Don't DROPOUT on Success, Embrace GAietY

I have always heard people saying that they had been meritorious students in their schools/colleges. Tales of how they have toiled hard and excelled in academics are worth hearing (sometimes). But their fairy tales go poof when while at job, either the much deserved remuneration does not come their way or there is lack of requisite recognition and appreciation. Their world goes upside down when they see others, i.e., their counterparts excelling either by hook or by crook. The most hurtful thing turns out to be the fact that these colleagues were not too serious or I must say not bookworms in their academic life cycle.

An all rounder with knowledge in multitudinous fields leap ahead in all aspects – this could have been the advice of our respected and experienced septa-octogenarian to all our brooding friends. But had I been in the age bracket of 40s-50s, along with the above advice, I would have advised one more thing. Be a school/college dropout, engage in some mindful business and voila! Here you are on the pathway leading to becoming a billionaire. To support my piece of advice, I have strong examples of college dropouts like Bill Gates (investor, programmer, co-founder Microsoft), Mark Zuckerbug (computer programmer, interent entrepreneur, co-founder Facebook), Shahid Usman Balwa (entrepreneur based in Mumbai, one of the promoters of Mumbai-based DB Group) and a school dropout too - Subhash Chandra : an Indian media mogul.

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No wonder education and knowledge comes at rescue even if you leave the centre of learning midway.

But then, I am a youngster and I acknowledge another genre apart from college dropouts that is gaining momentum and open acceptance. Before I reveal it, let me share some names - Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer), Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art), Vikram Seth (Indian novelist and poet) and Lady Gaga(American pop-singer), James Joseph, "Jim" Parsons (American actor, best known for playing Sheldon Cooper on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory). Did you get the spot?? Oops! I mean the point!!

 Are you still pondering over these bigwigs?? I don’t think so. Must have got it by now – famous and successful personalities from the LGBT community. Well, these people are acclaimed for considerable success in their field of knowledge.

Rightly said : “Knowledge is power”, but then one has to consciously attain it, decipher it, apply it instead of contemplating why grass is greener on the other side.

It’s not just all about be ‘A Gay’ or ‘be gay’ to reach the zenith of your realm, the world’s gonna bow down to your power of knowledge and actions when you are cent per cent engrossed in the sphere of your interest and  intellect to the fullest of your potential. This necessarily implies that there should be nothing to hide about your identity, your feelings and conviction for an innovative idea, however petty it may seem at its inception. And lo! The ever skeptic world would embrace you with open arms and reverential hearts.

 I guess my itchy fingers should write more often and practise signing autographs. Isn’t it what they do the best..Eh??

HAPPY DIWALI :) :)!!

Sweets, diyas and candles illuminating dark nights like a warm summer day all around!! One of the most pompous and joyous festivals is finally here!! So our blog team wishes all the readers a very happy and prosperous Deepawali! May this festival of lights light up your lives and lighten all your burdens. For it is Diwali, my itchy fingers are always in a hurry to grab sweets and unwrap gifts, yet they point out and rightly so, how this Diwali is unique.( of course besides the fact that this is the first Diwali celebration of fingersuncrossed.blogspot.com.)

I feel that this Diwali has been outlined by a blend of so many unprecedented events. Traffic jams, decorated markets, luminescence, presents are all there as always but it’s discernible from others.

The sound of the crackers has been somewhat muted by the high decibel speeches made by politicians aiming for the top posts in the assembly elections. The candle’s glittering flames seem somewhat sputtering in front of the high profile “Tihar Jail Diwali” this year, where so many influential and affluent personalities – businessmen, politicians, and filmstars turned wrongdoers would be celebrating with hardcore criminals. Enlightening experience! Eh??

Sweetness seems a little sour with riots inflaming communal tensions and tearing the peace, harmony and brotherhood into pieces and nature’s fury devouring our nation. Moreover, the creation of a separate state leading to a complete pandemonium is adding bitterness to the already sour flavour. 

