while driving to work this morning...i saw many pandals and a lot of hustle of policemen.. for a moment i thought ...is ganes h festival approaching..or is there a minister ralley ....then i realized that all this was for the Warkaris going to Pandharpur.
With shelter, meals, medicine & music Pune plays perfect host
PUNE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, LOCAL GANESH MANDALS AND PEOPLE LIKE US CHIP IN TO HELP 3 LAKH WARKARIS
FAITH and an unbroken 700-year-old tradition make lakhs of Warkaris from all over the State accompany the palkhis of Sant Tukaram and Sant Dnyaneshwar from Dehu and Alandi to Pandharpur. As followers of the Bhagwat sect, a faith prevalent in Maharashtra, the pilgrims walk the 230 km distance, like both the poet-sants did, in a fortnight to be present at the Vitthal-Rukmini temple on Ashadhi Ekadashi. On Thursday, Pune will play host to the Warkaris who halt here for two days.
Arches, fairy lights and posters of the traffic police department are up, various Halls are getting ready ,where Warkaris will have their meals. People from all walks join to aid the Warkaris. From Pune up to Wakhri , Meddical vans, with Doctors equipped to deal with medical eventualities. Various sheds are set up to protect them from rains. Arrangements for tea, lunch and dinner are done at various places. Free medical camps, massage for senior citizens, repairing of chappals and umbrellas have been organised.
Keeping in step with the Warkaris will be the rhythms they carry with them — Tukaram’s abhangs, aartis and bhakti geets.
Cleaning of public roads is on. Children have a short vacation as some schools host a living place for the warkaris.
I really admire these warkaris who walk every year in such heavy rains for the faiththey have. Am sure others admire too..infact they do more than admiring they actually help the warkaris achieve their goal :)
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
NO ONE ALIVE TODAY WILL EVER SEE THIS AGAIN
Yeah...it's true, Mars is going to be a second moon of earth for a day.
The Red Planet (MARS) is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history.
The next time Mars may come this close is in Year 2287. (none of us will be there then...except for our souls..if any ;) )
Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again.
The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. By August 27, Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot.
At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. by the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's pretty convenient to see something that no human being has seen in recorded history.
So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month.
The Red Planet (MARS) is about to be spectacular! This month and next, Earth is catching up with Mars in an encounter that will culminate in the closest approach between the two planets in recorded history.
The next time Mars may come this close is in Year 2287. (none of us will be there then...except for our souls..if any ;) )
Due to the way Jupiter's gravity tugs on Mars and perturbs its orbit, astronomers can only be certain that Mars has not come this close to Earth in the last 5,000 years, but it may be as long as 60,000 years before it happens again.
The encounter will culminate on August 27th when Mars comes to within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be (next to the moon) the brightest object in the night sky. It will attain a magnitude of -2.9 and will appear 25.11 arc seconds wide. By August 27, Mars will look as large as the full moon to the naked eye. Mars will be easy to spot.
At the beginning of August it will rise in the east at 10p.m. and reach its azimuth at about 3 a.m. by the end of August when the two planets are closest, Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30a.m. That's pretty convenient to see something that no human being has seen in recorded history.
So, mark your calendar at the beginning of August to see Mars grow progressively brighter and brighter throughout the month.
Saturday, June 25, 2005
some funny interviews...
some incidents while conducting interview...either people these days are very casual while giving interviews...or mebbe these are exceptions...but they are funny for sure
Late Interview:
A candidate was sitting at the office reception and had to wait for some time...after few minutes he was escorted to the interview room
Interviewer : introduces himself and asks so whats your experience so far?
candidate : good
a long pause ....
Interviewer : what is your experience so far
Candidate : good..infact very good..the A/c is nice and cool...the security offered me coffee with biscuits and he gave me vistors card ..so far it has been very nice. Thankyou.
Telephonic Interview
Interviewer : introduces himself
Candidate : hi how you doing, hows the weather there?
Interviewer : its good ..again introduces himself and asks ..shall we start with interview
Candidate: ohh....Can you call after some time...am stuck in a traffic jam..and on my way home
Interviewer : fair enough will call you later
after 1 hour..thankfully this time the candidate was ready for interview
Interviewer : so..i understand your project in your first comapnay (3 page description) but what about your current projects (written in 2 lines)
Candidate : ohh...i dint update my resume....
Interviewer: ohhh ok..so how come you changed your job in 6 months
Candidate : 6 months...no nine months
Interviewer: but you've written dec to jun...i believe that is 6 months
Candidate : OHH is it !!!
