Contemporary Women !

She is a girl, who is as much educated as you are; who is earning almost as much as you do; one, who has dreams and aspirations just as you have because she is as human as you are; one, who has never entered the kitchen in her life just like you or your sister haven't, as she was busy in studies and competing in a system that gives no special concession to girls for their culinary achievements; one, who has lived and loved her parents & brothers & sisters, almost as much as you do for 20-25 years of her life one, who has bravely agreed to leave behind all that, her home, people who love her, to adopt your home, your family, your ways and even your family name; one, who is somehow expected to be a master-chef from day #1, while you sleep oblivious to her predicament in her new circumstances, environment and that kitchen; one, who is expected to make the tea, first thing in the morning and cook food at the end of the day, even if she is as tired as you are, maybe more, and yet never ever expected to complain; to be a servant, a cook, a mother, a wife, even if she doesn't want to; and is learning just like you are as to what you want from her; and is clumsy and sloppy at times and knows that you won't like it if she is too demanding, or if she learns faster than you; one, who has her own set of friends, and that includes boys and even men at her workplace too, those, who she knows from school days and yet is willing to put all that on the back-burners to avoid your irrational jealousy, unnecessary competition and your inherent insecurities; yes, she can drink and dance just as well as you can, but won't, simply because you won't like it, even though you say otherwise one, who can be late from work once in a while when deadlines, just like yours, are to be met; one, who is doing her level best and wants to make this most important relationship in her entire life a grand success, if you just help her some and trust her; one, who just wants one thing from you, as you are the only one she knows in your entire house - your unstinting support, your sensitivities and most importantly - your understanding, or love, if you may call it. But not many guys understand this still.. 

Do Respect, love and Appreciate the Women !

Augmented Reality (AR) !!!

Augmented Reality as a concept has existed for a long time now. When we watch Michael Phelps on TV, at the Olympics, tearing away through the water in a swimming pool, we can see the world-record line moving in front of him (which he eventually crosses many times). Here, the reality of athletes swimming has been augmented by the world-record line electronically—hence, it is called ‘augmented reality’. Another example closer home is during cricket matches when we see scores, run rates, etc. imprinted on the pitch while watching matches on television. Recent innovations have brought AR to all of us, thanks to the advent of powerful smartphones and tablets. We no longer need $200,000 cameras and millions of dollars worth of broadcasting equipment to experience and enjoy AR. We just need some cool apps on our smart devices. I think one of the pioneering AR apps is ‘Google Goggles’ on Android phones. One of the very good apps for the iPhone is ‘James May’—a very interesting app. It will be a lot cooler if we use it at London Science Museum. ‘Night Sky’ on the iPhone is another great app. We can simply go out into the open and use the app, and it will show the night sky above us, identifying planets, constellations, etc. There are literally dozens of such cool apps available on smart devices now. By the way, if you have seen Mission: Impossible 4 – Ghost Protocol, you have seen Augmented Reality in action. One of the agents uses an iPhone to scan the crowd at a railway station, in order to identify a specific person. When the person is found, the identifying information is overlaid across his image on the iPhone. If you really think about the building blocks needed to build such an app, they all exist now: 

- Camera/video camera in a phone 

- Face detection: cameras have had this functionality for years, a rectangle is  typically superimposed on faces in their viewfinders. 

- Plus the building blocks of ‘goggles’—a broadband network, cloud computing and big data for holding images and matching them with faces detected by cameras 

