How to lose 1000 bucks?

“Arun, to me, hacking gmail is a kids’ stuff,” said Rupesh. “Ludicrous. It’s impossible for a guy like you who hardly knows anything in hacking,” replied Arun.

To prove himself Rupesh said, “Okay, let's have bet for 1000 bucks. Just answer three questions of mine; I will crack your account in few seconds”. “Hey, don’t lose 1000 rupees just to prove your stupidity,” was the immediate reply from Arun.

“That’s it. Tell me, what should be your new password?” started Arun.

“Hmm, change it to either Rupesh Singh or Stupid. Any thing except my old password will be okay.”

“Your user id?” Rupesh continued controlling his anger.

“Arunsingh@gmail.com”

“And the last question, Password?”

“What?” exclaimed Arun.

“Hey strange password, I would have not guessed this password at all. Thank a lot for making my job very easy.”

After trying many times, Rupesh finally gave up. “You are a cheat. You didn’t answer the final two questions correctly. Otherwise I would have cracked your account,” Rupesh grumbled.

Truth and Courage

“What others would think about me, they would think that I am a stupid person who doesn’t know even this simple thing. I would neither say yes nor accept that I don’t know this.” - Many might have thought like this at some point of time in their life. This is a hopeless attitude which mostly leads the life towards fear and false world.

“I don’t know about it, I will learn it. Please, help me in whatever way you can.” - Even the other person may not help; but there is no fear of living a lie. To have this kind of attitude two most powerful weapons are required in your kit - Truth and courage.

If you don’t have them develop them from this moment. And if you have, show them to the world. World will inspire from you.

Delusions of equality

"Women are ill-treated and are denied of fair chance. Even in the developed countries the problem persists. Women must be empowered to attain equality between the sexes." - We come across these kind of statements in the media very often. I too support any action to provide equitable opportunity to all citizens.

With power comes the dragon of arrogance, though always may not be the case. And that arrogance drives away the wisdom and leads towards the darkness. To behave like men some educated women cultivate the habit of smoking cigars and drinking alcohol. How stupid to think like that? Young boys too imagine themselves as celebrities(film stars) when they smoke or drink. Adults do in the name of social networking. The same stupidity.

Everyone knows that smoking cigars and consuming alcohol are deleterious. Instead of falling into the darkness with these devils, educated and empowered women must strive to drive them off from our life. Women must prosper, achieve great things and make this world a heaven.

Meaning of the Name

Raj always likes to know the meaning of the names whom ever he meets. It's a way to know people and their culture. He thinks name plays a big impact in everyone's life and some try to live up to their name. Here is a small conversation between Raj and his five students.

Raj: What is your name?
Girl 1: My name is Aarthi.
Raj: Good name. Do you know the meaning of it ?
Aarti: Puja (Prayer)
Raj: Yes. It’s a ritual performed during the prayer of God.
(Immediately all the other students want to tell their names and meanings.)
Girl 2: My name Varsha and it means "rain".
Raj: Good.
Boy 1: My name is Aakash.
Raj: What does it mean?
(At a time, all shouted "Sky" and pointed their forefingers upwards)
Raj to Boy 2: What is your name?
Boy 2: Abhishek. I don't know what it means.
Raj: It is a kind of ritual done in prayer.
Girl 3: My name is "Shabana" and do you know the meaning of it? (She was eager to know the meaning)
Raj: I don't know. (Shabana's face became dull as she didn't get the answer.)
Raj: Your name sounds very sweet and I think it must mean something very beautiful. I will tell you tomorrow.

After returning from the class he asked me. Immediately I googled it and told him it means "Night". "Night" is young and beautiful. I said, we need a boy "Moon" to marry "Night". Moon and Night complement each other beautifully. Ha! Ha!

You know many important events happen at night. sshh! I am talking project.

Unwise to lose pearls for money

Modern sophisticated communication infrastructure helped the world to become a global village. The need to communicate in a common language had aroused, particularly in business and scientific communities. "English" had become the choice to fulfill the purpose due to myriad reasons. As a result, this globalization is driving all of us to learn English.

