New Post (137) ; Should Women be allowed to vote ?
Ignore the question. It’s only a tease. Not to be taken seriously. Just a ploy to get your attention. Read on.......
About International Women's Day……….
When: Tuesday 8 March 2011
Where: Everywhere
What: International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, International Women's Day is a national holiday.
Why: Suffragettes campaigned for women's right to vote. The word 'Suffragette' is derived from the word "suffrage" meaning the right to vote. International Women's Day honours the work of the Suffragettes, celebrates women's success, and reminds of inequities still to be redressed. The first International Women's Day event was run in 1911………2011 is the Global Centenary Year
God bless Women. They make up the better half of the world.
PleeeeeeZ,...(let's resolve to )..."Save the girl child" !
GOD is a Woman.
Charlie Brown
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
The wail of the Sufi saint
New Post (136) : The wail of the Sufi saint
It's Story time folk/s.
This happened sometime somewhere in a nondescript little town.
The town was starved for water. The village elders tried everything they could. Carving out ponds, digging up wells, ……….(all of the usual)
Then, it got worse.
The town had no rainfall for 3 years.
The townspeople were in tears.
Thirsting for a drop of water.
Prayers were offered.
Animals were sacrificed to please the GOD/s.
Mass migration was contemplated.
Just in time. MIRACULOUSLY---The local politician appeared on the scene and promised that the town would be fed with water by diverting a rivulet nearby with canals for the purpose.
The town rejoiced.
Happy days were here again..........
The plan to migrate was shelved.
NOW---Politics crept in. The people were split in two sides. Each demanding a greater share of the water. That the canal be passed through their side of town first.
One side of "traditionalists" wanted to revert to farming. The other side of "modernists" wanted to set up industry. City folk entered the scene---meddling. A tug of war ensued.
A young couple finds itself separated in this tug of war. Forced to take sides.
All before work had even commenced on the canal.
At the village square the Sufi saint who had made a huge tree his shelter and abode looked on…even as he fed the stray dogs of the village with whatever crumbs he could lay his hands on.
One day he walked out of the village. The stray dogs followed him in a pack licking at his feet.
He took shelter under another huge tree on a hillock overlooking the town.
That very night the Sufi saint was heard WAILING IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.
Lo and behold it started raining like it had never rained before. The skies came down.
But it only rained on the hillock. The town was left as dry and thirsty as before.
The young couple leaves the town for good. Hand in hand. Walking into the setting sun.................(only to be swallowed up by a BIG city, somewhere).
Moral : ? ? ? ...........(my grandmother never told me ! so I do not know.)
Charlie Brown
It's Story time folk/s.
This happened sometime somewhere in a nondescript little town.
The town was starved for water. The village elders tried everything they could. Carving out ponds, digging up wells, ……….(all of the usual)
Then, it got worse.
The town had no rainfall for 3 years.
The townspeople were in tears.
Thirsting for a drop of water.
Prayers were offered.
Animals were sacrificed to please the GOD/s.
Mass migration was contemplated.
Just in time. MIRACULOUSLY---The local politician appeared on the scene and promised that the town would be fed with water by diverting a rivulet nearby with canals for the purpose.
The town rejoiced.
Happy days were here again..........
The plan to migrate was shelved.
NOW---Politics crept in. The people were split in two sides. Each demanding a greater share of the water. That the canal be passed through their side of town first.
One side of "traditionalists" wanted to revert to farming. The other side of "modernists" wanted to set up industry. City folk entered the scene---meddling. A tug of war ensued.
A young couple finds itself separated in this tug of war. Forced to take sides.
All before work had even commenced on the canal.
At the village square the Sufi saint who had made a huge tree his shelter and abode looked on…even as he fed the stray dogs of the village with whatever crumbs he could lay his hands on.
One day he walked out of the village. The stray dogs followed him in a pack licking at his feet.
He took shelter under another huge tree on a hillock overlooking the town.
That very night the Sufi saint was heard WAILING IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.
Lo and behold it started raining like it had never rained before. The skies came down.
