Green view…..thanks to Monsoon 2010

Here are some of the latest snaps of the green view from my house.

University of Pune Campus

Life…

Truly, life is a complete package of wonderful surprises, painful sorrows, cryptic relations, money, desire to do something, dreams and so on…..One can keep thinking about everyday problems he/she has. There is no end to the list of problems one has to face in this life. In some cases, problems get carried forward to the next generation even after end of the life. Yes, you do the DNA analysis and one knows what are the problems which he/she is going to inherit. We keep on dreaming about so many things. Everyone wants to live the life full size. Everyone wants to do so many things or rather achieve so many things in their lives. But somewhere something always goes wrong. One cannot understand why people behave strangely. Yes, things go wrong all the time. Your closed friend become your biggest enemy. People on whom you think you can rely all the time, become strangers at times and behave differently. Yes, it hurts when you are betrayed. It hurts when you are hit by the person who brought you up. It hurts when you are trying your best but you get blamed for somebody else. The question I have is why do people behave so strangely? We call few people as relatives who you are related to you by blood in some ways or other. In the form of relatives, one should have solid backing and solid platform to rely on. But what do we see these days? Are we meeting our relatives in the functions only just to say hi and bye. Aren’t we missing something as far as Indian traditional culture is concerned? When will we stop leg pulling attitude especially when one has the desire (and probably capabilities as well) to touch the sky. Why don’t we leave that person to achieve what he wants to achieve? Why don’t we support him by not hurting or not disturbing that person.

Why do people just give up when they think about emotions? Why should one sacrifice his/her future because he/she has to perform some duties/ emotional bindings? Why do people blackmail emotionally? Why does everything revolve around money? Can’t anybody see the purity of heart and mind is more important than money? I guess that I could answer these questions.

But one thing is clear…life will be always like this. One has to be a fighter and fight till the end. Never give up…

Cheers,
Amol

Ganpati Bappa Morya (Year 2009)

Ganpati Bappa Morya...Pudhachya Warshi Lavkar Ya!!!!

More Flowers

Cheers,
Amol

Tulsi Katta

Feels like good old days when we used to have Tulsi katta outside Wada (old house)

Rain drops captured on a leaf

Rain drops captured on a leaf

Mango tree planted

Few months back, my fried gave me few mangos from Goa. What I did is that I planted one of the seed just to see what happens....and voila.....Kalmi Amba tree is growing happily. Check the snap below. :)

Cheers,
Amol

Few more Garden snaps

Few more Garden snaps....
White Chapha, Sadaphuli (2 different colors) and Jaswand planted in a Math.

Chapha	Sadaphuli
Sadaphuli	Jaswand

Views from my room

The big mango tree behind....

One more.....

Can you see the big flowers?

Do we really care?

1. Cars stopping on the Zebra crossing?


2. Wasting the water during the water shortage days and no rainfall in sight


Just thinking….does anyone really care?

Cheers,
Amol

Trip to Ajantha caves @ Aurangabad

Creativity in action

Cheers,
Amol

Garden terrace snaps…

Here are some of the snaps taken from the garden on our terrace.

1.View from the terrace:






2. Flowers:


3. And the king of flowers:


Cheers,
Amol

Another year gone……

The Christmas time is here. Soon we will see the end of the year 2008. We all will celebrate in some ways to welcome the New Year 2009. Its time for me take my diary out and see what I have done through out the year. This is appraisal time for me. No, I am not talking about yearly appraisals in the companies but this is my self appraisal and also the supervisor is me. One needs to set the objective at the start of the year and then take a close relook at it before the year ends. This is what I will be doing for next few weeks.

Well, I had set lot of objectives at the beginning of the year and I have accomplished few of them for sure. In general, you can measure your performance in the year based on various parameters. This could be money, power, life style, time spent with the family, important events in the year, social contribution and so on. This list can go on and on.

We have to be in charge of our own destiny. We need to define objectives and set goals for ourselves. We need to periodically revisit the objectives to see if those are aligned or not. And last but not least, we need to appraise ourselves to see how we have performed. Other wise just like everybody else, we will say ‘what the heck….another year gone just like that..’

Cheers,
Amol

Salute to our heroes…………..

Here is my salute to all those people from Maharashtra Police, Army, Navy, BMC Fire fighting department and NSG commandos, who fought the war against terrorists in Mumbai. That was not only attack on India, but attack on our country.

I have no words to say for those who sacrificed their lives for our safety and freedom of common people like us. We are grateful to you and always will be.

Hats of to all of you!

JAI HIND!

