Its the 21st century & people still expect ME to talk, behave like a "GIRL" ... Of course most things are in conformity with my traditional role, but others STRICTLY need not be …..
Now c’mon……. what if I said a Bambaiyaa cuss word …. Ya I did !! Really..….. Very confidently … without any regrets !! It was not a slip of tongue …… But ya, I have a tendency to premeditate on issues ……….. I rehearse what I will say, do etc in a given situation good, bad whatever ….. It works in some situations trust me !!
So what was the word ????? I said “gaandu” to him (The first time and hopefully the last one too) and other usual things …. The other things were pretty decent .. ….. although I still have no regrets about what I said ….. But what guts that motherfucker had … (Now I have that much liberty to use these words ok as long as I don’t feel repentful about it )!! He did not battle an eyelid, but neither did I ….. Ya I was a bit breathless with all the anger seething inside me !! but that’s normal …… One day some bastard is going to have the beating of his lifetime ….. I only hope I don’t commit a murder or I get killed in a fight !!
So what was HIS crime ????!!! While getting into the S T bus, he collided into me, to which I did not say anything …. Coz the bus had come after a long time & so all must be in a hurry to get in ….. But then he even touched my back, like 1 would on a “same-gender” person ahead ….. What was the need ?? I was getting into the bus na without wasting any time .. Then why ?? What made him think he could get away !! But anyway he did as always, like any other “peshewar” rouge …. How convieniently yaar !!
Told me to behave like a girl !! So I should have told him, Yes Right , I can cut you to pieces like I chop potatoes, can set your pyre afire just like I light a gas ! !
Sonof a Bitch !!
I am praying that he rot in hell ………. should be fried in scalding hot oil and then roasted in a furnace & smeared with hot tar ….. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh When will men behave themselves ???????? If not then get ready for a Bloodbath !!!
I am no Saint to forget and forgive anybody’s mistake …..
But all this apart …. I need to learn to forget & forgive or vice-versa !!
I guess I should start believing in the Supreme Court, the MOST SUPREME of all …. He escaped my wrath, but cannot escape GOD’s hopefully !! Although this is not how I would like to end this, I can’t go on for ever … With Every word, another negative strategy comes up about what I should have done, said ….
Goddess MahaKali, Chamunda !! May Your Infinite Blessings be with me !! May I emerge victorious & unhurt in all my fights !!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Thursday, July 24, 2008
The Human Face of God .......................... !!
On 1st April, worldover, when normally the people celebrate April Fools Day, I experienced a very touching and unforgettable event ..... It was an infusion in the belief of existence of goodness in the world... in Humanity ...... !! It happened to me at the most crucial time when I was almost losing faith in Hope and Positive Thinking ....
I hailed a cab from CST to Nariman Point for an interview ... 5 mins into the journey and I was wondering if the cabbie is deliberately taking a longer route .... My interview was scheduled for 9:30 and it was already 9:15.....I had to be there atleast 15 -30 mins in advance as a mark of punctuality .... hope there were not many signals .......... etc ..... Amongst some such dozen thoughts, the taxi came to a halt. On not finding the venue where I was to appear for an interview, I told the cabbie to take me as close as possible to the place.... “Yeh hi to hain, maloom nahi hain kyaa?” said the driver.... 'Nahi' I said, out of anger and a tone of mockery to avoid spoiling the mood of the purpose I was there for.... “To fir tumko ghumana chahiye tha” he said as if making fun of innocent people like me was very normal ...'Kyun ??? Mera interview hain abhi ' !! I emphasised .....
'Ohh !!! to bataanaa chahiye tha na, mein short cut leta thaa.... All the Best !!! 100 % success to you !!! ' With this, all my anger melted away ...... all thoughts of what was to come next between us disappeared....... “I am seeing a South Indian taxi driver for the first time ' I said ... “ Bhagwan ne bheja hain hum logoko tum jaise logon ke liye... he was quick to reply ...... “Thank you, have a nice day' , I managed to say though I was almost speechless...... “ Come again Madam” he said ... Exchanging smiles, I paid the fare and left. Waiting in the lobby I was thinking, was He really God-sent ??!!!! Oh Yes !!! That day was Tuesday .... The day of the Lord who removes Obstacles.... Lord Ganesha ..... He sent an Ambassador to wish me Luck ... This is what I have been harboring till now, although I havn't got a call from the company yet. There is no harm in believing He was God-sent !! ......
He was the Human Face of God !!!
