<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107</id><updated>2012-01-28T22:36:02.407+05:30</updated><category term='Assembly Talks'/><category term='Experiences'/><category term='Dedications'/><category term='Worries'/><category term='India'/><category term='Enterpreneur'/><category term='Political'/><category term='Kolkata'/><category term='The “Passport” Dilemma'/><category term='Viral'/><title type='text'>Nirav Katrodia</title><subtitle type='html'>Desire To Do Something!
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&lt;br&gt;+44 7552 140469</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-8419837992547936471</id><published>2010-12-25T07:16:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-25T07:16:55.549+05:30</updated><title type='text'>About Me</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-8419837992547936471?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://about.me/niravk' title='About Me'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/8419837992547936471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/8419837992547936471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2010/12/about-me.html' title='About Me'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-245465088448023154</id><published>2010-12-25T02:36:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-12-25T02:37:18.943+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Viral'/><title type='text'>BlackBerry vs Apple</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Just came across this viral video by BBC. It is one of the best recent videos on the lot and lots of comments and critics talking about technology, blackberrys, apples, xbox's, playstations and a lot more.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Just have a look.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/kAG39jKi0lI/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kAG39jKi0lI&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /&gt;&lt;embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kAG39jKi0lI&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Its been rightly said: "We were a lot more happy when Blackberry and Apple were just fruits."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-245465088448023154?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/245465088448023154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/245465088448023154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2010/12/blackberry-vs-apple.html' title='BlackBerry vs Apple'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-7603565412150003617</id><published>2009-08-19T17:03:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2009-08-20T09:57:23.067+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The Rains!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SozQlRgP18I/AAAAAAAAAww/2OmVKOWT0g0/s1600-h/rains.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 255px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SozQlRgP18I/AAAAAAAAAww/2OmVKOWT0g0/s400/rains.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371897794318555074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How lovely it is to get drenched in the rains!! What a lovely feeling it is to remember the good old days of your school life? And just spending some lovely time with yourself, analysing yourself, retrospecting the mistakes you have made!! It was lovely!! Simply awesome!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-7603565412150003617?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/7603565412150003617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/7603565412150003617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/08/rains.html' title='The Rains!!'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SozQlRgP18I/AAAAAAAAAww/2OmVKOWT0g0/s72-c/rains.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-8484300699198471640</id><published>2009-08-16T13:15:00.005+05:30</published><updated>2009-08-19T17:32:42.204+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Worries'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dedications'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Experiences'/><title type='text'>Sorry Everyone!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/Soe5nsFeuLI/AAAAAAAAAvs/1FtdwQfWoEQ/s1600-h/srry.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 313px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/Soe5nsFeuLI/AAAAAAAAAvs/1FtdwQfWoEQ/s400/srry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370465172162787506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I am extremely to all my friends from whom I have lost sudden contact, have messed up my life a lot and don't want to mess it all the more Please forgive me!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Special thanks to Ritu Didi, &lt;a href="http://web.thefourdy.com/"&gt;Rahul Sir&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.ygoel.com/"&gt;Yogesh Bhaiyya&lt;/a&gt; for explaining me the importance of friends in my life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had always thought that I have done good for my friends and never given them an explanation for my actions. But at times was completely at fault.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please forgive me!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regards,&lt;br /&gt;Nirav&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;+919883011970&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-8484300699198471640?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/8484300699198471640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/8484300699198471640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/08/sorry-everyone.html' title='Sorry Everyone!!'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/Soe5nsFeuLI/AAAAAAAAAvs/1FtdwQfWoEQ/s72-c/srry.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-3879160769178982960</id><published>2009-08-16T12:39:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2009-08-16T12:48:48.377+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Thank you Ritu Didi!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SoeykjyHsXI/AAAAAAAAAvk/FI9a3C9X_5A/s1600-h/DSC00523.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SoeykjyHsXI/AAAAAAAAAvk/FI9a3C9X_5A/s320/DSC00523.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370457421813100914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thanks a lot Didi!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-3879160769178982960?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/3879160769178982960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/3879160769178982960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/08/thank-you-ritu-didi.html' title='Thank you Ritu Didi!!'