In festive mood

Happy Navratri 

It is Durgashtami today [the 8th day of these navratri(nine nights) which is big in bengal]  and is the day when we open our fast after 7 days but by chance this time the duadashi(2nd day) and triyodashi(3rd day) fell on same day so the fast were for 6 days only. [reason for this awareness : For the FIRST time i was fasting for consecutive 6 days]. I know its not a big deal, so usual for people but was a real excitement for me and above all i accomplished it. Yaawwwhhh ! [Of all the things i didn't have last week i missed golgappe the most :P aur golgappe ki kasam mene rasmalai ko bhi bahut miss kiya ;) ]

According to the scriptures, by worshipping the "Shakti" on these nine days the householder attain the three fold power : physical,mental and spiritual which helps him to progess in life without any difficulty.Apart from this the contentment you feel in your heart, belief of being accompanied by that almighty power is divine. 

The celebrations start with navratri and ends with the 'tenth' day festival called "Dussehra". During childhood it was one of the most exciting day of the year. Durga puja(worshipping Goddess durga) in the morning and then eagerly waiting for the evening event. Visit the Ramlila maidan(place where we burn ravana... not we but Lord rama as a part of play :D).In burning the effigies  people are asked to burn the evil within them and thus follow the path of goodness,bearing in mind the instance of Ravana,who despite all his might and majesty were destroyed for his evil ways.

 A big fair held in the ground enough to bring smiles on faces around. 

Celebrations include, fiests to honor the mother goddess(the triumph of warrior goddess durga over the buffalo demon,Mahishasura)  and the triumph of Lord Rama over demon Ravana.

In short its all about triumph of good over evil.

Yesterday i came across this picture i pasted in my drawing notebook approximately 8-10 years back and really found it worth sharing.

The picture depicting the comparison between satyug(rama yug) and kalyug(our time period).Earlier it was the victory of good over evil but now the vice-versa is more prominent.
Is the new generation capable of turning the table again ?
" victory of good over evil "


Anyways wish you all a very happy festive season :)
Enjoy.


PS-Lessons learnt taken from net.

A good friend

Sometimes when i need silent eyes to listen to my pain i miss you.

Sometimes when i need enthusiasm to play with me i miss you.

Sometimes when i need a company to kill my boredom i miss you.

Sometimes when i need a good friend to join me I MISS YOU...!!

3/4 part of the year has been passed since i lost my pet dog .He really did understand what we tell him, he used to think what we want and maximum times he used to comprehend what we were trying to communicate. Served us for more than 5 years and then suddenly ran away one day in a playful mood with a hope that i'll catch him from behind but i lost. Later we searched around far and wide in our vicinity but worthless.Even today if i glimpse at a black lebra running on roadside or collar around the neck with anyone i hastily speed towards them so as to inspect may be this one is mine. My friends suggest me to go and get a new one but will the new one be able to compensate the old one ?

 The term is "Attachment" 

Its tough to replace someone when sentiments are attached  may be that is why we never ponder over it again to tame another pet.'Even if you are a bona fide cat lover,its nearly impossible not to be moved by the brand of qualities unique to dogs'. They can never leave you even i know my dog was too loyal but was taken by some greedy human-animal.  Huh ! you pick them, train them since they were puppies and one day you lose them. It is so called life on earth. forget it !

But yeah ! i inferred a dog can really be a man's best friend :)

1) No matter how much annoyed you are by the day but there is someone whom you'll always find in jolly mood and is capable enough to uplift your mood and make it a cheerful,blissful day.

2) There is a special quality i wanna highlight here... If you love them they are completely adorable but if you tie them in chains the whole day they become aggressive ready to attack anytime. So make it a choice you want a family member plus a guard or a killer watchdog only :P :P

हम--> मै --> हम

 यह एक काल्पनिक काव्य  है , जिसमे एक नारी(can be more considered as married) के  दृष्टिकोण को दर्षाया है |  

मेरी नज़रे तो झुकी हुई थी ,
साँसे कैसे रुकी हुई थी |
बँधन की डोर कमज़ोर  हो रही थी
धीमे धीमे मै तुमसे दूर हो रही  थी,
 रुक जाती,मुझे रोका नहीं ,
 मुड़ जाती, तुमने टोका नहीं |
 फिर भी ये इलज़ाम मुज पर आया ,
दुनिया ने मुझे ही कठोर ठहराया |
 सबकी नज़रे मुजको ही सताती है  ,
तुम्हे तो वो मासूम  ठहराती है |
कुछ बोलू तो सब कहते- जुबान लड़ाती है |
मै खामोशी से बस चलती गई ,
तुम्हारी खामियों को ढकती गई |
मुजपे नाम आता गया ,
और मै चुप चाप सहती गई|
मैने तो  अपना  हर फ़र्ज़ निभाया ,
फिर क्यों न तुम्हे  मेरा साथ भाया ?
आज पास नहीं, तो करते हो मुझे  इतना याद ,
कल साथ थी, तो  हर पल करते थे फ़रियाद |
अब मै दूर निकल चुकी हू ,
ज़िन्दगी में आगे बढ़ चुकी हू |
अब ना पुकारो मुझे , ना लौट के आउंगी ,
अभिमान नहीं पर स्वाभिमान तो  दिखाउंगी |
अगर चाहत हो जिंदा तो तुम भी आगे बढ़ जाओ ,
ज़िन्दगी की राहो में मुझसे  दुबारा  मिल जाओ |
एक कोशिश तो करो , थोडा हौसला तो दिखाओ ,
उम्मीद जगा कर अब दुबारा ना बुझाओ |
हर बुरी याद को अतीत में दफ़न करेंगे ,
मिलकर एक नयी शुरुवात करेंगे|

