Road to Rio- India

            Eagerly waiting for biggest sporting event Olympics from past few days. With 15 more days to go, I Wish good luck for India's largest ever delegation 121(38 larger than their previous record of 83 athletes in 2012 Olympics) competing in 13 sporting disciplines.

Wish we can win more medals than last Olympics ( 2 Silver and 4 Bronze -55^th Place (Feel bad, with population of more than 100 bn)

Positive sign is with combination of the relentless efforts put in by our talented athletes and some visionary programs undertaken by various foundations( Ex:OGQ(Olympic Gold Quest))the strength has increased. In last 6 months many athletes have broken national records and or on high spirits. Nine private sector companies have signed up as sponsors for the Indian contingent at the 2016 Olympics, wish this will increase and help athletes to concentrate only on game. Having the facilities and equipment in hand can make a huge difference to athletes' preparation, as they can focus on their training and not in gathering funds for their Olympic sojourn

It will be a biggest achievement if we get maiden double digit medal tally. Few of our athletes are in top rank ( Deepika Kumari-World no.5, Jitu Rai, Heena Sidhu etc), wish they live up to the expectations and get medals.

Happy to know that India's Athletics squad is the largest unit of individual Olympians this time (33 athletes will be participating in 21 events), India has never won a medal in Athletics post independence , hope this time many athletes will be reaching semifinals and finals and bring at least a medal (Bet is on Renjith, Vikas Gowda and maybe in Relay)

Dipa Karmakar- First ever Indian female to book an Olympic spot in Gymnastics- Wish she wins a medal.

My guess is we may win medals if they continue their recent form in Archery-1 or 2, Shooting- 2 or 3, Hockey-1, Wrestling- 1 or 2, Boxing-1, Gymnastics-1, Athletics-1, Badminton-1 -If we get a medal in Tennis,Golf or other events it will be a bonus.

(Wish we get at least 1 or 2 Gold and Our National anthem will be heard in “Rio”)

Wish all the athletes good luck...Give ur best and make “India” proud-- By seeing ur efforts wish many corporates will come forward along with Government and next generation will take the inspiration from you guys and consider participating in sports.

PS: Very happy to know that Haryana Govt. Will organize a function to honor all the 22 sports persons from the state who have qualified to participate in Rio Olympics, where each of them will be handed cash award of 15 lacs. (20% are from Haryana). They have announced that they will give 6 crore for Gold Medalist, 4 crore for silver and 2.5 cr for Bronze. This type of appreciation is needed for sports persons. Wish all other states and big corporates will follow.

Go India Go :):)

Snap Shot of Indian Football and It's Past Glory

Everyone is geared up and must be eagerly waiting for FIFA 2014 which is going to start on June-12^th

You must be aware of all international teams and their performance in detail, Just want to throw a light on India's position globally in football...

Sad part is in India currently if we ask any football enthusiast to name few players of Manchester, Real madrid or Barcelona teams....we remember all the names ( Even Extras), but we can't even say 3 Indian player names...

India has had a glorious past and its peak of success in football came during 1950's and 60's.The period from 1951 to 1962 is considered the golden era in Indian football

In Olympics :The 1948 London Olympics was India's first major international tournament, where a predominately barefooted Indian team lost 2–1 to France in the opening match, failing to convert two penalties. Sarangapani Raman scored the only goal for India in that match and thus the first Indian international goal ever in the Olympics. Most of the players played with bare foot during this olympics.

India went on to participate in the 1952 Olympics, but lost 10–1 to Yugoslavia in the Preliminary Round. As four years earlier, many of the team played without boots but after the result in the Olympics AIFF immediately made it mandatory to wear boots.

At the 1956 Olympics they finished fourth, which is regarded as one of finest achievements in Indian football. India first met hosts Australia, winning 4–2 with Neville D'Souza becoming the first Asian to score a hat trick in the Olympics and also making India the first Asian team to reach the Olympic semi-finals

India's last representation in Olympics football is in 1960 where they were eliminated in Group stage.

As the other Asians team withdrew India got a chance to participate in 1950 FIFA World cup, but they did not go to the tournament in Brazil due to the cost of travel, lack of practice time, team selection issues and valuing the Olympics over the FIFA World Cup

Asian Games : Champions in the year 1951 and 1962. Latest best is they have entered Quarter finals in 1982

In 1964 AFC Asian Cup India finished as runners up, after that till now they could not make any impact.

India's Best Football Players in last 65 years

Sailendra Nath Manna: He is commonly known as Sailen Manna to his fans. The former captain of Indian football team is considered as one of the best defenders to have been produced by India so far.

In 2000, All India Football Federation paid him honor giving the

“Footballer of the Millennium’ award”

In 1953, he became the only Asian footballer to have been selected in the list of the

10 best captains of the world by the English Football Association.

