Inflation...

What is inflation?It is in headlines in every newspaper/media and is being considered as the biggest threat for UPA Govt losing elections.
Lets try to understand some things about it.

Definition: Inflation in simple terms is the measure of the Price hike of certain necessary commodities of daily use.
If the inflation is high,we say that the prices of the things we purchase are on high.It is calculated on annual basis as percentage increase or decrease of a particular index(In India we use WPI)

How is it calculated: We have an index WPI(Wholesale Price Index),which is the measure of wholesale prices of a basket of goods/basic items like food items,Fuel etc.

A base value is set(Lets say 100 for year 1978).There would be ups and downs in the prices of goods.WPI would capture that.
And inflation is simply the %age increase/decrease of WPI.

Now is inflation all Bad?
And the Govt should try to have zero or -ve inflation?
The answer is NO!!!

Lets see the reason.Suppose,the Govt needs to set up a capital intensive project.It would require a huge investment on it.
May be moneytization(Printing of currency,borrowings etc).The money comes in the market.People now have more capital at their disposal(Liquidity).They can buy more.(Greater Purchasing Power)Demand increases.Supply is constant.So naturally prices will increase.Result Inflation rises...So inflation is a by Product of any Growth oriented economy.If you want growth,inflation would be there.
We can't have Growth and Inflation mutually exclusive.
Over a period of time,my Project will start giving returns.A break even point and after that Profits only.

So a +ve inflation is necessary for the growth purposes.

Impact: Organised Private sector (Read IT,corporate have good salaries)...Rich class no effect.
Govt employees get DA(Dearness Allowance)...The major affected party is the Poor Indians.People below poverty line.
They won't be able to buy even the basic necessities.
So Govt should try to curb inflation.

Tools to Control inflation: RBI ha smany monetary tools to control inflation.One is to increase the interest rates at which it lends to the Banks.Since getting money is now expensive :) so less capital.People will buy less.Again Supply -Demand Scenario and prices will fall.
SLR-Statutory Liquidity Ratio...%age of total deposits which banks need to deposit with the RBI.If SLR ratio is increased,less capital and hence again prices will fall.
CRR-Cash Reserve Ratio...Amount which the banks have to keep with them.If CRR is increased,again less capital at disposal and Prices will fall.
So we see that the RBI uses its monetary policy,these tools to control the Liquidity in the market and hence inflation.
When and how to do it.And by what value.These are some of the questions which RBI Governor has to mull over before making any decision.

Love...

Love...A small word and no limits to impact.
Its Mohabbat for a Aashiq for his beloved,Ishq for Sufis for their Khwaja,prem for Gopis for their Krishan,Mother's love for her child...and so on.
What is Love?(Okies don't laugh!I do think about this question)
Various connotations.But aaj hum baat karenge Ek Aashiq aur Mehbooba wale pyaar ki...

Been hearing/experiencing so many breakups.Young people fall in love at age when they don't know the meaning of it.
Promises made,broken...relationships,commitments.Many fail in the final hurdle and only a few lucky ones get their dildaars.(God Bless u guyz..)
Why do relationships fail?Why is that most of the times love doesn't end up into marriage?Why is that the person you think you will lay your life for and have devoted your life to suddenly become so distant,so far,so stranger,so enemy that you start hating him/her?

Expectations,it is the first thing which comes to my mind.People expect too much from others when they are in a relationship.Tum pehle to aise the...us time to u were saying this...What the heck!It ultimately spoils the whole thing b'coz in love you don't have to take always...

Ishq di mere Mitra Pehchhan Ihi,
Mit jaave Zidd jadon Apnaun di.

Love means giving.To give your all for your beloved's Happiness.It doesn't matter whether you are with him/her.What matters is that wherever he/she is,enjoying life.No problems at all.
Relationships don't work all the time.At that time,you have to let go of things.If its yours it will come back.If it doesn't,may be its the best for both.Don't expect.

Commitment:Girls want very early commitment in a relationship most of the times.Boys usually take some time to take responsibilities.Usually afraid of the society,peer pressure and parental fears.This thing I have noticed again and again that Indian Girls are more vocal,more bold,more proactive and more open about their Love life.Usually they are the ones who talk to their parents first,breaking the age old conservative traditions.How many times one sees that people back out from commiting to the relation,b'coz they have to make their career or look after some other things in life.They want to concentrate at one thing at one time.
And I think this is the biggest mistake one can make in life:(...
Love is never a hindrance to your progress.Rather it is the light which guides you through rough times,through dark periods...It is the force which motivates you to achieve BIG.In every happiness or sorrow,loved ones have to be together.
It cannot happen that you embark upon some quest,journey leaving your beloved behind and expect that he/she will wait!No wayzzzzz...Only a very-2-2 strong feeling and luck can get you your love back in case you choose you so after your achieving ath or making your career.
My advice...Make your love,your strength...not your weakness.

