Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Mother Nature's Dow
While I am convinced that our current financial crisis is the product of both the Market and the Mother Nature hitting the wall at once - telling us that we need to grow in more sustainable ways - some might ask this : We know when the market hits a wall; it shows up in red numbers on the Dow. But mother nature doesn't have a dow. What makes u think she is hitiing a wall too? And even if she is , who cares? When my economy is colapsing, its hard to worry about sea levels rising.
Its true Mother Naure doesn't tell us with one simple number how she's feeling. But if you follow climate science , what has been striking is how insistently some of the world's best scientists have been warning - in the past few months - that climate change is happening faster and will bring bigger changes quicker than we anticipated just a few years ago.
Indeed if Mother Nature had a dow, you could say that it, too , has been breaking into new scientific lows.
What to do?????
it would be nice to say , " Hey, Mother Nature , we are having a credit crisis, could you take a couple of years off? "
But the hard fact is Mother Nature is just Chemistry Biology & Physics and she is going to do whatever they dictate. You can't sweet talk Mother Nature or the Market. You have to change the economics to affect the Dow and the chemistry , biology & physics to affect Mother Nature.
There are 5 policies that can help us win the energy climate battle and each has been proven somewhere.
First : Building code :
Second : better vehicle fuel efficiency standards
Third : national renewable portfolio standard
Fourth : Decoupling
Finally building a price on Carbon - Polluting the atmosphere can't be free!!
These are the pillars of a climate bailout. Yes, some have upfront cost . But all of them would pay longterm dividends, because they would foster massive innovation in new clean technologies that would stimulate the real Dow and much lower emmissions that would stimualte the Climate Dow.
Source : New York Times News Service
Monday, 30 March 2009
Sometimes you are rendered so helpless...at the hands of fate that it boils down to one basic question - " Does your own effort really matter ? "
U r many a times criticised for hiding under the cushions of hypocrisy, for being diplomatic..but i never knew that one could be criticised for being true and transparent as well!!
You are hammered for being delicate and the same people hammer u later for being strong under the given circumstances !!
Now if there has to be a protocol for even the kind of behaviour that one is suppose to follow, then I guess you just lose out on the essence of being true to yourself!!
I do not know as to what kind of projection I am suppose to make, I do not know as to how to manipulate myself, my feelings , my behaviour as per the need of the hour... I donot know how to lay the tables , how to play a role.. all of it just to benefit myself at the end... I find it so derogatory.. n people call it tact!!
Probably God had me as an exception when these tacts were being endowed....!!
U r many a times criticised for hiding under the cushions of hypocrisy, for being diplomatic..but i never knew that one could be criticised for being true and transparent as well!!
You are hammered for being delicate and the same people hammer u later for being strong under the given circumstances !!
Now if there has to be a protocol for even the kind of behaviour that one is suppose to follow, then I guess you just lose out on the essence of being true to yourself!!
I do not know as to what kind of projection I am suppose to make, I do not know as to how to manipulate myself, my feelings , my behaviour as per the need of the hour... I donot know how to lay the tables , how to play a role.. all of it just to benefit myself at the end... I find it so derogatory.. n people call it tact!!
Probably God had me as an exception when these tacts were being endowed....!!
Mysteries of Life!!!
Some relationships in life are so incomprehensible and so sincere at the same time that it becomes extremely difficult for you to really understand as to how to perceive it and go about it !!! They are the ones which do not fall within the confines of the normal conventions, which have been there for ages!!
They liberate you, evolve you, push you to test your extremes which probably even you are not aware of...
They are the ones you find difficult to live without and at the same time find difficult to live with...mainly coz you are constantly trying to weigh them against the Scales of Judgement......trying to see whether you are contractually correct .. or not...!!!!
So then what is it that you are suppose to do...I donot know as to why am I even writing this.... but the fact is that the loss of cheer, spirit and liveliness which is attributed to the absence of that empowering presence around you... just seems to dampen your already down spirits further.
