Mumbai means everything for me. I have spent almost 98% of my lifespan in this city. And as it does with everyone, it has never disappointed me in any respect. Mumbai is the place where I born and brought up, so I have a special attachment with this city.
I am a proud Mumbaikar and with no fear I can say this is my city. This city has given something to everyone who had come here with the dreams. Very Lively and joyful city indeed! In this city different types of people lived in harmony and peace until a month back when there was a heavy protest against the people who came UP and Bihar. I have many friends and collogues from that part of country and they all are very nice to me and to everyone. I have learnt a lot from people from different part of India and that is what it makes this city special as it has representatives from almost all parts of India. There were several similar attacks against the South Indians too in the past. And everyone was voicing their opinion on the issue raised during this protest. But somehow I feel points made by both the sides were not elaborated and discussed extensively to find the root of whole problem
We should all be agreeing to the fact that India is a free nation and everyone has the right to stay and earn his living wherever he wants to earn. It’s written in our constitution and we should respect it. But that does not mean people keep on flooding the Mumbai till its all resources are utilized and the city’s condition become out of control.
There is absolutely no problem with people coming from different parts of country coming to Mumbai and search for their living. After all that is the thing which makes Mumbai the cosmopolitan city of 21st century. But we should all realize that there are only limited resources available in the city and it can’t take burden of thousands of people flooding the city everyday. The most of the people which come from UP and Bihar or for that matter other part of India are poor farmers turned workers who come to city in search of living. There is a strong landlord mafia lobby in city which provides the place for them to stay and there are some political leaders who are behind increasing their vote bank who support such kind of illegal slum development activity for their own benefit. Such people in turn become burden on city resources as they don’t pay taxes and utilize the resources as well. Due to which there is serious problem of electricity and water cuts people have to face in the city who pretty regularly pay their taxes. Such kind of people are very poor and mostly have their living hand to mouth so they cannot be blamed for that as everyone is looking for own survival in this giant city. The corrupt people who help them to migrate are to be held responsible for and targeted too rather than targeting the poor people who are helpless in any case.
Other issue raised was local people not getting enough opportunities in all the fields. I personally feel that opportunity should be given on merit and not on any other criteria. If you have it in you come and take it or else you don’t have right to complain about it. Local people should make themselves more compatible and eligible for the jobs. But our constitution has a clause in it which gives some percent reservation to locals of that state. And some states have already implemented it, so why it can’t be done in Maharashtra? Though I strongly feel that Jobs should be given on merit only if it is a law in other states what’s wrong in having it in Maharashtra.
The Major issue was of the use of Marathi everywhere as it is our first language. If you go to any southern state you will scarcely find any board written in English for that matter Hindi is almost nowhere there. So why cant locals here press for the use of Marathi? I have stayed in Kerala and Karnataka and there is strong local lobby there. Even in college matters they do not want outsiders to overpower the local rest aside other affairs. So why the Marathi people are accused if they want to do the same? After all we are the local people and if we try to protect our heritage why should we be charged with factionalism? If you go and say something objectionable against Tamils in Chennai or about kannadigas in Karnataka or Jaats in Haryana, the locals there will make your life miserable and will certainly show you to whom the land belongs too. Then why can’t the Marathi demand the same respect for his mother tongue. For many years we are living in harmony with people of different states and for that matter different country in Mumbai city. And No one has complained any time about anything. But this does not mean that locals are cowards and don’t have any self esteem. As you people love your native Marathis also love their native and be proud about that. I know there are very few Marathis who have risen to good positions today and that’s why we can’t dictate the terms as in any other states locals do. But thing you should understand is to get respect it should be given in the same manner too. No wonder local feel their moral is going down when we just say that we want sign boards in Marathi all other non Marathi people make an issue out of it. It’s Maharashtra and there is nothing wrong if we say we want all sign boards in Marathi. If you go to Japan or Russia you find everything written in language that locals can understand and even in southern part of India you will find all the directions and milestones are written in local language. And there is nothing wrong in that. Local language should be given first preference in all government and judicial matters.
Other thing which I want to divert the attention about is why anyone is not finding the cause of people migrating from UP and Bihar. They don’t have any major factory or for that matter IT hubs in there. So educated as well as labor class have to migrate in search of living. The well know fact is no one is happy to leave his homeland and family and go for the job elsewhere but due to lack of opportunity there people come here in search of jobs. So why cant our government and corrupt Politicians do some thing to develop those states rather than giving crowd pulling speeches in Mumbai.
