“सॉरी सर, आय ऍम नॉट इंन्टरेस्टेड इन इट, इफ यू आर नॉट ऑफरिंग इन मराठी !” — मी.

खट्क्.. मी फोन ठेवला.
गेल्या महिनाभरात आज झालेला हा चौथा प्रसंग.

बँकेकडून सेवा विकण्याविषयी फोन आला की‌ त्यांना ‘मराठीत सांगा, नाहितर जमणार नाही.’ हा हेका मी‌ धरला आहे, एकदा एकाने मराठीत सगळ सांगितलं.

लिहिण्याच कारण :‌
यात आपलं काहिच नुकसान नाही, झाला तर फायदाच, “मराठीत सांगा” हा हेका धरला तरच मराठी भाषेत व्यावसायिक संवाद उपल्ब्ध होईल, टेलिबॅन्किंग मधे तो पर्याय येईल, मराठी नोक-या वाढतील, मराठी तरुणांना त्यात संधी मिळेल…

या शस्त्राचा वापर आपणही‌ करावा ही विनंती.

बघा जमतय का ????

This was how the Rocket Cone was transported to the Launch Pad at Thumba !!

November 21, 1963: The Nike Apache rocket being readied for launch

Try Identifying the person on the left…most probably you won’t be able to identify…. He is our very own… Dr. A.P J. Abdul Kalam….

Early days at the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station. Readying equipment to be carried by a sounding rocket into the atmosphere are Kalam and R. Aravamudan

The present day Launch Station at SriHarikota

Success doesn’t come within a day!

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There was a couple who took a trip to England to shop in a beautiful antique store to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. They both liked antiques and pottery, and especially teacups. Spotting an exceptional cup, they asked “May we see that? We’ve never seen a cup quite so beautiful.”

As the lady handed it to them, suddenly the teacup spoke, “You don’t understand. I have not always been a teacup. There was a time when I was just a lump of red clay. My master took me and rolled me pounded and patted me over and over and I yelled out, “Don’t do that.”

“I don’t like it!” “Let me alone,” but he only smiled, and gently said; “Not yet!”

Then WHAM! I was placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly I was spun around and around and around. “Stop it! I’m getting so dizzy! I’m going to be sick!”, I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, quietly; ‘Not yet.’

He spun me and poked and prodded and bent me out of shape to suit himself and then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I yelled and knocked and pounded at the door. “Help! Get me out of here!” I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as he shook his head from side to side, ‘Not yet’..

When I thought I couldn’t bear it another minute, the door opened. He carefully took me out and put me on the shelf, and I began to cool. Oh, that felt so good! “Ah, this is much better,” I thought.

But, after I cooled he picked me up and he brushed and painted me all over The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag. ‘Oh, please, Stop it, Stop, I cried. He only shook his head and said. ‘Not yet!’.

Then suddenly he put me back in to the oven. Only it was not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I just knew I would suffocate. I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried I was convinced I would never make it. I was ready to give up. Just then the door opened and he took me out and again placed me on the shelf, where I cooled and waited and waited, wondering “What’s he going to do to me next?”

An hour later he handed me a mirror and said ‘Look at yourself.’ And I did. I said, That’s not me; that couldn’t be me. It’s beautiful. I’m beautiful!!!

Quietly he spoke: ‘I want you to remember, then,’ he said, ‘I know it hurt to be rolled and pounded and patted, but had I just left you alone, you’d have dried up. I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled.

I know it hurt and it was hot and disagreeable in the oven, but if I hadn’t put you there, you would have cracked. I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn’t done that, you never would have hardened. You would not have had any color in your life.

If I hadn’t put you back in that second oven, you wouldn’t have survived for long because the hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. Now you are what I had in mind when I first began with you.’”

The moral of this story is this: God knows what He’s doing for each of us. He is the potter, and we are His clay. He will mold us and make us and expose us to just enough pressures of just the right kinds that we may be made into a flawless piece of work to fulfill His good, pleasing and perfect will.

So when life seems hard, and you are being pounded and patted and pushed almost beyond endurance; when your world seems to be spinning out of control; when you feel like you are in a fiery furnace of trials; when life seems to “stink”, try this.

Brew a cup of your favorite tea in your prettiest tea cup, sit down and think on this story and then, have a little talk with the ‘Potter’… you’ll be glad you did.

An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
An old friend who once saved your life.
The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing very well that there could only be one passenger in your car?

This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application.

* You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first;
* or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to pay him back.
* However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again.

The candidate who was hired (out of 200 applicants) had no trouble coming up with his answer. Guess what was his answer?

He simply answered:
‘I would give the car keys to my Old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams.’

Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought limitations. Never forget to ‘Think Outside of the Box.’

Question 2: What will you do if I run away with your sister?’

The candidate who was selected answered ‘I will not get a better match for my sister than you sir’

Question 3: Interviewer (to a student girl candidate) – What is one morning you woke up & found that you were pregnant.

Girl – I will be very excited and take an off, to celebrate with my husband.

