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So... WHERE do you REALLY see yourself in 5 years???

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It was in Dec 2009, over 5 years ago, when there was this one question which used to haunt me and my 419 friends (of IMT) ... It was a big question: WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 5 YEARS?? Where did we hear it ... In Kapil Mohan, Hostel, Cafeteria, mock questions asked by friends, etc. etc. etc. ... Thus we heard it ALMOST EVERYWHERE WE WENT ... Did we know the Answer to this question? Well ... frankly, we didn't know. And... Did we care?? HELL NO!!! All that we cared about was to come up with an answer that would SOUND good enough and prevent any more questions. Coz we knew that it was a (I know I should mind my language) BULLSHIT Question that needed a good BULLSHIT Answer... I remember what I said (somewhat) during my interviews: In 5 years I see myself in an organization in a place where I am contributing to the organization's growth and learning as well as contributing to the learning process of others in the organizational structure. And I ...
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HIStory - Just Another Wednesday ...

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Continuing with  HIS tory ... { ... A collection of stories that may/may not be related to each other ... please note that the stories are not in any exact chronological/situational order... They may not even be related ---  Hence the name ...  Chapter 'W' - Just another Wednesday  ... and not Chapter 2 or 3 ...   Lets see how the other chapters unfold ...    Until then ... Enjoy ... } Chapter  "W"  --  Just Another Wednesday He was a man of routine;  not a rut...  just a routine.   Every weekday morning, his mobile's alarm would go off, set at 5:46am sharp "BADUP-BADUP-BADAA--BADADADADUP-BADAA--BADUP-BADUP-BADAA--BADADADADUP-DADAA--" . At that very moment, he would hit the snooze button - so the mobile did not speak again to him for 6 mins. Then at 5:52am again the mobile tried to talk with him- "BADUP-BADUP-BADAA--BADA DA DADUP-BADAA--BADUP-BADUP-BADAA--BADA DA DADUP--" . Again, the s...
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Free Will: Myth or reality - Just some half-cooked-half-raw thoughts ...

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Its said that God and Devil are playing a game with Human souls as wager ... that there are angels and demons amongst us ... Half borns ... All they do is just whisper into our ears ... the propensity to do great good and evil lies within us ... all that they do is just give us a nudge in one of the direction ... (courtesy - Constantine movie) Made me think... If this is so then there is a distorted free will scenario ... That we do everything by making CHOICES OF OUR OWN ... but the push for these choices is given by someone else... Then is that even fair ... That we suffer the consequences of these choices while these choices were actually made by someone else ... Agreed that we might be part to blame for this but but we get the Full burden of the effects.... that's not fair ...  This would make 'The law of Karma' flawed then ...  Now, off to another point -  Do we do everything because we want to ... or is it because we are meant to ... ...
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Welcome to "THE GREAT INDIAN POLITICAL CIRCUS"

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Welcome Mr. Kejriwal  . ..  Welcome to the Great Indian Political Circus ...  The Biggest Circus in the Whole Damn World ... Our Prime Attractions are: Mute Lion (Dr. MMS) Madame Ringmistress (Sonia G) Baby's Day Out (Rahul G) All Bark No Bites Dogs (Diggy, Sibbal, Manish Tiwari, Khurshid) Elephantine Sculptress (Susri Mayawati) Shouting Sister ( Momta Di) Killer King-in-waiting (Modi) Manoos Marauder (Thackareys, both Bal & Raj) Fat Clown (Gadkari) Goon Army Chief (Yadavs) Royal Stagger(Have-we-made-it-large) (Beni Prasad) Mr. All-Sense-Non-Sense (Too many come to the mind) Hope You Have some Special Attraction prepared for yourself ... Oh, you have !!!  You are the Magician that our circus needed...  Fantastic ...  Lets Take a small interview ... just to make sure that you are the right fit ... Can You Pull out Rabbits of Incriminating Documents from your Hat at wish ... Yes???...
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HIStory ... The Oceanic Redemption

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Continuing with  HIS tory ... { ... A collection of stories that may/may not be related to each other ... please note that the stories are not in any exact chronological/situational order... They may not even be related ---  Hence the name ...  Chapter 'Y' - The Oceanic Redemption ... and not Chapter 2 ...   Lets see how the other chapters unfold ...    Until then ... Enjoy ... } Chapter "Y" -- THE OCEANIC REDEMPTION As the last rays of the sun glistened on the ocean in front of him, creating, for a brief moment, the beautiful illusion of two suns in front of his eyes, he could not help but notice that the ocean was too serene & calm.  The Ocean's Calmness captivated him ... How contrasting was it to the turbulence going on inside of him... He felt as if the ocean's unusual calmness was a result of its usual tu...
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HIStory ...

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CHAPTER ONE --- THE LAST ACT ...... And the Italian brought a false expression of remorse on his face and said, "Mi dispiace amico! Wrong Answer... You're dead!" And now, the guy was a perfect case of a hopelessly lost cause. All that was left was a 'Click' and ' BANG ' ... HIS STORY would end in seconds... Now, they say that the fastest way to die/kill someone is through cyanide, but a bullet through the brains is not too goddarn slow either... A clear shot with a bullet piercing the brain can almost instantaneously end it for anyone. With the brain dead, nothing lasts for long, though it has been told by some medical scientists that the heart can continue for upto 4 hours - a probability of a miracle you'd say - some respite for this down-on-luck poor guy ... But just think - what luck would he have in these gloomy, dark and dingy by-lanes of the northern coast of Palermo. Had he been lucky, he would never have been in this goddamn location in th...
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NOSTALGIA ... INERTIA ...

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Nostalgia ... The Feeling of Home Sickness, is derived from Greek words 'Nostos' - Home and 'Algos' - Pain i.e. Pain for Home .... This feeling is usually experienced by people living far far away from their families and homes. But Why Am I talking about it??? I live in NOIDA with my own family ... and for the past 6 months, I have become more & more (infact, almost completely) a home person with little outwardly exposure, if any ... My friends and family can testify it ... So What Do I know about Nostalgia ... and What am I being nostalgic about ... My job has always kept me near my family and now even though I'll join a PSU after a sabbtical of 6 months, I'm still gonna be in NOIDA for the next 6 months ... atleast ... Well This Nostalgia is not the pain for home ... Infact its the pain for leaving the state of worklessness and idleness that I'd fallen into for 6 months ... Now that I'll have to go Back to the wreck of a life of the so called Corpo...
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