Jarnail Singh Dhillon: is another gifted player to Indian football. Because of his defensive skill, he is still considered as one of the most outstanding defenders of India.

He became the only Indian to lead the Asian All Star Football team

P K Banerjee: He is another player who is thought to be one of the all time best football players of India.Appearing in 84 matches for his country, he scored 65 goals.

The greatest achievement in his career is perhaps that FIFA named him

Indian Footballer of the 20th century

In 2004, he was given the ‘FIFA Centennial Order of Merit’ which is the highest award from FIFA

During the current Era I.M. Vijayan,Baichung Bhutia, Subrata pal and Sunil Chettri are considered to be the best players.

The Durand Football Tournament is a football competition in India which has a history dating back to 1888. The Durand Cup is the third oldest football competition behind the FA cup and the Scottish Cup

In 1889 India's oldest current team Mohun Bagan AC. was founded as Mohun Bagan Sporting Club

Current FIFA ranking of India is 147 ( Highest-94 and Lowest-169)

The women's game reached a new low in June 2009 when FIFA delisted the side from its world rankings for being out of action for more than 18 months:(:( 

There are millions of football followers in India, but it's a small percentage of the massive population. The game is becoming increasingly popular among a growing middle class, but many of those fans tend to follow the Premier League and other European competitions and aren't emotionally invested in local teams.

The Indian Football Team does not have a permanent stadium as of 2011, due to so many football stadiums not meeting FIFA guidelines. There are only 5 stadiums currently in India that are FIFA and AFC approved .

2017 FIFA Under 17 world cup is going to be played in India.This will be the first time India will host an international football competition at a worldwide level. Luckily as a host nation we will get the opportunity to be in the part of the tournament. Hope we will perform better and it will be the first step in really tapping into the youth market.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter once described India as the "sleeping giant" of international football, and urged the government to allocate land and build infrastructure.

Hope in all aspects Football will gain momentum in India and try to our best in qualifiers of atleast 2026 World cup and be a part of that cup.....

Way to go !!!!! Go India Go !!!!

“Letter to my Parents- Straight from heart”

Dear Mom & Dad,

There are so many things I'd like to tell you both face to face. I have been thinking for a while but never said with you both, I either lack the words or fail to find the time or place. I would like to share few things right from my heart through this post. You'll find, at least in part, the feelings that the passing years have left in my heart. The memories of childhood days and all that you have done to make our home a happy place and growing up such fun.

You both are my first role models, knowingly or un-knowingly many traits I have inhibited from you both. Would like to share few of the many things which I have learned.

Respect to elders : I think I was around 6-7 years when this happened, which was still in my mind as it was happened recently. One day 2-3 elders came to our house for normal visit, when they came, you asked me to wish them hello by folding hands, I said I will not wish and I went inside , you came inside and given me a tight slap ( That was the first and last time you have beaten me) and strictly warned me not to repeat and advised me to respect elders. I used to wish elders from then even though un-willingly it is after few years I have realized the importance of that and I can proudly say that I have never shown disrespect to elders at any point of time in my career till now.

Value of money : You started giving me and brother pocket money even when we were kids . Used to give us only when we have done some work. You asked us to work in the garden of our well wishers or work in our shop when ever there is free time or holidays. The best part is when we used to work in the shop, you have never treated both of us as your sons in work place, treated equally along with other workers. You have taught us the importance of money.

Holistic Development : You have never put pressure on us and made us keep our feet firmly on the ground and move around, never pushed us to study hard . You are strict at the same way given lot of freedom. I used to grumble when you used to say to mom that we have to wash our own clothes and clean our rooms at least once in a week. I used to not understand and grumble at that point of time. I remember you have encouraged me many times to learn at least one musical instrument and you have purchased and brought them to home, but still did not care much at that time. When I see anyone who plays any musical instrument now a days, I feel bad for not listening to you at that time. You have requested many times to learn 4 wheeler driving, but I have never tried saying when we will get chance to buy a 4 wheeler? After 15 years I have learnt but still I am not perfect. The list goes on if I start writing this type of incidents. During those days only you have encouraged us to have holistic development. It took many years for me to realize all these things. I can confidently say that even well educated present generation parents may not bring up their children the way you both have brought us up.

Helping Nature : You have taught us right from childhood to give to the needy in which ever way you can. Dad I still remember one incident where you called me one day and asked me whether I can help one leprosy patient for his eye operation, I have given that amount and was happy as I can help that patient, but I was totally moved when I came to know that as that patient was not having anyone in this world , you have taken him personally to other city and you were there with him for two days and brought him back after the operation was successful. Generally people suffering from leprosy are often ostracized by society,but being with them personally and helping is far better than just giving. Dad, I assure that I will help in what ever way I can to the needy ( I may not be able to do like you, but I will try ).

