"King of Good Times hit by a Catastrophe"

Kingfisher Airlines incurring lost due to high cost of fuels is probably the  latest news that hit the nation.As per latest media source, the airline has suffered a whooping 469 crores which results in the airlines daily schedules being  cut and adversely has an impact on other airlines like Jet Airways,Indigo,GoAir etc to increase the fares of their  Flights, which on the other hand  is profitable for other airlines but a bane  to people who are flying in the air. Well, this has create a tremendous havoc in the industry even affecting the Government. As per the meeting and Appeal made by Vijay Mallya the Owner of the UB Group to the Finance Ministers for a financial assistance to recover his  loss, it is quite not understandable why the Government should utilized the People's money to revive a loss incurring private airline. And there is no possible reason why they should be actually  coming to the rescue of Mr. Mallya.
What about Banks??Are they ready to provide financial loans to the loss incurring airline?It seems Mallya's only option is to borrow funds from banks to recover his drowning business.But in any ways, it is affecting the current economy especially the airline industry and I think and hope that this issue should be put to rest as soon as possible for the betterment of the economic condition of the country as well as that of the common people.
Yesterday, I was on my usual routine of doing a general research in the internet and I came across the flights fares of the airlines cruising within the country. The prices of the fares has sky rocketed tremendously. For instance, the Delhi-Mumbai,Mumbai-Delhi flight usually cost around 3 grands earlier but as of yesterday, there isn't any flight which has fares lesser than 5 grands, such is the condition of price hiked in fuel and the stoppage of Kingfisher Airlines.
Well, All I can hope and pray is to stable the price of fuel and also wish Mr. Mallya recovers from his catastrophe attack ans start cruising his fleet of airlines for us, the common people!!

MUMBAI AS I SEE IT!!

                                                      

Mumbai or Bombay as they call it earlier is the capital city of the state Maharashtra situated in the Western Ghats of the Country bordered by Rajasthan on the North,Madhya Pradesh on the East and Karnataka on the South. Mumbai is often referred to as the “Financial Capital” of the Country and obviously it is true as lots of people migrates from different parts of the country to seek a better and suitable job, better life,better education, et al. In this post, I would like to describe the Mumbai it is and The Mumbai it will always be. Enjoy the ride across Mumbai........!!!

Some Facts About Mumbai :

Bombay was renamed Mumbai in 1996. The total area of the city is 440 sq. km or 170 sq. miles.

The population is 18 million, projected to reach 28.5 million by 2020.

Mumbai is the capital of the state of Maharashtra.

Marathi, Hindi and English are the main languages. Telephone code is 022 .

Time zone - GMT/UTC plus 5.5 hours

Climate - Summer 20 °C - 39 °C, Winter 12 °C - 34 °C. Mumbai has a truly tropical climate and temperatures remain fairly uniform throughout the year. You never need to pack woolens for Mumbai, not even in December. Mumbai is drowned every year under torrential Indian Ocean monsoon rains between June and September, usually beginning by 7th June every year.

Public and private offices: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Some open on Saturday, but all are closed on Sunday.
Shops: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon.-Sat.
Post offices: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon._Fri.; Saturday until noon.
Banks: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sat.
Restaurants: until 11 p.m.; nightclubs and discos close much later

And Some More Interesting Facts about Mumbai Life:

Bombay has no bombs and is a harbour not a bay.Churchgate has neither a church nor a gate. It is a railway station.
There is no darkness in Andheri.
Lalbaag is neither red nor a garden.
No king ever stayed at Kings Circle .
Nor did Queen Victoria stay at Victoria Terminus.
Nor is there any princess at Princess Street .
Lower Parel is at the same level as Parel
There are no marines or sailors at Marine Lines.
The Mahalaxmi temple is at Haji Ali not at Mahalaxmi.
There are no pigs traded at Dukar bazaar.
Teen bati is a junction of 3 roads, not three lamps.
Trams used to terminate at Kings circle not Dadar* Tram Terminus
(Dadar T.T.).
Breach Candy is not a sweetmeat market, but there is a Hospital. Safed Pool has the dirtiest and blackest water.
You cannot buy coal at Kolsa street.
There are no Iron smiths at Lohar chawl.
There are no pot makers at Kumbhar wada.
Lokhandwala complex is not an Iron and steel market. Null bazaar does not sell taps.
You will not find ladyfingers at Bheendi Bazaar.
Kalachowki does not have a black Police station.Hanging Gardens are not suspended.Mirchi Gully does not sell chillies.
Figs do not grow in Anjir Wadi.
Sitafals do not grow in Sitafal Wadi,
Jackfruits do not grow at Fanaswadi.
But it is true that you may get fleeced at Chor Bazaar!