If I have the person recognition app that I mentioned above, I can use it in a variety of scenarios. Suppose we have been friends for a while but we have not been in contact with each other for a few years. Now we meet in a mall. You look very familiar but I cannot remember your name. Many of us face a similar embarrassing situation. It will be cool if I can surreptitiously take out my smartphone and recognize you using an AR app that I have described above. However, with wearable computers like Google Glass, person recognition could be a lot easier. Businesses and military are using AR in very innovative ways. As in the consumer world, there are dozens of such uses. Some examples are: China’s biggest food e-commerce merchant, Yihaodian, recently launched 1,000 virtual stores right outside the bricks and mortar stores of their competitors; each ‘store’ is packed with discount coupons. Customers must point their phones outside the competitor’s stores to find Yihaodian’s coupons and gift vouchers. Defense contractor company, Innovega, signed a contract with the Defense Department in the USA to develop a prototype of its iOptik system. The contacts work in conjunction with special glasses that project images onto the wearer's lens, which could allow soldiers on the ground to see images beamed down directly to them by drones or satellite. There is interesting research going on to improve our depth perception with AR, which has great uses in medicine. For example, currently, when a surgeon uses a scope during surgery, he may be using a scalpel, but typically has to look sideways or at an overhead monitor. It will really help if he or she can look directly at the patient and virtual objects appear exactly aligned inside the patient's body—X-ray vision! Finally, there are different forms of reality: Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Alternate Reality, Substantial Reality and Altered Reality. As detailed in this column, when useful virtual information is overplayed on real scenes, it is called Augmented Reality. If we can manipulate the virtual objects in Augmented Reality, it is called Mixed Reality. If we roam around in the physical world and collect virtual objects, it is called Alternate Reality. The game ‘Google Ingress’ is an example. Substantial Reality is a cognitive science concept; for instance, showing videos of current scenes and past recorded scenes and switching between them rapidly— as in the movie Inception. This is used to diagnose cognitive dysfunctions in psychiatric patients. When our natural senses are enhanced using AR, it is called Altered Reality. For example, if our equipment includes a camera that is sensitive to long-wavelength infrared, we can detect subtle heat signatures, allowing us to see which seats in a lecture hall had just been vacated. So, AR has excellent uses in our personal and professional lives. Its use will only increase especially with advances in wearable technologies like Google Glass.

Income Tax : Essential Terms to Remember !

20 Essential Terms you should know before filing Taxes

1.Financial Year: The financial year is a 12 month period beginning the April 1st each year and ending on 31st of March the following year.

2.Assessment Year: The assessment year refers to your income earned in the previous financial year.

3.PAN Number: The Income Tax Department of India identifies you with this number. This is a 10 digit number given by the I-T department to each individual, Business, Firm, and Company, in the form of a laminated card (called the PAN card).

4.TAN Number: TAN or Tax deduction and collection account number is a 10 digit number given by the tax department to all individuals / companies, who make payments to others.

5.TDS: Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) is the amount deducted by a company/Individuals before making a payment to others. This is done as per the Income Tax Act so that the burden of payment of lump-sum tax does not fall upon the individual at the end of the financial year.

6.TDS on Salary: Tax is deducted at source by the employer before paying the wages and salary to the employees. This information is present in the Form-16. Form-16 is usually issued annually by the company to its employees.

7.TDS on Non Salary: The tax deducted at source on payments like Rent, Interest Income, Commission, Consultation fees, Freelancer charges,etc (essentially anything other than Salary). These are stated on Form 16A. The Form-16A has to be issued by the deductor to the deductee in the same quarter in which the deduction is made.

8.Advance Tax: According to income tax rules, if the tax liability of a taxpayer is more than Rs 10,000 in a financial year and one knows that in advance, one has to pay:

• 30% of the liability by September 15th
• 60% of the liability by 15th December (less advance tax already paid)
• Remaining liability by 15th March (less advance tax already paid) of the financial year.

This is to avoid certain charges levied by the department in case of non-payment of these taxes as per the dates above. The penalty /charges would be levied when you make your return after the end of the financial year, if the advance tax is not paid.

9.Self-Assessment Tax: An individual / company has to calculate one’s tax liability at the end of the financial year, on the earnings during that year. The taxpayer self-assesses (or gets the taxes assessed by an authorized expert) to find one’s tax liability after accounting for TDS and advance tax.

10.Form 16: An employer has to give its employee a form 16 stating:

• The employee’s salary
• The tax deducted at source (TDS)
• Tax paid to the tax department.

11.Form 16A: This form reflects TDS deducted on non-salary payments. TDS deducted on house rents, interest payments etc are stated in the form 16A. It is issued quarterly, as opposed to Form 16 which is issued usually annually, by the company / bank that pays the rent / interest etc.

12.Form 26AS: The Tax Credit Statement or Form 26AS, issued by the Income Tax Department gives you details like:

• Tax deducted at source.
• Tax collected at source.
• Tax paid (advance tax, self-assessment tax).
• Refund received by the assesse.
• All high value financial transactions as per Income Tax rules.

13.ITR-1: To file an income tax return (ITR), different assesses have to use different forms. ITR-1 (or Sahaj),is used by people who:

• Earn income from salary and
• Earn other income from fixed deposits (and not from horse race and lottery)
• Have up to one house property.

The ITR-1 can be filed electronically or physically. However, from the assessment year 2013-14, the Income Tax Department has made e-Filing of returns mandatory for people whose income exceeds 5 lakh.