Mom , you are the sweeeeetest person I have ever met, the amount of patience you have is un imaginable. I am not even having 5 % of what you have ( I can proudly say that if I compare with friends or colleagues I am equal or better but ). I know that you have faced lot of problems when dad used to be on and off from hospitals and at home, but you have never shared those problems or burdens with both of us thinking that we may feel bad and it may affect us. We are grown up now , you can share with us everything. We may not call daily like other kids to their parents but we love you a lot.

Dad, you are highly inspirational to the present generation . At the age of 56 you have joined degree course and decided to sit in the classrooms along with the kids of age 18-20 . Best part is it is not just you applied you were preparing hard for exams and entered 3^rd year.

We are in this position only because of you both. You both and brother are highly instrumental in shaping up my life... Would like to thank God for giving such a wonderful parents and brother. A big salute to you three.

Guys most of you must be having similar experiences like these, but now a days I feel sad when we listen that children are leaving their parents and not taking care of them.

Guys parents are our role models, please give respect to them , take care of them , don't ever neglect them, keep them happy, show love and gratitude and try to make them proud....

With love,

Your son

Take a Break

Friends I would like to share my thoughts about my recent visit to my mom's home town and a village where we used to go during our summer holidays.

Now a days life became so fast, so busy, and so pressured that, for many, it became stressful depriving us of pleasure. Stress is becoming an assumption of modern life and can lead to anxiety and depression. Work communication became so rapid that there is too little time for thinking. Instant information transfer began to substitute for complex communication with others and with ourselves. Does it have to remain that way? Our answer CAN be “No”.

Whether you work outside the home or in it, chances are good that you could occasionally use a break from your schedule. Call it a personal day or a mental health day. Either way, it means that for one golden day, you let go of your usual responsibilities and embrace just being you. Take a break from your busy schedules.

Banish the Cell Phone and Don’t Check Email

Most people carry cell phones like they are another bodily appendage. For this one day, you’re not going to obsessively check your phone. You can keep it in your purse or a pocket just in case of emergency. However, try to resist the temptation to constantly check for emails, text messages, social networking sites, as these things can quickly take you out of your relaxed state of mind.

With a personal day, you can rediscover some of the things that make life worth living. You’ll take the time to notice how green the grass is or appreciate the beauty of the nature and relive the past memories.

Taking a break does not mean that you need to go to famous tourist spots or out of country , just visit your home town or the places where you were grown up, visit your school or just do what you like.

Last month when I went to home town I decided to take one day off and go to the villages where I grew up and used to have lot of fun during vacations.

Me along with my cousins decided to go on a bike. At first we went to a village where we used to spend our summer vacations. It was almost like I was visiting a old movie set

where all childhood innocent days came in to my mind. We visited farm land first, have seen Mirchi, Maize and Paddy fields. Spent almost an hour in those fields , even though it was so hot that day, we did not feel the heat at all as we were enjoying by discussing about our child hood incidents.

Had yummy Desi chicken in our relatives house and moved to one more village which is my mother's home town. On the way to that village we had Goli soda ( Which is seen very rarely now a days ) which we used to have almost daily during child hood days. We first went to a lake which is out side the village where during child hood we used to get scoldings and beatings from elders for entering into the lakes. Spent some time over there by playing in water with stones.

After that we went into the forest. During child hood days we used just go to just short distance as elders used to frighten us by saying wild animals will be there :) but this time we traveled more distance did trekking for almost an hour and spent some time in the Mango fields and near a small lake which is running in between the fields and hills. As it was getting dark in the evening we have started back :( and on the way back in outskirts of one village , we had seen Geetha ice cream ( which used to be very famous 15-20 years back. We used to have for 25paise and 50 paise now

it is of 5 Rs :) , best part is having it standing in front of fields where there was cool breeze during evening time. As there was no lights for my 2 wheeler have to head back as it was getting darker :(

These were only a few of the memories that I had on my visit to parents home town. There are so many more, and I cherish all of them, and I often wish that I could go back and do it all over again. And I will – on my next visit to my hometown.

Seeing the places we used to go invokes up bittersweet memories – sweet because the days that were, bitter because of the days that’ll never be again.

I bet most of you guys will be having similar type of experiences !!! Take a break an arrange a visit with family or friends , it will definitely rejuvenates us and be very active while we rejoin our busy hectic life.

Learn to Appreciate

Yes, you read it right – Did you ever appreciate others? How many times you give appreciation to others when people did good job or great things for you? How often you do it? Do you know that there are some people have never received any appreciation or reward in their lifetime for their good deeds? We are very quick in finding faults but at the same way are we very quick in finding good and appreciating???

Appreciation also means thanks and gratitude, recognition of the quality, value, significance of people and things. Learning to appreciate others can help us live a better life and become a better person.

By saying “I appreciate you” is not a rocket science, you never lost anything by saying it. Appreciating others helps you to enhance your skills;

To help you have a better understanding of appreciation, I want to share below this story with you. Hope you can learn something from it.