I hailed a cab from CST to Nariman Point for an interview ... 5 mins into the journey and I was wondering if the cabbie is deliberately taking a longer route .... My interview was scheduled for 9:30 and it was already 9:15.....I had to be there atleast 15 -30 mins in advance as a mark of punctuality .... hope there were not many signals .......... etc ..... Amongst some such dozen thoughts, the taxi came to a halt. On not finding the venue where I was to appear for an interview, I told the cabbie to take me as close as possible to the place.... “Yeh hi to hain, maloom nahi hain kyaa?” said the driver.... 'Nahi' I said, out of anger and a tone of mockery to avoid spoiling the mood of the purpose I was there for.... “To fir tumko ghumana chahiye tha” he said as if making fun of innocent people like me was very normal ...'Kyun ??? Mera interview hain abhi ' !! I emphasised .....
'Ohh !!! to bataanaa chahiye tha na, mein short cut leta thaa.... All the Best !!! 100 % success to you !!! ' With this, all my anger melted away ...... all thoughts of what was to come next between us disappeared....... “I am seeing a South Indian taxi driver for the first time ' I said ... “ Bhagwan ne bheja hain hum logoko tum jaise logon ke liye... he was quick to reply ...... “Thank you, have a nice day' , I managed to say though I was almost speechless...... “ Come again Madam” he said ... Exchanging smiles, I paid the fare and left. Waiting in the lobby I was thinking, was He really God-sent ??!!!! Oh Yes !!! That day was Tuesday .... The day of the Lord who removes Obstacles.... Lord Ganesha ..... He sent an Ambassador to wish me Luck ... This is what I have been harboring till now, although I havn't got a call from the company yet. There is no harm in believing He was God-sent !! ......
He was the Human Face of God !!!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Hindsight..........by Guy Kawasaki (founding member of Apple Computers)
.............................Contributed by Vinay Surti (readers please feel free to submit original content by sending an email to bobbybansal@gmail.com. Thank you very much.
Guy Kawasaki was one of the founders of Apple Computer who helped create the Mac.
Here is a speech at Palo Alto High School Baccalaureate on 6/11/95 "Hindsight" by Guy Kawasaki. Just read through...
Speaking to you today marks a milestone in my life. I am 40 years old. 22 years ago, when I was in your seat, I never, ever thought I would be 40 years old.The implications of being your speaker frightens me. For one thing, when a 40 year old geeser spoke at my baccalaureate ceremony, he was about the last person I'd believe. I have no intention of giving you the boring speech that you are dreading. This speech will be short, sweet, and not boring. I am going to talk about hindsights today. Hindsights that I've accumulated in the 20 years from where you are to where I am. Don't blindly believe me. Don't take what I say as "truth." Just listen. Perhaps my experience can help you out a tiny bit. I will present them ala David Letterman. Yes, 40-year old people can still stay up past 11.
#10: Live off your parents as long as possible.
When I spoke at this ceremony two years ago, this was the most popular hindsight-except from the point of view of the parents. Thus, I knew I was on the right track. I was a diligent Oriental in high school and college. I took college-level classes and earned college-level credits. I rushed through college in 3-1/2 years. I never traveled or took time off because I thought it wouldn't prepare me for work and it would delay my graduation. Frankly, I blew it. You are going to work the rest of your lives, so don't be in a rush to start. Stretch out your college education. Now is the time to suck life into your lungs-before you have a mortgage, kids, and car payments. Take whole semester off to travel overseas. Take jobs and internships that pay less money or no money. Investigate your passions on your parent's nickel. Or dime. Or quarter. Or dollar. Your goal should be to extend college to at least six years. Delay, as long as possible, the inevitable entry into the workplace and a lifetime of servitude to bozos who know less than you do, but who make more money. Also, you shouldn't deprive your parents of the pleasure of supporting you.
#9 Pursue joy, not happiness.
This is probably the hardest lesson of all to learn. It probably seems to you that the goal in life is to be "happy." Oh, you maybe have to sacrifice and study and work hard, but, by and large, happiness should be predictable. Nice house. Nice car. Nice material things. Take my word for it, happiness is temporary and fleeting. Joy, by contrast, is unpredictable. It comes from pursuing interests and passions that do not obviously result in happiness. Pursuing joy, not happiness will translate into one thing over the next few years for you: Study what you love. This may also not be popular with parents. When I went to college, I was "marketing driven." It's also an Oriental thing. I looked at what fields had the greatest job opportunities and prepared myself for them. This was brain dead. There are so many ways to make a living in the world, it doesn't matter that you've taken all the "right" courses. I don't think one person on the original Macintosh team had a classic "computer science" degree. You parents have a responsibility in this area. Don't force your kids to follow in your footsteps or to live your dreams. My father was a senator in Hawaii. His dream was to be a lawyer, but he only had a high school education. He wanted me to be a lawyer. For him, I went to law school. For me, I quit after two weeks. I view this a terrific validation of my inherent intelligence.
#8: Challenge the known and embrace the unknown.