14.ITR-V: This income tax return verification form is issued by the tax department as an acknowledgement of receipt of your tax return when you file your return electronically. A print out of this ITR-V has to be taken out, signed in blue ink, and then sent to the central processing Unit (CPC Bangalore) only by ordinary post or speed post within 4 months of filing of your tax return electronically. The CPC at Bangalore on the receipt of this ordinary post /speed post will send an email / acknowledgement on the email id mentioned in your ITR form. Only when you receive this email, the process of the filing of the income tax return is complete.

15.Mutual Funds: A mutual fund aggregates investor money and invests on their behalf in the stock market, for buying shares, bonds, etc such that the investors benefit in the end. These types of funds are typically managed by a professional. Hence if the investor lacks knowledge of direct investment in shares, bonds etc. the investor can put in the money in a mutual fund after seeing the past performance of the fund. Note that the past performance is not a predictor of the future performance of the fund. Any investment has its risk and investors should choose funds after due diligence.

16.Dividends: When an individual buys a share of a company/mutual fund, he buys a unit of ownership in that company. And when the company makes profits, the profit is distributed to the company’s shareholders in a proportion that is decided by the management. This profit, earned by the shareholder is the dividend earned.

17.Salary: Money paid to an individual for services, as shown in Form 16 by an employer, has to be included in the total income for the year.

18.House Property: If you own property and have rented it out, the income you earn from this property has to be included in your total income for the year. Interest paid on a housing loan is tax deductible to a large extent.

19.Capital Gains: When you sell assets like property, shares, bonds, mutual funds, there is a difference in the purchasing price and the selling price. If the sale price is more than the purchase price we call it Capital gains. This income has to be included in the total income if it is gained in the financial year. If you sell an asset at a loss, you can set this loss off against other gains and income as per income tax laws.

20:Business and Profession: Income earned while running a Business or while rendering professional services come under this head. Profits or Losses while running a business or a service have to be declared under this head.

Popular Free Calling Apps !

With Internet-enabled phones, it has become easier to stay in touch with people at all times. With plenty of apps that offer text, audio or video-based options to stay connected, it can be difficult to pick ones that stand out from the crowd.

Here is a list of some popular free calling applications:


1) Skype : Skype was perhaps the pioneer in this space and continues to be used by a large number of people. The app lets you do text, voice and video chats. It also enables users to do group calls and call landlines and mobile phones at a cost.

2) WeChat : WeChat is available across varied mobile platforms. The app offers features like Live Chat, Group chat, Video calling and push-to-talk. This app also comes with a 'Shake' feature to help you find new friends. To use this feature, all you have to do is shake your phone and the app will help you connect with other people, who are shaking their mobile at that time.

3) Google Hangouts : Google offers a free video chat service Google+ Hangouts. It lets you make free video calls that can be one-on-one or and group chats (maximum ten people at a time). This app is available for all Android smartphones running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) or higher. In case of iOS, the devices should be running on iOS 6 or later.

4) Tango : Tango is another nifty application that lets you make free calls. This app also comes with a "Push-to-Talk" feature, which helps in turning your smartphone into a walkie-talkie.

5) Fring : Fring is also a free application that enables you to make free calls. The group calling feature helps you to talk simultaneously with up to 4 participants. Just like Skype, Fring can also be used to make calls to regular phones around the world at an additional cost.

6) Viber : With the help of Viber, users can make free calls, send free texts and share location and setting. For using Viber, you don't need to create a separate username, as your mobile number doubles up as your ID. After you have installed the Viber app, it syncs your mobile contact list, automatically detecting which contacts area already using Viber, similar to WhatsApp.

7) Nimbuzz : Nimbuzz lets you send free messages and call other Nimbuzz users. This app has started offering 'NimbuzzOut' service, which is a low cost Pay-As-You-Go option to make calls to other mobiles and landlines numbers across the World

8) WhatsApp : WhatsApp is perhaps the most well know application in the list, outside of Skype, and has become the proffered alternate to SMS for millions across the globe.

9) Hike : Hike is a desi app that offers a feature-set very similar to WhatsApp, though it offers additional features like sending SMS to non-Hike users, walkie-talkie mode and more.

10) Facebook Messenger : If you spend all day on Facebook, you don't need to look Facebook Messenger.

Income Tax - Something to Know !!!

There are a few more sources of income which one must disclose.