In my entire life I have never seen a common man handling a gun in Mumbai, it was only available to cops, gangsters etc. But now we have seen that also in a BEST bus. How someone can is innocent if carries the gun in public and damages the harmony of this great city? We never had such a culture in the city before and it has certainly migrated with people who have it at their natives. Mumbai is still considered safe city for ladies, even in capital Delhi you are not safe after dark. Along with Migration Crime rate has also gone up and so as poverty. It’s the local people who have maintained this dignity along with other people who have stayed here for long time. When we say Mumbaikar it includes all the people who have adopted Mumbai as their homeland, people who care for the city. All are welcome to Mumbai as I everyday say in pledge that all Indians are my brothers and sisters but we should realize that this city also has limitations. And everyone should respect it.
Let us Plan to make this city beautiful and joyful place to live in. The city is so great that it was never owned by someone nor anyone can own in future. And we all have made this city with our contributions in different areas. So just keep the spirit of Mumbai alive. And we need to unite and fight to make our city safe and beautiful. I Love Mumbai!!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Weight Loss: My story...
In today’s world, appearance and external beauty matters to all the people but only few are open to except it while others tend to hide it under the moral grounds saying what matters most for them is internal beauty. Every youngster when comes to his youth first priority for him is to look good and not to be embarrassed in front of his peers. And now a days people do splurge hell lot of money just to look good and sophisticated. No wonder beauty parlors and gym are overcrowded everywhere. This is applicable to men and women to the same extent.
There was a time when I used to be about 100Kgs or almost there and there about. And with huge belly to show for the comforts I enjoyed all my childhood. My friends used to call me “Jadya” (which means a Fatso in my native language) when I was in school. And that time even I used to be proud of my healthy lifestyle. There were many reasons to enjoy such a nice health along with my obsession towards almost any kind of food. (Oh and that obsession still exists!!!) . But the main reason was lack of exercise. And you will wonder that I used to sit and watch other guys playing rather than going out myself and join them. I did this for the major part of my childhood.
There is a very thin line between being healthy and what we call as obesity. And gradually I started to become really fat and before I could know anything my weight was touching almost 100Kgs. I weighed exactly 104Kgs, the next day after my 12th board exam had finished. Now everyone was telling me to join gym and reduce the weight. Dad even went out to take pamphlets of some nearby gym and health clubs. But I was not ready to join gym that time. It was like I have become used to it.
One fine day, one of my friends told me to just go with him to see a nearby gym and now I am so glad that I went with him. He was already a member there and even I liked the atmosphere there as majority of people there was from our locality and I somehow felt very nice and comfortable (Thanks Monu for that initial motivation!!)
So I started my long journey to become fit and fine. Gym was totally a new concept for me. I joined gym with a sole purpose to lose extra pounds that I have accumulated all my childhood. The first month was a painful experience for me. I was not allowed to touch any weights and used to do only free hand stretching exercises for a month.
I used to see fit and slim people doing weights around me. Rather than getting motivated by watching them I used to feel bad about myself. I used to feel that I have done injustice with my body and now it would be very hard to fix it. But my instructor told me that I will surely lose weight if I will be regular to gym and I trusted him. Anyways I didn’t have any other option rather than trusting him and just dreaming about great physic. So I started the long struggle that went far more ahead than what I expected at the beginning.
As it was my holidays after board exams, I used to work out sincerely and put in lots of efforts day in and day out. Controlled my diet to the extent I could and used to put in long hours in gym.
Every young man wants to look strong, fit and sexy and I was no exception. Because these days only come once in your life and to be on front foot you need to have something noticeable. Guys certainly know what I mean!! Almost all guys start doing exercise either to impress their girl or to get a girl by becoming lean and fit. (Though girls always deny the fact and say we always look for nice human being rather than just height and body. And matter of the fact is No one will notice you if you are ugly and fat in the crowd. Yes I agree that if you have special qualities you will get an attention later but certainly you cant make first impression that matters the most. And even I wanted to have nice body like Arnold, whose poster I used to see in Gym everyday.
I reduced a considerable amount of weight in six moths till my college started. Again I met good instructors whose experience was always a always a plus point for me. Now I was in quite good shape and size as compared to earlier. And I was damn regular in gym for this period and followed my work out schedule very strictly.
