Great Learning !!

"The Blind Men and the Elephant
by John Godfrey Saxe

It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind

The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
“God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!”

The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, “Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me ’tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!”

The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a snake!”

The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee.
“What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain,” quoth he;
“ ‘Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!”

The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: “E’en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can
This marvel of an ElephantIs very like a fan!”

The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Than, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a rope!”

And so these men of IndostanD
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!

Moral:
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!

Source: Word Focus

This poem conveys a very important lesson which many of us tend to overlook . Ignorance is not Bliss !! In fact, it can lead to the downfall of greatest of men ! Napolean being a point in case ! Remove those shackles, see, hear, observe, listen, understand, assimilate, remember !! Knowledge is the Panacea !

Result - Orientation...

Hi...hope all of u are doing well...and would have spent a wknd with full fun and joy...Atleast, I can say this about myself...I really had a gr88 wknd...thou, it was very tiring...but yes, I have spent all my energy saved if there any...h ehe... I was very apprenhensive whether the things would go right or not on Saturday...coz, I was struggling wih time as per the no of promises...BY grace of God, everything went well...
I could manage to supply the notes to my cousin fr her entrance exam...
I received my sister...and have been continuously asking her if she needs something special from my side except clothes....this is her first trip to Delhi...so, I don't want to let this chance down...really luv u sis...
attended KHOJ children thou for a short-time...my friend had to go somewhere...so he called me to say not to come on Saturday....I was supposed to take bike from him...
scored well in my mid-term in OB exam...didn't attend my office party..instead, I removed it from my priorities...and became mean by saying sorry to my friends that I wouldn't be able to come...
Even had a gr88 fun on Sunday... feel like sleeping now....will be hitting the bed now...:)
will post the experience in my next posting...

Fixes and Dilemmas...

It is 1.30 a.m in my watch. Have reached my room at 1...was on the phone after that...less of work today in office...TGIF...thank God its' Friday...Thou I am blogging after so many days...so I m enjoying it and writing it whatever is coming in my mind...not in any pattern...no more consequences....today, means on 7 th , we ( my office friends) have a small get-together in a local lounge...hey...lemme share it with u...my sister is coming today in afternoon...coming from Kolkata..this is her first trip to Delhi...I will be taking her to all the shopping complexes around...she is a big shopping-freak...oh...shit....tomorrow...I have to give some notes to my cousin living nearby...I have committed the time of 6.30 a.m. means just 5 hrs from now...if I sleep now, it is very much sure that I won't be able to make at 6.30...she has her paper on Sunday mrng...and she leaves for office at 7 in the morning...she has her office on Saturday also...I will not get time on Saturday evening (today)...coz...I have my mid-term of Organsational Behaviour at 6.30 in the evening...for which I have hardly studied....don't know how I am going to do all this....shit, today is Saturday and I go to KHOJ foundation...its a NGO...with an initiative of taking care of the children in the Delhi red lights/ signals....all the committed things are looking important to me.....oh shit...I have to go to my friend's place for his bike...I have told him to do this favour till the time my sister will be here in Delhi..means for 5 days....

I have been trying to prioritise the things till the time I have left my offie...nothing productive has come out of my exhausted brain...I think, sometimes, one has to watch wait-and-watch situation...right??...

will come back again tomorrow...dunno how many commitments and promises will I be able to commit..??.....Positive anything is better than negative nothing...

Wishing all of u a very happy wknd...

Cyaa...Tkcre...

Some Observations

I have been observing this world since I have got some sense to apprehend something. I was very studious till Standard X. When I entered in senior secondary, I started going to college and saw there was something for which we were crazy. i.e., love, flirting, ambitions, to be first in all the things besides studies.... blah blah... But my world was within the books. I had the perception that studies the key and rest of the things could be taken care of in the latter part of life. No worries. I admitted into college with full flow. My perception was changed completely. Infact, I was the first student from my batch who got the warning of getting non-collegiate. Coz I hardly attended my lectures in my first year. I spent my lectures time on the cricket ground. I used to be considered as the Michael Bevan of my college cricket team. I used to stand on the pitch and used to score runs incessantly. But hardly used to hit boundaries. I was crazy for cricket and cycling. This C- factor never left me after that. I completed my graduation and came to Delhi for the CAT preparation. Today when I see myself, I find myself completely a different person, different perception. Dear, a person doesn't change instead the perception changes. Oh, I have a very bad habit of wandering from the main topic. Btw, above are the observations about msyelf.

Rest of the observations:

1. People back out when they are needed. Though exceptions are always there. But they are in scarce

2. All of us are here to serve our self-interests

3. You are not safe except in mother's womb

4. Networking matters a lot

5. People are getting more materialistic day by day

6. Distances are reducing whether you are in States or in Australia or anywhere else

7. Blogging is the new trend of communication

8. Google Google everywhere. Keep it up Google.

9. Local stores are facing a tough competition from the malls.

10. Indian companies are touching new heights in the corporate world globally.

11. China and India are the two superpowers of the future.

12. IMs are consuming too much time of employees in the office.

13. Global warming has become the big menace for all of us.

14. Nobody believes in originality. But everyone says "Be Yourself"

15. Corruption and pollution are the two things ruining India.