A man came home from work and found his 3 children outside, still in their pyjamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers around garden, The door of his wife’s car was open, as was the front door to the house and no sign of the dog. Walking in the door, he found an even bigger mess. In the front room, the cartoon channel was going on on the TV with blasting speakers, the family room was full with toys and various items of clothing.

In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on floor.

He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife.

He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened. He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys were scattered over the floor.

As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pyjamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled and asked how his day went.

He looked at her bewildered and asked, “What happened here today?”

She again smiled and answered, “You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world do I do all day?”

“Yes,” was his incredulous reply.                       

She answered, “Well, today I didn’t do it.”

Moral of the story: We draw conclusions very easily without judging properly. He came to know the importance of the person once he is affected.

Seldom everyone in our day to day life both in professional and personal life do like this.

Have you recently appreciated a co-worker or your employee at work?

Is appreciating your employees part of your leadership plan and process?

How many managers are actually using appreciation to energize their workforce? And, why they should be doing it on a regular basis – appreciation and recognition are critical to talent retention.

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, “Make me feel important.” Never forget this message when working with people.
– Mary Kay Ash

Compliment often and with Honesty

Just saying “Good job” might not be the best way to get the praise across. Display sincerity and be specific in praising your employees. Send an email to the employee and if you wish CC to the HR personnel or another senior manager in your division. On being specific, mention the specific task or the project you were impressed with for this particular employee, if the employee is a good team player, add that to the testimonial.
Don’t be a miser when showering words of praises towards your employees or coworkers, and neither should you present false praise; be honest and to the point.
Empathetic employers have happier employees; invest wisely in your people and your company shall retain best talents and render the best in performance.

• The basic idea is simple: People will work harder and more enthusiastically for an appreciative boss, and companies that praise topnotch performance are more profitable than those that don’t.

Therefore, Both in professional and personal life, before you can learn how to express appreciation toward others, you must first learn how to feel appreciative.

Take these steps to learn to feel appreciation:

1. Appreciate the world around you: Take a few moments in each day to notice useful or beautiful things around you and smile at them. Imagine what the world would be like without them. Take a deep breath and be thankful for their existence (and keep smiling!).
2. Express Your appreciation of world to others:Tell a friend how much you appreciate breezy spring days or hot tea in the morning. Learn to verbalize your appreciation.
3. Practice appreciating yourself:At the end of each day, ask yourself “What can I truly be proud of today?”. Say it aloud or write it down. Practice recognizing in yourself the type of things you want to appreciate in others.
4. Express appreciation to others: Tell people that you appreciate them and why. If it feels strange, start with people where you have few power dynamics or attachments, then move onto employees, colleagues and loved ones.

An interesting experiment is to try to say something nice to or about someone every day for a month. It encourages us to change our perspective so that we notice others' good qualities. Doing so also improves our relationships tremendously.

Try to praise the person whom you don't like very much.

We need to try to cultivate the habit of noticing what is beautiful, brave, struggling, hopeful, kind, and inspiring in others. If we pay attention to that, we won't be focusing on their faults. Our joyful attitude and speech that result from this will enrich those around us and will nourish happiness and love within ourselves. The quality of our own lives thus depends on whether we find fault with our experience or see what is beautiful in it.

Seeing the faults of others is about missing opportunities to love. When we are habituated with mentally picking out the faults of others, we tend to do this with ourselves as well. This can lead us to devalue our entire lives.

So friend's be happy , appreciate others, spread love and live to the fullest.

To err is human- Accept It

Hii friends, I am just pondering about what to write from past few days , few topics came to my mind like art of appreciation , art of accepting mistakes etc. I felt it is important to write on accepting mistakes learning from mistakes and going a head in life because in recent times have seen many people who when committed any mistake don't accept and few, they accept but be so depressed and spoil their future. Thought of just throwing some light on this topic.

As a human being, we all make mistakes. It is quite normal. But now a days instead of accepting mistake we try to argue and Justify.

Unfortunately, it is our natural instinct to try to justify our actions. When you make a mistake, the initial reaction is to blame someone else.

“Yes, I drove my car into the wall, but it was all my partners fault for distracting me with her gossiping…”

“ we could not complete the project in given time because they were not sincere in their efforts”

These type of statements we often hear in our daily life now a days

When mistakes are made, the boss is unlikely to be interested in justifications. We justify mistakes for the sake of our ego. Sometimes it is best to say, very simply — yes, I made a mistake instead of arguing.

Apologize with Dignity

If you’ve made mistakes that harm other people, it is important to offer a dignified apology. Be clear that it was an unfortunate incident that will not be repeated. A good apology can go along way to restoring trust.

If you don’t apologize, out of embarrassment or unwillingness, the offended person will hold it against you. If your apology is sincere, the other person is likely to forgive you.

