Happy new year - 2011

Hmmm.. So another year ends and also ends a decade.


This decade was very eventful in my life. This decade i started my journey as a school kid and ending it with a well established software engineer (well some say/think so). 


Visited/stayed/changed many cities. Chandigarh, NCR, bangalore which covers the major stay.


Changed the way we communicate connect with people. Started with Mobile phone, Orkut, Facebook and now twitter.


Changed the way we express ourself. writing diaries to writing blog, update status in facebook or simply tweet. yes I used to write a dairy atleast for an year i wrote.


Sharing my experience of my stay in cities i stayed.


Chandigarh - Stayed in chandigarh from 2000 to 2006. almost for 6 and half year.  Place which showed me real world, gave me freedom to do anything. gave me sense to choose between wrong and right. Place where i made so many friends and enemies (actually not much enemies). Place where i had my first drink :P. How can i forget Panjab University and hostel no 6. I owe a lot to these two places. Name of chandigarh itself is enough to explain how awesome this city is. well planned, next to no traffic. Great weather and most important near to every place where you want to hang out. Chandigarh is my first love and given chance any day i would love to settle down in this beautiful city. Also this city gave me the chance to meet first and last love of my life. :)


Bangalore - As every other IT student's destiny, i also landed up in bangalore in 2006. now its been around 4 years. I am absolutely in love with this city. there is a saying for bangalore, if you throw a stone. either it will hit a dog or a software engineer :) :). Bangalore have very special place in my life. Met lot of people, made great friends. Got to know the real face of few fake people in my life. This city gave me a lot. made me lakhpati from kangalpati... he he. gave me lot lot good friends. Names to follow in next portion. I am Enjoyiny my stay in bangalore, hopefully this fun will continue for longer run.


NCR (Noida) - It was a short, sweet and horrible stay. Short spent 8 months only. Sweet coz near to home place and apna north ka feeling, horrible because i was alone there no much known and then safety concern. Noida taught me how to do absolutely nothing in office and still get a full month salary with a full credit from managers about how critical you are to team :) Again met few great people there. Miss those night outs in sec 18 Atta market, Saket, GK ,friends colony. I won't mind If again i get an opportunity to work in NCR.


Worked with three different companies. Still in love with the first company. been an year i left first company, but still I am not over it.


Met a lot of people in last 10 years. May be thousand people. I was wondering if i can compile a list of people who made impact on my life in this decade.want to say a big thanks to them and bash few.But when i started compiling list found so many ass holes to put on this list,whom i don't want to say thanks or want to see their faces even in my dreams.  Also thought if i am compiling a list then might be will forget people or few will feel offended so I am saying Thanks to you all. Let me name few people My sis, my nephew nieces for so much happiness. My friend in home town Arsh, College friend Parvez, Divya then a lot of people in Bangalore Arun busy man, mudassar golibaz, Sidharath devdaas, nikku dada. umesh bhaiya, Shiva SRK and a lot of CSR friends. I am sure i am missing on a lot. sorry for that guys. Even if you are not in this list, that does not mean i don't respect you. you all have a special place in my life and will continue having.
Chalo baut bakwas ho gaya. At the end Thanks for being there and making my life great and worse at the same time.


With this let me bid farewell to 2010 and welcome 2011 on happy and high note.
Happy new year to all of you.Have a wonderful and rocking year ahead. Party hard!
And yes i don't have any resolutions for 2011. I dont understand the concept of resolution. for god sake its new year not a problem bank that you need to decide resolutions/solutions in advance.


Let the Party begin... Love you all.

'शीला की जवानी' गीत का भावार्थ - Sheela ki Jawani

प्रस्तुत उत्तेजक गीत हिन्दी फिल्म जगत के नवीनतम रत्न 'तीस मार खान' से लिया गया है. यह गाना नायिका के संगमरमर जैसे शरीर से आकर्षित होने वाले लंगोट के ढीले पुरुषों पर नायिका की अपमानजनक प्रतिक्रया को व्यक्त करता है. नायिका उन्हें सीधे और कटु शब्दों में बताना चाहती है कि शीशे के पीछे रसगुल्ले की ख्वाहिश करना एक बात है और उसे चखना दूसरी बात!


I know you want it
But you never gonna get it
Tere haath kabhi na aani
Maane na maane koi duniya
Yeh saari, mere ishq ki hai deewani

गाने की शुरुआत नायिका के ईमानदारीपूर्ण वक्तव्य से होती है. वो जानती है कि इन मर्दों को उसकी भावनाओं, दिल और प्रेम से कोई सरोकार नहीं. वो तो बस एक ही चीज चाहते हैं. पर वो उन्हें मिलने वाली नहीं. उन्हें मुंह में भर आये पानी से ही अपनी प्यास बुझानी होगी. दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण, परन्तु सत्य.

