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Saturday, December 24, 2016
Monday, December 12, 2016
The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk - Sudha Murthy
A summary of each story from the warm book.
2) Rahman’s Avva: A poor farming woman brings up neighbour’s child as her own inspite of different religion – Broad Heart.
3) Ganga’s ghat: Anyone can do social work like Ganga who provides bathing water in a village.
4) The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk : the Indian attitude towards guests despite poverty.
5) Changing India: western thoughts on India – then & now
6) Genes: Only diseases but not honesty and integrity are passed down to the next generation through genes.
7) Helping the dead: a group of young people who form a voluntary organization to help poor people who have nobody to cremate or bury their dead ones.
8) Three ponds: Sacrifices of three different women for providing water to others; living eternally for their deeds.
9) No man’s garden: A rich farmer growing vegetables in a wasteland for the poor and needy.
10) Sticky bottoms: Friend who talks too much.
11) Too many questions: How managers try to come in between the donor and the receiver; misconception prevents us from helping.
12) Gift of sacrifice: A young cowherd sacrifices his life for his village while giving the message from a soldier to the captain – the importance of history.
13) Bad Help: Helping somebody may be lifelong burden for him to carry and how people change after acquiring wealth.
14) Sharing with a ghost: a young man learns from a ghost that “in life sharing is important”.
15) Foot in the mouth: people who gossip and how they make themselves cheap.
16) Miserable success: Being successful does not necessarily mean being happy.
17) Shraddha: Girls and boys, sons and daughters are equal – bravery to do what we believe.
18) Lazy Portado: we should study, get knowledge, learn skills and work hard – not mere networking.
19) Uncle Sam: Regret on going to America.
20) You should have asked me: people want their egos to be fed and we should act in accordance to greater good that we desire and not to be hurt.
21) A mother’s love : a mother climbs a hill and jumps down in order to be with her baby.
22) Do you remember: we only remember what we consider as important.
23) 7 lessons:
First lesson: Only children tell the truth and are real judges of one’s talent.
Second lesson: You cannot substitute many things in life with money.
Third Lesson: Wherever there is money, people like to take advantage of the situation and maximize their return.
Fourth lesson: our personal material things become a burden to the next generation
Fifth lesson: To be patient and to recognize people’s intentions.
Sixth lesson: We must stand up for ourselves and follow our heart, even if other people do not always agree with us or like it.
Seventh lesson: on public speaking and how we are praised when something is expected from us.
Eighth lesson: When a person becomes a compassionate leader, they do not belong to one country.
Monday, November 21, 2016
Learnings - Memorized !
1)
सुलभाः पुरुषा राजन्, सततं प्रियवादिनः ।
अप्रियस्य तु पथ्यस्य, वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः ॥
O King, abundant are yes-men, always pleasant spoken,
Rare are the speakers and listeners of the unpleasant but medicinal (truth).
Yes-men are great! They make you feel more better, when you are feeling good. Similarly, when you are feeling down, they will take you even further down :) For they will simply say what you want to hear, not what you should hear!
This shloka first appears in Ramayana, when Maricha warns Ravana against his plans of abducting Sita. Later, in Yuddha Kanda, Vibhishana warns Ravana again to return Sita and avoid the war. Both times, the speaker dares to defy and go against the will of a King gone mad.
This shloka is also told by the very wise Vidura in the epic Mahabharata to the blind emperor Dhritarashtra. One day the emperor calls for Vidura late at night to his palace, and complains of sleeplessness. Vidura says that "one who challenges a stronger foe, the helpless, the one who has been robbed of everything, one in affair or a thief - these suffer from lack of sleep, and asks if the emperor has any of the situation applicable."
Next time someones gives you criticism, or tells you the real truth about matters, thank them. For their truthfulness in feedback will help you improve.
अयं निजः परो वेति गणना लघुचेतसाम् ।
उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् ॥
"This person is my kin and that one is alien” such a thought occurs
only to the narrow-minded people. To the broad-minded person the whole world is one family.
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4)
मूकं करोति वाचालं पङ्गुं लङ्घयते गिरिं ।
यत्कृपा तमहं वन्दे परमानन्द माधवम् ॥
Meaning:
1: (I Remember with Devotion the Divine Grace of Krishna Who can make the) Dumb speak with Eloquence and the Lame cross high Mountains,
2: I Remember and Extol that Grace which flows from the Supreme Bliss manifestation of Madhava.
