It is all about attitude !

As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg.

No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not. I saw a trainer near by and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.

“Well,” he said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

I was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?

Sachin Tendulkar's intervew on Aaj Tak !

Those who miss the interview of Sachin Tendulkar on Aaj Tak, here is the full 55 minutes of video of that interview. Don't miss it. Click here to see the interview !

Best Catch in Cricket

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Ad for Google Maps

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Heineken ad

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BMW's funny ad

BMW's funny ad.

Bollywood Comedy

I am great fan of Bollywood movies. But, here is the video clip, where a stand up comedian makes fun of Bollywood movie, which is full of songs and dance. Click here to view the video !

Don't Work So Hard !

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How men screw up romance

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Amir Khan Coke Ad

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Traffic Signs tell story

X'mas in Iraq

Skype co-founder's view on India - Interesting Interview

At 33, Morten Lund of Denmark loves a T-shirt that says: 'Software is like sex. It's better when it's free.' Read the interesting interview...

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Advertisements Gone Wrong

Why integration testing is required....

Media Photoshop Retouching

This demo goes through all the steps and shows you before and after changes of a girl on the front of a magazine. Its amazing what you can do with photoshop. By the way this is not just the usual before and after pictures it shows you how things changed, how they did it, and what it naturally should look like

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Writely - The Web Word Processor

Check out this cool web application called Writely .  In simple terms, it is your Microsoft Word on the web.  You can access your document from any browser, you can share the documents, convert them in to .pdf and much more...

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15 Things to do at Wal-Mart while your spouse is taking his/her sweet time:

1. Get 24 boxes of condoms & randomly put them in peoples carts when they aren't looking. 2. Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5 minute intervals. 3. Make a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the rest rooms. 4. Walk up to an employee and tell him/her in an official tone, 'Code 3' in housewares,...and see what happens. 5. Go to the Service Desk and ask to put a bag of M&M's on lay away. 6. Move a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area. 7. Set up a tent in the camping department and tell other shoppers you'll invite them in if they bring pillows from the bedding department. 8. When a clerk asks if they can help you, begin to cry and ask 'Why can't you people just leave me alone? 9. Look right into the security camera, use it as a mirror and pick your nose. 10. While handling guns in the hunting department, ask the clerk if he knows where the anti-depressants are. 11. Dart around the store suspiciously while loudly humming the theme from 'Mission Impossible'. 12. In the auto department, practice your "Madonna look" using different size funnels. 13. Hide in a clothing rack and when people browse through, say "PICK ME! PICK ME!" 14. When an announcement comes over the loud speaker, assume the fetal position and scream "NO! NO! It's those voices again!!!" And last but not least: 15. Go into a fitting room, shut the door and wait a while and then yell loudly "There's no toilet paper in here".

An Irish Toast

John O'Reilly hoisted his beer and said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life, between the legs of me wife" That won him the top prize at the pub for the best toast of the night He went home and told his wife, Mary, "I won the prize for the best toast of the night." She said, "Aye, did ye now. And what was your toast?" John said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life, sitting in church beside me wife." "Oh, that is very nice indeed, John" Mary said. The next day, Mary ran into one of John's drinking buddies on the street corner. The man chuckled leeringly and said, "John won the prize the other night at the pub with a toast about you, Mary." She said, "Aye, he told me, and I was a bit surprised meself. You know, he's only been there twice in the last four years. Once he fell asleep, and the other time I had to pull him by the ears to make him come."

Doubt in Mahabhart !

In some remote village of India, masterji is teaching the Mahabharat Katha to class 6 students. He is at the Krishnajanma' part of it. Masterji: "Kansa heard the akashwani that his sister's 8th child is going to kill him. He was furious. He ordered to put Vasudev n Devki behind the bars. First son is born, and Kansa kills him by poisoning...Second one is born n kansa throws him off the mountain peak. Third one is born..." Now Ramu, who is smartest of the lot, puts up his hand. Masterji, I have a doubt (sounding nervous and confused) Masterji: "Ramu bete, whole India does not have doubt in Mahabharata then how come u have one?" Ramu : Masterji, if Kansa knew that Devaki's 8th child was going to Kill him, WHY THE HELL DID HE PUT 'VASUDEV' N' DEVAKI ' IN THE SAME JAIL ??? Masterji fainted.........................

For those who can read Hindi

Funny letter....

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Computer Humor

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Error by Railway Staff at New Delhi Railway Station

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Access your Gmail from your cellphone !

Now, you can access the GMail from your cellphone....

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Brilliant Indian Press Ad

This brilliant ad is for Big Bazaar's women's day sale.

Yahoo Launches New Messenger Beta

Yahoo late Tuesday released a beta version of Yahoo! Messenger 7.5, which includes the new inbound and outbound calling features it detailed last week. The client now allows users to place phone calls to over 180 countries, costing a penny per minute in the US and two cents to over 30 other countries.

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Gmail now has vacation response !

Gmail keeps on improving.....

