2 States - The Story Of My Marriage
From the author of blockbusters Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center and The 3 Mistakes of My Life, comes another witty tale about inter-community marriages in modern india.
2 States - Is a 2009 novel written by Chetan Bhagat. It is an love story about a couple coming from two different states of India, who faced the conservative parents and how they finally persuaded them to get themselves married. The novel is a fiction, but is said to be inspired from the real story of the author and his wife Ananya who are from Delhi and Tamil Nadu respectively.
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Recently 'The Banker', a part of the Financial Times group figured out five Indian banks in the list of the world's top 1,000 banks in 2009.
According to them the top five banks in the world are JP Morgan Chase followed by Bank of America, CITI Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC holdings. As per my knowledge HSBC is the only bank that has not received any government support till now.
Coming back to the indian banks State Bank of India holds the first position among the Indian banks and ranked 64th position and ICICI bank ranked 81st among global banks. Punjab National Bank , HDFC Bank and Bank of India at 239, 242 and 263, respectively :) .
Its an great achievement from Indian banks to hold postions in world banking system.. This clearly shows that our regulatory systems are really in strong shape.
I think soon we have to pay an annual fees for our credit cards..!! So credit card holders be ware of it...! According to banks, the reason behind this move is high cost of issuing and maintaining them...
Friday Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),while releasing its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections said that it would exempt individuals with an income of up to Rs.300,000 per year from income tax.
Mean time they also said it will implement strong laws like POTA (Prevention of Terrorism Act) to counter terrorism and will also strengthen coastal security.
This will be a great move, lets vote for BJP :) save your tax and save your country ...!
PHEW!!!! at last, it is finished...
It has been around 1 month since I hav started working on this, as I was busy with II PU tution, I wasn't able to finish it early... finally I am convinced.
Doctors : Life savers or Man eaters..??!!!
Hmmm, from the times unknown, doctors have been considered saviours, with their positions being held by the people close to God!!!! Sadly this is turning out to be a contradiction with many docs bringing disgrace to this, one of the most noble profession.. .. There were times when doctors were absolutely service minded, but now many mercenary doctors can be seen almost everywhere..!!! Sadly now many doctors make poor illiterate villagers targets and make money even out of free samples(not that its not going on in urban areas). People shelling out hundreds of rupees just for a mere consultation has become a common sight now.. Shamefully,many hospitals would have set targets based on which the consultation charges are put up. Interestingly we can even get a sight of hospitals advertising "get one ill patient to us and get 10 to 30% off on your next consultation!!!!' (not on advertising boards though)
Many hospitals are also into the act of hoodwinking people around, by asserting the condition of the patient to be serious, though dead, and procuring lakhs of money from the patients family!!! (not an unknown fact now)
I would like to put forth a small incident that took place abt 4 months back..
A friend of mine working in Mindtree,used to drink coconut water almost everyday in front of the office...One fine day the coconut seller charged 5Rs more citing the reason that he was working in such a big IT company and so can afford paying just 5Rs more...!!!!
the same way the hospitals have in fact started getting info regarding the salary as well as profession of the patient as a pre requisite for billing...!!! higher your salary higher is your consultation fee...!! Most of the times its the management of the hospitals which plays a major role in such corruption and its not the doctors who are always to blame..!!!
Is a consultation really worth hundreds?? In a doctor's view it's not a very high fee, keeping in mind the struggle they would have gone through during their study n which they go through during their practice or if taken otherwise it may be because of high standards of living.. It wouldn't be wrong if said that high standard of living is a gift of the IT industry!!! It is only because of the same industry that things like "target fixing" ,"Achieving deadlines", "referral schemes" etc became a vogue in almost every field!!! people had, but now have a stronger predilection towards doctors, snatching the game away from the IT people!!! ;) Strangely this daylight robbery is not confined only to hospitals, now seen even in SCHOOLS and HOTELS...!!!!!
In recent times doctors referring patients to various scan centres inspite of having facilities in their own hospitals and getting commission from those scan centres has already come to the public notice!!! of course it doesnt imply to all the doctors.. sum refer patients to other centres solely because of the improvised technologies there...
It is gratifying to think there are still many docs who are dedicated...I would like to put a special mention about Dr.Shankare Gowda who is practicing in Mandya.. He is a man who is not prejudiced(biased) to any patient and charges only Rs 5 whatever is the illness (doesn't mean everyone should take 5 Rs).. he is quite a known famous doc in Mandya.. I'm sure he will be gr8 inspiration for the future doctors..