PS :  यह एक काल्पनिक काव्य  है , जिसमे एक नारी(can be more considered as married) के  दृष्टिकोण को दर्षाया है |  किसी भी व्यक्ति से इसका कोई सम्बन्ध होना महज़ इतेफ़ाक होगा... 

DO IT YOURSELF FOR YOUR OWN SELF

 तुम चलो तो हिंदुस्तान चले ||

नन्हे कदमो की ये कोशिश है ||

 हमी से तो  उमीदे है ||

हमी से तो हर मुश्किल आसान है ||

हम में एक  हीरो है ||

("if you will move the India will move too,
Tried by those little feet of the nation,
we are the guarantor,
we are the handler of difficult situations,
there is a HERO(conqueror) inside us.")

 

I have heard, saw people complaining about long traffic jams.
Maximum times one of the reason follows :
* Mismanagement
* fall of trees on the roads
*roads under construction
*one way road

and whats the reaction of the crowd at such times ? Abusing the government for lack of concern, getting annoyed by the situation,shouting at the nearby vehicle drivers for giving then the side as if you are at highest priority, choosing for the wrong side so as to overtake everyone and then blocking the traffic on other side too :P
Its your country so isn't it yours duty to set the things right ?

Mismanagement took place due to the absence of traffic police at the crossroads. Can anyone dare to give 10 minutes and direct the traffic ? "NO" because thats not our job. We can spend half an hour in groaning, criticizing and complaining about the situation but we cannot give 10 minutes in managing the traffic.

A huge tree fall in the middle of the road, hindered the traffic motion. Can we group of people lend our hand to move it at the side.? "NO" because thats not our job. We can sit in the car wait for it to be moved by anyone else except us or wait for someone to take the initiative. Why ? Our way is blocked by a huge stuff then why we wait for someone else to drag it away. DO IT YOURSELF FOR YOUR OWN SELF !

Believe me dare to take initiative as a leader and people are waiting to follow you. They just want a LEADER,thats it !!

Yes its my country and tomorrow if i will fall in such a situation i will surely step ahead to solve the problem, I am an INDIAN and i know my duties. I will try not to be afraid by the those eyes gazing at me when i initiate something because when i will succeed the courage will overpower everything.

PS : just tried to translate those lines of hindi into its english version. The meaning will  approximately be the same :P

Belief or an excuse ?

There was a random thought from past few years in my mind.

There are times when we strive hard yet we fail. Not  always we taste the sweetness of victory. At that time,when we feel a little low,  just to console ourselves or to get over the incident we say :
""Everything happens for good.One should have that unshakable belief in the almighty power.Everything is normal and we gained experience""

Is it really a belief in GOD or an excuse we give to ourselves  ?

BELIEF : A belief that there is goodness in disguise, we cannot see it now but one day we will surely realize it.Today we may be blind and complain it that we lost or failed but tomorrow will be ours and thus one should not repent on the failure.We strongly believe that GOD never make mistakes and whatever He has decided is for our own benefit.
Or
EXCUSE : are we keeping ourselves in darkness by giving excuses because may be we have realized that we don't deserve that dream we desired for ?  An excuse by saying that destiny prevails and something better is thought for us and we move on.I wonder is it so easy to convince oneself ? sometimes infact many times "YES" it is easy because giving "excuses" has become our habit. Even from the childhood we give excuses to our teachers for late work or not doing homework, we give excuses to our parents when we don't wanna go to school or score low marks and now we give excuse to ourselves when we fail to accomplish our goals.

I know both the term depicts some optimism within them when i say "leave the past in the past and move on towards the future" all because we focus more on the negative side at this time but  Is it really a belief or an excuse  ? which help us to come out of this setback of failure.

What's next ?

