Under a knife

The word "doctor" conjures up image of a white-coated figure with a stethoscope dangling around his neck, rushing towards some or the other room. He is our medical man who is responsible for keeping us in the pink of our health.




But wait. Before you draw any premature conclusion about this post, I don't hail from a medical background and My background and medical background are chalk and cheese to each other.




So what's this post all about? Interesting question. I will answer it. Read along









It's about the dire financial crisis that is looming large worldwide. It bears semblance to the epidemic outbreak of smallpox in the mid 60's (pardon my facts, I may hv misrepresented). A lot of people suffered, though being stoic by nature, didn't let their anguish or grief come through, esp investors. One such investor, who got his fingers burnt in that inferno was me. Why? Why as to why people are driven by greed and avarice? I should have got rid off those "upwardly-moving" stocks at the opportune moment before they plunged to abysmal depths, defying all laws of gravity and now do not show any signs of regaining their lost ground and glory. A paltry 10 k may not seem to bring you in a jaw-dropping state or position. But for me it held as much worth as 10*10000 INR would hv held. News of Lehman Brothers going bankrupt spread like wild-fire. People at the helm of big institutions swung into action and somehow succeded in getting a whopping US $700 bn to bail-out the ailing Dow Jones. But nobody came to our rescue. Pounded with hammers made of woes and affliction, we sat beside ourselves, helpless and inert, did nothing expect letting out expletives at Uncle Sam. What else we could have done and we were justified in doing that ( that's what we said to ourselves, but honestly they were responsible for this mess). Probably this is the phase when our economy is going under the knife, probably these untoward happenings are a sign of better things to come, probably this is a test of an individual's resilience and patience. Afterall The Darkest Hour is Just before the Dawn. xoxo

A Million Dollar Question

Who is going to win the next FIFA World Cup? Will Roger Freder bounce back and take his vengance? Will US continue to assert its supremacy over the entire world? Will the governments of various nationals be able to tame Inflation? Is Global Warming a phenomenon as alarming as it has been projected by many environmentalist?....



Well Many of the questions posed here might hv encompassed all the major issues the world is facing today, however they do not hold any importance in front of this "MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION, Question about our existence, Question of who we are, where we have come from. ? Do we ever wonder what causes the movement of the Earth, and if it is Earth that is moving, how come few scholars in the ancient past, made claims that It's the Sun that revolves around the Earth and not vice-versa. The Air that we breathe in and out doesn't run out of stock, a substance called water is our wick of life, the ozone layer surrounding the earth protects us from the harmful UV rays, all the other planets continue their course on the same trajectory, without colliding with our planet.. Appears intriquing as to what controls their movement, who keeps replenishing the supply of air and water, and if there is a divine power behind it, why is it not visible to the naked eye? Death is a destination we all share. But yet we are clueless about the avenue that takes to that ultimate destination. Success, Failure, Embarassment, Anguish, Celebration, Disappointment, Exhilaration all appear to be trivial and inconsequential in front of it. People get so involved in their daily chores of life that they hardly make an attempt to decipher the mystery behind their coming into being. So it's worth giving a thought as to what
instilled and infused life elements into us, what purpose do we serve here, and where are we heading. Let there be light of information, awareness, enlightenment and last but not the least epiphany

Access Blues

Imagine a situation, when you are locked out of your own appartment(misplacement of keys) and people around you percieve you as an intruder, trying to break into the house with some vicious motives. Let's make a slight alteration in the above hypothetical situation..replace appartement with your computer system..Geez..even the thought of it gives a spate of jitters to me. "Your password has been expired and needs to be changed" is a message that is no longer uncommon to those who work like a Trojan to make sure that their employer's coffers never run out of moolah. "Expired"..what? My Password..Since when did passwords have their own respiratory system. I believe I brought them into existence, when one fine day I was presented with moi brand new "Login ID" and I had never thought in moi wildest of dreams that a day will come when moi self-invented password, with one special character, one numerical character and a string character in Large Caps, would cease to be..Gosh..What an affront this is to an innovation? Damn those ID nerds who get away with this act of genocide citing reasons as "Information Security", "Best interest of the Company"...
To make things worse, "Your ID and Password has been revoked" is one message that can take smiles away from your faces. You are denied access to your own computer system. The ignominy is unbearable. It feels as if one has been chucked out the mansion where he has been putting up since time immemorial. Perhaps You have lost the keys. So what? You can get a new one, the same one, SO WHY CAN'T PASSWORD?

InSoMnIa

What nightfall brings apart from darkness and sluggishness is an ordeal for those millions of people who experience difficulty in sleeping during nights. So what's wrong in being InSoMnIac?People work best when made to work in tranquility and which phase of a 24-hour day can offer better serenity and tranquility than night. Every minute spent working late at night increases your chances of doing the work faster without compromising on the quality part. In addition to that, when you are alone and there is no hullabaloo, you develop your best of thoughts. It might seem a little implausible, but seminal thought process is a result of profound contemplation based on observation, both of which are a rarity in this increasingly fast-paced world. Your cognitive development is at it's peak during the time when the sun is at nadir. People tend to relate night from darkness not literally but figuratively, as if this period is meant for the devils to be in action. What the F? Wake up people and smell the coffee

The dilemma of "Success"

Define Success!!.. Well..According to me success is the final product of that inconsequential input which people presume and assume is the indispensable ingredient without which the purpose of putting in that input can't be fulfilled. Applogies for being such a disillusioned man, but the stark reality is that the sucess in actuality is an hypothetical situation wherein a person experience strong flurry of emotions in the false impression of having achieved something. There is a world of difference between being a perfectionist and striving hard to become a perfectionist. While the former takes you on a ride to wonderland, the latter makes you hold on to your ground firmly and yet produce something phenomenal which people always appreciate and pat your back for. To sum it up, "Being Successful" is a state of being awkwardly lost in the process of conjuring up images that are pleasant and appealing to mind, but are nothing more than a figment of your imagination.