The potted plant

Was watering the plants today morning…and once again my attention went to the Christmas tree which is now standing tall at around 8 ft…many times in the past have blogged about it…then my attention went on to the other plants…. being lucky to have a terrace of my own…have time and again re-potted them into bigger flower pots..and they have grown…but then…their growth again gets restricted because of the size of the pot. It also reminded me of a saying…a seed which falls near its tree will never grow tall, unless it starts growing at a distance where it has more space, away from the parental tree.

Kids are similar. Their development is restricted if the environment they grow up in is restricted. Even they should be let free…free to seek other pastures….your nurturing is important no doubt…but the more they seek…they more they develop mentally, which is always helpful to them. Dont restrict them in a small pot, while they have the entire world to grow in…

Just a thought…so decided to save it in this blog

Shit Happens

Many a times I have to lend a concerned ear to my staff woes. Now one such person married off his daughter 3 years back to his wife's brothers son. So infact this was marriage between cousins.

All was well in the paradise until recently the girl started suspecting something was amiss when her cousin sister(her moms other brothers daughter…and effectively the hubby’s cousin too) started spending a lot of time at their place.

She kept her phone camera on, and left the house on pretext of going to the market. On coming back her fears were confirmed with the video clip of her hubby and her cousin(and hubbys cousin too) on the bed.

Now totally three families relationships are in doldrums…my staff’s member’s family…and his two brotherinlaws families in addition to the couples !!

I used to wonder where does Ekta Kapoor get all the shit she shows in her serials…but now I know…Shit Happens!!!

 

Ps. Last I know…its been 3 days the hubby and the other girl are missing from their homes and untraceable…..

If the shoe fits…..

These are my observations…about human nature….you could be any one of them…if the shoe fits…

In our society, friend circle, workplace, family there are different kinds of people.

There are some who do all the work, and are happy to see others enjoy the benefits. They will just sit back and smile when they see others reaping what they have sowed for all. But most of the times their hard work credit goes to others because many of times people are not aware of their efforts put in.

There are some who WILL do all the work, and then keep on reminding you that they have done it. Their hard work is washed away with their constant reminders.

There are some who will work only once. And every other time will come out after the work is done, ask how the others have done and then start with their self analysis that they could have done better had they done it.

There are some who are self appointed leaders, they wont work, but will only guide, advice or order. Mind you there is a huge difference between guiding, advising and ordering, the brownie points go as per the same sequence.

Then there are some who dont work, and will always complain about others work. The only thing they know is to object. To try and find a flaw. To stall the work.

There are some who let others do the work, and when time comes will hog the limelight as if they have done everything. These people mostly prey on the first kind of people described above.

There are some who work only for their own benefits…be it social name, monetary gain or some other gain.

While there are some who sit back and reap the fruits of others hardwork. They never complain, never crib, never appreciate. And they are the people who reap the benefits of all the above type of people.

Now you decide what kind of person you are…see which shoe fits…if the shoe fits…

One more for my collection :)

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— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPkher) February 18, 2013

Raghukul reet sada chali aayee….

Recently set myself on typing a Government contract which was to be printed on a Stamp Paper. Being the unfortunate person who is educated, I found some grammatical as well as spelling errors in the format and corrected them accordingly.

One such grammatical error was “The contract is entered into the contractor”, which I changed to “The contract is entered into with the contractor”.

After submitting the same to the department my person was called back after a day and asked to make certain changes to the contract. He marked all the changes I had made, included the one stated above and also the spelling mistakes I had corrected. In short, they told him they want the contract word to word similar to the draft copy they had provided!!

Yesterday I went myself to the department and asked them how can they “enter” the contract “into” me…. needless to say they were more stumped than amused. They showed me contracts by other contractors who had followed their drafts word to word, mistake to mistake. We have been getting the same contract since years was their argument. After much discussion, with their other colleagues and seniors, it was finally agreed to accept my corrections.

Like one says….Raghukul reet sada chali aayee….what is there is there….no changes are made…things are just carried forward….