You should be regular in gym and should follow the work out schedule given to you by instructor to be successful no matter you are losing weight or doing weights. You should actually feel from the heart and develop interest in work out. If you are not interested in reducing the weight yourself, no matter how sophisticated instruments you are using or how good instructor you have, you will never get the desired result. You should motivate yourself and dedication should come from within. And this applies to everything in life not only losing weight.
After a year or so, I was in quite good shape (Lost almost 20 Kgs) and I could feel the positive energy that comes with a great body and personality. I used to feel very nice when people used to tell me that I am looking fitter than earlier. I could feel the sharpness in my movements and freshness about everything. I had discovered new confident myself within me.
Then I took body building seriously and I used to do about 2-3 hours exercise with my partner and instructor Vinay. And with him I learned how to deal with heavy weights and we used to follow a really intensive schedule.
Now my condition is that I start feeling something wrong if I miss my work out at gym even for a day. From the day I was reluctant to enter the gym to the day I can’t live without it, I have made a really wonderful journey. Initially I have to fight myself and to convince myself and after a lot of sweat and pain I just feel great today.
If you try something with dedication, passion and put in all your efforts you can achieve anything and everything. Just believe in your own abilities and you can do wonders.
There was a time when I used to be about 100Kgs or almost there and there about. And with huge belly to show for the comforts I enjoyed all my childhood. My friends used to call me “Jadya” (which means a Fatso in my native language) when I was in school. And that time even I used to be proud of my healthy lifestyle. There were many reasons to enjoy such a nice health along with my obsession towards almost any kind of food. (Oh and that obsession still exists!!!) . But the main reason was lack of exercise. And you will wonder that I used to sit and watch other guys playing rather than going out myself and join them. I did this for the major part of my childhood.
There is a very thin line between being healthy and what we call as obesity. And gradually I started to become really fat and before I could know anything my weight was touching almost 100Kgs. I weighed exactly 104Kgs, the next day after my 12th board exam had finished. Now everyone was telling me to join gym and reduce the weight. Dad even went out to take pamphlets of some nearby gym and health clubs. But I was not ready to join gym that time. It was like I have become used to it.
One fine day, one of my friends told me to just go with him to see a nearby gym and now I am so glad that I went with him. He was already a member there and even I liked the atmosphere there as majority of people there was from our locality and I somehow felt very nice and comfortable (Thanks Monu for that initial motivation!!)
So I started my long journey to become fit and fine. Gym was totally a new concept for me. I joined gym with a sole purpose to lose extra pounds that I have accumulated all my childhood. The first month was a painful experience for me. I was not allowed to touch any weights and used to do only free hand stretching exercises for a month.
I used to see fit and slim people doing weights around me. Rather than getting motivated by watching them I used to feel bad about myself. I used to feel that I have done injustice with my body and now it would be very hard to fix it. But my instructor told me that I will surely lose weight if I will be regular to gym and I trusted him. Anyways I didn’t have any other option rather than trusting him and just dreaming about great physic. So I started the long struggle that went far more ahead than what I expected at the beginning.
As it was my holidays after board exams, I used to work out sincerely and put in lots of efforts day in and day out. Controlled my diet to the extent I could and used to put in long hours in gym.
Every young man wants to look strong, fit and sexy and I was no exception. Because these days only come once in your life and to be on front foot you need to have something noticeable. Guys certainly know what I mean!! Almost all guys start doing exercise either to impress their girl or to get a girl by becoming lean and fit. (Though girls always deny the fact and say we always look for nice human being rather than just height and body. And matter of the fact is No one will notice you if you are ugly and fat in the crowd. Yes I agree that if you have special qualities you will get an attention later but certainly you cant make first impression that matters the most. And even I wanted to have nice body like Arnold, whose poster I used to see in Gym everyday.
I reduced a considerable amount of weight in six moths till my college started. Again I met good instructors whose experience was always a always a plus point for me. Now I was in quite good shape and size as compared to earlier. And I was damn regular in gym for this period and followed my work out schedule very strictly.
You should be regular in gym and should follow the work out schedule given to you by instructor to be successful no matter you are losing weight or doing weights. You should actually feel from the heart and develop interest in work out. If you are not interested in reducing the weight yourself, no matter how sophisticated instruments you are using or how good instructor you have, you will never get the desired result. You should motivate yourself and dedication should come from within. And this applies to everything in life not only losing weight.
