The valentine gift..

It was 12:00 am on 13th February and he was busy with his assignments.. Hell!!! this academic life was taking it out of him.. the only ray of hope..the next day was valentine's day and all of sudden he was feeling blissfully happy when he thought of the gift he had planned to give her.. He could not stop thinking about it as he got back to completing his assignment.

Finally the day had arrived, his plan was perfect..or atleast he thought it was. The gift was there and so was the message... he went over to her place. She was all dressed up and how he admired her beauty..felt as if she was dressed up only for him and he felt lucky for finding her.

Should I give the gift first or read out the message..he kept deliberating... She said, "cmon wats it? my date is waiting.. cant keep him waiting today.. hez the best thing that ever happened to me"...

As he stood there shell-shocked, she walked out on him on valentine's day......

Valentine's Day......

Hello everyone!!! Herez some advice ahead of valentine's day... I wish to say that I am no expert on the subject of love as I spend most of my time at the stock-exchange, but there are uncanny similarities between the subjects...So here is my take

Your valentine and your stock asset have atleast one similarity, you always feel that, if you had waited a little long you would get better returns... :-) Don't use this reason to hold you back this valentine's day, this is right time to invest (propose) and don't wait for the markets to appreciate and make to difficult for individual investors like yourself. Also don't think about short term investment in this market as it leaves you poorer, if you are a long term investor then take a jump else stay out of the market. This market does not appreciate your diversified portfolio, your stocks will lose value if you have a diversified portfolio.

Market advice: Don't judge the stocks on face value but think about the long time profitability because face value depreciates and profitability appreciates with passage of time.

Finally the disclaimer, "This is subject to market risk, please read the offer document and red-herring prospectus before investing..."

--- A Stock-broker

When Bombay became Mumbai.....

"E dil hain mushkil jeena yahan, zara hatke..zara bachke.. yeh hain bombay meri jaan"... the melodious song from CID summarizing the life and times of good old Bombay...

In 1994 the world saw demise of a wonderful city named Bombay and the era of Mumbai had arrived... well both mean the same... coz the local name for bombay was mumbai... infact mumbai is close to heart than the anglicized 'bombay' ... but the event of rechristening bombay was a black day in history of India as it was proved successfully that people are so gullible that anyone can play the regionalism card and take the focus off many a shortcomings present in the society... many cities followed suit...and thus came the advent of Chennai , Kolkata, dont even get me started on Karnataka's very own Bengalooru which is a crap idea to say the least .

I have called it a demise of Bombay because after this, successive governments have failed the mega-city time after time and when cornered for slack performance, they have re-named one more important junction / station /centre /fly-over after Chhatrapati Shivaji and got away scott free on bad performance blame... Who is to blame for this ? We as the citizens of Bombay never stopped the khadi-clad citizens from thugging us in name of regionalism... Infact we are not only gullible but also lazy..we want to sublet our resources to laborers from outside and enjoy the income generated by their hard work.. and when these laborers claim their rightful share of the city we beat them up in name of regionalism...

How can you set claim on the city which you have never loved... just the fact that you were born in bombay does not give you the right to rape the city... The next time you take up arms against outsider taking away a job/resource from you, take a moment to think what have you given to this city which has given you innumerable opportunities to make a living and succeed in life.


-- An outside admirer of Bombay

PS: I have used the word Bombay mostly because I liked it when Mumbai was Bombay and everyone was welcome... I hope someday mumbai becomes bombay again..

Why me....?

This post is dedicated to a friend of mine for some wonderful thoughts she presented... I have used it here for the merit it presents.

I was discussing an incident with a friend of mine where I felt I was unfairly treated by life and was saying the phrase, God!!! why me? To this, she told me a story about Arthur Ashe and the famous question asked to him.

Arthur Ashe, better known for his exploits on the tennis field had to undergo two heart surgeries. He was shocked when he found out that things had gone horribly wrong and he had contracted HIV during the blood transfusions he had received during one of his two heart surgeries. He and his wife kept his illness private for a long time because of the stigma attached. When reports that the newspaper USA Today was about to publish a story about his condition, he was forced to make a public announcement that he had the disease. During the last year of his life, Arthur Ashe did much to call attention to AIDS sufferers worldwide. Two months before his death, he founded the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, to help address issues of inadequate health care delivery. During the opening ceremony, he was questioned by a journalist as to did he ever feel , God!!! why me??

His reply was classic, "I never said God!! why me?? when I won all those Grand Slams so why should I now?"

It made a lot of sense to me, I never complained when I was showered with all the good fortune, then why complain in face of slightest adversity...

Hope we learnt something today... Until next time...

Best things are right there.....

All my life I searched for it and it was with me all the while... these are the sentiments of musk deers who spend entire life following the perfume emanating from the musk and never get to it.. truth is, musk is stored in their navel... for all the people thinking, Dude.. thats dumb.... lemme tell you most of us do similar things in the span of our life time....

The next time you sit and feel miserable over losing someone, take a moment to look around you.. the best of people who care the most for you will be right there with you... and if you recognize them, your quest suddenly vanishes..

I was on similar path, but now that I have realized will not spend the rest of my life this way and live to rue it someday.... Time has come to act..and act fast...

Until next time......