Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. – Winston Churchill
Jan 07
- The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. – Henry Kissinger.
- It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. – Nelson Mandela.
Oct 15
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.”
- Winston Churchill
No wonder I have so many enemies!.
Oct 12
“You must get involved to have an impact. No one is impressed with the won-lost record of the referee.”
- Napoleon Hill
Oct 07
A physicist, an engineer and a programmer were in a car driving over a steep alpine pass when the brakes failed. The car was getting faster and faster, they were struggling to get round the corners and once or twice only the feeble crash barrier saved them from crashing down the side of the mountain. They were sure they were all going to die, when suddenly they spotted an escape lane. They pulled into the escape lane, and came safely to a halt.
The physicist said “We need to model the friction in the brake pads and the resultant temperature rise, see if we can work out why they failed“.
The engineer said “I think I’ve got a few spanners in the back. I’ll take a look and see if I can work out what’s wrong“.
The programmer said “Why don’t we get going again and see if it’s reproducible?”
Above was found at stackoverflow.
Aug 23
रतिया कारी कारी रतिया (Night, dark, dark night)
रतिया अंधियारी रतिया (Night, stormy night)
रात हमारी तो, चाँद की सहेली है (Our night is a friend of the moon)
कितने दिनों के बाद, आई वोह अकेली है (After such a long time, she has come alone)
चुप्पी की बिरहा है, झींगुर का बाजे साज़ (And the silence is over, the crickets sing)
रात हमारी तो, चाँद की सहेली है (Our night is a friend of the moon)
कितने दिनों के बाद, आई वोह अकेली है (After such a long time, she has come alone)
संझा की बाती भी कोई बुझा दे आज (Today, someone must put out lamps in the evening)
अँधेरे से जी भरके करनी हैं बातें आज (Today, we must talk with the darkness to our hearts’ content)
अँधेरा रूठा है, अँधेरा बैठा है (The darkness sulks, the darkness sits)
गुमसुम सा कोने में बैठा है (Lost, in a corner)
अँधेरा पागल है, कितना घनेरा है (The darkness is mad, how dense it is!)
चुभता है; दस्ता है, फिर भी वोह मेरा है (It pierces me; it bites me, even so it is mine)
उसकी ही गोदी में, सर रखके सोना है (In its lap, I’ll rest my head to sleep)
उसकी ही बाहों में, चुपके से रोना है (In its arms, I’ll hide myself to cry)
आँखों से काजल बन बहता अँधेरा आज (The darkness today flows from the kohl rimming my eyes)
Above song is from the movie Parineeta, written by Swanand Kirkire and composed by Shantanu Moitra. Power of silence wins hands down. A song composed for a situation in the darkness of night, it has a lasting impact to its sheer simplicity. So subtle and yet so impacting, this soft track is well rendered by K.S.Chitra and Swanand.
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Aug 12
Good lyrics
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ഇന്നലെ എന്റെ നെഞ്ചിലെ കുഞ്ഞു
മണ്വിളക്കൂതിയില്ലേ … കാറ്റെന്
മണ്വിളക്കൂതിയില്ലേ …
കൂരിരുള് കാവിന്റെ മുറ്റത്തെ മുല്ലപോല്
ഒറ്റക്കുന്നിന്നില്ലേ … ഞാനിന്നോറ്റെക്കുന്നിന്നില്ലേ.
ദൂരെന്നിന്നും പിന്വിളികൊണ്ടെന്നെ ആരും വിളിച്ചില്ല
കാണാകണ്ണീരിന്കാവലിന് നൂലിഴ ആരും തുടച്ചില്ല
ചന്ദനപൊന്ചിതയില് എന്റെ അച്ഛനെരിയുമ്പോള്
മച്ചകത്താരോ തേങ്ങിപറക്കുന്നതമ്പലപ്രാവുകള്ലോ …
ഉള്ളിന്നുള്ളില് അക്ഷരകൂട്ടുകള് ആദ്യം തുറന്നുതന്നൂ
കുഞ്ഞികാലടിയോരടിതെറ്റുമ്പോള് കൈതന്നുകൂടെവന്നു
ജീവിതപാതകളില്.. ഇനിയെന്നിനീ കാണുംനാം …
മറ്റൊരു ജന്മം കൂടെജനിക്കാന് പുണ്യം പുലര്നീടുമോ …
Jul 28
The concept of Action Learning is based on a simple equation: L = P + Q. Learning (L) occurs through a combination of programmed knowledge (P) and the ability to ask insightful questions (Q).
It does not deny all usefulness to existing knowledge, but it focuses on asking questions. Learning must be opened up. Programmed knowledge is one-dimensional and rigid: ability to ask questions opens up other dimensions and is free-flowing. The first step towards asking constructive questions is to acknowledge one’s own ignorance. Too many people are concealing their ignorance under a veneer of knowledge. Instead of hiding our ignorance, we should be bartering it. The essence of action learning is to become better acquainted with the self through observing what one actually tries to do, endeavoring to ascertain the reasons for attempting it, and tracing the consequences that result from it.
Jun 30
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings …
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written by Maya Angelou. You can find more of her poems here.
The free bird leaps on the back of the win But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage The caged bird sings with fearful trill The free bird thinks of another breeze But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams The caged bird sings with a fearful trill
and floats downstream till the current ends
and dips his wings in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.
can seldom see through his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
of the things unknown but longed for still
and is tune is heard on the distant hill
for the caged bird sings of freedom
an the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn
and he names the sky his own.
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing
of things unknown but longed for still
and his tune is heard on the distant hill
for the caged bird sings of freedom.
Mar 25
Click here to get more information about the book.
Love
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you.
Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart
And a song of praise upon your lips.
Joy & Sorrow
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,”
And others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
Together they come,
And when one sits alone with you at your board,
Remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.
Time
Yet the timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness,
And knows that yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream.
Friends
Your friend is your needs answered.
For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence,
As the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain.
And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.
