Moustache

Earlier I have posted about shaving and growing beard. But over the last week I have tried keeping just a moustache and without the beard. The thing is I cannot let both the beard and the moustache grow. due to some reason or the other I am continuously removing it. Especially when I have a haircut. I had my haircut four days ago. And when I have a haircut I feel an urge to shave clean. But this time I resisted and did not shave my moustache off. This is how I looked till about half an hour ago.

Then what I felt that I had read on the net that the Prophet (PBUH) had told to trim the moustache and keep the beard. The reason for trimming the moustache is that the hair should not come on the lips. Now since it was almost three weeks that the moustache had grown I could feel it with my tongue. We can even feel it earlier but this time it was more intense as moustache was just on the corner of the lips.

As said in earlier post, since childhood for me shaving began with shaving the moustache off. Because the moustache portion is the one which grows thick first in young boys before they are able to grow a full fledged beard. Now, today, I have shaved it and now I look like below.

US attack, Israel, Gandhiji and Obama

I will say that Gandhiji was a great man. The way he shook the very foundations of the British empire is praise worthy. We are now realising what Gandhiji achieved is remarkable.
Contrast this to what is happening presently in Middle East. Obama is hell bent on invading a "sovereign country" and impose the US might on its hapless citizens. People may tell that UK parliament has rejected the proposal of Britain to take part in the conflict.
But it is foolish because as has been pointed out before British special service have always been part of the Syrian rebels. As is available in several sources. And it is not now. It is since 2011. Where was the parliament then? Without the Western support and Turkey, Qatar and Saudi support the rebels would not have been able to reach where they have in the first place.
And Israel let us not talk about that country. If US or France or Britain take part in a war which "furthers the Israeli agenda", there is no reason for Israel to take part in that war. It is the same thing as Israel fighting the war.
It is clear that US and Obama are not interested in promoting democracy at all. All they want is to give lucrative contracts to defense companies and further the Israeli agenda. But they do not realise that in this process millions of ordinary people get killed and maimed and lose 'their life in this world'. This world belongs to all people and not just to Israel or US or France alone. It belongs to ordinary citizens residing in towns and cities and villages and countryside. It does not belong to people living tens of thousands of kms away. That is what sovereignty is about.
And there is nothing as a "surgical or limited strike". If you attack even one target you have violated the sovereignty of that country. It is worse than rape. It would be the same thing as 'rape and murder' because not only have you violated that country you are killing the people as well. People may be whomsoever, they could be defense, security, civilians or kids. You have no right to take the life of another. A human life is priceless. Human life is the 'creation of God'. Not like defense equipment which have a price tag and are human creation. And there is nothing as 'limited'. US will get more and more involved and then the victims  number would mount to millions. US may take pride that they do not have losses or their losses may be in hundreds. But the country being invaded would lose millions of people. And the ultimate loser would be humanity and the human race.
Gandhiji gave an important tool in his fight against the 'imperialists' and that was "non-cooperation" and "boycott". We have to boycott the British and American goods if our struggle is to succeed. During Indian independence movement, cloths from UK were burned as Gandhiji encouraged 'homegrown khadi'. Similar movement is required. We can start by boycotting American movies and TV channels. Also we should not cooperate with these imperialists. Money is not everything in this world. Something as 'values and humanity' is also needed.