Some of them are:

1. Interest earned from savings bank account: This interest is tax free up to Rs. 10,000. Any interest earned above that is taxable and should be declared.

2. Interest earned from fixed deposits: This is taxable as per one's income tax slab. Most of the time banks deduct 10 per cent TDS when the interest accrued is more than Rs. 10,000 (unless one submits Form 15 G/H). However, the actual tax liability will be more or less, depending upon the tax bracket one falls under after all incomes and deductions are claimed.

3. Interest earned from recurring deposits: This interest is taxable as per one's income tax slab. Banks do not cut any TDS on interest earned on recurring deposits and, hence, it becomes even more important to declare this source of income.

4. Cash gifts: Cash gifts of over Rs. 50,000 should be declared as they are taxable (unless for specific occasions like marriage)

5. Capital gains/losses: Any capital gains/losses made from trading equities, selling mutual funds, gold, etc. should be declared even though they may be non-taxable (e.g. for equities, long-term capital tax is nil). Similarly, any losses should be declared as these help in offsetting gains for subsequent years.

6. Exempt income: Exempt income (e.g. interest earned on PPF/EPF accounts) should be declared for auditing purposes only. This is a tax-free income.

7. Dividend income: Dividend income is tax free in the hands of the investor. However, this should be declared while filing income tax returns.

Gang of Eight: Eight Killer Provisions.

US IMMIGRATON REFORM BILL

1. Ban on client site placement for H-1B Workers.

Under this any H-1B dependent employer (a company with more than 15 per cent of its workforce on H-1Bs), would be flatly prohibited from placing H-1B workers at client sites or contracting for the services of those workers.

2. Restrictions on client site placement for L-1 workers.

As a result of this an Indian IT Company would not be able to place L-1 workers (whether specialized or managerial) at client sites (the US company) unless the company supervised and controlled those workers and the parent US company attests that for 90 days before and after the L-1 petition filing it had not laid off any employees in the same area performing similar job duties.

3. Limit on total percentage of H-1B and L-1 Workers.

Under this the immigration bill would impose a hard limit on the percentage of H-1B and L-1 workers that could make up a company's workforce in the US. Being enforced in three phases, the limits would be no more than 75 per cent from October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015; no more than 65 per cent from October 1, 2015, to September 30, 2016, and no more than 50 per cent from October 1, 2016 onwards.

4. Increase in certain categories of H-1B visas that are targeting Indian IT companies.

A company with more than 50 per cent H-1B or L-1 workers currently pays an additional fee of $2,250 for L-1 petitions and USD 2,000 for H-1B petitions. Under the comprehensive immigration bill proposals, the additional fee would rise to $5,000 beginning in fiscal 2015 through 2024 for employers with more than 30 per cent and less than 50 per cent H-1B and L-1B workers. For fiscal year 2015 through 2017, there would be a $10,000 fee for employers with more than 50 per cent and less than 75 per cent H-1B and L-1B workers.

5. The Unworkable Intending Immigrants Exception.

"Intending immigrants," is defined as those employees for whom the green card process had been started by the company, would count as US workers and would not count toward the H-1B or L-1 population for purposes of determining percentages. With a sufficient number of intending immigrants, a global IT company could conceivably bring its population percentage low enough to avoid the additional fees, and perhaps even low enough to avoid being H-1B dependent.

6. The subsequent required wage increases.

Under the proposals H-1B dependent employers would have to pay H-1B workers no less than the mean wage for the occupation, even if the role is entry-level. This would cause a spiraling effect on the rest of the wage scales, and the wage increases would be substantial, experts note. For example, the required wage for an entry level Systems Analyst would increase from about $59,000 per annum year to $92,000 per year.

7. H-1B recruitment and job offer requirements.

Under which prior to filing any H-1B petition, an Indian IT company would be required to recruit for US workers using industry standard recruitment as well as posting on a DOL website, and it would be required to offer the job to any equally or better qualified US worker at the same rate it would have to pay the H-1B worker. Under this the US Department of Labor would have authority to review hiring decisions, and the Indian IT companies would need to be able to justify on an applicant-by-applicant basis why individual US worker applicants were not equally or better qualified than a particular H-1B worker.

8. Significant expansion of government audits and enforcement authority

Under which the Department of Labor would be required to conduct annual compliance audits of all H-1B dependent employers. Not only this the Department of Homeland Security would be required to conduct annual audits of all companies with a workforce with more than 15 per cent of workers in L-1 status.

You alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them !