My question is , Is it not possible to charge a reasonable and common fee to all the diseases??...or rather grade the charges depending on the severity of the disease??? but who is to decide how to grade it?? the doctors themselves?? the hospitals?? some senior minds association ?? or common man?? the answer remains a question of debate...!!!!! :(
Post your views, suggestions as comments...
Yesterday Mohandas pai (one of the board member of Infosys) said it has decided to give Rs 5-million (Rs 50 lakh) cash award to each of the top five Indian scientists and also Rs 20million for each of five scientists who are residing in other countries in recognition of their research and achievements. This will be given yearly under the aegis of Infosys foundation (Infosys trust).
This award will be given under the category of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and statistics; Engineering Sciences in all branches of engineering, Biology, Medicine and economics to honor the scientists who will make difference to India in future said Narayan murthy. He also reported that, these top 5 scientists will be selected/recognized by five eminent experts who are from the same field.
I think this is one of the good moves to recognize the talents; we need more of these types..!
Infosys rocks again ;).
Many around us would be dreaming of scoring high in our +2(pu) exams and getting into various fields of study of our choice. Many might want to be an engineer or a doctor or an entrepreneur and many more. Most of the times the situation would be such that we wouldn't know how the course would be or about what to follow there and what not to follow right after getting into the college or even before getting in. In my experience I have seen many ppl pass out of college, they search for Reference/VTU books. Most of the times we end up with no results then we starts searching for seniors to get info from them. One day I was thinking about this and finally I asked my friend divya to write on this as she also from medicine field, she is the best person to answer this.
This is for those PU students who will be very much clueless about how it would be right after entering the course of most noble profession,the field of medicine (those getting into the field of engineering will hav to wait on guys)... I would like to thank Divya who helped me out in posting this useful info :).
In her words.......
In your very first year in medicine, You wil be asked to sit in front of dead bodies and get adjusted to the smell n gradually to study them (we were asked to be right in front of those bodies the very first day!!!!) the initial lectures will seem as though they are in greek n latin with nothing gettin into ur head since many medical terms will be used which u ll be unaware of. The books ll be more than thrice as voluminous as ur pu books. Many might already be getting goosebumps.. Trust me there is absolutely nothing to be scared of.. you ll start feeling comfortable with everythin, the lectures, the books,and of course even the bodies :) very soon.. may be even by around 15 days...!!!
Here is just a bit of useful information regarding the books you can go through, which might be of help for the freshers (for those who would want to prepare a bit in the holidays) ...!
In the first year of MBBS you will have 3 subjects--Anatomy , Physiology and Biochemistry. These three subjects form the foundation for your further medical studies.. Be strong in all the three since you will be expected to remember it till the end of your course and even further...
In anatomy the favourite among many students is "B.D.Chaurasia's Human Anatomy". It is available in three volumes and is a book anyone can rely upon to score well..for reference,to gain extra knowledge you can read "Gray's Anatomy". This book is very much informative and is a favorite among professors!!! There are many divisions in anatomy like histology, embryology etc.. for both histology and embryology u can follow books written by I.B.Singh.
In physiology "Guyton's book of Medical Physiology" is a book to die for. Many might get scared just by looking at its size..but trust me physiology is made very much easy here.. it would be good if one starts reading it right from the beginning... remember this is not a book to be read (if it is for the first time that you will be reading) when ur exams are approaching.. many might find it difficult to write answers from it in exams..so they can switch over to other easier and scoring books about a few weeks before your tests or exams..for that there are books like "G.K Pal book of physiology" , "A.K.Jain's text book of Physiology" and many more...
In biochemistry you can go for "DR.Vasudevan's text book of biochemistry"...this one is usually enough for biochemistry..but if anyone feels like reading more of it or who feel they are quite good in chemistry can go for "Harper's book of biochemistry" which usually is only for reference..the above mentioned books are the most followed ones n the most important ones.
There will be many other small books that you will have to read about which you will come to know after your college starts..try to be in touch with your seniors as far as possible, that will be very useful in future.
Effective from April 1, 2009, in India customers will be able to withdraw money from the ATMs of any bank in India without paying out any fee (transaction charge) for the same, as per the new circular issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
RBI has directed banks to permit customers of one bank to use ATMs of other banks for free of cost for all transactions. Isn't it great news :) ??
