"The Day you cease to learn, is the day you cease to exist..."

Found this line somewhere, not sure where.
But it has lots of gyaan stuff about it.

Our existence is to learn something or the other daily.
Still trying to learn and unlearn things of life.

The Magic of Gurcharan

These Days, I have got hold of a book called .'India Unbound'..The Book is written by a former CEO of P&G ,India - Gurcharan Das.The best part of the book is the presentation.Just like his articles in Sunday Times ,the book has a personal touch about it.This makes topics on India's triumph and failures to be looked upon with a different perspective.
As of now , one thing that I will like to share after reading the first 100 pages is the story he mentions of Porus and Alexander.
All know the history stuff that Porus lost to Alexander in the war.Once Alexander asked him as to how should he be treated, Porus replied "As a King treats another King".
But his learning from this story is from a managerial point as well as Indian Psychology.Porus lost because his infantry strength was low and the support that he received from his cavalry got hampered by Alexander's strategy.In the end , his elephants were killing his own foot soldiers.
What the author mentions here is that although , there was no caste lines in those days in the army , there were still some divisions due to which the infantry never got the desired support.Same has happened in the Indo -Pak and Indo-China wars , though not a larger basis.

Another point that I got from his learnings was that Indians esp. males are not team players (its not in our blood).It all starts with the bride getting married.She has immense pressure to get a male heir for the family.Once the son is born , he is a pampered lot.All his wishes are fulfilled. No doubt about this.
Once he grows up ,all this plays an important part in developing his ego.That way ,he either gets arrogant and never becomes a team player or he gets subdued and frustrated.Hopefully , with more working mothers , this situation might also be resolved for better.

Winning by small margin

A victory is a victory ..a Loss a Loss..
But what about winning by small margins ??
Its more of a reflection for the victor that the opposing strength was just too good to move things till the end .The game could have gone either ways.
Similarly, the loser can take pride in having ended with a good show.
But what about the Victory on the edge.
It is the ultimate heart breaking moment for both the sides. (e.g. Indo-Pak T 20 Final).

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
Malcolm S. Forbes


Saluting all the victors and losers , because the ultimate winner is the spirit that guides them.

IF

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on”;
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And - which is more - you’ll be a Man my son!

- Rudyard Kipling

Today's fortune: Versatility is one of your outstanding traits

Ye orkut waale bhi nahi maante.
They write same fortune for the world.I had seen a fortune in my scrap book and after some days , it was in my friend's scrap book.

If fortune were to be one and the same for all ,then the world will be a boring place to live in.