Its Monsoon Time in Orissa

Hi,


After the long summer (read pain!!!) it started raining cats and dogs since yesterday....The weather is just lovely. Temperature is about 26 and is on its way to even lower level....


Well....just a few days and everyone will start complaining about the rain and the excesses of it...but it is really a relief.


Just one thing still kind of keeps pinching me..is it "Monsoon" as the weather guys are saying and taking credit for being able to forecast it right this time (well let them enjoy it for a while!!) or is it again some low pressure in our good old Bay of Bengal (we all are more used to it..)


Time will say. But for now..lets get into the rain.


Enjoy!!!

A New Home!!!

Hi!!


I have shifted to a new place at Cuttack. Its nice and functional and most importantly is pretty close to my office. I guess, I will have more time for other activities like blogging more frequently than ever.


I also do hope to start afresh with my life and with my work now. Need more time to get myself away from my work (of course no intention of neglecting my work in any manner whatsoever). It is just that I need to cultivate these extra curricular (!!??!!) activites more than ever.


So see you all soon and more...


Thanks...

Busy for Nothing!!...

Hello All,


I have been neglecting this part of my life lately. Well, almost a year back, I came to my present place of work and I was given a task to complete in about two years time. And I am feeling happy that we managed to complete it in much less time. It is about re-vamping the whole IT system in the Commercial Tax Department, Orissa. Of course, I did not do it myself though. There were some new friends, some old ones etc. and the experience was really enlightening for me. The good part of the story is that after a lot of fighting, shouting, frustrations etc etc, the task is completed.


Completed, is it??? not really...it certainly marked the beginning of a new era in tax administration in the State. The credit goes to our Boss, who was always there with a stick, though, and very rarely I have had the privilege to be working under such people.


I would like to thank all members of the team who worked on this task.


With the new Financial year, I do certainly hope to do something new....


God help us all.....


Thanks.

30 second Speech by Bryan Dyson (CEO of Coca Cola, 1986)

"Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air.

You name them - Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit and you're keeping all of these in the Air.

 

You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.

 

But the other four Balls - Family, Health, Friends and Spirit - are made of glass.

If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered.

They will never be the same.

You must understand that and strive for it."

 

WORK EFFICIENTLY DURING OFFICE HOURS AND LEAVE ON TIME.

GIVE THE REQUIRED TIME TO YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS & HAVE PROPER REST.

 

"VALUE HAS A VALUE ONLY IF ITS VALUE IS VALUED"

--

Thanks to my dear friend, Nihar

Dipankar Sahu

Are we loosing something!!! something like the most valuable things in Life!!!!

A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year old son waiting for her at the door.   

SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'   
MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.   
SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'   
MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the woman said angrily.   
SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'   
MUM: 'If you must know, I make     Rs. 50 an hour.'   
SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.   
SON: 'Mummy, may I please borrow Rs.25?'   

The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities. The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down , and started to think:Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that Rs.25.00 and she really didn't ask for money very often.The woman went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door. 'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.   

'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.   
'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the Rs.25 you asked for.

   
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his mother. 'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother grumbled. Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.   

'Mummy, I have Rs.50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'

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Well, I happened to get this in my mail one day...but I was really shaken. At the end of the day, I could see myself being asked the same question by my Daughter, who is 7 years old and I have been neglecting her like anything.

I would like all of you to sit back and think about it for a while.

Dipankar Sahu

A very definite joke about Consultants!!!

There was a shepherd watching over his herd of sheep in a very ordinary afternoon. Then came a bright red ferrari out of nowhere and stopped on its way probably to nowhere. A very happening kind of guy came out of that ferrari and asked the Shepherd, "Would you give me one if I could tell you the number of sheep that you have here?"

The shepherd was a bit confused and reluctantly agreed. Immediately the Guy took out his state of the art gear and connected to some satellite, did some stuff and after a while, he returned back to the shepherd and said, "You got 1065 ones there!!".

The shepherd nodded in agreement and the Guy took one sheep and walked towards his ferrari. As he was about to start, he was stopped by the Shepherd who said, "Would you give me back that one, if I could tell you your profession?"

The Guy was really astonished and agreed. The shepherd said without any hesitation, 'You are a Consultant!!".

The guy was really impressed and asked the shepherd how did he know that.

The shepherd explained, "Three reasons...1) I did not Call you; 2) You did not tell me anything new as I always knew the number and 3) You do not know what you are doing, because you are taking my dog instead. So please give me back my Dog!!!"

This was told in a meeting back in New Delhi by a Senior Official as he was trying to explain why the Consultants are not always as helpful as they pose. In fact, this ons is probably the most appropriate definition of a Consultant...at least the best I have come across!!!

Dipankar Sahu

Amazing way to blog!!

I happen to come across this feature to publish to my blog. Well, it is not new one, but for me it is certainly a new one. Now I am even more comfortable to publish to my Blog. One should try these.

Well, just for information, I learnt how to do that from mobile as well.

Will try that some other time, certainly.

Dipankar