Today's world compromises of people who can be categorised into clear 2 sections – the Rich and the Poor.
My perception to these 2 categories is –
Rich are actually Poor,
While the Poor are actually rich.
I know, not many people would agree with my thinking, but I still stand-by by my opinion.
The Rich inherit / build their huge empires with sweat and toil, but in-turn end up compromising the togetherness they have with their near and dear ones. They slog for long hours even after the empire is built, 'cos they then aspire for more…and more…and more….there is no end to it. I think Greed takes us over if one doesn't stop in time to not cross the Laxman Rekha (boundary line). Once you are Rich you feel like the king of the world and don't grudge paying for all your needs…eventually you end up paying to get joy/happiness/laughter/love too….so I feel , the Rich people are so poor that all these basic human feeling are paid for and don't come naturally to them.
The poor's mans struggle eventually becomes his life but he does find comforting times by his friends and family back home. Since he spends time in struggle he makes a sincere effort in spending time with his near and dear ones and recharges himself for the next struggle and end up actually building up such strong bonds that all the wealth of joy/happiness/laughter/love showers upon him. Though his life is full of cribbing but he doesn't have to spend/waste money on buying the basic amenities required for surviving.
Just to clarify - I don't mean to disregard the efforts made by the Rich, but I wonder how many Rich people can actually draw the line between the Need and the Greed. It is this Greed which makes a Rich - Poor…..And I am referring to that group of Rich people
There are people who are Rich and happy, but am sure that at some stage they have not let the Greed overpower their Need :o)
The Rich eventually bases everything upon the monitory wealth he has built. He gets all he wants, he buys all he need, he eat all he desires and live a life of his fantasies…..all with the – 'Paise ka Zor'
The Poor accumulated his monitory wealth to buy himself a short vacation where he and his needs are bound by his ability to have. He compromises his needs and desires to make the best his available resource, yet he lives a life of his fantasies…..all with the – 'Paise ki Ehmiyat'.
Though the Poor will strive to take the best from his bounds, he feels more content at the end as he knows his hard work…his sacrifice…is well paid-off. While the Rich often tend to do most to boast and spend so much time in showing-off than actually enjoying the moment.
What I would do to be Rich….But deep in my heart I am content at being the Common Poor man, the Aam Aadmi
I want to live a good quality life rather than a rollercoaster ride
I choose Paise ki Ehmiyat over Paise ka Zor
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Monday, June 09, 2008
Desi at Heart….Desi in the Mind too
No matter where I am, no matter what I do….I am a true Indian…'Desi' as I like to refer myself to. It reflects in my actions, my words, my habits …. All the way in my life…
With the rich culture and customs what my motherland had to offer, I make the best of it all. Being religious, doing pooja on a daily basis, is not my cup of tea, But I like to spend atleast a minute to take a deep breadth and become one with myself and my Guide, my inner strength. I don't need to do it at a particular time in the day or in a particular place…it could be while travelling to office or having my breakfast or in a meeting where my involvement is not a must…basically anywhere and everywhere.
I feel no one in our country is brought up to be stringent / stubborn / headstrong, rather it's in our upbringing that we are taught to be caring / thoughtful / adjusting. Most important we are brought-up to fulfil the desire of a near-n-dear one before we do ours.
We believe every morning sun comes over to shower its rays of blessings upon us. We fold hands in front of our God and pray for the betterment of our family, and for the strength that will keep us together.
We believe the water used in pooja is like Gangajal and is sprinkled around in the house for purification.
We believe if we talk with respect to our elders and kids we will get the same in return.
We believe that praying to God will drive our worries away.
We believe that is we are true to ourselves and others, no evil can affect us.
We believe we cant have the best of everything.
We believe we can smile in the adverse of all situations.
We believe hiding our emotions help sooths others pain.
We believe we will have to pay the price of our bad deed in this life or our next.
We believe we have 7 lives to live before our spirit is set free.
We believe priests are the messengers of God and know it all.
We believe in our elders and have complete blind faith in what they have to tell us.
We believe it's alright to make a few mistakes, because we are not GodWe believe life has more to offer than what we can see.
We are a die-hard optimistic, (un)punctual, hearty, jovial lot and true dreamers. We believe we can fly without wings and this world is a small/tiny place not offering us much room to explore.
We still believe in family values. We sacrifice our needs and desires to save enough to offer the best to our kids. We spend our lives looking after our elders, our kids, our family, our friends…and not to forget our enemies too……and deep inside feel content that all those people are looking after us too in return and so we are well taken care of, even though not by ourselves.
There is not a single thing that I find which makes me believe that India is a developing 3rd grade country.
I know we are a 1st Grade developed nation….and our wealth is not green/red/blue paper currency. It actually the love, the care, the respect, the joy, the values, the rituals, the customs, the culture which lives in the heart and mind of people.
No one can take this away from us…no divide and rule policy, no dominant rule, no impositions and feel-inferior attitude….as We depict Unity and Diversity in form of INDIA.
