Ashok Anchan

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway. If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway. What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway. Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway. In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway. -this version is credited to Mother Teresa

When swami Vivekananda went to USA, a lady asked him to marry her. When Swamiji asked the reason, she said she was facinatted by his intellect and wanted a offspring with his intelligent caliber. Swamiji smiled and said, "My dear lady, I understand your desire. Marrying and bringing a child in to this world and understanding whether it is intelligent of no, takes a very long time. Moreover its not guaranteed. Instead, to fulfill your desire immediately, I can suggest a guaranteed way. Take me as your child and your desire of having a child of my intellect is fulfilled". The lady was speechless.... Moral: We may receive unexpected questions at times, it depends on how we handle the situation and how witty our answer is...

There was a farmer who grew superior quality and award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won honor and prizes. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learnt something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors'. "How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked. "Why sir, "said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior, sub-standard and poor quality corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn." The farmer gave a superb insight into the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves. So it is in

Has this thought every crossed your mind? When everyone around me is having a great time taking the shortest route to instant success, why should I not do the same? Surely, a few shortcuts, a few bending of the rules won't do much harm. This thought has engaged me on many occasions. Why should one stick to one's dharma? There is, it seems, a sweet gift waiting at the end of a long, arduous wait especially when the time is spent following one's dharma. This is not just good for the individual, it also affects people around us in ways we cannot even imagine. It keeps the balance. Here's a story from ancient India to illustrate the importance of purity in thought and action. There was once a village by the banks of a river in which lived a few Brahmin families. The courtyard in each house had a yajnakund in which fire rituals were performed. One day, a Brahmin found a piece of gold in his yajnakund. He asked his wife as to how it got there. His wife told him: "When I

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आषाढ शुद्ध पौर्णिमा उर्फ़ गुरूपौर्णिमा ... दिवस होता गुरूपौर्णिमेचा ... १२ जुलै १६६० ... "पावनखिंड - बाजीप्रभूंच्या रक्ताने पावन झालेली. जेथे बाजीप्रभूंनी देह ठेवला. जेथे त्यांनी मृत्यूला सुद्धा ओशाळवले. " आदल्या दिवशी शिवरायांनी पन्हाळ्यावरुन अद्भुतरित्या स्वतःची सुटका करून घेतली होती. तर गुरूपौर्णिमेच्या दिवशी घोड़खिंड बाजीप्रभुंच्या रक्ताने पावनखिंड बनली. अवघ्या २१ तासात ६४ किलोमीटर अंतर त्यांनी पार पाडले होते. पौर्णिमेची रात्र. चंद्रप्रकाश असूनसुद्धा पावसाळी ढगांमुळे फारसे काही दिसत नव्हते. प्रचंड पावसाचा फायदा घेत शिवराय पन्हाळ्यावरुन निसटले. सिद्दीजोहरला त्याचा पत्ता लागला. पालखी पकडली गेली. 'शिवाजी आपल्या ताब्यात आला आहे' अश्या खुशीत असलेल्या जोहरच्या भ्रमाचा भोपळा लगेच फुटला. त्याला कळून चुकले की हे राजे नसून शिवा काशिद नावाचा दुसराच कोणी तरी आहे. राजे आपल्या हातून निसटले आहेत. त्याने सिद्दी मसूद आणि फाझल खानाला शिवरायांच्या मागावर पाठवले. पाठलाग सुरु झाला ... शिवाजी राजे पालखीचा गोंडा पकडून बसले होते. बाजींचा आवाज त्यांच्या कानावर येत होता. 'चला गनीम पाठी

Does Bandh really solve the problems? July 5th 2010. Call was given by opposition parties in India, especially by NDA and CPM with their allies, against price rise. They argued that the present government is anti-poor and not checked the price rise. Agreed, the prices are rising. But wasn't it rising when they were in power? What did they do at that time? Has Bharat bandh brought the prices down the next day? The answer is No. On the contrary, these bandh, which were meant to be pro poor, was done all the wrong things. The prices increased double fold on next day. The vandalism done by the parties, has to be mended with tax payers money, which could have been used for some constructive work. Some people enjoyed the extended holiday with their family, sitting at home and spending time with family. The political parties which have done the big hoopla were at dinner party enjoying their so called success. However the poor, who has to work daily for survival, had to go to bed with empt

Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers.. This was in the initial days. While they were traveling, they happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha told one of his disciples, "I am thirsty. Do get me some water from that lake there." The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy, very turbid. The disciple thought, "How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink!" So he came back and told Buddha, "The water in there is very muddy. I don't think it is fit to drink." After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. The disciple obediently went back to the lake. This time too he found that the lake was muddy. He returned and informed Buddha about the same. After sometime, again Buddha asked the

One of Mr. Ratan N Tata's first assignments was the stewardship of the ailing electronics company in the Tata portfolio - Nelco. Story goes that a team of senior managers from Nelco was driving to Nasik along with RNT. Halfway into the journey, the car had a flat tyre, and as the driver pulled up, the occupants - including Mr. Tata - got off for a comfort break, leaving the driver to replace the tyre. Some of the managers welcomed the forced break, as it allowed them a much-needed chance to light up a cigarette. Some used the opportunity to stretch, and smile, and share a joke. And then, one of them suddenly noticed that Mr. Tata was not to be seen, and wondered aloud where Ratan Tata might have vanished. Was he behind some bush? Had he wandered off inside the roadside dhaba for a quick cup of tea? Or was he mingling with some passer-bys, listening to their stories? None of these, in fact while his colleagues were taking a break, Ratan Tata was busy helping the driver change tyres.

A saint asked his disciples, 'Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?' Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.' 'But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you?' asked the saint. 'Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you're angry?' Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the saint. Finally he explained, 'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.' Then the saint asked, 'What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small...' The sai

Who sells the largest number of cameras in India ? Your guess is likely to be Sony, Canon or Nikon. Answer is none of the above. The winner is Nokia whose main line of business in India is not cameras but cell phones. Reason being cameras bundled with cell phones are outselling stand alone cameras. Now, what prevents the cell phone from replacing the camera outright? Nothing at all. One can only hope the Sony’s and Canons are taking note. Try this. Who is the biggest in music business in India? You think it is HMV Sa-Re-Ga-Ma? Sorry. The answer is Airtel. By selling caller tunes (that play for 30 seconds) Airtel makes more than what music companies make by selling music albums (that run for hours). Incidentally Airtel is not in music business. It is the mobile service provider with the largest subscriber base in India . That sort of competitor is difficult to detect, even more difficult to beat (by the time you have identified him he has already gone past you). But if you imagine that

A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against fire, among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The lawyer sued... And WON! In delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer "held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire" and was obligated to pay the claim. Rather than endure length