The Painter!!

The Painter!!

Once upon a time there was a painter who had just completed his course under disciple hood of a great painter. This young artist decided to assess his skills of skills so he decided to give his best strokes on the canvass. He took 3 days and painted beautiful scenery. Suddenly an idea flashed in his mind and he decided to display it on a busy street-square of that small town he was resident of. He wanted people's opinion about his caliber and painting skills. He put his creation at a busy street-crossing. And just down below a board which read-"Gentlemen, I have painted this piece. Since I'm new to this profession I might have committed some mistakes in my
strokes etc. Please put a cross wherever you see a mistake."

While he came back in the evening to collect his painting he was completely shattered to see that whole canvass was filled with Xs (crosses) and some people had even written their comments on the painting. Disheartened and broken completely he ran to his master's place and burst into tears.

Sobbing and crying inconsolably he told his master about what happened and showed the pathetic state of his creation which was filled with marks everywhere. Such was the state that colors were not visible, only things one could see were crosses and correction remarks.

This young artist was breathing heavily and master heard him saying "I'm useless and if this is what I have learnt to paint I'm not worth becoming a painter. People have rejected me completely. I feel like dying" Master smiled and suggested "My Son, I will prove that you
are a great artist and have learnt a flawless painting." Young disciple couldn't believe it and said "I have lost faith in me and I don't think I am good enough. Don't make false hopes..." "Do as I say without questioning it. It WILL work." Master interrupted him. "Just paint exactly similar
painting once again for me and give it to me. Will you do that for your master?" Master instructed.

Young artist reluctantly agreed and two days later early morning he presented a replica of his earlier painting to his master. Master took that gracefully and smiled. "Come with me." master said. They reached the same street-square early morning and displayed the same painting exactly at the same place. Now master took out another board which read -"Gentlemen, I
have painted this piece. Since I'm new to this profession I might have committed some mistakes in my strokes etc. I have put a box with colors and brushes just below. Please do a favor. If you see a mistake, kindly pick up the brush and correct it." Master and disciple walked back home.

They both visited the place same evening. Young painter was surprised to see that actually there was not a single correction done so far. But master wasn't satisfied as yet and he told his disciple "May be one day was too little a time for people to come up with ideas and take out time out of
their busy schedules to correct it so let us keep it here for one more day. Tomorrow is Sunday, so we can expect some corrections coming in." Next day again they visited and found painting remained untouched. They say the painting was kept there for a month for no correction came in!

It is easier to criticize, but difficult to improve. If you want to help people improve their behavior it is worth investing your effort in learning how to help people change their behaviors, attitudes and skills. Also, always remember not to get carried away or judge yourself by someone else's
criticism and feel depressed as you are the best judge to judge yourself. Take Criticism in your stride, consider those which are genuine and implement those which you think is the best to improve you as a person!!!!

The Butterfly

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.

The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We could never fly !

The Alternate Dictionary

CIGARETTE: A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one endand a fool at the other!

MARRIAGE: It's an agreement wherein a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her master

DIVORCE: Future Tense of Marriage

LECTURE: An art of transmitting Information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of students without passing through the minds of either

CONFERENCE: The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present

COMPROMISE: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece

TEARS: The hydraulic force by which masculine will power is defeated by feminine water-power!

DICTIONARY: A place where divorce comes before marriage

CONFERENCE ROOM: A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on

ECSTASY: A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you have never felt before

CLASSIC: A book which people praise, but never read

SMILE: A curve that can set a lot of things straight!

OFFICE: A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life

YAWN: The only time when some married men ever get to open their mouth

ETC: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do

COMMITTEE: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together

EXPERIENCE: The name men give to their Mistakes

ATOM BOMB: An invention to bring an end to all inventions

PHILOSOPHER: A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead

DIPLOMAT: A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip

OPPORTUNIST: A person who starts taking bath if he accidentally falls into a river

OPTIMIST: A person who while falling from EIFFEL TOWER says in midway "SEE I AM NOT INJURED YET!"

PESSIMIST: A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO, Instead of the first letter in OPPORTUNITY

MISER: A person who lives poor so that he can die RICH!

FATHER: A banker provided by nature

CRIMINAL: A guy no different from the other, unless he gets caught

BOSS: Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early

POLITICIAN: One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence Later

DOCTOR: A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by bills

Beauty of Mathematics !!!!!!!

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Brilliant, isn't it?

And look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321



Now, take a look at this...


101%



From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:



What Equals 100%?
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

We have all been in situations where someone wants you to
GIVE OVER 100%.

How about ACHIEVING 101%?


What equals 100% in life?


Here's a little mathematical formula that might help
answer these questions:


If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.


If:


H-A-R-D-W-O- R- K

8+1+18+4+23+ 15+18+11 = 98%


And:

K-N-O-W-L-E- D-G-E

11+14+15+23+ 12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96%


But:

A-T-T-I-T-U- D-E

1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100%



THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:



L-O-V-E-O-F- G-O-D

12+15+22+5+15+ 6+7+15+4 = 101%


Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will
get you there, It's the Love of God that will put you over the top!

Nanubhai's views on the Lehman crisis.......

