Monday, June 29, 2009
Closing
Thanks for your support.
All the best.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Kill your ego !
One day while doing his research, he realized that the Angel of Death was searching for him. In order to remain alive he reproduced a dozen copies of himself. The reproduction was so similar that all of them looked exactly like him.
Now when this Angel of Death came down, he was at a loss to know which of the thirteen before him was the original scientist, & confused, he left them all alone & returned back to heaven.
But, not for long, for being an expert in human nature, the Angel came up with a clever idea. He said to the scientist addressing all thirteen of them, "Sir, you must be a genius to have succeeded in making such perfect reproduction formula of yourself. However, I have discovered a flaw in your work, just one tiny little flaw."
The scientist immediately jumped out & shouted,
"Impossible! where is the flaw?"
"Right here" said the Angel, as he picked up the scientist from among the reproductions & carried him off.
The whole purpose of the scientist & his formula of reproduction failed as he could not control his pride, so he lost his life.
So when man's Knowledge & Skills takes him to the top of the ladder & makes him successful, however the three letter word "EGO" can pull him down to earth immediately at its double speed.
So don't allow Ego to kill yourself,
Instead; KILL YOUR EGO..!!!
Positive Vs Negative
Positive: Think about a solution
Negative: Think about the problem
Positive: Endless Ideas
Negative: Endless Excuses
Positive: Helps Others
Negative: Helped by Others
Positive : Sees a Solution for each problem
Negative: Sees a Problem to each Solution
Positive: Solution Hard but possible
Negative: Solution Possible but Hard
Positive: Achievement is an accountability
Negative: Achievement is a Promise
Positive: Has Dreams He Needs to Fulfill
Negative: Has Disillusions He Needs to Get Rid of
Positive: Treat others as you want to be treated
Negative: Fool others before they fool you
Positive: Sees Gain in Work
Negative: Sees Pain in Work
Positive: Sees the Possible in the Future
Negative: Sees the Impossible in the Future
Positive: Selects what to Say
Negative: Says what he Selects
Positive: Strong Discussion with Soft LanguageNegative: Soft Discussion with Strong Language
Positive: Holds on Values and Forgoes Casual Issues
Negative: Holds on Casual Issues and Forgoes Values
Positive: Makes Events
Negative: Made by Events
Saturday, June 13, 2009
TEST FOR DEMENTIA
You can't take your time, answer all of them immediately. Let's find out just how clever you really are.
Ready? GO!!! (scroll down)
First Question:
You are participating in a race. You overtake the second place person. What position are you in?
Answer: If you answered that you are first, then you are wrong! If you overtake the second place person, and you take their place, you are second!
To answer the second question, don't take as much time as you took for the first question.
Second Question:
If you are in a race, and you overtake the last person, then you are?
Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again.
Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST person?! You're not having a good time at this! Are you?
Very tricky maths!
Note: This must be done in your head only. Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator.
Try it.
Third Question:
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20.
Now add another 1000. now add 10. What is the total?
Answer: Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100. Don't believe it? Check with your calculator!
Today is definitely not your day. Maybe you will get the last question right?
Fourth Question:
Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono.
What is the name of the fifth daughter?
1) Nana
2) Nene
3) Nini
4) Nono
5) __________
Answer: Nunu? NO! Of course not. Her name is Mary. Read the question again!
Okay, now the bonus round. You can partially redeem yourself with this one!!!!!
Bonus Question:
There is a mute person who wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing one's teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done. Now if there is a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself?
Answer: He just has to open his mouth and ask. He's blind, not mute - so simple.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
45 Life Lessons
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> "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught
me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written.
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> My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once
more:
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> 1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
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> 2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
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> 3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone...
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> 4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your
friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
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> 5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
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> 6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
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> 7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
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> 8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
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> 9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay cheque.
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> 10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
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> 11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
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> 12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
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> 13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what
their journey is all about.
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> 14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
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> 15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't
worry; God never blinks.
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> 16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
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> 17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
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> 18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
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> 19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second
one is up to you and no one else.
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> 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take
no for an answer.
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> 21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy
lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion,
> today is special.
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> 22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
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> 23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
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> 24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
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> 25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
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> 26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five
years, will this matter?'
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> 27. Always cho ose life.
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> 28. Forgive everyone everything.
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> 29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
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> 30. Time heals almost everything. Give time.
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> 31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
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> 32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
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> 33. Believe in miracles.
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> 34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything
you did or didn't do.
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> 35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
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> 36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
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> 37. Your children get only one childhood.
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> 38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
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> 39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
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> 40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone
else's, we'd grab ours back.
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> 41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
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> 42. The best is yet to come.
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> 43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
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> 44. Yield.
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> 45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
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Friday, June 5, 2009
Mischief
So the mother sent the 8 year old first, in the morning, with the older boy to see the preacher in the afternoon.