But it only rained on the hillock. The town was left as dry and thirsty as before.
The young couple leaves the town for good. Hand in hand. Walking into the setting sun.................(only to be swallowed up by a BIG city, somewhere).
Moral : ? ? ? ...........(my grandmother never told me ! so I do not know.)
Charlie Brown
The HRD hogwash
New Post (135) : The HRD hogwash
This is for youngsters entering the job market. Beware of hogwash.
Meaning: hogwash n. Worthless, false, or ridiculous speech or writing; nonsense. Garbage fed to hogs………
The stated “peoples orientation” of the {HR} Human Resources discipline is hogwash.
Reflect on this:
Employees too are suppliers.
[...have no illusion about this. ]
The “only” supplier that gets paid only “after” a months service has been delivered is ---an employee.
Stated differently---employees are expected to offer 1 months credit to their employer. (like it or not)
Whereas all manner of “other” suppliers---get paid an upfront advance for products/services delivered, that could range from substantial to 100%.
[ parts suppliers, consultants, ……….]
Conclusion: Be cautious about falling for sophisticated HRD jargon. Retain a sensible perspective at all times.
For a commercial organization---Employees are the most dispensable of all suppliers.
The key to being a darling of the HR is --- "Performance".
Charlie Brown
This is for youngsters entering the job market. Beware of hogwash.
Meaning: hogwash n. Worthless, false, or ridiculous speech or writing; nonsense. Garbage fed to hogs………
The stated “peoples orientation” of the {HR} Human Resources discipline is hogwash.
Reflect on this:
Employees too are suppliers.
[...have no illusion about this. ]
The “only” supplier that gets paid only “after” a months service has been delivered is ---an employee.
Stated differently---employees are expected to offer 1 months credit to their employer. (like it or not)
Whereas all manner of “other” suppliers---get paid an upfront advance for products/services delivered, that could range from substantial to 100%.
[ parts suppliers, consultants, ……….]
Conclusion: Be cautious about falling for sophisticated HRD jargon. Retain a sensible perspective at all times.
For a commercial organization---Employees are the most dispensable of all suppliers.
The key to being a darling of the HR is --- "Performance".
Charlie Brown
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Go chase the Somali pirates
New Post (134) : Go chase the Somali pirates
Some background (…& I QUOTE this one very interesting educational Q&A)
Quote (open)
---High Seas Trading - WHAT is it?
In short High Sea sale is when the cargo is already loaded on a ship and sailing on the high seas (international waters, under no jurisdiction) without actually being sold to the final buyer yet. Seller is looking for a buyer, while shipment is on the way. Once the cargo is sold, the captain of the vessel is notified to change course and deliver it to the new buyer’s port. Usually the ship is sailing in a certain direction (example: from Brazil to Middle East). Seller is looking for buyers in destination area (which in this example can be any Middle Eastern country, India, Pakistan, etc..)
---What is the REASON for selling on High Seas?
High Sea sale is done to avoid the burden of Local Sales Tax or VAT which would otherwise have to be paid by the final buyer if the cargo was first bought by the importer and then re-sold to the final buyer. What High Sea Sale does, is put the final buyer in the position of direct importer thus saving him an additional tax. For that reason, goods bought on the high seas, while the ship is in international waters are between 25% - 5% cheaper for the final buyer (depends on the Local Sales Tax / VAT rate in buyer’s country).
---Is High Sea Trading LEGAL?
“High seas sale” sounds like something done hush-hush in the middle of the ocean like we see in the movies. Which is why you have instinctively raised doubts about its authenticity and legality. Let me assure you, “high seas sale” is a perfectly legal transaction though the term might have a mysterious ring to it. High sea sale is simply turning the final buyer into direct importer, and thus saving on the Sales Tax / VAT which would have to be paid on the re-sale if the importer was involved as a middle man.
Quote (close)
If you survived that....erudite legalese.....then....read on.....