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Google's secret weapon: simplicity

Google's secret weapon: simplicity

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Resume of Dr. Manmohan Singh

EDUCATION /Qualification: * Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh,1952 * Stood first in MA (Economics), Punjab University, Chandigarh,1954 * Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College, Cambridge,1955 and 1957 * Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge,1957 * DPhil (Oxford), DLitt (Honoris Causa), PhD thesis on India’s export competitiveness OCCUPATION /Teaching Experience: Professor (Senior lecturer) - Economics, 1957-59 Reader, Economics, 1959-63 Professor, Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 1963-65 Professor, International Trade, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 1969-71 Honorary professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1976 and Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, 1996 and Civil Servant Working Experience/ POSITIONS: 1971-72: Economic advisor, ministry of foreign trade 1972-76: Chief economic advisor, ministry of finance 1976-80: Director, Reserve Bank of India; Director, Industrial Development Bank of India; Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, Asian Development Bank; Alternate governor for India, Board of governors, IBRD November 1976 - April 1980: Secretary, ministry of finance (Department of economic affairs); Member, finance, Atomic Energy Commission; Member, finance, Space Commission April 1980 - September 15, 1982: Member-secretary, Planning Commission 1980-83: Chairman, India Committee of the Indo-Japan joint study committee September 16, 1982- January 14, 1985: Governor, Reserve Bank of India 1982-85: Alternate Governor for India, Board of governors, International Monetary Fund 1983-84: Member, economic advisory council to the Prime Minister 1985: President, Indian Economic Association January 15, 1985- July 31, 1987: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission August 1, 1987- November 10, 1990: Secretary-general and commissioner, south commission, Geneva December 10, 1990- March 14, 1991: Advisor to the Prime Minister on economic affairs March 15, 1991- June 20, 1991: Chairman, UGC June 21, 1991- May 15, 1996: Union finance minister October 1991: Elected to Rajya Sabha from Assam on Congress ticket June 1995: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha 1996 onwards: Member, Consultative Committee for the ministry of finance August 1, 1996- December 4, 1997: Chairman, Parliamentary standing committee on commerce March 21, 1998onwards: Leader of the Opposition, Rajya Sabha June 5, 1998onwards: Member, committee on finance August 13, 1998onwards: Member, committee on rules Aug 1998-2001: Member, committee of privileges 2000 onwards: Member, executive committee, Indian parliamentary group June 2001: Re-elected to Rajya Sabha Aug 2001 onwards: Member, general purposes committee BOOKS: India's Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth -ClarendonPress, Oxford University, 1964; also published a large number of articles in various economic journals. OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Adam Smith Prize, University of Cambridge, 1956 Padma Vibhushan, 1987 Euro money Award, Finance Minister of the Year, 1993; Asia money Award, Finance Minister of the Year for Asia, 1993 and 1994 INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS: 1966: Economic Affairs Officer 1966-69: Chief, financing for trade section, UNCTAD 1972-74: Deputy for Indian IMF Committee of Twenty on International Monetary Reform 1977-79: Indian delegation to Aid-India Consortium Meetings 1980-82: Indo-Soviet joint planning group meeting 1982: Indo-Soviet monitoring group meeting 1993: Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Cyprus1993: Human Rights World Conference, Vienna RECREATION: Gymkhana Club, New Delhi; Life Member, India International Centre, New Delhi PERSONAL DETAILS: Name: DR.MANMOHAN SINGH DOB: September 26, 1932 Place of Birth: Gah (West Punjab) Father: S. Gurmukh Singh Mother: Mrs Amrit Kaur Married on: September 14, 1958 Wife: Mrs Gursharan Kaur Children: Three daughters Our PRIME MINISTER seems to be the most qualified PM all over the world.

A Simple Story

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year- old son waiting for him at the door. Son: "Daddy, may I ask you a question" Daddy: "Yeah sure, what it is?" Son: "Dad, how much do you make an hour" Daddy: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing? " that man said angrily Son: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour? " Daddy: "I make Rs. 500 an hour" Oh", the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, Dad, may I please borrow Rs. 300?" His father was furious, "if the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or other nonsense, then march yourself to your room and go to bed. Think why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior" The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: May be there was something he really needed to buy with that Rs. 300 and he really didn't ask for money very often!" The man went to the door of little boy's room and opened the door. "Are you asleep, son?" He asked. No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy. I've been thinking, may be I was too hard on you earlier", said the man, It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the Rs.300 you asked for" The little boy sat straight up, smiling "oh thank you dad!" He yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled some crippled up notes. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little ! boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father. Why do you want money if you already had some?" the father grumbled. Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied. "Daddy I have Rs. 500 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you" The moral of this story: It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family. An unwise investment indeed!

A guy dies and goes to hell.

A guy dies and goes to hell. There he finds that there is a different hell for each country. He goes first to the German hell and asks "What do they do here?" He is told "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the German devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day." The man does not like the sound of that at all, so he moves on. He checks out the USA hell as well as the Russian hell and many more. He discovers that they are all more or less the same as the German hell. Then he comes to the Indian hell and finds that there is a very long line of people waiting to get in. Amazed he asks "What do they do here?" He is told "First they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the Indian devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day." "But that is exactly the same as all the other hells - why are there so many people waiting to get in? " "Because maintenance is so bad that the electric chair does not work, someone has stolen all the nails from the bed, and the devil was a software engg, so he swipes the card, comes in, checks his mails and then goes to the cafeteria..."