One of the biggest mistakes you can make in life is to accept the known and resist the unknown. You should, in fact, do exactly the opposite: challenge the known and embrace the unknown. Let me tell you a short story about ice. In the late 1800s there was a thriving ice industry in the Northeast. Companies would cut blocks of ice from frozen lakes and ponds and sell them around the world. The largest single shipment was 200 tons that was shipped to India. 100 tons got there unmelted, but this was enough to make a profit. These ice harvesters, however, were put out of business by companies that invented mechanical ice makers. It was no longer necessary to cut and ship ice because companies could make it in any city during any season. These ice makers, however, were put out of business by refrigerator companies. If it was convenient to make ice at a manufacturing plant, imagine how much better it was to make ice and create cold storage in everyone's home. You would think that the ice harvesters would see the advantages of ice making and adopt this technology. However, all they could think about was the known: better saws, better storage, better transportation. Then you would think that the ice makers would see the advantages of refrigerators and adopt this technology. The truth is that the ice harvesters couldn't embrace the unknown and jump their curve to the next curve. Challenge the known and embrace the unknown, or you'll be like the ice harvester and ice makers.
#7: Learn to speak a foreign language, play a musical instrument, and play non-contact sports.
Learn a foreign language. I studied Latin in high school because I thought it would help me increase my vocabulary. It did, but trust me when I tell you it's very difficult to have a conversation in Latin today other than at the Vatican. And despite all my efforts, the Pope has yet to call for my advice. Learn to play a musical instrument. My only connection to music today is that I was named after Guy Lombardo. Trust me: it's better than being named after Guy's brother, Carmen. Playing a musical instrument could be with me now and stay with me forever. Instead, I have to buy CDs at Tower. I played football. I loved football. Football is macho. I was a middle linebacker--arguably, one of the most macho position in a macho game. But you should also learn to play a non-contact sport like basketball or tennis. That is, a sport you can play when you're over the hill. It will be as difficult when you're 40 to get twenty two guys together in a stadium to play football as it is to have a conversation in Latin, but all the people who wore cute, white tennis outfits can still play tennis. And all the macho football players are sitting around watching television and drinking beer.
#6: Continue to learn.
Learning is a process not an event. I thought learning would be over when I got my degree. It's not true. You should never stop learning. Indeed, it gets easier to learn once you're out of school because it's easier to see the relevance of why you need to learn. You're learning in a structured, dedicated environment right now. On your parent's nickel. But don't confuse school and learning. You can go to schooland not learn a thing. You can also learn a tremendous amount without school.
#5: Learn to like yourself or change yourself until you can like yourself.
I know a forty year old woman who was a drug addict. She is a mother of three. She traced the start of her drug addiction to smoking dope in high school. I'm not going to lecture you about not taking drugs. Hey, I smoked dope in high school. Unlike Bill Clinton, I inhaled. Also unlike Bill Clinton, I exhaled. This woman told me that she started taking drugs because she hated herself when she was sober. She did not like drugs so much as much as she hated herself. Drugs were not the cause though she thought they were the solution. She turned her life around only after she realized that she was in a downwardspiral. Fix your problem. Fix your life. Then you won't need to take drugs. Drugs are neither the solution nor the problem. Frankly, smoking, drugs, alcohol--and using an IBM PC--are signs of stupidity. End of discussion.
#4: Don't get married too soon.
I got married when I was 32. That's about the right age. Until you're about that age, you may not know who you are. You also may not know who you're marrying. I don't know one person who got married too late. I know many people who got married too young. If you do decide to get married, just keep in mind that you need to accept the person for what he or she is right now.
#3: Play to win and win to play.
Playing to win is one of the finest things you can do. It enables you to fulfill your potential. It enables you to improve the world and, conveniently, develop high expectations for everyone else too. And what if you lose? Just make sure you lose while trying something grand. Avinash Dixit, an economics professor at Princeton, and Barry Nalebuff, an economics and management professor at the Yale School of Organization and Management, say it this way: "If you are going to fail, you might as well fail at a difficult task. Failure causes others to downgrade their expectations of you in the future. The seriousness of this problem depends on what you attempt." In its purest form, winning becomes a means, not an end, to improve yourself and your competition. Winning is also a means to play again. The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the unlived life is not worth examining. The rewards of winning--money, power, satisfaction, and self-confidence--should not be squandered. Thus, in addition to playing to win, you have a second, more important obligation: To compete again to the depth and breadth and height that your soul can reach. Ultimately, your greatest competition is yourself.
#2: Obey the absolutes.
