"Trust but verify!"

Ronald Reagan ( ex-President of the United States )

"life does not always go as planned ..."

"The clock is running.Make the most of today.Time waits for no man.Yesterday is history.Tomorrow is a mystery.Today is a gift.That's why it is present

SoftPower::'in today's world (Information Age) its not the side with a bigger army that wins, its the country that tells a better story that prevails'

Shashi Tharoor, Indian Minister of State of External Affairs, at TED India.

"... Chhota cchota matter bane police case, bada bada lafda gul without trace ..."

An excerpt from a famous bollywood song.

Rough translation to English : 'Generally, petty matters are investigated and braught to book, where some big frauds go unnoticed ( deliberately or otherwise )'.

"Saam, Daam, Dand, Bhed !"

[ A Sanskrit Thought ] 4 policies to be a ruler or be successful in different walks of life.

Saam : By use of Influence ( faith conversion )

Daam : By use of Money ( Buy-outs :-) )

Dand : By use of Punishment

Bhed : Divide and Rule !

" Generally, life surprises you at the least expected moment ! "

" Konacha kai tar konacha kai ! "

Interesting Marathi ( a language ) phrase applicable to many life situations !

Discipline and Indiscipline, both are contagious !

Sample applications : Organization, traffic rules etc.

" Customer Care nahi, yeh Customer Scare hai yaar ! " - © Copyrights 2009 - Abhijit A. Patil

© Copyrights 2009 - Abhijit A. Patil

" Dude, this is not Customer Care, its Customer Scare ! " - my response to one of the customer (s)care representatives of a leading mobile phone services company in India, after facing its frustrating service on numerous occasions. Even scarier was his response, after hearing my parting shot, the dude simply laughed !!!

" Its all relative ! " - © 2009 Abhijit A. Patil

( TM - © - Copyrights 2009 - Abhijit A. Patil )

You won't believe, for how many diverse people, occasions, and scenarios, the above statement can be applicable in life ! Hats off to Sir Einstein.

"All my life I've had a choice of hate and love. I chose love and I'm here. God bless."

Sir ! A. R. Rahman at the OSCARS 2009 - Rahman won two Oscars, best original score and best original song - Jai Ho along with Gulzar.

“You cannot trust the banks in taking risks”

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the best-selling finance book “The Black Swan"
at Davos Econmoic Summit :
“We have a very strange situation in which it’s the worst of capitalism and socialism, a situation in which profits were privatized and losses were socialized. We taxpayers have the worst.”

World Economic Forum meet at Davos - January 2009

"Business leaders in emerging markets were more confident. Seven in 10 Indian executives expressed optimism about their company’s growth, as did about three in 10 of those in Brazil, Russia and China. —Bloomberg "

"ALL the forces of the world are not as powerful as an idea whose time has come."

Victor Hugo

( Headlines after Mr. Barack Obama was sworn-in as the 44th president of the United States of America ).