2. Now here is the catch:
Export vast quantities of sugar at a low price [ under the pretext of earning precious foreign exchange for your country ! ] thus creating an acute shortage locally in the country and a consequent huge spurt in local prices to consumers. Then { rise to the occasion grandly and } re-import the very same sugar from the high seas, at up to 3 times that out-going price…using the O-so-convenient high seas trading “modus operandi”.
It happens……………and NOT just with sugar.
This is piracy on the high seas. Legalized piracy. The difference ? The ransom is paid by common households. Who is it paid to ? I am not telling. Not here.
3. To my O-so-dumb friends in the news media as also to my O-so-smart friends in the news media who take us for being O-so dumb, I have this to say:
By all means---“Go chase the Somali pirates”.
That makes for a better …thrilling high adventure & riveting human drama… itsy-bitsy story !
Anything. To keep the truth from being told. The truth that needs telling.
PS: I enjoy my cup/s of tea without sugar. Tastes better. So I do not care anyways.
Charlie Brown
Some background (…& I QUOTE this one very interesting educational Q&A)
Quote (open)
---High Seas Trading - WHAT is it?
In short High Sea sale is when the cargo is already loaded on a ship and sailing on the high seas (international waters, under no jurisdiction) without actually being sold to the final buyer yet. Seller is looking for a buyer, while shipment is on the way. Once the cargo is sold, the captain of the vessel is notified to change course and deliver it to the new buyer’s port. Usually the ship is sailing in a certain direction (example: from Brazil to Middle East). Seller is looking for buyers in destination area (which in this example can be any Middle Eastern country, India, Pakistan, etc..)
---What is the REASON for selling on High Seas?
High Sea sale is done to avoid the burden of Local Sales Tax or VAT which would otherwise have to be paid by the final buyer if the cargo was first bought by the importer and then re-sold to the final buyer. What High Sea Sale does, is put the final buyer in the position of direct importer thus saving him an additional tax. For that reason, goods bought on the high seas, while the ship is in international waters are between 25% - 5% cheaper for the final buyer (depends on the Local Sales Tax / VAT rate in buyer’s country).
---Is High Sea Trading LEGAL?
“High seas sale” sounds like something done hush-hush in the middle of the ocean like we see in the movies. Which is why you have instinctively raised doubts about its authenticity and legality. Let me assure you, “high seas sale” is a perfectly legal transaction though the term might have a mysterious ring to it. High sea sale is simply turning the final buyer into direct importer, and thus saving on the Sales Tax / VAT which would have to be paid on the re-sale if the importer was involved as a middle man.
Quote (close)
If you survived that....erudite legalese.....then....read on.....
2. Now here is the catch:
Export vast quantities of sugar at a low price [ under the pretext of earning precious foreign exchange for your country ! ] thus creating an acute shortage locally in the country and a consequent huge spurt in local prices to consumers. Then { rise to the occasion grandly and } re-import the very same sugar from the high seas, at up to 3 times that out-going price…using the O-so-convenient high seas trading “modus operandi”.
It happens……………and NOT just with sugar.
This is piracy on the high seas. Legalized piracy. The difference ? The ransom is paid by common households. Who is it paid to ? I am not telling. Not here.
3. To my O-so-dumb friends in the news media as also to my O-so-smart friends in the news media who take us for being O-so dumb, I have this to say:
By all means---“Go chase the Somali pirates”.
That makes for a better …thrilling high adventure & riveting human drama… itsy-bitsy story !
Anything. To keep the truth from being told. The truth that needs telling.
PS: I enjoy my cup/s of tea without sugar. Tastes better. So I do not care anyways.
Charlie Brown
Friday, February 4, 2011
Understanding migration.
New Post (133) : Understanding migration.
This is a do-it-yourself exercise.
Run these “5” searches on any engine of your choosing with these key words:
[ One search at a time ]
[ Read up the top-10 search results on each search ]
-Migration
-Migration Kashmiri Pandit
-Migration Kashmiri Sikhs
-Migration Kashmiri Muslims.
