Love- Conspiring immaculate bonding in our worlds!!!

Much has been written, sung, felt and debated about Love- a magnanimous feeling that encompasses this universe! It's the love of the God that this beautiful planet Earth has been created and the material world is run. Love is a feeling, a bonding force that transcends horizons and is present within and outside the realms of human body and soul. Love can be with species in case of same group or with objects or with different species. The one underlying characteristic that defines Love is that its unconditional, omnipotent and lasts forever.

I have also experienced love that has had an ever lasting impact on my life both w.r.t thinking and actions. You are in love when you think about something all the time and can't simply resist the temptation of being with your love all the time. Fear is developed of losing the love when it is not in hindsight. You start thinking about that love from deep within your heart instead of focussing on your own good. You are plagued, if so to say, by the thoughts of your love all the time and can't let it go easily.

If love is with an object, the love is reciprocated by the bonding with that object which is demonstrated and you can feel it easily. But, if the love is with a living entity, it's also important that the love is reciprocated similarly by the partner so as to establish a healthy relationship. This can happen instantly or over time depending on various factors as deemed necessary by both the individuals. Most of the times, if love is unconditional, this happens instantly or else the bonding generally develops over time.

As mentioned earlier, love should not be influenced by material riches lest it might not last a lifetime, which is not a healthy sign for the partners. It's critical then to evaluate yourself and the bond between the partners to make it even stronger by laying emphasis on the critical factors essential for maintaining the bond.

Nothing is achieved in life without sacrifices. Being in love is no exception. One has to be mentally prepared of the outcomes of pursuing the love. This is generally not an easy task as people falter along the path not ready to forgo something for attaining love. This is the true test of character and those who come out triumphs know the feeling of it.   

At the crossroads!!!

Life is a mysterious journey. Events and occurrences happen all the time and everyone has a different perception of what's happening around. Some people say it's the different lens from which you look, some say facts remain facts, some say it's the supernatural powers that decide every event and some just leave to the almighty and are driven by HIM. There are certain things which you control and some others which are beyond even the slightest of one's imagination. The biggest question is who is a winner then?

There are two worlds as they say, materialistic and spiritual world. The ultimate prize in a materialistic world could be something which one aspires for, but the irony of the situation is that what one aspires for is something he sees or experiences in this world. There is always a grey area in which everyone in this world lives. Nothing is perfectly or completely achieved, as there is always a better way to do things. Who is the winner then in this world?

In the spiritual world, the ultimate achievement could be the attainment of moksh/nirvana. But, this is a field full of hidden secrets and only the people who have achieved it know the treasured key to success. This brings me to a crossroads as to what I should do now. To which world should I head towards? Some say there is a age for starting a spiritual career, but many saints have attained it in the childhood stage. 

The striking difference between the two worlds is the control of 5 senses. The materialistic world hovers around the use of these 5 senses whereas the spiritual world relies upon the self-control of these. Also, being happy is considered to be good living in the former whereas saints are usually sad in their outer appearance.

So what do you want to be- a happy firefighter in a materialistic world or a secluded saint sitting on a hill-top searching for the true creator of this universe?

Telecom Saga- The Indian Chapter

The world has seen a revolution in the field of communications in the past decade and a half. There has been a dramatic change in the way we communicate with each other. Thanks to the glorious telecom world! The thumb rule is, as Idea Cellular rightly puts it: "Talk when you walk". Services such as Internet, 2G, 3G packet services on mobile, VoIP, LTE, Video calling have proved to be a boon to the ever increasing demands of fast, effective, reliable and inexpensive communication.

Not very long time ago, a person seen with a mobile in India was considered to be rich, elusive and privileged. The scenario has completely changed now with many operators pushing into the promising Indian market and little GSM/EDGE penetration. The tug of war between the operators helped by some resilient TRAI regulations and entry of new telcos has more than helped common man who now affords the services as they fall in his range of expenditure.

The innovative practices followed by Bharti and Vodafone, and acquisitions by Idea Cellular righteously placed them as the top three Indian operators in GSM. Reliance and Tata established their own supremacy in the field of CDMA. People were especially lured into some attractive schemes these companies had in offer.

A promising industry, lucrative market, ever rising revenues! Those who dared to be innovative received the favor! What went wrong then? The debacle that followed left everyone shocked and pushed the businesses into disarray. The 2G spectrum scam is perhaps one of the biggest scam in the history of business in India. A loss of over Rs 1 lakh crore!!! Mind you, some people might find it difficult to count the number of zeroes in that figure! Such was the intensity of this misfortune! The spectrum was served on first come first served basis instead of the auctioning process that has resulted in this aftermath.