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SoeykjyHsXI/AAAAAAAAAvk/FI9a3C9X_5A/s72-c/DSC00523.JPG' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-5571880810839021028</id><published>2009-08-08T06:12:00.003+05:30</published><updated>2009-08-08T06:32:28.572+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Enterpreneur'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Worries'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kolkata'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dedications'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Experiences'/><title type='text'>The Junkyard Drummers - An Introduction,</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" &gt;The Junkyard Drummers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt; was conceptualised students from M.C.Kejriwal Vidyapeeth, Howrah in 2008 when they got an invitation from St. Thomas's School, Howrah for an unconventional music competition. The Band then had members of various age groups varying from students of classes 9-12. The Band gave a stunning newbie performance at the fest but missing the winners podium by just a margin. This came as a booster for the boys, who prepared sensibly for the next fest which was the Indradhanush Fest organised by Sun Rise (Eng Med) School, Howrah. This was where they tasted success and there was no looking back for them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rahul and Hardik Katrodia, the lead junk drummers of the band brought in the idea to recreate music out of a basketball which was a grand success, this won them The Great TTIS Challenge held in December 2008. This was followed by a victory in Boscotsav (Don Bosco School, Howrah) and also at various other competitions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;In July 2009, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" &gt;Junkies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt; planned to just go for the auditions of a popular TV show "Entertainment Ke Liye Aur Kuch Bhi Karega" and got selected for the second round at Mumbai. The Junkies currently comprise of 6 members,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Junkie Aditya - suitcases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Junkie Anurag - glasses, spoons, plates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Junkie Hardik - paint boxes, drums, water bottles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Junkie Lalit - water gallons, empty drums.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Junkie Mayank - various utensils.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Junkie Prateek - basketball, glass bottles, coins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(alphabetically arranged)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Junkies are currently preparing for the second level of the talent show. So Please just wish them luck!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-5571880810839021028?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/5571880810839021028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/5571880810839021028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/08/junkyard-drummers-introduction.html' title='The Junkyard Drummers - An Introduction,'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-594259924555759642</id><published>2009-08-08T05:26:00.007+05:30</published><updated>2009-08-08T06:10:00.704+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dedications'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Experiences'/><title type='text'>The Junkyard Drummers.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Yiiippppeeee!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;My Bro, Hardik's Band, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;The Junkyard Drummers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;, have been selected for the Second Round of the popular talent show "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Entertainment Ke Liye Aur Kuch Bhi Karega&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;", the second edition of the popular Sony TV show.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;The Junkyard Drummers as the name might suggest is a band which plays &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;music out of junk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;. They have specialised in generating music out anything and everything possible, be is utensils or suitcases, gallons or water bottles, they even tried it out with basket balls and volleyballs. An awesome band of just all the members still in 15+ age group, the band already has had their foot prints left at most of the Inter School Fests where there is an Unconventional Musical Competition. The group has won &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;" href="http://www.ttischallenge.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Telegraph In School Challenge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt; Unconventional Music Awards at the functions this year which came as moral booster. Also having won prices at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Boscotsav&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt; (Don Bosco School), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"&gt;Indradhanush&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt; (Sun Rise School) and at various other fests the band is earning many accolades. The Junkyard Drummers also stole the show away at the 10 year celebration of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: georgia;"&gt;their Alma Mater, M.C.Kejriwal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SnzE6CxTGnI/AAAAAAAAAqY/tfwIwXlqU0s/s1600-h/logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SnzE6CxTGnI/AAAAAAAAAqY/tfwIwXlqU0s/s200/logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367381357373889138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Conceptualised and inspired by Shivamani, the group is currently recreating sounds of various wavelenghts and hoping to crack their luck at the popular Talent show. Looking forward to their success.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-594259924555759642?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/594259924555759642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/594259924555759642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/08/junkyard-drummers.html' title='The Junkyard Drummers.'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SnzE6CxTGnI/AAAAAAAAAqY/tfwIwXlqU0s/s72-c/logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-2054085220443696353</id><published>2009-08-05T01:07:00.005+05:30</published><updated>2009-08-08T05:13:36.289+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dedications'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Experiences'/><title type='text'>Thank you Sisters!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;The day is dedicated to all&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; my sweet sisters &lt;/span&gt;who have helped me through the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;thick and thins &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;of life...Thanks you &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Namrata (my sweet chubby sister), Krutika (My dearest sister) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ritu Didi (No words for her she's been my guardian angel)!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SnkeavBwWFI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/W7nJqJCGgGk/s1600-h/jk_thank_you.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 414px; height: 343px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SnkeavBwWFI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/W7nJqJCGgGk/s320/jk_thank_you.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366353875637917778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" &gt;Thanks so much for being there always for me!!&lt;br /&gt;Love you all lots...&lt;br /&gt;Happy Rakhi!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-2054085220443696353?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/2054085220443696353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/2054085220443696353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/08/thank-you-sisters.html' title='Thank you Sisters!!'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SnkeavBwWFI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/W7nJqJCGgGk/s72-c/jk_thank_you.