-Justin Timberlake: What Goes Around Comes Around (Lyrics)
Let me not pre-judge the conclusions that you will quite inevitably come to.
Prove me wrong.
The adage “whatever you sow, so shall you reap” holds good in case of forced migration.
Prove me wrong.
So it is with the adage "The mills of justice grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small."
Charlie Brown
This is a do-it-yourself exercise.
Run these “5” searches on any engine of your choosing with these key words:
[ One search at a time ]
[ Read up the top-10 search results on each search ]
-Migration
-Migration Kashmiri Pandit
-Migration Kashmiri Sikhs
-Migration Kashmiri Muslims.
-Justin Timberlake: What Goes Around Comes Around (Lyrics)
Let me not pre-judge the conclusions that you will quite inevitably come to.
Prove me wrong.
The adage “whatever you sow, so shall you reap” holds good in case of forced migration.
Prove me wrong.
So it is with the adage "The mills of justice grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small."
Charlie Brown
Thursday, February 3, 2011
A children's prayer in Urdu (by Allama Iqbal)
New Post (132) : A children's prayer in Urdu (by Allama Iqbal)
~~~A prayer that WE grown ups need to learn all over again~~~
Ahh...The purity of soul that only a child can invoke.
"Lap pe aati hai dua ban ke tamanna meri"...
Charlie Brown
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chanson enfantine
(Français)
Le désir de mon cœur monte à mes lèvres comme une prière.
Dieu, fais ma vie semblable à celle d'une bougie, un guide lumineux,
Ma présence détruirait l'obscurité de ce monde,
Et ma lumière vive illuminerait tout l'espace.
Mes actions seraient pour mon pays, belles et admirées
Tout comme une fleur ajoute à la beauté d'un jardin.
Ma vie serait comme celle d'une mite qui aime la lumière et y vole, Ô Seigneur
Tel serait mon amour de la Connaissance, Ô Seigneur !
Ma tâche serait d'aider les pauvres
Et d'emplir d'amour la vie des égarés et des vieux
Ô Dieu, éloigne-moi du mal et du tort
Et garde-moi sur le sentier droit et vertueux.
---by Allama Iqbal
~~~A prayer that WE grown ups need to learn all over again~~~
Chanson enfantine
(Ourdou)
Lap pe aati hai dua ban ke tamanna meri
Lap pe aati hai dua ban ke tamanna meri
Zindgi shama ki surat ho Khudaya meri
Zindgi shama ki surat ho Khudaya meri
Door duniya ka mere dam se andhera hojaye
Door duniya ka mere dam se andhera hojaye
Har jagah mere chamakne se ujala hojaye
Har jagah mere chamakne se ujala hojaye
Ho mere dum se yohe mere watan ki zeenat
Ho mere dum se yohe mere watan ki zeenat
Jistara phool se hoti hai chaman ki zeenat
Jistara phool se hoti hai chaman ki zeenat
Zindigi ho meri parwaane ki soorat ya rab
Zindagi ho meri parwaane ki soorat ya rab
Ilm ki shama se ho mujko mohabat ya rab
Ilm ki shama se ho mujko mohabat ya rab
Ho mera kaam ghareebon ki himayat karna
Ho mera kaam ghareebon ki himayat karna
Dardmandon se, Zaeefon se muhabbat karna
Dardmandon se, Zaeefon se muhabbat karna
Mere Allah! Buraee se bachana mujhko
Mere Allah! Buraee se bachana mujhko
Naik jo raah ho us rah pe chalana mujhko
Naik jo raah ho us rah pe chalana mujhko.
---by Allama Iqbal
~~~A prayer that WE grown ups need to learn all over again~~~
~~~A prayer that WE grown ups need to learn all over again~~~
Ahh...The purity of soul that only a child can invoke.
"Lap pe aati hai dua ban ke tamanna meri"...
Charlie Brown
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chanson enfantine
(Français)
Le désir de mon cœur monte à mes lèvres comme une prière.
Dieu, fais ma vie semblable à celle d'une bougie, un guide lumineux,
Ma présence détruirait l'obscurité de ce monde,
Et ma lumière vive illuminerait tout l'espace.