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5)
अमंत्रमक्षरं नास्ति नास्ति मूलमनौषधम् ।
अयोग्यः पुरुषो नास्ति योजकस्तत्र दुर्लभः॥
there is no sound that is not a mantra, no plant that is not medicinal |
there is no person unworthy, what is lacking is an 'enabler' ||
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6)
व्याघ्रीव तिष्ठति जरा परितर्जयन्ती रोगाश्च शत्रव इव प्रहरन्ति देहम् |
आयुः परिस्रवति भिन्नघटादिवाम्भो लोकस्तथाप्यहितमाचरतीति चित्रम् ||
It is strange indeed that with the old age frightening like a roaring tigress, the ailments attacking the body like enemies, life being speedily passing by like water seeping through a cracked pot, man is still performing damaging actions (which are not beneficial to him).
सुलभाः पुरुषा राजन्, सततं प्रियवादिनः ।
अप्रियस्य तु पथ्यस्य, वक्ता श्रोता च दुर्लभः ॥
O King, abundant are yes-men, always pleasant spoken,
Rare are the speakers and listeners of the unpleasant but medicinal (truth).
Yes-men are great! They make you feel more better, when you are feeling good. Similarly, when you are feeling down, they will take you even further down :) For they will simply say what you want to hear, not what you should hear!
This shloka first appears in Ramayana, when Maricha warns Ravana against his plans of abducting Sita. Later, in Yuddha Kanda, Vibhishana warns Ravana again to return Sita and avoid the war. Both times, the speaker dares to defy and go against the will of a King gone mad.
This shloka is also told by the very wise Vidura in the epic Mahabharata to the blind emperor Dhritarashtra. One day the emperor calls for Vidura late at night to his palace, and complains of sleeplessness. Vidura says that "one who challenges a stronger foe, the helpless, the one who has been robbed of everything, one in affair or a thief - these suffer from lack of sleep, and asks if the emperor has any of the situation applicable."
Next time someones gives you criticism, or tells you the real truth about matters, thank them. For their truthfulness in feedback will help you improve.
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2)
2)
यस्माच् च येन च यदा च यथा च यच् च
यावच् च यत्र च शुभाशुभमात्मकर्म ।
तस्माच् च तेन च तदा च तथा च तत् च
तावच् च तत्र च कृतन्तवशादुपैति ॥
The good/bad result of one's own action is obtained based on from whom, by whom, when, how, what, as much, and where the result has to be obtained, as ordained by Lord Yama, by one's own destiny, or as the inevitable result of one's own action.
यावच् च यत्र च शुभाशुभमात्मकर्म ।
तस्माच् च तेन च तदा च तथा च तत् च
तावच् च तत्र च कृतन्तवशादुपैति ॥
The good/bad result of one's own action is obtained based on from whom, by whom, when, how, what, as much, and where the result has to be obtained, as ordained by Lord Yama, by one's own destiny, or as the inevitable result of one's own action.
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3)
उदारचरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् ॥
"This person is my kin and that one is alien” such a thought occurs
only to the narrow-minded people. To the broad-minded person the whole world is one family.
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4)
मूकं करोति वाचालं पङ्गुं लङ्घयते गिरिं ।
यत्कृपा तमहं वन्दे परमानन्द माधवम् ॥
Meaning:
1: (I Remember with Devotion the Divine Grace of Krishna Who can make the) Dumb speak with Eloquence and the Lame cross high Mountains,
2: I Remember and Extol that Grace which flows from the Supreme Bliss manifestation of Madhava.
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5)
अमंत्रमक्षरं नास्ति नास्ति मूलमनौषधम् ।
अयोग्यः पुरुषो नास्ति योजकस्तत्र दुर्लभः॥
there is no sound that is not a mantra, no plant that is not medicinal |
there is no person unworthy, what is lacking is an 'enabler' ||
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6)
व्याघ्रीव तिष्ठति जरा परितर्जयन्ती रोगाश्च शत्रव इव प्रहरन्ति देहम् |
आयुः परिस्रवति भिन्नघटादिवाम्भो लोकस्तथाप्यहितमाचरतीति चित्रम् ||
It is strange indeed that with the old age frightening like a roaring tigress, the ailments attacking the body like enemies, life being speedily passing by like water seeping through a cracked pot, man is still performing damaging actions (which are not beneficial to him).
