Rebirth - Gack Gack Gaaaack!

"The events depicted in this story are fictitious. Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental."

My heart beat goes up and so does my blood pressure out of anger.Swami,even when i do my best to be good to people they tend to talk rude .Their words are like bullets from a double barrel gun.If i stop talking to them they talk bad about me behind my back.Its making enemies and my relations and health are souring.Can you please either change them or change me so that i am not bothered from their actions any more or change me to be like them.Swamiji with a smile on his face ,i can neither change them nor you ,it is from our actions and thoughts what we are today and what we will be tomorrow.But i can show you what will be the consequences in this and the next lives of those if that makes you happy.Put on these glasses when ever you think there is a chance of you getting angry from their behavior.

The next morning Shamus manager took out anger on his boss on Shamu and in the evening as his nonsensical buddies Sanjay,Mani approach him Shamu puts his magical glasses on.He sees a bright white light flashing and immediately his brain goes blank with out any thoughts and he starts floating in the air as if he has reached eternity.

As the sun rises from behind the hills,the buffaloes make their way for their morning graze polluting the village roads and filling the air with dust.Out of that dust - filling it with smoke,in the opposite direction comes Khaleel on his scooter ,his face could be seen only in parts as the monkey cap saves him from the dew and the cold winter morning breeze.But there is nothing to stop the cold wind from killing the half dead chickens in the cage hanging on the carriage of Khaleels scooter.Everyone can hear their gack! gack! gack! gack! gaaaaacks, but no one cares.They have no clue that they are on their way to the buthers table but they can sense that something real bad is going to happen to them.As Shamu looks through the cage, crushed to on end by its colleagues,its right wing is struck in the left mesh of the cage.As it flaps its right wing its neck and head hanging out of the small opening at the bottom of the cage and swinging like a pedulum and its beak close to the road.As Shamu adjusts his glasses and looks closer he sees the letters S A N J A Y on its wings and right next to him is MANI in his hennie incarnation.

A smile on Shamus face acknowledging the pain and fear in Mani and Sanjays hearts .

Looking at the speed breaker ahead Sanjay and Mani as their feathers fall off ,try to push themselves in to the cage but fails and goes further down close to the ground gack! gack! gaaaak!.Out of the thick dust comes a tractor racing towards Khaleel and he pulls of the road and away from the speed breaker.Sanjay and Mani breath a sigh of relief. From under the tractors back tire a stone comes flying on to the cage and hits the hen next to Mani and it dies.They look at each other and gack for a while every-hen goes silent with out any hope for anything better.

Mastan the butcher grabs the cage from the scooter and throws it on the top of an empty cage placed on the big lorry tire and all the livestock go gaaaaaaack!.Mastan then lifts the opening on the top of the cage and tries to grab the chicken on the top.As they try to escape frustrating him ,he grabs hold of sanjays claw and pulls him out as he gacks and flutters his wings desperately.Holding Sanjay by the neck in one hand and placing him on the table ,he grabs his knife and gets ready in his execution position.In the cage Manis heart beats like a Selva Manis drum with his half opened eye he looks at Sanjay who is screaming his last gacks.Just at that very moment Mastan stares at the left overs and the dog which is stealing them. He drops Sanjay back in the cage and grabs the broom stick and throws it at the dog,which hits it right on the back.The dog quacks and runs away . Shamu sees the letters M A N A G E R on the dogs back.

 Shamu takes off his glasses and walks away laughing as his buddies look at him with their mouths wide open.After a few days they stop bothering him as he sees them as pigs hanging in between trees with their legs tied from both ends,deer escaping from a cheetha and shot by a hunter etc etc and laughs away to make the best out of his human existence.


Nani

Texas:Take 8

Austin is the first best city i love the most after NY.Calm and pleasant right next to the lake, Austin downtown is busy with visitors from the US and the nations close by.From its famous  Texas road house to Mexican fajitas ,from Indian to Japanese it has a wide variety to offer and we never missed an opportunity.

Like a Tarzan hop from one cypress tree to an other hanging on to the zip lines ,we cross the long narrow rope bridges,Trek through the fox caves and spiders and come out with smiling and happy faces.As we can see the earth,feel the air and touch of the rain ,cypress valley canopy tours are a renovating experience.



