forgot to mention that I had my second demo last week at New State Academy. There were around 40-50 students along with some teachers. The demo went well and ended with a round of applause. The teacher told me that the session went well.
My friend who had gone with me also commented that the session was good except that my delivery was may be just a bit fast paced. Relevant feedback which I would take care of in the sessions to come.
Many plans have been made for the next year, will write in detail sometime later, till then enjoy the romantic mood set in by my i-pod, " tujhmein rab dikhta hai, yaara main kya karun". Bye!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
The First Outing
Its been some time after the last post, and I was actually waiting for some action to happen before writing the new post. So, the good news is that some action has actually taken place. The action here is that my first demo session took place today at DAV school, Pitam Pura.
I have been waiting for this moment to come ever since I have started working on the concept. And today was the day when it finally arrived. Let me just be very straight here in admitting that the session went extremely well. If I compare with how I normally give presentations, this was somewhere around 6.5-7 on a scale of 10 and yet it was well appreciated by the teachers present. This and the feedback after the session has given me considerable confidence in the modules which I have developed. Though in the initial talks, it was becoming apparent that school was slightly reluctant to shell out money for the concept, but am sure and am quite confident that once the product starts getting accepted in the market, the money will start flowing in sooner than later.
More so, after having read and discussed so much about global warming over the past one month, I for sure believe so strongly about this issue that I am just looking at opportubities to reach out to maximum number of people and tell them what is it that is happening to their home, how is it that they are only responsible for all that is happening and therefore what is it that we humans can actually do so as to ensure a greener and a healthier tomorrow.
Consider this fact: if we look at the trend of CO2 over the past 400 thousand years, not once the level has crossed 300 parts per million part which is actually considered to be a safe limit by our scientists. However, only in the past two decades, the level of CO2 has gone up to 384 parts per million and is actually heading towards 400 parts per million mark soon.
The next session is on Saturday, just before I head into the new year party mood. So, wish me luck for that.
Since, I saw Rab ne Bana di Jodi, last week, my ipod has since been playing, " haule haule hojayega pyaar"....enjoy!!
I have been waiting for this moment to come ever since I have started working on the concept. And today was the day when it finally arrived. Let me just be very straight here in admitting that the session went extremely well. If I compare with how I normally give presentations, this was somewhere around 6.5-7 on a scale of 10 and yet it was well appreciated by the teachers present. This and the feedback after the session has given me considerable confidence in the modules which I have developed. Though in the initial talks, it was becoming apparent that school was slightly reluctant to shell out money for the concept, but am sure and am quite confident that once the product starts getting accepted in the market, the money will start flowing in sooner than later.
More so, after having read and discussed so much about global warming over the past one month, I for sure believe so strongly about this issue that I am just looking at opportubities to reach out to maximum number of people and tell them what is it that is happening to their home, how is it that they are only responsible for all that is happening and therefore what is it that we humans can actually do so as to ensure a greener and a healthier tomorrow.
Consider this fact: if we look at the trend of CO2 over the past 400 thousand years, not once the level has crossed 300 parts per million part which is actually considered to be a safe limit by our scientists. However, only in the past two decades, the level of CO2 has gone up to 384 parts per million and is actually heading towards 400 parts per million mark soon.
The next session is on Saturday, just before I head into the new year party mood. So, wish me luck for that.
Since, I saw Rab ne Bana di Jodi, last week, my ipod has since been playing, " haule haule hojayega pyaar"....enjoy!!
Friday, December 12, 2008
Just a few quotations
Below are some of the best qoutations that I have read:
Character is one factor that will guide all our actions and decisions.
It requires courage to keep dreaming. And that is when dreams are most needed -- not when everything is going right, but when just about everything is going wrong.
Playing to win is not the same as cutting corners. When you play to win, you stretch yourself to your maximum and use all your potential. It also helps you to concentrate your energy on what you can influence instead of getting bogged down with the worry of what you cannot change. Do your best and leave the rest.
Everyone feels the fear of unknown. Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to manage fear without getting paralyzed. Feel the fear, but move on regardless.
Guard against complacency all the time. Complacency makes you blind to the early signals from the environment that something is going wrong
We need an open mind to look at things in a different way and allow new inputs to come in. Otherwise, there is a real danger of becoming complacent or even downright arrogant.
Constantly ask yourself what new skills and competencies will be needed. Begin working on them before it becomes necessary and you will have a natural advantage.
If you do not take enough risks, you may also be losing out on many opportunities. Think through but take the plunge. If some things do go wrong, learn from them.