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-1359527542769876963</id><published>2009-07-27T04:45:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-07-27T05:16:29.148+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Worries'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kolkata'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Political'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Experiences'/><title type='text'>Yet another Mamata Fiasco!!</title><content type='html'>While writing the earlier article The Telegraph published its &lt;a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090727/jsp/calcutta/story_11285336.jsp"&gt;Monday's(27th, July) &lt;/a&gt;newspaper ad its already on the web. Mamata Banerjee, famous for her Tata-Nano-Singur-Faisco was in town to inaugurate a computerised reservation system in New Alipore has made an announcement to start some new trains and some ladies special trains on various route. So before discussing the latest fiasco lets discuss the Ladies Special trains launched earlier by Didi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Bandel Howrah Ladies Special:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Ladies speacial train which start form Bandel at morning 8.40 and reaches Howrah at 9.35am. And in the evening leaves Howrah at 7.55pm and reaches Bandel at 8.55pm though the train has additinal security in terms of women constables to make it difficult for the Romoes to get on to the train but the up timings are not at all suitable for the women folk of our sub-urban semi rural areas. And thats what all are complaning about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now comes yet another publicity styunt by Didi, paying a tribute to Ma-Mati-Manush (for which she also crippled our city on 21st July, 2009) has now promised to run a train between the erstwhile Tata Nano Plant Site i.e., Singur to Howrah. And you can all guess it's name - &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Andolan&lt;/span&gt;... Ya thats what the train will be called. Ha ha!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Way to go Mamata Didi!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-1359527542769876963?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090727/jsp/calcutta/story_11285336.jsp' title='Yet another Mamata Fiasco!!'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/1359527542769876963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/1359527542769876963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/07/yet-another-mamata-fiasco.html' title='Yet another Mamata Fiasco!!'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-2523696577289031210</id><published>2009-07-27T04:00:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-07-27T04:38:24.413+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Worries'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kolkata'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Political'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Experiences'/><title type='text'>What's there in the Name!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" &gt;I have done my &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Khana Pina Nachna Gana&lt;/span&gt; ab please mera &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Band Baja&lt;/span&gt; do!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;!@$(!)~*$)!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;$@!_!@*$~+$@&amp;amp;@$(#^%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; how you'll for your Metro Railway ticket from Park Street to M.G.Road. &lt;/span&gt;Hahahahaha&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mamata&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Banerjee&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; finally gifts something to &lt;/span&gt;Kolkata&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;... And all new Metro rail service!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;New &lt;/span&gt;because&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; of the names and the few stations which are going to be added hopefully. You know what guys I can't just stop laughing and giggling when I hear the latest names of our Metro Stations. Just imagine some St. Xavier's College student waiting in the Metro ticketing queue asks for a ticket to Ghana&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Pina&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Nachna&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Gana&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; and a Scottish Church College students asks for a &lt;/span&gt;Hutom&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Pyancha&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;ticket... &lt;/span&gt;hahahahaha&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;It's just so stupid of some one in the bureaucracy to name &lt;/span&gt;Sovabazar&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; to &lt;/span&gt;Dugga&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Dugga&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;Kalighat&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ma &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Mati&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Manush&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;!! Simply so sarcastic.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SmzcUp7xTtI/AAAAAAAAApk/HENxUdR5B8E/s1600-h/25zznewnamebig.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 375px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SmzcUp7xTtI/AAAAAAAAApk/HENxUdR5B8E/s400/25zznewnamebig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362903503703461586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;But ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to &lt;/span&gt;Kolkata&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; ~ Calcutta, the City of Joy. If a Calcutta-&lt;/span&gt;Digha Express can be named &lt;a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamralipta"&gt;Tamralipta Express&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.. surely anything can be done by our Didi!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;So our Metro is currently operative from &lt;/span&gt;Uttam&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Kumar&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; (i.e., &lt;/span&gt;TollyGunge&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; to Lord Clive (i.e.,  &lt;/span&gt;Dum&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Dum&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;) and will be extended &lt;/span&gt;up to&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Khudiram&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;!! Wow!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;The &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Great Indian Freedom Struggle&lt;/span&gt; relived in the Metro. &lt;/span&gt;Ha ha&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;!! What a ride would it be!! From Lord Clive to &lt;/span&gt;Khudiram&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-2523696577289031210?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090726/jsp/calcutta/story_11281380.jsp' title='What&apos;s there in the Name!!!'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/2523696577289031210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/2523696577289031210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/07/whats-there-in-name.html' title='What&apos;s there in the Name!!!'