The preacher, a huge man with a booming voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly,
"Do you know where God is, son?"
The boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting there wide-eyed with his mouth hanging open.
So the preacher repeated the question in an even
sterner tone, "Where is God?!"
Again, the boy made no attempt to answer. The preacher
raised his voice even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed,
"Where is God?!"
The boy screamed and bolted from the room, ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him.When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked, "what happened?"
The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, "We
are in BIG trouble this time.
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GOD is missing, and they think we did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A beautiful mail
Money has no memory. Experience has. You will never know what the total cost of your education was, but for a lifetime you will recall and relive the memories of schools and colleges. Few years from now, you will forget the amount you paid to settle the hospitalization bill, but will ever cherish having saved your mother's life or the life you get to live with the just born. You won't remember the cost of your honeymoon, but to the last breath remember the experiences of the bliss of togetherness. Money has no memory. Experience has.
Good times and bad times, times of prosperity and times of poverty, times when the future looked so secure and times when you didn't know from where the tomorrow will come... life has been in one way or the other a roller-coaster ride for everyone. Beyond all that abundance and beyond all that deprivation, what remains is the memory of experiences. Sometimes the wallet was full... sometimes even the pocket was empty. There was enough and you still had reasons to frown. There wasn't enough and you still had reasons to smile. Today, you can look back with tears of gratitude for all the times you had laughed together, and also look back with a smile at all the times you cried alone. All in all, life filled you with experiences to create a history of your own self, and you alone can remember them all.
The first time you balanced yourself on your cycle without support... The first time she said 'yes' and it was two years since you proposed... The first cry... the first steps... the first word... the first kiss... all of your child... The first gift you bought for your parents and the first gift your daughter gave you... The first award... the first public appreciation... the first stage performance... And the list is endless... Experiences, with timeless memory... No denying that anything that's material cost money, but the fact remains the cost of the experience will be forgotten, but the experience never.
So, what if it's economic recession? Let it be, but let there not be a recession to the quality of your life. You can still take your parents, if not on a pilgrimage, at least to the local temple. You can still play with your children, if not on an international holiday, at least in the local park. It doesn't cost money to lie down or to take a loved one onto your lap. Nice time to train the employees, create leadership availability and be ready for the wonderful times when they arrive. Hey! Aspects like your health, knowledge development and spiritual growth are not economy dependent. Time will pass... economy will revive... currency will soon be in current... and in all this; I don't want you to look back and realize you did nothing but stayed in gloom. Recession can make you lose out on money. Let it not make you lose out on experiences... If you are not happy with what you have, no matter how much more you have, you will still not be happy.Make a statement with the way you live your life: How I feel has nothing to do with how much I have...
Contributed by: Mr.Vaishal Thakore
Monday, June 1, 2009
Flinging shoes can boomerang
Friday, May 29, 2009
The Ant & the Grasshopper
laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the
summer away.
Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or
shelter so he dies out in the cold.
*Indian Version:**
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and
laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.
NDTV, TIMES NOW, CNN IBN,AAJTAK show up to provide pictures of the shivering
Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Arundhat Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.
Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that
Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.
Mayawati states this as `injustice' done on Minorities.
Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.
The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) .
Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for ' Bengal Bandh' in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Inquiry. CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from
working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and Grasshoppers.
Mamta allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.
Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the ' Prevention of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act' [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of the winter.
Kapil Sibal makes 'Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions & in Government Services.
The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, it's home is confiscated by the Government and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by all TV channels.
Arundhati Roy calls it ' A Triumph of Justice'.
Mamta calls it 'Socialistic Justice '.
CPM calls it the ' Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden '
Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly. **
Many years later....**
The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar company in Silicon Valley , 100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India ,
AND
As a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the grasshoppers, India is still a developing country.
Buddha
Buddha : "OK.. Tell me how I can help you"
Disciple : "Master! My attire is worn out and is beyond the decency to wear the same. Can I get a new one, please?"
Buddha found the robe indeed was in a bad condition and needed replacement. He asked the store keeper to give the disciple a new robe to wear on. The disciple thanked Buddha and retired to his room. A while later, he went to his disciple's place and asked him "Is your new attire comfortable? Do you need anything more ?"
Disciple : "Thank you my Master. The attire is indeed very comfortable. I need nothing more"
Buddha : "Having got the new one, what did you do with your old attire?"
Disciple : "I am using it as my bed spread"
Buddha : "Then.. hope you have disposed off your old bed spread"
Disciple : " No.. no.. master. I am using my old bedspread as my window curtain"
Buddha : " What about your old Curtain? "
Disciple : "Being used to handle hot utensils in the kitchen "
Buddha : "Oh.. I see.. Can you tell me what did they do with the old cloth they used in Kitchen "
Disciple : "They are being used to wash the floor. "
Buddha : " Then, the old rug being used to wash the floor...? "
Disciple: " Master, since they were torn off so much, we could not find any better use, but to use as a twig in the oil lamp, which is right now lit in your study room.... "
Buddha smiled in contentment and left for his room.