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick is to not to get bogged down by it. We can get out of the deepest wells by not stopping. And by never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
Excellence is not so much a battle you fight with others, but a battle you fight with yourself, by constantly raising the bar and stretching yourself and your team. This is the best and the most satisfying and challenging part about excellence.
Success requires no explanation and failure permits none. But you need to respect yourself enough so that your self-confidence remains intact whether you succeed or fail.
And just as I finish writing these quotations, my ipod has got deeply motivated and is indicating that something big must happen now. It has now turned on, " koi humse jeet na paave..lage raho..mit jaawe jo takraave, lage raho". I wonder if it is just motivation or a message to the so called non-state actors. Anyways, enjoy!
Character is one factor that will guide all our actions and decisions.
It requires courage to keep dreaming. And that is when dreams are most needed -- not when everything is going right, but when just about everything is going wrong.
Playing to win is not the same as cutting corners. When you play to win, you stretch yourself to your maximum and use all your potential. It also helps you to concentrate your energy on what you can influence instead of getting bogged down with the worry of what you cannot change. Do your best and leave the rest.
Everyone feels the fear of unknown. Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to manage fear without getting paralyzed. Feel the fear, but move on regardless.
Guard against complacency all the time. Complacency makes you blind to the early signals from the environment that something is going wrong
We need an open mind to look at things in a different way and allow new inputs to come in. Otherwise, there is a real danger of becoming complacent or even downright arrogant.
Constantly ask yourself what new skills and competencies will be needed. Begin working on them before it becomes necessary and you will have a natural advantage.
If you do not take enough risks, you may also be losing out on many opportunities. Think through but take the plunge. If some things do go wrong, learn from them.
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick is to not to get bogged down by it. We can get out of the deepest wells by not stopping. And by never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.
Excellence is not so much a battle you fight with others, but a battle you fight with yourself, by constantly raising the bar and stretching yourself and your team. This is the best and the most satisfying and challenging part about excellence.
Success requires no explanation and failure permits none. But you need to respect yourself enough so that your self-confidence remains intact whether you succeed or fail.
And just as I finish writing these quotations, my ipod has got deeply motivated and is indicating that something big must happen now. It has now turned on, " koi humse jeet na paave..lage raho..mit jaawe jo takraave, lage raho". I wonder if it is just motivation or a message to the so called non-state actors. Anyways, enjoy!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
First School: Sorry Mr.Rohit, after the Mumbai terror attacks, Principal Mam does not meet any outsiders and netiher do we allow any outsiders inside the school premises.
I wonder what safety anyways the two guards, one extremely thin and the other too old to stand, can provide to the dear Principal Mam and to the students of the school. If terrorists do decide to pick this school, these two guards with no weapons would I am sure provide a lot more security to the Principal Mam
Second School: Mr Rohit, we have seen your proposal, please come for a meeting at 2PM today itself. So, Mr. Rohit quickly rushes home, goes for a quick shave, wears the best blazer he has and reaches 5 minutes before the schedule time. During the first visit, Mr. Rohit was not even allowed to go beyond the gates, this time reeptionist called him in, he was excited, he gave his card, the card went inside the principals room, the principal takes a good look at it, the receptionist comes out, she has a smile on her face, Mr.Rohit takes a step forward excited for a chance to meet another principal, receptionist appraoches and finally speaks, " Mr. Rohit, principal mam has a packed schedule this month and she says we might look at it sometime in Jan/Feb". Mr. Rohit tries his best to convince her to in turn convince principal mam for a meeting but guess its just one bad day for Mr. Rohit.
Patience and more of patience is what is needed to survive here. The sales team here at our parent company, AlfaTech has a lot of such stories to share and it is their patience and perseverence only which has shaped the way our company has grown over the past so many years. And I guess, its true for any sort of business set-up especially when you are new and are in the process of starting up. Otherwise as well, if we look at life in general, patience is one virtue which can help an individual cope up with a lot of issues and also prevent things from taking an unwanted or an unfortunate turn. So, patience my dear friends is what I have to keep and perseverence is what I have to follow.
In office right now, so no i-pod and therefore no songs.
