Knick n knack

ok guyss...this one i had to write..just a month old in my new organisation...and here sharing a few experiences with you.  The start- Like everywhere, i was welcomed well with all the politeness and gentleness in the world...with smiling but confused faces (yess!! they are confused about what am i doing in Industry Relations with background in media, PR, advertising etc etc! Its been over a month but the confusion is still ON!)  Place - The place is good...a stride better than my previous organisations, with helping and smiling faces around. People are polite and work environment allows you to be YOU! Individual space and respect is given to each employee..no matter on which ladder of the hierarchy he/she is working. Over here one can live his/her personal and professional lives with equal satisfaction. A decent working place with professionalism of corporate! People - This is one is too simple yet complicated to explain....coz m still learning about them, their behaviors, attitu

सुबह के उठने से,  रात के सोने तक,  सुहानी शाम से,  अँधेरे के सन्नाटे तक,  मैं हूँ हमेशा, हमेशा तेरे साथ, बात सदा यही कहूँगी,  कि रहूंगी तेरे साथ! वक़्त चाहे रहे जैसा भी, तेरा साथ न छोडूंगी कभी भी, याद रखना हमेशा तू ये बात, कि हमेशा निभाउंगी तेरा साथ!                                                                 ---- सेतु   फोटो क्रेडिट: गूगल इमेज

Author: Kavery Nambisan Publisher: Penguin Books India (P) Ltd ISBN:  0-14-302811-1 Pages: 253 The prologue: "To Chauvinists, male and female: you keep out of this".  The straightforwardness in the line says it all.Written by a woman author, the book talks about women and their hatred for men! Evita, a young Panjim girl sets out to unite womankind of the entire world, to fight against the opposites, men. Evita in her twenty's has seen the suffering of her mother, an eye-turner waitress in a local restaurant in morning and at night she has clients coming from all over the city! Scarred and marred by her mother's defenseless life, she decides to unite the women and fight the battle on its face.  Soon her idea of forming an organisation, WOMEN OR WOMEN (WOW), a single group  of world's largest minority, starts to take a shape as many show interest and start to join. Her group unites all sorts of women coming from various walks of life,perfunctory wives,

This headline totally justifies my state of mind right now...want to do something creative...but don't know what to do? how to do?...same as i want to write something but don't know what to write? Life is on roller coaster..and yes m not TIRED!! I want it more...more from life and want to discover its hidden truths! Mysteries that are waiting to get unfolded...will take time...but i want them RIGHT NOW!! But how is it possible? Only time will tell what going to happen!Till now...you guyys would have guessed,,,and if NOT then let me do the honors...that m happy...not very very happy..but m happy with the way life is taking shape.  Touch-wood, till now everything is going fine...and i hope i do not attract the evils eye...(nimbu mirchii...pleeaasseeee!! buri nazar se bachoo!) I don't know what is waiting for me tomorrow but as of now life is good and m quite enjoying it. AMEN! Image source: Google images

Finally i will be considered as a working woman! Hush!! m so happy. So is my family and relatives. 'Aree wahh! course khatam hote hi naukri lag gayi' .... dis is wat m hearing these days. Though i know..i have tough days ahead but life is such. You have to slog to achieve things in life. But iam happy. Now i will have my a stand..stand to take my decisions..stand to help others taking their decisions. In another ten days i have to join and my two year long vacation wll come to an end. Somewhere in my heart i don't want it to end...bt change is life. Nothing is permanent on this planet....so how can my life be? And yeah...an excuse to what i love doing SHOPPING! Shop for suits, kurtis, handbags, wallet and accessories...yipiee P.S - Job description after joining!