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rxTRZJITtU/SmzcUp7xTtI/AAAAAAAAApk/HENxUdR5B8E/s72-c/25zznewnamebig.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-2774044587061605835</id><published>2009-07-05T11:20:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-07-05T11:23:32.413+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The “Passport” Dilemma'/><title type='text'>The “Passport” Dilemma</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span&gt;DAY II&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;3rd July, 2009 1.28pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;I’m waiting at the Howrah DM’s office for more than half an hour just to get a copy of the verification certificate for tatkal passport. Have submitted almost all the documents and proofs which our judiciary can provide to anyone but still Ms/Mrs. Sanghmitra Ghosh isn’t singing of the same and the comic part is that she is unable to give any reasons for the same. This is utter stupidity, having given them almost everything they require I still don’t understand why Ms/Mrs. DM doesn’t wanna issue me such a thing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another great thing about our judiciary is that Mr. ADM who is also competent enough to issue the same to me has misplaced his ICard!! Can you just beat that!! A high grade senior official has misplaced his ICard but still is occupying the Chair without doing anything as he cannot do anything or maybe isn’t eligible enough to do anything without producing his ICard. Awesome Stupidit!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just at the same time another Ms/Mrs. who influences our judicial system, our great Mamata Banerjee might just be announcing some ladies special trains at peak hours and our beloved Former FM Mr. P Chibambaram might just be making plans to table the Bill and reserve 30%, absolutely an unbelievable 30% quota for women in all Govt. jobs and colleges. Wow!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is just getting utterly stupid.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wow!! what an experience I have of the Indian Judicial system..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I AFFIRM MYSELF TO BE A &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" &gt;VICTIM &lt;/span&gt;OF THE INDIAN JUDICIARY!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-2774044587061605835?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/2774044587061605835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/2774044587061605835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/07/passport-dilemma.html' title='The “Passport” Dilemma'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-2426787123758408090</id><published>2009-06-29T03:10:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-07-05T04:57:55.800+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Enterpreneur'/><title type='text'>The "NEW" Interview™</title><content type='html'>&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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Candidates) think that the interview is also still the same old story, still the screwing session where the Interviewers screws the interviewee... My boy things are just making a head-way towards a different direction. The "NEW" interview is now not about answering the same old: Tell Me about yourself, and your hobbies, blah, blah, blah... things are changing and so is the interviewer!! So just let me tell you some interesting facts which the interviewers are demanding in most of the interviews this season.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;Control the interview:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;Man it’s not only you who's watching Raghu and Rajeev Ram scarring contestants away on the prime time show Roadies, the interviewers is also fond of watching such shows. So please be aware of the fact that even he/she might start screwing you like the "Twin Nightmares". It has been commonly found that students prepare themselves for FAQs in an interview, and they have been seen to have panicked when the first question was not the traditional "Tell me about yourself?" Don't let an interview turn into a rote question and answer session about your greatest accomplishments and your biggest weaknesses. Try to take your interview to newer heights by telling something which you might generally be afraid of telling in an interview. Do present your weaknesses and failures, and in a way such that it comes up as your Strength.&lt;br /&gt;Like at the Maha-CET interview which I had appeared in Mumbai, my co-interviewee was a college drop-out but had cleared the written round with a whooping percentile. When raised the question, the guy immediately got over the panelist by saying that he preferred a work-experience rather than a degree in our so-called FLAWLESS EDUCATION system. The guy brought out all the flaws that he had felt while in college, this impressed the panelists to such an extent that he was awarded 15 out of 17 in his interview!&lt;br /&gt;So the fact is that just don’t think it would be wrong to take a stand, do it if you are perfectly prepared with all the facts.&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;History classes a Big No No:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;Please don't start blabbering about your past performance and achievements. I mean giving basic information about your past is required but don’t just convert the interview into a tea social or something like that. Just try and focus on your future. Let the panel have a clear idea of what you intend to do. But be cautious, don’t again jus start with high unrealistic plans and don’t dream of being a Ambani or Tata (even if you do dream, don’t let the panel get any idea of this), ‘cause even Ambani wasn’t aware of his journey.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;Please don’t keep on exaggerating your past achievements that’s all I can say.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;This is all for today, will get you some more on the same topic. Now please let me sleep&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;Byee….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz………….&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"  style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:12;" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-2426787123758408090?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/2426787123758408090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/2426787123758408090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-interview.html' title='The &quot;NEW&quot; Interview™'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-5983725277593349947</id><published>2009-06-19T00:32:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-08-16T12:25:45.198+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Enterpreneur'/><title type='text'>10 Reasons for Starting Business duri...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;10 Reasons for Starting Business during Recession.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Regardless of what people around you (including the media) may say, right now is the best time to get into business. Just go back and look at the economic slowdowns throughout history. Most recessions in the post-World War II era last an average of 10 months, followed by growth cycles that last an average of 50 months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;What this means for the startup is there's no better time than right now to get going and start pursuing your business dreams--in anticipation of the next period of growth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;So with a nod to David Letterman, here are my top 10 reasons you should start your business now--despite the current downturn:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol  style="text-align: justify;font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Everything is cheaper.