Sunday, December 28, 2008
Story of APJ Abdul Kalam
He asks one of his new students to stand and.....
Prof:
So you believe in God?
Student:
Absolutely, sir.
Prof
: Is God good?
Student:
Sure.
Prof:
Is God all-powerful?
Student
: Yes..
Prof:
My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him.
Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm? size=2>
(Student is silent.)
Prof:
You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student:
Yes.
Prof:
Is Satan good?
Student
: No.
Prof:
Where does Satan come from?
Student:
From....God. ..
Prof:
That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student:
Yes.
Prof:
Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student:
Yes.
Prof:
So who created evil?
(Student does not answer.)
Prof:
Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student:
Yes, sir.
Prof:
So, who created them?
(Student has no answer.)
Prof:
Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student:
No, sir.
Prof:
Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student:
No, sir.
Prof:
Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student:
No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof:
Yet you still believe in Him?
Student:
Yes.
Prof:
According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist.
What do you say to that, son?
Student:
Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof:
Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student:
Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof:
Yes.
Student:
And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof:
Yes.
Student:
No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student
: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat.. But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold . Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat .. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it . (There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student:
What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof:
Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student :
You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Prof:
So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student:
Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof:
Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student:
Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought.. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor.Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Prof:
If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student:
Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)
Student:
Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? (The class is in uproar.)
Student:
Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?
(The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student
: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain,sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir? (The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable. )
Prof:
I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student:
That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH . That is all that keeps things moving & alive.
NB: I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. ..and if so...you'll probably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the same...won't you?....
this is a true story, and the
student was none other than........ ..
...
... APJ Abdul Kalam, the former president of India .
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Why Women Cry??
A little boy asked his mother, 'Why are you crying?' 'Because I'm a woman,' she told him...'I don't understand,' he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, 'And you never will.'
Later the little boy asked his father, 'Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?''All women cry for no reason,' was all his dad could say.
The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry. Finally he puts in a call to God. When God got on the phone, he asked, 'God, why do women cry so easily?'
God said' When I made the woman she had to be special.
I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.
I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times come from her children.
I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.
I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.
I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.
I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.And finally,
I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed.' 'You see my son,' said God, 'the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair...The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides.'
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Only Great Minds Can Read
Only great minds can read thisThis is weird, but interesting!fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid tooCna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
The Washerman and the Foolish Donkey - Legend Modernized
To refresh your memory, and for the benefit of those who have not grown up listening to this moral story, it goes like this...
There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog.
One night when the whole world was sleeping, a thief broke into the house, the washer man was fast asleep but the donkey and the dog were awake.
The dog decided not to bark since the master did not take good care of him and wanted to teach him a lesson. The donkey got worried and said to the dog that if he doesn't bark, the donkey will have to do something himself.
The dog did not change his mind and the donkey started braying loudly. Hearing the donkey bray, the thief ran away, the master woke up and started beating the donkey for braying in the middle of the night for no reason.
Moral of the story “One must not engage in duties other than his own"
Now take a new look at the same story...
The washer man was a well educated man from a premier management institute.
He had the fundas of looking at the bigger picture and thinking out of the box. He was convinced that there must be some reason for the donkey to bray in the night. He walked outside a little and did some fact finding, applied a bottom up approach, figured out from the ground realities that there was a thief who broke in and the donkey only wanted to alert him about it.
Looking at the donkey's extra initiative and going beyond the call of the duty, he rewarded him with lot of hay and other perks and became his favorite pet.
The dog's life didn't change much, except that now the donkey was more motivated in doing the dogs duties as well. In the annual appraisal the dog managed a “meets requirement ".
Soon the dog realized that the donkey is taking care of his duties and he can enjoy his life sleeping and lazing around.
The donkey was rated as "star performer".
The donkey had to live up to his already high performance standards. Soon he was over burdened with work and always under pressure and now is looking for a job rotation.....