This age old statement is partially true and is selfish in its own sense. Man will always like what he has or what he possess or what he inherited or what he aims of? What is beautiful to me, might not be charming to you. Whatever i like will always be beautiful to me. A child is always beautiful to her mother, husband will always be dashing for a wife, first tea will always be tasty for a teenager, first love will always be beautiful to me, my house will be a palace to me.... My thing can never be ugly to me.   Then where does this line fit in? Iam a beholder of my beauty same as others are. In this world of material beauty there are a few acceptable things which defines it: a flawless face, perfect figure, luxurious life,handsome man, success, fame, name, serene blue sea, vegetation, bright moon night, candle light dinner, high hills, snow cladded mountains, art, love, god, blessings, miracles, good luck, mother, father, relationships..and the list of all positive things will g

T o live is to communicate. Communication is very important for existence of any human being.  Communication is a process of sharing and expressing views, opinions, experiences and information.  Not only personally, professionally also, communication is very important. Business organisations, corporates inform customers about their products/services/goods through the process of communication.  With the increased competition among businesses, it becomes vital for organisation to effectively communicate with target customers. In order to so, big corporates have dedicated marketing communication departments which uses communication tools like advertising, Public Relations, direct Marketing, Personal Selling, Events to communicate with people.  Advertising creatively and effectively communicates, aware and persuades audience to buy a particular product. Public Relations, on the other hand, has emerged as an effective communication tool for the companies which not only inform, but also he

Sunshine sparkles through the leaves of my tree Warm air sighs through the leaves of my tree!

Focus on the journey, not the destination! Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment   Note: Do not copy pictures without permission. Clicked by the author.

Few weeks back, the entire country was hip hopping on the tunes of World Cup 2011 and prayed for Team India to win the cup for us. Why we prayed for them...did any one of us got to touch the cup or got to kiss it in front of gateway of India? or did it increased the shaan of any one of our's drawing rooms? No...we all prayed for our country...for INDIA...coz we cannot see it losing..losing to anyone. We were patriotic when MS Dhoni picked up the World Cup. We felt goosebumps all over our body when Dhoni hit that historic six. Nationalism ran into our bloods when we saw Yusuf Pathan carrying Sachin on his shoulders, parading all aroud Wankhede. We are still celebrating the emotions and feelings of being World Champions...coz we are proud Indians.  Now again our country needs us.After World Cup, Anna Hazare has given us the chance to stand for our rights and fight against corruption. To show the world that we cannot see our country losing, nor in the game of cricket nor to corr

LUX is more than a beauty soap, a product and a brand. It makes us remind of the glorious past,present and future of hindi cinema. The brand has feathered in its cap a long list of bollywood beauties, who have mesmerized people with their beauty and grace. Below are the ladies of tinsel town which graced the product called 'LUX'

Author: Lucie Whitehouse Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London ISBN: 978 0 7475 9625 7 Pages : 374 First published in 2008 A psychological thriller, the story is horrifying and tragic in its own way. It doesn't take you into paranormal world, but makes you dance high and low onto the dirty secrets of human minds and hearts. After the suicide of his uncle, Lucas Heathfield inherits the Stoneborough Manor, which he imagines to be a place where he and his close friends can spend weekends far away from chaos and noise of London city.  From the beginning, the house haunts their relationships and effects their emotions in a strange way, especially on Lucas, who leaves his job and shifts to the house permanently with friend Danny, a wild child who becomes responsible for shattered group of friends. Lucas obsesses himself with alcohol, drugs and cine films of his uncle and his friends thirty years earlier. With these cine films escapes the dark secrets of high sexual emot

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Finally the WEDNESDAY has come which every cricket fan was waiting anxiously. As the clock is ticking m feeling butterflies in my stomach, head, legs,arms.....in short all over my body. M tensed, excited, nervous, worried, happy and enthralled at the same time.  Wat will happen today? Which part of the LOC will be celebrating....with which feeling ill go to sleep tonight? SIGH!! ... these thoughts are not allowing me to concentrate anywhere :p Its the biggest match of the world cup 2011 today....oh my god....India vs Pakistan in semis..aaouchhh....the only mention of such a heart rendering contest is giving me shrill thrill. It is the biggest day in life of every Indian and Pakistani....god i wish i could see the match live in the stadium....BUT does my heart allow me? M hip-hopping around the house, biting nails and listening to craziest of songs....when i have to watch it on TV...what will happen to me when it will be LIVE....  Most of my friends are watching the match on big scr

You think about THAT trip about 4-5 times a day You just can't stop from checking the pics whenever you open  PC You start realizing non-trippers are getting uncomfortable of newly developed bondings and equations  You check for friends albums/updates/comments about THAT trip.... whenever you log on to Facebook You just want to talk about the trip and fun you had with fellow colleagues/family You desperately want those days to come back  You want to meet those friends again and again You want them to know how close they have come to you You start liking that temporary life over your permanent one You smile alone when happy thoughts come to your mind You are still under the hangover even after 2 weeks......... Was on trip with friends to Jim Corbett and Nainital for 5 days....the fun i had there is unmatchable. Love you guys for making those days so so special for me. With loads of love, Dedicated to all my MMC rockstars!