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's face it: There is great value right now in this and in world markets. This is the right time for fantastic deals in virtually every category, from land and equipment to commercial &lt;a id="kw1"&gt;office&lt;/a&gt; space, personnel and labor. As asset prices have been knocked down, there is no better time to get into the real estate or financial markets, or even heavy equipment and construction. Some people have waited years to find value in these markets--and now that time has come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;You can hire more and better-qualified people.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an era when even Microsoft is laying off, you can find great resources at affordable rates. Thinking about getting your high-tech startup off the ground? There are plenty of engineers waiting to be hired. Thinking about forming a professional services firm? There are many accountants and attorneys looking for their next opportunity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;People are looking to change suppliers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;From a cost perspective, everything is on the table for most companies. Even if your prices are higher, if you can come in with greater value, you have a good chance at winning new business. You also have the advantage of being the new kid on the block when it comes to pitching your products and services. Many companies are desperate to find new partnerships with new companies that have a different, better or more innovative way of delivering those products and services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ownership equals tax incentives.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Business ownership offers a variety of tax benefits that aren't available to employees. While taxes should never be the sole reason to go into business for yourself, it should be one reason to add to you "benefits of business ownership" list.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Family and friends don't want to (or can't) invest more &lt;a id="kw2"&gt;money&lt;/a&gt; into the stock or real estate markets.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That means they may be willing to finance a portion of your new venture, or the expansion of an enterprise that has proven itself over time. The main benefit is that they know you and have a relationship with you--and if you have a solid business plan that delivers real numbers, your chances of raising the capital you need increase exponentially.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Suppliers are giving better credit.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because the credit markets have virtually shut down, the B2B credit flows are keeping money circulating out of sheer necessity. That means a bullish outlook for companies looking for good terms on stock and/or inventories. The main advantage is that all parties have more incentive than ever for finding true win-win situations that allow for cash and stock flow. When everyone is looking to survive, great deals can be had.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;You can get good PR by showing you are going against the trend.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The media loves aberrations, and if you are optimistic by expanding or getting into business now, you would be in that category. That means you can generate some great PR by demonstrating your "alternative" view of the market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;You can buy everything you need at auction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;In addition to everything being less expensive, you can find great deals at auctions, especially in terms of any large equipment and office furnishings. Auctions are also a great place to find hardly used or "gently" used restaurant and bar supplies at great prices. These days, you may even be able to get deals on fleets of vehicles and trucks for a delivery service or hauling or construction company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;You can find great "low money" or "no money" down deals.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is simply being aware of good opportunities others have buggered up, and finding deals where you could get an entire business simply by taking over a lease (along with all the equipment). Many business owners want out at any cost, meaning you can negotiate great win-win deals that allow the current owners an escape while giving you an opportunity to turn around what could be, if run right, a very viable business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And finally . . .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;You've lost your job, and you have to do something.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes, the best business decision is the one you are forced into, and the incentive (as well as need) for income is often enough to push those previously "on the fence" to strike out on their own. There's nothing wrong with being in this position; it simply means there is greater urgency to do something that will start to generate income as quickly as possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p  style="text-align: justify;font-family:Trebuchet MS;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;There's no better time to start than the present, especially if people around you are more comfortable with their own list of reasons why they shouldn't start pursuing their own business dreams right now. It only means you'll be facing a lot less competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"  &gt;This essay was selcted from the &lt;a href="http://entrepreneur.com/"&gt;entrepreneur.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-5983725277593349947?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/5983725277593349947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/5983725277593349947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/03/10-reasons-for-starting-business-duri.html' title='10 Reasons for Starting Business duri...'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-9222557437217242475</id><published>2009-05-26T22:38:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-07-05T04:59:22.871+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Assembly Talks'/><title type='text'>The Pencil Maker.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div  style="text-align: justify;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;This is a story of a Pencil Maker, an old man who used to make assorted pencils. The octogenarian used to cut the best wood from the nearby forests, shape them, quarry the lead from the mines, carve the wood, heat them at proper temperature, dry them at the best place and make the pencils, the finest available in town. The only aim of this man was to make premium pencils and to satisfy his dreams; he toiled day and night. The gentleman kept himself completely engrossed into the process of preparing the best he could do. Make Pencils.