Sharing Ideas

यूँ पहाड़ पर बैठे इन लहरों को निहारते हुए हम इस दरिया का किनारा ढूंढते रह गये यूँ सुन्न से हो गये इनके शोर में यूँ ये हवा हमारे बदन से छू कर निकल गयी हम वहीं बैठे फिर भी इन लहरों को निहारते रह गये शायद ढूंढते रहै उन पलों को जो हमे कभी हमसे चुरा के ले गए लगता है इन लहरों के शोर में हम खुद को खुद में ही ढूंढते रह गये

यु हम खिड़की के पास झूले पे बैठे, बारिश को निहार रहे थे. की तुम्हारा चेहरा याद आया. याद आया वो दिन जब ऐसी ही बारिश थी और हम तुम्हारे पास थे. वो साथ गुज़ारे हुए पल हमेशा याद रहेंगे हमे. आज वही तुम हो, वही हम है पर लगता है हमारी दूरियां कुछ बढ़ सी गयी है. सामने के छज्जे पे जब एक तरफ एक अकेली चिड़िया बैठे देखि तो तुम्हारी याद आयी. की हम भी ऐसी ही अकेली चिड़िया जैसे अपने अपने किनारो पे बैठे हुए है. दूसरी ओर नज़र घुमाई तो देखा एक दूसरे छज्जे पे दो चिड़िया साथ में बैठी और एक दूसरे  के प्यार में खोयी हुई थी उन्हें इस दुनिया से कोई लेना देना नहीं था जैसे की उनकी दुनिया एक दूसरे में ही समायी थी. फिर देखा की वो दोनों अकेली चिड़िया को जैसे बोल रही थी की जा उड़ जा तू भी यहाँ से ढूंढ ले कोई ऐसी खिड़की, कोई ऐसा छज्जा जहा तुझे कोई अकेला पंछी बैठा मिले वो भी तेरी जैसी अकेली चिड़िया का इंतज़ार कर रहा होगा. पहले बहुत सी चिड़िया छोड़ दी तूने पर अब नहीं , अब जल्द ही किसी को अपना बना ले. जा उड़ जा इस खुले आसमान में और ढूंढ लेअपनी मंज़िल. फिर मेरी जैसे ही दूसरी ओर नज़र गयी देखा ...

Often people ask me how being in corporate world for more than a decade I am now getting inclined towards social service.  I am one who is always engrossed in work and work and no second thought.  So, I thought let me share the story of how the seeds of social service were roped into me. So, it was my birthday and who is not excited about the birthdays? As a small kid I am over excited every year for birthday. Till the time I do not know about my gift I keep on asking everyone at home and disturb them a lot looking for an answer. But this was the day when everyone had decided not to answer me about anything and everyone had their lips sealed lips. So the day passed, noon passed so passed the evening and till that time I was waiting for my gift. May be the year was supposed to be a turnaround for me that’s and I think it was destined that way. Suddenly later in the night my sister asked me “Do you want your gift?” with wide open eyes; “yes”, I said. She said come ...

Ice Breaker Techniques In any office setup, some time ice breaker techniques are required. Either it is for a group or for individuals, this technique is required everywhere to start a conversation and to make people comfortable with each other. Some of the common techniques are: 1.        Brainstorm : Divide the whole group in equal sub groups. Give each of them a topic, pick a funny topic. Like what you will do if you are alone in desert..etc. Match the clock and give them two minutes only. At the end of two minutes, the team with the most items on their list wins! This helps people to share ideas without fearing what other people will think. 2.        Fact or Fiction : Every member in team should write three surprising things about themselves, two of which are real and one is made up. Each and every one will read their list and the rest of the group votes on which is fact and which is fiction. A group can have mo...

Recently while watching TV, I suddenly hooked on to a channel featuring movie Pinjar . The movie was so serious and heart rendering that left me speechless and shocked. Pinjar or Skeleton as the name suggests is based on the adaptation from the novel written by Amrita Pritam. The movie shows the real plight suffered by the people from both side of the border (India-Pakistan) during partition without being biased. The story catches my eye as I could relate to the plight my family faced during the same time when fearlessly massacre was happening and every family was looking for a way out to of the country to other land; Hindus and Punjabis to India and Muslims to Pakistan. There were many such novels and movies featured that era, the time when ruthlessly females were raped, houses lit on fire, kids butchered and both the sects run into a never ending fight. In this story Urmila Matondkar plays role of Puro and Manoj Bajpai of Rasheed, respectively. Puro's bliss is shatter...

Transgenders is one such community which in India is considered as sacred, touched by God. They make their living by blessing people at the road side, in trains, buses, on signals in lieu of money. Their blessings are considered to be auspicious. Few months back an Advertising Agency took the help of this third gender community in spreading awareness of using car belt while driving. The team use to present a skit at every signal in Mumbai with same saris worn by everyone; mainly known as Seat Belt Crew. They are themselves attraction of the skit but people do listen to them, take their videos, and on top of it they appreciates the way this community agreed to play a part in educating Indians putting ON the seat belt while driving. The use of their special clap is quite catchy and slogans like "seat belt pehno, dua le lo" "If you wear your seat belt, we will bless you."  The agency tried to use the emotional aspect of this community and to lure Indians ...

Processing of fruits and vegetables is only 2% in India in comparison to 80% in USA and Malaysia , 78% in Philippines , 70% in France and Brazil , 40% in China and 30% in Thailand . The food and agro processing industry employed over 16% of total workforce in the organized manufacturing sector whereas it is 32% of the total workforce in the unorganized sector. In total, the industry employs 13 million people directly and 35 million people indirectly. An average Indian spends around 53% of his/her income on food. There are around 300 million upper middle class consumers for value added foods. Wastage of fruits, vegetables and grains in India is pegged at INR440 billion annually. Fruits and vegetables accounts for the largest portion in the wastage. India is the largest producer of milk, fruits, pulses, cashew nuts, coconuts and tea in world and accounts for 10% of...