Celebrating the 150 th birth anniversary go Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Northern Railway is organizing “Sanskritik Sandhya” on March 26, 2011 at National Rail Museum , Chanaykyapuri. The event is organized in the memory of father of Indian Literature on his birth anniversary. Sanskriti Express, a special exhibition train will showcase the life, philosophy, poetry and painting of Gurudev. India ’s first noble laureate in literature, is the figure who gave national anthems to two countries of the Indian subcontinent. Entry to the event will be by invitation only. He holds a high place in the lobbies of Indian literature. His plays and poetries are the eye-openers for society of British India . His love for language and using it for the development of society is evident from the fact that beside of his upbringing in the rich and affluent family of Bengal , he could write on various subjects troubling the Indian society at that time.   Image source: Google images

Delhi ’s first “Itra & Sugandhi Mela”, started today at Dilli Haat, Pitampura. One of its kinds, the event was inaugurated by Hon’ble chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Shiela Dixit. Delhi tourism, is organizing the event in collaboration with Fragrance & Flavor Development Centre, Kannauj and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises from 25 th -27 th March, 2011 at Dilli Haat, Pitampura, New Delhi . The three day event will focus on lectures & presentations on Aroma therapy, Itra & Sugandhi (perfumes), live demonstrations of rose water distillation and art of agarbatti and dhoopbatti making. Other interesting activities will include quiz contests on Itra/Fragrance, competition of Itra, Sugandhi wooden boxes & velvet boxes, used for Itra & Sugandhi and presentation of perfumes in traditional bottles. There will be free entry fro children upto 12 years and for those who want to buy and collect the traditional fragrances of India , there will be special display and s

Life is not easy i have realised this hard fact in my small little life of 25 years. But one has to make it beautiful and worth living. I have seen many people who make their lives appear to be very gorgeous...but only from outside. When you get a chance to sneek peak into their oh-so-wanna-be lives...you will find it stagnant and rotten. Iam confused in my mind what life i want....obviously the answer would be the former one!   So,..here is my constant pursuit to get a best out of my life...but HOW?? Iam a university student right now with loads of bright ideas and dreams in mind...but will they get fulfilled? How can i expect my days to be smooth and tension free after university days? How will i get a good job...a dream job? a job which can show me some bank balance at the end of month?? a job where i do not return home tired...where there is no politics...one which does not hurt my ego...Why the hell iam expecting all this...when i know that there is no miracle waiting outside. A

Finally, new media has made its stand. Due to increasing influence of world wide web in our day-to-day lives and on English language new words have been included in Oxford Dictionary 2011. These words are: 1. Scareware - malacious computer programmes 2. Bloggable - a suitable topic for blogging 3. Onliner - an internet user 4. Clickjacking - manipulating user's activity by concealing hyperlinks 5. Sexting - sending explicit images or messages 6. tbh - to be honest 7. fnarr fnarr - sniggering in textspeak 8. feature phone - a mobile phone with extra features 9. trackpad - touchpad 10. buttload - a large amount Among these "cyberbullying" and "cybersecurity" are the words which have appeared for the first time in english dictionary. Image Source: Google Images Information Source: Indian Express, February 2011

Author: Sandra Wilson Publisher: Robert Hale Limited, London ISBN: 978-0-7090-8312-2 Pages: 224 First published in Great Britain, 2007 The book revolves around high flying fashion society of London in times of nineteenth century during war. The story revolves around the life of Susannah Garland, her cousin and failed lover Miles Devereux and her business financer Sir Jeffery Stratton. The book takes you into the world of her royal majesty, her fashionable courtroom ladies, their tales at fashion houses and the gowns on which they daunt. Susannah Garland is an unfortunate niece of Lord Devereux of Sanderby and is in love with his son. Miles Devereux is forced to marry into money to Lady Agnes while his father decides to get rid of his niece, when Susannah decides to flee the Sanderby. Her skill as a dressmaker is all what she has and she gets employed by London’s foremost house of fashion run by fashion queen Madame Hilary. Her life as seamstress at Madame Hilary is not s

FIFA World cup reporting by Aaj Tak...wonder how they get ITA award every year :O On Delhi-Gurgaon highway Disclaimer: These pics are not the display of my photography talent.... just clicked randomly!