Memories:There is nothing as sweet as memories of your first love..."Meetha Dard" suna hai naam...
People spend their whole lives with these memories.
Let them remain a sacred and pure part of yours!!!Njoy...

Parents/Caste/Religion:No need to say much on this.Taal's dialogue"Agar mera Pyaar sacha hai,to use mujh tak aane mein aap to kya duniya ki koi taakat nahin rok sakti"

Sentiments: Facts and reports say that "Heart Breaks can lead to more suicides in Men as compared to Women"Surprised...
Finally its not the women who are the Fair/weaker sex of the two!!!Boys are more sentimental.Sentimental Fools I wud say.

In the end since there has to be a Happy Ending in every ishtory of mine.
So I wud say ki Har kisi ke liye kahin na kahin koi na koi bana hai...Allah Rakha!!!

And some last minute inputs by Tushi...here

Girls generally break up a relation iff they have some back up while boys they end up loving and losing a single person.And we are called the Ditchers..Thats the irony.
Disclaimer:Last Paragraph,if any issues,please contact Tushi...

Salary Disclosure for IT professionals!!!

I was discussing with Gaurav and Simmo yesterday about how people 'Gherao' you to enquire about your Salaries.
The Word is the 'PACKAGE'.
Beta kitna package hai???They ask so shamelessly without even bothering the courtsey that kisi se kisi ki salary (oops package) nahin poochna chahiye.
In IT industry you must have come across a lot of Uncles and Aunties (U don't even know them,thats the funny as well as annoying part) coming to your place or you going to their houses for XYZ reasons.
And the moment you tell that you are in IT,bang comes the comparison.
Mere XYZ bhai ki XYZ Beti ka Husband is earning 8 lac per month...Wats urs?
Uska to college bhi theek hi hai?Foren trips lagte hain har doosre mahine..

Ab aap yeh sab mujhe kyun bata rahe ho?
Kaun se Company...CSC?Infy mein nahin mili kya job(That was the funniest...)
And sometimes you get a call...abc company mein ladka/ladki is working.Uske baare mein pata karo...Koi to Rishta aaya hai.Saari Janam kundli...Comes the Mr Sherlock Homes Part..

IT sector boom has raised the expectations of millions of people.People are earning loadsa more than their previous generation.
But certain ettiquettes are required.No salary didclosure/asking on part of everybody.Why embarass us?Why should I tell my salary to every Aira Gaira,Nathu Khaira...
Gaurav,Simo and I come up with a list of answers to such a situation:
"Agar koi bole to bol do...'Jee Theek thaak hi milti hai'.
Gujara ho jata hai..Bas
Bas Bhagwaan ki kripa hai.
Aapki dua hai!
Simply Smile.
Counter Question: IT mein kahan salaries,aap batayiye suna hai...Bahut rise hua hai aapki field mein.
Unclejee mana kiya hua hai...

But I know,these can only help upto a certain extent.
Jab Uncles/Auntiyon ki inquisitiveness saatwein aasmaan ko chhu rahi ho...us time poori company ki balance sheet and P/L a/c ka pata cahl jayega...Mein bechara IT Professional kis khet ki mooli hoon!!!

IIM Indore GD/PI Experience

Interview:ISI,Lodhi Road Delhi,2:00 PM March 12,2008

GD:
There is a Dairy Inspector,Rajesh and a dairy where unhygenic milk is sold...wat shud Rajesh do?
Started the GD..
4-5 entries.
At times it was a fish market..But I think everybody got a decent chance to speak...
made 3-4 valid points.
Wud say above average GD...

Interview:

Prof P1

Where do you come from?
answered
Is it really City Beautiful?
Blah-2
What is there in Sector 17?Blah-2
which school?
told
sector 25 is famous for?I told him.He was not satisfied.
cud not answer?he actually got confused with sec 25 and 35?i dunno if i m at loss for this?
where is electronic items sold?
why is pec famous for?
what have u done at pec?
fav subjects?
what r the databases?
y was link list discovered?
types of databases?differences b/w them?
normalisation?
why is it necessary?
is normailisation only thing for database design or is there any alternative?I said there may be some but I dunno.
relational databases?
data integrity?
ibm's databases?cud not name?
comprehensively grilled on DBMS...Knew few answers and didn't know 2-3 answers.


Prof P2

governor of punjab,haryana,delhi,chd ka head,vc of PU?
indraprastha kahan hai?old fort ?zoo?
no of vedas?
no of upnishads?named 16 actually 11
what is the difference b/w vedas and upnishads?
I struck on pronunciation of hymns?he asked for what it is called in hindi?cud not answer
More of a GK Round with Rapid fire session in between.
Answered almost all of them.