Monday, August 25, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
A WORLD SURVEY
The only question asked was: 'Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?'
The survey was a huge failure;
In Africa they didn't know what 'food' meant,
In India /Pakistan they didn't know what 'honest' meant,
In Europe they didn't know what 'shortage' meant,
In China they didn't know what 'opinion' meant,
In the Middle East they didn't know what 'solution' meant,
In South America they didn't know what 'please' meant,
And in the USA they didn't know what 'the rest of the world' meant!
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Should have Self Confidence........Hats off to this guy
Monday, August 11, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Tactful Business By Lalu Prasad
Laloo: I want you to marry a girl of my choice
Son : "I want to choose my own bride".
Laloo : "But the girl is Ambani's daughter."
Son : "Well, in that case...... Yes"
Next Laloo approaches Mukesh Ambani
Laloo : "I have a husband for your daughter."
Ambani : "But my daughter is too young to marry."
Laloo : "But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank."
Ambani : "Ah, in that case.....Yes"
Finally Laloo goes to see the president of the World Bank.
Laloo : "I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president."
President :"But I already have more vice-presidents than I need."
Laloo : "But this young man is Ambani's son-in-law."
President : "Ah, in that case.......Yes."
This is how business is done!!!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
New Definitions
- School: A place where Papa pays and Son plays.
- Life Insurance: A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich.
- Nurse: A person who wakes u up to give you sleeping pills.
- Marriage: It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters.
- Tears: The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower.
- Lecture: An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either"
- Conference: The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.
- Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.
- Dictionary: A place where success comes before work.
- Conference Room: A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on.
- Father: A banker provided by nature.
- Boss: Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.
- Politician: One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after.
- Doctor: A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by bills.
- Classic: Books, which people praise, but do not read.
- Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight.
- Office: A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.
- Yawn: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.
- Etc.: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do..
- Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.
- Experience: The name men give to their mistakes.
- Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions.
- Philosopher: A fool who torments himself during life, to be wise after death
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
ANTS AND GRASSHOPERS
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks
the ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away. Come winter, the
ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he
dies out in the cold.
MODERN VERSION
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building
his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks
the ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away. Come winter, the
shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know
why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and
starving.
NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering
grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table
filled with food. The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be
that this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house.
Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other grasshoppers demanding that
grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter. Amnesty
International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for not
upholding the fundamental rights of the grasshopper. The Internet is
flooded with online petitions seeking support to the grasshopper
(many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath
of God for non-compliance) . Opposition MP's stage a walkout.Left
parties call for "Bharat Bandh" in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial
Enquiry.CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from
working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty
among ants and
grasshoppers.
Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian
Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.
Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the Prevention of Terrorism
Against Grasshoppers Act [POTAGA]", with effect from the beginning of
the winter.
Arjun Singh makes Special Reservation for Grass Hopper in educational
Insititutions & in Govt Services.
The ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and, having
nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the
Government
and handed over to the grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV.
Arundhati Roy calls it "a triumph of justice". Lalu calls it
'Socialistic Justice'. CPM calls it the 'revolutionary resurgence of
the downtrodden'
Koffi Annan invites the grasshopper to address the UN General
Assembly.
Many years later...The ant has since migrated to the US and set up a
multi billion dollar company in silicon valley.100s of grasshoppers
still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India ...
As a result loosing lot of hard working ants and feeding the
grasshoppers India is still a developing country..... .
Thursday, June 19, 2008
My Future Plans
I ju s t u s e a diamond gla s s /cup for my drink.
Chanel Pool
My House And Car
I gue s s thi s i s what financial expert s call "di s po s able income"
An "excentric",- SOLID GOLD- LAPTOP P IX. 20. 2G. RAM 5G. 20" LCD. Mou s epad and keyboard made of authentic ELEPHANT IVORY. Diamon s all around the laptop.
