Nokia Loyalist - Andriod Supporter - GenNext speaks differently

I was speaking to a friend and colleague of mine in office and since these smart phones have come out now, and earlier there were only one-feature phones [only for speaking, and sometimes for sending sms] , nowadays smart phones have their own features and along with that their own lingo, that today's nextGen people can only understand.

Earlier i would only use the phone for speaking and while sending sms, and if i had to tell some friend of mine, that i have sent sms, so i use to use this term only, that sent you sms, and please read it. But today's generation , they say, i text you, please text me back. When i heard this from a friend of mine, who is not technical, i was really surprised to hear such words. For first instance i did not understand what she is saying.

Another friend of mine in office, Shashank Shastri, who told me while we were talking, and chatting regarding the phones he told me that he has been Nokia loyalist , and directly switching from Nokia to Android , he doesnt likes it. I though he is saying, Nokialystic - like its some new word, that nowadays generation might be using, so i asked him to get it confirmed what he actually said. And yes he is today's generation guy, who is not willing to shift from Nokia to Android and then to blackberry if he is forced to.

Also he told me that Google has its own software, and Nokia has it own. Nokia has win 8 aur simbian OS and also Andriod software runs on the separate hardware and the Nokia runs on separate hardware. This was really amazing to know. I am also using a smart phone now, but i am unaware of all these new words and new hardwares and their makeup inside.

The kids also have changed. I was at home and my brother's daughter who is just 4 years old and some days back it was her birthday, so her father bought her a think pad of lenovo. She is so much in love with that pad and keeps playing games and enjoys all the apps that are there in it. One day she told me that i need a particular game, so i just asked her, that which game she needs and how to get it. My question was that what is the link or name of the game so that i can get it from google. But what she told me that time, shook me. She told , " kya itna easy to hai chacha, download karo aur phir install karo, aur phir game khelo". Frankly speaking, the downloading of an app and installing i only heard all these words when i joined my first company and there i had created an app. Till then too my logic and my understanding for downloading and installing was not clear. But today's kids, due to cartoons and TV's have become smart like smart phones.

I really appreciate all the youngsters and kids, who know what information is and how to send the message and information in an appropriate way to all the concerned people.

Diwali Celeberation in Atos

FATANG is the team responsible for arranging the fun-filled activities and the well-being at work initiatives for my company where i work in.
It was a wonderful thing to receive a mail a day before, that today there will be a traditional day, and a food festival along with the Rangoli competitions. I did not take part in Rangoli Competition, but yes i did wear the traditional dress. But many teams who took part in Rangoli , did a great job . The above picture of FATANG is actually a rangoli taken by FATANG team and the full form of this is written below that.

 This rangoli depicts OM and the Ganesha designed in a typical way, that both are merged in to one. How beautifully the designer has then made a semi-circle designed with the half spaced donut design.

The green, red and the white combination of colours in just making the rangoli look more appealing.

This is a Ganesha , side view with an eye and a trunk. The different colours small dots, depict as if Ganesha is wearing a scarf and a cloth of seven colours - very rich.

Elephant headed God is the God who is prayed with lot of devotion. It was Lord Shankar, Father of Lord Ganesha who granted him this blessing, that when ever, whereever, who so ever will begin anything, or do any puja, the first God who will be worshiped or remembered will be Ganesha, and without remembering and worshiping Ganesha no one will be worshiped. Hence when we begin any work or do any festival or puja, first we worship Lord Ganesha and take his blessings.

 This is where the rangoli is wishing us Happy Diwali.  The deepak that is burning in midst of the seven colours is suiting the entire rangoli.

The seven colours depict our life and the joys and the sorrows we have in our life. The colours give us the meaning and changes our life. If we are sad, we feel its dull and black colour and when we are happy we like to see, bright, florescent colors.

 Here the nature is at its best. Two birds on a tree. This speaks a lot. Two friends, two lovers, having fun in this nature.

Nature is the place where we need to be today. Today in the city life, where we face the cement jungle, the pollution of the fuels and other checmicals, where we cant see any green open space, its high time we should take nature seriously and protect it.

 The Elephant, who lives along with all the small and big animals, and enjoys its herbivorous status .

