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1. Arguing with your Boss is like wrestling with a pig in mud.After a while you realize that while you are getting dirty, the pig isactually enjoying it. 2. Help a man when he is in trouble and he will remember you whenhe is in trouble again. 3. Complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers. 4. It is not exactly cheating; I prefer to consider it creativeproblem solving. 5. In the corporate world, behind every successful man is asurprised woman. 6. Whoever said money can't buy happiness, didn't know where toshop. 7. Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but then again, neither does milk. 8. Most people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them. 9. I'm not a complete idiot; there're still some parts missing! 10. Forgive your enemies but remember their names. 11. The number of people watching you is directly proportional tothe stupidity of your action. 12. I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of myfinger to my wife. She said...

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself." This is it. It's like the butterfly. First it is given birth as a caterpillar. And then it transforms, it gives birth to itself as a butterfly. We are very much the same. We are born into this body, and then we discover who we really are, we transform ourselves into who we want to be. And then we can fly.

My respect for Pramod Nawalkar has gone up after reading this wonderful article on Mid day. He was one of the early pillars of Shiv Sena when the orgainzation was struggling to find roots in Mumbai. Annual marathi magazine of 'Brahmanti' became popular with his lucid and entertaining articles in criminal world of Mumbai. I dont know why he was relegated to just a minister when Shiv Sena came to power. I am reproduing his article : Quote If I ask you if divorces in Mumbai outnumber marriages, you will laugh at me. But if the trend continues, divorces will outnumber marriages in five years or so. Around a decade ago, divorce was taboo. But not any more. Definitions of character have changed. Even a divorce has become fashionable.Though the number of courts handling divorce cases has increased five times, Mumbai has over 8,000 cases pending and there are more everyday.There are thousands of others who did not go to family courts but decide to separate with mutual consent. I will h...

Nani A. Palkhivala, a stalwart of the Tata Group, passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday, December 11, 2002. He was 82. For me, image of Nani Palkhivala would be synonymous with public speech on Union budget. His speech on Union Budget would attract stock brokers, Investment bankers, chartered accountants, businessmen, management students and crowd would swell 50,000 and above. The figure at any of those political rallies at Shivaji Park would be bigger with the exception of chaos, truck loads of hired participants with shouting slogans. I attended his budget speech at Muscat Sheraton , Oman the same day when Mumbai was rocked by bomb blast. He explained that events in Bombay has troubled him and he may no be at his best . I also remember the controversy when he was asked to resign for taking measurement of Nancy Carter’s feet for her shoes. Media criticized him for lowering dignity of India and office of ambassador. I never understood then and even now the reasons for the same. More so, w...

aao bachcho.n tumhe.n dikhaae.n jhaa.Nkii hi.ndustaan kii is miTTii se tilak karo ye dharatii hai balidaan kii va.nde maataram ... film : Jaagriti Singer : Pradeep Music Director : Hemant Kumar Lyricist : Pradeep vande maataram.h sujalaa.n suphalaa.n malayajashiitalaam.h shasya shyaamalaa.n maatara.n . shubhra jyotsna pulakita yaaminiim phulla kusumita drumadalashobhiniim.h, suhaasinii.n sumadhura bhaashhiNiim.h . sukhadaa.n varadaa.n maataram.h .. vande maataram.h Film : Anand Math Singer : Lata Mangeshkar Music Director : Hemant Kumar Lyricist : Bankimchandra kar chale ham fidaa jaan-o-tan saathiyo.n ab tumhaare havaale vatan saathiyo.n Film : Haqeekat Singer : Mohammad Rafi Music Director : Madan Mohan Lyricist : Kaifi Azmi chho.Do kal kii baate.n, kal kii baat puraanii nae daur me.n likhe.nge, mil kar na_ii kahaanii ham hi.ndustaanii, ham hi.ndustaanii Film : Hum Hindustani Singer : Mukesh Music Director : Usha Khanna Mera karma tu mera dharma tu... dil diya hai jaan bhi denge aiye...

Year 1998: Siri Fort Sports complex: Time – Post dusk evenings. I would cross Prof Abdul Kalam every evening when I would go for jog; often this would happen along the golf course on the dirt track provided for joggers. He would have a brisk walk all by himself. Here was a man who was an architect of missile systems in India, a recipient of Bharat Ratna and there was neither security nor any paraphernalia around him I saw him next time toilet airport toilet when we were next to eachother. I could observe his unobtrusive behavior at the airport. He was carrying a small briefcase and he had no hesitation standing in a security queue and having him frisked by security officials. These memories came to me when I saw him swearing on as President of India on 25th July 2002. ‘Wings of Fire’- his autobiography is short, sweet, and inspiring. I liked the way he observed the American way of managing things ‘Americans meet their problems head on. They attempt to get out of them rather than suffer...

90% of rural households do not have sanitation. No city or village has uninteruptted supplies of electicity. 8% of labour workforce is covered by labour laws. only 1/3rd of the electricity generated is paid for. several hundred thousand people are languishing in jails without trial. each court case takes 20 years to settle . How aptly somoone has summed up the dark side of India : In India, we have too many laws very little justice too many buerocrats very little governance too many politicians very little areas of development