Hello Doctor, Dil ki Chori ho Gayi !!!

Scene 1:

One of my friends called 2 days back and said "kahan hai"?
I replied"Ghar pe".
Ok ,theek hai.
What happened?
Kuch nahin.
You called rite?What's it?
Yaar, I having pain in my chest.
Watttt?Kahan hai?I am coming...

Scene 2:
Fortis
(Somehow I have this Love/hate relationship with these Private Hospitals...
You know you will get best treatment out there and needn't worry but at the same time my socialist part keep wondering about the scenario 'if there were no Govt Hospitals,these people would have looted/robbed us of every single penny)
Imagine a guy sitting at reception of a Big Private Hospital saying to an elderly person whose son is battling for life.
Sir,we have package deals here.
2 days,3 nights its Rs 20,000 Taxes Extra:) and 3 days,4 nights you get our special customer discount of 3%.(As if I am gonna be their permanent customer or wat?).
Hospitals are meant for healthcare.Nobody really want to visit them...

Neways,we went inside...
Straight to Emergency.
The lady doctor asked "You from Software Industry".
And Bang....
All sorts of tests were done on him...ECGs(Twice),blood pressure,and that small TV like equipment which keep showing all your cardio stats...
Told to reduce stress,take it easy,improve lifestyle...blah-2.You from S/w industry--smoking must be a permanent feature.Stop it.I mean people have so many misconceptions about IT industry.It is just like any other profession.And if some people don't have proper Work-life balance you can't put the whole IT industry under scanner.
Personally I feel,IT walahs are among the most vehlas of the Lot.(More on it later ,if I get time)

Neways:
Scene 3:
Diagnosis--Acidity:).That was the only funny part.
They gave him injections for that and not the usual stuff 'ENO' etc.I really was angry when they told me that the injection was for Acidity.But then we ourselves have put our lives in their hands and their hands in our Pockets:)

Even after that another ECG was done to be xtra sure.I don't mind it.
We are living away from our parents.And health should be our utmost priority.
But it was evident that it was just to increase the bill and prolong my friend's stay.(Nurses were talking in hush...he has acidity but how can we let him go so early...:-|)Their performance appraisal was at stake I s'pose...

Chalo,everything went well.We heaved a sigh of relief.Went straight back home.

During those 2 hours,I thought Is what all I am doing worth it?
What if something happens to me tomorrow,Just Like that...chutki baja ke...:)Kahani khatam,paisa ..woh to kabhi aaya hi nahin:)
All this fight for colleges,High salary,better life...
And it has really put me to think beyond the present things.

We all are sacrificing our present for want of better future.
Will the future be better,I dunno...Thats a debate again...Its a mad race out there.
But our presents definitely are suffering...And what for?
Seriously ...What for?And I am stil thinking.

So a bit piece of advice:(I am sounding like a consultant ;) abhi se...)

Khao Peo aish karo mitron...
Dil par kisi da dukhayo na!!!

Save some money for emergencies.
Take care of your health.Don't let go the precious moments/family members/friends/girl friends(Ok nahin hai to.. try-2-2-2 again) you have.Enjoy your Life!

All these fights,Egos, are meaningless.Most of the times we don't realize the importance of the persons in our lives.Take them for granted.Its only when they are outta it,we come to know what an important and precious part of heart they were...
But then you can't do anything about it.
So as my friend Tushi..says it...Bhaiiiii..What is Life?Life is an Irony.

Luv u all
-Rajan

Some Open Sourcing Gyaan

Again some very Simplistic info about Open Source.

I always used to wonder from where the Open Source Companies are earning their revenues.
Got the Privilege to work for one as my client.Sun Microsystems Inc is a pioneer in the Open Source Arena.
And now some understanding is begining to dawn upon me.

What is Open Source?

Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.(Courtsey www.opensource.org)

Here are features of it:

1.) We have free software to use.No dependence on an expensive or monopolistic vendor(Like MS WIndows used to had before Linux grabbed the market).

2.)There are a lot of brilliant people who work for the development of the product,which the company otherwise cannot employ(they either want to work independently or the company can't afford them).Its a distributive environment where employees from a company work with Open source communities to develop.test the product.

3.)People have emotional attachment to the product.Main reason Java was a hit because so many people actually worked and proposed changes.It became a programmers' language.

4.)Though it is difficult to manage change in this scenario,it leads to innovation with so many brains working.

5.)Profits...now where do profits come from?We are not here for charity.We need to pay our employees too.
An example for Mozilla will make things clear.
Mozilla earns triple amount in revenues than its expenses from Google alone by placing a link to Google on its task bar.
Other business models may include --End to end services -professional licensing,maintenance,trainings,development courses etc...This is how the Open Source Companies make profits or stay afloat.

6.)Free distribution of software/product leads to more usage and improves the subscriber base.Mozilla now has 15 percent of market share in internet browsing despite the fact that it is not shippable with hardware machines.
So it is an independent decision on part of consumer to see...

And just an after thought.May be in future some of our IP related problems are solved by this model...(Need to check on this though)

What is the Problem with India?

What is the problem with India?

Came across this thread on pg.com.
Thought a bit and here I am after a long hibernation!!!

India is a young country.
We are just 60 years old and aroung 450 million of our population is below 24 years of age.(Please chk the figure)...

So if we can give a country like USA,time which has been free and on her path for 200 years,I think we ought to give India her time also.

The problem I think not lies in our doings but in what we do.
We as a nation lack a VISION.
There is no driving force which binds us all together towards a common goal.

See from the past,whenever we are united(by Kings or leaders) we have ruled the world or beaten it...

Take for example---Ashoka,Gupta Dynasty,Akbar period and lately Mahatma Gandhi's quest to unite the country...

These were periods where the whole country came together under a single umbrella and for a common cause...

Ancient kings should be given due credit for this unification.
Their motives may be imperialistic in nature but they helped us a nation.
They had a vision for a United India...

Mahatma's success was largely based on this.He gave masses at large a Vision.
When even a poor farmer from deep pockets of rural India knows that British are evil and driven out of this country,naturally his Karma(all his energy is concentrated towards that vision)...

We got united and we got Freedom.

Alas!Due to vested political interests(will write more on this),again divisons were there and we could not progress.

As there was not a defined path for us as a Nation to take,it took to confusiona and chaos.

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam did try and gave us India 2020 vision.
And see all our Govt policies are directed in that way.
If China can do it by vision of Mao,why not India?

So I agree in Principle with Hameed that we need Thinkers.
But what Apurv is saying becomes more relevant in this case as we need thinkers who know the Ground Realities.They should not be the ones who are sitting in plush corporate rooms but  should be ones who have risen from the masses,who have seen it and understand the problems.

I would have expected more from Dhirubhai Ambani to do for masses than his sons because he was there with Bharat,while his sons were always in India....


Much more can be said on what went wrong and how we can recitify our follies.
Lets keep pouring...

p.s. Apurv is a moderator of pg.com and Hameed is one who started this.