If animals, birds, and the sea life is not existing with each other, its hard to believe if we can either live and survive without them. If we are killing them we are actually killing ourselves and our lives. Imagine can we live and survive if no animal exists. Think:)

 This is a rangoli at its best. The round shape, the colourful, its design is great. The peacock based mehendi design shapes are used in this to give it a rich look.

The Green is for Peace, White is for unity and the other bright colours are for joy and the love we share with each other during the seasons and the festivals like diwali, by sharing sweets and blessings with each other.

This is depicting what India is going through at present. The sad but the real true topic, the rape that has increased . We surely should take some strict steps to stop this rapists.

Rape is the heinous crime that should never be done on any women, or girl. It is just like killing the virginity, that means killing the girl. So if you kill anyone, then the punishment of that is death penalty nothing less.

 A lamp was lit in midst of all the rangolis'. The lighting of the lamp is most auspicious and the sign of growth and light. And where there is light the darkness disappears. The sad, agony and pain are no more existing and the happiness comes in and makes every life more sweeter and brighter.

And finally the sweets were distributed by our company Atos, as Diwali is the festival when everyone eats lot of sweets and welcome the New year. Everyone had different styles of preparing sweets. Some people prepare at home, some purchase it from outside.

This is myself, dressed in a traditional dress. This is the tradition of India. We all love our country and this is the time when we get chance to express our feelings by dressing it in our traditional dresses. This shows exactly what unity in diversity is.

Some have dressed in Gujrati dresses, some in south Indian lungis and dhotis of Calcutta, the salwar and the pataloon of Sindhis in sindhi style, or a Maharashtrian Topis and dhotis, and the bhangra style punjabu traditional dresses. From North to south it was a wonderful cosmopolitan dress code to view in Mumbai office.

 Here is my friend Siddeshwar Pawar who was very enthusiastic to wear his traditional kurta, over a jean. That is the great combination of the traditional cum modern look. This type of dress suits him a lot.

His love and affection for his country and the traditional values is very appreciable. He always speaks about the Indian style of living. The food , the travel experiences and the most importantly his own customs and views.

He tells me about how he enjoys cooking and eating different delicious foods. He is also a fan of his mother's cooked meals, and he never likes to miss it.

He is also a thorough IT professional and is expert in his field of SAP.

He also has many other qualities apart from being a sport and taking life joyfully.

This is my working area. My computer and my self we are true friends for 9 hours that i spend in office. I always remember one line from a famous poem,
"My never failing friends are they, with whom i converse day by day". So its my computer with whom i converse till i am in office. I love my computer the most.




And yes this is a standing pose for i was extremely charged up and happy for showing off my traditional dress and the rangoli event that was going on.

I had a wonderful time and i think i celebrated my Diwali now itself.

I wish you all a very Happy Diwali and a prosperous New year ahead.

A trip to Khopoli Ashram - Mangeshda

On 27th December 2012, I was off to Khopoli for celeberating the New Year with Dada Mangeshda's 4 day retreat called "How to be Happy" in Mangeshda's Ashram in Khopoli from 27th December till 1st January 2013. The experience was so beautiful that can only be felt. Being with Dada all the 4 days itself is a bliss. It is said that if you only be with the enlightened soul, you get all the bliss and ample blessings of the sadguru and God by doing nothing else. Its like if the soil cloth is put in water with soap, and left it for sometime, it mud stuck on the cloth will automatically be loosened, and then after sometime we will have to only brush it once so that all the dirt is gone. Similarly, being with the enlightened soul , same thing happens, all the dirt from the inside, gets removed automatically, and then only by one chant of Rama, all the dirt will be washed off with the brush. So when we reached there, Dada was just waiting outside the Auditorium hall, and guiding the gardener to clean up the garden. And we took his blessings, and then we were given keys , we rushed and kept the luggage in our rooms, and came within 15 mins to the auditorium, as the retreat "How to be happy" was about to begin. We were all there. There were around 60 members who participated in the retreat, that was to go for 4 long days. The first round of introduction, of all the members, was in it, a lot of insight in different cultures, different people, coming from differen backgrounds, some from Maharshtra, some from South and everyone from different professional backgrounds. After that there was a small speach by Dada, in which he explained what we will be doing in these coming 4 days. He made 4 groups, and 4 leaders, and said that we will be playing lot many games, in the groups, many competitions, many debates will take place, and based on those the dharmic speeches will be given. Then we had lunch and then again settled down.

