Need for sleep of 7 hours

We all need sleep for 7 hours.
All the politicians and VIPs too need sleep for 7 hours. Whether they sleep in their houses or in a star hotel or in their girlfriend's house, it does not matter to me. Times have changed now. It is no longer the same old times of doing work in a relaxed (fursath mein !!) way.
Agreed that netas have to be spotless, high character, simple and high thinker. But believe me such a person will only get laughter in today's times. He will not get votes.
In today's world we have to be liberal, not conservative. Bold, not afraid. Competitive, not complacent. We need to look at what we get. We must learn to ignore the means of getting it.
In today's world, one needs to draw lines as to what is correct and what is not on our own. Not based on father's guidelines.
We all need to think in the way the world works. We need to decide for ourselves as to what is correct and what is not. India is going through a crucial period. The rains may fail this year. The industry is down. We have had no good news for the last so many days.
The collective will of people can fetch good results. Let us stand to the occassion.

Self help, The Da Vinci Code and me

I have been influenced the most by American self help methods. I have read a lot and browsed on self help methods for a considerable amount of time. I have done almost all the techniques preached by American self help teachers.
But there have been a lot of criticism for American self help methods. The major one is self help is just an elation and raising your self confidence but does not fetch practical results. Maybe true. But self help books are interesting reads and one enjoys discovering oneself.
Criticism by an Indian on self help, I would say is a big insult to all the self help teachers. Why? Because for ages we have been doing meditation, self enquiry. However I will quickly add here that American management methods which are for groups may fetch practical results. We are not known to follow American management methods and therefore targetting only the self help is very unfair.
Another thing that has influenced me is the book The Da Vinci code. I have changed a lot and have begun to look at the world from an absolutely different angle. My blogs on Measuring Behaviour(www.measuringbehaviour-ravi.blogspot.com) and Becoming Extroverted(www.extroverted-ravi.blogspot.com) have been influenced by about 20% due to the book. The other 80% is my own efforts, I would say.
I will rather like to think that Measuring Behaviour and Becoming Extroverted are actually American self help techniques applied from a Da Vinci angle !!! (Ha !! Ha !! Ha !!).
My journey towards conquering myself and the world around is far from over. I have to apply myself in Indian conditions. And you bet it is damn tough. But I hope to do that and get results for myself, my family and my company. Impossible task, you say. I am hoping for the best and God Willing, I shall succeed.

Finish the work in hand (FIFO)

Suppose you have two buckets to take and fill in the washing machine. How do you do it?
There are two approaches.
Step 1
Take both the buckets. Walk carefully till the washing machine.  Empty both the buckets. And then bring back the empty buckets.
Step 2
Take one bucket. Take it to the washing machine. Fill it up. Bring it back. Now take the second bucket. Take it to the washing machine. Empty the bucket. And bring it back.
The step 1 develops physical strength. The second one develops mental strength.
If you say you cannot empty both the buckets at the same time, then you are using intelligence. You are succumbing to FIFO pressure. FIFO is First In First Out. What is your take? Strength or Intelligence?

It is all in the family !!

In a family a parent makes changes. Those changes impact children. For e.g. A father earns. The money gives a good life to many of his children.
In the field of IT it is called as one to many relationship. One change is made. Many impact is achieved. Someone may say why father. Why not mother? Not so fast. Give me time to type.
What I am saying here is only one to many relationship. I have not taken up the topic of entities. And their relationship.
Yes, both are important. One to many is important. So is entity relationship. Only when you know both these can you call yourself a professional IT man.
I advise you to spend considerable time and using good imagination design database. Comments are welcome.

OOPS !! Who wrote Bhagvath Gita ?

OOPS above is Object Oriented Programming System.
If you think that Bhagvath Gita was written by Ved Vyas page after page, thinking, turning pages then your thought is in the style of structural programming.
If you think that Ved Vyas just sat with a pen and book arrived automatically and moved suitably so as to form words by the movement, then your thought is in the style of object oriented programming.
The above explains the concept of structural programming and object orientation of software.
In earlier days we had structural programming and a programmer said do this, do that, go there etc. Most of the earlier languages like COBOL, C etc were suitable for structural programming.
In today's world object orientation reigns supreme. Java, C++ are object oriented languages.
OOPS is a much better way of looking at the world. Because most of us would say Bhagvath Geeta is God's word and not Ved Vyas's.

Blog now selected by Indiblogger

My blog The power of your company has been selected by Indiblogger. I had applied for their recognition about two months back. I have pasted their logo in my blog.

Thanks for your recognition, Indiblogger. Your recognition motivates me.

Hindu marriage - Support of celibacy?

A Hindu's ultimate aim is self realisation. Becoming a sanyasi is one of the essential step. And celibacy is a step towards being a sanyasi.
Celibacy is difficult to practise. Much like censorship the more you put pressure to practise celibacy more is the urge to indulge in carnal pleasure. A man then decides to marry. Because he is unable to live in a life of conflict between celibacy and sex. He enjoys the life of marriage and children are born. He may remarry but the celibacy force of Hindu is strong and he correctly feels that remarrying is not a solution. The balance between celibacy and sexual urge results in monogamy. Monogamy is being with nature. For the ratio between number of men and women is approximately 1:1. Thus celibacy is a will of God and is consistent with nature.
I do not claim the above to be a logical deduction. Logic is after all a western concept. I tremble to say emphatic no or an emphatic yes. Because these are logical statements. I may at the most say "I feel like" or "I feel resonant with". 
I am thankful to the western mind for giving us the liberty to make logical statements. And on behalf of all the Google bloggers I wish them good luck.