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Krishna Pushkaram
మా కృష్ణమ్మకు వచ్చింది మరో పుష్కరం,
పన్నెండు ఏళ్ళకు సరిపోవు వైభవ సంబరం,
పుణ్య జలాలలో పవిత్ర స్నానము,
పరివర్తనకు మన మరో ప్రయత్నము,
స్థిరము, స్మితము నిలవాలని కోరుదాం,
అంతను మించిన మంచికై పోరుదాం,
తమ సత్కారానికి మేము మెండుగా సిద్ధము,
అతిథిలా మీరు విడిది చేయుటే ఇక ఆలస్యము!
Monday, August 1, 2016
Words...for Friends and Family
1)
కొత్త చిగుళ్ళు మన జ్ఞాపకాలకు,
కొత్త చిగుళ్ళు మన జ్ఞాపకాలకు,
హృదయ వాకిళ్ళు ఈ జ్ఞాపికలకు.
(for Ramana uncle on Batch Get-together)
2)
అరసవెల్లి వారు విలసిల్లు విజయచంద్రిక రాకతో,
అరసవెల్లి వారు విలసిల్లు విజయచంద్రిక రాకతో,
సదా ఆనందాల హరివిల్లు మీ దీవెనల రాశితో.
(on Praveen's wedding card)
3)
ప్రజాసేవలో సదా ఉండు పోలీసు సోదరులకు,
మా ఇంటి చిరు విందు ఈ పుష్కరమునకు!
(on Krishna Pushkaram arrangements)
సుబ్బమ్మగారి ఇంట స్వరశుభాకాంక్షలా,
ప్రమీలమ్మ ప్రార్థనలకు పట్టుకొమ్మలా,
తాతయ్య మనస్సులో విశ్రాంతి వికసించేలా,
చందమామలా,జాబిల్లిలా,జోలపాటలా,పూలతోటలా,
సుధీరకీర్తులకు సుధీర్ఘ సంబరంలా,
రత్నమణులకు పసిడికాంతుల తోడులా,
ఎదురు చూస్తున్నాము మా ఆనంద పేటికకై,
పాల బుగ్గల ఓ చిన్నారీ! నీ రాకకై.
(welcoming Lasya)
5)
5)
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David turns 60!
At a typical end of day, I met him. For quite some time now, David is wearing a concerned look and I admit it suits him. The wrinkles are perfect, probably due to a consistent frown, he has now mastered.
Unable to control anymore, courtesy of cultivated impatience of excessive WhatsApp use, I poked him. Out came his feelings with a mix of physics and sickness, all delivered in Gibran's mould.
"The world is evolving at lightning speed but we are still groping for the torch. Successive short term plans can't be cloaked into a long term. Glancing a poster in the corridor, he said, Nehru is right, we are more given to talking about things than to doing."
We are many and surely someone would do IT, right?
"Lots of brilliant minds but producing dark fringes, for being out of phase. Bells are procured at every opportunity but whose neck to adorn if we are blind by choice, to all the cats?"
What about the initiatives? There is Hope, isn’t it?, I countered.
"We need a PMO circular to prod us to delete the obsolete, an agitation to revise those small mercies and an order from the top to formulate SOPs. I fear Hope might outrun Impatience. Hope tricks us by extending the comfort period and dampens the fire; not desirable when the intention is to march ahead.”
It’s a wide world, where to begin then?, I asked, by now convinced by David’s measured monotone.
"Countless papers, fans, tubes and air conditioners, all are left to Law of Inertia - the moving shall continue to move. We are conscious of rules and umpires of a cricket match but are blissfully ignorant that Life too is a game under an umpire's watch."
Too philosophical David, please save some political correctness. You are confusing me.
"We are rich in humanity amongst us, but let’s extend the favour to the Organization that we collectively inherited. Let’s begin with by calling it, Ours."
David appeared relieved but I, heavy in the head muttered to myself - the moving shall continue to move.
Meanwhile, in some unheard installation and at some remote rig, countless davids are recruited – fresh and impatient and retired for turning 60.
PS: Caution exercised to uphold brand David – our collective conscience!
written for ONGC Reports, an internal portal for ONGCians
Monday, February 29, 2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Seeking C_A_ _T_
weirdly groping for you in the bright day light,
was straining to hear you in the silent night,
online and off it, you seem to remain quite quiet,
holding my boarding pass to enplane with you,
announcements and searches later, still the missing 'you',
with me a while before; hide-seeking aren't you?
"violent not, silent!", prescribe the monk and the medic,
"plausible with pause-able", avers the watchful critic,
"Clarity! where art thou?", re-quests my inner ascetic!
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