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After making the pencils he would check each and every pencil individually. And took great care that all of them all the pencils resembled the same. Then would himself approach the traders, painters, students and sold off the pencils to the best buyer he could and at the best prices. At times he would even offer the pencils for free to young students who would loving call him "&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dada&lt;/span&gt;”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In short, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dada&lt;/span&gt; was the Manufacturer as well as the trader of the Pencils.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that’s the end of it. A simple story of a man who does what he likes the most…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make Pencils!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what was the essence of this all?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it just that we need to do what we like to do or something at which we are the best? Or there is actually something else too that we should draw from this?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah! There is more to it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The octogenarian toiled hard to prepare the finest pencils and at the end of it all, when a complete batch was ready to be sold, the man used to assemble all the pencils in front of him and then tell them certain things.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dada &lt;/span&gt;said, “My Dear Pencils, now you are ready to face this world. Go into hands of Humans who would use you like a slave make you do things that you might have never expected.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A pencil then interrupts, “How is it that we can be used as slaves. We are pencils and we must only be used as tool for gaining wisdom.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Ummmm!!” exclaimed all the pencils unanimously.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Dada &lt;/span&gt;continued, “Dear all, this might seem funny to you but actually this is true. Kids might use you as some sword or something to fight with their friends, some adults might use you are a device to itch theirs backs, some might even use you to prink their noses and ears. But never forget one thing you are a pencil and you will be used for gaining knowledge, you will be used as a tool of wisdom. Never undermine yourself and always remember the glorious rules which I am about to tell you.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A long silence followed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;"My Dear Pencils”, continued the octogenarian, “there are a few golden rules that you always have to follow. And if you follow them you will be declared the finest, the superior of all pens and pencils. So listen carefully.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“You will be able to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;do many great things, &lt;/span&gt;but only if you &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;allow yourself to be held in someone’s hand. &lt;/span&gt;Never hesitate because you are meant to be used by someone else. Always remember you will never be able to do anything until and unless someone holds you up and scribble on a surface. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;This is Rule One.&lt;/span&gt;”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rule Two &lt;/span&gt;is a bit painful but equally important. Listen my dear Pencils you will &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;experience painful sharpening &lt;/span&gt;from time to time, but you'll need it to become a better pencil. Without that you might lose you sharpness which might turn you into some ordinary pencils which you are not.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Dear Pencils, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;the third rule &lt;/span&gt;is simple never falter while writing, never feel worried with whatever you do as you leave do not leave an indelible mark &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;You can always look back and correct your mistakes.&lt;/span&gt;”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The most important part of you is what is within you. &lt;/span&gt;It’ll always be with you no matter what happens to the wood that covers you. So do not worry about the wood, just believe in what’s inside you and carry on. That’s &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;rule four.&lt;/span&gt;”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Dear friends this is the last rule that you must always remember, you are built to leave a mark on every surface. So no matter what the situation is you &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;must continue to write and leave a mark.&lt;/span&gt;”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And with this Dada put an end to his paring speech.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the pencils followed it religiously and went into the box with purpose in its heart. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be it an architect or an engineer Young kids or amateur painters, pencils are and will always be the most important part of our stationery box.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But still what does this story mean to us mortals?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just try replacing the pencil in the story with you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The same rules which were meant for the pencils are applicable to all of us. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best person you can be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rule One: &lt;/span&gt;Each one of us is made to do many great things, but only if we allow ourselves to be held in &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lord Krsna's &lt;/span&gt;hand. And allow other human beings to access us for the many gifts we possess. One should always remember, you cannot exploit your talents merely by self-realization but you need people to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;exploit you and harness your talents. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;A horse without a jockey can never win a Derby.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rule Two: &lt;/span&gt;We will also experience a painful sharpening from time to time in the form of resentment, hostility, enmity, etc., but we'll need them to become a stronger person.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt; Experiences make a person stronger and valuable experiences strengthens the character. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rule Three: &lt;/span&gt;We can always correct the mistakes which we might make, so the fear of mistakes should not make us indecisive of our actions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rule Four: &lt;/span&gt;The most important part of mortals will always be what's on the inside. Always remember it’s the Attitude that decides our Altitude. Our character is the one which is more valuable than any material possessions. Never do what goes against &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;your character and your ego and your self-esteem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rule Five: &lt;/span&gt;On every surface we walk through, we must leave our mark. No matter what the situation, we must continue to do our duties. Shakespeare had rightly said, "All the world's a stage, And all men and women merely players..."