A trip to Alibaugh

When my music sir plans any trip, he makes sure that the trip is memorable. Same was the case, when we planned to go for a one night stay to Alibaugh. There were 7 other music students who decided to join in and we had booked Tavera to take us along the greener and the wonderful highways off from Mumbai to Alibaugh.

  

This trip was a very memorable one because we had a entrant who had joined the trip only to drink hotdrinks, and along with him three others were already decided that tonight it would be a bash and the drinks will flow like water in the tap.

We all met early morning but at our surprise , they did not bring drinks along with them. So we were wondering from where they will get them. While asking they said that they will be purchasing it from Alibaugh once they reach there, and we knew nothing of Alibaugh, so were again wondering , how will they arrange that.

The journey was too long and so we started to have the breakfast in the car itself. It was some stuff brought by all the members from their homes. We had breakfast. Most of us were singing and enjoying the journey. We then halted at the tea-stall and had tea. It was a masala tea and favorite of everyone. We did not half for long anywhere as we had a plan to have lunch in a hotel in Alibaugh. A hotel that was suggested by Kunte sir, who belongs to Alibaugh and he has been there many a times. He was the one who also

A trip to Shegaon

It was a trip to Shegaon, a math of shri Gajanan Maharaj. A great mordern saint of India, Maharashtra. This is a place situated near Ratnagiri and it took 10 hours in train. The train timings were 10:30 PM and early morning 8:00 AM we reached there, so we were sleeping the entire time in the train. We were total 7 people including music sir, Abhay Bhide sir. This was also the trip arranged by Music class and we all were just enjoying the trip as puedo-bachelors.

Mangeshda's birthday and Annual Day Celeberations

I was blessed to attend the program yesterday, on 24th October 2013, of Sri Sri Mangeshda's Birthday and Annual Day celeberations, that was held in Ravindra Sabhagrah, Dadar, Mumbai. I went there along with Dr. Kokal and Mrs. Kokal, who had introduced me to such a great organisation and the saint of mordern India. We reached there at 6:30 PM, after ranging from the heavy traffic that we faced at Sion, and then Dadar. Whew! what a teribble traffic of Mumbai city.
We were all seated in the full packed hall and at 7:00 PM, Dada (sri Mangeshda as he is lovingly called) arrived and the ceremony began. The very first there was an introduction speach by Mr. Pandya, who is a very good orater and appears in Zee News and many other channels, who introduced all the chief guests who had been invited. Later on there was a small video that showcased the story from childhood till what is recently done by thier foundation. Later on there was a special Puja conducted on the occasion of His birthday.
After that Dada gave a very small speach, but that contained everything in a jist. Dada's speech is always a gift for all who attend the meeting. He speaks in short but delivers such a strong message in it. All the words spoken by Him are immortal. Yesterday He told "We say what this world is doing to solve all the problems, but I ask myself only one question, what i am doing to solve that problem, because, you and me are we and this is our India, our Nation". Great these were the words that are etched in my heart and will be there for ever. After that there was speech given by all the guests who were invited.
Later on there was a wonderful musical program by youngsters who were classical instrumetalists, Mr. Bhave: Tabla player, Ms. Bhave: Violin Player, and Mr. Siddesh - a Jal Tarang player (This instrumet is a very unique and rarely played since it is the music that is created from the different sizes and shapes of clay bowls and the water poured in it of a equivalent amount so that it should produce the specific sargam. They played three songs, and they were marvalous. You can find small glimpse of that in the video attached herewith. Sri Sri Mangeshdaji also praised a lot to them. The program ended and we reached home by 12:00 Night.
To know more about Mangeshda's foundation click on the link.:

