Thought of the day

[Received as SMS]

"Whenever we find the key to success,
Some idiot changes the lock.
So forget the key,
Learn to break the doors!"

Bhavani-ism # 4

All of a sudden Ms. Bhavani's mood has changed. Now she seems to have entered the arena of philosophical discourse. Below is excerpts from her discourse delivered today morning. She has been very kind to me and readily agreed to provide a written excerpts on her own. Hopefully, she will contribute more such texts to this space in future.

[Disclaimer: All views and opinion expressed in following lines are exclusively attributed to Ms. Bhavani.]
"We often say that we should behave like human beings. But what is so great about a human being who behaves as a human being.If a tiger kills at will, we don't consider it wrong. If an animal chooses its mate by violent means, we don't think it is unnatural, because they have no code of conduct. So at one end of the spectrum we have animals, and at the other end we have God. There is no right or wrong in the animal stage. And we don't question the rightness or otherwise of God's actions either. If we push a man into the sea, and he dies, we would be labelled murderers. But God brought the sea into the land during the tsunami, and thousands died in the process. But while we may have cried for the victims of the tragedy, did we blame God for what happened? But man is in the in- between stage. He is neither an animal, whose conduct is not questioned, nor is he God, whose conduct is not questioned. He is the bridge between the two stages. So a man merely continuing to be a man is like building a house on a bridge. We must transcend the human state to reach the divine state. what sense does it make for a human being to be merely human, without aspiring to a higher philosophical state? A human being, therefore, must see the human state as an intermediary step in his upward journey. To be content to be human is to stagnate."

Twittereti reaction on Ayodhya verdict

The following are some reactions on Twitter world after the Ayodhya verdict.

@jhunjhunwala Nirmohi Badnam Hui Darling Akhade Ke liye.
@jhunjhunwala The judges have delivered a verdict that confuses everyone into thinking they have all gotten what they wanted.
@jhunjhunwala Well at least our judges don't decide verdict on the basis of SMS Polls unlike the Indian Idol Judges.
@fakingnews How will the Ayodhya verdict impact real estate rates in UP?
@madversity If the Supremene Court cannot decide, we can move Rajini to decide on the Ayodhya dispute.
@madversity It's time hardline Hindu and Muslin leaders shifter from "Khatron Ke Khiladi" mode to "Yeh Rishta Kya Kahlata Hai"
@gswalia81 i think the judges had pizza for lunch, so they were able to divide the land well among the three parts!
@madversity The British divided to rule India. The judges are dividing to unite India.
@fakingnews Indians didn't make any noise about Ayodhya because Australia is here
@fakingnews I guess the Ayodhya verdict is still less voluminous than Lalit Modi's reply to BCCI?
@shkakbarali Allah Ho Akbar ya Jai Shri Ram, Dono ko maanne wala hai insaan, Mandir-Masjid kuch bhi bane, Tut na paaye Hamara Hindustan!
@bhogleharsha yesterday, the world virajmaan entered the engligh language! as in "this is where ram lalla was virajmaan"!
@madversity Vijay Mallya says: Please beer with the Ayodhya judgement, which has been brewed with larger issues in mind.
@madversity And so, it turns out that Ram Lalla is both "Indian Idol" and "Chhote Ustaad"

The train blog

The strange title of this blog is because of the reason that I am writting this blog sitting in a train. I am travelling on 2721 Dakshin Express from Hyderabad to H. Nizamuddin and at this point of time, the train has just arrived at Bina station.

The journey has a lot of interesting things. I'd write about all of them here. First, why I am travelling. My wife's parents live in Haridwar. It is almost five weeks since she has gone to her place. Though initially it was decided that she would come alone in return, but then the plan had to be changed because my in-laws wanted to organize a 'Satyanarayan Katha' and ofcourse they want me to meet 'n' number of relatives on my wife's side (rather it would be a kind of show off event, because my marriage was a very small event and just a handful of relatives attended the same).

So I will be travelling to Hazrat Nizamuddin (Delhi) by this train, which will reach there at 4 am tomorrow (25th July) and then I will catch Dehradun Shatabdi exp. from New Delhi Station which departs at 0650 hrs and will reach Haridwar at about 1130 hrs.

Next is the story of my ticket booking. Well as I said the trip was not planned well in advance, so I bought tickets of 3A class at WL 16. Now, I was aprehensive that the waiting may not be cleared, therefore I also booked a SL class ticket at RAC 16. Now, because this great Dakshin Exp train takes 30 hrs from Hyderabad to Delhi, I didn't wish to travel in SL class, therefore I booked a tatkal ticket for 3A class. However, due to rush for this tickets also, by the time I could select my travel plan on IRCTC site and make payment, I was given a WL1 status. (the complete process took me less than 8 minutes; the final ticket had a time stamp of 0808 hrs.So finally I had 2 tickets, one of 3A class and another of SL class. When the chart was prepared my both tickets were confirmed, so I ended up having 1 ticket each of 3A and SL. So, I am finally travelling in 3A class.