I never felt like stressed.
Lets see what the profs think of it.They didn't show any emotions.Totally neutral...
No smiles no stress...Very professional and business like
Keeping my fingers crossed...

"Kitne Aadmi The"-- Gabbar Singh(Sholay)

Explanation for the title:
This is the Best Movie Dialogue and most remembered as far as my Favorite list and Hindi Cinema go...(just to avoid any controversies later)...So it deserves THE BEST SPACE...

I dunno why but it seems today is THE BLOG day for me...

I was going through topics and games which we would play during the Vaishno Devi Journey(Will write about it) with my family.

Came across the Best Movie Dialogues.
Frankly there are many...

English and Hindi.Read some of the best dialogues.
Herez a brief look:

1. A stupid is what a stupid does sir...Forrest Gump
2. Frankly,my dear.I don't give a Damn....Rhett Butler,Gone with the Wind
3. I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.--The Godfather
4. And then there are some memorable ones from the Shawshank Redemption

RED: I have no idea to this day what them two Italian ladies were singin' about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I like to think they were singin' about something so beautiful it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared. Higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made these walls dissolve away... and for the briefest of moments -- every last man at Shawshank felt free.

Remember, Red. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Coming to Hindi Movies:)...Wow there are so many ...Lets see...

Kuch to Fav Dialogues hote hain...

Dharm Paji in many movies: " Kutte! Kamine! Mein tera khoon pee jaunga"(Shayad India ki Dogs' population par kuch faraq pade...)
Shatrughan sinha many times " Abbe ChaparGanju!"
Keshto Mukherjee in his movies "Hi-HEEYAAHH!"
Tikku Talsaniya - "Ouff! Yeh kya ho raha  hai"
Amitabh in many movies: "Nahin chhodunga tujhe. Jaan sey maar daaloonga"
Nirupa roy's fav: "Ek baar mujhe maa kehkar pukaro beta"
Prem Chopra - Prem, Prem naam hai mera...

I took this Top 10 list from some blog.Don't remember the link now.So plz accept my thanks for such compilation.Comments are my own..

1. "Apne aap ko police ke hawaale kar do. Police ne chaaron taraf sey tumhe gher liya hai, Apne hathiyaar phenk do"

2. "Kanoon ke haath bahut lambe hote hein" &  "Rukjao! kanoon ko apne haath mein mat lo"

3. "Bhagwaan pe bharosa rakho. Sab thik ho jaiye ga"

4. The classic:
"main tumhaare bachche ki maan banne waali hoon."

5. Any of the  main character in the movie will go to the temple and say:
"Bhagwan mainey tumse aaj tak kuch nahin maanga..."

6. The eternal reason for being the victim of anything that can happen to you in hindi films:
"Mai gareeb hoon na, isliye..."

7. Loverbirds to each other:
"Mai tumhare bina nahin jee sakti/sakta"

8. "Is ghar ke darwaaze, tumhare liye hamesha ke liye band hein"(Artificial Intelligence)

9. "Chhor do mujhe, bhagwaan ke liye chhor do"(Ab yeh bhagwaan kaun hai,mujhe nahin pata..shayad dialogue writer hi ho..har Heroine same dialogue same Bhagwaan)

10. In the court room:
Judge announcing his decision in filmi court:
"Gawahon key bayanat aur saboton ko madde nazar rakhtey Taz-e-raat-e-hind, dafaa 302 ke tahat, muzrim ko sazaaye maut di jaati hai"
"Mulzim ko ba-izzat bari kiya jaata hai"
"Main is Geeta per haath rakhkar yeh saugandh leta/leti hoon ki jo bhi kahoonga/kahoongi sach kahoonga/kahoongi, aur sach ke siva kuch nahin kahoonga/kahoongi."


Apne Sunny Paaji kaise peechen rahein:

Tareekh par tareekh... tareekh par tareek....... tareekh par tareek milti rahi hai, lekin insaaf nahi mila me lord, insaaf nahi mila... Mili hai to sirf yeh tareek
Yeh Dhai kilo ka haath jab kisipe padtha hai na…toh aadmi  uttha nahi... ud jaata hai..