Now, Lets get into some Points which will prove you are a Mumbaikars

You say "town " and expect everyone to know that this means south of
Churchgate.

You speak in a dialect of Hindi called 'Bambaiya Hindi',
which only Bombayites can understand.

Your door has more than three locks.

Rs 500 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.

Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important events of life.

You spend more time each month traveling than you spend at home.

You call an 8' x 10' clustered room a Hall.

You're paying Rs 10,000 for a 1 room flat, the size
of walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."

You have the following sets of friend: school friends, college friends,
neighborhood friends,
office friends and yes, train friends, a species unique only in Bombay.

Cabbies and bus conductors think you are from Mars
if you call the roads by their Indian name,
they are more familiar with Warden Road, Peddar  Road, Altamount Road .

Stock market quotes are the only other thing* besides cricket which you
follow passionately.

The first thing that you read in the Times of India is the " Bombay
Times" supplement.

You take fashion seriously.
You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.

Hookers, beggars and the homeless are invisible.

You compare Bombay to New York 's Manhattan instead of any other cities
of India.

The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.

You insist on calling CST as VT, and Sahar and
Santacruz airports instead of Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport.

You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.

Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.

Being truly alone makes you nervous.

You love wading through knee deep mucky water in the monsoons, and
actually call it ''romantic'.

Only in Bombay , you would get Chinese Dosa and Jain Chicken.

Well, This much is what I have experienced since my 4 years long stay in Mumbai yet, Im still thrilled and excited to get a zing of the more suspicious and overt incident that I will come across further in my stay at Mumbai.

            The Catalyst Chords -- Linkin Park

Dm
God bless us everyone
We're a broken people living under a loaded gun
And it can't be outfought
It can't be outdone
It can't be outmatched
It can't be outrun
No

Dm
God bless us everyone
We're a broken people living under a loaded gun
And it can't be outfought
It can't be outdone
It can't be outmatched
It can't be outrun
 C
No
And when I close my eyes tonight
                              Dm
To symphonies of blinding light

(God bless everyone
We're a broken people living under a loaded gun)
C
Like memories in cold decay
                        Am
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
                           Dm
Where oceans bleed into the sky

God save us everyone
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns
For the sins of our hands
The sins of our tongue
The sins of our fathers
The sins of our young
No

God save us everyone
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns
For the sins of our hands
The sins of our tongue
The sins of our fathers
The sins of our young
No

And when I close my eyes tonight
To symphonies of blinding light

(God save us everyone
Will be burn inside the fires of a thousand suns)
Like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky

Dm - C - A# - Am - C

Like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
                             Dm Am-C-G
Where oceans bleed into the sky

Dm-Am-c-G

        Dm Am
Lift me up
        C G
let me go
(repeat)

God bless us everyone
We're a broken people living under a loaded gun
And it can't be outfought
It can't be outdone
It can't be outmatched
It can't be outrun
No

God bless us everyone
We're a broken people living under a loaded gun
And it can't be outfought
It can't be outdone
It can't be outmatched
It can't be outrun

         LINKIN PARK-- THE MESSENGER GUITAR CHORDS 

G                            D
  When you feel you're alone
Em                          G
  Cut off from this creul world
                D             C
  Your instincts telling you to run
G                D
  listen to your heart
Em             C
  those angel voices
G                                   Am        G
  they'll say to you they'll be all good back home

     G    D         Em     C
when life leaves us blind
G    D        C
love keeps us kind
            G
it keeps us kind

D Em C
G D C

G                    D
  When you suffered enough
Em                        G
  and your spirit is breaking
G                D                  C
  you're growing desperate from the fights
G                 D
  remember you're loved
Em                     C
  and you always will be
G          D                 C
  this melody will bring you light back home

     G    D         Em      C
when life leaves us blind
G    D        C
love keeps us kind
     G    D         Em    C
when life leaves us blind
G    D        C
love keeps us kind

  G     D
O whoaa Oooo
  Em      C
O whoaaa oooooo
  G      D     C
O whoaa Oooooooo
(repeat)

End on G

"CAREER GO ROUND"

                                               

What an irony it is to make a go round out of your career!!The title for this post is inspired by the adventurous spin around ride "Merry Go-Round". Why I use this??Because somewhere I feel that in my life, I have myself gone through a round and twist of career decision and what I exactly wanted to be in my life, from childhood till now, so the name...Enjoy the career ride..!!!

