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"A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" Curious, he yells: "Who are you?" He receives the answer: "Who are you?" And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!" The voice answers: "I admire you!" Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!" He receives the answer: "Coward!" He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?" The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention." Again the man screams: "You are a champion!" The voice answers: "You are a champion!" The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions

साधीच गोष्ट/घटना आहे पण हल्ली हा "दृष्टीकोन" राहिला नाही म्हणून.....  :-) बेल वाजली म्हणून दरवाजा उघडला. दारात शिवराम. शिवराम आमच्या सोसायटीतल्या लोकांच्या गाड्या-बाईक्स धुवायचं काम करतो. 'साहेब, जरा काम होतं.' 'पगार द्यायचा राहिलाय का माझ्याकडून ?' 'नाय साहेब, तो केवाच भेटला. पेढे द्यायचे होते. पोरगा धाव्वी झाला.' 'अरे व्वा ! या आत या.' आमच्या दाराचा उंबरठा शिवराम प्रथमच ओलांडत होता. मी शिवरामला बसायला सांगितलं. तो आधी नको नको म्हणाला. आग्रह केला तेव्हा बसला. पण अवघडून. मीही त्याच्या समोर बसताच त्याने माझ्या हातात पेढ्यांची पुडी ठेवली. 'किती मार्क मिळाले मुलाला ?' 'बासट टक्के.' 'अरे वा !' त्याला बरं वाटावं म्हणून मी म्हटलं. हल्ली ऐंशी-नव्वद टक्के ऐकायची इतकी सवय झाल्ये की तेवढे मार्क न मिळालेला माणूस नापास झाल्यासारखाच वाटतो. पण शिवराम खुष दिसत होता. 'साहेब मी जाम खुश आहे. माझ्या अख्ख्या खानदानात इतका शिकलेला पहिला माणूस म्हणजे माझा पोरगा !' 'अच्छा, म्हणून पेढे वगैरे !' शिवरामला माझं बोलणं कदाचित आवडलं

मित्रांचे कट्टे आजकाल ओसंच पडतात.. कुणी 'orkut' वर तर कुणी 'Facebook' वर जमतात.. प्रत्यक्ष भेटीत सगळेच बुचकळयात पडतात.. कारण सगळे विषय 'chat' वरच संपलेले असतात.. मग 'chat' वर भेटूच " याचं Promise होतं.. आणि संभाषणातून 'Sign out' के लं जातं. .. 'लाल' 'हिरव्या ' दिव्यांच्या गर्दित मग हरवायला होतं... घट्ट पकडलेलया हातांनाही सैल सुटायला होतं.. 'Available' आणि 'Busy' मध्ये प्रत्येकाचा status घुटमळत राहतो... आपणहून add केलेल्या मित्रा पासून लपा यला 'Invisible'चा आडोसा घेतला जातो.. ताप आल्याच आजकाल आईच्या आधी 'Facebook' ला कळत.. औषध पेक्षा 'Take Care' च्या डोसेजनीच तापालाही पळायला होतं.. मनातलं सगळं 'Facebook' वर ओकायची मैत्रीत गरजच का असावी? नात्यांना धरून ठेवायला 'Net'' ची जाळीच का असावी? कधीतरी वाटतं पुन्हा कट्ट्यावर जमावं.. 'chat' ला गप्पानी आणि 'Smile' ना हस्यानी replace करावं.. शब्दापेक्षा सोबतीचं सामर्थ्य जास्त असतं मैतीचं खरं समाधान खंद्यावरच्या हात