After a year or so, I was in quite good shape (Lost almost 20 Kgs) and I could feel the positive energy that comes with a great body and personality. I used to feel very nice when people used to tell me that I am looking fitter than earlier. I could feel the sharpness in my movements and freshness about everything. I had discovered new confident myself within me.
Then I took body building seriously and I used to do about 2-3 hours exercise with my partner and instructor Vinay. And with him I learned how to deal with heavy weights and we used to follow a really intensive schedule.
Now my condition is that I start feeling something wrong if I miss my work out at gym even for a day. From the day I was reluctant to enter the gym to the day I can’t live without it, I have made a really wonderful journey. Initially I have to fight myself and to convince myself and after a lot of sweat and pain I just feel great today.
If you try something with dedication, passion and put in all your efforts you can achieve anything and everything. Just believe in your own abilities and you can do wonders.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Telecom Billing : My Bread and Butter and CHICKEN too!!
It was just about 2-3 months after I joined VSNL project team at yantra park Thane.I was being called up by the boss and was told to join Billing team which required new resources.The time was such that I had just settled a bit into my first ever real life project and trying really hard to sustain and cement my place in the team.Like any other fresher I used to put 10-12 hours day-in day-out to make some positive impact and also in the hope to gain some practical knowledge.As even I had the will and grit to read more and more about the tool I was using and become expert in every aspect like my seniors around, I did not let go even smallest opportunity to learn something new.I guess this phase occurs in every freshers' life where he tries to prove himself and I just went a mile extra in doing that.Now I smile at myself remembering that I read product documentation completely that time which was about 1500 pages.Yes no doubt that it helped me a lot but more than that it shows a fresher's sincerity and dedication.
So I was just finding my place in India's biggest software company for that matter Asia's No.1.
And I was offered a place in telecom billing team by the Boss.I was in No Position to say"NO"to him.And without thinking what would it be I said Yes to the Boss hoping to learn something new in the process and increase my knowledge.Anyways freshers don't have choices,do they? So I accpeted gladly what came to my way.
I heard from some of my seniors that now life will be hell for me. As the billing process used to take around 2-3 days that time as system was unstable and even the process itself.Some of them advised me to say No to the Boss.But as I told before, I decided to go forward with challenge. My training was caried out by two of the senior people in team and I learnt many new things during that.
After some time Mr.Ashish joined me in the team as the senior most person was given some other responsibility.I learnt a lot from Ashish not only technical knowledge but also about professional things.We started working together and it was a wonderful experience.I had only practical knowledge about the system and tool and he brought his vast technical knowledge and we made a really nice time after Monica one more member was separated from the team.Now we used to solve our own problems with the complete freedom given by the Boss.We streamlined and enhanced the process together which takes only 6-8 hours now.One of the biggest achievements of my professional life.Thanks to ashish and also to the boss for the freedom we got in making some changes and providing required resources when we needed.I still remember those days when we used to be in office for 2-3 days together.
I never knew when Billing became an integral part of my life.Gradually all my appointments and dates were adjusted convenient to the billing date.And after hearing any plan or program the first thought that comes to my mind is whether I have billing on that date. Actually for past two years my vacations ,my programs,my plans all depends on the billing.So smoothly I have adopted with my new life style.I still remember 31st December 2007 ,when I went with my friend had a blast for new year for about 2 hours and again came back to office to do the billing.
Now it has really become part and parcel of my life.Dont know what people say but I actually love doing that.
Telecom Billing has given a additional dimesion to my skill set.People say everything happens for Good and I am a firm believer of that after all this.It made me a strong man personally as well as professionally.Though now there is nothing to learn new and everything is optimized to maximum but taught me a lot during the course. I learnt how to work patiently and dedicatedly to achieve your objective and how to meet deadlines without losing the hope even if things are not going your way.I still remember three of us (Myself ,Monica and Ashish) slogging for 2-3 days continuously like anything just to meet the deadline.
But now everthing is changed and the process has become much simpler.Thanks to the efforts of all who contributed time and again.But now billing has become part of my lifestyle and I actually enjoy doing it.There are lot many things I learnt and lot many things happened to me during these 2 years of billing not only professionally but on personal and emotional level.And everytime I learnt something new and thoght over my life when I am alone at night at office doing billing. I came to many important conclusions which helped me took many important decisions in my life during the thought process at night.Again thanks to billing otherwise how would I had got such free time with myself.