I always thought I was way too simple .. way to busy enjoying the small wonders of life... to think about anything for that matterThe joy and the cheer each relationship brought was more than fulfilling...so why even care to think about the hurt it caused at times ...That was my way of life - " FORGIVE & FORGET"
I have always had a natural tenacity to make friends. I have a natural affinity towards people.. I believe in putting total effort into a relationship discarding all PRECEPTIONS... inspite of which, when it goes wrong..... it hurts!!!
But then they say what breath is to life is what communication is to a relationship... If things are talked over, discussed , expressed..life becomes a lot more easier..
I have had a tough time past couple of days.. coz neither could I vent out my anger, nor express my anguish, neither could I openly cry , nor could I genuinely laugh,
subconsciously the silence with which I was greeted just lingered on....
Feel a lot lighter a lot better coz a lot seems to be off my chest!!
They liberate you, evolve you, push you to test your extremes which probably even you are not aware of...
They are the ones you find difficult to live without and at the same time find difficult to live with...mainly coz you are constantly trying to weigh them against the Scales of Judgement......trying to see whether you are contractually correct .. or not...!!!!
So then what is it that you are suppose to do...I donot know as to why am I even writing this.... but the fact is that the loss of cheer, spirit and liveliness which is attributed to the absence of that empowering presence around you... just seems to dampen your already down spirits further.
I always thought I was way too simple .. way to busy enjoying the small wonders of life... to think about anything for that matterThe joy and the cheer each relationship brought was more than fulfilling...so why even care to think about the hurt it caused at times ...That was my way of life - " FORGIVE & FORGET"
I have always had a natural tenacity to make friends. I have a natural affinity towards people.. I believe in putting total effort into a relationship discarding all PRECEPTIONS... inspite of which, when it goes wrong..... it hurts!!!
But then they say what breath is to life is what communication is to a relationship... If things are talked over, discussed , expressed..life becomes a lot more easier..
I have had a tough time past couple of days.. coz neither could I vent out my anger, nor express my anguish, neither could I openly cry , nor could I genuinely laugh,
subconsciously the silence with which I was greeted just lingered on....
Feel a lot lighter a lot better coz a lot seems to be off my chest!!
So true!!!
The young have inspirations that never come to pass.
The old have reminiscences of what never happened !!
The old have reminiscences of what never happened !!
Sunday, 29 March 2009
Birthday Blues!!
Yesterday happened to be my 26th birthday.... the first one after marriage :)..march the 28th.. holds a great place in my heart... has to .. afterall the world was blessed with an angel like me... he he :P.. just kidding..
Just that.... what I felt on this birthday was completely different from what I have felt all these years... This was the first birthday where I truy from the bottom of my heart thanked God for bringing me to life... thanked God for giving me such a wonderful Family.. thanked God for blessing me with such a wonderful Husband...and also for blessing me with such wonderful people around me...
I realised how blessed I am .... not just because of the wishes that I was bestowed with yesterday but what touched me more was the love and warmth that each wish encompassed.
Trust me .. its an overwhelming feeling... the feeling of being loved , appreciated and cared for...the amount of satisfaction it brings matches none!!!
Its way too supreme..:)
Yesterday was a day I set forth a couple of targets for myself..once again something i have never done before...
All thanks to Mr. Aswath Rammayya for taking us through this wonderful training program which gave us insights to ourselves.... which gave us the realization of how indignificant we are and at the same time how powerful we are .. only if we realize the POWER OF ONE!!!
It was an eye opener in a true sense :)
So after a happy, joyful, fulfiling and and an absolute satisfying day... I had a contented sleep... which was eluding me past cuple of days :)
Just that.... what I felt on this birthday was completely different from what I have felt all these years... This was the first birthday where I truy from the bottom of my heart thanked God for bringing me to life... thanked God for giving me such a wonderful Family.. thanked God for blessing me with such a wonderful Husband...and also for blessing me with such wonderful people around me...
I realised how blessed I am .... not just because of the wishes that I was bestowed with yesterday but what touched me more was the love and warmth that each wish encompassed.
Trust me .. its an overwhelming feeling... the feeling of being loved , appreciated and cared for...the amount of satisfaction it brings matches none!!!
