Are power brokers running Indian democracy?

Where The Mind is Without Scruples


Where the mind is without scruples and the head is dizzy with power
Where knowledge is traded for wealth
Where the world is being carved into private fiefdoms
By unscrupulous corporate czars
Where words come out from the depth of treachery
Where tireless brokers stretch their arms to work pliable systems
Where the clean stream of reason has completely lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead collective conscience
Where the mind is led forward by greed
Into insatiable lust for wealth and power
Into that morass of slavery, my Father, why has my country sunk?

Rajinikanth Jokes

1.Rajinikanth doesn’t wear a watch. He decides what time it is.
2.Rajinikanth has already been to Mars, that’s why there are no signs of life there.
3.Rajinikanth killed the dead sea.
4.If you spell ‘Rajanikant’ wrong on Google it doesn’t say, “Did you mean Rajinikanth?” It simply replies, “Run while you still have the chance.”
5.Rajinikanth can play the violin with a piano
6.Rajnikanth once wrote a cheque, the bank bounced!
7.Micheal Jordan to Rajini: I can spin a ball on my finger for over two hours. Can you?
Rajni: Rascala; how do you think the earth spins!?
8.Rajinikanth once ordered a plate of idli in McDonald’s, and got it.
9.If Rajnikant was born 100 years earlier, British would have fought to get independence from India.
10.When Rajnikant logs on to facebook.com, facebook updates its status message!
11.Rajni once killed 20 men just by saying "BANG"
12.Rajinikanth knows Victoria’s secret.
13.Rajinikanth can divide by zero.
14.Rajinikanth has counted to infinity, twice.
15.When Rajinikanth gives you the finger, he's telling you how many seconds you have left to live.

The Economy Is So Bad That ...

When the US economy went into a tail spin it spawned a whole lot of jokes, one liners and wisecracks on the state of things. Here is something I found on one of the sites today and thought I will share with you all.

1. That Brad and Agelina have fired their nannies and are trying to learn the names of their own children.

2. I got a "predeclined" credit card in the mail.

3. If the bank returns your check marked "insufficient funds", you call and ask if they meant you or them ...

4. I ordered a burger at McDonald's, and the kid behind the counter asked, "Can you afford fries with that?"

5. Motel Six won't leave the light on anymore.

6. A truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico.

7. The economy is so bad that Exxon-Mobil has laid off 25 Congressmen!!

8. That McDonald's is now selling the "quarter-ouncer".

9. The economy is so bad that CEO's are now playing miniature golf.

Also best of luck to the student of MBA IInd year who appear for their REIM paper today. All the best guys, do well

Mohandeep Sandhu

Musings on Travel

I found these quotes on travel on the book markers distributed by the travel magazine 'Lonely Planet' with this month's issue. They stimulate one's urge to travel and see the world, the thrill and the anticipation of journeys, new places and things:

• The important thing is to go - Versace
• Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do - Mark Twain
• The traveller sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see - G K Chesterton
• Tourists don't know where they have been, travellers don't know where they are going - Paul Theroux

Love

Mohandeep Sandhu

http://www.crcindia.co.in/

Desiderata

Desiderata by Max Ehrman is sublime and full of wisdom. I first came across it many years ago in the office of my then Managing Director, Mr. David Rose (Gujarat Guardian Limited-Modiguard) who kept a beautifully inscribed and framed print of it  on a side cabinet. Here is how it goes:

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth, quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant, they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements, as well as your plans. Keep interested in your career, however humble, it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But not let this blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and every where life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imagining. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

Be Cheerful.

Strive to be happy.

I am sure it inspires everybody who reads it. There is a misconception that  'Desiderata' was found in St. Paul's Church in Baltimore, Maryland. Actually it is the work of Max Ehrmann, a poet and lawyer from Terre Haute, Indiana, who lived from 1872 to 1945. Desiderata is Latin for 'Things to be Desired'.

Love
Mohandeep Sandhu
http://www.crcindia.co.in/

Day 21 - The Questions That Matter

Did I do something constructive today?

Did I make someone's life easy today?

Is my health better than yesterday because of what I did?

Did I spare some thought or time for those around me?

Did I conduct myself as if this was the first day of the rest of my life? (Particularly for those of us who carry to much historical baggage)

If we conduct ourselves in such a way that the answers to all these questions are in the affirmative, I am sure we will have a more pleasant existence and a fulfilling life.

Love

Mohandeep Sandhu

http://www.crcindia.co.in/

Day 20 - Bumper Stickers

Some bumper stickers that I liked:

1. Be nice to America or we'll bring democracy to your country
2. The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
3. If at first you do succeed, try not to look astonished.
4. When all else fails manipulate the data
5. I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.
6. If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
7. How is it possible to have a civil war?
8. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
9. Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Never drink and derive.
10. With my life I could be on all of Oprah's shows.
11. Is life a sexually transmitted disease?
12. Warning: Dates in Calendar are closer than they appear.
13. Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion.
14. My wife's other car is a broom!
15. Avenge Yourself - Be a problem to your children

Love
Mohandeep Sandhu
http://www.crcindia.co.in/