I growed a lot with the billing and matured professionally as the process itself got matured.
Nice Journey it was and many people helped on that way.Thanks to my excellent initial traing from Monica and Kiran.And then some important inputs from Ashish.I made friends and lost a few during these two years,but billing will always have a special place in my mind....
So I was just finding my place in India's biggest software company for that matter Asia's No.1.
And I was offered a place in telecom billing team by the Boss.I was in No Position to say"NO"to him.And without thinking what would it be I said Yes to the Boss hoping to learn something new in the process and increase my knowledge.Anyways freshers don't have choices,do they? So I accpeted gladly what came to my way.
I heard from some of my seniors that now life will be hell for me. As the billing process used to take around 2-3 days that time as system was unstable and even the process itself.Some of them advised me to say No to the Boss.But as I told before, I decided to go forward with challenge. My training was caried out by two of the senior people in team and I learnt many new things during that.
After some time Mr.Ashish joined me in the team as the senior most person was given some other responsibility.I learnt a lot from Ashish not only technical knowledge but also about professional things.We started working together and it was a wonderful experience.I had only practical knowledge about the system and tool and he brought his vast technical knowledge and we made a really nice time after Monica one more member was separated from the team.Now we used to solve our own problems with the complete freedom given by the Boss.We streamlined and enhanced the process together which takes only 6-8 hours now.One of the biggest achievements of my professional life.Thanks to ashish and also to the boss for the freedom we got in making some changes and providing required resources when we needed.I still remember those days when we used to be in office for 2-3 days together.
I never knew when Billing became an integral part of my life.Gradually all my appointments and dates were adjusted convenient to the billing date.And after hearing any plan or program the first thought that comes to my mind is whether I have billing on that date. Actually for past two years my vacations ,my programs,my plans all depends on the billing.So smoothly I have adopted with my new life style.I still remember 31st December 2007 ,when I went with my friend had a blast for new year for about 2 hours and again came back to office to do the billing.
Now it has really become part and parcel of my life.Dont know what people say but I actually love doing that.
Telecom Billing has given a additional dimesion to my skill set.People say everything happens for Good and I am a firm believer of that after all this.It made me a strong man personally as well as professionally.Though now there is nothing to learn new and everything is optimized to maximum but taught me a lot during the course. I learnt how to work patiently and dedicatedly to achieve your objective and how to meet deadlines without losing the hope even if things are not going your way.I still remember three of us (Myself ,Monica and Ashish) slogging for 2-3 days continuously like anything just to meet the deadline.
But now everthing is changed and the process has become much simpler.Thanks to the efforts of all who contributed time and again.But now billing has become part of my lifestyle and I actually enjoy doing it.There are lot many things I learnt and lot many things happened to me during these 2 years of billing not only professionally but on personal and emotional level.And everytime I learnt something new and thoght over my life when I am alone at night at office doing billing. I came to many important conclusions which helped me took many important decisions in my life during the thought process at night.Again thanks to billing otherwise how would I had got such free time with myself.
I growed a lot with the billing and matured professionally as the process itself got matured.
Nice Journey it was and many people helped on that way.Thanks to my excellent initial traing from Monica and Kiran.And then some important inputs from Ashish.I made friends and lost a few during these two years,but billing will always have a special place in my mind....
Saturday, November 29, 2008
The Story of The Special One !!!
This is my own story... And I call my self the special one because if you dont then no one will.
And you will come to know why i call myself that as we go along.This is kinda brief intro of the Animal's life!!
I spent all my life till now at a very beautiful and small town called Vashi, Navi Mumbai.Its adjecent to Mumbai city,only crossing the creek bridge will land you up inside Mumbai.My birth date 26th January.So lucky I am as I always have national holiday on my birthday(India celebrated republic day on 26th January).But I was very sad because of this as all my friends used to distribute sweets on their birthday and I never had an opportunity to do it on the same day.But later I realised that it was God's Gift for me.As I said earlier in the post, Vashi was a very small but emerging township during my school days.And you will come across familiar faces whenever you go to market or to any fun fare or to a movie. So though one may be not be knowing everyone by name but certainly knew each other by face.Still remember those days when the roads used to be full of mud during rainy season,everyone would rush in for a new movie in Vashi's only theatre,the two lifeline buses for Mumbai 501 and 502 and ever chocked Vashi creek bridge!!