Happened to run in to Nanubhai on Dalal Street . He was eating Khaman
Dhokla at a farsan shop.

'Kame cho, Nanubhai?'

'Saru che.'

He was looking glum but gestured me to join him.

Nanubhai is a well-respected Dalal Street dada with an answer to
everyshareholder's query.

'What went wrong with Lehman Brothers?' I asked.

'Lots of things. If the founder brothers, Henry, Emanuel and Mayer were
alive this wouldn't have happened. Lehman Brothers were more than a
150-year-old company. But yet, it had no Lehman in the company. Such a
situation can never happen in India .'

'Are you trying to tell me an Indian would have handled this differently?'


'Bilkul. If it was an Indian firm, Lehman Brothers would have fought as
soon as their father died and divided in to three companies. They would
have diversified into clothing, polystyrene, petrochemicals, vegetables,
movie making, telecom, drilling oil, mobile phones, retailing, books,
spectacles, gyms, wellness. In short, anything and everything under the
sun. They would have made money for themselves and their shareholders.'

'But when there is massive failure there would be no option but to file for
bankruptcy?'

'Fail-wail chance hi nahin! Even if they encounter tough times, they would
have friends like Mulayam Singh and Amar Singh to bail them out. They could
finish off competition by befriending the finance minister and getting
duties levied on the imports of competition. They would fund and befriend
ruling parties. Unfortunately for Lehman Brothers in 2008, without a Lehman
on the board or some Indian business brothers at the top, they couldn't
open the survival kit to stay afloat.'

As we were sipping double kadak chai, I asked: 'Did anybody anticipate this
global meltdown?'



'Anticipate? Mazak chodo! I will tell you something. America has some 45
Nobel laureates in economics from 1970. From 2000 alone there are 15 Nobel
laureates in econometrics sitting on company boards, treasury benches and
in places like Harvard, Stanford etc. Kisiko kuch patha nahin tha! How come
none of these had any inkling to the disaster awaiting the banking circles
all over the world? Even the finance ministers of G-7 talked of strong
'fundamentals' of world economy around this time last year! Two months back
the only topic they were discussing was the rise in oil prices.'

'What will happen if it goes all on like this?'

'Some American economist will study this, write a new a theory and get
Nobel Prize next year, dekhna. Seriously, they forgot things like control,
double check, systems-in-place etc and brought in vague words like
Subprimes to give loans left, right and centre.'

'What will happen to the Indian market?'

'It's already having the Lehman Brothers' effect. Our finance minister
seems to like the figure 60,000. While presenting the budget earlier in the
year he pledged Rs 60,000 crore to write off loans given to farmers.

Now he is pumping Rs 60,000 crore to help out the banks! I don't know what
he will do next. He is again from Harvard!'

'What is the lesson to be learnt from the Lehman Brothers' episode?' I
asked as we were leaving.

Nanubhai took a spoonful of saunf and said: 'You know, we have an old
elementary rule for keeping hisab-kithab. Divide a page into 'Left' and
'Right' with a line in the middle to denote Debit and Credit. In case of
Lehman Brothers, nothing was right in the 'Left' and nothing was left in
the 'Right'.

HUMOUR FOR LEXOPHILES (LOVERS OF WORDS)

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

Police were called to a day care center where a three-year-old was
resisting a rest.

Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He is all
right now.

The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.

The butcher backed up into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his
work.

To write with a broken pencil is pointless.

When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.

The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at
large.

A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.

A thief fell and broke his leg in wet cement. He became a hardened
criminal.

Thieves who steal corn from a garden could be charged with stalking.

We'll never run out of math teachers because they always multiply.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles , U.C.L.A.

The math professor went crazy with the blackboard so he did a number on it.

The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes was on shaky
ground.

The dead batteries were given out free of charge.

If you take a laptop computer for a run you could jog your memory.

A dentist and a manicurist fought tooth and nail.

A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.

A will is a dead giveaway.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

A backward poet writes inverse.

In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count
that votes.

A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.

If you don't pay your exorcist you can get repossessed.

With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.

Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.

The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine was fully recovered.

A grenade fell onto a kitchen floor in France , resulted in Linoleum
Blownapart.

You are stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

Local Area Network in Australia : The LAN down under.

He broke into song because he couldn't find the key.

A calendar's days are numbered.

A lot of money is tainted: 'Taint yours, and 'taint mine.

A boiled egg is hard to beat.

He had a photographic memory which was never developed.

A plateau is a high form of flattery.

Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.

When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.

If you jump off a Paris bridge, you are in Seine .

When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.

Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

Acupuncture : a jab well done.

Happy Thanksliving!

Happy Thanksliving!

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip , the father asked his son , "How was the trip?"

"It was great, Dad."

"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.

"Oh yeah, " said the son.

"So- tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father. The son answered:

"I saw that we have one dog and they had four.

We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.

We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.

Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.

We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.

We buy our food, but they grow theirs.

We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."

The boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added , "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!

Pass this on to friends and acquaintances and help them refresh their perspective and appreciation.

"Life is too short and good friends are too few."

Happy New Year

COW Theory and the world...