Its way too supreme..:)
Yesterday was a day I set forth a couple of targets for myself..once again something i have never done before...
All thanks to Mr. Aswath Rammayya for taking us through this wonderful training program which gave us insights to ourselves.... which gave us the realization of how indignificant we are and at the same time how powerful we are .. only if we realize the POWER OF ONE!!!
It was an eye opener in a true sense :)
So after a happy, joyful, fulfiling and and an absolute satisfying day... I had a contented sleep... which was eluding me past cuple of days :)
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Dilemma's of Life !!
In life many a times we face certain dilemmas.
Who to say ,what to and when. And when we do would it be received in the spirit of frank honesty or apprehension of misunderstanding.
Vital opinions essential for the moment have the misfortune of getting covered in a blanket of silence and muted for fear of disturbing the object of comment.
Sometimes with disastrous consequences. So generally the easier path is taken. Better to be quiet and not lose a relationship than otherwise.
Relationships, though have their own graph. Many in them expect that you speak up. It demonstrates strength and belief and confidence of understanding. If.. both parties remain on the same plain.
Many a times it is this very plain that becomes the cause of the disturbance.
Delicate !! Difficult !! Sensitive !! Undecided !! Most would rather not ruffle the feathers. I sometimes exercise discretion. I find myself taking it upon myself rather than passing it on. And a simple philosophy to justify that. Better one troubled being than two !! Better me than he. :)
Who to say ,what to and when. And when we do would it be received in the spirit of frank honesty or apprehension of misunderstanding.
Vital opinions essential for the moment have the misfortune of getting covered in a blanket of silence and muted for fear of disturbing the object of comment.
Sometimes with disastrous consequences. So generally the easier path is taken. Better to be quiet and not lose a relationship than otherwise.
Relationships, though have their own graph. Many in them expect that you speak up. It demonstrates strength and belief and confidence of understanding. If.. both parties remain on the same plain.
Many a times it is this very plain that becomes the cause of the disturbance.
Delicate !! Difficult !! Sensitive !! Undecided !! Most would rather not ruffle the feathers. I sometimes exercise discretion. I find myself taking it upon myself rather than passing it on. And a simple philosophy to justify that. Better one troubled being than two !! Better me than he. :)
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Warren Buffet's advise for 2009
We begin this new year with dampened enthusiasm and dented optimism. Our happiness is diluted and peace is threatened by the financial illness that has infected our families,organizations and nations.Everyone is desperate to find a remedy that will cure their financial illness and help them recover their financial health .
They expect the financial experts to provide them with remedies, forgetting the fact that it is these experts who created this financial mess.Every new year , I adopt a couple of old maxims as my beacons to guide my future. This self prescribed therapy has ensured that with each passing year, I grow wiser and not older.This year, I invite you to tap into the financial wisdom of our elders along with me , and become financially wiser.
HARD WORK: All hard work bring a profit, but mere talk only leads to poverty
LAZINESS: A sleeping lobster is carried away by the water current.
EARNINGS: Never depend on a single source of income.(At least make your investments get you second earning
SPENDINGS: If you buy things you don’t need , you’ll soon sell things you need.
SAVINGS: Don’t save what is left after spending. Spend what is left after saving.
BORROWINGS: the borrower becomes the lenders slave.
ACCOUNTING: Its no use carrying an umbrella, if your shoes are leaking.
AUDITING: Beware of little expenses . A small leak can sink a large ship.
RISK TAKING: Never test the depth of river with both feet.(Have an alternate plan ready)
INVESTMENT: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
I’m certain that those who have already been practicing these principles remain financially healthy , I m equally confident that those who resolve to start practicing these principles will quickly regain their financial health. Let us become wiser and lead a happy , healthy , prosperous and peaceful life.
They expect the financial experts to provide them with remedies, forgetting the fact that it is these experts who created this financial mess.Every new year , I adopt a couple of old maxims as my beacons to guide my future. This self prescribed therapy has ensured that with each passing year, I grow wiser and not older.This year, I invite you to tap into the financial wisdom of our elders along with me , and become financially wiser.
