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This is my desperate attempt to persuade my angel not to go away to some foolish NRI . I know you are a girl of today n hence I am putting forward my logics why you should not choose an NRI over ……

As this is a time of recession which could well be larger than the Great Depression of thirties, so there is no logic in going for an NRI . Moreover here you are working n doing quite well. If you go for an NRI you will have to quite yourjob and find a new one in another world. As you know finding a job at this point of time in another world will be the most difficult thing in the world. It does not end there, that NRI chap will have to struggle to keep his job secured.

These were the financial aspects. coming to the emotional aspects. You will have to leave  your own place and go in totally alien place. You never know how these NRI’s will behave . You will be alienated from your family.

But most important thing is that I don’t want you to go!

I have an angel, who does not have wing,
Musical quintessence without any string.
Flowers bloom; but it is not spring!
Feeling regal; Am I in dream?
 
To be a canary one need not fly,
I found elixir when land was dry.
Bliss struck me without any try!
Will this vanish in a blink of an eye?

To see hell one need not die;

Tears galore, one need  not cry!

Life is falling , how much I try.

I am nothing , how much I lie!

Last night Indian Cricket team won the Compaq cup tri series in Sri Lanka and the whole media wasabuz with praise for the the Indian team. This made me think how fickle can the media be. In the span of 4 days they have completed the full circle by claiming this team to be the best to calling the “Desh Drohi” i.e. traitors and again coming back to ” dhan te nan” of indian team.

On 12th the indian cricket team became the first indian team to gain the first spot in ICC ranking. Anywhere you go from one news channel to other you will find the same story of India achieving this extraordinary position. Day after India lost an unimportant match against Sri lanka misrebly and it slipped to the third position. Now one channel named ” India Tv” started a programme about how indian team members were busy shopping and pictures of the relaxing in a swimming pool splashing all over. They even went on to call the team a traitor. I was shocked to see this behaviour from a national telivison. How can they call the cricketers “Desh Drohi’ when a day before they have proved to the world that they are the No one team. They did not stop there again when India defeated Sri Lanka in all important final on monday, they again started singing “Dhan te Nan” and hailing this team as the best ever.

All these events led me to think what kind of journalism is this. Is this what they call “Professional journalism”. When one team achieves the top spot even for one day, it is because of continued good work and persistance. you people who have done nothing but spread rumours and made stories about nothing will never understand this.

One thing I will like to say at end that there are many stories which needs to be highlighted so please start covering those rather than going about and making stories.

These are few of the pics I have found on net.
Intresting I must say!!!

Yes , I m the most fortunate person to get posting in “The Heaven”which we mortals call as SIWAN. The heaven has a radius of 1 Km ! Yes U read it right 1km !! The people are just equivalent to “angles ” . But as u know I dont understand the language of “angles ” So there is some problem! The city is the most happening city u will ever come accross. Roadside bars are ample in number and to add to its beauty u will find lots of “divine animals” (cows, Bulls etc…) If u r jealuse already then hold ur breath as I havn’t told abt the night life. Here u will feel what exactly Nightlife is! No power in the evening makes the night truly DARK. And last but not the least is the melodious sound of cute little bloodsucking creatures (mosquitoes if u havent understood!)
I think I have divulged enough ! Let me enjoy my stay at this “PARADISE”!

There is a lot of rumors about ICICI bank going bankrupt owing to the disturbances seen in the US market. Recently Lehman Brother’s went bankrupt and reportedly ICICIbank had a large share in that . So this has led to people believing that this the end for the second largest bank of India. I am an Assistant manager at ICICI bank and I can assure you all that these are just rumors and nothing else.

You might think that I am trying to protect my bank but I am not stating it without facts. The fact is that the stakes in Lehman Brother’s of ICICI was just 0.1% of the total assets held by ICICI. It is not more than a weeks profit that ICICI generated last year. Moreover, the bank is maintaining 13.5% capital adequacy as compared to the requirement of 9%. So, ICICI bank is very much liquid at this time. In addition to this The Bank is also maintaining its CRR with RBI.

Coming back to the Lehman Brother’s case, the company has invested about 80 millions in the disgraced company but it is not something new in bank’s business to face such bankruptcies. Banks maintain some provision for bad debt and bankruptcies in their balance sheets. Moreover the company is estimating a 50% recovery in this case also. So. the net loss to the company is only $28 million which is just like peanuts for a Bank of stature of ICICI. If you are not convinced yet you can look at the statement issued by our JMD Chanda Kochhar on this issue.The link is this

http://www.icicibank.com/Pfsuser/aboutus/investorelations/pressrelease/icicibank_pressrealease/press_lehman_statement.pdf

It was Spain all the way as they lifted the Euro 2008 trophy after 44 years. They beat Germany by 1goal to nil in the final of European Championship 2008. The golden goal came from the boots of Fernando Torres of Liverpool in the 33rd minute of the play.Micheal Ballack came again in the loosing side in the final for the fifth time. The standard of the final was not on the expected one as Germany relied more on foul play than real skill. But nevertheless, Spain-the best team of Euro 2008, were at there attacking best and deserved to be the Champions of the Euro 2008 edition.

The 69 years old Spain coach Luis Aragonés became the oldest coach to enable a team lift the trophy. The game started on the expected line as Spain attacked from the word go. Fernando Torres came close to scoring early with his header which was denied by the post. Then in the 33rd minute he received a long pass on which he showed great skill and speed along with presence of mind to tap it over the German goalkeeper into the goal. This lapse in defense proved too costly for Germany as they could not get their act together for rest of the game and lost eventually.