But, my question is, then why would banks start new ATMs, their customers can use that of other banks...!!! :( ?
Marriage, they say its not just coming together of two individuals, there is much more to it. Some say marriage is a good recipe whose main ingredients are love, commitment, understanding, concern and togetherness.
Everyone would dream of gettin that unconditional love and support for better or worse from their spouse.Let’s consider the following instance,
Smriti and Akhil were a couple very much in love and had got into the wonderful bond of marriage with a lot of dreams about their life together just a few months back. Everyone were very happy thinking it was a jodi made in heaven and many blah blah things. But, fate had other plans for them. Soon after Akhil's health started detoriating. Tests revealed that he was HIV positive!!! Later Smriti too was diagnosed with the same. It was learnt that Akhil had been infected during a blood transfusion way before marriage but since he was in the incubation period he was asymptomatic!!! Both Smriti n Akhil's life was spoils for no mistake of theirs!!!
Now, doesn’t the thought of gettin an HIV test (ELISA) before getting into the most special commitment of our life come into our minds? Is it not necessary? They say successful marriage is not merely finding the right mate but through you being the right mate!!! So at least for the sake of that special person, for the sake of your successful relationship together cant the two of you get a HIV test done together? I don’t say only the guy should or only the girl should but both of them together!!!!!
Many might or rather would disagree saying that it is not at all practical!!! Many will be of the opinion that asking your partner before marriage to get a test done would make him/her feel that you do not trust him/her!!! While some others might say that they don’t need it as they trust their partners more than themselves!!! Well, it’s definitely not about trust. It will just be a conscious decision which u both would make for each other!! By you yourself being ready to undergo the test you would be respecting your partner, not hurting their ego and at the same time giving him/her the assurance that mutual trust is not coming into the picture!!!
Tell me how many of us would undergo blood tests routinely?? at least once in a year?? We wouldn't have even bothered about it unless something goes wrong!!!
Akhil never broke Smriti's trust. He was completely innocent. Had they spoken to each other before marriage and undergone the test akhil could have saved his love's life and at the same time he could have controlled his situation not allowing it to worsen!!!
Even now many would have a doubt of whether they should go ahead or not...its true that a girl asking her to be husband to get a test done can be very dangerous. It can make her life miserable if that guy takes that question the other way!!! Almost in 90 to 95% of cases this becomes very difficult!! (Strangely, though most of us very well educated!!!!)
It would be remarkable if the government legalizes getting an HIV test done before marriage!!! But why denounce the government and wait for it to make it legal?? If 90% disagree the remaining can agree to it and be an inspiration!! Those couples who are ready to get (or those who have got) the tests done before marriage can encourage other couples to get it done... Thus surely though slowly we can achieve the desired goal!!!!
I hope all of us will at least give it a thought!!! , Keep in mind; no one is having rights to spoil someone’s life knowingly or unknowingly…!!
Many of us often come across address proof problem while taking loan/credit card/pan card and many more that’s because we are unable to provide current address proof, as we shift our houses more often that to bachelors’.
In order to solve this issue post office has come up with a solution. They are giving address proof along with our photo which is similar to Driving license, Voters ID etc which we normally produce as a proof.
To avail this facility one as to pay 250Rs as the charge (Rs.10 for application and Rs.240/- processing fee). For more info just go through the below link
http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/16/stories/2009011657140300.htm
After several cuts in the policy rates, followed by stimulus package given by the union government finally banks and other housing finance companies are started reducing the interest rates on housing loans. Mean while fixed
deposits in banks regained their lost glory by giving attractive interest on it.
Check out the latest interest rates banks are offering:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/4003290.cms
Latest home loan rates :
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/4015535.cms
Chill ;)
We all know that Satyam’s debarment by World Bank became old news, after this incident today World Bank revealed that action has been taken against a total of five firms in India.
These are the Indian companies barred by World Bank
IT firms:-
- Satyam
- Wipro technologies
- Megasoft
Non-IT firms:-
- Gap International
- Nestor Pharmaceuticals
There is a saying in Sanskrit "Where women are respected there resides God". Has it lost its meaning today? Are women truly respected now?? Unfortunately these days, answer has turned out to be a big NO!!!!!