Playing to win, however, does not mean playing dirty. As you grow older and older, you will find that things change from absolute to relative. When you were very young, it was absolutely wrong to lie, cheat, or steal. As you get older, and particularly when you enter the workforce, you will be tempted by the "system" to think in relative terms. "I made more money." "I have a nicer car." "I went on a better vacation." Worse, "I didn't cheat as much on my taxes as my partner." "I just have a few drinks. I don't take cocaine." "I don't pad my expense reports as much as others." This is completely wrong. Preserve and obey the absolutes as much as you can. If you never lie, cheat, or steal, you will never have to remember who you lied to, how you cheated, and what you stole. There absolutely are absolute rights and wrongs.
#1: Enjoy your family and friends before they are gone.
This is the most important hindsight. It doesn't need much explanation. I'll just repeat it: Enjoy your family and friends before they are gone. Nothing-not money, power, or fame-can replace your family and friends or bring them back once they are gone. Our greatest joy has been our baby, and I predict that children will bring you the greatest joy in your lives--especially if they graduate from college in four years. And now, I'm going to give you one extra hindsight because I've probably cost your parents thousands of dollars today. It's something that I hate to admit to. By and large, the older you get, the more you're going to realize that your parents were right. More and more-until finally, you become your kids parents .I know you're all saying, "Yeah, right." Mark my words. Remember these ten things: if just one of them helps you helps just one of you, this speech will have been a success:
#10: Live off your parents as long as possible.
#9 Pursue joy, not happiness.
#8: Challenge the known and embrace the unknown.
#7: Learn to speak a foreign language, play a musical instrument, and play non-contact sports.
#6: Continue to learn.
#5: Learn to like yourself or change yourself until you can like yourself.
#4: Don't get married too soon.
#3: Play to win and win to play.
#2: Obey the absolutes.
#1: Enjoy your family and friends before they are gone.
Guy Kawasaki was one of the founders of Apple Computer who helped create the Mac.
Here is a speech at Palo Alto High School Baccalaureate on 6/11/95 "Hindsight" by Guy Kawasaki. Just read through...
Speaking to you today marks a milestone in my life. I am 40 years old. 22 years ago, when I was in your seat, I never, ever thought I would be 40 years old.The implications of being your speaker frightens me. For one thing, when a 40 year old geeser spoke at my baccalaureate ceremony, he was about the last person I'd believe. I have no intention of giving you the boring speech that you are dreading. This speech will be short, sweet, and not boring. I am going to talk about hindsights today. Hindsights that I've accumulated in the 20 years from where you are to where I am. Don't blindly believe me. Don't take what I say as "truth." Just listen. Perhaps my experience can help you out a tiny bit. I will present them ala David Letterman. Yes, 40-year old people can still stay up past 11.
#10: Live off your parents as long as possible.
When I spoke at this ceremony two years ago, this was the most popular hindsight-except from the point of view of the parents. Thus, I knew I was on the right track. I was a diligent Oriental in high school and college. I took college-level classes and earned college-level credits. I rushed through college in 3-1/2 years. I never traveled or took time off because I thought it wouldn't prepare me for work and it would delay my graduation. Frankly, I blew it. You are going to work the rest of your lives, so don't be in a rush to start. Stretch out your college education. Now is the time to suck life into your lungs-before you have a mortgage, kids, and car payments. Take whole semester off to travel overseas. Take jobs and internships that pay less money or no money. Investigate your passions on your parent's nickel. Or dime. Or quarter. Or dollar. Your goal should be to extend college to at least six years. Delay, as long as possible, the inevitable entry into the workplace and a lifetime of servitude to bozos who know less than you do, but who make more money. Also, you shouldn't deprive your parents of the pleasure of supporting you.
#9 Pursue joy, not happiness.
This is probably the hardest lesson of all to learn. It probably seems to you that the goal in life is to be "happy." Oh, you maybe have to sacrifice and study and work hard, but, by and large, happiness should be predictable. Nice house. Nice car. Nice material things. Take my word for it, happiness is temporary and fleeting. Joy, by contrast, is unpredictable. It comes from pursuing interests and passions that do not obviously result in happiness. Pursuing joy, not happiness will translate into one thing over the next few years for you: Study what you love. This may also not be popular with parents. When I went to college, I was "marketing driven." It's also an Oriental thing. I looked at what fields had the greatest job opportunities and prepared myself for them. This was brain dead. There are so many ways to make a living in the world, it doesn't matter that you've taken all the "right" courses. I don't think one person on the original Macintosh team had a classic "computer science" degree. You parents have a responsibility in this area. Don't force your kids to follow in your footsteps or to live your dreams. My father was a senator in Hawaii. His dream was to be a lawyer, but he only had a high school education. He wanted me to be a lawyer. For him, I went to law school. For me, I quit after two weeks. I view this a terrific validation of my inherent intelligence.