Mes actions seraient pour mon pays, belles et admirées
Tout comme une fleur ajoute à la beauté d'un jardin.
Ma vie serait comme celle d'une mite qui aime la lumière et y vole, Ô Seigneur
Tel serait mon amour de la Connaissance, Ô Seigneur !
Ma tâche serait d'aider les pauvres
Et d'emplir d'amour la vie des égarés et des vieux
Ô Dieu, éloigne-moi du mal et du tort
Et garde-moi sur le sentier droit et vertueux.
---by Allama Iqbal
~~~A prayer that WE grown ups need to learn all over again~~~
Chanson enfantine
(Ourdou)
Lap pe aati hai dua ban ke tamanna meri
Lap pe aati hai dua ban ke tamanna meri
Zindgi shama ki surat ho Khudaya meri
Zindgi shama ki surat ho Khudaya meri
Door duniya ka mere dam se andhera hojaye
Door duniya ka mere dam se andhera hojaye
Har jagah mere chamakne se ujala hojaye
Har jagah mere chamakne se ujala hojaye
Ho mere dum se yohe mere watan ki zeenat
Ho mere dum se yohe mere watan ki zeenat
Jistara phool se hoti hai chaman ki zeenat
Jistara phool se hoti hai chaman ki zeenat
Zindigi ho meri parwaane ki soorat ya rab
Zindagi ho meri parwaane ki soorat ya rab
Ilm ki shama se ho mujko mohabat ya rab
Ilm ki shama se ho mujko mohabat ya rab
Ho mera kaam ghareebon ki himayat karna
Ho mera kaam ghareebon ki himayat karna
Dardmandon se, Zaeefon se muhabbat karna
Dardmandon se, Zaeefon se muhabbat karna
Mere Allah! Buraee se bachana mujhko
Mere Allah! Buraee se bachana mujhko
Naik jo raah ho us rah pe chalana mujhko
Naik jo raah ho us rah pe chalana mujhko.
---by Allama Iqbal
~~~A prayer that WE grown ups need to learn all over again~~~
In a cloud of dust !
New Post (131) : In a cloud of dust !
In the respectful memory of those of our parents who are no more with us in the body:
I have memories of NEERAJ the lyricist (himself) singing this song ***.
(&) Me sitting there with my parents in a small audience.
"kaaravaan guzar gayaa, gubaar dekhate rahe"...
Charlie Brown
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*** The words >>>
Swapn jhare phool se, meet chubhe shool se
lut gaye shringaar sabhi, baag ke babool se
aur ham khade khade, bahaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar gayaa, gubaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar gayaa, gubaar dekhate rahe
Aankh bhi khuli na thi ki haaya dhoop dhal gaee
paanv jab talaq uthe ki zindagi fisal gaee
paat paat jhad gaye ki shaakh shaakh jal gaee
chaah to nikal saki na par umar nikal gayi
par umar nikal gayi
geet ashk ban gaye, swapn ho dafan gaye
saath ke sabhi diye, dhuaan pahan-pahan gaye
aur ham jhuke-jhuke, mod par ruke-ruke
umr ke chadhaav kaa utaar dekhate rahe,
kaaravaan guzar..
Kyaa shabaab thaa ki phool phool pyaar kar uthaa
kyaa kamaal thaa ki dekh aayinaa sihar uthaa
is taraf zameen aur aasamaan udhar uthaa
thaamakar jigar uthaa ki jo milaa nazar uthaa
jo milaa nazar uthaa
par tabhi yahaan magar, aisi kuchh hawaa chali
lut gayi kali kali ki ghut gayi gali gali
aur ham lute-lutTe, waqt se pitet-pite
saans ki sharaab kaa khumaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar..