Enjoying Life like a child

Today is the children’s day. And I my childhood memories started flashing in my mind. What a wonderful life it was at that point of time. I had lots of friends. We used to play cricket whole day on the cricket ground which did not have enough big offside field. At times, I used to spend whole day swimming in the well, lake or the river which surrounds my beautiful native place. The whole town was surrounded by the farms of sugarcane and paddy fields. I could go to any farm and start eating awesome sugarcanes. Fights, games, tournaments, cultural events, NCC, study classes and what not. Everything I did was with sincerity and passion. Most beautiful season was during festivals like Diwali, Dasara etc. I used to live fearless life during my childhood. But life has changed. With loads of responsibilities, you have to work hard so that your children can enjoy.

I wonder sometimes that the kind of life which I lived during my childhood, my children may not have that. With urbanization booming, your birth place becoming a metro city, modern technologies, networks, modern devices etc., the peaceful part of the life is gone. Don’t you think so? In today’s world, if you want to have peaceful mind then you have to attend mediation classes, get some tablets and what not. In short, we have started buying the peace of mind.

When I was a child, I always wanted to grow faster so that I can be a big man. Now, I realize how foolish I was at that point of time. Now, I want to live like a child but that is not possible. Still there are few points which all adults like us can take from the diary of our little angles i.e. our children. So, what are some of those points?
1. Read poems from the schoolbook of your child. Trust me it takes you back to your childhood. Twinkle…twinkle…little star…..
2. Look at the energy your child has. It is amazing. Children can keep on playing for so many hours without eating or drinking water. That is the kind of passion, enthusiasm, concentration…which we can have doing our activities. Every single living thing on the earth has some kind of energy. And being a human being if you do not burn that energy in doing good things, then your peace of mind would go for a toss. Try playing sports which we used to do earlier. Exercise regularly. Don’t smoke. Don’t drink frequently instead go for trekking…go for a jog…..and burn your those extra calories
3. Be curious as a child. Start learning new things as if you are a child and learning to walk. You will fail so many times but keep on trying
4. Sleep early and start the day early as well.
5. Love your parents, siblings, relatives, friends and everything on this earth
6. listen to the birds when they are singing
7. Reach out to people to get proper directions
8. and so on…………….

There are lots of characteristics which we can implement and make us happy as a child.

Happy Children’s Day!

Cheers,
Amol

Shambhu Raje……

Recently I have started reading ‘Sambhaji’ written by Vishwas Patil. I am amused to know that Rajan (Shambhu Raje) fought the battle of Swarajya with mighty Aurangajeb for almost 9 years. Not that I was not aware of this. I have read Shriman Yogi n number of times. But story of Shriman Yogi ends with death of Shivaji Maharaj. His son was a gem.

Needless to say that I am impressed by the stories of Shambu Raje and the way he had fought the battle for 9 years……..Rajan....Mujara………….

Amol

Leadership Quotes

1."Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
- George Patton

2."The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself. - Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton"

3."The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. - Theodore M. Hesburgh"

4."The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out and meet it." - Thucydides"

5."If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere." - Henry Kissinger

6."You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
Eleanor Roosevelt

7."Don't be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps." David Lloyd George

8."Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

9."I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod." - Sir Winston Churchill

10."Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader." - General George S. Patton Jr.

11."Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." - John F. Kennedy

Cheers,
Amol

Bengalaru..revisited

Last week, I happened to visit Bengalaru for some work. I was visiting this place after so many years. But somewhere in my mind, I could still recollect some of the beautiful snaps of this city few years back. As they say it was city of Gardens earlier.

I landed in Bengalaru. First thought which came in my mind at that point of time, was like….have I landed in Los Angeles??? The all new airport is awesome man…..and definitely at par with international standards….boom …boom…boom….I was impressed and started my journey to my apartment in a cab. We stepped out of the domestic terminals and I was again impressed to see the motorway connecting to the city. It has 6 lanes( of course including both the sides) flooded with lights. The distance from Airport to city is approximately 30 Kms. I was impressed again. Slowly, slowly…we went ahead in dense traffic area. The number of cars in this city made me to think it as the city of cars and gardens. It took one and half hour to reach the apartment. I don’t see any problems as such with the traffic as it is at par with all the metro cities around the globe.

However, the traffic is much more disciplined and always moving on without much of noise and also without drivers blowing horns all the time. The city has still maintained its identity with respect to gardens. You can see at least couple of gardens in each locality. Now, that is a healthy sign…isn’t it?

The MG road is reshaping up because of the Metro project. The weather is good as usual. People are good and polite at least with whom I interacted.

Overall, I think that Bengalaru has very good infrastructure (roads, fly overs, metro coming up, road and air connectivity to other main cities including Pune etc.). The weather is good and also the people. As they say it all comes in a package. No wonder that why most of the companies across the globe selected Bengalaru to start their India operations.

Cheers,
Amol