Ours was an arranged marriage. It was done the traditional way. Our parents took care of everything. My only condition was that she should be ready to work. Our horoscopes and photos were exchanged. Everything matched. I spoke to her over the phone. We talked about things two strangers would talk. She was a lecturer in Bangalore who felt Chemistry was more important than Hindi movies. There was no engagement. The date for marriage was fixed in 2 weeks as I could not get a vacation after that. Even the vacation time I got was just 10 days.

Everything was fixed. It was supposed to be very hectic for me. We got married and 2 days later we had to leave the country. She cried like there was no tomorrow when we left. She would not talk to me on the plane. I thought that was usual for an Indian girl. I thought she would get over it. Once home she would not talk to me. She sat in a corner staring at the TV. For the first couple of days I had to catch up on some work and did not take her mood seriously.

A week later I sat beside her and asked her, "What is wrong?"

"Why did you bring me here?"

"What do you mean? What happened?"

"I want to go home"

"This is your home"

"No. I want to go home. Please buy me a ticket"

"Look, everybody feels homesick. I did when I came here the first time. It is normal. You will get over it. Sorry I have been busy with work. We can go out this weekend. You will meet my friends and other people who will be very friendly. Come on be a good girl"

"I hate this place. I miss my family, my friends, my college. All thepeople I know are not here. I want to go home".

"Think for a minute. Try to reason it out yourself. What is your plan by the way? So you want to go back and never come back?"

"Yes"

"Are you crazy?"

"If you think this is crazy then I am."

"It is ok if you do not answer this question. Is there someone else?"

"No. I want to go home. I will call 911 if you do not send me"

"First cool down. Think about it. Think about our parents. It is less than a month that we got married and now you want to return home. You very well knew that you had to come here. What were you thinking? Even if you are returning home what happens to our marriage?"

"I am not blaming you. I take the blame. It is my mistake. I can't stay so far away from my family. If you are so interested come to India"

"I am family too! What you are asking is ridiculous."

The next day she would not change her mind. I called my folks. They said that it was my decision and they would stand by me. I booked her ticket and put it in her hand the next evening. She was to leave in 2 days.

Nothing would convince her to change her mind. She was crying like a kid. Then she left.

She had done nothing for me to miss but something inside me was telling me that I was at fault. I tried to shake it off but as time grew I started feeling more guilty. I called her. She made it clear that she did not find me despicable but she would not leave her city. Her parents apologized profusely but they were helpless too.

I have had crushes. None of them were serious. There was this girl in my high school tuition whose phone no I managed to find out. Then the prettiest girl in college whom everybody loved, who talked to me once. Then the girl from my city who was at my university in USA who made me feel at home when I visited her place. I had ignored them once I crossed their paths. But Anjali was my wife. I could not ignore her.

I decided to quit my job. I went home. No one back home knew I was returning. I wanted to surprise her. I dropped off my bags at my place and went to the college she was teaching. The gate keeper would not let me in. So I had to wait outside for the classes to get over.

She walked out alone, struggling to carry her bag, tired, with slow steps. She was walking towards the bus stop. I silently followed her and went behind her and whispered, "Do you mind if I carry your bag?"

She was startled and turned to face me. Her eyes lit up. I was not sure if I could hug her. I was smiling and she had a 100 questions written all over her face. "I want to spend a week with you in this city. Show me the things that you could not miss"

That one week went in a jiffy. She was treated a kid at home with all the comforts. That explained her behaviour. Coffee was brought to her in the morning. Even her dress was laid out for her. She would have breakfast and leave. The bus journey was an hour. She would sit near the window with a book. Then once in the college she would teach her classes and come out tired in the evening. She would stand in the crowded bus carrying her bag which would look heavy. Then she would alight, go home, have a snack and would head out to a friend's place.

Some times she'd stay home watching TV or listening to music. When her dad returned she would join him and they'd have dinner. Then her mom would tuck her in bed. Weekends were not much different. She would sleep late, wake up for breakfast and lie down talking on the phone. Then she would visit the temple in the evening and would have her singing lessons. Then she would eat out and would head home late.

That was her life. It was something every human being wanted - simple, content and happy. Of course to her I was a villain. I told her that I understood her. I wanted to know if it was ok if she stayed in the same city but away from her parents. Her only condition was that I should not stay at my parent's place to which I agreed. So we moved into a small apartment. She knew nothing. She had to be taught everything. She learnt. It was hard to make her understand that she had duties and she had a husband. Coffee had to be brought to her in  the morning. She made the rules and broke them. She did not care for me. Sometimes she would not return home but go to her parents' place without informing me. I would have had to go bring her back.