My childhood went very smoothly under the care and watchful eyes of mom and dad.Growing along with my cousins,learnign new things and how to adjust and everything that is useful for the life.As I was a single child going to my uncle's house at Sion was a really nice experience for me.I learnt sharing and many good things abt life with all the love n care of my cousins,uncle(Baba) and aunty(Aai).Really it was a dream childhood. The God had planned the perfect start for me.
I was a bright student during my school days and secured 1st rank till 10th standard. I came out of school with flying colours being awarded as "Ideal Student".I scored good 88 percent in SSC board exams but those who know me were expecting much more.But I never gave importance to the end reasult in my life ,If the efforts that I had put in are satisfactory its always more than enough for me.
I did all my education till 10th in vernacular medium and now in college I have to deal with English.But it was not the real problem.The real problem came when I was admitted in one of the mumbai's best Junior college and I have to compete with 100 students who were certainly cream of batch and many were topper of their schools and I had to improve my English skills at the same time.Thank God again!! There were some good friends who helped me all along and even my hard work paid off.I was well settled in the new environment though still facing the difficult situation.But I am the special one and I came out of it with good marks in 12th.Not Great score but enough to secure a seat in a nearby engineering college in the central admission process.
Then I did my engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications.There also God always give me the feeling that he is always with me and nothing can go wrong!! Two times in two semesters I did not know what to write in computer programming practical exams and guess what electricity went off before the exam finished and I got saved.There were many instances as such which made me believe that someone is guarding me from above.
One more time The super power helped me... I was initially not selected in TCS palcements but later I got selected in Tata Infotech Ltd.But somehow I was unhappy that my friends wont be with me and guess what!! TIL merged with TCS and I got offer later frm TCS.I just love you the one above!! He solves all the problem for me before I could realise...
After my ILP programme at TCS I got an offer to come and join at mumbai my hometown.And that too at office merely 50 mins away from my place.And not only that the magical spell continues... I got into a support project where computer programming skills were not required. And I ended up showing great interest in work and surpassing my own expectations too.Oh certainly large share of credit goes to my team mates and seniors who groomed a freaky Kid into a reasonable resource(as they say in IT)! I learnt a lot from my collegues and they certainly have large contribution in my life.Thank You all (Ram,Karuna,Sahil,Amit,Anant,Bipul,Swati,Kiran,Monica to list a few..sorry if anyones name is missing.. But here I felt like giving the names as they made my entry into professional world really smooth!!) Again thanks to Super Power above to give me such a nice team who all cared and nurtured me.
Oh you might think that I am a very religious person..But No,I am not.The fact of the matter is I hardly visit mandirs or say any religious place ( Not visited since last 8 months).The Great One above and The Special one (thats me) have a very special relation.I just thank him from bottom of my heart when I want to and he too accepets it galdly.( Just by closing my eyes).No flowers ,No gifts Just a special friedship I have with him.I never disappoint him with my actions neither do him..Kinda mutual understanding beetween us.But I know whenever I want him he is always there for me.
This Journey till now certainly makes me feel that I am the special one indeed..And someone is taking care of me from above.I need your blessings to flow like this always!! As I feel from inside there is certain work I destined to do.Lets see how it goes on...
Thank You for makin my journey of life special....Love You All for your valuable contributions in making this journey a funfilled experience.Need your blessings too in taking it to new heights!!
And you will come to know why i call myself that as we go along.This is kinda brief intro of the Animal's life!!
I spent all my life till now at a very beautiful and small town called Vashi, Navi Mumbai.Its adjecent to Mumbai city,only crossing the creek bridge will land you up inside Mumbai.My birth date 26th January.So lucky I am as I always have national holiday on my birthday(India celebrated republic day on 26th January).But I was very sad because of this as all my friends used to distribute sweets on their birthday and I never had an opportunity to do it on the same day.But later I realised that it was God's Gift for me.As I said earlier in the post, Vashi was a very small but emerging township during my school days.And you will come across familiar faces whenever you go to market or to any fun fare or to a movie. So though one may be not be knowing everyone by name but certainly knew each other by face.Still remember those days when the roads used to be full of mud during rainy season,everyone would rush in for a new movie in Vashi's only theatre,the two lifeline buses for Mumbai 501 and 502 and ever chocked Vashi creek bridge!!