HARD WORK: All hard work bring a profit, but mere talk only leads to poverty
LAZINESS: A sleeping lobster is carried away by the water current.
EARNINGS: Never depend on a single source of income.(At least make your investments get you second earning
SPENDINGS: If you buy things you don’t need , you’ll soon sell things you need.
SAVINGS: Don’t save what is left after spending. Spend what is left after saving.
BORROWINGS: the borrower becomes the lenders slave.
ACCOUNTING: Its no use carrying an umbrella, if your shoes are leaking.
AUDITING: Beware of little expenses . A small leak can sink a large ship.
RISK TAKING: Never test the depth of river with both feet.(Have an alternate plan ready)
INVESTMENT: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
I’m certain that those who have already been practicing these principles remain financially healthy , I m equally confident that those who resolve to start practicing these principles will quickly regain their financial health. Let us become wiser and lead a happy , healthy , prosperous and peaceful life.
A trip down the memory lane!!
Taking a trip down the memory lane, one always gets emotional thinking of school days, mainly coz it brings out the child in you, freeing you from the shackles of all the negativities that surround you.
In this fast moving life , it allows you the luxury of just laying back and thinking of all the good times that you have spent in school and most importantly it reminds you of all the time that u had at your dispense and of which there is an absolute dearth now.
School-days, I believe are the happiest in the whole span of human existence--- it is in school we make our 1st frnd,have our 1st crush, compete to excel, hope for a place in the sports team and learn our first lessons about life.Recollecting memories of school days is a way of holding onto the things you love, and the things you never want to lose
SCHOOL DAYS.....
Why did you get over so soon?
Night cascades these days before noon.
December looms in before its June.
My goodness!!! Look how time has flown.
Good Lord !! Why did it get over so soon?
It’s been almost 8 years since I left school, but for me thinking of that crisp new uniform, fresh new set of books, the new school bag, rejoicing with friends, cycling to school, playing basketball all of it transcends me into a state of Joy as well as Sorrow- Joy for being able to relive those moments and sorrow for missing them & never actually being able to relive them.
Before I begin, I would first and foremost like to thank Rev Father Raymond for bringing an institution like this into existence. He is the very foundation on which this institution stands and his virtues are a legacy that all of us should carry forward.
My journey with St. Anselm’s began in the year 1991, and so did my association with a wonderful lady, Miss Marian Dessa, my Std III class teacher, someone who was instrumental in pushing me into public speaking, someone who encouraged me to tread the path which transformed me from a shy individual to a confident one, which eventually has been an important factor in deciding the course of my life. I owe a lot to her as well as Rev Father Raymond who was a strong and inspiring force apart from my parents, strongly believing that I could .He was a little harsh on me many a times, with the sole intention of bringing out the best in me but I was never able to appreciate it, until I realized the value it added on to me and for which I would eternally be thankful to him. ( If only I could meet him and tell him in person!!!)
The glorious years that I have spent in St. Anselm’ s hold a special place in my heart , not only because I was a part of a great batch which had some extraordinary people with extraordinary capabilities but also because we were guided by an elite class who were not only excellent in their respective fields but great companions when it was required of them to be. I would like to make a special mention of some of them coz they are truly missed.
Daniel Mam for her grace, wit and a great sense of humour.” Who were the two statues adorning my class in the previous period” is a dialogue I can never forget coz I actually was the one standing out J. Sinha Mam for her wonderful expressions and her lively English classes, Anjali Mam for a chilled out nature, her smile and her ability to bond emotionally with her students, Bharti Mam for not preferring me over Mili ( just kidding!!) , Sanjeev sir for his ever so pink cheeks ( “ forgive me for mentioning that”) and his great smile , Marian Mam for her song “ food in the army”, Krishna Mam for considering me as one of her favourite and Vibha Mam for being Abhishek’s favourite :)
I salute my school, my teachers, my batch and all the others who were associated with me. All of you are truly missed!!!!
Swami Vivekananda said: “Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs right there undigested all your life.. It is rather a life building, man making, character making assimilation of ideas” and our school epitomized it. St Anselm’s has not only laid the foundation for all of us to embark upon a great future but has also instilled in us virtues and values that would stand by us in this journey of life…
Would like to conclude this write up with some lines ….