I wonder what safety anyways the two guards, one extremely thin and the other too old to stand, can provide to the dear Principal Mam and to the students of the school. If terrorists do decide to pick this school, these two guards with no weapons would I am sure provide a lot more security to the Principal Mam
Second School: Mr Rohit, we have seen your proposal, please come for a meeting at 2PM today itself. So, Mr. Rohit quickly rushes home, goes for a quick shave, wears the best blazer he has and reaches 5 minutes before the schedule time. During the first visit, Mr. Rohit was not even allowed to go beyond the gates, this time reeptionist called him in, he was excited, he gave his card, the card went inside the principals room, the principal takes a good look at it, the receptionist comes out, she has a smile on her face, Mr.Rohit takes a step forward excited for a chance to meet another principal, receptionist appraoches and finally speaks, " Mr. Rohit, principal mam has a packed schedule this month and she says we might look at it sometime in Jan/Feb". Mr. Rohit tries his best to convince her to in turn convince principal mam for a meeting but guess its just one bad day for Mr. Rohit.
Patience and more of patience is what is needed to survive here. The sales team here at our parent company, AlfaTech has a lot of such stories to share and it is their patience and perseverence only which has shaped the way our company has grown over the past so many years. And I guess, its true for any sort of business set-up especially when you are new and are in the process of starting up. Otherwise as well, if we look at life in general, patience is one virtue which can help an individual cope up with a lot of issues and also prevent things from taking an unwanted or an unfortunate turn. So, patience my dear friends is what I have to keep and perseverence is what I have to follow.
In office right now, so no i-pod and therefore no songs.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
The first week....
So, last week I visited around 10 schools to begin with. Nothing spectacular has happened and very frankly nothing much was expected either, after all its just the first week at work. Anyways, in majority of the schools, one is not even allowed to enter the reception area and as asked I had to leave my proposal at the hands of some extremely dumb looking security men with absolutely no assurance whether the proposal would ever even see the door of Principal's office. But, then nothing else can be done in such cases except calling or visiting them again the next week and pursuing the matter further.
However, there were a few schools which entertained people like me, and made me meet either the principal or the concerned teacher. Surprisingly, most of them belonged to the DAV chain of schools. The end result so far is that one of the schools has agreed to hold the demo session in front of the teachers because they want to make sure that the content is suitable enough to be shown to their students. Though, I will not confirm it still as the concerned teacher has asked me to call on 16 of this month and then confirm. But trust on one thing, the response so far has been encouraging, lets keep our fingers crossed and see how it goes on from here.
However, the last one week has already taught me a very important lesson. As an entrepreneur or as anyone starting out on his own, one just cannot afford to have a big ego. I get ready everyday in the morning wearing a nice shirt, the best trousers that I have and a blazer on top of that, clean shave, well polished shoes and hairs in place, eager to meet up with the school authorities, impress them and convince them about the usability of the product that I have to offer. But then, in most of the cases, you are either turned away from the door, in some the principal is not even interested and throws away your brochure, in some the receptionist is asked to interview you ( i mean what she would understand from the proposal with absolutely no authority to take any decision, guess that's just another way to say NO). Frankly, while I was doing MBA or while I was in Marico, I have never experienced such a behaviour from anyone, not even from my seniors but am now gearing up even for the worse. And, that is exactly the learning that I have acquired, probably I would never have been able to react to such a behavior earlier, but now I have to, may be again and again and I don't know for how long. But hopefully things will change for good, one day, sooner or later.
In all this, I forgot to thank ( though I actually just can't thank him), or just mention about my dear friend Praveen. Someone who has believed in me, has stood with me in these times and has helped me beyond what anyone could even think of. Though its nothing new of him, but then this is something totally different and to go out of your way, to not only show care for what I am doing but also give sufficient time to me is truly exceptional as far as I am concerned and this is something which I will never ever forget. And I just hope, that we will forever stand by for each other. The guy truly has some exceptional talent and deserves to be doing a lot more from what he is doing currently and I can bet that he would be successful beyond one's imagination. Hopefully, with plans we have, this guy can defintely go places.
Time to log off and get ready for the week ahead. By the way my i-pod has finally decided to move on in life and is in a very wierd mood today. It has just turned on " Maa da ladla bigad gaya". You guys enjoy whereas I will go and make sure my mom doesn't listen to this one.
However, there were a few schools which entertained people like me, and made me meet either the principal or the concerned teacher. Surprisingly, most of them belonged to the DAV chain of schools. The end result so far is that one of the schools has agreed to hold the demo session in front of the teachers because they want to make sure that the content is suitable enough to be shown to their students. Though, I will not confirm it still as the concerned teacher has asked me to call on 16 of this month and then confirm. But trust on one thing, the response so far has been encouraging, lets keep our fingers crossed and see how it goes on from here.