It is more effective to apologize in person, rather than through email. However, once you have apologized, it is mistake to repeatedly say sorry for the same mistake. Some people keep apologizing over and over again. This becomes irritating. It is better to sincerely apologize once and then move on.

Generally the biggest mistake what people do is passing on the mistake or blaming others' for their mistakes. Don't show a finger on others, if you can do something to stop or reduce do it, otherwise don't comment at all.

Understand Why The Mistake Occurred

Mistakes occur for various reasons. To avoid repeating them, you need to understand the underlying reason.

For example, you may have spoken in anger and haste; the mistake here is to say unkind words. However, what led you to be angry in the first place? Try to find out the reason and try not to repeat.

If u feel that you have not done any mistake and u were made the culprit. Don't worry. Don't think much about past mistakes. Never use the story of your past as an excuse to reiterate the same outcomes as have always been , never nurture the habit of carrying your story with you all through your life. Never let any negative outcome of any past action get deep rooted in your memory.

Sometimes we make mistakes with our behavior. Considering about that mistake later on, we realize that we should have not to do it. But as i said we are all human being and we cannot help ourselves with making mistakes. When we make mistakes, we feel sad and we regret. There is only one way to beat it which is fix them.

Avoid Repeating Mistakes

You should avoid feeling guilty about making mistakes, but at the same time, you should make a resolution to learn from them. If you repeat the same mistakes, it shows you aren’t making progress and causes repeated suffering.

Mistakes are Opportunities to Learn

From your own mistakes you can gain wisdom and accelerate self-improvement. Mistakes, because of their relationship with risk taking, are essential to success. The important thing is to view mistakes as a useful stepping stone to a higher reality and better outlook on life.

One thing to remember, you should look on the bright side. You might think that there is no good thing in making mistakes. But , there is. When you make mistakes, you get closer to the success. Dealing with difficulties makes us more ambitious and strong. Also learning lesson form mistakes is the biggest assistant to reach the success. Because, if you know your mistake, you would not repeat them in the future.

So in short what I would like to say is accept the mistake with dignity,don't pass on the mistake on others, try to find out the reason, analyze, learn and try not to repeat.

Keep smiling guys...

 

THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING

“Our thoughts are always a lamp to our feet to guide us to successful living .” Life is full of challenges. Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game. It is a game, however, which cannot be played successfully without the knowledge of inner talents, capabilities and vision. Whatsoever a man sow that shall he also reap. This means that whatever man thinks or sends out in word or deed, will return to him; “Your word is your wand” what he thinks, he will receive. We are taught also, that the imaging faculty plays a leading part in the game of life. So we see, to play successfully the game of life, we must train the imaging faculty. A person with an imaging faculty trained to image only good, brings into his life "every righteous desire of his heart" -health, wealth, love, friends, perfect self-expression, his highest ideals. The imagination has been called,"The Scissors of The Mind," and it is ever cutting, cutting, day by day, the pictures man sees there, and sooner or later he meets his own creations in his outer world. To train the imagination successfully, man must understand the workings of his mind.

We always act according to our thoughts, so the first thing which we need to do is to change our thinking attitude from negative to positive. Don’t ever permit negative thoughts to take over your heart. If you have low self esteem, you will act as if you are unworthy and on no account. Most of the time we waste our time by thinking about stupid things, if we can just divert at least 20-30% of time towards our aim definitely we can bring a change and achieve the goal.

Start thinking positively, the rest will follow but for that first the old needs to be cleared out before space for the new and better can arrive. Our life is bombarded with lot of thoughts. First we need to change our attitude and mindset. Important thing is we need to be patient during the process of change because change is always messy and we will be uncomfortable in the middle of the process. Refusing to change and grow is the most unsafe place you could be so its up to you to decide in which category you want to be.

There is no point in thinking about past and spoiling your future and you yourself becoming a hindrance for your growth.

You can’t craft a superb future by remaining stuck in your past. So it is vital that we renew our minds and think positively.

In Alchemist it’s written that when you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it. Try to have the desire in your heart. There can be no growth or progress without the feeling the nervousness in the pit of your belly.

According to neurology, speech center in the brain has strong influences over all the nerves.

“If some one keeps on saying , I am going to become weak, then right away all the nerves receive that message and they say “Oh lets prepare for weakness, for we have received instructions from our central communication that we should become weak.” Then in natural sequence they adjust their physical attitude to weakness

People easily adapt themselves to speaking in a –ve way

So dream big and positive and let the dreams develop into a desire to do great exploits

First recognize a clear cut goal in your heart, draw a mental picture of that goal vivid and graphic, and strive fervently through out the process. Who so ever controls the tongue, controls the whole body, what you speak you are going to get. Never speak in a –ve way speak always positively

If you start thinking that you are the best and if it is deeply imbibed in your mind then definitely you will have improvement. Find ways to challenge yourself each day. Give nothing less than your very best. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond. We should always go out each day with a positive attitude, full of hope and expectations.

