Bitter Truth!

Just felt like putting down here somethings that moved me a little today.

This I saw on the news. An Indian army man was killed in an encounter with terrorists at the border. He got a state funeral. And by the way, his dad too was in the army, retired now.
But when his parents went to the authorities to claim the compensation they were promised, guess what happened! Well it seems like this can happen only in our country!!!
They were told that they were not Indians and they needed to prove otherwise! Can you imagine their plight. The father all his life served the Indian army. The son gave up his life for the same. And then hearing this, the world must have come crashing down on them. When will things work right in this world???

Another thing that took me aback. According to latest statistics, every minute, 4 people are losing their jobs in India. Also, the latest place to be affected by the recession is the Gulf. Thousands are being laid off everyday. And Indians comprise of more than 50% of the workforce there. So with so many coming back to India now, we have a bigger problem on our hands that we originally thought!

What is the world coming too!!!

Good Samaritans!

We all relate the term “Good Samaritans” to humans being extra nice and helping fellow humans. Usually that is. How often do we go out of out way to help a poor helpless animal.

Well there still are some people in this world who do that, mind you! And I didn’t have to go very far to experience this gesture. And what I was witness to, made my day.

I live in a society which houses around 16 buildings. This morning I was walking down to a shop to buy some food essentials. On the way what do I see? A cute tiny kitten was trapped on a small ledge on the 2nd floor of one of the buildings. It was crawling to the edge, looking down in disbelief and backing off, fright written all over its face. Below there were a few shops and offices and the hustle bustle of people going around with their daily busy chores and routine.

Suddenly one man noticed this kitten crying for help on the ledge. He was astonished. He called a few others from around who saw the kitten and felt real bad. After some discussion and pondering, a few people walked away and went back to their work, thinking, what the heck, a kitten isn’t that important and I need to get back to my work. But a few good souls stayed back, a few more people joined in. And soon there was a large group of around 10+ people, all looking up. It seemed like a gang of people viewing some marvelous spectacle in the heavens above.

Then someone got a bright idea of getting a ladder. This ladder was put against the building wall and one person bravely volunteered to climb up to the 2nd floor from out, When he reached the top (you could make out he had his heart in his mouth), after much difficulty due to the kitten backing off, he grabbed. Now the kitten with fright started clawing him. The poor guy had his shirt all poked and torn due to that. He didn’t give up. He grabbed it, and then was even more frightened descending down the flimsy ladder with a frightened clawy kitten in his face. Somehow he struggled but managed to come down, much to the cheers of the crowd.
The happiness didn’t end there. This was surely a kitten who lost her family and was lost herself. A young girl staying nearby (a definite animal lover), volunteered to take the kitten home. A perfect ending to what could have been a tragic incident.
Life can be like that sometimes. In a problem, we may find a surprisingly unexpected solution and achieve things otherwise we wouldn’t have dreamt of. Also it teaches us, with a little love, this world can be such a better place.

Cheers!

Goodbye 2008

It's the end of another year, and what a year it has been. To put it simply, a mixed bag.

The year started off quietly, my relatives who had come down for Christmas & New Year were still around. After the celebrations they were touring different places in India. So back here it was pretty quiet. We all here got back to our daily routine, work, home and the other monotonous stuff.

Things went all as usual. During the course of the year my friendship with 2 people became really strong. I knew them from before, but we struck a great bonding this year, and hopefully it will last forever :-)

The 2nd half of the year got bad for me professionally. Friction at work, the new management not liking the way we people who were there from before worked. Led to many issues, some unavoidable, some fabricated. In a few months time things became so bad that I decided to quit from there. Infact my last day was just this month, a few days back.

2009 looks good. I have started doing some freelance work at home. Also will take up a job in Jan and then will do both the job and freelance together. So professionally things are looking up. Personally I need to sort a lot of things and hopefully they will be ironed out soon for my own good.

All in all 2008 was an ok year, professional change, some personal issues and bonding with few people who really love and care for me a lot and vice verca.

The image with this article is a bullet, it symbolizes that 2008 hit me a bit with negative things, some positive things came too and it's fast going into what i see as a great next year.

So, goodbye 2008 and Cheers to a New and Happy n Fruitful 2009 :-)

Awesome Threesome

The first blog had to be dedicated to my awesome two buddies who have always stood by me in thick and thin. We know each other from a couple of years now, but it's from the past 6 months that we have really hit it together and get along really well. It just happened, nothing planned.
It is said that best friends are actually the siblings that God forgot to give us, and with this example I truly believe in that. We come from different backgrounds but that does not show one bit when we're together. Always having a ball of a time. We three have our different set of problems, and it's being there for each other that makes us strong and carry on.
Let me keep this simple by ending here and saluting my 2 buddies .... God Bless you both ALWAYS :-)