#8: Challenge the known and embrace the unknown.
One of the biggest mistakes you can make in life is to accept the known and resist the unknown. You should, in fact, do exactly the opposite: challenge the known and embrace the unknown. Let me tell you a short story about ice. In the late 1800s there was a thriving ice industry in the Northeast. Companies would cut blocks of ice from frozen lakes and ponds and sell them around the world. The largest single shipment was 200 tons that was shipped to India. 100 tons got there unmelted, but this was enough to make a profit. These ice harvesters, however, were put out of business by companies that invented mechanical ice makers. It was no longer necessary to cut and ship ice because companies could make it in any city during any season. These ice makers, however, were put out of business by refrigerator companies. If it was convenient to make ice at a manufacturing plant, imagine how much better it was to make ice and create cold storage in everyone's home. You would think that the ice harvesters would see the advantages of ice making and adopt this technology. However, all they could think about was the known: better saws, better storage, better transportation. Then you would think that the ice makers would see the advantages of refrigerators and adopt this technology. The truth is that the ice harvesters couldn't embrace the unknown and jump their curve to the next curve. Challenge the known and embrace the unknown, or you'll be like the ice harvester and ice makers.
#7: Learn to speak a foreign language, play a musical instrument, and play non-contact sports.
Learn a foreign language. I studied Latin in high school because I thought it would help me increase my vocabulary. It did, but trust me when I tell you it's very difficult to have a conversation in Latin today other than at the Vatican. And despite all my efforts, the Pope has yet to call for my advice. Learn to play a musical instrument. My only connection to music today is that I was named after Guy Lombardo. Trust me: it's better than being named after Guy's brother, Carmen. Playing a musical instrument could be with me now and stay with me forever. Instead, I have to buy CDs at Tower. I played football. I loved football. Football is macho. I was a middle linebacker--arguably, one of the most macho position in a macho game. But you should also learn to play a non-contact sport like basketball or tennis. That is, a sport you can play when you're over the hill. It will be as difficult when you're 40 to get twenty two guys together in a stadium to play football as it is to have a conversation in Latin, but all the people who wore cute, white tennis outfits can still play tennis. And all the macho football players are sitting around watching television and drinking beer.
#6: Continue to learn.
Learning is a process not an event. I thought learning would be over when I got my degree. It's not true. You should never stop learning. Indeed, it gets easier to learn once you're out of school because it's easier to see the relevance of why you need to learn. You're learning in a structured, dedicated environment right now. On your parent's nickel. But don't confuse school and learning. You can go to schooland not learn a thing. You can also learn a tremendous amount without school.
#5: Learn to like yourself or change yourself until you can like yourself.
I know a forty year old woman who was a drug addict. She is a mother of three. She traced the start of her drug addiction to smoking dope in high school. I'm not going to lecture you about not taking drugs. Hey, I smoked dope in high school. Unlike Bill Clinton, I inhaled. Also unlike Bill Clinton, I exhaled. This woman told me that she started taking drugs because she hated herself when she was sober. She did not like drugs so much as much as she hated herself. Drugs were not the cause though she thought they were the solution. She turned her life around only after she realized that she was in a downwardspiral. Fix your problem. Fix your life. Then you won't need to take drugs. Drugs are neither the solution nor the problem. Frankly, smoking, drugs, alcohol--and using an IBM PC--are signs of stupidity. End of discussion.
#4: Don't get married too soon.
I got married when I was 32. That's about the right age. Until you're about that age, you may not know who you are. You also may not know who you're marrying. I don't know one person who got married too late. I know many people who got married too young. If you do decide to get married, just keep in mind that you need to accept the person for what he or she is right now.
#3: Play to win and win to play.
Playing to win is one of the finest things you can do. It enables you to fulfill your potential. It enables you to improve the world and, conveniently, develop high expectations for everyone else too. And what if you lose? Just make sure you lose while trying something grand. Avinash Dixit, an economics professor at Princeton, and Barry Nalebuff, an economics and management professor at the Yale School of Organization and Management, say it this way: "If you are going to fail, you might as well fail at a difficult task. Failure causes others to downgrade their expectations of you in the future. The seriousness of this problem depends on what you attempt." In its purest form, winning becomes a means, not an end, to improve yourself and your competition. Winning is also a means to play again. The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the unlived life is not worth examining. The rewards of winning--money, power, satisfaction, and self-confidence--should not be squandered. Thus, in addition to playing to win, you have a second, more important obligation: To compete again to the depth and breadth and height that your soul can reach. Ultimately, your greatest competition is yourself.
#2: Obey the absolutes.