If not to this degree of utilization, can we at least attempt to find the best use of all our resources at home and in office?
We need to handle wisely, all the resources earth has bestowed us with both natural and material so that they can be saved for the generations to come.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Extremely wellsaid
EXTREMELY WELL SAID. WORDS FULL OF WISDOM
Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this!
This should be posted in all schools and work places
Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things
they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good,
politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept
of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
Rule 1:Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem.
The world will expect you to accomplish something
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now.
They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes
and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were.
So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of
your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades
and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.
This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and
very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
Do that on your own time..
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually
have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
If you can read this - Thank a teacher!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Marketing Funda
1. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up toher and say: "I am very rich."Marry me!" - That's Direct Marketing"
2. You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see agorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her andpointing at you says: "He's very rich."Marry him." -That's Advertising"
3. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up toher and get her telephone number. The next day, youcall and say: "Hi, I'm very rich."Marry me - That's Telemarketing"
4. You're at a party and see gorgeous girl. You get upand straighten your tie, youwalk up to her and pourher a drink, you open the door (of the car)for her,pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her ride andthen say:"By the way, I'm rich. Will you"Marry Me?" - That's Public Relations"
5. You're at a party and see gorgeous girl. She walksup to you and says:"You are very rich!"Can you marry ! me?" - That's Brand Recognition"
6. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up toher and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" She gives youa nice hard slap on your face. -"That's Customer Feedback"
7. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up toher and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" And sheintroduces you to her husband. -"That's demand and supply gap"
8. You see a gorgeous girl at aparty. You go up toher and before you say anything, another person comeand tell her: "I'm rich. Will you marry me?" and shegoes with him -"That's competition eating into your market share"
9. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up toher and before you say: "I'm rich, Marry me!" yourwife arrives. -"That's restriction for entering new markets"was explaining marketing concepts to the Students:A Professor at one of the IIM's
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Embracing Imperfection
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Swine Flu: Dos & Donts(Other name Influenze A)
DOs
Wash your hands
Avoid crowded places
Stay more than one arm's length distance from persons sick with flu
Get plenty of sleep
Drink plenty of water and eat nutritious food
DO NOTs
Shake hands or hug in greeting
Spit in public
Take medicines without consulting a physician
If you are sick, PLEASE
Stay home and limit contact with others as much as possible
Rest and take plenty of liquids
Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze
Seek medical advice if needed
WHO said it is safe to eat well-cooked pork
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Krishna poem:Modern
ગોકુળમાં ગાયો તેં ખુબ ચરાવી. રસ્તાની ગાયો હઠાવી તો જો.
ચૌદમે વર્ષે મામા કંસને તેં માર્યો. બીન લાદેનને આંગળી અડાડી તો જો.
ચીર પુર્યાં તે દ્રૌપદીનાં.મલ્લીકાને દુપટ્ટો પહેરાવી તો જો.
ગોકુળમાં સોળસો ગોપી તેં રાખી. કોલેજની છોકરી એક પટાવી તો જો.
સારથી બન્યો તું કુરુક્ષેત્રે અર્જુનનો. અહીંના રસ્તા પર ગાડી ચલાવી તો જો.
> હે ક્રીષ્ન દુનીયામાં એક વાર આવી તો જો.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Good Old Days(Woh kagaz ki kashti..)
Thursday, April 23, 2009
How to dance in the rain
While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. I inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.. As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now. I was surprised, and asked him, 'And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?' He smiled as he patted my hand and said, 'She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is.' I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought, 'That is the kind of love I want in my life.'
True love is neither physical, nor romantic; True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be. With all the jokes and fun that are in e-mails, sometimes there is one that comes along that has an important message. This one I thought I could share with you.
The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have. I hope you share this with someone you care about. I just did.
