed the quake was breath-taking. I was seeing the live coverage & felt that the boundless powers of nature can't be beaten by the insignificant humans. A house on fire was flowing away with the water and the fire was flowing along, not ready to dismiss. The view was heart-breaking and it seemed as if the world was receiving warning signals by the nature.

I just can't help but imagine the plight of the people who lost their relatives, their life-time savings, their treasures or even their lives in this calamity. Few moments ago those who were enjoying with their friends or who were working in offices were shaken with this earthquake and tsunami. Life is too unpredictable!

It's time that we start preparing ourselves for the worst that may come. It may sound a little discouraging but that's how the fact looks like. Though, its heard and read that India will be the least affected country if at all the World suffers such disasters time and again but myths, opinions, and researches may all go haywire if Nature determines to kill the World.

We humans can only wait and watch to see what comes next. I hope technology plays its part in letting us know the Nature's plans so that humans can live their dreams in whatever time they have...!!

Ajmal Kasab - The Great Pakistani Guest in India

Its been 2 years to the 26*11 attack on our National Pride by Pakistani invaders. They killed hundreds, burnt the rooms of Taj, blasted at the Mumbai CST, fired at Leopolds, the renowned cafe at Colaba in Mumbai, made a history in India terror attacks, led to the death of  very efficient police officers Ashok Kamte and Mumbai Police “encounter specialist” Vijay Salaskar...and still the criminals are being served as guests in India. Ajmal Kasab, who didn't hesitate to kill innocent families in Taj has become such a VIP guest of India Government that till date a sum of Rs. 50 crores have been spent on hospitality for him.

The useless Congress sitting in Delhi will keep making policies one after the other, will keep giving useless promises which even an infant knows won't ever be fulfilled but they will never act when needed. They can only keep saying, "Under a coalition framework, we can't act independently." What the hell are you saying you idiots?? We citizens have elected you to take correct decisions and not just to sit back, eat money, enjoy scandals and have MLA parties with bar dancers. Congress should know that if citizens can elect them, citizens can throw them out of their seats too. And Manmohan Singh even after crossing an age of 78 has not yet grown up enough to lead the country. Sonia Gandhi is his mom, who herself is clueless about economy, and political management. Just with the last name as Gandhi, she can't anymore win the people of India. It's time we all realize the truth and work for dissolving Congress. Economy is a far off thing for Congress, they don't even have the wisdom to decide if Kasab should die or not.

through an Autorick Ride..

Yesterday was a super occupied day at office; criticism, suggestions, receptiveness, corrections, and finally had a finished piece of an important project. The day at office ended with a mixed feeling of joy that the work was complete and a feeling of feeling not the best and a want to improve immediately at understanding people more.

On returning home, I routinely hire an autorick and I generally get a straight NO from most of them because the distance from the bus stop to my home is not good enough to earn them a good fare (though the Govt has fixed a minimum fare which I am ready to abide always). And no surprise that it happened yesterday too, heard 3 NO's and then a YES from an auto driver. His attire and looks assured me that he was a Muslim.

Generally, I don't like Muslims as somewhere the talks of terrorism being rooted in by Muslims have made an impact in my mind. And i don't see Muslims very often in my everyday work. It is generally rumored that the plight of Muslims in Gujarat is bad and they are not considered for any good by the Govt. of Gujarat. This curiosity to know their actual state in Gujarat made me converse with the auto driver in the 5 mins journey to my home which the road traffic extended to 10 mins.

The conversation went as below:
Me:Where are you from bhaiyya?
He: Me? I have been born & brought up in Gujarat but originally from Punjab.
Me: OK.
He: What makes you ask me this (smilingly)?
Me: Nothing bhaiyya. Looking at you, I guessed u r Muslim and wanted to know few things.
He: What things? (curiously)
Me: I heard that Gujarat doesn't treat the Muslim Community well? How much truth does it hold?
He: No sister, that's the thing of the past. We all have jobs now and no body has time to think about all this. Only the ones who have luxurious salaries and have great businesses talk about such issues. We, the low income people only think of how we can go ahead and how we can earn more to keep our families happy.
Me: Hmm. So how much do you earn approximately by driving auto for the whole month? Do you earn around 15k?
He: No No sister, What are you saying? We hardly earn 6 to 7 grands a month. Can you tell me anyway to grow further and do good for our lives? If you have any suggestion, please give us and we will try to implement.
Me: Even with such income, why do most of your fraternity say 'NO' to your customers (passengers) knowing that they are not going to take anything away from them?
He: What can be done sister? In today's world no one can be explained anything. Everyone has a justification for their deeds. I only know one thing that I believe in serving. If a shopkeeper says NO to his customer for a thing of small value which will waste his time and prefers a customer who purchases a thing of higher value, the shopkeeper is making loss, not of money but of reputation. And I apply the same in my auto business.
Me: Hmm. I must say you are doing a great work of value by transporting people to their destinations.
He: Thank you madam, but I am doing my duty. And I am earning money.

Meanwhile, my home had arrived and I had to leave. I asked him 'How much'? He said 'Rs.10', which was the minimum fare and not Rs.12 which generally most Non-Muslim auto rick drivers ask me for the same distance. I gave him the money and while leaving, he asked me, "Sister, is working in the call centers good for the new generation?" And an array of thoughts ran into my mind but I only answered him "It's OK for passing time or for pocket money when you don't have a good degree but one should not take it as his/her career if other options are available", and I left...with more unanswered questions in my mind. But one thing is for sure, conversations do change your perceptions about the World....

ciao..