Timeline March 2012-Aug 2013

1. March 2012- Joined SAP Course. Was undergoing online training.
2. April 2012- Bought new laptop. Watched IPL.
3. May 2012- SAP Course continued.
4. June 2012- SAP Course continued. Went to Bhubaneswar and Berhampur and then proceeded with the remnants of Grandmother and mother to Allahabad where they were immersed at Sangam. Attended a family fuction before returning to Bengaluru.
5. July 2012-SAP Course continued. Deleted the linkedin, hi5, facebook, myspace account of self.
6. August 2012- Decided to appear for SAP exam. Watched 'Ek tha Tiger'. 'Innocence of Muslims' trailer released. Worldwide riots. Much tragedy in Burma/Myanmar between Muslims and Buddhists. Failed to pass SAP exam. India won U-19 World Cup in Australia powered by Unmukt Chand. Visit of mother-in-law. 
7. Sep 2012- Redoubled efforts to appear certification exam. Deleted twitter account. After visiting Iskcon became Krishna devotee and began chanting "Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Ram Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare hare". Side by side also prayed to Jesus, Hanuman, Ganapati, Surya dev. Got strength to tide over difficult situation. Applied for 2nd attempt at certification in October.
8. Oct 2012- Cleared SAP Certification in 2nd attempt. Went to Shirdi and Mumbai along with in-laws.
9. Nov 2012- Unable to find a job for myself. NIIT where I did SAP certification was shutting down SAP division. Visit of dad to Bangalore. Australia Network channel stopped by cable operator.
10. Dec 2012- Still no job. Made a trip to Berhampur for Puja. Returned to Bengaluru. Dec 16 gang-rape case in Delhi and nation and press gave coverage like never before. Started chanting "La illaha ill-lalaha Muhammad Rasool-Allah" as well.
11. Jan 2013- Still no job. Stopped chanting to Allah and Jesus and began praying to Hindu Gods only. Returned Jesus and Infant Jesus photos to the place where I bought it from, namely Infant Jesus Shrine at Vivek Nagar. Due to widespread opposition to Pakistan in India, Pakistan women cricket team had to play all their matches in Cuttack where they were 'forced to stay' in the stadium for the entire duration.
12. Feb 2013- Still no job. Mother 'passing away' one year ceremony in Berhampur. Made intitial 'scouting for office space' in Bengaluru. 89 year old Grandfather fell down and injured his hip.
13. Mar 2013- Made trip to Berhampur especially for Grandfather as he was bed ridden with plaster on his left leg. Surgery was ruled out to his being a 'super senior' citizen and heart condition being 'delicate'.
14. Apr 2013- Came back to Bengaluru. Sent email to Wipro and to Bangalore/Agara Jagannath Mandir group email for job. Still no success in finding job so far. Fitted Videocon D2H. Watched IPL highlights on youtube.
15. May-June 2013- Went to Berhampur to revisit grandfather who was still recovering. Family function of in-laws side happened in Bhubaneswar. Came back to Bengaluru. Trip lasted May 18 to June 11. Searched for office space along with father and his associates. Due to grandfather poor health 'office space possession' was postponed. Took decision to shift back to old house in Bengaluru. Weather related disaster in Uttarakhand. Stopped looking for job from June.
16. July 2013-August 2013- Shifted back to old house at Koramangala. Morsi, Egypt president was deposed. US refused to call it a coup. Bestgore owner Mark Marek was arrested and debarred from using internet. Brought Videocon d2H to new house as well. Finalised office space. Bloody crackdown on Morsi supporters. Went to Berhampur to visit grandfather who is still recovering. India submarine explosion. Trip lasted Aug 12 to Aug 23. US is hellbent to indulge in another disastrous war in Middle East. Took possession of office keys. Paid deposit and two months rent as well.

Timeline 1998- March 2012

1. 1998-2002: Continued with CA articleship which was for a 3 year period ending on 2001.Could not qualify the CA initial exams which was the Intermediate exams. Elder cousins got married. Elder sister got married. Completed CA Articleship. Made a trip to Bhubaneswar and came back to Mumbai. Sept 11 attacks happened and Taliban regime was removed. Bought bike in November 1999. We left the old house at Juhu and we shifted to Kandivli. Juhu flat was sold off. I did not appear for the exams of CA in Mumbai anymore. Gujarat riots happened. Narendra Modi emerged. Bought several CD's. First used internet through Sify Iways. Opened yahoo email account. Went to Bhubaneswar. Niece was born. Elder sister's father in law passed away. Went to Chennai. Joined CA Coaching Institute 'Prime Academy'. Stayed in hostel in Chennai and then shifted to single room. Flat was booked in  Went back to Bhubaneswar and then again came back to Chennai in last week of December. Narendra Modi re-won.
2. 2003-2004: Was in Chennai and then joined Institute of Chartered Accountants of India coaching. Coaching got over. Continued to stay in Chennai for exams in May 2003. Changed several rooms in Chennai. Stayed in single rooms this time. Left CA course as failed to qualify even a single exam over 4 years and 7 attempts. Second Iraq was was started. Applied for Maharastra CET exam but did not join MBA as the institute selected was not that reputed. Then settled to reappear for all MBA exams for 2004. Stayed in a hotel in Bhubaneswar and not at home. After numerous attempts, got 'final' selection letter for three; 2 year courses: IIPM, Goa University and KIIT University B-School. Settled for last one and was wanting to join in Bhubaneswar. But due to father and Dr. Biswajeet Pattnayak, the dean at that time joined in newly opened campus at Bangalore. While at Bhubaneswar applied passport and took it in 2003 with 10 year validity. BJP led NDA was defeated in election. Congress led UPA came to power.
3. 2004-2006: MBA continued. Was staying at National Games Village in Bangalore. Went back to Bhubaneswar for Summer project. Got old bike from Mumbai. MBA was over and then gave several interviews. Shifted to residence at Koramangala. Finally joined Wipro in internal audit department at Sarjapur Road. Got transferred to Castle Street office and began new job there.
4. 2006-2011: Job continued. Made several bike trips,namely Hyderabad, Bijapur, Belgaum, Goa, Mangalore, Kollam, Cochin, Kanyakumari, Chennai, Madurai, Hubli, Hospet etc. Left old bike back in Mumbai. Bought new bike in Bangalore April 2006. In June 2008, grandmother (father's mom) passed away. In March 2007, got exposed to Channel W, Wipro's internal phpbb forum, it was like an online community. Got exposed to orkut in 2007 and then left orkut in 2008. Got exposed to facebook in 2009 and twitter in 2010. Bought new Karizma bike in March 2009 exchanging old Super Splendour bike. Mom suffered from cancer in June 2009. Shifted office to Electronics City in May 2009. Windshield was broken by an angry man while going towards Electronics City in May 2009. Grandfathers brother passed away in May 2009. In 2007, booked bigger flat opposite Wipro head office at Sarjapur Road. Shifted to new house at Sarjapur Road in February 2011. Met future life partner in Aug 2009. Got married in Feb 2010. In May 2011 was told by manager to stop the work I was doing. In June 2011 was transferred to Stores below the Elevated Road at Bommnahalli. Left the job in July 2011. Moved with mom and wife to Bhubaneswar in August 2011. Mom suffered the worst phase of cancer where there was pain and no sleep and no eating, vomiting etc.
5. 2011-2012: Took Karizma bike to Bhubaneswar October 2011. Opened demat account in Nov 2011. Gadaffi was killed October 2011. November 2011 was attack and killing of Pakistani soldiers by NATO. December 2011, mom was admitted to Apollo hospital Bubaneswar. January 2012, mom passed away. February 2012 came back to Bangalore. March 2012 after attending a family function in Odisha state came back joined SAP Finance course in Bangalore. Bought new TVS bike in March 2012 as Karizma was still in Bhubaneswar.