The obsession with one language should not cause the extinction of another. Many Buddhist literary scriptures were written in Pali, an Indic language.Now it has become extinct. The researchers are learning it with a lot of effort. It becomes more difficult to understand the literary scripture like Tipitaka, a Pali canon if the language is extinct. Similarly, dying of many other languages causes the loss of the invaluable knowledge attained by humans.

Many parents wish their children to be good in English. It's fine. But I found some parents who are crazy about one language and don't teach mother tongue to their children. It's a matter of concern as future generations can't know our traditional culture and language. More importantly the beauty and knowledge in them vanishes forever.

In our world there are thousands of languages and dialects. Every language is unique and has its own beauty. Please, don't make them vanish from this world.

Practice, don't just wish

Now a days shopping has become a hobby. It makes us busy when we get bored of routine life. It’s fun but this hobby tempts us to buy even we don’t require. I am not a shopaholic but sometimes I do get into a super mall just to know new products, old products in new cover packs and watch people especially kids.

To buy cashew nuts and dates I went to a grocery store. I observed a 9-10 year old girl dragging the cart, following her fat mistress. Child labour though banned in India still exists in India. I think children begging or dying in streets is worse than assisting rich people in household activities. But in return they must be provided education and basic facilities. Oh! I digressed from the topic.

Suddenly the girl stumbled upon Barbie dolls. She didn’t stop staring them even after ten minutes. She liked them a lot and wants to have them. But how is it possible? She knows the harsh answer she gets if she asks her mistress. Her desire made me to think of gifting her one doll. But the thought how her mistress receives this unexpected offer stopped me doing so. With in few minutes they disappeared and I exited with my items.

I would have made the girl happy, but I didn’t. Why was I hesitant to do even it's a noble thing?

Excuse brings no joy

Five common excuses to avoid starting new tasks or hobbies:

1. I am very busy and so I don't have time.
2. If I get time I have many other tasks to attend which are even more important.
3. I am not interested and it is not my cup of tea.
4. I don't know how to do.
5. It's difficult, I can't do.

There may be umpteen reasons but the bottom line is that they might miss a kind of fun in their life. I too missed a lot but from now onwards and I don't want to miss anything. Please introspect your life and have great joy.

Planetory bodies in Straight line

Ram, my friend, went to a small school to teach kids and to spend fun time with them. He saw there that the teacher was teaching them about Pancha Bhutas (Air, Water, Fire, Earth & Sky) and planetary bodies (Sun and Moon). Children knew them in Hindi but they need to learn in English. So, the teacher told them to showed the spellings in English. Teacher said each word loudly and all kids followed her. But the children got bored after few minutes. After 5 minutes Ram took the charge as teacher.

Ram wanted to make class interesting and not boring. Obviously the best way to learn is by playing game. What do you say? After thinking for a while, he took 7 kids outside the class and named them as the above seven elements.

According to the game all should stand up in a line and the first person closes his eyes. When he counts from one to five slowly all the the kids behind him have to reshuffle themselves and should form into a straight line again. And then the first person has to guess the name of the last person. If his guess is correct he wins 5 points and the person standing in the last position takes the place of the first position and the play continues. If his guess is wrong, no points are awarded and he will be given two more turns. But in all the three turns if he guesses wrongly he gets 2 points and he has to tell a name randomly. That person will come to the first position. At the end, the one who gets highest points will win the game. In this way when he played with kids everyone enjoyed the play and even learned all the words unknowingly with in 15 minutes.

So, the best way to learn anything is to make it a game and play it having a lot of fun. Playing the same game all the time is boring. Ram and kids need new games, don't they? Will you come up with some more games?

Limericks for "Kashmir Peace"

World desires for the place of peace
where suffering of people must cease.
We all need unity
and perfect amity.
Humans, why to fight for the piece?

World desires for the peace
where festivals never cease.
We all need unity
and perfect amity.
Humans, Don't fight, Please.

My first Limerick

A limerick (which rhymes in "A-A-B-B-A" fashion) from my pen.

I have got a bright brain to think
That can solve anything in a blink.
Without dancing in drizzle,
I am into a tough puzzle.
Ah, its missing data making me sink.