It’s sad to say that it has become difficult for women to walk on roads being carefree!!! :(
I would like to share an incident which recently happened with one of my friend..!! It so happened that after a small party, my friend was walking towards her home alone at around 6.30 pm in quite a deserted road; when a guy had tried to molest her!! It came as such a big shock to her that she had frozen for a moment. Soon after she had gathered all her guts and yelled at him and had pushed him hard. Instantly, a cloud of fear had surrounded her making her go weak. Luckily someone came by and that guy ran. This appalling incident took her two days to be back to normal!!
If this was the case with her what would be the condition of a girl who will be raped??!! How much traumatized will she be?? How long would it take for her to come out of it?? A day?? A month? A year? Or a lifetime?? No one can probably even imagine what she would have gone through!! Will the society let her lead a normal life even she is willing to move on??
Where is the solution for all this?? I would say first of all each and every one of us needs to change ourselves. We need to place ourselves in the position of a person who is facing/has faced trouble, think and then react. None of us do that!!! A major problem amongst most of us is that we always tend to rely upon our own experiences rather than picking up a point from others' experience!! Sadly this is not all!! Most of us have a still BIGGER problem-Never learning from our mistakes of the past!! .
It’s very strange that though we know about it we never bother to even try doing anything about it!! So, what can be done?? Wake up from your sleep and start being more careful!! I feel probably women can only be more careful each time they are alone on the roads whether during daytime or during nights.
- Try to be in a group as far as possible.
- Try reaching home as early as possible.
- Try learning some defending skills if you can. One such skill is hitting the shin hard with your leg of course i.e., around the middle of knee and ankle from the front. This place doesn’t have any muscles and has only bone. So however strong the person is, it will definitely take some time at least for him to recover.[since most girls wear heels, the punch given will be still more harder ;)] Soon after hitting his shin, stamp his same foot hard and simply RUN towards safety!! :) These kinds of skills are many a times put in newspapers or shown in TV programs.
- It’s always better not to walk alone in unknown areas especially during nights.
- Knowing your surroundings might be of great help if you want to seek help or to run to a safe place.
- Keep some things which can help you in your defense (even a small knife would do). It may sound stupid, but trust me, it will be of help to you in someway or the other sometime or the other.
In spite of taking all precautions it’s true that incidents still happen!! During those times try to be as gutsy as possible. Try something like what I had told before IF POSSIBLE!! If you feel that you don’t have anything left in you to fight then there is no better way than running shouting for help. Ya, it’s true that it is always very easy to do the talking business but very tough to act at that moment! But, if you are always alert and prepared for any such incident, may be you can place yourself in a better position to defend than being completely helpless. At the same time, I feel it’s also the duty of guys to behave in a responsible way. Just try thinking of placing your own sister or some close loved ones in that position. You cannot even tolerate that thought. So I would say be wise n be responsible. :)
I would also like to thank Divya (my friend), who had given a wonderful suggestions and helped me out in writing this.
I hope that such incidents never happen with any gal!!!
After the resignation of some of the Satyam Directors, forced many of its employees to think about new jobs and they already started looking into it. One of my friend who works in satyam, I called him last night to have a words on this. Even he confirmed that most of people already started updating their resumes and uploading in job sites. Just for confirmation I called another friend who works for recruitment team (HR),even he told he already started seeing most of the satyam employees resume, though satyam’s chairman Ramalinga Raju has requested the employees to stay in the firm till everything back to the normal.
I think people should not become panic as Ramalinga Raju cleared told on Tuesday saying Even "wild speculation and unchecked rumours" regarding the Maytas' deal. So what I suggest is instead of looking out for a job, one must come up with new ideas/ innovation to stay firm despite of recession and everyone has to work towards the organizational goals :).
Ford is making our lives much easier by coming up with self parking technology so that we can sit back; let our car parallel park itself without any damages/scratches. Ford is planning to introduce this type of vehicles in 2010.
Self-parking technology uses ultrasonic sensors on front and back side of the vehicle which is combined with electric power steering. These sensors show warning indicator light if it detects something or if traffic is approaching. At the same time electric power steering can improve the fuel economy and carbon emission.
So we can expect polution free vehicle in upcoming days :)...
Contributors
- ChEthAn
- Born 25 years ago in the city of Mandya, now workin in Bangalore. The main reason why I started bloggin is to share my knowledge/ experience, whatever I learnt in this "JOURNEY OF LIFE" with everyone....Of course I wouldn’t mind having fun on the way...!!!