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Donald Trump on India

Finished reading ‘Why we want you to be rich’ by Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki. I think the book is mainly for American readers. It is interesting the way Billionaire Donald Trump introduces India in the book. Some of the points he mentions are below:

(1) India is the world’s largest, oldest continuous civilization.

(2) Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages.

(3) India invented the number system. Albert Einstein said: “We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.

(4) Algebra, trigonometry and calculus originated in India.

(5) India is the largest English-speaking nation of the world.

Plus, 38% of doctors in the United States are of Indian descent; and 12% of scientists as well!

Guess we Indians need to be told more about India than Americans! So that we can be proud of our country!

May God Protect Sarabjit Singh

Attack on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a Pakistani Jail is not surprising. After all, Pakistan is a lawless state where incidents of large and small scale violence are so much rampant. What is surprising is that India left its son Sarabjit Singh to suffer in silence and there is no real pressure on government of India to do something about him. So far only the BJP has spoken strongly in his support.
 

There is no credible proof against Sarabjit Singh, at least in public domain, and yet Pakistan has made him a case to appease anti-India elements in Pakistan. Sarabjit Singh, a farmer, had strayed inside Pakistani border by mistake in a drunk state in August 1990, 3 months after the bombings happened for which he was accused. He was originally arrested on the charges of illegally crossing Pakistan border, but 8 days afterwards, charges of planting bombs were imposed on him for political reasons. Since Pakistan bombs Indian cities and sends trained terrorists inside India, it captures innocent Indians and frames them with charges of domestic terrorism which regularly happen in Pakistan. This is done for political reasons and is part of state sponsored propaganda there for votes.
 

Sarabjit is not the only Indian prisoner who was arrested and killed inside a Pakistani jail. Another Indian prisoner Chamel Singh was killed after being tortured in January.
 

Sarabjit Singh is a resident of Tarn Taran in Punjab and has his wife and two daughters waiting for him.
 

Due to the attack, 60% of his brain is damaged and his backbone is broken. May God give him power to cope up with all this. I pray from my heart and soul to God to save him. And may Indian politicians have some sense and respect.
 

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Movie: Nautanki Saala

We watched the movie ‘Nautanki Saala” and loved it. First half is full of sidesplitting comedy which made me shed so many tears (of laughter) after a long time. Second half and in general whole story is very touching and heartwarming. The scenes capturing theatre life is also very interesting and colorful. The roles are also very balanced with all actors getting good script. After this movie I am a fan of both Ayushmann Khurrana and Kunaal Roy Kapur. 

Songs of this movie are also great. I learnt Ayushman has sung two songs of this movie. We are in awe with his talent!

Recommended to all!

Knowledge Avoids Pain

After subsidy in cooking gas was reduced to only 9 cylinders per year, everyone got anxious about how the whole scheme would be managed. We booked a gas refill but no one was at home when the delivery boy came and hence I got an SMS about cancellation of the booking. HP Gas neither has a system of giving a cell phone to delivery boys nor do they try a second time to reach out. The SMS confirmation about expected delivery had mentioned that this was to be a subsidized cylinder. The moment I got SMS about cancellation of booking, I became anxious. Negative thoughts and suspicion came to my mind, because nothing was told about the cancellation and I did not know its repercussions. So I immediately went to their refill godown and enquired about the cancellation. The boys there were really courteous and helpful – or maybe they understood my anxiety. They explained that since the booking was cancelled in the system, it will not be counted as a subsidized cylinder and I simply had to book a new refill. I booked again, and this time also booking was cancelled because they came to deliver on the same day of booking! I never expected such a prompt delivery! So I booked again and next time we made sure there was someone at home all the time. Delivery was done and I noticed that in the receipt they had mentioned “Subsidized cylinder# = 1/9”. This was fair and all my anxiety and worry vanished in a moment.

I think I was worried in the beginning because there was no clarity on policy and process. How were subsidized cylinders going to be counted, what happens when a booking is cancelled, etc, I was not informed about these aspects and even the call center number which I had, had no option to allow me to talk to any of their representatives. Clarity was lacking and hence in absence of transparency, I was worried. The moment I saw a fair process where the computer generated receipt had mentioned the subsidized cylinder count correctly, all my worry vaporized. Information and transparency avoided my worries and pains…

This stands true for a lot many aspects. If a business has transparent processes and policies, customers are happy and satisfied. Customers will never even think of quitting until they have clear knowledge and visibility of what would happen in any particular scenario. But if there is a great organization with prompt service but without clear policies, customers will never have the kind of trust and confidence which needs to exist and customer satisfaction in that case will remain lacking…

Knowledge avoids pain for individuals and hence organizations should try their best to make most information available. Until customers are happy, businesses are happy.

- Rahul

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Mohit Raina - from Devon ke Dev Mahadev

Mohit Raina, 31, a Kashmiri, plays Shiva’s character in the popular TV Show Devon Ke Dev Mahadev! He is a devotee of Lord Shiva and has to say this, “The fact that my father was a Shiv devotee helped me to get into character. We are Kashmiri Pundits. When we were in Kashmir my father would take me to the Amarnath temple. People will remember me as Mahadev for as long as possible. I am giving my life to the show".

Mohit was born and brought up in Jammu, and he did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jammu. After graduating in commerce he wanted to become a chartered accountant. Then he came to Mumbai to pursue career in acting. He took part in Grasim Mr. India 2006 and finished in top-5!

Mohit is a self-confessed Mama's Boy! He lives with his mother and says he has no time for dating. He says, "All I do is shoot and go to the gym." When asked why he manages to get into and come out of Shiva’s character in the TV show, he says, "Initially I didn't know how to switch on and off. In due course, I've discovered a 15-minute meditation and breathing exercise that I do every day after shooting.”

Wonderful to know about this young confident actor who does not only looks amazing on TV but also inspires people off the screen!

- Rahul

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