Normally an unmarried girl will be shocked to hear this, but she managed it well. Why I should think it in the wrong way, she said later when asked

Question 4: Interviewer: He ordered a cup of coffee for the candidate… Coffee arrived kept before the candidate, then he asked what is before you?

Candidate: Instantly replied ‘Tea’

He got selected.

You know how and why did he say ‘TEA’ when he knows very well that coffee was kept before.

(Answer: The question was ‘What is before you (U – alphabet)
Reply was ‘TEA’ ( T – alphabet)

Alphabet ‘T’ was before Alphabet ‘U’

Question 5: Where Lord Rama would have celebrated his ‘First Diwali’? People will start thinking of Ayodya, Mitila [Janaki's place], Lanka etc…

But the logic is, Diwali was a celebrated as a mark of Lord Krishna Killing Narakasura. In Dusavataar, Krishnavathaar comes after Raamavathaar.

So, Lord Rama would not have celebrated the Diwali At all!

Question 6: The interviewer asked to the candidate ‘This is your last question of the interview. Please tell me the exact position of the center of this table where u have kept your files.’

Candidate confidently put one of his finger at some point at the table and told that this was the central point at the table. Interviewer asked how did u get to know that this being the central point of this table, then he answers quickly that sir u r not likely to ask any more question, as it was the last question that u promised to ask…

And hence, he was selected as because of his quick-wittedness…

This is What Interviewer expects from the Interviewee…

‘THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX’

Lord Dharamraj asks him, “Please tell me who are you , so that I may know whether to admit you into the kingdom of Heaven or not?”

The guy replies, “I am Banta Singh, taxi driver from New Delhi!”

Lord Dharamraj consults his ledger, smiles & says to? Banta Singh, “Please take this silken robe & golden staff & enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”

Now it is the priest’s turn. He stands erect and speaks out in a booming voice, “I am Sant Shiromani Baba so & so, Head Priest of the so & so Temple for the last 40 years.”

Lord Dharamraj consults his ledger & says to the Priest, “Please take this cotton robe, wooden staff & enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”

“Just a minute,” says the agonised Priest. “How is that a foul mouthed, rash driving Taxi Driver is given a Silken robe & a Golden staff, and me, a Priest, who’s spent his whole life preaching your Name & goodness has to make do with a Cotton robe & a Wooden staff?”

“Results my friend, results,” shrugs Lord Dharamraj.? “While you preached, people SLEPT; but when he drove his taxi, people PRAYED.”

|Moral of the story|

Its PERFORMANCE & not POSITION that ultimately counts.

Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!

There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights.

There is, however, a catch. … You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.

On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 – These men have jobs and love the Lord.

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The second floor sign reads:

Floor 2 – These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.

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The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 – These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking.

“Wow,” she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

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She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:

Floor 4 – These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework.

“Oh, mercy me!” she exclaims, “I can hardly stand it!”

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Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:

Floor 5 – These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:

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Floor 6 – You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!

For all men for a good laugh and to all the women who can handle the truth!

All of a sudden, a sharp gust of wind took the balloon from the little girl. I braced myself for some screaming and crying.

But, no! As the little girl turned to watch her balloon go skyward, she gleefully shouted out, Wow!

I didn’t realize it at that moment, but that little girl taught me something.

Later that day, I received a phone call from a person with news of an unexpected problem. I felt like responding with “Oh no, what should we do?” But remembering that little girl, I found myself saying, “Wow, that’s interesting! How can I help you?”

One thing’s for sure – life’s always going to keep us off balance with its unexpected problems. That’s a given. What’s not preordained is our response. We can choose to be frustrated or fascinated.

No matter what the situation, “a fascinated Wow!” will always beat a frustrated “Oh, no”.

So the next time you experience one of life’s unexpected gusts, remember that little girl and make it a “Wow!” experience. The “Wow!” response always works.

GERMANY:
The Melander family of Bargteheide – 2 adults, 2 teenagers
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07

UNITED STATES:
The Revis family of North Carolina – 2 adults, 2 teenagers
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98

JAPAN:
The Ukita family of Kodaira City – 2 adults, 2 teenagers
Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25

ITALY:
The Manzo family of Sicily – 2 adults, 3 kids
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11

MEXICO:
The Casales family of Cuernavaca – 2 adults, 3 kids
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09

POLAND:
The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-Jeziorna – 4 adults, 1 teenager
Food expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27

EGYPT:
The Ahmed family of Cairo – 7 adults, 5 kids
Food expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds or $68.53

ECUADOR:
The Ayme family of Tingo – 4 adults, 5 teenagers
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55

BHUTAN:
The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village – 7 adults, 6 kids
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03

CHAD:
The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp – 3 adults, 3 kids
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23

And Mr. George Bush – The So Called President of America is Crying That The Rise in Price of Food is Because of Indians. Coz, They are Consuming More and More Food Day By Day…

Let’s Spread This Message To Everyone And Especially To Mr. George Bush (If Anyone Have His Email ID) …