Every problem has a life span, there is no permanent problem, we are the one to determine how long that situation will remain in our life, till then problem will keep staring at us in the face until we are ready to face and attack. Keep in mind that difficult days never last, but strong people always do. Hard conditions are nothing more than chances to become heroic.

Every problem has a solution, for the time being we may not have solution but that does not mean that there will never be one, we need to just try to find out the solution, the moment we get the answer, it’s no longer a problem for us. You will never know how high you can climb if you don’t even try. It is just the more time you spend outside of your comfort zone, the wider it grows. Start stretching yourselves. The problem is not beyond us. Most inspiring sentences from holy scriptures: God will not allow any situation that is beyond your ability to come your way. The reason why God has allowed that situation to confront you, is because, He knows that you have what it takes to solve it. You are the only one that is ignorant of your capabilities. God knows what he deposited in you when He created you. Your ignorance has kept you bound and rooted in that problem for so long, but through His word, God is going to impart your life with light, shattering every form of darkness around you. So there is no point in worrying about the problems.

Positive thoughts are not enough. There have to be positive feelings and positive actions.

Just dream big, be positive and let the dreams develop into a desire to do great exploits!!!! Keep Rocking!!

"Incredible India"

Freedom is everyone's right. Fight for it to enjoy it!!!
A very Happy Independence Day to All!!!
Would just like to share few facts which make every Indian PROUD

Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the
today's computers run on it)?
A. Vinod Dahm

Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web
based email program)?
A. Sabeer Bhatia

Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator
of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?
A. Arun Netravalli

Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000,
responsible to iron out all initial problems?
A. Sanjay Tejwrika

Q. We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America , even faring better than the whites and the natives.
There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,
38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are! Indians.

Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA .
1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.
The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the
greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.
5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.
7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The
very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now k! nown as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.

9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India . Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53.
10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.

11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
13. Chess was invented in India .
14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health
scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract,
fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient
India .

15. Histories mentioned that Kalaripayattu is the mother of all the martial
arts in the world
16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.

Quotes about India .

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no
worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein.

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
Mark Twain.

If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men
have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India .
French scholar Romain Rolland.

India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih
(former Chinese ambassador to USA )

ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS.
BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we
see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an ever shining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow.
I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA .

Happy Independence Day.

Fight like a hell!!!

i;j Friend's I happened to read Lance Armstrong's auto biography “ It's not about the bike-my journey back to life “ . It's a truly inspirational and must read book!!! It's like a motivational Bible. I felt like sharing the summary and what I learned from the book, so that it will be helpful to all.

A story of inspiration that will bring tears to your eyes, tears of compassion, joy and triumph. This is one man's story of incredible challenge of digging down deep for inner resources in managing and conquering cancer. He refused to give in and chose to fight the disease with all that he had.

Lance Armstrong, one of the world's most famous cyclists, shares the story of his life, his battle with cancer, and his amazing victory over it. Lance wanted to be a cyclist racer since he was a kid growing up in the suburbs of Austin, Texas. His road to success was a difficult one, but hard work, perseverance, and lots of training helped him to achieve his dream.

Lance Armstrong was at the peak of his career in early 1996. At that time, he had just won the World Cycling Championships and became the first cyclist to clock the widest winning margin in the U.S. National Road Race Championship’s history. Besides that, he had just signed a 2 year contract to ride with a famous French racing team for $2.5 million.

But his dream of riding for the French crashed on October 2, 1996 when he was diagnosed with advanced stage testicular cancer. The cancerous cells had spread to his lungs and brain and an urgent operation had to be arranged to remove his swollen testicle. Doctors told him he had a 50% chance of survival, even though they later admitted that it was inflated by almost 47%.

Fighting Spirit

Though doctors were not optimistic about his recovery, Lance Armstrong never gave up. After all, he was trained not to give up so easily since young. His mother, a single parent had always inculcated values of strong determination and persistence to him. There was once when he was found by his mother near the end of a triathlon about to quit. Upon her encouragement, he completed the race by walking. Although he came out last, he persisted till the end. I admire his love and admiration for his mother, who continues to be one of his strengths in his life. He was fortunate, as well, to have loving friends support him throughout his entire journey.

Using the same determination, Lance challenged his illness by going through the operation to remove the tumors and the long process of chemotherapy. He lost a lot of weight and was unable to even ride his bike around the neighborhood. 1 year of treatment time was horrible to describe ( the level of emotions, mental strength), he lost few of his main sponsors also. The thing which needs to be appreciated is, even though he was in death bed, he was moved by seeing the fellow patients and started “Lance Armstrong foundation” for cancer research and support. Millions of people are helped by this foundation.