You can take a fun-filled boat ride or walk along the river as the buildings are light up for the x-mass and new year celebrations.With some very cool/wide variety of restaurants and shopping malls right on the river the San Antonio river-walk stands beautifully as if its representing Texas to the rest of this planet!




From dolphins to sea lions from shamu(the whale)  to the yellow roller coaster we were in love with them even before they tried to impress us at the sea world.



Dressed up as if we are working in a coal mine walking through the caverns is a reminded me of some real old Indian movies (Pathaala bhairavi) and also our walk through the Golconda fort.





Feed the deers/antelopes and see the zebras smile,get chased by the ostriches as they sneak in through the moon roof.

Every time we fly over it or drive through some leaves/stems in our family tree in Houston we feel that its getting closer to the Mexican border.Houston is not only huge but also holds a strong indian outfit and the super nice Desi streets that come with them.



If there is anything that can match or exceed the experiences above its spending time with our cow boy bro Arjun and Upcoming Tennis Sensation AKA cute little sis Anjali and Bar-B-Q Bhaskar uncle and Dr Pinni.



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God is one - To the absolute with Love

Lost in the darkness of my mothers womb you gave me a hope called life.


As an infant i could not lift my head on my own ,you made me help others stand on their feet.


In prosperity i forget you , in adversity i might even blame you but you are always there for me.


There is death in between every breath of mine but your allowed me live every beautiful little moment to the fullest.


You are the love,guidance and care in my parents,love,patience,care and smile in my wife,The happiness and intelligence in my kid.Knowing that i will not boost about my previous or next generations..


I am neither perfect nor the powerful but just a tiniest piece of your infinite energy.Knowing that i will neither talk or walk junk.I will neither Blame nor lie.


Neither power nor money ,Neither passion nor people can bring the happiness with which i am writing this,yet i tend to get lost in the materialistic side and before i do it one more time - Thanks a lot for everything!!


love,
Bharath

From a Fresher to a Fresher

Dear Fresher,


The confusion that fills your mind after the farewell party and accompanies you out of the college is not something you are let alone in to.Everyone one including me went through it and this is just an attempt to make things better for you.

Like the schools that have ranges in donations for a LKG seat every company has its own range of percentages for us to get an interview call.For example companies like TCS are ok with 60 percent and sometimes even 50 percent.Oracle might demand 70 percent and an other Miracle might even expect 80 percent.

Now let me Divide the Made in India students in to classes to conquer the topic...


Those who score 70 to 100 percent fall under the A Class


Most of them make it to the on campus interviews and grab offers , unless the job markets are really screwed up.And the rest would make it to GATE,CAT,GRE etc.Otherwise they are really screwed up.


60 to 70 percent fall in to the B Class


Hard workers among these will make it to companies like TCS and rest in to some start-ups.Some of them will choose to attend trainings like .Net,DW,SAP,Java etc depending on whats hot in the market and what their sources suggest.This class does better at work as they climb up the organization ladder quickly than they did academically back in college.


35 to 60 percent fall in to C class


By the time they come out of the college hangover they would have lost considerable amount of time.They strongly feel that the percentages on their resume and not the one on their marks cards are the right ones.As time flies by their fake percentages will soon be replaced with fake experience.If you want to know how? - you have to either attend or take interviews.There is an additional option for girls belonging to this category and that is Marriage.


If there is something in common to all these three A,B,C classes ,that is confusion.

International Students...


May be because of our struggle paying back the bank loan while doing part time jobs(unless you get an aid) or may be just because we are far from home , we tend to loose our aim and soon get lost in the materialistic pleasures these countries have to offer.Gone are those days where a job waits for every masters student graduating out of college.Very few students here fall in to the 'A' class.Our job hunt starts with a minimum of four years of fake experience on their resume.Forgetting about our long term goals and what is good for our career we worry about the hourly rates and the short term solutions that pay more or in some cases just pay.It works out great initially but then comes the bench period.The vultures at least wait till we are dead but not the consultancies which try to make the maximum out of your hard work.