Timeline 1977-1998

I was thinking what have I done over the past year. I am unemployed or rather self-employed and unable to find a job for myself. Then I decided to put it as a form of timeline. It is inspired by Egypt timeline which I saw in a few websites. Since I had decided to put last year as a form of timeline then I decided why not put few more years and then I said why not put my entire life. And hence, I am going to put it below.Some dates may not get recollected and some may get missed out. And exact dates may not be mentioned in many cases.

1. Sept 07, 1977: Born in Berhampur, Ganjam, Orissa state.
2. 1977-1982: Made a few trips from Orissa to Bombay. Bombay was the city where my father used to work. Was staying in Juhu area of Bombay with father, mother and elder sister. Joined Jamnabhai Narsee school in KG. Left Bombay and relocated to Bhubaneswar, Orissa where my father began own firm. He is Chartered Accountant by profession.
3. 1982-86: Joined DAV Public School, Unit 8, Bhubaneswar. Stayed in Rented house in Surya Nagar in Bhubaneswar. Was exposed to Colour TV (newly introduced in India) and my father bought Fiat/Premier Padmini. Moved to own house at Sahid Nagar. Addition of younger sister into the family.
4. 1986-1993: School continued. Made trip to Bombay in 1990. Made trip to Madras and Ooty in 1990. Rajiv Gandhi assasinated in 1991. Nelson Mandela released in 1990. Soviet Union dissolved in 1992. Iraq war in 1991-92. Babri masjid was demolished. Bombay riots and then blasts happened. Bunked school and went to movies in 1992 and 1993. Got exposure to Cable TV and VCR. Used old moped Majestic and bicycle and Kinetic Honda of Uncle. 'Thread ceremony' happened in 1992.
5. 1993-1996: Joined BJB College, Bhubaneswar in 10+2 Science. Bunked college. Roamed in Bajaj Sunny (50 cc bike). And then passed in 2nd division (50.1%). Fell from bicycle and injured finger. Had to join B.Com. in Bhadrak College (120 kms from Bhubaneswar). Never attended a single Class. Joined hostel but came back to home after 1 night stay. Applied for National Defence Academy. Got selected in Written. Joined coaching in Col SS Mohanty academy in Bhubaneswar. But did not qualify the SSB Interview. Also, joined Chartered Accountacy Foundation course but did not appear for the exam. Elder cousin got married. In 1996, one family friend helped get Inter-University migration and joined in Badruka College of Commerce and Arts, Hyderabad in 2nd year under Osmania University. Uncle (fathers elder brother) passed away. Quaified 1st year exams. Taliban regime came to power in Afghanistan.
6. 1996-1998: Stayed in Hyderabad in Hostel at Kachiguda Cross Roads. Watched a lot of movies. Made many trips from Hyderabad to Bhubaneswar (by train). Took cycle on rent and roamed several roads in Hyderabad. Was glad to leave Hyderabad in 1998 for Bombay (now Mumbai). Moved to the old 1970's flat of Mumbai at Juhu. Joined Chartered Accountancy Articleship at A.F.Ferguson & Co. where my father used to work in 1970's.