However, the last one week has already taught me a very important lesson. As an entrepreneur or as anyone starting out on his own, one just cannot afford to have a big ego. I get ready everyday in the morning wearing a nice shirt, the best trousers that I have and a blazer on top of that, clean shave, well polished shoes and hairs in place, eager to meet up with the school authorities, impress them and convince them about the usability of the product that I have to offer. But then, in most of the cases, you are either turned away from the door, in some the principal is not even interested and throws away your brochure, in some the receptionist is asked to interview you ( i mean what she would understand from the proposal with absolutely no authority to take any decision, guess that's just another way to say NO). Frankly, while I was doing MBA or while I was in Marico, I have never experienced such a behaviour from anyone, not even from my seniors but am now gearing up even for the worse. And, that is exactly the learning that I have acquired, probably I would never have been able to react to such a behavior earlier, but now I have to, may be again and again and I don't know for how long. But hopefully things will change for good, one day, sooner or later.
In all this, I forgot to thank ( though I actually just can't thank him), or just mention about my dear friend Praveen. Someone who has believed in me, has stood with me in these times and has helped me beyond what anyone could even think of. Though its nothing new of him, but then this is something totally different and to go out of your way, to not only show care for what I am doing but also give sufficient time to me is truly exceptional as far as I am concerned and this is something which I will never ever forget. And I just hope, that we will forever stand by for each other. The guy truly has some exceptional talent and deserves to be doing a lot more from what he is doing currently and I can bet that he would be successful beyond one's imagination. Hopefully, with plans we have, this guy can defintely go places.
Time to log off and get ready for the week ahead. By the way my i-pod has finally decided to move on in life and is in a very wierd mood today. It has just turned on " Maa da ladla bigad gaya". You guys enjoy whereas I will go and make sure my mom doesn't listen to this one.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Time for the next turn
And Yes, the time has finally come to jump into the waters. To give a marketing perspective to what I just said, after having done with 3 Ps of marketing viz product, packaging and pricing, its time now for promotion.
The logo has been fixed and the first set of brochures were printed today. From tomorrow begins the task of going out, visiting each and every school and introducing what I am attempting to do. I did visit a few schools over the last week, just to get the feeler of how it would be to go in front of an unknown person and talk about my product. Trust me not all experiences were good. Its gonna be an extremely tough road ahead but then since I have already taken the turn, I now cannot take a U-turn, howsoever rough or as I said tough the road may be.
Am I nervous??? well, yes I am. However irrespective of what happens ultimately, I have to do it now. And so I keep moving and the journey continues.....
My i-pod has still not been able to get over the shock of Mumbai attacks and has refused to play me a song today as well. Good night!
The logo has been fixed and the first set of brochures were printed today. From tomorrow begins the task of going out, visiting each and every school and introducing what I am attempting to do. I did visit a few schools over the last week, just to get the feeler of how it would be to go in front of an unknown person and talk about my product. Trust me not all experiences were good. Its gonna be an extremely tough road ahead but then since I have already taken the turn, I now cannot take a U-turn, howsoever rough or as I said tough the road may be.
Am I nervous??? well, yes I am. However irrespective of what happens ultimately, I have to do it now. And so I keep moving and the journey continues.....
My i-pod has still not been able to get over the shock of Mumbai attacks and has refused to play me a song today as well. Good night!
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Some observations
Since last three days all we have seen and heard of is news about terrorists attacking Mumbai. All of India has one, two or may be a lot more things to say about the whole incident, everyone has some opinion on someone or the other associated directly or indirectly with the episode. And so mentioned below are some of my observations based on what I have been seeing on TV before, during and after the incident:
@ Terrorists: 10 terrorists against more than 300 NSG commandos and yet they were able to hold ground for three days. I am highly interested in understanding the psyche of such men, what is it exactly that motivates them to kill innocent people, what is exactly the point which such people are trying to make, do they really think that by killing innocent people they will be able to win something for themselves, after all against whom do they have all the hatred and anger. If someone comes up to me and tells me to carry out such an act for whatever he may offer to me, I cannot imagine myself doing it. Then, what is it that is told to such men which motivates them to be a part of such operations knowing that they would not be able to hold their ground for long and would ultimately perish, which actually happens in most terrorist actions.
@ All political leaders: While the action was still being carried out, BJP runs a campaign wherein through a letter, our former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee, makes inability of the government to fight against terrorism an election agenda and seeks votes from the voters. And this campaign by the way is not even for national Lok Sabha Election but for the Delhi assembly election which were scheduled to be held on that day. How can a senior leader like him be a part of such a campaign? And how idiot can those people be who thought of such a campaign and how insensitive can those leaders be who approved of such a campaign. Rather than being in Mumbai and suppoting our commandos, politicians are busy seeking votes.