A Trip To Gondavalekar

|| Shree Ram JAi Ram Jai Jai Ram ||

We were planning this trip since long but finalized it on last week of september 2013, along with the music class where i learn Tabla (I have given 1st exam of Tabla and scored 1st class, preparations for second exam is going on. This is just for your information). Our music sir, Shri Abhay Bhide sir, along with 5 more members (Mr. Vaidya, Mr Brid, Mr. Kulkarni, Mr. Orpe, Mr. Nagraj Naik), who come to learn music there, planned to have a trip . Earlier we decided to go in Bus, but since its a long journey of 6 hours from Mumbai, we decided to book a Tavera, that will make our travel easy, and yes it did. Gondavalekar is situated 40 KMs away from Satara, which is around 300 KMS from Mumbai. We went via Mumbai-Pune Highway, and then towards Satara, bypassing Mahableshwar on the way. It was a 2 day trip, and 1 night stay in Gondavlekar Ashram. We met at morning 5:00 AM at Mulund Station where Tavera was waiting for all of us to pick up. We were waiting for everyone to come, so it took 6:00 AM while we left for the journey. We had taken some stuff for eating in the car, but at 11:00 we , had already decided to have Misal-Pau at a well known joint in Pune. We halted there for a fantastic Misal Pau and Tea. The picture below shows that place.

After having this delicious breakfast, we headed towards our destination, Gondavlekar. We had to reach there before 1:30, otherwise the prasad Lunch would get closed. If we reached after that,we had to eat somewhere outside. But as per God's will, we reached there sharp at 1:00 PM, and first went to have Lunch. It was a bliss to have such a nice prasad. Rice, Dal, Roti, Bhaji , Chatni, and a glass full of Chaas. That was more than filling. After having that we went for darshan. The darshan was most blissful. We went in the samadhi temple of shri Maharaj (As Gondavlekar Maharaj is addressed), and the feeling there was out of this world. It seemed we have entered heaven.

Later we went to the office and got the keys for the room where we planned to stay for a night. We all took one big room, and were all together. We took some nap after such a long journey and then at 6 PM we all dressed up to go out side and have darshan and attend arti that begins at 7:30 PM. We went out side. There was a Ram Temple, that we visited, near by. The Ram Laxman Sita Murti was installed by Sri Maharaj himself. That was just behind the main temple.

There is a story, that one day, when Shri Maharaj, went to that temple, and took the darshan and was returning back, the prist came running, after seing that there were tears in the statue of Lord Rama's eyes, and he requested to come inside the temple. It was that dedication, and the constant 'Namasmaran ie Chanting of the mantra' he did, due to which he was so loved by lord. Shri Maharaj had popularized the Mantra "Shree Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram" and stressed on the 'Namasmaran', to all his devotees. He said the 'namasmaran' should go on continously non stop and that is the only way to get salvation from this world in this 'kalayuga'.

After attending the Arti, we went to have dinner prasad, and then we took a small walk. We all gathered in the night at the room and discussed some wordly topics, and then slpet by around 11:00 PM. The next day morning was important for me, since i spoke to the temple people that i had to sing a bhajan. So they said you have to be present in the samadhi temple at 5:00 AM. But when we slept so late, so it was sure i would not be able to get up at 5:00 AM. But it was amazing, how i got up at 4:00, and was present in Temple , after taking bath and all, by 5:00 AM. You know the reason, the temple guys, banged the wakeup drums at sharp 4:00 AM, so that everyone should get up.

At 5:00 AM, after the arti was over, and since it was a sunday, many people were there in the temple, and many people were there for singing bhajans too. So i went and requested the one who was arranging the bhajan mandli, that i would like to sing. He then consulted his member, but he refused, since there were many people already who had to sing. I told both of them, that i have come from Mumbai, and i will be going back today, so i request you to give me 2 mins, and i will complete my bhajan in 2 mins. So they agreed. And i sang a very famous bhajan in Marathi, by Saint Namdev, "Maza Bhav Tujhe Charni". That was awesome. Many poeple liked it, and they appriciated me.

We had to leave by 11:00 AM, since we had decided to visit Sajjangad - A math of shri Ramdas Samarth - Saint of Shivaji Maharaj. So we left and reached there by 1:00 PM. We had to climb up the 300 stairs to reach the top, where the temple and the ashram was built. It was a fabulous Ashram. As we were going upstairs, in between i saw some very beautiful Maruti pictures of different styles. You can see in the pictures.

After visiting the Sajjangad fort, we then drove back to Mumbai, and in between took an hours break for having Lunch at Pune. We are were surely tired , as we reached Mulund by 7:00 PM, sunday evening. But it was a trip to remember. Thanks to all who planned, arranged and managed to go there. For more information on the trip and how to go there, please click on the following link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma_Chaitanya

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