Slowly she started realizing about married life. She would wake up before me, try to cook, agree for a movie, visit my friend's place, invite me to her college, let me dress her up, dance in front of me, teach me Chemistry, talk about her crushes, play cricket with me, make me cry for a change. She was growing mature day by day. One day she apologized for the whole thing. I brushed it aside. Finally I had her the way I wanted.

Today I am happy and content with my life. She is still there crying to get her things done. I keep reminding her how she had threatened to call the police. She laughs it away. Some times I wonder how life would have been if I had not returned. Then again some things are left as they are.

That's how life is..

There are two ways of meeting difficulties:

"You alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them" ...

This is what a life is……………………

LIVE IT AS YOU WANT IT TO BE ……

An Engineering Student must read....

As the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in

Software Engineering and joined a company based in USA, the

land o...f braves and opportunity. When I arrived in the USA, it

was as if a dream had come true.

Here at last I was in the place where I want to be. I decided I

would be staying in this country for about Five years in which

time I would have earned enough money to settle down in India.

My father was a government employee and after his retirement,

the only asset he could acquire was a decent one bedroom flat.

I wanted to do some thing more than him. I started feeling

homesick and lonely as the time passed. I used to call home and

speak to my parents every week using cheap international phone

cards. Two years passed, two years of Burgers at McDonald's and

pizzas and discos and 2 years watching the foreign exchange

rate getting happy whenever the Rupee value went down.

Finally I decided to get married. Told my parents that I have

only 10 days of holidays and everything must be done within

these 10 days. I got my ticket booked in the cheapest flight.

Was jubilant and was actually enjoying hopping for gifts for

all my friends back home. If I miss anyone then there will be

talks. After reaching home I spent home one week going through

all the photographs of girls and as the time was getting

shorter I was forced to select one candidate.

In-laws told me, to my surprise, that I would have to get

married in 2-3 days, as I will not get anymore holidays. After

the marriage, it was time to return to USA, after giving some

money to my parents and telling the neighbors to look after

them, we returned to USA.

My wife enjoyed this country for about two months and then she

started feeling lonely. The frequency of calling India

increased to twice in a week sometimes 3 times a week. Our

savings started diminishing. After two more years we started to

have kids. Two lovely kids, a boy and a girl, were gifted to us

by the almighty. Every time I spoke to my parents, they asked

me to come to India so that they can see their grand-children.

Every year I decide to go to India… But part work part

monetary conditions prevented it. Years went by and visiting

India was a distant dream. Then suddenly one day I got a

message that my parents were seriously sick. I tried but I

couldn't get any holidays and thus could not go to India ... The

next message I got was my parents had passed away and as there

was no one to do the last rights the society members had done

whatever they could. I was depressed. My parents had passed

away without seeing their grand children.

After couple more years passed away, much to my children's

dislike and my wife's joy we returned to India to settle down.

I started to look for a suitable property, but to my dismay my

savings were short and the property prices had gone up during

all these years. I had to return to the USA...

My wife refused to come back with me and my children refused to

stay in India... My 2 children and I returned to USA after

promising my wife I would be back for good after two years.

Time passed by, my daughter decided to get married to an

American and my son was happy living in USA... I decided that

had enough and wound-up every thing and returned to India... I

had just enough money to buy a decent 02 bedroom flat in a

well-developed locality.

Now I am 60 years old and the only time I go out of the flat is

for the routine visit to the nearby temple. My faithful wife

has also left me and gone to the holy abode.

Sometimes

I wondered was it worth all this?

My father, even after staying in India,

Had a house to his name and I too have the same nothing more.

I lost my parents and children for just ONE EXTRA BEDROOM.

Looking out from the window I see a lot of children dancing.

This damned cable TV has spoiled our new generation and these

children are losing their values and culture because of it. I

get occasional cards from my children asking I am alright. Well

at least they remember me.

Now perhaps after I die it will be the neighbors again who will

be performing my last rights, God Bless them.

But the question still remains 'was all this worth it?'

I am still searching for an answer.................!!!

START THINKING

IS IT JUST FOR ONE EXTRA BEDROOM???

LIFE IS BEYOND THIS …..DON'T JUST LEAVE YOUR LIFE ……..

START LIVING IT ……. LIVE IT AS YOU WANT IT TO BE ……