Wish google maps could offer us the right directions .But since that is not the case here is what we can do...


Attitude and Aptitude..


Our college days/times are not something you can go back to.Yes we are busy with exams,labs etc.While we enjoy every moment of it we should schedule time for improving our communication and aptitude skills.I am sure there is a working professional out of every educated home in India today.Get in touch with them and know how things work out in the corporate world.Do not waste time browsing through on the Internet ,instead use the  power of Internet to improve your communication and technical abilities.This will help you clear the first round of written test and then the group discussions ,technical and HR interviews.


Percentages..


I remember our parents telling us that the grades in 7th are important and then 10th and then +1 and +2 and finally the entrance exams.They were right , those were the foundations.Here you are and here is your one final opportunity to improve your percentages.This is very important in getting an interview call and plays a key role in the process after that.


Networking..


I see international students doing a great job in developing a useful network right in the universities and also helping each other when it gets to job search.I see it to some extent but i wish the engineering/degree students back home can do better.Although we work on several projects/assignments while in college it is very helpful if you can work as an intern or a trainee even at a small company.This will not only boost your chances of getting a good job later but also boosts your confidence levels.So look out and grab any possible opportunity.


Every fresher who finds a job should help an other fresher in the look out.It could be sharing your accommodation,technical help or some references.As we climb up the organization ladder everyone of  us should go back to our colleges and share our experiences and thoughts which will help reduce the gap between the college and corporate worlds.


What ever you plan to do,develop a clarity of thought on why and how you want to do it ?.Consider your family and your long term goals and see how your decisions effect the same.Don't just follow the herd as you will alone have to answer the question when it gets to that point.Once you have your goals set never turn back and let your emotions be exploited.

In today's world it is very easy to get lost in the race for survival.But never give up because you might be at the verge of success and who else deserves it than you and your hard work.


Only we know what we are capable of and no one else can drive our destiny better than our-self.

All the very best.


Fresher

Sunday is for mom made dosa and chicken....

సెట్టమ్మ పోసేది ఎర్రకారం దోశ... 
మురళి క్రిష్నాలో తెస్తే రవ్వ-మసాల దోశ.. 
హాస్టల్లో పెట్టారు నిదురబుచ్చే దోశ.. 
ఎడిసన్ చేరాక కీమా రొయ్యల దోశ... 
వీటన్నింటినీ మరపించేదే ఆదివారం అమ్మ చేతి దోశ....

స్కూలున్నపుడు అమ్మ విస్సుకోని నాన్న ప్రయత్నపూర్వకంగా ప్రయత్నిస్తే కాని నిద్ర లేయని మేము ,ఆదివారం నాన్న గారు చికెన్ తేవడానికి వెల్తున్నారు అనగానే ఇట్టే లేసి అట్టే రేడీ అయ్యిపొయేవాల్లం.అది 1982లో పెదనాన్న గారు నాన గారికి ఇచ్చిన బజాజ్ చేతక్ .పేరుకి చేతక్ అయిన మాకు మటుకు అది బజాజ్ పుష్పక్.మనసుకి ఎక్కడికి వెల్లాలనిపిస్తే అక్కడికి సెరవేగంగా వెల్లిపొయేవాల్లం. తమ్ముడు హ్యాండిల్ పట్టుకుని ముందు నిలుచున్నాడు,వెనక సీట్ ఎక్కేసి నాన్న నడుము చుట్టూ చేతులు వేసి నేను రెడీ అయ్యాను.కిక్ కొట్టగానే మొదట పొగ వచ్చింది ,తరువాత డి.కె.మ కలాశాల ఇంకాస్త దూరం వెల్లగానే మా స్కూలు వచ్చాయి. సూర్య కిరణాలు తాకి ఆవిరవుతున్న మంచు చినుకులు గాలిలో తేమలా మొహానికి తగులుతూంటే మనసు ఆనందంతో నెండిపోయేది. ఇంకాస్తా దూరం పొదలకూరు రోడ్డు పై వెల్లగనే రోడ్డుకి కుడి వైపు భాషా భై చికెన్ షాప్.కేజి బ్రయిలర్ 50 రూ అన్న బోర్డు పక్కనే స్కూటర్ స్టాండు వేసి నాన్న భాష భై వైపు చూడగానే అర కేజీ చికెన్ కొట్టి ప్యాక్ చేసేశాడు.