When they s ay "Room with view" I really mean it. (Space Hou s e)
My Pet
The Summer House
Golf Course
Buy The Moon
Best Maid In The World
It' s a little s low off the line and s tonechip s are a nightmare.. .
Monday, May 26, 2008
Food as Medicine
EAT FISH!
Eat plenty of fish -- fish oil helps prevent headaches.
So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain.
HAVE FEVER? EAT YOGURT!
Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season.
Also-eat honey from your area (local region) daily.
TO PREVENT STROKE
DRINK TEA!
Prevent buildup of fatty deposits on artery walls with regular doses of
tea.
(actually, tea suppresses my appetite and keeps the pounds from
invading....Green tea is great for our immune system)!
INSOMNIA (CAN'T SLEEP?) HONEY!
Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative.
ASTHMA? EAT ONIONS!!!!
Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes. (when I was
young, my mother would make onion packs to place on our chest, helped the
respiratory ailments and actually made us breathe better).
ARTHRITIS? EAT FISH, TOO!!
Salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines actually prevent arthritis. (fish has
omega oils, good for our immune system)
UPSET STOMACH? BANANAS - GINGER!!!!!
Bananas will settle an upset stomach.
Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea.
BLADDER INFECTION?
DRINK CRANBERRY JUICE!!!!
High-acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria.
BONE PROBLEMS? EAT PINEAPPLE!!!
Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in
pineapple.
PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME? EAT CORNFLAKES!!!!
Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which help reduce
depression, anxiety and fatigue.
MEMORY PROBLEMS? EAT OYSTERS!
Oysters help improve your mental functioning by supplying much-needed zinc.
COLDS?
EAT GARLIC!
Clear up that stuffy head with garlic. (remember, garlic lowers
cholesterol, too.)
COUGHING? USE RED PEPPERS!!
A substance similar to that found in the cough syrups is found in hot red
pepper. Use red (cayenne) pepper with caution-it can irritate your tummy.
BREAST CANCER?
EAT Wheat, bran and cabbage
Helps to maintain estrogen at healthy levels.
LUNG CANCER? EAT DARK GREEN AND ORANGE AND VEGGIES!!!
A good antidote is beta carotene, a form of Vitamin A found in dark green
and orange vegetables.
ULCERS?
EAT CABBAGE ALSO!!!
Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers.
DIARRHEA? EAT APPLES!
Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure this
condition.
(Bananas are good for this ailment)
CLOGGED ARTERIES?
EAT AVOCADO!
Mono unsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE?
EAT CELERY AND OLIVE OIL!!!
Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure.
Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure too.
BLOOD SUGAR IMBALANCE? EAT BROCCOLI AND PEANUTS!!!
The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and blood
sugar.
Kiwi: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium,
Vitamin E &fiber. It's Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.
Apple: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low
Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants &flavonoids which enhances the
activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer,
heart attack & stroke.
Strawberry: Protective fruit. Strawberries have the highest total
antioxidant power among major fruits &protects the body from cancer
causing, blood vessels clogging free radicals.
(Actually, any berry is good for you..they're high in anti-oxidants and
they actually keep us young.........blueberries are the best and very
versatile in the health field........they get rid of all the free-radicals
that invade our bodies)
Orange: Sweetest medicine. Taking 2 - 4 oranges a day may help keep colds
away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessen
the risk of colon cancer.
Watermelon: Coolest Thirst Quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also
packed with a giant dose of glutathione which helps boost our immune
system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting
oxidant. Other nutrients
found in watermelon are Vitamin C &Potassium. (watermelon also has natural
substances [natural SPF sources] that keep our skin healthy, protecting our
skin from those darn suv rays)
Guava &Papaya: Top awards for Vitamin C. They are the clear winners for
their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber which helps
prevent constipation.