It looked like his cycling career was over for good, and the only thing left to do was to take pain killers and try to enjoy whatever time he's got left, but Lance was determined to fight for his life and for his passion of a cyclist. He overcame fears and despairs and went through the treatments.

After he completed his chemotherapy sessions and was declared cancer free miraculously, he gradually went back to his first love : biking. But in the initial stage , It was very hard for him to regain his previous mental strength and cycling abilities. After few days, his post cancer training proved to be unexpectedly fruitful as he discovered that his 17 pounds of weight loss allowed him to scale stage races much more effortlessly than he used to.

He started training hard (mainly motivated by his wife kik and friends )As he cycled through the training trails of the Blue Rider Mountains, he sensed that something was different. He was finally ready to be a world class cyclist that stood steadfast regardless of the nature of the races, terrains or weather conditions.

He proved that his feeling was right when he earned the prized maillot jaune, the yellow jersey worn by the leading cyclist in the 1999 Tour de France ( most prestigious cycling event) right from the start.

When he breezed across with the finishing line with a strong lead, he was welcomed by his wife, who was pregnant via vitro fertilization after Lance’s cancer caused him to be sterile.

For the next 6 consecutive years, Lance proceeded to win the Tour de France and later wrote that he would choose overcoming cancer to winning the race because of what it has done for him as a human being, a man, a husband, a son and a father.

What Did I Learn From This Book?

That whether you like it or not, life’s full of challenges. If you can choose to tackle them with resolve and determination, there’s always something to gain in any challenge, even though it may not seem so evident initially. Challenges Are Life’s Vitamins, life without challenges is a bore.

In a way, challenges are vitamins, enriching our lives with ups and downs. For Lance, taking part in the Tour de France after beating cancer helped him to find out courage and firm belief in himself, something he might not have seen himself equipped with before. And one thing for sure, no matter how much some people dislike challenges, they’ll definitely and surely be there!

So, instead of regarding challenges as hindrance, why don’t you treat them as a chance to showcase your power? And I can guarantee you that after winning over them, life is no longer the same. It’ll be much more fulfilling and wonderful!

Don't ever be down in your life..generally we expect sympathy or soothing words from our friends, when we are down, but I liked the way Lance was during his treatment, he used to say to his mother and friends , “Don't worry I am going to make it, I will kill the cancer.”

Never Take What You Already Have for Granted

Lance’s illness gave me a strong signal that we should never take little things in life for granted. What seemed natural for some people like having good health mattered very much for Lance.

If you’re someone who’ve wished you were richer, better looking or more influential, have you ever taken some time to reevaluate what you already possessed and be grateful for it.

Do the things which u were passionate enough when ever you are down. Even though Lance was undergoing treatment, he used to go for six hour drive at high pain threshold. What he says is at least for a while you have a kind of hall pass and don't have to brood on your problems.

I totally agree with Armstrong statement that “We have unrealized capacities that sometime emerge only in crisis”

So friend's don't worry about anything in life...accept everything which comes and

Fight like a hell!!!

First time I have written summary of a book(after doing some Google search)....need ur suggestions if any improvements should be made

Professional life Vs Personal life

Friends how many times it happened that u had bad day in the office and because of that your day at the home also spoiled and vice verse. I bet 99% of people might have experienced this one time or the other in their professional lives. During my initial stage of professional life as I was into sales I used to get calls from customers calling in the night at 10.30 and blasting us, imagine that day was gone, there were even days where I could not sleep properly because of this experiences. In the initial stage generally sales people face this type of problems ( Boss will be scolding you for not getting orders, customers will be back of you, you yourselves will be frustrated because of not getting orders even though after working hard etc etc). At the same way there are times when I had a personal problem , I could not concentrate much in the office.I had experienced this type of problems, but as days passed by, sales made me tough and I slowly started differentiating between Professional life & Personal life. I tried to follow and see that the problem in one will not affect other at all. Previously once a while I used to show frustration caused due to customers on friend's or family members, but now I am not doing at all..I bet everyone of you might have faced this problem in your life and might have given a thought how to overcome that. What I want to say over here is somewhere you have to put your foot down and draw a line between professional life and personal life .

EVERY one has trouble keeping personal and professional lives apart. We are human beings after all, and it is but natural that our personal and professional lives merge into one whole, in spite of our best efforts and intentions. The real problem arises only when one half starts hampering the effective functioning of the other. For example, when things are not going too well on the professional front, our work suffers. Then it is time to stop and take notice. You have to make an all out attempt to balance and keep your personal and professional life apart for the sake of your well-being. Instead of worrying about that problem and creating one more problem at home because of your behavior , you can control that by either not thinking about official matters at home or else sharing the problem with friends or family by getting some relief and suggestions. Else, you could end up losing both ways.