అమ్మ మొదటి దోశ పోయడం మొదలవ్వగానే నాన్న ఎర్రగడ్డ ముక్కలు రెడీ చేసేవారు.అమ్మ చేతి దోశలు పల్చంగా నొట్లో పెట్టడమే ఆలస్యం కరిగి పోయేలా వుంటాయి.దోశలు,వేడి వేడి చికెన్ కూర,పక్కనే వాటి కజిన్ ఉల్లిపాయలు..ఒక ప్లేట్లో అంతకంటే ఇంక ఏమి కావాలి చెప్పండి. ఇలా మొదటి దోశ రెడి అవ్వుతోంది అనగనే చరన్ వచ్చేవాడు.ఇంటి వోనర్ గారి మనవడు మా బాల్య స్నేహితుడు.వాల్ల ఇంట్లో మాంసాహారం తినరు ,కాని స్నహితులలతో పాటు వాల్ల అలువాట్లు కూడ వచ్చేస్తాయి కదా...:).అమ్మ దొశా చికెన్ అంటే చరన్ కి చాలా ఇష్టం.ఆ ఇష్టం కొద్ది రోజుల లోనే చరన్ తాతయ్యగారికి కూడ సోకడంతో హోటల్ నుంచి చికెన్ తెచ్చుకోవడం అరంభించారు.ఇంకొన్ని రోజుల తరువాత అమ్మదగ్గర చికెన్ చిట్కాలు తెలుసుకొని ఆంటీ ఇంట్లొనే దొశా చికెన్ చేశేశారు.అది అమ్మ చసే దోశా చికెన్ ఎఫెక్ట్టు...


నాని

Lord Hanuma in US Embassy

Just a satire meant for fun ....

Alternately switching between Hanumas Experience With Lanka Devi and the US Visitor Visa experience....

10000 BC(Roughly)

Lord hanuma in search of sita devi has reached the shores of lanka and prospective US visitors in the quest of visa have reached the US Embassy.

That Hanuma, best among monkeys, the intellectual son of Vayu, one with great might, stood on the mountain called Lamba with its high peaks equaling a high cloud, gathered courage and entered at night the city of Lanka ruled by Ravana and filled with beautiful forests and places of water such as lakes.

Propective Visitors:

It was big line outside consular office, we directly went near gate and showed my appointment letter to security, he asked us to go inside.

10000 BC

Thereafter, the guardian of that city, in her own form, saw Hanuma, the best among monkeys and the mighty one, entering. Seeing that best among monkeys Hanuma there, that Lanka ruled by Ravana, rose up herself with a horrific appearance of face an eyes. She stood in front of the best among Vanaras Hanuma. She made a great sound and spoke to Hanuma thus.

Propective Visitors:

After paying the fee and waiting for a few mins in the queue we were in front of the consulate officer.


10000 BC

"O one who lives in gardens! Who are you? For what reason did you come here? As long as your lives are sustained, tell me the truth here before that. It is indeed not possible for you to enter this city of Lanka which is protected by Ravana's forces and strongly guarded all around."

Consulate Officer:

who is inviting you?

who is sponsoring you?

Why are you going?



10000 BC

Thereafter the mighty Hanuma spoke to Lanka standing in front of her as follows..


O one with ugly eyes! Who are you? O horrible one! Stopping me, for what reason are you threatening me? ."I should like to see the city of Lanka with its palaces, defensive walls and archways. I came here for that reason.It is filled with lovely assembly halls, with sounds of Krauncha birds and peacocks, served by royal swans, looking as though flying toward the sky, with auspicious houses resounding everywhere. I am very curious to see them. My arrival here is indeed to see Lanka's gardens, parks, forests and important houses all over."

Propective Visitors:

Wish we could talk like hanuma.Instead we answered...

Our son is inviting us.

He is sponsoring us.