My childhood went very smoothly under the care and watchful eyes of mom and dad.Growing along with my cousins,learnign new things and how to adjust and everything that is useful for the life.As I was a single child going to my uncle's house at Sion was a really nice experience for me.I learnt sharing and many good things abt life with all the love n care of my cousins,uncle(Baba) and aunty(Aai).Really it was a dream childhood. The God had planned the perfect start for me.
I was a bright student during my school days and secured 1st rank till 10th standard. I came out of school with flying colours being awarded as "Ideal Student".I scored good 88 percent in SSC board exams but those who know me were expecting much more.But I never gave importance to the end reasult in my life ,If the efforts that I had put in are satisfactory its always more than enough for me.
I did all my education till 10th in vernacular medium and now in college I have to deal with English.But it was not the real problem.The real problem came when I was admitted in one of the mumbai's best Junior college and I have to compete with 100 students who were certainly cream of batch and many were topper of their schools and I had to improve my English skills at the same time.Thank God again!! There were some good friends who helped me all along and even my hard work paid off.I was well settled in the new environment though still facing the difficult situation.But I am the special one and I came out of it with good marks in 12th.Not Great score but enough to secure a seat in a nearby engineering college in the central admission process.
Then I did my engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications.There also God always give me the feeling that he is always with me and nothing can go wrong!! Two times in two semesters I did not know what to write in computer programming practical exams and guess what electricity went off before the exam finished and I got saved.There were many instances as such which made me believe that someone is guarding me from above.
One more time The super power helped me... I was initially not selected in TCS palcements but later I got selected in Tata Infotech Ltd.But somehow I was unhappy that my friends wont be with me and guess what!! TIL merged with TCS and I got offer later frm TCS.I just love you the one above!! He solves all the problem for me before I could realise...
After my ILP programme at TCS I got an offer to come and join at mumbai my hometown.And that too at office merely 50 mins away from my place.And not only that the magical spell continues... I got into a support project where computer programming skills were not required. And I ended up showing great interest in work and surpassing my own expectations too.Oh certainly large share of credit goes to my team mates and seniors who groomed a freaky Kid into a reasonable resource(as they say in IT)! I learnt a lot from my collegues and they certainly have large contribution in my life.Thank You all (Ram,Karuna,Sahil,Amit,Anant,Bipul,Swati,Kiran,Monica to list a few..sorry if anyones name is missing.. But here I felt like giving the names as they made my entry into professional world really smooth!!) Again thanks to Super Power above to give me such a nice team who all cared and nurtured me.
Oh you might think that I am a very religious person..But No,I am not.The fact of the matter is I hardly visit mandirs or say any religious place ( Not visited since last 8 months).The Great One above and The Special one (thats me) have a very special relation.I just thank him from bottom of my heart when I want to and he too accepets it galdly.( Just by closing my eyes).No flowers ,No gifts Just a special friedship I have with him.I never disappoint him with my actions neither do him..Kinda mutual understanding beetween us.But I know whenever I want him he is always there for me.
This Journey till now certainly makes me feel that I am the special one indeed..And someone is taking care of me from above.I need your blessings to flow like this always!! As I feel from inside there is certain work I destined to do.Lets see how it goes on...
Thank You for makin my journey of life special....Love You All for your valuable contributions in making this journey a funfilled experience.Need your blessings too in taking it to new heights!!
My First Blog
This is the time I finally decided to write a blog... Its like all my previous decisions where I followed the rest.I really feel that there should be something where you should keep noting down your thoughts before they disappear from the mind.It can really help you to grow as a person and may be you can compare your thoughts on the same, some years down the line to know the difference made by maturity,age and ever changing world surrounding you on your thinking process.May be one can judge how correct or wrong he/she was as life goes on.I have decided to write this blog to make way for my thoughts on various issues.Hope it comes out to be a joyful journey in the world of blogging!!!
Oh and about the name Animal's Blog.I really feel like I certainly prefer my animal instincts sometimes rather than my human ones.I guess they are more predicatable and relaible too.
Animal Instincts have never let me down but human instincts did.Anyways hope my blogs will be a pleasent experience for the readers.
So People.. Finally n Finally Animal is here to make his own way!!! Love you all!!!
Oh and about the name Animal's Blog.I really feel like I certainly prefer my animal instincts sometimes rather than my human ones.I guess they are more predicatable and relaible too.
Animal Instincts have never let me down but human instincts did.Anyways hope my blogs will be a pleasent experience for the readers.
So People.. Finally n Finally Animal is here to make his own way!!! Love you all!!!
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