A month has been passed since i gave the last exam of my graduation degree and is sitting idle at home now.
 I am so called "FREE" for the next 6 months. This was another shock i got a few days back in my joining letter dated somewhere in january 2012. So whats up now....?
Life was always busy - running in the race with a fear that you may lack behind.
Studying hard in 10th to score among the toppers.
Changing school in 11th std and coping with new environment.
 Preparing for AIEEE and IITs kind of exams so as to get an admission in a reputed college.
Then when you cross the sea of fire(bridging gap between school and college) the next race you run is of getting a good, satisfactory job or again jump in the competitive world of getting admission in the best college for a post graduation degree.
And now after clearing 10th->12th->graduation.. (ok i won't say graduation because the result of final semester is still awaited) and before entering a corporate world i got a gap of 6 months and i was upset about it.
I cannot exactly  recall from how long i was demanding holidays from my life, from time, i always wanted a break and now when i heard the news about the latency of joining date i burst into anger.
"kya hai ye? humaara aadha saal waste kar diya? kya karenge itne velle hokar 6 mahine ?"
(whats this yaar, they wasted half an year? what will we do being so idle for the next 6 months?)
But then my mind showed me the slideshow of my past desires then i realized a very important fact of life.
" WHEN WE ARE BOUND, WE DREAM OF FREEDOM AND WHEN WE ARE FREE WE MISS BOUNDARIES "
Remembering the words of a golden bird :
"HAVING SPENT A LIFE TIME IN A CAGE, THE CAGE TURNED INTO MY BELOVED. NOW IF I AGAIN GREW UP WINGS, I WOULD PLUCK THEM TO PREVENT MY FLYING"
I feel like the same golden bird now when i get angry on being so idle at times. I always found myself hang up in making my career, running behind my dreams, fufilling expectation of others, making them cheerful, polishing my image, proving my worth and in this race may be i have lost myself but now i got a chance to live up to it wholly and since when i have understood the whole plan of my almighty GOD i just wanna thank Him for being so GRATEFUL....i'll try my level best and spend the next few months just for "ME" so that later i won't regret that i slipped this part from my hands....

just three words in the end i havn't said that from long :

"LOVE YOU ZINDAGI"

GD/PI 19th May !! Was a worthy day :)

Went for the GD/PI round at UBS-Chandigarh
The topic was


 "The education of circumstances is superior to that of tutions" - William wordsworth


In favor:
What life teaches us is always remembered because it is what we call experience and on other hand the facts already learnt are most of the time not remembered at time we need to apply them.
Greatest example is of ANIMALS - they are never taught, they learn from their own experiences, they grow, they survive.


Against :
Considering example of a kid, if his parents don't warn him and don't teach him of the adverse effects the children of his age group faces due to carelessness he can be a victim and in that case can the parents leave him on the education of circumstances ?
If a doctor, engineers etc are not trained before and directly a patient is handed over to a doctor to do experiments( learn from circumstances) he would no more be called as a savior. So tutions before are more important in such cases.
A person can survive from big accidents if given first aid treatment on the spot and this can be possible by prior knowledge....


And the GD continues...... blah blah ;)


Next was the PI round :


Maar daala :D
5 people in the panel staring me all together. 
1 interviewer : yes come in. sign the sheet first.
Me : (standing) Good afternoon ,yes sir
2nd interviewer : Reicha feel comfortable have a seat.
Me : yes Sir
(3rd and 4th interviewer busy in some talks, 5th interviewer busy in starring me )
2nd interviewer : Hmm, So Reicha Unique spellings yeah !!
Me : Yes Sir ( thinking : bachpan se yahi hai sir ab plz mere naam k peeche mat padh jaana :P ). i smiled
1st interviewer : Why is it so differently spelled what does it mean ?
Me : ( Wanna shout at once i hate this question still i am always forced to answer it )  i explained him the meaning of my name which bychance my dad gave the exaggerated description an hour before because we both know its the favorite  and the first question which every interviewer ask me and i am never prepared with it. So this time i was a lil sure about it.
1st interviewer : Tell me something about yourself which is not mentioned in the resume ?
Me : told
1st interviewer : Why you want to do MBA ?
Me : (Pta tha jaroor puchega beta mae ratt k ai hu answer ) i explained him but was myself so unsatisfied later
1st interviewer : Why UBS ? Why not any other college ?
Me : Sir its a reputed institute 
(he interrupted)
1st interviewer :Who told you its a reputed interview ?
Me : My dad :P (The worst answer, its tough to lie on the spot that i read somewhere or i observed etc)
1st interviewer :(he nodded) hmm...What else your dad told you about it ?
Me : I briefed him with the details
1st interviewer :So your father is impressed by the college and not you ? HE laughed a lil
Me : (Awe !! kya fenku ab) i frowned and try to convince him in my favor.
A few more clause of questions and answers 
 the 1st interviewer pointed towards the 5th one and said : Reicha, mam wanna ask you something ?
5th interviewer : Ahh Me ??  ok 
1st interviewer : haan mam puch lo woh virus wagarah 
5th interviewer : Tell me about virus ? what it is ?
Me : Mam it ... 
She interrupted)
5th interviewer :Ok forget it tell me about Spoofing... You use it in networking ?
Me : yes mam it ......
(She again interrupted)
5th interviewer :Ok leave everything tell me about public  infrastructure key and private infrastructure key ?
Me : I quickly started with the answer (Ab kahi next question pe aajae aur muje na aata hua toh :P)
   jaldi jaldi answer diya she said ok... no more question
Hmm You may leave now

2nd interviewer : Waise how do you pronounce your name ? Is it रिचा या रेईचा या रीछा 

Me : (in anger  i would have eaten you all for mispronouncing my name ) still i nodded, smiled and said "Sir its ऋचा " (dobara mat puchna ) and walked out :)