America is such a beautiful country.It has so many wonderful places like Niagara Falls,Grand Canyon,Disney Land,Hollywood Studios.We are going to see all of them.We are also going to visit NY and see the statue of liberty.

10000 BC

Listening to Hanuma's words, Lanka with the ability to assume desired form, spoke harsh words stronger than before. "O lowly Vanara with an evil mind! It is not possible for you to see this city ruled by king of rakshasas, without first defeating me."

Officer:

How much do you earn?

How much worth of properties do you have?

10000 BC

Then that tiger among Vanaras Hanuma spoke to that demon: "O auspicious one! After seeing this city I will return back again to where I came from."

Propective Visitors:

I am a government employee.I own a house in hyderabad and i have some agricultural fields back home.Here are the documents.

How many children do you have?

All i have is one ( now you better give me the visa as i dont have an other option)

10000 BC

Thereafter that Lanka made a great sound causing terror and hit Hanuma, the best among Vanaras, with her palm quickly. Then that tiger among Vanaras, the powerful son of Vayu, being hit powerfully by Lanka made a great sound. Hanuma became dizzy with anger and folded his fingers of left hand. He then hit her with His fist. "She is a woman" - thinking thus He did not show much anger by Himself. That demon fell on land immediately by that hit with a distressed body and appeared with a horrific face. Then the intellectual and glorious Hanuma saw her fallen down and thinking her to be woman, showed kindness. Lanka being very gloomy spoke with a flattering tone without pride these words to Hanuma the Vanara.

"O long armed one! O best among Vanaras! Get propitiated and protect me.I am defeated by your strength.Enter the auspicious city of Lanka stuck by the curse, ruled by the king of Rakshasas, roam everywhere and search for the chaste wife Seetha according to your comfort."


Can we do that with the embassy officer.Its true that they are doing their job.But sometimes god alone knows why they reject/issue a visa with out any reason....

Visitors Get the Visa!!.

Nani

Poem - Just a sweet feel.....

హ్రుదయం పాడే మౌన గీతం పెదవిని దాటదే...
పెదవిని వీడే ప్రతి పదం ప్రేమను దాచెనే...
కన్నులు నెండుగా నీ రూపం రెప్పే వేయదే...
సమయమె తెలియని ఈ నిమిషం నీ చెంతే చేరెలే...

Nijam Infotech : Yahoo!! The messenger of Love

"The events depicted in this story are fictitious. Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental."

 

In the last decade the real estate boom has given birth to several millionaires in India.So much money that they have invested in every business possible.One such millionaires is real estate Ranjith.Inspired by Satyam (before the scam)  he started Nijam Infotech .Aiming to be one of the fortune 500 companies ,he quickly realized that they cant go any further than fortune 500 thousand....


Nijam Infotech,Above the Madhina Cafe,below the Anytime Call Center,Sainikpuri,Hyderabad


It is Karthiks first day and Madhu  one of the senior developers is taking him around the office.


This is Anniyan Asha our Receptionist. If she goes out of the door on the right and comes out of the door on her left she is our HR. Anniyan from the Anniyan movie, the tamil version of Aparichithudu..


As they enter The Office ....

Karthik is Shocked to see,all the windows  wide open...


Madhu: Only the server room has A.C.If you feel its too hot you can go talk to the lucky admin Shiva who sits there , with a issue every now and then.


With a bamboo fan in one hand,hiding in to his cube and typing with the other hand like a wood pecker pecking the keyboard is Yahoo Naresh the web designer.If he spends 10 percent of the time that he spends chatting on the internet on his work , google would have bought us an year ago.


Madhu: He strongly feels that the only way to quickly settle down in life is to marry a  girl from a rich family.And the best  idea he could come up , to get there is Yahoo Messenger.


This is Basha .One of our senior developers.


Basha: Hello , pastries are good at madhina downstairs and girls are good in the call center upstairs..


After a small pause . everyone laughs....


Madhu: On the 4th floor we have a free coffee making place and that is the best thing NIJAM gave us.


Karthik: Dont they pay us?


Basha: Depends, on the dollar rate .you might get it on the 15th of every month or even a couple of months later.