Intersting Facts about Banglore

Someone sent the following email to me. Some of those facts which I think are not true, but it is really an interesting read: 1. Bangalore has the impeccable record of highest growth within a span of 20 years. 2. Bangalore has highest number of pubs in Asia. 3. Bangalore has highest number of cigarette smokers in India . 4. Bangalore has the highest number of software companies in India -212,followed by Hyderabad - 108, Pune - 97. Hence called the silicon valley of India 5. Bangalore has 21 engineering colleges, which is highest in the world in a given city. Bangalore university has 57 engineering colleges affiliated to it,which is highest in the world. 6. Bangalore is the only city in the world to have commercial and defence airport operating from the same strip. 7. Bangalore has highest number of public sectors and government organizations in India . 8. Bangalore university has highest number of students going abroad for higher studies taking the first place from IIT-Kanpur. 9. Bangalore has only 48% of local population(i.e.Kannadigas).Hence a true cosmopolitan with around 25% Tamilians,14%Telugites, 10% Keralites, 8% Europeans, 6% a mixture of all races. 10. Bangalore police has the reputation of being second best in India after Delhi. 11. Bangalore has the highest density of traffic in India. 12. Bangalore has the highest number of 2-wheelers in the world. 13. Bangalore is considered the fashion capital of east comparable to Paris . 15. Bangalore has produced the maximum international sportsmen in India for all sports ahead of even Mumbai & Delhi. 16. Bangalore has produced the maximum number of scientists considered for Nobel Prize nominations. 17. Bangalore has produced the highest number of professionals in USA almost 60% of the Indian population abroad is from Bangalore (except Gulf). 18. Bangalore is famous for THREE: Software Professionals, Girls and Dogs. This one is Ultimate. 19. Bangalore is famous for its dog bites, an average of 12 people are bitten by stray dogs per MINUTE somewhere in Bangalore

Time Magazine's List of 50 Coolest Web Sites

If you are new to the internet, here is the list of 50 coolest websites by Time Magazine. Click here to read the full article.

Interesting use of Bots

When you get a chance, add the following two MSN contacts to your contacts list in your MSN Messenger: encarta@conversagent.com bbcbackstage@hotmail.com The former is basically a bot that links to some of the Encarta knowledgebase and brings you back the answers. Quite a cool little tool if you want to get a quick answer to something and it will even point you in the direction of the Encarta website if it doesnt know the answer The latter is a link to the BBC tv listings. Start off by saying 'hello' and then just follow the prompts to get back the information you need. These are two excellent examples of IM bots and I think it would be great to see more of these in years to come things like directory enquiries, train operators (to see when the next train is coming leaving for Reading for example), NHS (to suppliment the NHS Direct phone service) and cinemas for film listings to name but a few. Source: http://blogs.technet.com/rtcnews/archive/2005/11/29/415295.aspx

Siddhuism

A few of Siddhuism for all you cricketing and non-cricketing fans :- Statistics are like bikinis… what they reveal is suggestive, what they hide is essential! Spit on your hands! Take the black flag! And start slitting throats! Wickets are like wives… you never know which way they will turn! He looks like a brooding hen over a China egg! It is very difficult to kill a man who is hell bent on committing suicide! He is as innocent as a freshly laid egg! When you are dining with the demons, you’ve got to have a long spoon! If ‘ifs and buts’ were ‘pots and pants’ there would be no tinkers! The ball went so high it could have got an airhostess on its way down! This team is like bicycles in a cycle stand… one falls and the entire row falls! The scoreboard is running faster than an Indian Taximeter! The batsman is like a three-wheeler. Sucks a lot of fuel, but cannot go beyond 30! The wily fox is back… it is an ill omen when a fox licks the lambs! A big outcry but no outcome! All that comes from a cow is not milk! Just because a rose smells sweet, you do not use it in the soup!

Laws of the life

LAWS OF LIFE ........ Lorenz's Law of Mechanical Repair After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch. Anthony's Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. Kovac's Conundrum: When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged tone. Cannon's Karmic Law: If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire. O'brien's Variation Law: If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now. Bell 's Theorem: When the body is immersed in water, the telephone rings. Ruby's Principle Of Close Encounters: The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with. Willoughby 's Law: When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will. Zadra's Law Of Biomechanics: The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach. Breda 's Rule: At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last. Owen's Law: As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

You have 2 Cows

To help lighten your winter blahs, herewith a glossary which attempts to explain the proliferating and confusing list of "ism"s which have evolved over the past century. SOCIALISM: You have 2 cows and you give one to your neighbor. COMMUNISM: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both and sells you some milk. NAZISM: You have 2 cows. The Government takes both and shoots you. BUREAUCRACY: You have 2 cows; the Government takes both, shoots one, milks the other and throws the milk away... TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your have multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow dropped dead. A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. A JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called Cowkimon and market them World-Wide. A GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch. A RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. A SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them. A CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the numbers. AN INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You worship them. BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. Both are mad. AN EGYPTIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. Both are voting for Mubarak!