• HM RTV Vehicle Inauguration day
    Adventure,  LIFE

    मेरी पहली नौकरी

    1998 की गर्मीयों की बात है। मैंने अभी-अभी इंदौर के देवी अहिल्या विश्वविद्यालय से अपना एमबीए पूरा किया था। हर नए ग्रेजुएट की तरह मुझे भी उम्मीद थी कि जल्द ही कोई अच्छी नौकरी मिल जाएगी।हफ्ते बीत गए, पर किसी भी कम्पनी से कोई खबर ही नहीं आई। उन दिनों इंटरनेट तो था नहीं, आप एप्लीकेशन पोस्ट ऑफिस से भेजते और फिर इंतजार करते की कही से कोई जवाब आ जाए. मैं थोड़ा मायूस होकर अपने गाँव लौट आया। एक अच्छे कॉलेज से इंजीनियरिंग डिग्री और अब एमबीए होने के बावजूद, मैं बेरोज़गार था । परिवार में किसी को कोई दिक्कत नहीं थी। घर में दूकान था ही और उन्हें…

  • HM RTV Vehicle Inauguration day
    Adventure

    First job reporting

    (यह हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें ) It was the summer of 1998. I had just completed my MBA in Indore, a city in central India, and like any fresh graduate, I was hopeful about landing a good job. But weeks passed, and nothing came through. I returned to my village feeling a little defeated. Despite having an engineering degree from a well-known college and now an MBA, there I was — jobless and back home. My family was supportive, and somewhere deep down, I still believed something would work out. But the waiting wasn’t easy. After about a month of applying and hearing nothing back, I…

  • Poem,  Writing

    यादों की यादेँ

    किसी भी दौर पे, आंखो के छोर सेयूं ही झकझोर जाती हैं ।। ऐ यादों, अब आ भी जाओ..तुम्हारी यादें सिर्फ दिल ही दुखाती हैं ।।

  • Fun,  Poem,  Writing

    Some funny poems Sher-O-Shayari

    खंजर के लिए अपना सीना था,पर वो तो दिल में जख्म लेते हैं । खंजर के लिए अपना सीना था,पर वो तो दिल में जख्म लेते हैं । आयोडेक्स की उन्हे है जरूरत,हम तो दर्द को दर्द देते है ।। —- तुम चीज पनीर, मैं खोया मक्खन ।तुम बिल्कुल डब्बा और मैं पूरा ढक्कन । Dabba and Dhakkan are specialty assigned to dimwits in India :).

  • Creative,  Poem,  Writing

    Upagupta (Hindi)

    I came across the poem Upagupta by Rabindranath Tagore on 10th grade. It was one of the poem on my English literature class. I guess, the story touched to the core of my own image of a good person – the discipline, the abstinence and the composure. I thought of not only translating this in Hindi but also giving it a poem form, just like Tagore ji has written. So, here it is. Please keep in mind, I was only 15 years old at that time. उपग़ुप्त | एक सच्चे सन्यासी की कहानी सावन की पुलकित यामिनीतुषार मलिन हुयी ज्योत्सनाजलयुक्त पवन के मध्य कहिँमेघ दिखा रहे रोद्र अपना मथुरा की…

  • Poem,  Writing

    Upagupta – By Rabindranath Tagore

    The hindi version of this poem ..ahem..written by me, is here.Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was the Nobel Prize literature. He was close to common people and social reformist. This Poem is about an ascetic disciple of ‘Gautam Budhha’ whose name was Upagupta. The story revolves around his focus and devotion on good deeds which is not waivered by short term pleasure or mere attraction of a damsel, a beautiful dancer ‘Vasavadatta’. The Tryst | Abhisar Upagupta, the disciple of Buddha, lay asleep on the dust by the wall of Mathura.Lamps were all out, doors were all shut in the town, and stars were hidden in clouds in the murky sky of…

  • Creative,  Learning,  Lifestyle

    The Books I Liked

    As the world has shifted, I also listen the books, rather reading them. Sometimes I make an effort to get the hardcover or kindle e-book but those are rare. My current reading/listening is: Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker (Published in 2017)Here is the marketing pitch of this book which I will comment on after reading the book.• Why valedictorians rarely become millionaires, and how your biggest weakness might actually be your greatest strength• Whether nice guys finish last and why the best lessons about cooperation come from gang members, pirates, and serial killers • Why trying to increase confidence fails and how Buddhist philosophy holds a superior…

  • Learning,  Lifestyle

    The Podcasts I am Listening

    I am getting hooked to podcasts now-a-days. There are some which I am subscribed to. I am seeing a pattern of which podcasts I like. Here is a list on random order: I listen to one of these podcasts while I am working out or going for a walk. I will try to add some notes or salient points which I come across. There is so much to learn that I don’t care anymore as long as I am enjoying them and even if getting just a bit of these into my life.