Now, I am handling a few mandates in office, where in I am the only resource. Therefore my boss asked me to take the laptop along so that in emergency I could send in some response. The laptop and datacard proved to be a lot useful for killing the time, as well as file the online TDR for the unsed SL ticket.

Bhavani-ism # 3

3. The more you learn to appreciate others, the more you'll learn to appreciate yourself.

Bhavani-ism # 1 & 2

1. Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right thing.
2. Blame it on Oxytoxin - triggers love and music simultaneously (on twitter)

[Ms. P Bhavani is my office colleague and is known for her wonderful sense of humor (sometimes for her philosophical gyan also). Bhavani-ism is a collection of her holy teachings]

The great Jadeja

Well! I am talking about Ravinder Jadeja here, who has created much furor (atleast on the twitter world) because of his wonderful alround performance in Cricket. Mr. Jadeja has been on fire since his poor performance in West Indies. After the WI series we heard news that some of the Indian team players were involved in a pub brawl when allegedly some Indian fans saw Mr. Jadeja in the pub and started hurling abuses on him (obviously because of his wonderful performance). Mr. Jadeja's trouble actually started last year when he was suspended from IPL season 3, for negotiating with an IPL franchise, without informing his own franchise the "Rajasthan Royals". Today in the match of India vs Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup again he was out first ball duck. The inteligent twitterati had a lot of praises for Mr. Jadeja on Twitter. Here are a few examples:

• @jhunjhunwala Ravindra Jadeja has got out thinking this way i won't make fun of him. He's wrong. I'll make fun of him anyway. He inspires me to pick him.
• @jhunjhunwala Ravindra Jadeja is like Tata docomo. He is a per second player. he gets out even before playing the second ball.
• @mishrashiv Jadeja got out! A day will come when he will be thrown out.
• @madhuusv jadeja is vodaphone (hutch) puggy he always follows ajit agarkar
• @Scarlet_Nimbus Hope this poor ZzZZdeja dude in not on twitter. might commit suicide after reading ur twets.
• @jhunjhunwala Tendulkar should get a Bharat Ratna for playing Cricket but Jadeja should get a Bharat Ratna for NOT playing Cricket. He is that Great.
• @jhunjhunwala When Ravindra Jadeja bats he makes Fardeen Khan look like the Greatest Actor of all time.
• @jhunjhunwala And to make matters worse Adidas not only sponsors Sachin's bat but also Ravindra Jadeja's bat as well. Truly 'Impossible is Nothing'
• @RahulK18 Ravindra Jadeja makes Paris Hilton look intelligent
• @rameshsrivatsThe feeling of having seen a guy underperform yet again - Jadeja Vu
• @witty_n_vetty Jadeja is a true allrounder. he gets a 0 in his batting scorecard and a bigger 0 in his wicket column. allround figures!
• @jhunjhunwala Ravindra Jadeja takes less time to bat & get out compared to the time Usain Bolt takes to run 100 metres.
• @mishrashiv jadeja should bat in olympics.
• @shiladityam Ravindra Jadeja = weighted mean average of [Uday Chopra + Mimoh + Tusshar Kapoor]? :-)
• @witty_n_vetty One Indian, Aryabhatta invented ZERO. Another Indian, Ravindra Jadeja made full use of it! Proud to be Indian
• @iPrath i used to think justin bieber sucked, but then i saw ravindra jadeja...
• @srikanthgv Jadeja is Greg Chappel in Disguise, this time he sneaked into playing XI and trying to spoil a well built team
• @antidespondent the truth is out. Jadeja actually employed by the govt. as a comedian to keep the janta amused in these tough times
• @chetanbhatia76 How Ind win the WC.: When opp see that Jadeja's on d team, they laugh so hard & get injured. India wil; win uncontested
• @jhunjhunwala People prefer to watch Mamata Banerjee and Mayawati do an item number instead of watching Ravindra Jadeja bat.
• @rj33t I was trying yo recover from Ajay Jadeja debacle, and Ravindra Jadeja happened to me.
• @jhunjhunwala You know why the monsoons are delayed? The monsoons were coming, then they saw Ravindra Jadeja play and turned back.
• @jhunjhunwala Where is @fakebalthakre. Balasaheb, can't you send the sainiks to go and bash Ravindra Jadeja for his crappy cricket?
• @bhartisushant Jadejaseriously keeping INFLATION under control.....Dealing in zeroes only from all side.
• @witty_n_vetty the only reason why our Indian cricket team is not targeted by terrorists is they dont want us to lose Jadeja!