No to Military Action in Syria

This is an appeal to humanity and God himself that there should not be any military action in Syria. We have already seen how military action will lead to more and more casualties. Nothing will get solved. More and more people will die.
Women will be widowed. Men will be martyred. Children will die. War will not solve anything. I pray for peace. I do not want war. Any sane person will not want war. I will say "Om Shanti Om".
We have seen in Iraq. We have seen in Libya. We have seen in Afghanistan. War is hell. War will bring nothing but death and destruction unto Syria. Iraq was destroyed now the West is going in the same path for Syria. Innocent people will suffer.
As was shown in 'Madras Cafe', whatever the reason for war and whoever are the parties, the worst sufferers are the civilians, the innocent civilians. And let us not forget the faces of death and injuries which the 'great world press' will never cover.
Just due to belonging to a different race a country should not be attacked. Neo-colonialism should not be allowed to prevail.
If Americans and Britons think they can win hearts and minds of Syrians they never can.
Also they will lose all their friends in the developing world. They will lose China and Russia for sure. India was never with them to begin with. They will also lose all the chance they have got to redeem themselves.
They will lose all the remaining image in the Muslim lands. Killing fellow Muslims will not be accepted to other Muslim countries.
But before that we must not forget that humans are humans first before Americans, Arabs, Muslims or Christians. It will be devastating for the entire history of the world. No one will forgive or forget the West for any action they take. For thousands of years or whatever years human beings as a race have got left in this planet, this catastrophe won't be forgotten.
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Meanwhile watched one more movie today. "Chennai Express". Movie is okay. Full entertainment. Mostly shot outside Tamil Nadu by the way.

Madras cafe and Rajiv Gandhi

Meanwhile watched another movie yesterday. That movie is 'Madras Cafe'. It is okay for a one time watch. First half deals with the Sri Lankan Civil War in the 1980's and second half with the assassination of the ex-PM of India.
Though the movie does not explicit name the ex-PM everyone knows who it is. Now, though the LTTE killed Rajiv Gandhi, it could not rid India of Congress rule. Narsimha Rao became Prime Minister and then his assistant Dr. Manmohan Singh became PM. A small 'flash in the pan' was the NDA rule. NDA cannot reclaim the 'gaddi' again that is what I feel as their aim is to 'divide and rule'. Indians and even Hindus are not fools to fall into the trap like grip of the NDA once more. But after the small NDA rule which was marred by the Gujarat riots of 2002, the Congress came back to power.
These days the Congress is giving least bit of credit to Narsimha Rao and all the credit for India's progress is being taken by our current PM Dr. Manmohan Singh.
Then again the the Babri Masjid demolition comes into the mind. During that time Narsimha Rao was the PM and directly or indirectly he can be held responsible for the same.
My reading is that India or rather Rajiv Gandhi was bound to help Sri Lankan Tamils especially when Tamil Nadu MP's would go and cry in New Delhi about their 'so called brethren' in Sri lanka. Tell me what would the 'Supreme Leader' do in that case. Supreme Leader means Rajiv Gandhi and when his assistants i.e. MP's  and ministers from Tamil Nadu will go to Delhi and "cry" in front of him what would he have done.
Then there was the IPKF involvement i.e Indian peace Keeping Force. Then the 'Supreme leader' got assasinated. Then Narsimha Rao along with other people from Andhra had a 'ball of a time'. Andhra people had a ball of a time due to two reasons. First was "they or their person" got to rule over Delhi and entire India through Delhi. Second was they got a chance to subjugate their traditional rivals "Tamils". Having lost Madras as a chance to make it their capital in 1950's to Tamil Nadu, now Tamils were under pressure as their so called 'movement' had eliminated the ex-PM.
It was due to Narsimha Rao, that made it very simple for the next leader from south to become PM and that person was Deve Gowda. In other words, Narsimha Rao made the 'road clear' or 'line clear' for Deve Gowda to follow as North Indians wanted a change/switch and they were quite open to 'another person from South' to become PM.
Then after the NDA Govt., the country came under the Sonia rule. Let us face the truth. Sonia Gandhi is a widow. She was made a widow by the people espousing the so called 'Tamil cause'. And in Hindu culture, widows are not treated with that much respect as a 'Suhaggan' would. Many ladies prefer to pass away while their husbands are still alive. Widows are scorned and not called into functions and are considered 'inauspicious'. They also have to eat a strict diet which is pure veg. and wear white and not apply 'sindoor' or wear bangles. Now India is under the rule of a widow.
What is the solution for this. I do not know. I do not have to offer. The future of India is in the hands of millions of Indians.