Memories from childhood stay with us forever,
Taking us where we have been and will go.
Pieces of life that live on and will never,
Let us forget that we were young long ago.
Sometimes I wander back into those shadows,
Quietly being who I use to be
Bringing to life all the joys and sorrows,
Days that can’t die while they still live in me.
Life has such treasures that time is always stealing,
Nothing can entirely ever stay.
While you are young, you can capture each feeling,
Make all the memories you can every day!!
In this fast moving life , it allows you the luxury of just laying back and thinking of all the good times that you have spent in school and most importantly it reminds you of all the time that u had at your dispense and of which there is an absolute dearth now.
School-days, I believe are the happiest in the whole span of human existence--- it is in school we make our 1st frnd,have our 1st crush, compete to excel, hope for a place in the sports team and learn our first lessons about life.Recollecting memories of school days is a way of holding onto the things you love, and the things you never want to lose
SCHOOL DAYS.....
Why did you get over so soon?
Night cascades these days before noon.
December looms in before its June.
My goodness!!! Look how time has flown.
Good Lord !! Why did it get over so soon?
It’s been almost 8 years since I left school, but for me thinking of that crisp new uniform, fresh new set of books, the new school bag, rejoicing with friends, cycling to school, playing basketball all of it transcends me into a state of Joy as well as Sorrow- Joy for being able to relive those moments and sorrow for missing them & never actually being able to relive them.
Before I begin, I would first and foremost like to thank Rev Father Raymond for bringing an institution like this into existence. He is the very foundation on which this institution stands and his virtues are a legacy that all of us should carry forward.
My journey with St. Anselm’s began in the year 1991, and so did my association with a wonderful lady, Miss Marian Dessa, my Std III class teacher, someone who was instrumental in pushing me into public speaking, someone who encouraged me to tread the path which transformed me from a shy individual to a confident one, which eventually has been an important factor in deciding the course of my life. I owe a lot to her as well as Rev Father Raymond who was a strong and inspiring force apart from my parents, strongly believing that I could .He was a little harsh on me many a times, with the sole intention of bringing out the best in me but I was never able to appreciate it, until I realized the value it added on to me and for which I would eternally be thankful to him. ( If only I could meet him and tell him in person!!!)
The glorious years that I have spent in St. Anselm’ s hold a special place in my heart , not only because I was a part of a great batch which had some extraordinary people with extraordinary capabilities but also because we were guided by an elite class who were not only excellent in their respective fields but great companions when it was required of them to be. I would like to make a special mention of some of them coz they are truly missed.
Daniel Mam for her grace, wit and a great sense of humour.” Who were the two statues adorning my class in the previous period” is a dialogue I can never forget coz I actually was the one standing out J. Sinha Mam for her wonderful expressions and her lively English classes, Anjali Mam for a chilled out nature, her smile and her ability to bond emotionally with her students, Bharti Mam for not preferring me over Mili ( just kidding!!) , Sanjeev sir for his ever so pink cheeks ( “ forgive me for mentioning that”) and his great smile , Marian Mam for her song “ food in the army”, Krishna Mam for considering me as one of her favourite and Vibha Mam for being Abhishek’s favourite :)
I salute my school, my teachers, my batch and all the others who were associated with me. All of you are truly missed!!!!
Swami Vivekananda said: “Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs right there undigested all your life.. It is rather a life building, man making, character making assimilation of ideas” and our school epitomized it. St Anselm’s has not only laid the foundation for all of us to embark upon a great future but has also instilled in us virtues and values that would stand by us in this journey of life…
Would like to conclude this write up with some lines ….
Memories from childhood stay with us forever,
Taking us where we have been and will go.
Pieces of life that live on and will never,
Let us forget that we were young long ago.
Sometimes I wander back into those shadows,
Quietly being who I use to be
Bringing to life all the joys and sorrows,
Days that can’t die while they still live in me.
Life has such treasures that time is always stealing,
Nothing can entirely ever stay.
While you are young, you can capture each feeling,
Make all the memories you can every day!!
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