Playing to win, however, does not mean playing dirty. As you grow older and older, you will find that things change from absolute to relative. When you were very young, it was absolutely wrong to lie, cheat, or steal. As you get older, and particularly when you enter the workforce, you will be tempted by the "system" to think in relative terms. "I made more money." "I have a nicer car." "I went on a better vacation." Worse, "I didn't cheat as much on my taxes as my partner." "I just have a few drinks. I don't take cocaine." "I don't pad my expense reports as much as others." This is completely wrong. Preserve and obey the absolutes as much as you can. If you never lie, cheat, or steal, you will never have to remember who you lied to, how you cheated, and what you stole. There absolutely are absolute rights and wrongs.
#1: Enjoy your family and friends before they are gone.
This is the most important hindsight. It doesn't need much explanation. I'll just repeat it: Enjoy your family and friends before they are gone. Nothing-not money, power, or fame-can replace your family and friends or bring them back once they are gone. Our greatest joy has been our baby, and I predict that children will bring you the greatest joy in your lives--especially if they graduate from college in four years. And now, I'm going to give you one extra hindsight because I've probably cost your parents thousands of dollars today. It's something that I hate to admit to. By and large, the older you get, the more you're going to realize that your parents were right. More and more-until finally, you become your kids parents .I know you're all saying, "Yeah, right." Mark my words. Remember these ten things: if just one of them helps you helps just one of you, this speech will have been a success:
#10: Live off your parents as long as possible.
#9 Pursue joy, not happiness.
#8: Challenge the known and embrace the unknown.
#7: Learn to speak a foreign language, play a musical instrument, and play non-contact sports.
#6: Continue to learn.
#5: Learn to like yourself or change yourself until you can like yourself.
#4: Don't get married too soon.
#3: Play to win and win to play.
#2: Obey the absolutes.
#1: Enjoy your family and friends before they are gone.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
JUST IMAGINE!!!!!!
...............Contributed by Bobby Bansal
Kindly read the original message below written by some Mr.Nobody, followed by my kind response to this person.
Over the weekend, I filled up my car's fuel tank, and I thought petrol has become really expensive after the recent price hike. But then I compared it with other common liquids and did some quick calculations, and I felt a little better.
To know why, see the results below - you'll be surprised at how outrageous some other prices are.
Diesel (regular) in Mumbai : Rs.36.08 per litre
Petrol (speed) in Mumbai : Rs.52 per litre
Coca Cola 330 ml can : Rs.20 = Rs.61 per litre
Dettol antiseptic 100 ml Rs.20 = Rs.200 per litre
Pantene conditioner 400 ml Rs.165 = Rs.413 per litre
Medicinal mouthwash like Listerine 100 ml Rs.45 = Rs. 450 per litre
Corex cough syrup 100 ml Rs.57 = Rs. 570 per litre
Kores whiteout 15 ml Rs. 15 = Rs. 1000 per litre
Old Spice after shave lotion 100 ml Rs.175 = Rs. 1750 per litre
Pure almond oil 25 ml Rs. 68 = Rs. 2720 per litre
So, the next time you're at the pump, don't curse our honorable Petroleum minister - just be glad your car doesn't run on cough syrup, after shave, coffee, or God forbid, printer ink !
MY RESPONSE
Coca Cola 330 ml can : Rs.20 = Rs.61 per litre
*This is utter non-sense. Firstly, you don't drink litres of cola instead of water everyday, unless you are Ambani’s son, who insists on doing so (probably even slaps his servant if he doesn’t oblige to his demand…..bloody brat!!!). Whereas, your car consumes (depending on the model) litres and litres of petrol everyday even for a small journey.
Dettol antiseptic 100 ml Rs.20 = Rs.200 per litre
* This is even worse; you probably won't even use/require a single bottle of this thing in your entire lifetime. So Rs.200 per litre is insignificant, unless everyone in your house is so stupid that they hurt themselves so very often and apply litres of Dettol everyday.
Pantene conditioner 400 ml Rs.165 = Rs.413 per litre
*Now come on, not everyone is fortunate enough or would want to keep long hair like Rupenzel (if you remember the fairy tail story), that you would require litres of conditioner to wash your hair. On an average a person would use only some 30 to 40 bottles or some 25 litres of conditioner in his/her lifetime.
Medicinal mouthwash like Listerine 100 ml Rs.45 = Rs. 450 per litre
*Damn!!! It is only a mouthwash, not an inner body-wash (including your stomach, liver, kidney, pancreas, brain) liquid that you would require huge amounts of it.
Corex cough syrup 100 ml Rs.57 = Rs. 570 per litre
*It is expensive, but you are not buying this everyday and that too a litres of it. Unless, you’re parents have divorced and your girlfriend left you, everybody thinks you are a creep and they avoid you. You go into depression, get hooked on to drugs and consume Corex, when you are short on cash but want to get high.