The radiant festival seems to have lost its sheen as the Indian rupee is losing its glitter in the international markets hitting the consumers and traders equally.

The bliss has somewhat turned into nostalgia with a great cricket legend bidding adieu to the world of cricket : A world that was and will be his forever. Respect! 

But the joyous voices have somewhat been silenced in the “Heaven on earth” with valiant soldiers losing their precious lives when people faraway from the borders sitting in comfortable chambers take international decisions.

But if we change our viewing angle a little bit, we might also see an empowered common man, efficient judiciary and might even hear the footsteps of Goddess Lakshmi approaching silently.

Diwali, same or different has always been and will always be a fiesta of hope and gaiety. So I hope that this Deepawali illuminates our lives and enlighten us. HAPPY DIWALI!! :)

"S"parrow "C"hara "A"nd "M"onkey!!!

Flora and fauna have always been an integral component of our ecosystem. I feel NGT is keenly looking into issues and concerns (Yamuna cleaning, construction of hospital in the ridge area etc.) revolving around foliage, I would like to put my itchy finger over kingdom Animalia.

Recall the age old days when elephants were brutally killed so as to smuggle the ivory tusks. Poor ancient smugglers! They didn’t know that such gruesome act which would decrement the jumbo count wasn’t the correct way to earn their lavish livelihood. Financial gains could be earned just in their name too. After all, written proof holds more significance as compared to visual or verbal ones. I know all office goers esp. corporate professionals would definitely agree to this, nobody gets to work until a mail pops up in their inbox!!

Anyways, my point is better re-instated by the scandalous scams.

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 For instance, just in the name of livestock, esteemed politicians got involved in a fodder scam amounting to Rs.950 crores and that too on legal papers!!! Had this political acumen been used for optimal utilization of resources, India would have become the world leader in a flash. How astutely this whole thing had been designed is flabbergasting. Investigations of vehicle number plates meant to carry the purchased cows were revealed to be of scooters and cars. (Not viable to carry off cattle, as per my comprehension!!) Better known as ‘CHARA SCAM’, it has actually left the politicians with no chara as they have been shown the prison door.

On one hand,  “Monkey Gate” is making headlines getting a mention in Ricky Ponting’s biography and on the other hand monkeys are creating their own ruckus by opening gates to the free flow of liquid for another set of bilkers. Rs. 25 lac was spent in a single month buying bananas, cucumber and gram to feed the opulent arboreals. Did the officials took conservation of fauna too seriously to serve food free with gold, diamonds, Swiss watches or was the food being served as a luxurious five-star cuisine with limitless hospitality configured?

Peeping more closely across the Cloud, I found that our chief minister has declared “The House Sparrow” as the “State Bird“ for the national capital. Also, the task to recover the count of plummeting sparrows has been initiated. I think aerial observation is the need of the hour to keep the terrestrial swindlers at bay.

At last it’s time to give some respite to my itchy fingers tired of counting sparrows, Oops! I mean scams.. But you do write to us if you see any helpless stray animal around you, some official might already have a plan funded by the tax-payer's money to sort this out!!

RE-DEFINED IN REFINED WORLD!!

Quoting Sir Francis Bacon - "Knowledge is power",

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but it seems that this pearl has been lost amidst precarious pile of books gathering dust in prized book-shelves. What sounds prevalent (to me) today is:

Time is money!

Money is power!

Power tends to corruption!!

Okay! Many of you might think that I am going a little overboard here but just pause and ponder if the old adages or even older versions of stuff (moral values, designations etc.) hold the same purport today.

For instance: 

1. "Does gold seem glittery these days?" Besides bringing a teary twinkle in the eye, this sparkle has somewhat lost its sheen by burning a huge hole in our already contracting pockets.

2. Is "Honesty the best policy" really? Won't you think a hundred times before being honest after seeing how an iron-willed officer was inculpated for exposing the sand mafia for just doing her job she was supposed to.