'Life isn't about how to survive the storm,
but how to dance in the rain!!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Think outside the box:Lateral Thinking Exercise
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~ SOLUTIONS ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~ 1. The man is very, very short and can only reach halfway up the elevator buttons. However, if it is raining then he will have his umbrella with him and can press the higher buttons with it. 2. The surgeon was his mother. 3. It was day time. 4. A square manhole cover can be turned and dropped down the diagonal of the manhole.. A round manhole cannot be dropped down the manhole. So, for safety and practicality, all manhole covers should be round. 5. The man had hiccups. The waiter recognized this from his speech and drew the gun in order to give him a shock. It worked and cured the hiccups-so the man no longer needed the water.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Mobile & Electronics are dangerous
At the rate at which we are going, we might have to live life like in the stone age to survive all the ills of modern technology. Pls read!Where do you keep your mobilephone normally?This morning I heard a true and sad story from a colleague of mine.She told me one of her friends is always having abortions.When the foetus gets to be 2-3 months old she loses it. This happened several times over. The couple went to check with many doctors and at last one of the doctors examined the dead baby and found that the baby's body cells kept dying as the baby was growing in the womb until he/she could not survive.This was because her uterus was affected by mobilephone Radiation.The doctor told her she now has no chance to give birth to a healthy baby because the radiation has affected her uterus so that the major portion of the cells in her uterus have already died.This happened because she has been keeping her mobile phone in her working jacket so that the phone rested against just on the right spot of the uterus. She had been wearing it like this for a few years.Please beware of this and take note if you don't want what has happened to this woman to happen to you.Dearest friends ,Please do not ignore hand phone radiation which will damage our health or body organs. Please put away your hand phone whenever you don't need it much.Guys, Please do not keep your mobile phone near to the kidney position and pants pocket as this will damage your genital area and affect your ability to father a baby.The other doctor also advised another friend to keep her hand phone away from her new born baby to avoid radiation damage to the baby's brain cells.Do not let the baby or toddler play with the mobile phone. This is because the small young baby or toddler is still very fragile and growing, so he/she is much more vulnerable to radiation damage.Please remember not to sleep together with your mobile phone or put it next to your bed. Keep any other electronic goods (such as tvs) which also give off radiation away from your bedroom to reduce risk as we have to sleep a few hours every day in our bedroom at night.Further, do not imagine that if you switch off the TV there will be no radiation. Actually it is still around in your room. It is not advisable to have even a small digital alarm clock close to your head while sleeping.Take Care of yourself and your loved ones.
97 years old doctor says
Doctor Shigeaki Hinohara JUDIT KAWAGUCHIPHOTO
Energy comes from feeling good, not from eating well or sleeping a lot. We all remember how as children, when we were having fun, we often forgot to eat or sleep. I believe that we can keep that attitude as adults, too. It's best not to tire the body with too many rules such as lunchtime and bedtime.
All people who live long regardlessof nationality, race or gender share one thing in common:None are overweight... For breakfast I drink coffee, a glass of milk and someorange juice with a tablespoon of olive oil in it. Olive oil is great for thearteries and keeps my skin healthy. Lunch is milk and a few cookies, ornothing when I am too busy to eat. I never get hungry because I focus on mywork.. Dinner is veggies, a bit of fish and rice, and, twice a week, 100grams of lean meat..
Always plan ahead. My schedule book is already full until 2014, withlectures and my usual hospital work. In 2016 I'll have some fun, though: Iplan to attend the Tokyo Olympics!
There is no need to ever retire, but if one must, it should be a lot later than 65. The current retirement age was set at 65 half a century ago, when the average life-expectancy in Japan was 68 years and only 125 Japanese were over 100 years old. Today, Japanese women live to be around 86 and men 80, and we have 36,000 centenarians in our country. In 20 years we will have about 50,000 people over the age of 100...
Share what you know. I give 150 lectures a year, some for 100 elementary-school children, others for 4,500 business people. I usually speak for 60 to 90 minutes, standing, to stay strong.
When a doctor recommends you take a test or have some surgery, ask whether the doctor would suggest that his or her spouse or children go through such a procedure. Contrary to popular belief, doctors can't cure everyone.So why cause unnecessary pain with surgery I think music and animal therapy can help more thanmost doctors imagine.
To stay healthy, always take the stairs and carry your own stuff. I take two stairs at a time, to get my muscles moving.
My inspiration is Robert Browning's poem"Abt Vogler." My father used to read it to me. It encourages us to makebig art, not small scribbles. It says to try to draw a circle so huge thatthere is no way we can finish it while we are alive. All we see is an arch;the rest is beyond our vision but it is there in the distance.
Pain is mysterious, and having fun is the best way to forget it.If a child has a toothache, and you start playing a game together, he or she immediatelyforgets the pain. Hospitals must cater to the basic need of patients: We allwant to have fun. At St. Luke's we have music and animal therapies, and artclasses.
Don't be crazy about amassing material things.Remember: You don't know when your number is up, and you can't take it with you to the nextplace.
Hospitals must be designed and prepared for major disasters, and they must accept every patient whoappears at their doors. We designed St.... Luke's so we can operate anywhere: in the basement, in the corridors, in the chapel. Most people thought I was crazy to prepare for a catastrophe, but on March 20, 1995, I was unfortunately proven right when members of the Aum Shinrikyu religious cult launched a terrorist attack in the Tokyo subway. We accepted 740 victims and in two hours figured out that it was sarin gas that had hit them. Sadly we lost one person, but we saved 739 lives.
