जहाँ देखू बस तुम, तुम और तुम ही तुम

Woot! Deja vu!

आखों में तुम, नीदों में तुम, बातों में तुम, साँसों में तुम, इस दिल की बढती हुई धडकन में भी तुम .... ख्वाबों में तुम, खयालों में तुम, नजरों में तुम, नजारों में तुम, सवालों के सारे जवाबों में तुम ..... यादों में तुम, इशारों में तुम, सितारों में तुम, फिजाओं में भी तुम. जहाँ देखू बस तुम, तुम और तुम ही तुम .... Java EE, my new love.

The days, when I used to code in my dreams, are back!

Abs: olutely Impressed!

He started with "Goal behind each goal is happiness." Ok, impressive. But he was talking like a spiritual guru, not something to my taste.

But ....

Abhimanyu Sable, a fitness trainer and a business man, that too a marathi one(!) , is a brilliant brilliant business man! Impressed beyond doubt!

He being a fitness trainer, that too from a very humble background, listening to his takes on life and business was absolutely delightful!

Usually people with such background tend to have crappy and dogmatic opinions. For various reasons. When people rise from humble background and end up having a fortune, sometimes their ego makes them say disagreeable things. Many a times prevalent conditions around them  help them rise, and they miss the mental conditioning that happens in tough conditions. And such mental conditioning is highly important to have interesting and out-of-box takes on different things, in my opinion.

But this guy's takes were absolutely brilliant. His observations, about difference in Indian and western cultures and why his business model would sustain and flourish in India, were so shrewed and spot on that I felt like standing up and clapping as if my hands had caught fire!

The fact that he isn't from the software or techie's world, made him even larger than life in my mind for having such learned and shrewed views.

Abs: olutely impressed and inspired hearing this guy's story and his talk.

The Temple of Ganapatipule

Current state of the temple, though well managed and seemingly well maintained, is sad.

Barricaded from all sides with a fence, and mobbed by other stray buildings around, the beauty of the temple is completely lost. What remains is a place protected from sadistic minds, and equipped for the whims and desires of those who come to seek blessings of Lord Ganesh and want their desires fulfilled.

Back in the time, when it was 2003-2004, if I remember correctly, the place was absolutely serene. No barricades, no stray buildings around, no huge touristy traffic. Just a gorgeous temple with a hill behind and a white sand beach with a gentle sea in front. It was absolutely serene and hence beautiful. I remember clicking photos of the temple from the beach, with people sitting in the windows of the temple. It was a wonderful sight back then.

Really feeling sad seeing the current state of the temple. Guess I will have to find and cherish the photos clicked in those easier times.