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;This story should encourage all of us to know that we are special and we can fulfill the purpose to which we are born to accomplish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot make a change. For the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Lord Krsna &lt;/span&gt;each one of us is as special as the pencil to Dada. And if we too follow the rules laid down by Dada religiously we can work wonders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;___________________________________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This story was told to us by Rev Fr. Pathickal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;at the Human Resource Development Programme (HRDP). All the my batch mates (ISC 2005) must have had fond memories of HRDP but this story of The Pencil Maker deeply inspired me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Regards,&lt;br /&gt;Nirav Katrodia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-9222557437217242475?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/9222557437217242475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/9222557437217242475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2008/11/pencil-story.html' title='The Pencil Maker.'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-7832803904154757654</id><published>2009-05-20T12:53:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2009-07-29T14:51:49.892+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Assembly Talks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Enterpreneur'/><title type='text'>Top 20 Qualities of Smart People</title><content type='html'>&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;In today’s competitive world, it pays to be smart. No matter how smart you are, I am sure there is something you could “get smarter” about. Below are some qualities of smart people. As you read the list, ask yourself: Am I as smart as I could be in this area? How could I get smarter? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;1. Make Decisions Intuitively &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people listen to and follow their intuition. They know how intuitions and insights come to them and are tuned-in internally to make wise decisions. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;2. Are Self-Aware &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people are aware of who they are--- strengths, weaknesses, personality, values, etc. As Confucious once said, “He who knows others is wise, he who knows himself is enlightened,” they know that the most important (and interesting) thing to know about is “self.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;3. Use Active Reflection &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people reflect on and learn from past experiences, finding out what works and what doesn’t, and then adjusts their course of action as needed. They think about things before jumping in, and also take the time after-the-fact to actively reflect to fully understand what happened or didn’t happen. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;4. Think Out-of-Box &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people can easily entertain new ideas, thoughts, and ways of doing things. They crave progressive and forward thinking information, concepts, and people. They often come up with new and radical ideas on a regular basis. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;5. Have An Open-Mind &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people are open to different perspectives and see potential where most people don’t. They would agree with what the quote, “A mind is like a parachute, it only functions when it is open.” They are comfortable with paradoxes and can relate to many sides of an issue or opinion. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;6. Are Responsive &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people recognize and respond quickly to opportunities and people. They act and react fast, and take care of what needs to be taken care-of, well ahead of schedule. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;7. Are Resourceful &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people don’t have to know it all, but they do know where to go to get whatever information, resources, training, education that they need. They are well-networked and have people to call on for resource referrals. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;8. Question Authority &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people think for themselves. They do not blindly believe things so-called “experts” say, in fact, they ask deep questions to discover their own truth. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;9. Upgrade Their Brain &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people stay smart because they are committed to being a lifelong learner. They continuously learn new things, and stay current with their skills, attitudes, and beliefs. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;10. Have a Sense of Humor &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people do not take themselves or life too seriously. They recognize the importance of finding the fun in the irony and the comedy of everyday life. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;object width="640" height="505"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hSqSyvAZYXY&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hSqSyvAZYXY&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;amp;color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;11. Take Risks &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people are willing to try out new things, knowing that if it doesn’t work out as intended, failure is often cleverly disguised as a learning opportunity. They “swing out there” often, and it usually pays off. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;12. Trust Themselves &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people believe and trust themselves first and foremost. They don’t have to check with others to make decisions, they instinctively know what is right for them and they go for it! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;13. Write and List Things on Paper &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people have a well-developed life strategy that includes a written life vision/mission, purpose, and goals statement. They also write lists---one for “have to’s” and one for “want to’s.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;14. Are Productive &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people get things done, through whatever organizational/time management system that works for them. They make the most of each day and take action on important life tasks each and everyday. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;15. Use Discernment &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people are able to discern (see clearly) other’s reasons and motives, so they selectively choose who and what to align themselves with. They surround themselves with only the highest quality people, programs, and places. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;16. Read, Read, Read &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people tap into the collective brain power of others by reading books, magazines, articles---anything that is helpful for their own development. They are also able to filter out the information that fits for them and let the rest go. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;17. Value Learning &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people value the process of learning for learning’s sake. They do not just learn for a specific end---to get a certificate, degree, title, etc. They learn because it is intrinsically rewarding for them. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;18. Teach Others &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people are the teachers of the world, who share their knowledge with other people. They put themselves out there so the rest of us can benefit, and in exchange, their own learning grows and develops because they are actively talking about, researching, and understanding their subject. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;19. Reinvent Themselves &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people do not like to stay the same, they love to grow and develop. They often play with their image, brand, company name, and expand or change it entirely. To stay ahead of the game, they often reinvent themselves time and time again. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;20. Are Students of Life &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Smart people not only know about specific subjects and topics, but also about what it means to be a human being at this time in our evolution. They are insatiably curious and want to know more about becoming bigger and brighter, as a result they naturally evolve. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;As Lao Tzu said, “To gain knowledge, add things everyday. To gain wisdom, remove things everyday.” This is so true, our brain is like a computer and in order for it to function at a higher level, we must always be adding, while simultaneously taking away information that no longer serves us. Think about it, what do you want to remove from your database? And, what new software program will you replace it with?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About The Author&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Michelle L. 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href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/05/top-20-qualities-of-smart-people.html' title='Top 20 Qualities of Smart People'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-9041529424680099710</id><published>2009-04-29T12:29:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2009-05-06T12:14:37.029+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Assembly Talks'/><title type='text'>"Seven Blunders of the World"</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;1.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;              Wealth without work&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;          2.&lt;/span&gt; Pleasure without conscience&lt;br /&gt;          &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;3.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;              Knowledge without character&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;         4.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;              &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Commerce without morality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;         5.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;              Science without humanity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;         6.&lt;/span&gt; Worship without sacrifice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;         7.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;              Politics without principle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;           &lt;br /&gt;             &lt;em&gt;—Mahatma                Gandhi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-9041529424680099710?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.doctorhugo.org/gandhi.html' title='&quot;Seven Blunders of the World&quot;'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/9041529424680099710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/9041529424680099710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/04/seven-blunders-of-world-1.html' title='&quot;Seven Blunders of the World&quot;'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8644852297006972107.post-1851050666253607074</id><published>2009-04-28T16:39:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2009-04-28T17:03:39.957+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Assembly Talks'/><title type='text'>Faith</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you think you are beaten , you are,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;If you think you dare not, you don't,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;If you like to win, but you think you can't,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;It is almost certain you won't.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;If you think you'll lose, you're lost,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;For out of the World we find,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Success begins with a person's will -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;It's all in the state of mind.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;If you think you are outclassed, you are,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;You've got to think high to rise.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;You've got to be sure of yourself before&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;You can ever win a prize.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Life's battles don't always go&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;To the stronger or faster man&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;But soon or late the one who wins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Is the one WHO THINKS HE CAN!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;The complete thing has been lifted from the book THINK AND GROW RICH by Napoleon Hill, but the words are completely true IT IS ONLY THE ONE WHO THINKS HE CAN.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Not all can be winners and not all are losers, its just because of our thoughts who give our dreams and nightmares the physical existence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its as simple as the working of a drug, high intake results in addiction and eventually death and regulated intakes cures a disease. The chemical does not know what it has to do it is our body that reacts and give effects. Similar is our SUB-CONSCIOUS MIND, it has no idea of what is CONSTRUCTIVE or whats DESTRUCTIVE, it will keep treating things as we think.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Its our faith and believes which translates them into its physical equivalence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think Rich to Grow Rich.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Follow me to learn about more such facts... hehe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8644852297006972107-1851050666253607074?l=niravkatrodia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/1851050666253607074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8644852297006972107/posts/default/1851050666253607074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://niravkatrodia.blogspot.com/2009/04/faith.html' title='Faith'/><author><name>Nirav Katrodia</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/107447726788231180946</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xcdtY40T8k4/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAACsw/IZvyJg_e74U/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