Anand Babu's :
"Zindagi aur maut uparwale ke haath hai jahanpana, jise na aap badal sakte hai na mein. hum sab toh rangmanch ki katputlia hai, jiski door uparwale ke haath bandhi hai. Kan, Kaun, kaise uthega, yeh koi Nahi janta."

pushpa, aye pushpa, i hate tears re…


Another One liners:

• Yeh bacchhon ke khelne ki cheez nahi, haath kat jaaye toh khoon nikal aata hai'
• Jaani jinke ghar siso key hothe hai wo dusro key ghar par pathar nai phekha karte. ...Raj Kumar
• Chal Dhano! Aaj teri Basanti ki izzhat ka saawal hai - Sholay
• Mooche ho to Nathulal jaise ho….warna na ho - Shaarabi...hicc..hicc...
• Sara saher mujhe lion ke naam se jaanta hai - Kaalicharan...Ab Mona kahan gayi
• Shahrukh:"bade bade deshon mein choti choti baatein to hoti rehti hain" Senorita...k..k..k.Kiran...comes close
• Mere Paas Maa Hai - Deewar
• "Rishte me to hum tumhare baap hote hain, naam hai Shahenshah.".
• I can talk in english, i can walk in english, i can laugh in english, because english is a phunny language {Amitabh Bachchan}
• Sardar meine aapka namak khaya hai sardar...{Kalia to Amzad khan}..to ab goli kha......Dhhiskiyaaun
• Yeh hath hamko de thakur
• Hum angrezon ke zamane ke jailor hian. haha {Asrani}
• Dabur seth…Mein aaj bhi phenke hue paise nahi leta...Deewar
• Mogambo Khush hua...Mr India

Main tumhe bhool nahin sakta kyunki yeh ho nahin sakta, aur tum mujhe bhool nahi sakti kyunki ye main hone nahi doonga….
Suneil Shetty in Dhadkan

IIM L GD/PI Experiences

Feb 1,2008

GD/PI at 10:00 AM at IIM L Noida Campus

Reached venue at 9:45 AM.
It was cool atmosphere.

There were 30 students in the morning batch.
We were divided in 3 Panels.
I was in panel 2.

We were asked to write on the topic 'A successful man is not one who has ability to eliminate problems before they occur,but who can face the difficulties as they arise and solve them'.(9 were present out of 10)
We were given 30 minutes to write 500 words essay on it.

The GD on the same topic started immediately after the writeup was taken from us.
It was a decent GD.Everybody had ample time to speak.There were 2-3 good speakers.
I made 3-4 entries.In the end we were steamed out of ideas.
Overall,no fish market and average one for me..:(..Thought I could have spoken a few more times.Not satisfied.

We were called in the same order as we were called for GD sitting.

I was 5th in my panel for interview.

There were 2 people in the panel.A young lady(YL) and an experienced person(EP).
I am AR here.

YL:Asked for my certificate file.
EP:So you are a Gold medalist
RJ:Yes sir I am.
EP:HOw many times have you donated blood
RJ:13 times
EP:If I ask you to tell me the amount of antigen in blood,will you be able to answer it
RJ:No sir.I don't know
YL:SO you are a CSE.What is your Favorite subject(She was going through my marksheets)
RJ:Databases
YL:What databases.
RJ:Database Management Systems
YL:Ok
YL:So you have used Data structures also
RJ:Yes Ma'am.I have
YL:What Data structures you know
RJ:Answered
YL:What is booting
RJ:Answered
YL:What compiler for C++
RJ:Turbo C
YL:What all OS you have used?
RJ:Answered
YL:What is Linear programming?
RJ:Discussed...Ok types.Not that satisfactory.
EP:YOu gave CAT before also?
RJ:In college time
EP:What is difference between then and now?
RJ:Discussed
EP:You play cricket.
RJ:Yes sir
EP:Tell me sth abt Rahul Dravid which is unique for India
RJ:Don't know sir:(( He scored fastest Fifty for India)
EP:Ok you may leave now

Duration of interview was 7-8 minutes.
No question on self.
No work ex questions.Core Acads.

I don't know what they are looking for.As if they have already decided who to select...IIM ke interview se yeh I wasn't expecting. 
Seemed to be a total Random/Lottery process.

The funny part was that there were 18 PECobians in the morning batch.

In my panel only,there were 6 students from PEC.They asked about a particular subject whether it was there in college.And my roomie and Senior Aman said it was,I said it wasn't and I dunno what Aditya(my junior ) said to it.So I guess they were playing with us...God bless us!!!

Omnipotent God

God must be having a free will.God is Omnipotent i.e. God can do whatever he/she wants to do.(Basically Free will)
God can look into the future also.And if he/she can look into the future,he/she knows what is there in the future,which shows that all his/her choices are pre-determined which is contradictory to the statement that God has Free will.
And if he can't look into the future, he is not Omnipotent.

Omnipotence is then a very Tricky concept..u see:)

Courtsey: Scott Adams in God's debris

wait

Its been a long wait!!!
The results are about to come.
The fate can go both ways,though I have not prepared myself for any of what is to come.
Just need strength to face whatever changes the D-day will bring to my life.
A vacuum needs to be filled.Need to look forward to new things.
Bahut boriyat bhari ziindagi ho gayi hai!!!!