And then today morning, we hear about our home minister Mr. Shivraj Patil's resignation. So, instead of highlighting the point that he has resigned because of his failure to fight terrorism, all of the congress is focussing on the fact that L.K Advani did not resign in his time and look our minister has resigned. Again, a very basic lack of common sense and sheer stupidity on the part of our politicians.
Maharashtra home minister R.R Patil makes a statement that such small incidents keep happening in bigger cities. Can Mr. Patil please explain in what regards is this incident a small one. I feel that by making such a statement, he has actually degraded the sacrifices made by all those officers and men killed in the attack. How can someone be so idiot to make such a statement? Rather than asking for him to resign, he should actually have been sacked from his ministry.
In an all party meet convened by our Prime Minister, our leader of opposition and a future prime minsterial candidate L.K Advani is missing and the reason given for his absence is that he is busy in an election campaigning and therefore could not make it to the meeting. Fantastic!!! what is more important: coming to power and becoming a prime miniter or ensuring India's safety and prosperity. For someone who gives a higher importance to the former issue, has absolutely no right to be in the politics. Very simply, if someone is in politics sitting in Lok Sabha, his/her primary objective should be to ensure that India grows and becomes a developed economy but all such people worry about is how to rule the centre.
@ Raj Thakerey: Where are you Sir? Over the three days and beyond, no one has seen any comments from Mr. Raj Thakerey. I am sure everyone would have understood the point which I am trying to make, with people from all over the country and not just Marathis coming together and rescuing Mumbai. So, I just have one thing to say to Mr. Raj, this country India belongs to Indians and therefore all of us are first Indians and then Hindu, Muslim, Sikh etc and then may be UP, Southie, Marathi etc. Therefore there is no place in our country for someone who calls himself/herself first a Marathi or may be something else and then an Indian. So I would request Mr. Raj to take all the Marathis (who so ever feels that he is only a Marathi) with him and go to some place where he can find only the Marathis to live with. Why trouble us Mr. Raj, please leave our country and go. We do not want people like you in our country.
And I fail to understand those who support him. Can't such people understand that you are shedding the blood of your fellow countrymen and what is it that is stopping you from living together and in harmony. Such people seem to lack sheer common sense and how idiot or stupid can they be to follow an even more idiotic mind like that of Mr. Thackerey. So, please follow advise, simply leave, you will be happy and so will we.
@ Aam Junta: My friend calls me and tells me or rather asks me that her good friend from her engineering college died in the attacks and therefore what she should do. He was the only son to his parents. Then yesterday, I read an account of one of our alumni losing his very good friend. Do I or anyone else has any answer to the question which the girl asked? Aam Junta is defnitely angry, and wants to see some action now, probably every one has had enough. People are talking about the spirit of Mumbai, but the problem is that we are becoming used to terrorism, terrorism has now become a part of pur lives. This, my dear friends is an extremely dangerous sign and therfore our government and officials should take some action. If not now, then when?
@ Pakistan's involvement: News is coming thick and fast that all the terrorists belonged to Pakistan and there is a clear involvement of them in the attacks. But no action has been taken so far. Either, we have no proof to establish that Pakistan is involved or we do not want to do anything. If the Indian experts are so damn confident about Pakistan's inolvement, why don't we share all the evidence with UN, USA and other international bodies and help declare Pakistan a terrorist state. If all the world countires get convinced, we can look at cutting all ties with Pakistan, stop the supply of all the exports to the country and grow more international pressure on them to finish all terrorists camps and organizations. Remember, when America was attacked, they finished entire of Afghanistan and since then there has been no further attacks on the country. And in our country, attacks are happening regulary and at increasing frequency now. I can understand that it would not be as simple as I have written but this can certainly be one way, after all war may not be the only solution.
Today even my ipod has refused to play any song, it can't think of any for the occassion, so sad and so bad is the situation of our country!
@ Terrorists: 10 terrorists against more than 300 NSG commandos and yet they were able to hold ground for three days. I am highly interested in understanding the psyche of such men, what is it exactly that motivates them to kill innocent people, what is exactly the point which such people are trying to make, do they really think that by killing innocent people they will be able to win something for themselves, after all against whom do they have all the hatred and anger. If someone comes up to me and tells me to carry out such an act for whatever he may offer to me, I cannot imagine myself doing it. Then, what is it that is told to such men which motivates them to be a part of such operations knowing that they would not be able to hold their ground for long and would ultimately perish, which actually happens in most terrorist actions.