3. "Speech is silver, silence is gold". But doesn't the silence of high political authority in India echo everywhere like a crass cacophony?

4. "It’s my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best we can". Does this conviction seem that absolute nowadays? Twist of fate or harsh truth, the world doesn't feel like the protégé of Uncle Sam anymore! A superpower that has an opinion about almost everything, soldiers and drones spread across the world, gargantuan money power blah blah, but caught in an impasse! Chalo! “Time and tide waits for none” still seems a bit prevalent.

5. "Practise what you preach" seems totally absurd. Forget what preachers preach, it’s time to preach them to practise humanity. We have our nation's very own latest self-styled Godman turning into a ghastly beast making headlines these days and eroding the faith of millions in 'teachings and values' they stood for!

6. "An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind" as per Mahatma Gandhi's prominent quote on peace. It’s an apathy that we still haven’t understood its essence as we aren't ready to give a piece of mind to recurring conflicts, uprisings, sectarian/religion-based violence. I guess the recent riots in Muzaffarnagar and the in vogue caste politics give us a clear insight. 

But not all is lost. The axiom that stands out totally is : "You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest" with scams (2G, 3G, sand, coalgate, fodder and counting) erupting faster than the speed of light and politicians being shown coop at a snail's pace though. But you know that, "slow and steady wins the race".

I rest my pen here for I think my itchy fingers have pointed out my thoughts, I hope without pointing my fingers at anybody.

WATCH OUT!!!!

Everyday technology ranging from televisions, microwaves, washing machines, dish washers etc. are turning smarter. Have any vintage stuff that you can’t do without, a few technological touch-ups and voila! You have a smart version of some real cool stuff at your disposal. These days, we have a new range of device popping up – THE SMART WATCHES.

As per my prowess in biology, they use smart phones as their hosts particularly as the Reservoir host. Smart watches are liable to do much more than an ordinary wrist watch. So gear up to ask someone more smart a question rather than a simple “Time by his watch”, for now it’s going to be a time-out for the prosaic ones. I’ll just jot down few jargons and activities that are now going to change the definition of an hourglass.

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It may sound puzzling, but the next time you see a person speaking to his wrist, don’t mistake him to be insane or demented. He has just strapped one of those watches to his wrist which is helping him send (receive) sound signals to his loved ones. Some brands also allow message exchange through it. Ahh! I forgot to cite that major tech giants like Google, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Apple, Qualcomm, Pebble etc. have entered this arena to play with time.

Coming to the key specs: it will have a large screen, either with the conventional buttons or ultramodern full touch support. It adorns itself in riveting colours too which might be in resonance with your wardrobe. This one’s more suitable for gals out there!!! Neither is it bulky nor obese, thus enabling it to come into the category of comfortable wearable gadgets. Powered with numerous Apps running on multiple operating systems, it’s enough to satiate an App freak’s appetite. It comes in handy to health and fitness conscious generation too keeping up with the busy lives that most of us lead today. It has a Heart rate monitor, Cadence sensor etc. to keep your health parameters noted. Aptly in time, no!! GPS for navigation purpose could prove really helpful in times of need. I believe camera, thermometer, compass, chronograph, calculator are just a few characteristics that one can long for in these skilled timekeepers.

As the chronometer is on the road to revamp, I wish it could do more than just being a wearable computer. If it could let me travel my timeline and relive the past moments with the same emotion (after all, it’s smart, so should be able to set the mood!!!). And for that matter, if it could help students to hold the time from passing by rapidly in a time bound examination!!! What say!! Share more that you want from your SMARTWATCH!!!

Well! This time my itchy fingers are not pointing towards anything but are itching to get my hands on a smart watch shortly.

I can just say that the clock is ticking for a timeless change in no time. I mean, who knows my coming blog posts might be posted from a smart watch. Waiting for your comments from a SMART TIMER!!!