Kores whiteout 15 ml Rs. 15 = Rs. 1000 per litre
*What are you talking about? Giving a makeover to the yellow-turning Taj Mahal with the whiteout. How much would you ever spend on this thing.
Old Spice after shave lotion 100 ml Rs.175 = Rs. 1750 per litre
*You don't require this lotion in a huge quantity, unless you shave your entire body, set it on fire and apply litres of it, to cool it down. You buy one tube maybe once in 6 months, is it too expensive, unlike bloody petrol.
Pure almond oil 25 ml Rs. 68 = Rs. 2720 per litre
*Come on mate, you are not cooking your food in this oil, unless you are an Arabic sheikh. And how many people do you know, who use this oil for whatever purpose anyway? I know for sure that everyone uses petrol directly/indirectly.
MY CONCLUSION: The person who wrote this article is either a government twat or an Ambani funded stupid loud-mouth, who wants to justify the surge in fuel prices. Petrol is undoubtedly an expensive commodity, as every tangible good you deal in, involves payment towards it, either directly/indirectly. Economies depend on petrol, any change in the price can lead to disastrous impacts, from slowing down of an economy to starvation in other cases. By the way, how many of you know that consumers pay more than 100 percent in the form of various taxes on petrol and these oil companies still claim that they are making a loss. No sane organization would run a business in losses. These are just smart accounting techniques to feed their insatiable hunger for money.
Cheers!!!!
Look with whom you are arguing first.
Kindly read the original message below written by some Mr.Nobody, followed by my kind response to this person.
Over the weekend, I filled up my car's fuel tank, and I thought petrol has become really expensive after the recent price hike. But then I compared it with other common liquids and did some quick calculations, and I felt a little better.
To know why, see the results below - you'll be surprised at how outrageous some other prices are.
Diesel (regular) in Mumbai : Rs.36.08 per litre
Petrol (speed) in Mumbai : Rs.52 per litre
Coca Cola 330 ml can : Rs.20 = Rs.61 per litre
Dettol antiseptic 100 ml Rs.20 = Rs.200 per litre
Pantene conditioner 400 ml Rs.165 = Rs.413 per litre
Medicinal mouthwash like Listerine 100 ml Rs.45 = Rs. 450 per litre
Corex cough syrup 100 ml Rs.57 = Rs. 570 per litre
Kores whiteout 15 ml Rs. 15 = Rs. 1000 per litre
Old Spice after shave lotion 100 ml Rs.175 = Rs. 1750 per litre
Pure almond oil 25 ml Rs. 68 = Rs. 2720 per litre
So, the next time you're at the pump, don't curse our honorable Petroleum minister - just be glad your car doesn't run on cough syrup, after shave, coffee, or God forbid, printer ink !
MY RESPONSE
Coca Cola 330 ml can : Rs.20 = Rs.61 per litre
*This is utter non-sense. Firstly, you don't drink litres of cola instead of water everyday, unless you are Ambani’s son, who insists on doing so (probably even slaps his servant if he doesn’t oblige to his demand…..bloody brat!!!). Whereas, your car consumes (depending on the model) litres and litres of petrol everyday even for a small journey.
Dettol antiseptic 100 ml Rs.20 = Rs.200 per litre
* This is even worse; you probably won't even use/require a single bottle of this thing in your entire lifetime. So Rs.200 per litre is insignificant, unless everyone in your house is so stupid that they hurt themselves so very often and apply litres of Dettol everyday.
Pantene conditioner 400 ml Rs.165 = Rs.413 per litre
*Now come on, not everyone is fortunate enough or would want to keep long hair like Rupenzel (if you remember the fairy tail story), that you would require litres of conditioner to wash your hair. On an average a person would use only some 30 to 40 bottles or some 25 litres of conditioner in his/her lifetime.
Medicinal mouthwash like Listerine 100 ml Rs.45 = Rs. 450 per litre
*Damn!!! It is only a mouthwash, not an inner body-wash (including your stomach, liver, kidney, pancreas, brain) liquid that you would require huge amounts of it.
Corex cough syrup 100 ml Rs.57 = Rs. 570 per litre
*It is expensive, but you are not buying this everyday and that too a litres of it. Unless, you’re parents have divorced and your girlfriend left you, everybody thinks you are a creep and they avoid you. You go into depression, get hooked on to drugs and consume Corex, when you are short on cash but want to get high.
Kores whiteout 15 ml Rs. 15 = Rs. 1000 per litre
*What are you talking about? Giving a makeover to the yellow-turning Taj Mahal with the whiteout. How much would you ever spend on this thing.