Papaya is rich in carotene, this is good for your eyes. (also good for gas
and indigestion)
Tomatoes are very good as a preventative measure for men, keeps those
prostrate problems from invading their bodies
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Marathi se panga ?... zakas ahe
Malayali died and were
facing Yama. Yama told them that Chitragupt (his PA)
will decided on their accommodation so hand in your
prefernces.
The Gujju said : "Hey Yambhai, aa marathi loko toh
mane shaanti thi jeeva nathi deta. Maari dukaan fodi
naakhi. Aa marathi loko
ekdum junglee chhe. Mane maari baaju maa marathi
maanas nathi joto."
The UPite said : "Theek kaha gujjubhai ne. Shriman
Yam, in marathi logo ne to hamara jeena hi mushkil
kar diya hai....eemaan se! Arre, meri dukaan ka board
bhi kala kar diya. Kahat rahi ki dukaan ka naam
marathi bhasha mein hona chaahiye. Ab ee bhi koi
baat hui kya? Mujhe bhi mere baaju mein marathi aadmi
nahi chaahiye."
The Bihari said : "Yeh dono sajjan aadmi theek kahat
hain. Arre main thode din pehle railway ki pariksa
dene mumbai gaya tha. Raam Lalla ki sougandh, in
marathi logun ne humka bahut hi peeta. Hamaar
haddipasli ek kardi. Aisa junglee marathi humka
hamaar saath naahi chaahiye."
The Malayali said "aiiyoo humoko bhi marathi baaju
main nahi mangta, bahto pareshaan karta hai yeh log.
kuch kaam kerne ko nahi aata phir bhi hosiyari maarke
kaheta hai ki tumko hamare mumbai se nikal dega.
.
.
.
.
.
Yama turns to Chitragupt : "Aayla Chitrya, ya
saglyanchya files majhyakade gheun ye re!!! yeh chya
maila..... Aai shappat, Baghto ekekala!"
Friday, May 9, 2008
Do You Know This?
world people has got connecting through orkut. Like Davood Ibrahim, Chotta
Shakkil, ...........so many people are getting new man power through Orkut
only. The IB has started their investigations. So please reduce the
contacts through Orkut.
It is usual that we receive friend request from unknown people. But if
you actually do not know that person it is good to reject that request.
Because if one terrorist is found by Police, his entire friend's list will
be carefully followed. And if you are there, you also will be in trouble.
So be careful! Also forward it to all your friends. This information is
true. It is written in the front page of Mumbai Mirror Daily.
You may be thinking that why these people adding so many friends
through orkut. It is simply because to mislead the Police. When they(Police)
get a huge friend list they will be concentrating on them. They may be
innocent people. At that time the real terrorists can escape. So friends,
please forward this information to all you know n whome u care...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Mind Set
As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not.
I saw a trainer near by and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.
"Well," he said, "when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free."
I was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a
belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once
before?
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Difference Between Love And Marriage
The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the wheat field and choose the biggest wheat and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."
The student went to the field, goes thru first row, he saw one big wheat, but he wonders....may be there is a bigger one later. Then he saw another bigger one... but may be there is an even bigger one waiting for him. Later, when he finishes more than half of the wheat field, he starts to realise that the wheat is not as big as the previous one he saw, he realizes that he has missed the biggest one, and he regretted.
So, he ended up went back to the teacher with empty hand. The teacher told him, "...this is love... you keep looking for a better one, but when later you realise, you have already miss the person...."*
*"What is marriage then?" the student asked.
The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the corn field and choose the biggest corn and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."
The student went to the corn field, this time he is careful not to repeat the previous mistake, when he reach ed the middle of the field, he picked one medium corn that he was satisfied with , and ca me back to the teacher.
The teacher told him, "this time you brought back a corn.... you looked for one that is just nice, and you have faith and believe this is the best one you can get.... this is marriage."*
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME
What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course!
Well, everyone has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose.
It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours.
There is no going back. There is no drawing against the "tomorrow". You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success! The clock is running. Make the most of today