Connecting with thoughts - My thoughts and Me

Crude as the title may read or sound, I could not think of anything more apt to convey what I intend to. The other day while surfing on YouTube I happened to catch glimpse of a scene from the movie "Rush" where Nicky Lauda meets his wife Marlene. That "Rush" happens to be one of my favourite movie was all the more reason to play it. Wanting to escape from a party Nicky (N) is offered lift by Marlene (M) to the nearest station. The following is the conversation that ensues along the way. What are you doing? You hear that noise when you accelerate? - No. - Your fan belt is loose. My What? your foot goes all the way down, And when you brake, which means there's air in the system. the rear brakes are worn out, - Anything else? - No. Apart from the front right tyre's a bit soft, - Sorry? which explains why you're weaving so much. Hmm. How can you tell? - My ass. which can feel everything in a car. God gave me an okay m...

The ability to enchant the audience with your presentation skills still remains a big challenge. Even after numerous books and countless courses speakers still fail to engage their audience. It is not that they lack knowledge or understanding of the subject. In fact, the knowledge they posses is unparalleled. Throw them a question and they will answer. Put them in a situation where a solution is nowhere in sight and they will solve it with ease. Don't know what's the future is going to be like, ask them and they will predict trends that not only will enhance your understanding of the subject in question but also prepare you for the same. But...when it comes to communicating and disseminating the same through presentation or a public speaking engagement they struggle. They may not be prepared one might say but they are. Thoroughly, in fact. Then what ails a presentation? Why is it that death by presentation is still so common? As I said before there have been a thous...

Two incidents. Two students. Two different batches. Different organizations. One quest - search for a job. One common result - denied. Reasons for denial - Gender - Female. Problem - Marriage. Bitter as it may sound, but its harsh truth. If you are a woman about to get married or a married woman searching for her first job, then you are in for trouble. For jobs don't come easy. In the first case, the student had in fact joined an organization and it was her first day at work. During the course of her interaction with her new colleagues, she casually happened to state that her family may now possibly start thinking of getting her married within next six months. The heavens fell. Disaster struck. That was her first and last day with that organization. She was asked to quit. Would this have been the same reaction if she was a boy? Would he have been asked to quit his job too? The second case is of a student who has been a consistent performe...

Gutted again Innocent lives Pursuing dreams Earning livelihood Meeting friends Celebrating life Seeking memories In a paradise Never meant to be Where a life's worth Was only realized In the ashes of ruins (Dedicated to all innocent lives lost due to fire in different places Mumbai city which ran without necessary permissions)

Despite all these years The bitterness still lingers Hovering over the walls Erected deep and high In the confines of the mind Built over the fault lines A few drawn by you A few drawn by me A few drawn by us Lost to the path Of togetherness We once treaded

ओठातले शब्द न सांगताही नयनांनी टिपतेस मनातल्या भावनाही न भेटता जाणतेस सहवासाच्या क्षणासाठी आसुसलेल्या दोन जिवांना दूर असूनही धाग्याविना प्रेमात घट्ट विणतेस

  Love they wrote Into sands ashore Believing it to be Etched on to their hearts Forever Unlikely to relent or buckle Under the realities of life That however fades into the oblivion When the waves come ashore