Science alone can't cure or help people. Science lumps us all together, but illness is individual. Each person is unique, and diseases are connected to their hearts. To know the illness and help people, we need liberal and visual arts, not just medical ones.
Life is filled with incidents. On March 31, 1970, when I was 59 years old, I boarded the Yodogo, a flight from Tokyo to Fukuoka. It was a beautiful sunny morning, and as Mount Fuji came into sight, the plane was hijacked by the Japanese Communist League-Red Army Faction. I spent the next four days handcuffed to my seat in 40-degree heat. As a doctor, I looked at it all as an experiment and was amazed at how the body slowed down in a crisis.
Find a role model and aim to achieve even more than they could ever do. My father went to the United States in 1900 to study at DukeUniversity in North Carolina. He was a pioneer and one of my heroes. Later I found a few more life guides, and when I am stuck, I ask myself how they would deal with the problem.
It's wonderful to live long. Until one is 60 years old, it is easy to work for one's family and to achieve one's goals. But in our later years, we should strive to contribute to society. Since the age of 65, I have worked as a volunteer.
I still put in 18 hours seven days a week and love every minute of it.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Funny Sayings
------------ --- just remove the damn battery from the clock and Enjoy life!
2. Expecting the world to treat u fairly coz u r a good person is like
------------ ----expecting the lion not to attack u coz u r a vegetarian. Think about it.
3. Beauty isn't measured by outer appearance and what clothes we wear,
------------ ---but what we are inside. So, try going out naked tomorrow and see the admiration!
4. Don't walk as if you rule the world,
------------ ---walk as if you don't care who rules the world! Now that's Attitude…!!!
5. Every lady hopes that her daughter will marry a better man than she did
------------ ---and is convinced that her son will never find a wife as good as his father did!!!
6. He was a good man. He never smoked, drank & had no affairs. When he died, the insurance company refused the claim.
------------ ---They said, he who never lived, cannot die!
7. A man threw his wife in a pond of Crocodiles?
------------ ---He's now being harassed by the Animal Rights Activists for being cruel to the Crocodiles!
8. So many options for suicide: poison, sleeping pills, hanging, jumping from a building, lying on train tracks,
------------ ---but we chose Marriage, slow & sure!
9. Only 20 percent girls have brains, the rest have boyfriends!
10. All desirable things in life are either
------------ --- illegal, banned, expensive or married to someone else!
11. Laziness is our biggest enemy- Jawaharlal Nehru.
------------ --- We should learn to love our enemies- Mahatma Gandhi .
So, now you do the math.
13. 10% of road accidents are due to drunken driving.
------------ --- that means 90% of accidents are due to driving without drinking!... ....hmmmmm
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Be safe than be sorry
HERE'S WHY........................
PLEASE , READ AND REFLECT AND FORWARD
Be sure to read Scene 3 Quite interesting.
SCENE 1. This is a new one.
People sure stay busy trying to cheat us, don't they?
A friend went to the local gym and placed his belongings in the locker.After the workout and a shower, he came out, saw the locker open, and thought to himself, 'Funny, I thought I locked the locker.
Hmm, 'He dressed and just flipped the wallet to make sure all was in order. Everything looked okay - all cards were in place.
A few weeks later his credit cardbill came - a whooping bill of $14,000! He called the credit card company and started yelling at them, saying that he did not make the transactions.
Customer care personnel verified that there was no Mistake in the systemand asked if his card had been stolen.
'No,'he said, but then took out his wallet, pulled out the credit card, and yep - you guessed it - a switch had been made.
An expired similar credit card from the same bank was in the wallet. The thief broke into his locker at the gym and switched cards.
Verdict: The creditcard issuer said since he did not report the card missing earlier, he would have to pay the amount owed to them.
How much did he have to pay for items he did not buy?
$9,000! Why were there no calls made to verify the amount swiped? Small amounts rarely trigger a 'warning bell' with some credit card companies. It just so happens that all the small amounts added up to big one!
SCENE 2.
A man at a local restaurant paid for his meal with his credit card.
The bill for the meal came, he signed it,and the waitress folded the receiptand passed the credit card along.
Usually, he would just take it and place it in his wallet or pocket. Funny enough, though, he actually took a look at the card and, lo and behold, it was the expired card of another person.
He called the waitress and she looked perplexed.
She took it back, apologized, and hurried back to the counter under the watchful eye of the man. All the waitress did while walking to the counter was wave the wrong expired card to the counter cashier, and the counter cashier immediately looked down and took out the real card.
No exchange of words --- nothing! She took it and came back to the man with an apology. Verdict:Make sure the credit cards in your wallet are yours.