Face-2-Face interview
Interviewer: your resume looks impressive
Candidate : thanks....i was lucky to get a chance to work on these things
Interviewer : so do you know winrunner
Candidate : sorry mam...i attended 1 class in my previous company but no hands on experience
Interviewer : ohhh ok...how about unix, are you comfortable answering questions on them
Candidate : (with extreme confidence)..yeah sure
Interviewer : what utitlity is used to compare files
Candidate..uhhhh...mmmm
Interviewer : ok...how can you know wht folder you are currently in
Candidate: uhhhhh...mmm
Interviewer : can you give me 5 commands you know of unix
Candidate: after thinking a lot .....telnet
Heights of Application
a matrimonial ad read...wanted a suitable groom for s/w professional..currently working in mnc..........if intereseted please write to.....
the inbox of the ad placer : Mam...here is my resume...can you please forward it in your company...i am currently looking for a job..all the best in your groom hunt.
Late Interview:
A candidate was sitting at the office reception and had to wait for some time...after few minutes he was escorted to the interview room
Interviewer : introduces himself and asks so whats your experience so far?
candidate : good
a long pause ....
Interviewer : what is your experience so far
Candidate : good..infact very good..the A/c is nice and cool...the security offered me coffee with biscuits and he gave me vistors card ..so far it has been very nice. Thankyou.
Telephonic Interview
Interviewer : introduces himself
Candidate : hi how you doing, hows the weather there?
Interviewer : its good ..again introduces himself and asks ..shall we start with interview
Candidate: ohh....Can you call after some time...am stuck in a traffic jam..and on my way home
Interviewer : fair enough will call you later
after 1 hour..thankfully this time the candidate was ready for interview
Interviewer : so..i understand your project in your first comapnay (3 page description) but what about your current projects (written in 2 lines)
Candidate : ohh...i dint update my resume....
Interviewer: ohhh ok..so how come you changed your job in 6 months
Candidate : 6 months...no nine months
Interviewer: but you've written dec to jun...i believe that is 6 months
Candidate : OHH is it !!!
Face-2-Face interview
Interviewer: your resume looks impressive
Candidate : thanks....i was lucky to get a chance to work on these things
Interviewer : so do you know winrunner
Candidate : sorry mam...i attended 1 class in my previous company but no hands on experience
Interviewer : ohhh ok...how about unix, are you comfortable answering questions on them
Candidate : (with extreme confidence)..yeah sure
Interviewer : what utitlity is used to compare files
Candidate..uhhhh...mmmm
Interviewer : ok...how can you know wht folder you are currently in
Candidate: uhhhhh...mmm
Interviewer : can you give me 5 commands you know of unix
Candidate: after thinking a lot .....telnet
Heights of Application
a matrimonial ad read...wanted a suitable groom for s/w professional..currently working in mnc..........if intereseted please write to.....
the inbox of the ad placer : Mam...here is my resume...can you please forward it in your company...i am currently looking for a job..all the best in your groom hunt.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
F R I E N D S
We all have friends around us and I always imagine as to how each friend of mine got added in my life...rather how friends get added in our lives. Initially they are strangers and slowly and gradually amongst so many people only a few sometimes only one person become our friend and stay with us kinda forever. Many times when i think of my friends i always try to remember..when did we first chat or how we met etc etc.
Being in Pune so far in my life i.e born and brought up here i have the privelege of staying in touch with friends from old time. I still have friends from school , college, NCC, aptech and Selectica. But i must say that the number of friends i made in Selectica is equivalent to the total number of friends i made before Selectica.
There in Selectica we colleagues turned friends were together i.e one geographical location for sometime and then they wud go for work on site return home then again go. So there was always a thought that after this project or that assignment we would meet, and so on but for some friends when they left for work thinking that they would return but never returned …We didn’t know that it was our last time we were meeting now they are now working in UK, US , australia..not that we are not in touch now...Thanks to the Internet world.
anyways the point i was trying to make is that whenever we friends parted we never knew that it was the last time we were meeting..but recently a friend relocated back to 'his part of India' and we all knew that we might not meet him again. It was kinda weird feeling to think that he would no longer be around during our lunch and dinner session, to argue, for the drive to bombay in my car though he always said that his 'ALTO' is the best but always had his hands on the wheel of my santro
Parting with friends is not a happy feeling but hey...'INTERNET HAINA'
Being in Pune so far in my life i.e born and brought up here i have the privelege of staying in touch with friends from old time. I still have friends from school , college, NCC, aptech and Selectica. But i must say that the number of friends i made in Selectica is equivalent to the total number of friends i made before Selectica.
There in Selectica we colleagues turned friends were together i.e one geographical location for sometime and then they wud go for work on site return home then again go. So there was always a thought that after this project or that assignment we would meet, and so on but for some friends when they left for work thinking that they would return but never returned …We didn’t know that it was our last time we were meeting now they are now working in UK, US , australia..not that we are not in touch now...Thanks to the Internet world.
anyways the point i was trying to make is that whenever we friends parted we never knew that it was the last time we were meeting..but recently a friend relocated back to 'his part of India' and we all knew that we might not meet him again. It was kinda weird feeling to think that he would no longer be around during our lunch and dinner session, to argue, for the drive to bombay in my car though he always said that his 'ALTO' is the best but always had his hands on the wheel of my santro
Parting with friends is not a happy feeling but hey...'INTERNET HAINA'
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