Got this from some one on facebook

TRADITIONAL ECONOMICS,
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies and the economy grows.
You retire on the income.

INDIAN ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You worship them.

PAKISTAN ECONOMICS
You don't have any cows.
You claim that the Indian cows belong to you.
You ask the US for financial aid, China for military aid, Britain for warplanes, Italy for machines, Germany for technology, France for submarines, Switzerland for loans, Russia for drugs and Japan for equipment. You buy the cows with all this and claim of exploitation by the world.

AMERICAN ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
You profess surprise when the cow drops dead. You put the blame on some nation with cows & naturally that nation will be a danger to mankind. You wage a war to save the world and grab the cows.

FRENCH ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.

GERMAN ECONOMICS
You have two cows. You reengineer them so that they live for 100 years, eat once a month and milk themselves.

BRITISH ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
They are both mad.

ITALIAN ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You don't know where they are. You break for lunch.

SWISS ECONOMICS
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you.
You charge others for storing them.

JAPANESE ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You redesign them so that they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
You then create cute cartoon cow images called Cowkimon and market them worldwide.

RUSSIAN ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
You count them again and learn you have 17 cows.
You give up counting and open another bottle of vodka.

CHINESE ECONOMICS
You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them.
You claim full employment, high bovine productivity and arrest anyone reporting the actual numbers.

SRI LANKAN ECONOMICS
You have a cow and a bull, you let the cow be president and the bull be prime minister and let them blame each other for the state the country is in.

The Momment before the pain begins

India

The Himalayas (meaning : "home of snow") are the highest range of mountains in the world.

 

When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers 5,000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley.

 

Varanasi is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

 

India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented ZERO.

 

Infinity was well known for ancient Indians. Bhaskaracharya II in Beejaganitha has given clear explanation with examples for infinity.

 

Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India.

 

Sanskrit was the classical language of India, older than Hebrew and Latin.

 

According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.

 

The word "navy" is derived from Sanskrit "Nou".

 

The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5,000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word " Navgatih".

 

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Surgeries like cesarean, cataract, fractures and urinary stones were possible in India 2,600 years ago.

 

USA based IEEE has proved that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

 

The creator of Pentium chip is an Indian – Vinod Dham. 90% of today's computers run on it.

 

Hero Honda with 1.7M motorcycles a year is now the largest motorcycle manufacturer is the world.

 

Bharat Forge has the world's largest single-location forging facility, it's clients include Honda, Toyota and Volvo amongst others.

 

India's telecom infrastructure between Chennai, Mumbai and Singapore provides the largest bandwidth capacity in the world

 

India is among six countries that launch satellites and do so even for Germany, Belgium, South Korea, Singapore and EU countries.

 

Estimated total amount of treasure that the British looted from India is $ 1 Trillion taking into consideration interest rate and inflation.

 

According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.

 

About 9 out of 10 diamond stones sold anywhere in the world pass through India.

 

India was once the richest empire on earth .

 

India never invaded any country in her last 1,000 years of history.

 

Cna yuo raed tihs?

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too.  

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Has life Begun

Happens all so sudden
As the madness surrounds
Million twisting miles of thought
The predicament of an exit unfound

Walking through the door
The world fades to dust
Only space no confines
Just life no lust

All that never was
In ways more than one
Presents itself to thee
Has life begun??

Embark on this journey today
Never knowing when it will be gone
The truth will forever remain
Much longer than long

See it unfold
And open thy wings
One flight you deserve
Be if it so frightening

Sound of colours will remain
For the light that hit thy mind
Screaming out loud
Make you blind

What a bliss
To know not what is
To hide behind a curtain
With no one to unveil

Fall will it
That day will be one
Open your eyes
Has life begun?

Amazing facts

Have a look at this

Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP)

Monthly Salary : 12,000

Expense for Constitution per month : 10,000

Office expenditure per month : 14,000

Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : 48,000 ( eg.For a visit from kerala to Delhi & return: 6000 km)

Daily DA TA during parliament meets : 500/day

Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train: Free (For any number of times)
(All over India )

Charge for Business Class in flights : Free for 40 trips / year (With wife or P.A.)

Rent for MP hostel at Delhi : Free

Electricity costs at home : Free up to 50,000 units

Local phone call charge : Free up to 1,70,000 calls.

TOTAL expense for a MP [having no qualification] per year : 32,00,000 [i.e. 2.66 lakh/month]

TOTAL expense for 5 years : 1,60,00,000

For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years :
8,54,40,00,000 (nearly 855 crores)

AND THE PRIME MINISTER IS ASKING THE HIGHLY QUALIFIED, OUT PERFORMING CEOs TO CUT DOWN THEIR SALARIES…..

AND OUR FINANCE MINISTER INTRODUCES TAXES

AS THOUGH IT IS HIS HARD EARNED MONEY

AND

POLITICIANS LIVE IN A FOOL PARADISE

This is how all our tax money is been swallowed and price hike on our regular commodities.......

And this is the present condition of our country: as millions live their lives without two square meals a day....

855 crores could make their life livable !!
Think of the great democracy we have.............
PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ALL REAL CITIZENS OF INDIA ..
but,
STILL Proud to be INDIAN