Check the name on the card every time you sign forsomething and/or the card is taken away for even a short period of time. Many people just take back the credit card without even looking at it, 'assuming' that it has to be theirs.
FOR YOUR OWN SAKE, DEVELOP THE HABIT OF CHECKING YOUR CREDIT CARD EACH TIME IT IS RETURNED TO YOU AFTER A TRANSACTION!
SCENE 3:
Yesterday I went into a pizza restaurant to pick up an order that I had called in.
I paid by using my Visa Check Card which, of course, is linked directly to my checking account. The young man behind the counter took my card, swiped it, then laid it on
the counter as he waited for the approval, which is pretty standard procedure. While he waited, he picked up his cell phone and started dialing.
I noticed the phone because it is the same model I have, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Then I heard a click that sounded like my phone sounds when I take a picture.He then gave me back my card but kept the phone in his hand as if he was still pressing buttons.
Meanwhile, I'm thinking: I wonder what he is taking a picture of, oblivious to what was really going on.
It then dawned on me: the only thing there was my credit card, so now I'm paying close attention to what he is doing. He set his phone on the counter, leaving it open.About five seconds later, I heard the chime that tells you that the picture has been saved.
Now I'm standing there struggling with the fact that this boy just took a picture of my credit card. Yes, he played it off well, because had we not had the same kind of phone, I probably would never have known what happened.
Needless to say, I immediately canceled that card as I waswalking out of the pizza parlor. All I am saying is, be aware of your surroundings at all times.Whenever you are using your credit card take caution and don't be
careless. Notice who is standing near you and what they are doing when you use your card.
Be aware of phones, because many have a camera phone these days. When you are in a restaurant and the waiter/waitress brings your card and receipt for you to sign, make sure you scratch the number off.Some restaurants are using only the last four digits, but a lot of them are still putting the whole thing on there.
I have already been a victim of credit card fraud and,believe me, it is not fun. The truth is that they can get you even when you are careful, but don't make it easy for them.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Really a good one:Worth sharing
Here I am sitting in my office @ night... Thinking hard about life How it changed from a maverick college life to strict professional life...... How tiny pocket money changed to huge monthly paychecks but then why it gives less happiness.... How a few local denim jeans changed to new branded wardrobe but then why there are less people to use them How a single plate of samosa changed to a full Pizza or burger But then why there is less hunger..... Here i am sitting in my office @ night... Thinking hard about life How it changed..... How a bike always in reserve changed to bike always on but then why there are less places to go on...... How a small coffee shop changed to cafe coffee day but then why its feels like shop is far away..... How a limited prepaid card changed to postpaid package but then why there are less calls & more messages...... Here i am sitting in my office @ night... Thinking hard about life How it changed..... How a general class journey changed to Flight journey But then why there are less vacations for enjoyment.... How an old assembled desktop changed to new branded laptop but then why there is less time to put it on.......... How a small bunch of friends changed to office mateBut then why we always feel lonely n miss those college frnz..... Here i am sitting in my office @ night... Thinking hard about life………………….
Contributed by: Vaishal Thakore
Friday, March 20, 2009
Visit Swati Mukesh Shah's Blog
The creations on the blog are her own and I am sure members will enjoy following this blog too.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Forward Email Properly
How to forward an email properly
Interesting information worth reading. A friend who is a computer expert received the following directly from a system administrator for a corporate system. It is an excellent message that ABSOLUTELY applies to ALL of us who send e-mails. Please read the short letter below, even if you're sure you already follow proper procedures. Do you really know how to forward e-mails? 50% do; 50% DO NOT. Do you wonder why you get viruses or junk mail? Don't you hate it?Every time you forward an e-mail there is information left over from the people who got the message before you, namely their e-mail addresses & names. As the messages get forwarded along, the list of addresses builds, and builds, and builds, and all it takes is for some poor sap to get a virus, and his or her computer can send that virus to every e-mail address that has come across his computer. Or, someone can take all of those addresses and sell them or send junk mail to them in the hopes that you will go to the site and they will make five cents for each hit. That's right, all of that inconvenience over five cents.How do you stop it? Well, there are several easy steps:(1) When you forward an e-mail, DELETE all of the other addresses that appear in the body of the message (at the top). That's right, DELETE them. Highlight them and delete them, backspace them, cut them, whatever it is you know how to do. It only takes a second. You MUST click the 'Forward' button first and then you will have full editing capabilities against the body and headers of the message. If you don't click on 'Forward' first, you won't be able to edit the message at all.(2) Whenever you send an e-mail to more than one person, do NOT use the To: or Cc: fields for adding e-mail addresses. Always use the BCC: (blind carbon copy) field for listing the e-mail addresses. This is the way the people you send to will only see their own e-mail address. If you don't see your BCC: option click on where it says To: and your address list will appear. Highlight the address and choose BCC: and that's it, it's that easy. When you send to BCC: your message will automatically say 'Undisclosed Recipients' in the 'TO:' field of the people who receive it.