The following are the important functional areas for PR counseling in any typical election campaign for political candidates: 1)       The appraisal of the candidate is the first step in public relations dealing with a political campaign for the political candidate. His/Her financial background, assets, history, party, family, structure and social power – all should be carefully studied. In case of a woman candidate, the PR programmes are quite different. The appraisal gives the scope to determine the methods for the campaign. 2)       The appraisal also should indicate the candidate’s exposure to the voters. The strength of the candidate is to be decided by analysis of his/her trustworthiness, compatibility, ability, experience, administrative capability, energy, good judgment and other virtues. In the election field, there is a close contact between the candidate and the election authority like the Indian Election commission, which is the highest authority in the matters of conduc

आया जी देखो census का त्यौहार,  डेमोक्रेसी का सबसे बड़ा उपहार,  हर दस साल मैं आता एक बार,  और बता जाता कितना बड़ गया हमारा भारतीय परिवार! आज फिर से वही दिन आया है,  जब सरकार गिनेगी क्या खोया क्या पाया है,  2001 से 2011 तक की तरक्की का सफ़र तो सबके सामने है,  अब छुपे हुए पिछड़ेपन का नंबर आया है!                                                                           phase II मैं caste के सवाल को अटकाया है,  वोट बैंक का बड़ा भारी तड़का लगाया है,  पूछने में झिझकता है आम enumerator,  पर जाति बताएं सब अपनी मान लेकर! आकड़ों मैं सरकार बताएगी, कितने घर हैं कितने बेघर,  और कितने बेरोजगार बैठे हैं हर घर,  किसने किया कहाँ से migration,  और कौन बड़ा रहा है, बिन सोचे तेज़ी से population! enumerator पूछ पूछ वाही सवाल, हो चुके हैं confuse,  और लोग उनसे पूछें  मैडम क्या है इनका use,  वो कर नहीं सकते लोगों के सवालों को refuse,  पर उनके दिमाग हो चुके हैं पूरी तरह diffuse! census के काम मैं जिनको लगाया है,  enumerator, supervisor और master trainer जैसे नामों से उन्हें सजाय

उफ़! तुम्हारा निराला अंदाज़, बातें बताने का अनोखा मिजाज़, काम करते तुम्हारे यहाँ जांबाज़ जिनका पास है ख़बरों का हर राज़! बदल दिया है तुमने मीडिया जगत को, आचार विचार और सोचने के अंदाज़ को, पिछले दशक में जो सफलता तुमने पायी है, पूरे देश को नयी ओढ़नी पहनाई है! इलेक्ट्रोनिक न्यूज़ चैनल तुम्हे कहाँ जाता है, जो तुम्हे देखे, वो तुम्हारी ओर खिंचा चला जाता है, हर कोई तुम्हारे संग काम कर इतराता है, जो ना करे वो मन ही मन ललचाता है! आज तक, स्टार न्यूज़ और ज़ी न्यूज़ तुम्हारे संवादाता हैं, फटाफट ख़बरों के जन्मदाता हैं, रिपोर्टर होते हैं इनके चाक चौबंद, और anchors करते हैं हर रिपोर्ट का क्रिया कर्म! इंडिया टीवी, न्यूज़ २४ , कहते तो हैं अपने आपको न्यूज़ चैनल, पर अजीबो गरीब ख़बरें दिखाता है इनका editorial panel, रिपोर्टर देते हैं वो हर खबर, जो ना करे कोई और कवर, TRP हैं इनकी सबसे ऊंची मगर, जो देखें  उनका बहुत बड़ा है जिगर! धर्म और समर्पण पर विशेष ये दिखाते हैं,  ज्योतिषों और पंडितों से उन्हें सजाते हैं,  ताकि बनते रहें देखनें वाले बेवकूफ,  और इनकी TRP की guarantee रहे फूल-प्रूफ! समर्पित हैं ये