@ All political leaders: While the action was still being carried out, BJP runs a campaign wherein through a letter, our former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee, makes inability of the government to fight against terrorism an election agenda and seeks votes from the voters. And this campaign by the way is not even for national Lok Sabha Election but for the Delhi assembly election which were scheduled to be held on that day. How can a senior leader like him be a part of such a campaign? And how idiot can those people be who thought of such a campaign and how insensitive can those leaders be who approved of such a campaign. Rather than being in Mumbai and suppoting our commandos, politicians are busy seeking votes.
And then today morning, we hear about our home minister Mr. Shivraj Patil's resignation. So, instead of highlighting the point that he has resigned because of his failure to fight terrorism, all of the congress is focussing on the fact that L.K Advani did not resign in his time and look our minister has resigned. Again, a very basic lack of common sense and sheer stupidity on the part of our politicians.
Maharashtra home minister R.R Patil makes a statement that such small incidents keep happening in bigger cities. Can Mr. Patil please explain in what regards is this incident a small one. I feel that by making such a statement, he has actually degraded the sacrifices made by all those officers and men killed in the attack. How can someone be so idiot to make such a statement? Rather than asking for him to resign, he should actually have been sacked from his ministry.
In an all party meet convened by our Prime Minister, our leader of opposition and a future prime minsterial candidate L.K Advani is missing and the reason given for his absence is that he is busy in an election campaigning and therefore could not make it to the meeting. Fantastic!!! what is more important: coming to power and becoming a prime miniter or ensuring India's safety and prosperity. For someone who gives a higher importance to the former issue, has absolutely no right to be in the politics. Very simply, if someone is in politics sitting in Lok Sabha, his/her primary objective should be to ensure that India grows and becomes a developed economy but all such people worry about is how to rule the centre.
@ Raj Thakerey: Where are you Sir? Over the three days and beyond, no one has seen any comments from Mr. Raj Thakerey. I am sure everyone would have understood the point which I am trying to make, with people from all over the country and not just Marathis coming together and rescuing Mumbai. So, I just have one thing to say to Mr. Raj, this country India belongs to Indians and therefore all of us are first Indians and then Hindu, Muslim, Sikh etc and then may be UP, Southie, Marathi etc. Therefore there is no place in our country for someone who calls himself/herself first a Marathi or may be something else and then an Indian. So I would request Mr. Raj to take all the Marathis (who so ever feels that he is only a Marathi) with him and go to some place where he can find only the Marathis to live with. Why trouble us Mr. Raj, please leave our country and go. We do not want people like you in our country.
And I fail to understand those who support him. Can't such people understand that you are shedding the blood of your fellow countrymen and what is it that is stopping you from living together and in harmony. Such people seem to lack sheer common sense and how idiot or stupid can they be to follow an even more idiotic mind like that of Mr. Thackerey. So, please follow advise, simply leave, you will be happy and so will we.
@ Aam Junta: My friend calls me and tells me or rather asks me that her good friend from her engineering college died in the attacks and therefore what she should do. He was the only son to his parents. Then yesterday, I read an account of one of our alumni losing his very good friend. Do I or anyone else has any answer to the question which the girl asked? Aam Junta is defnitely angry, and wants to see some action now, probably every one has had enough. People are talking about the spirit of Mumbai, but the problem is that we are becoming used to terrorism, terrorism has now become a part of pur lives. This, my dear friends is an extremely dangerous sign and therfore our government and officials should take some action. If not now, then when?
@ Pakistan's involvement: News is coming thick and fast that all the terrorists belonged to Pakistan and there is a clear involvement of them in the attacks. But no action has been taken so far. Either, we have no proof to establish that Pakistan is involved or we do not want to do anything. If the Indian experts are so damn confident about Pakistan's inolvement, why don't we share all the evidence with UN, USA and other international bodies and help declare Pakistan a terrorist state. If all the world countires get convinced, we can look at cutting all ties with Pakistan, stop the supply of all the exports to the country and grow more international pressure on them to finish all terrorists camps and organizations. Remember, when America was attacked, they finished entire of Afghanistan and since then there has been no further attacks on the country. And in our country, attacks are happening regulary and at increasing frequency now. I can understand that it would not be as simple as I have written but this can certainly be one way, after all war may not be the only solution.
Today even my ipod has refused to play any song, it can't think of any for the occassion, so sad and so bad is the situation of our country!
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