Hey hey, I know you want it
but you never gonna get it
Tere haath kabhi na aani
Maane na maane koi duniya
yeh saari Mere ishq ki hai deewani
Ab dil karta hai haule haule se
Main toh khud ko gale lagaun
Kisi aur ki mujhko zaroorat kya
Main toh khud se pyaar jataun

नायिका पुनः दर्जनों पुरुषों में उसके प्रति जगी वासना पर प्रकाश डालती है. वो अपने आस-पास मंडराते छिछोरों को बताती है कि उनकी दाल नहीं गलने वाली. पर साथ ही यहाँ नायिका के व्यक्तित्व का एक और पक्ष उजागर होता है. सौंदर्य से जागृत अहंकार का पक्ष. वो अपनी सुन्दरता से इतनी प्रभावित है कि उसे किसी पुरुष की ज़रुरत नहीं. वो अपने अन्दर की स्त्री के लिए खुद ही पुरुष बन जाना चाहती है. अब इसे अहंकार की पराकाष्ठा कहें या आत्म-प्रेम की मादकता!

what's my name
what's my name
what's my name
My name is Sheela
Sheela ki jawani
I'm just sexy for you
Main tere haath na aani
Na na na sheela
Sheela ki jawani
I'm just sexy for you
Main tere haath na aani

अब नायिका अपना परिचय देती है. अपना नाम बताती है. और नाम भी ऐसा जो बूढ़ी नसों के लिए वायाग्रा का काम करे. उनमें यौवन का झंझावात ला दे. नाम बताने के साथ वो यह भी बताती है कि वो बहुत ही ज़्यादा सेक्सी है. अपने मुंह मियाँ मिट्ठू. पर इस आत्म-प्रशंसा में भी अहंकार की सुगंध है. वो खुद को इतना ज़्यादा सेक्सी बताती है कि वो सबकी पहुँच से बाहर है. एक ऐसे चन्द्रमा की तरह जिसकी चांदनी तो सबको उपलब्ध है, पर उस चाँद को छूकर उसे महसूस करना किसी के बस की नहीं. यहाँ यह सिद्ध होता है है कि नायिका सौंदर्य की साधक ही नहीं, बल्कि अहंकार से भरी चुड़ैल भी है.

Take it on
Take it on
Take it on
Take it on

अब नायिका सीधे शब्दों में चुनौती देती है. एक ऐसी चुनौती जो शायद मर्दों में शराब के बिना भी साहस ला दे.

Silly silly silly silly boys
O o o you're so silly
Mujhe bolo bolo karte hain
O o oHaan jab unki taraf dekhun,
baatein haule haule karte hain
Hai magar, beasar mujh par har paintra

अब नायिका उनका उपहास करती है. उन्हें मूर्ख कहकर पुकारती है. उन्हें ज़लील करती है. वो मर्द नायिका के बारे में गुप-चुप बातें कर सकते हैं, पर उसके सामने जुबां नहीं खोल पाते. वासना और कायरता का ये अद्भुत संगम है.

Haye re aise tarse humko
Ho gaye sober se re
Sookhey dil pe megapan ke
teri nazariya barse re
I know you want it
but you never gonna get it
Tere haath kabhi na aani
SheelaSheela ki jawani
I'm just sexy for you
Main tere haath na aani
Na na na sheela
Sheela ki jawani
I'm just sexy for you
Main tere haath na aani

यहाँ आखिरकार वासना से मदहोश मर्द कुछ बोलने की हिम्मत जुटाते हैं. वो धीमे स्वर में अपनी इच्छा ज़ाहिर करते हैं. वो बोलते हैं कि नायिका का फिसलता बदन उनके बंजर दिलों में प्रेम का अंकुर ला रहा है. मानो नायिका को उनकी असली इच्छा का पता ही नहीं. इसलिए वह उन्हें फिर से याद दिलाती है कि दिन में सपने देखना छोड़ दें.

यह ख़ूबसूरत गीत आज ही नहीं, सदियों से चला आ रही नर और नारी की मानसिकता को उजागर करता है. नारी हज़ारों घंटे श्रृंगार और व्यायाम में बिताकर इस लायक दिखती है कि मर्द उस पर गिद्ध जैसी नज़रें डालें. पर जब वो नज़रें डालते हैं तो नायिका उन्हें चूजा सिद्ध कर देती है. नर भी कम नहीं. वो नारी के शारीरिक आकर्षण के सामने आपा खो बैठते हैं. जब वासना शिखर पर होती है तो साहस लुकाछिपी खेल रहा होता है. अब ऐसे में मिलन हो तो कैसे हो? इसी सवाल के साथ यह गीत श्रोताओं और दर्शकों के मन में एक कसक छोड़ जाता है.

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Teamwork

An excerpt

by

Mac Anderson

Not long ago, a friend sent me the story of "Old Warwick." It brought a smile to my face, and I think it shares a wonderful lesson for every leader to learn.

A man was lost while driving through the country. As he tried to reach for the map, he accidentally drove off the road into a ditch. Thought he wasn't injured, his car was stuck deep in the mud. So the man walked to a nearby farm to ask for help. "Warwick can get you out of that ditch," said the farmer, pointing to an old mule standing in a field. The man looked at the decrepit old mule and looked at the farmer who just stood there repeating,

"Yep, old Warwick can do the job." The man figured he had nothing to lose. The two men and the mule made their way back to the ditch. The farmer hitched the mule to the car. With a snap of the reins, he shouted,

"Pull, Fred! Pull, Jack! Pull, Ted! Pull, Warwick!"

And the mule pulled that car right out of the ditch.

The man was amazed. He thanked the farmer, patted the mule, and asked, "Why did you call out all of those names before you called Warwick?"

The farmer grinned and said, "Old Warwick is just about blind. As long as he believes he's part of a team, he doesn't mind pulling."

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishment toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to obtain uncommon results