एकच चहा, तो पण कटिंग  एकच पिच्चर , तो पण Tax-Free एकच साद , ती पण भाकरीची  अजून काय हव असत मित्राकडून... एकच कटाक्ष, तो पण हळूच  एकच होकार, तो पण लाजून  एकच स्पर्श, तो पण ठरवून  अजून काय हव असत प्रियाकडून.. एकच भुताची गोष्ट, ती पण  रागवून एकच श्रीखंडाची गोळी, ती पण अर्धी अर्धी  तोडून एकच जोरदार धपाटा , तो पण शिवी हासडून  अजून काय हव असत आज्जीकडून.. एकच मायेची थाप, ती पण  कुरवाळून एकच गरम पोळी, ती पण तूप  लावून एकच आशीर्वाद, तो पण डोळ्यात आसवे आणून अजून काय हव असत आई कडून.. एकच कठोर नकार ' स्वैराचाराला ', तो पण हृदयावर दगड  ठेऊन एकच उपदेश सडेतोड , तो पण घोगर्या आवाजातून  एकच नजर अभिमानाची, ती पण आपली प्रगती पाहून अजून काय हव असत वडिलांकडून... सगळ्यांनी खूप दिल, ते पण न  मागून स्वर्गच जणू मिळाला मला, तो पण न मरून, फाटकी हि ' झोळी ', ती पण वाहिली भरून अजून काय हव असत आयुष्याकडून??? मला खूप खूप आवडलेली मराठी कविता ..

" The Engineers first Problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is!! " Few people even being an engineer doesn't know that in who's memory we celebrate Engineers Day.. or on 15th September to whom we give tribute....So this is my humble try to provide little information about Engineer's Day!! Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (1860-1965) was called a wizard in engineering. He was also called the precursor of economic planning in India. He took an interest not in engineering alone, but was capable of applying his talent to many allied matters connected with the development of the nation.  Bharat Ratn Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvraya. His learned discourse on economic planning in India entitled 'Planned Economy for India and Reconstructing India' was the first available document on the planning effort of the country and it is still held as the parent source matter for economic plann

This was actually an e-mail sent by one of my friend.. I found it inspirational... Pencil:  I'm sorry.... Eraser:  For what? You didn't do anything wrong. Pencil:  I'm sorry cos you get hurt bcos of me. Whenever I made a mistake, you're always there to erase it. But as you make my  mistakes vanish, you lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time. Eraser: That's true. But I don't really mind. You see, I was made to do this. I was made to help you whenever you do something wrong.  Even though one day, I know I'll be gone and you'll replace me with a new one, I'm actually happy with my job. So please, stop worrying. I hate seeing you sad. :) I found this conversation between the pencil and the eraser very inspirational. Parents are like the eraser whereas their children are the pencil. They're always there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along the way... they get hurt, and  become smaller (olde

The ABC tag.. Well, It is much simpler than writing "26 things about me".. I was tagged by  Mona. So, here we go... 1. A – Available/Single?  Single 2. B – Best friend? Very few people whom I consider really close to me.. Can call them my 'best friends' 3. C – Cake or Pie? Cakes.. Chocolate / Blackforest cakes.. Mouthwatering stuff for me. 4. D – Drink of choice? I am a coffee/tea/milk addict.. Can have them at anytime of the day. 5. E – Essential item you use every day? My mobile,Scooty, internet 6. F – Favorite color? Purple 7. G – Gummy Bears Or Worms? Neither of the two 8. H – Hometown? Pune 9. I – Indulgence? Cooking, travelling,Writing.. 10. J – January or February? Weird question.. I'll say February 11. K – Kids & their name?  no kids.. :-) 12. L – Life is incomplete without? Family &  Love 13. M – Marriage date? Nah.. Not so soon 14. N – Number of siblings? Have a younger sis & Bro 15. O – Oranges or Apples? Oranges 1

School... A place where people enter in tears rolling over their chicks and after schooling, leaves with the same... But the journey between entering and leaving matters alot! It is the foundation of our future! School is a place where we write with pencils and if there is any spelling mistake we can erase it quickly.. there we are allowed to vanish all mistakes and we have a second chance to do everything.... it can be a simple spelling mistake or fight with bench partner.... Where hiding your answers from your partner is never called selfishness....getting toffee from friends on their birthdays as a treat use to make your day....finishing homework was really a hectic job....being first to finish copying from board was a moment of Pride...choosing color of a sketchpen was tough task.... sleeping early and waking up early was a routine....catching a seat near the window in a bus was called obsession... Those were wonderful days.. Those were SCHOOL DAYS... And that was a SCHOOL....