As everyone gather at  Bashas desk he pulls out a telescope from his backpack , and slowly zooms it on to Yahoo Nareshs monitor....

Yahoo Messenger..

SuSmitha: How is your day so far?
Naresh: Not bad,urs?
Susmitha:Awesome...
Susmitha:Tell me more about you and your family...
Even before Naresh types..
Susmitha:I am 5'4" ,how tall are you..
Naresh: 6 Feet
Naresh:Actually 5 11..

Basha Says:Originally 5'5

                                  

Susmitha:My friends call me jr.Genelia..
Susmitha:I weigh 50 KGs.wat is your weight..?

Basha:I think she is a nurse...
Madhu:This is called chat with the Bait


Shiva:Coffee Break.and everyone walks upstairs to the cafeteria....

A month ran by quickly and its time for Karthiks first salary.Madhu punches his pin at the Rushi Bank ATM.The ATM machine makes wierd sounds  and shakes back and forth.As they look at it with their greedy faces , the card flies out of the machine , like a bullet from Arnolds double barrel gun and hits madhu in the face.


Quickly comes in Three beautiful girls and a handsome boy from the Anytime Call Center.As the boy punches in his Pin the ATM machine makes a pleasant sound.Cash comes out in a second.Even before he counts the cash the ATM machine makes a pleasant sound again and Cash comes out again....As the boy looks at the girls and smiles proudly.


Basha Says:I will kill this fellow and go back to my village...


Back at Nijam Infotech on Bashas Telescope...


Susmitha:Dont you want to retire early and visit all the beautiful places...
Naresh:Dont Worry,i have everything planned..


Susmitha:i cant wait to see you and talk to you..
Naresh:No , not so soon.The more we dont see each other the more the thrill is...


Basha Says: This fellow turned out to be a cisinova royale...


Few days later on a beautiful and sunny morning...


As  Madhu and Karthik walk in to the office , in the reception...


Yahoo Naresh is on the sofa towards the left and opposite to him are a girl who is crying and next to her is a guy consoling her.


Madhu : Son of .... , Did it!!


Few minutes later : Dashing in to the door ,with both his hands on his stomach trying to stop his uncontrollable laughter , Basha crashes at his desk.As everyone gather around ...


Basha: The girl outside is the one Naresh has been chatting with for months.You know what she does?.She is a insurance agent.The guy sitting next to her is her boy friend.She is crying because..Naresh told her that he works for a top notch company and all these months she spent time chatting with him as a prospective client.


Madhu: Now i know why she was asking him all those health/retirement related questions....Laughs everywhere!!

Dont try to find shortcuts to success , do all the hard work you can and success will follow ...

Nani

Stalin Went in to Coma : అంటే/Means?

"The events depicted in this story are fictitious. Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental."


March 4th 1953 Time 10PM Chennai India

When the world kisses goodnight to their kids is when the news dailies turn on their lights."Bharat News" is one such upcoming english daily.The composers are busy composing the headlines.The chief editors reviewing the content on the local edition ,the columnist with the sports page and the cartoonist drawing Nehrujis caricature.


Standing at one corner as tall as the machines ,wearing thick glasses and reading the paper keeping it close to his face is "The Boss" who is known for his bad temper.Standing next to him with a intimidated expression on his face is one of the chief editors.


The Boss:


How in the world can we compete with "The Hindu"  if you keep making such silly mistakes?


I have asked you to print...


Buffalo is their new party symbol and what did you print?


Buffalo is their new party Member..


If you repeat this again you will be a part of the next day headlines.Now get lost.


Its hard to find someone who is good in english in this independent India.


1 A.M March 5th The Boss Chamber


Picking the papers lying on the fax machine The Boss starts reading them aloud...


"Stalins condition is deteriorating "


As all the chief editors have already left he calls Jagadeesh and Srinivas  - Who finished their degree recently from a telugu medium college and joined as sub editors few months back and have just got started with their english lessons.


The Boss: Now listen carefully.Stalin the Russian leader is in a serious condition.Here is his life story.Print this on the main page only if you receive a fax about his death.Saying this with out giving the scared cats a chance to speak The Boss walks away like a bull dog.