(3) Remove any 'FW :' in the subject line. You can re-name the subject if you wish or even fix spelling.(4) ALWAYS hit your Forward button from the actual e-mail you are reading. Ever get those e-mails that you have to open 10 pages to read the one page with the information on it? By Forwarding from the actual page you wish someone to view, you stop them from having to open many e-mails just to see what you sent.(5) Have you ever gotten an email that is a petition? It states a position and asks you to add your name and address and to forward it to 10 or 15 people or your entire address book. The email can be forwarded on and on and can collect thousands of names and email addre sses. A FACT: The completed petition is actually worth a couple of bucks to a professional spammer because of the wealth of valid names and email addresses contained therein. If you want to support the petition, send it as your own personal letter to the intended recipient. Your position may carry more weight as a personal letter than a laundry list of names and email address on a petition. (Actually, if you think about it, who's supposed to send the petition in to whatever cause it supports? And don't believe the ones that say that the email is being traced, it just ain't so!)(6) One of the main ones I hate is the ones that say that something like, 'Send this email to 10 people and you'll see something great run across your screen.' Or, sometimes they'll just tease you by saying something really cute will happen. IT AINT GONNA HAPPEN!!!!! (Trust me, I'm still seeing some of the same ones that I waited on 10 years ago!) I don't let the bad luck ones scare me either, they get trashed. (Could be why I haven't won the lottery??) Error! Filename not specified.(7) Before you forward an Amber Alert, or a Virus Alert, or some of the other ones floating around nowadays, check them out before you forward them. Most of them are junk mail that's been circling the net for YEARS! Just about everything you receive in an email that is in question can be checked out. Just go to http://www.truthorfiction.com/> or http://www.snopes.com/ < Its really easy to find out if it's real or not. If it's not, please do not pass it on. If it is true, then pass it on. Please, in the future, let's stop the junk mail and viruses being passed via forwards.Finally, here's an idea!!! Let's send this to everyone we know (please strip off any email addresses off first) And send them using the Blind Carbon Copy. This is something that SHOULD be forwarded
Monday, March 16, 2009
Wrong Email ID
However, he accidentally typed a wrong e-mail address, and without realizing his error, he sent the e-mail.
Meanwhile... .Somewhere in Houston , a widow had just returned from her husband's funeral..
The widow decided to check her e-mail, expecting condolence messages from relatives and friends.
After reading the first message, she fainted. The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer screen which read:
To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I've reached
Date: 16 Mar 2008
I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have computers here, and we
are allowed to send e-mails to loved ones.
I've just reached and have been checked in.
I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow.
Looking forward to see you TOMORROW!
Contributed by Kalpen Shah
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Warren Buffet's advise for 2009
Every new year, I adopt a couple of old maxims as my beacons to guide my future. This self-prescribed therapy has ensured that with each passing year, I grow wiser and not older.
This year, I invite you to tap into the financial wisdom of our elders along with me, and become financially wiser.
Every new year, I adopt a couple of old maxims as my beacons to guide my future. This self-prescribed therapy has ensured that with each passing year, I grow wiser and not older.
This year, I invite you to tap into the financial wisdom of our elders along with me, and become financially wiser.
Hard work : All hard work bring a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
Laziness : A sleeping lobster is carried away by the water current.
Earnings : Never depend on a single source of income. (At least make your Investments get you second earning)
Spending : If you buy things you don't need, you’ll soon sell things you need.
Savings : Don’t save what is left after spending; Spend what is left after saving.
Borrowings : The borrower becomes the lender's slave.
Accounting : It’s no use carrying an umbrella, if your shoes are leaking.
Auditing : Beware of little expenses; A small leak can sink a large ship.
Risk-taking : Never test the depth of the river with both feet.
(Have an alternate plan ready )
Investment : Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
I m certain that those who have already been practicing these principles remain financially healthy. I'm equally confident that those who resolve to start practicing these principles will quickly regain their financial health.
Let us become wiser and lead a happy, healthy, prosperous and peaceful life.
Contributed by member: Mr.Basant Maheshwari
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Heart Attack & Cold Water
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Its all in your mind: RECESSION
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Recession
Ek Gadha:- Yaar mera malik mujhe bahut maarta hai. Dusara Gadha:- To TU bhag kyu nahi jata. Pehla Gadha:- Bhag to jata par yahan future bada bright hai .... Malik ki khoobsurat beti jab shararat karti hai to malik kahta hai, "Teri shaadi gadhe se kar dunga...!" Bas isi ummeed me baitha hoon........
Keeping Hopes may not improve your future, but it will certainly reduce the pain of Today !!!