Who bears the brunt of it all??? The telcos themselves! 122 2G licences cancelled! That's no fluke! Such a number of licences could actually cover the whole of Europe or may be more! Many of the operators lost their PAN-India footprint. The likes of Etisalat, Uninor, SSTEL, Loop have already started packing up! Having invested crores into infrastructure and equipment, this menace has left an ever lasting blur on Indian telecom market! The greed of few and ignorance of some privileged is all that was responsible! Having survived a tough 1 year that saw the launch of Mobile Number Portability, which was another challenge to establish in already live running networks, the problems only seem to mount!

Things are only going to get worse if the situation is not brought under control by the Center. There are chances of unemployment nonetheless with people finding difficult to move to other domains as the experience gathered in this sector is entirely different from the likes of IT, Banking, Power, Software Development & Testing.

What turns out! Only time will tell!

Beyond Terrorism...

The post-cold war world has turned from a constant fear of a holocaust to a concern for human rights. Just as the former often turned into paranoia, the latter concern too can easily be turned into a self-serving preoccupation. The concern for human rights gives rise to a menace called terrorism. It is really difficult to define terrorism in global terms. Often one country's terrorist is another country's national hero. The terrorism in India has been transcending horizons and is evolving as shall I be allowed to say.

Everyone is well aware of the serial bombings striking Bharat and the courage of the terrorists to bomb our metros such as Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai and not to forget Ahmedabad and Surat. The places worst hit by these blasts very well suggest the amount of planning and brain that went into the implementation of this horrendous idea.

What is underlined by the posterior analysis of this menace is that it's not just a hide and seek game now. The roots have developed deep and we have to reach there in order to put a brake on this roller coaster ride these terrorists are having at the moment. The terrorists are our brethren only, who have somehow gone astray and are accounting every action of theirs' to be allowed by religion. Religions are diverse but all point to the ONE. HIM is unique. It's the insecurity of something that causes all this.

Shall he grant saddhbuddhi to all of us. All the problems may be resolved in a peaceful way.

Shifted from an earlier blog...

* Written when I was in second year in Thapar University *

 

The two years of my silence in Thapar University are over now. It was really a herculean task for me for the research I was involved in. I was a silent spectator.

Watching everything and embedding it into my memory- I am an anthropologist now, so am I a psychologist, and philosopher toh main bachpan se hi tha!

It was a tough time because no one really knew what I was doing and even the omens couldn't suggest that! No comments really on this! Everyone those days was so busy in their own life. No one really damn bothered what I was doing/thinking/analyzing except a few who to an extent were able to realize then.

Now writing this diary entry on July 3rd, 2006 (my birthday) with tears in my eyes gives me traumatizing pleasure.

I even went to the Boys hostel in the 3rd semester, spent a few months there and analyzed the atmosphere there, all in deep silence.

The most challenging part in this study was anthropology. I saw a change in attitudes, thoughts, expressions and feelings in my near and dear ones and especially friends (the most hurting aspect).

- Friends- As now the definition seems to be, are to be rejected when they are of no use anymore.

- Trust- The most important ingredient of friendship was lacking between the best of friends I could see.

- The innocent guys were the culprits.

And then of course lack of good, efficient, practical, productive technical teaching yielded up to the frustration and the students were obviously more velah than any other times in their lives.

Second most hurting aspect was that there seemed to be a fierce competition between individuals; just to be counted above the other fellow(s). This dirty rat race in which even I was involved and now I am happy to be out.

I am back on blogger!!!

Hi Blogger

I am back, after more than 2 years of hibernation. I've come back to you to share my experiences with my dear fellows about what I went through this period.

I missed you so much blogger. But I had to go. I had to capture some experiences only to come back and post to you.

Several breakthrough as well as heart-breaking changes have taken place dear blogger, both internal as well as external to my own peripheral occupancy. Level best shall I try to post each and every event of my experience. I promise u that!

The day that was...

A million thoughts passed my mind in one millionth of a second. These thoughts weren’t any extraordinary, these were just the sort any human being would have but that day I felt these had tremendous implications.

So called vague and useless thoughts started to strike my mind's walls. Am I going in the right direction?

What should be my priorities in life? Is money making the only priority left?

Is it more important to have handful of bucks in your pocket or to be an emotionally intelligent and a good person in life?

CHANGE is definitely the motto in today's world, but then should I change more than often and lose my identity in my heart?

Should I become magnanimous and forget about these so called unknown territories?

Should self-actualization is what I should aspire for or the worldly riches?