2 AM Nothing on the fax machine...


3 AM Jagadeesh gets a coffee for Srini and himself..


3 30 AM Jaggu falls asleep along with the fax machine...


4 AM Srini wakes up Jaggu saying Stalin Stalin!!


"Stalin went in to Coma"

Both of them look at each other - "Coma Means"?


Jaggu: Shall we go ask "The Boss"


Srini: I would rather prefer a new job...


Jagadeesh after a few minutes of serious thought,I got it ..Stalin is dead!!


Srini: How can you say that?


When someone is dead what do we print in telugu "So and So went to heaven  or Swargatulayyaru(స్వర్గస్తులయ్యారు)


"So Stalin went in to coma means Stalin went to heaven"


So Coma means Heaven!!


Srini:Jaggu you are a genius...


The prints get dispatched to every door at 5 AM.As a part of his daily routine the chief minister gets a briefing form various news papers every morning.Astonished to see "Bharat News" being a small daily to be the only one printing Stalins Death News  the CM office calls/wakes up "The Boss" telling him that they have done a great job.


Surprised the boss walks out of his cabin...


Srini(Proudly) :We dint sleep till 5 O Clock till the prints got dispatched.


"Stalin went in to Coma" and we got everything done by 5.


The Boss collapses on the Ground saying..


What have you done...What haaave you done...?


Rushing back to his office he calls the reporter covering Stalins news.After a few minutes in shock he walks out saying , i do not know whether to promote you or fire you.Stalin died at 5AM and our news paper was at everyones door steps by 5:15...


A million copies of the Bharat News Get sold that morning before the competitors could even compose the news to come up with their evening editions.


Nani

Indian Caste System : Know your history

When i see educated people getting together/ignoring others on the name of caste
 
Students fighting for their movie heroes in the name of caste
 
NRIs who have seen the world , splitting in to organizations in the name of caste
 
People being offered jobs even with out an interview in the name of caste

Parents in todays society still looks out for matches in the name of caste

Politicians while trying to be demigods exploiting people in the name of caste

Have the people who dismiss caste as an inhuman and nazi system, ever attempted to understand its original purpose and genius? Is it really worse than the huge class differences you can see nowadays in Europe? At any rate, we should not allow it to be exploited shamelessly against us, as it has been in the last two centuries, by missionnaries, "secular" historians, Moghuls, and by pre and post-independance Indian politicians - each for their own purpose.


The Beautiful Beginning

The original social system was divided in four "varnas", or four castes, which corresponded to each one's inner capacities.Brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras.
“Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, knowledge, wisdom and religiousness–these are the natural qualities by which the brahmanas work.

Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity and leadership are the natural qualities of work for the ksatriyas.

Farming, cow protection and business are the natural work for the vaisyas, and for the sudras there is labor and service to others.

By following his qualities of work, every man can become perfect.So the Vedas recognize different people have different skills and qualifications, but it is not by birth, it is by guna (qualification) and karma (work). So if someone born of a sudra (worker) father becomes qualified (guna) and works as (karma) a brahmana he should be accepted as a brahmana. In the same way if the son of a brahmana doesn’t have the qualifications of a brahmana or work as a brahmana then he is not a brahmana. There are so many examples of this in the Vedic scriptures.

It is this system which allowed India to flower in an unprecedented way, to excel perhaps as no other nation had done before her, in all fields, be it literature, architecture, sculpture, or painting and develop great civilisations, one upon the other and one upon the other, each one more more glittering than the previous one.

In the last stages of the pre-Muslim period, the whole Indian system was founded upon a close participation of all the classes; even the Shudra had his share in the civic life. Thus the Council had a fixed number of Brahmin, Kshatrya, Vaishya and Shudra representatives, with the Vaishya having a greater preponderance. And in turn, each town, each village, had its own Metropolitan Civic Assembly allowing a great amount of autonomy. Even the great Ashoka was defeated in his power tussle with his Council and he had practically to abdicate.