Haath the mile ke zulf chaand ki sanwaar doon
ho.nth the khule ke har bahaar ko pukaar loon
dard thaa diyaa gayaa ke har dukhi ko pyaar doon
aur saans yun ke swarg, bhoomi par utaar doon
bhoomi par utaar doon
ho sakaa na kuchh magar, shaam ban gayi sahar
wo uthi lahar ke Deh gaye kile bikhar bikhar
aur ham dare dare, neer nain mein bhare
odh kar kafan pade mazaar dekhate rahe,
kaaravaan guzar..
Maang bhar chali ke ek jab nayi nayi kiran
dholakein dhunak utheen thumak uthe charan charan
shor mach gayaa ke lo chali dulhan chali dulhan
gaanv sab umad padaa, bahak uthe nayan nayan
bahak uthe nayan nayan
par tabhi zahar bhari gaaz ek wah giri
punchh gayaa sindoor taar taar huyi choonari
aur ham ajaan se, door ke makaan se
paalaki liye huye kahaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar
Swapan jhare phool se, meet chubhe shool se
lut gaye shringaar sabhi baag ke babool se
aur ham khade khade bahaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar gaya gubbaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar gaya gubbaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar gaya gubbaar dekhate rahe
---by Neeraj
Breaks my heart !
In the respectful memory of those of our parents who are no more with us in the body:
I have memories of NEERAJ the lyricist (himself) singing this song ***.
(&) Me sitting there with my parents in a small audience.
"kaaravaan guzar gayaa, gubaar dekhate rahe"...
Charlie Brown
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*** The words >>>
Swapn jhare phool se, meet chubhe shool se
lut gaye shringaar sabhi, baag ke babool se
aur ham khade khade, bahaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar gayaa, gubaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar gayaa, gubaar dekhate rahe
Aankh bhi khuli na thi ki haaya dhoop dhal gaee
paanv jab talaq uthe ki zindagi fisal gaee
paat paat jhad gaye ki shaakh shaakh jal gaee
chaah to nikal saki na par umar nikal gayi
par umar nikal gayi
geet ashk ban gaye, swapn ho dafan gaye
saath ke sabhi diye, dhuaan pahan-pahan gaye
aur ham jhuke-jhuke, mod par ruke-ruke
umr ke chadhaav kaa utaar dekhate rahe,
kaaravaan guzar..
Kyaa shabaab thaa ki phool phool pyaar kar uthaa
kyaa kamaal thaa ki dekh aayinaa sihar uthaa
is taraf zameen aur aasamaan udhar uthaa
thaamakar jigar uthaa ki jo milaa nazar uthaa
jo milaa nazar uthaa
par tabhi yahaan magar, aisi kuchh hawaa chali
lut gayi kali kali ki ghut gayi gali gali
aur ham lute-lutTe, waqt se pitet-pite
saans ki sharaab kaa khumaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar..
Haath the mile ke zulf chaand ki sanwaar doon
ho.nth the khule ke har bahaar ko pukaar loon
dard thaa diyaa gayaa ke har dukhi ko pyaar doon
aur saans yun ke swarg, bhoomi par utaar doon
bhoomi par utaar doon
ho sakaa na kuchh magar, shaam ban gayi sahar
wo uthi lahar ke Deh gaye kile bikhar bikhar
aur ham dare dare, neer nain mein bhare
odh kar kafan pade mazaar dekhate rahe,
kaaravaan guzar..
Maang bhar chali ke ek jab nayi nayi kiran
dholakein dhunak utheen thumak uthe charan charan
shor mach gayaa ke lo chali dulhan chali dulhan
gaanv sab umad padaa, bahak uthe nayan nayan
bahak uthe nayan nayan
par tabhi zahar bhari gaaz ek wah giri
punchh gayaa sindoor taar taar huyi choonari
aur ham ajaan se, door ke makaan se
paalaki liye huye kahaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar
Swapan jhare phool se, meet chubhe shool se
lut gaye shringaar sabhi baag ke babool se
aur ham khade khade bahaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar gaya gubbaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar gaya gubbaar dekhate rahe
kaaravaan guzar gaya gubbaar dekhate rahe
---by Neeraj
Breaks my heart !
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