JaiHind
With the rich culture and customs what my motherland had to offer, I make the best of it all. Being religious, doing pooja on a daily basis, is not my cup of tea, But I like to spend atleast a minute to take a deep breadth and become one with myself and my Guide, my inner strength. I don't need to do it at a particular time in the day or in a particular place…it could be while travelling to office or having my breakfast or in a meeting where my involvement is not a must…basically anywhere and everywhere.
I feel no one in our country is brought up to be stringent / stubborn / headstrong, rather it's in our upbringing that we are taught to be caring / thoughtful / adjusting. Most important we are brought-up to fulfil the desire of a near-n-dear one before we do ours.
We believe every morning sun comes over to shower its rays of blessings upon us. We fold hands in front of our God and pray for the betterment of our family, and for the strength that will keep us together.
We believe the water used in pooja is like Gangajal and is sprinkled around in the house for purification.
We believe if we talk with respect to our elders and kids we will get the same in return.
We believe that praying to God will drive our worries away.
We believe that is we are true to ourselves and others, no evil can affect us.
We believe we cant have the best of everything.
We believe we can smile in the adverse of all situations.
We believe hiding our emotions help sooths others pain.
We believe we will have to pay the price of our bad deed in this life or our next.
We believe we have 7 lives to live before our spirit is set free.
We believe priests are the messengers of God and know it all.
We believe in our elders and have complete blind faith in what they have to tell us.
We believe it's alright to make a few mistakes, because we are not GodWe believe life has more to offer than what we can see.
We are a die-hard optimistic, (un)punctual, hearty, jovial lot and true dreamers. We believe we can fly without wings and this world is a small/tiny place not offering us much room to explore.
We still believe in family values. We sacrifice our needs and desires to save enough to offer the best to our kids. We spend our lives looking after our elders, our kids, our family, our friends…and not to forget our enemies too……and deep inside feel content that all those people are looking after us too in return and so we are well taken care of, even though not by ourselves.
There is not a single thing that I find which makes me believe that India is a developing 3rd grade country.
I know we are a 1st Grade developed nation….and our wealth is not green/red/blue paper currency. It actually the love, the care, the respect, the joy, the values, the rituals, the customs, the culture which lives in the heart and mind of people.
No one can take this away from us…no divide and rule policy, no dominant rule, no impositions and feel-inferior attitude….as We depict Unity and Diversity in form of INDIA.
JaiHind
Time is Money.....
I m tired....so tired that i dont even want to bat my eyelids....
Life's come to a standstill and interestingly a huge amount of money is being payed for me bieng in this state. this tiredness is not a result of tooo much work, neither of a rigorous physicall activity, its just being in the UAT phase of my project.
I recently delivered to my Client, the solution to an issue. With much digging-into the existing system I found that the resolution was already implemented, and its just that they didnt know about it. So I spend a lot of time gathering requirement, cheking out variuos sites etc etc basically projected an image of myself to be really busy in building the solution. But all this while, I was just whiling my time.
I was assigned this weird project where timelines were long, and work was short......when I started it looked really nice and felt good too....There were times when I was dying to get my hands dirty with work, a misunderstood requirement, a chasing up with client about the output data...but not, I was not destined for any of the above in this project. The requirement gathering phase was like a Jelly.....the Development phase was smooth as an ice-cream, Unit testing like juicy orange, and this UAT phase as quite as an abandoned mansion :o(
What I would give to get the husle bustle back in my life.....
But to my dismay, there no other suitable project for my hot & in-damnd skillset ;o)
And the next few hours I will impatiently wait for my client to get back to me with the Sign-off of the UAT testing, without a single flaw in my development.
I wonder if I need to be prod of the solution provided or feel disgusted about making a fool of myself.....
Life's come to a standstill and interestingly a huge amount of money is being payed for me bieng in this state. this tiredness is not a result of tooo much work, neither of a rigorous physicall activity, its just being in the UAT phase of my project.
I recently delivered to my Client, the solution to an issue. With much digging-into the existing system I found that the resolution was already implemented, and its just that they didnt know about it. So I spend a lot of time gathering requirement, cheking out variuos sites etc etc basically projected an image of myself to be really busy in building the solution. But all this while, I was just whiling my time.
I was assigned this weird project where timelines were long, and work was short......when I started it looked really nice and felt good too....There were times when I was dying to get my hands dirty with work, a misunderstood requirement, a chasing up with client about the output data...but not, I was not destined for any of the above in this project. The requirement gathering phase was like a Jelly.....the Development phase was smooth as an ice-cream, Unit testing like juicy orange, and this UAT phase as quite as an abandoned mansion :o(
What I would give to get the husle bustle back in my life.....
But to my dismay, there no other suitable project for my hot & in-damnd skillset ;o)
And the next few hours I will impatiently wait for my client to get back to me with the Sign-off of the UAT testing, without a single flaw in my development.
I wonder if I need to be prod of the solution provided or feel disgusted about making a fool of myself.....
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