 Is the current Indian system something like accepting the sons of  IAS officer as IAS ?.They have to be qualified, they have to attend the entrance and pass the course and get the practical training.So there is actually nothing stopping anyone from bettering his position in the Indian system in the scriptures.Anyone, from any social position can be liberated by performing his own work.You have the same system in America. You have intellectuals [brahmanas], you have administrators and military men [ksatriyas], you have businessmen and farmers [vaisyas] and you have workers. The Vedic system just recognizes these groups, that’s all. It’s quite natural.

For example:

How much time did it take for a so called developed nation to crawl on its knees when a succesfull business man like Geroge W Bush won the elections twice.He might have been a good fit to be a Vaisya and not a Kshatriya or Brahmin.

The Degeneration began

The Moghuls have always projected it as a gradual take-over of India by an arrogant Brahmin and kshatriya society. What used to be a natural arrangement - a Kshatriya became a warrior to express heroic tendencies in him developed from countless births on earth- turned-out to be an inherited legacy, which was not merited by chivalrous deeds. A Brahmin who used to deserve his status by his scholarship and piety, and was twice-born in the spiritual sense, just inherited the charge from his father. And the shudras were relegated to a low status, doing the menial chores, when in their heyday, they fulfilled an indispensable role, which granted them recognition from the king himself. Thus Hindu religion lost its immense plasticity, which allowed her to constantly renew herself - and India became ripe for invasions.

It is the nature of human institutions to degenerate, there is no doubt that the institution of caste degenerated. It ceased to be determined by spiritual qualifications which, once essential, have now come to be subordinate and even immaterial and is determined by the purely material tests of occupation and birth.By this change it has set itself against the fundamental tendency of Hinduism which is to insist on the spiritual and subordinate the material and thus lost most of its meaning. The spirit of caste arrogance, exclusiveness and superiority came to dominate it instead of the spirit of duty, and the change weakened the nation and helped to reduce us to our present condition.This sowed the seeds of an explosive conflict which is ready to blow-up today in every state where the caste conflict is exploited politically by politicians who went further and catergorized them as BC,SC,ST etc.

Human brain needs theories and proofs to accept something and so here is just one example of what the English did.

The Master Stroke by the British..

The theory of the Aryan invasion is still taken as the foundation stone of the History of India. According to this theory, which was actually devised in the 18th and 19th century by British linguists and archaeologists, the first inhabitants of India were good-natured, peaceful, dark-skinned shepherds, called the Dravidians, who had founded what is called the Harappan - or Valley of the Indus civilisation. They were supposedly remarkable builders, witness the city of Mohenjo-Daro in Pakistani Sind, but had no culture to speak-off, no litterature, no proper script even. Then, around 1500 B.C., India is said to have been invaded by tribes called the Aryans : white- skinned, nomadic people, who originated somewhere in Western Russia and imposed upon the Dravidians the hateful caste system. To the Aryans, are attributed Sanskrit, the Vedic - or Hindu religion, India’s greatest spiritual texts, the Vedas, as well as a host of subsequent writings, the Upanishads, the Mahabharata, the Ramanaya, etc...

Thanks to the Aryan theory, they showed on the one hand that Indian civilisation was not that ancient and that it was posterior to the cultures which influenced the western world - Mesopotamia, Sumeria, or Babylon - and that whatever good things India had developed - Sanskrit, literature, or even its architecture, had been influenced by the West. Thus, Sanskrit, instead of being the mother of all Indo-European languages, became just a branch of their huge family; thus, the religion of Zarathustra is said to have influenced Hinduism, and not vice versa. And on the other hand, it divided India and pitted against each other the low caste dark-skinned Dravidians and the high caste light-skinned Aryans, a rift which is till enduring.

What a comment about a nation that gave the world the Vedas and the Upanishads, at a time when Europeans were still sleeping in their caves!

History should be rewritten so that Indian children learn to be proud of their ancient and INDIGENOUS civilization - and the consequences of this new theory applied not only to Asia, but also to the entire history of the whole world.Talk proud about our Caste System.We need not rewrite the whole caste system of today to go back to the beautiful past but fill our minds with the truth that we are no superior or inferior than any human being by Birth or Caste.
The next time you come across caste fanatics explain them the truth or worst case just smile off...:)



Jai Hind!








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