Wish you an enreaching 2008!

When a drop falls on a still water, it raises a circle of waves.
The waves that flow in all directions.

After a few moments, you cann't tell where the drop of water went.

This is acceptance!

May new year bring you host of moments of sheer joy.

Wish you an enreaching 2008!

Wish you a very happy Diwali!

Diwali gives us an opportunity to take stock of the good and evil within us and around us - thus gives an opportunity for meaningful and sustaining decision making for progress. Let us continue our struggle to better ourselves as well as those around us, with more vigor!

Wish you a very Happy Diwali!

(Collected from a friend's fw ;))

India's exports went up

India's exports went up by 19.26 per cent in September this year, despite a rise in rupee value, while imports went up by a moderate 2.31 per cent.

However, in rupee terms, the export growth in September was 4.31 per cent while imports declined by 10.51 per cent.

(Courtesy: Rediff)

Philippines, a land of lovely people...

I was little suspecious and worried when I stepped out of the SIA flight at Manila airport. About weather, about people. Ten days stay here has assured me of the friendliness of Filipino people. They are charming, fun loving and always ready to help.

As you are calculating in your mind, yes there are a lot of beauties around. :) And they are usually frinedly too.

Makati city (part of Metro Manila where I stay and work) is like any other well developed city in the world. I saw people speaking the local language most of the time, but they also understand and speak English. In all, it is nice to be here till now.

I wish to see 1 beach and 2 volcano here :D I hope it is granted before I come back.

शोध..

हलकेच ओंजळीत घेतो मी सुखस्वप्ने ही माझी
अर्घ्य द्यावया त्यांचे या आत्मरत सूर्याशी ।
या सवितेच्या तेजाने मी मार्ग आजवर क्रमलो
आधार मला त्या रवीचा सर्वत्र सर्व पंथांशी ॥ १ ॥

मज इच्छा अन शंकांनी घेरले अनेक वेळा
द्वंद्वाने त्यांच्या मजला जखडले अनेक वेळा ।
भांबावलो, थकलो क्षणभर, शक्तीने मी सावरलो
त्या सत्याचे ज्ञातेपण तो सूर्य दावूनी गेला ॥ २ ॥

निष्क्रिय मनाची संथा, बळी देत कर्माची
मिथ्येची माया मांडूनी करी दिशाभूलही माझी ।
त्या भानूच्या स्पर्शाने भिवविली क्रूर निश्चलता
मज उत्साहाचा कल्पद्रूम कर्तव्य शिकवूनी गेला ॥ ३ ॥

अत्यंत आदराने मी मग शोध तयाचा केला
हे तेज कोठूनी आले, सन्मित्र कुठे हा लपला?
शोधले जसे मी त्याला, मज शोध नवाची गवसला
मी नव्हतो आणखी उरलो, मी तो तेजःपुंज होतो ! ॥ ४ ॥

- श्रीपाद

In the 60th Year of Indian Independance,

Wish you all a very happy republic day!

Are We..?

In day-to-day life, we encounter numerous situations, observe numerous behaviours and gather numerous experiences. These experiences form the basis for our behaviour or responses towards the events happening around us.

We also carry some assumptions (or truths as most of us might believe them to be) along with us, all the time at all the places we go. Some of these historical responses help us decide our behaviours. Based on our awareness and willingness to change, we analyse and reform our thoughts and try to formulate the 'right' responses.

This happens with most of us, we may realise it or not. You can feel it when you are facing a totally new or never-before situation. Just try to analyse how do you respond in these circumstances.

I can feel, it takes a lot of our mind and energy in doing so. Life then, is a conscious OLTP.. :D; i mean a conscious attempt to live the experiences we face. This could certainly lead to a content life and off course could teach us the right way to live it or the right way to change our self to live it.

If you ponder, the life of a common middle class family in India has changed drastically over last few decades. (I am from a common middle class Indian family, so will talk with that context)
The life our grandfathers went through, the life our parents lived.. there professions, the environments they worked in.. the economics are way different!

Today, we live closer to the social and economic problems of our country, of the world.
Unlike to the old days, the events in one part of the world affect us here. We feel the heat and threat of social unsecurity.
Today, we never know which part of the world your friend might be working/living next year, or next month may be ;).

We actually SEE the world beyond the horizon we might have thought as a member of our family. And, we continue to grow in this way.

Consider the speed of change. Looking at the history, from last couple of decades, every five years were drastically different from the previous five. (Those amongst us who trade in stocks could resonate with this, at least by theory ;))

What does that mean to us?

Do we live in a time when we are, knowingly or unknowingly, writing whole new paths/ways?
If yes, how seriously aware are we about this?
And, how are we ensuring it is going to be the right way, and not sleep-walking through it?