I still remember when I was in grade VI, whenever our teachers used to ask what We want to become  in life  when we grow up and I always recall myself saying I wanted to become a Doctor, an Engineer or most probably a Government Officer and I was so sure and confident  about my ambition that time that I will surely become one among the three mentioned. But as time passed by  my objectives and perception changes. during Xth standard I clearly recalls filling up my friends slam book mentioning I wanted to become an author or a Professor in the Aim in Life section. Seriously, I didn't realized I would be changing my objective and ambition with the change of time.Then comes 12th Standard where I got addicted to reading books and Novels and thus  adversely had an impact on my idea about my aim in life. When people asked me the most common and normal question stating "What would you like to do after you passed your 12th Standard?" pat came my response  that I want to become a Psychologist. Seriously??Did I wanted to study people's mind and thoughts and judge them on that basis?I will never know why,  but the sheer excitement and ability  to study people's thoughts and mind seems appealing to me so that was my only objective in life till I finish my 12th Standard. The irony here is I never studied or pursued any of the career or profession that I mentioned when I was younger because after all this self made dreams and objectives I ended up doing my graduation in  Business Management. I ridiculed my proneness to changes and the twist and turn I took in deciding about my aim in life and the worse part, literally not pursuing any of them!!

I know I am not the only person in life who has undergone this kind of changes in deciding  about their aims and objectives for life but somewhere I consider myself and my case more unique and different from others only because I feel that I made a lot of turns and twist to decide upon a particular ambition for life. Experts always says Life is what you make of it and following your passion is what makes your life worthwhile so I think I believe in that. Saying I want to become an engineer or a Doctor just because you have seen a lot of people doing it or your society or community only respect people with this profession is not the ultimate  solution for following one's heart and passion.Rather, I feel that we need to realized the strength in ourselves, the passion we have for and doing things which makes us happy!!There is no profession or career in life which is not worth it as long as you enjoy doing it and are happy and content with it.

HAPPINESS IN LIFE

                                             

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions" - Dalai Lama

How true is the above lines said by the holy and spiritual leader and how bitter truth it is to find and cultivate happiness for oneself. How does one finds happiness in life? Or how does one make himself happy throughout his life?Living your life happily or showing as if you are happy, is it the true sense of being happy and content in life?

Happiness, what exactly is happiness in life?how does one define it or feels that he is happy?For a child, happiness maybe a small gesture of kind and care from parents or  playing with friends. For a student, a good result with good grades in class can make him a happy person. For a lover, happiness may lies in the smile of his loved ones. For Parents, happiness will be the smile and laughter of their kids, and For a Mother, just the little smile of her child can be happiness. There are so many  little ways that can make one happy in life but it doesn't make one happy throughout his life.Happiness or being happy is just a temporary occurrence which fill the heart with love and joy for a single moment, an hour, a day, a month or so. But what about the ultimate and permanent happiness in life? Is it achievable by mere Humans or is it something which is out of our reach?

There is another quote which clearly says; "Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect, it means that you decided to look beyond the Imperfections." So basically, this quotes states that looking away or ignoring imperfections is another option for being happy. Does it means we have to avoid imperfections rather than striving towards it or challenging oneself to perfection? It is an universal truth that No Man is perfect but striving towards perfection makes a Man close to perfection and that is when he will be content and satisfied with his life for the endeavors and struggles that he have undergone in life to achieve perfection. At the end, challenging oneself to perfection is more worthwhile than achieving the perfection itself. Happiness will be achieved only when you undergo the struggles and hardship to achieve that ultimate objective in life. This will lead to the worthwhile satisfaction and achieving happiness in ones whole life.

So many philosophers and great leaders have  quoted their own thoughts and ideas about finding the true and ultimate happiness in life, but for me - Happiness is a sequence or multiple process where in if one door of happiness close, another one opens. This shows how we should never be paralyzed about not finding happiness in life because if there is sadness, there is happiness and likewise, there is always a way out of life or whatever works or ways we are stuck up with in life. It also teaches us how to be motivated an strong willed enough to hope for the rays of happiness to shine on us after a stormy and dark nights of sadness and turmoil. Finding happiness in life is not easy nor it is difficult, we just have to know how to make ourselves happy and the people around us whom we care and cherished the happiness with.That, according to me is the ultimate secret of being successful and satisfied in Life.