Germany were unusual in their play as they were committing far too many fouls led by their captain Ballack. Ballack who was only half fit was involved in many fouls and brats on the ground. He got injured in the game also and received a yellow card. Germany got their bits of chances in the second half when they attacked consistently for four or five times. But after that it was Spain who held the possession and came close to scoring. At the end it was heartbreak for the German fans and rejoice for Spain as they got their hand on the Euro cup after 44 years.

So, Let Spain rejoice in this victory as they deserved this trophy and the glory!

Indo US nuclear deal has again come into limelight recently and the debate is again hotting up whether this deal is good or bad for the country. After almost one year we are again witnessing the same drama over the issue. Many people don’t know what exactly this deal is all about and why the LEFT are opposing it as well as all other opposing parties whereas Our Prime-minister seems dejected to the opposition to this deal. This article is aimed at demystifying the whole issue from the political point of view and provide an insight into the whole drama.

Before analyzing the issue we should first summarize what this deal is all about. The main points in this deal are enumerated below.

1. US will help India negotiate with the IAEA for an India-specific fuel supply agreement.

2. Washington will support New Delhi develop strategic reserves of nuclear fuel to guard against future disruption of supply.In case of disruption, US and India will jointly convene a group of friendly supplier countries to include nations like Russia, France and the UK to pursue such measures to restore fuel supply.

3.  India and the US agree to transfer nuclear material, non-nuclear material, equipment and components.

4. Low enriched uranium can be transferred for use as fuel in reactor experiments and in reactors for conversion or fabrication.

5. The ambit of the deal include research, development, design, construction, operation, maintenance and use of nuclear reactors, reactor experiments and decommissioning.

6.  India can develop strategic reserve of nuclear fuel to guard against any disruption of supply over the lifetime of its reactors.

7. The US to engage Nuclear Suppliers Group to help India obtain full access to the international fuel market, including reliable, uninterrupted and continual access to fuel supplies from firms in several nations.

8. Both the countries to set up a Joint Committee for implementation of the civil nuclear agreement and development of further cooperation in this field.

9. The legislation amends Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. It lets the US make a one-time exception for India to keep its nuclear weapons without signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

For more you can visit http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Highlights-of-IndoUS-nuclear-deal/208405/ .

So over all the deal seems to be a good one from India’s point of view and it will be a giant step towards making India self reliant in nuclear energy. It will solve the whole energy crisis which has curtailed India’s progress. No wonder our Prime minister is so much resentful in not being able to convert this deal into reality. By saying this by no means I am trying to convey that congress is really bent towards the welfare of the country and others are not. Congress loves to be in power as much as others do and this can be explained by the fact that it did not push for the deal last year. If it would have gone for the deal then in every possibility the left would have withdrawn support and the government would have fallen. That would mean two and half years less in power! But now the question arises why The Government want to go for the deal now because the equation remains the same and the chances of this Government lasting its full term is bleak in case of the deal going through?

The answer to this question is complex but interesting. The main intention of our Prime minister is to leave an indelible mark on the Indian history as Prime minister, as he did as Finance minister, in bringing the reform which is paying us till today. Till now the performance of this government can be termed as mediocre and there are no reason that congress can come back in power. Deterrents like inflation at 13 year high of 11% , increase in fuel prices along with anti- incumbency factors will prove to be too much for congress in the coming election. So, now Congress sees this deal as a means to gain the lost popularity and goodwill of the people by going for this deal and “sacrificing power” for the good of the country.

Whatever be the reason behind the Congress to push for the deal now , as long as it is in country’s intrest it is good. There are other reasons also which points to the fact that this is the right time to push for the deal. Cracks are appearing in the opposition camp of BJP over the deal and powerful forces in the BJP camp have not opposed the deal like Arun Jaitley and Murli Manohar Joshi. Brajesh Mishra have even said that the deal is worth considering. Moreover other parties like Samajwaadi party and RJD along with DMK are in support.

So, it all depend on Mr. Manmohan singh and Sonia Gandhi to decide whether they want six month more in the office by giving in to the pressure of a party which have 19th century ideals or they want to step down from the Chair by giving in to the welfare of people?  Come on Mr. manmohan singh, take one tough stand in your tenure, and be assured that the coming generations will remember you for years to come.  One loose step here will put your name in Oblivion.

Today 17th june is the Download day for the new Firefox 3 browser which is promoted by Mozilla. On Tuesday, the third edition of Firefox will become available for free download. Such is the build-up and hype for this Open Source web browser that 1.6 million users have already pre-registered to get the software on Download Day, June 17. Mozilla hopes to create a world record with largest number og downloads in single day.

Firefox has a reputation for blocking viruses and other malware more effectively than many competing offerings, and many users whose PCs or laptops run on proprietary systems still choose to browse with Firefox. The new version has removed most of its glitches and now comes in more robust form.

1,391,404 people accross the world have already pledged to download this browser on 17th. So, I have also joined hand in this new world record and will certainly download one. Moreover, on this day I have started my own download gallery for some free ebooks and materials for cat.
So, all of you come lets join hand in making Firefox the most used web browser ever!!

To become part of this world record click: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?p=downloadday

Reading is an integral part of CAT preparations. Many students have this question in their mind ” How to improve in Reading Comprehension?” The answer to this question is by improving ones reading habit. There are a lot of books which can be said to be indispensable for cat preparations. But we can not buy all of the unless we are the son’s of Ambani or TATA’s. So, here I have compiled some good ebooks which are completely free to download without any hassles of other sites. feel free to download these ebooks . These are present in the sidebar of this blog under the heading ” Downloads”.

The list have Atlas Shugged, the Fountainhead, Anthem by Ayn rand; The Alchemist, Veronika decides to die, and Maktub bu Paulo Coehlo to name a few.

If you want any other you can request me and I will put it for you.