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Moral story
They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a White sheet. The professor started the class by telling them, 'In Veterinary Medicine it is necessary to have two important qualities as a Doctor: The first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving the Animal body'. For an example, the Professor pulled back the sheet, touched his finger in the mouth of the dead pig, withdrew it and put his Finger in his mouth. 'Go ahead and do the same thing,' he told his students.
The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes. But eventually took turns putting their finger in the mouth of the dead pig and tasted in their mouth.
When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said, 'The Second most important quality is observation. I touched with my middle Finger and tasted on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention...
Moral of the story:
Life is tough, but it's a lot tougher when your're Stupid....
Thursday, January 29, 2009
God does exist !
Friday, January 16, 2009
The Experiment
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play theviolin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces forabout 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it wascalculated that thousands of people went through the station, most ofthem on their way to work.Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musicianplaying. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and thenhurried up to meet his schedule.A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a womanthrew the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him,but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly hewas late for work.The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mothertagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at theviolinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued towalk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated byseveral other children. All the parents, without exception, forcedthem to move on.In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped andstayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walktheir normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing andsilence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was thereany recognition.No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the bestmusicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate piecesever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at atheater in Boston and the seats averaged $100. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized bythe Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception,taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplaceenvironment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do westop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpectedcontext?One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the bestmusicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how manyother things are we missing?T H I N K.....................................................................................
Monday, January 12, 2009
Vote Carefully
When the barber goes to open his shop the next morning there is a 'thank you' card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door.
Later, a cop comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill, the barber again replies, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The cop is happy and leaves the shop.
The next morning when the barber goes to open up there is a 'thank you' card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door.
Later that day, a college professor comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill, the barber again replies, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The professor is very happy and leaves the shop.
The next morning when the barber opens his shop, there is a 'thank you' card and a dozen different books, such as 'How to Improve Your Business' and 'Becoming More Successful.'
Then, a Member of Parliament comes in for a haircut , and when he goes to pay his bill the barber again replies, 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The Member of Parliament is very happy and leaves the shop.
The next morning when the barber goes to open up, there are a dozen Members of Parliament lined up waiting for a free haircut.
And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the citizens of our country and the Members of Parliament.
Monday, January 5, 2009
TAX STRUCTURE IN INDIA
Ans. : Business.
Tax : PAY PROFESSIONAL TAX!
2) Qus. : What are you doing in Business?
Ans. : Selling the Goods.
Tax : PAY SALES TAX!!
3) Qus. : From where are you getting Goods?
Ans. : From other State/Abroad
Tax : PAY CENTRAL SALES TAX, CUSTOM DUTY & OCTROI!
4) Qus. : What are you getting in Selling Goods?
Ans. : Profit.
Tax : PAY INCOME TAX!
5) Qus. : How do you distribute profit ?
Ans : By way of dividend
Tax : Pay dividend distribution Tax
6) Qus. : Where you Manufacturing the Goods?
Ans. : Factory.
Tax : PAY EXCISE DUTY!
7) Qus. : Do you have Office / Warehouse/ Factory?
Ans.. : Yes
Tax : PAY MUNICIPAL & FIRE TAX!
8) Qus. : Do you have Staff?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY STAFF PROFESSIONAL TAX!
9) Qus. : Doing business in Millions?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY TURNOVER TAX!
Ans : No
Tax : Then pay Minimum Alternate Tax
10) Qus. : Are you taking out over 25,000 Cash from Bank?
Ans. : Yes, for Salary.
Tax : PAY CASH HANDLING TAX!
11) Qus.: Where are you taking your client for Lunch & Dinner?
Ans. : Hotel
Tax : PAY FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT TAX!
12) Qus.: Are you going Out of Station for Business?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY FRINGE BENEFIT TAX!
13) Qus.: Have you taken or given any Service/s?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY SERVICE TAX!
14) Qus.: How come you got such a Big Amount?
Ans. : Gift on birthday..
Tax : PAY GIFT TAX!
15) Qus.: Do you have any Wealth?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY WEALTH TAX!
16) Qus.: To reduce Tension, for entertainment, where are you going?
Ans. : Cinema or Resort.
Tax : PAY ENTERTAINMENT TAX!
17) Qus.: Have you purchased House?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY STAMP DUTY & REGISTRATION FEE !
18) Qus.: How you Travel?
Ans. : Bus
Tax : PAY SURCHARGE!
19) Qus.: Any Additional Tax?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY EDUCATIONAL, ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL & SURCHARGE ON ALL THE CENTRAL GOVT.'s TAX !!!
20) Qus.: Delayed any time Paying Any Tax?
Ans. : Yes
Tax : PAY INTEREST & PENALTY!
21) INDIAN :: can i die now??
Ans :: wait we are about to launch the funeral tax!!!