Old Spice after shave lotion 100 ml Rs.175 = Rs. 1750 per litre
*You don't require this lotion in a huge quantity, unless you shave your entire body, set it on fire and apply litres of it, to cool it down. You buy one tube maybe once in 6 months, is it too expensive, unlike bloody petrol.
Pure almond oil 25 ml Rs. 68 = Rs. 2720 per litre
*Come on mate, you are not cooking your food in this oil, unless you are an Arabic sheikh. And how many people do you know, who use this oil for whatever purpose anyway? I know for sure that everyone uses petrol directly/indirectly.
MY CONCLUSION: The person who wrote this article is either a government twat or an Ambani funded stupid loud-mouth, who wants to justify the surge in fuel prices. Petrol is undoubtedly an expensive commodity, as every tangible good you deal in, involves payment towards it, either directly/indirectly. Economies depend on petrol, any change in the price can lead to disastrous impacts, from slowing down of an economy to starvation in other cases. By the way, how many of you know that consumers pay more than 100 percent in the form of various taxes on petrol and these oil companies still claim that they are making a loss. No sane organization would run a business in losses. These are just smart accounting techniques to feed their insatiable hunger for money.
Cheers!!!!
Look with whom you are arguing first.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
From HIM I learnt.
.........contributed by Mithila Vaidya
It was one of the unusual days when I was travelling by train to appear for an interview at CST. Unusual, because I am fortunate enough not to take Mumbai's so-called overcrowded life-line (the Railways) to commute to work atleast.
So......... amongst a few travellers in the ladies II nd class, there came a small boy, about 5-6 years of age pleading for alms. As always, my heart went out to him (or any such underprivileged human) and some thoughts came to my mind ........ Why does God inflict so much pain on such innocent souls ??? When will they ever come out of this vicious circle of poverty ???? And here I was cribbing about the endless frustration of appearing for interviews and nothing materialising out of them ... and not counting on my blessings ........ Some day I would really love to organise an
event where all the road-side dwellers will be fed food ...... ... how many times this thought must have crossed my mind ........... !!!!
This little non-professional then belted out a number from a popular Hindi movie .... Some words were incorrect, some funny while still some self-made ..... After stopping, he held out his hand to ask for his dues from those who were audience to his unwarranted performance ... While I, as per my true nature, just waved him away, there were others who were laughing away, ridiculing him ... This really ached me to the extent of fighting back tears............... What hurt me most was that majority of them were college going girls..... This kind of indifferent and uncouth
behaviour wasn't expected from them... Had they been the aunty-types it was understood, but definitely not the young lot ......
However, the protagonist of my story, the little boy, did not deter a bit .....He was oblivious to the mockery being made of him .....He persistently pursued the task in hand ... Completed his round of begging ................. I was hoping that he should not cut short his round of begging and instead look boldly in their eyes and show his might ..... To others he may or may not have taught, but that one small incident taught me a few things ........... From Him I learnt focus, from Him I learnt determination, from Him I learnt that if I still had a long way to go before I find the job of my choice , I should not be deterred ................ !!!
From Him ........................ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was one of the unusual days when I was travelling by train to appear for an interview at CST. Unusual, because I am fortunate enough not to take Mumbai's so-called overcrowded life-line (the Railways) to commute to work atleast.
So......... amongst a few travellers in the ladies II nd class, there came a small boy, about 5-6 years of age pleading for alms. As always, my heart went out to him (or any such underprivileged human) and some thoughts came to my mind ........ Why does God inflict so much pain on such innocent souls ??? When will they ever come out of this vicious circle of poverty ???? And here I was cribbing about the endless frustration of appearing for interviews and nothing materialising out of them ... and not counting on my blessings ........ Some day I would really love to organise an
event where all the road-side dwellers will be fed food ...... ... how many times this thought must have crossed my mind ........... !!!!
This little non-professional then belted out a number from a popular Hindi movie .... Some words were incorrect, some funny while still some self-made ..... After stopping, he held out his hand to ask for his dues from those who were audience to his unwarranted performance ... While I, as per my true nature, just waved him away, there were others who were laughing away, ridiculing him ... This really ached me to the extent of fighting back tears............... What hurt me most was that majority of them were college going girls..... This kind of indifferent and uncouth
behaviour wasn't expected from them... Had they been the aunty-types it was understood, but definitely not the young lot ......
However, the protagonist of my story, the little boy, did not deter a bit .....He was oblivious to the mockery being made of him .....He persistently pursued the task in hand ... Completed his round of begging ................. I was hoping that he should not cut short his round of begging and instead look boldly in their eyes and show his might ..... To others he may or may not have taught, but that one small incident taught me a few things ........... From Him I learnt focus, from Him I learnt determination, from Him I learnt that if I still had a long way to go before I find the job of my choice , I should not be deterred ................ !!!
From Him ........................ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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