The author of `How to enjoy your life and your job,' points out how good, down to earth and sensible people who wouldn't dream of wasting any money are often reckless about the energy they squander worrying and procrastinating. If you are the type who worries a lot, allot a specific amount of time, say an hour or ten minutes (depending upon the degree with which you are afflicted), and utilize it solely for the purpose of worrying. If you get any worrisome thoughts during work, firmly admonish them and say to yourself. `Hey! Worry time is not until 5.30 pm. That's still 4 hours away. I have got work to do. This may help you to certain extent. Or else do one thing allot some time limit as 7 or 8 in the evening and practice in such a way a that you should not think about office matters at all after this time.

There are few people who are totally engrossed in their professional life and neglect personal life. One has to learn to be emotionally mature and not over react, to personal work situations and pressures. At work, understand that any criticism is probably not personal, but professional. You will be able to handle things better if you condition yourself to be professionally involved but emotionally detached, as far as your work is concerned. It is easier said than done though, if you happen to love your job; the trick is to identify yourself more with your profession and less with the company.

Remember that this, too, will pass. It’s a trite saying that may not offer much comfort in the moments of deepest pain, but the difficult times will not last forever.

Spend some time and retrospect yourselves and see whether you are happy with the present condition or not, if not this is the time for a change!!If you feel like professional life is affecting your personal life, take a “vacation,” or even take a leave of absence, this may help you to certain extent. Recently I have seen an article in the news paper , it's written that an happy family life is equal to earnings of 1,00,000 $ a year. So friends try to enjoy the life by keeping both professional and personal life in balance.

A blend of professional and personal life is a perfect way to live life up to king size !!

"Everything happens 4 a reason"

Friends when anything happens to us which we don't want to or else which we did not expect, our mood will be off or else we show anger on some one and our entire day will be spoiled. If it is

a sensitive issue or anything regarding our personal life or future...we feel very bad and that affect will be on our daily activities.

Due to few experiences in my life, I used to ponder and question myself, why everything happens for me only when rest all are enjoying etc. Even now my friends give a sarcastic laugh when some thing weird happens to me. If I look back I regret many times now a days for being like that .

Everything happens for Good in our life. I would like to share one of my experience in my life.

In MBA during the placement week in our college, I have seen a notice from the company called G.G.Dandekar on the placement board. As it was the first time the company was recruiting from our college and as I have never heard about that before , I along with one my friend just laughed and did not apply for that. As during that time we were just dreaming of getting placement in top most companies of India. Without my knowledge someone has given my name for that company. As the interview was scheduled in the 2^nd week of December and there were some 3-4 companies before that , I thought I will be placed. But, to my bad luck at that time I was not placed in any one of those companies, few I was out in the last round of interview. I requested my placement officer so that I can skip this company but they strictly said no. At last I went to the interview on Dec 14^th 2008. Generally before going for an interview we try to study about the company , but I did not even know a line about the company and in which industry they were into. I did not even wear belt for the interview, you can imagine now how I went for that interview. I said to my friends that I will spoil the interview and went inside. I have given 2 rounds of interviews and got selected. Generally people will be very happy and excited when they were first placed. But I did not experience that feeling in my life. As they have offered me less package and as company is into manufacturing, I was not at all interested to take that offer. You can't imagine I called my parents after almost 5 hrs. The journey that night to my college was one of the worst journeys in my life where I cried and could not sleep at all...various thoughts came into my mind, how can I say to my friends about the company who no one knows. I said to my placement officer that I am not going to accept that offer , but they said that you are not having any option you need to take , as if I reject that company may not come for placements next time. They have convinced me to join and look for others after 3- 4 months. I used to feel guilty to say about my company name and regarding placement to my friends or seniors. In-front of my parents and relatives I just acted as if I am happy and got good job.

At last I have joined the company on April 1^st 2008, keeping in mind of working at the most for 3-4 months. Adding spice to the wound is, it was typical Maharashtra manufacturing company, where people usually talk in Marathi. I don't even know Hindi properly at that time. Days passed by and I slowly started liking the company as I got chance to work under some of the best people of the company. They have given me very good responsibility and role with in 3 months over there. Got a chance to lead an experienced team and learned a lot from their experiences.

Today my 37^th month is running in the company and now due to God's grace and the support of our management,i am in a decent position in the company . Even though most of my friend's are shifting the jobs for better pay packages and better roles, I did not think much about shifting the job.

I wish my journey continues in this company, learn a lot and bring laurels to the company.

Friends what I want to convey here is anything may happen in your life against your wishes( eg- you may not get the job which you like, boy friend or girl friend leaving you etc,there may be delay in you being placed ) Instead of worrying about them just try to change your mind and put your 100% effort, in which ever place you are, give your best rest everything will follow... I can bet you , everyone will come out in flying colors in their lives. Everything happens for a reason and Everything happens for good. Just believe and go a head....Keep Rocking bye bye