SURPRISE

It was so planned, perfectly executed but surprise for many. What a beautiful way to end a short span of my vacation with my loved one’s my FAMILY. Right from August I had planned this holiday and the reason behind it was none other than my brother’s wedding with my sister. I know you’ll might be confused now, but yes you read it right.  A huge function for me as I was a part from both side of the family. It was my Maasi’s (Mom’s sister) son and my Aatya’s (Dad’s sister) daughter who were getting married to each other, that too love marriage with an amazing 10 years and more being in relationship.

I had booked my airlines round trip ticket already in the month of August. All I wanted now was to plan the perfect surprise for my family of me coming to the wedding. Preparation started one by one and everyone was given their set of work. The days were getting closer and everyone now started to ask me of my presence to the wedding. It was obvious that I was going to act in such a way that it was not at all possible for me to come to the wedding but yet I am trying my best. I mailed my Roster-in-charge about the same for real and he approved it provisionally. So I was sure from my side that I would get it. I had also planned what other things I am going to do when I’ll be there at my place and had listed it down the itinerary for the same with my bestie. As the time came I became more excited about the function. I was imagining how amazing my surprise would be and how everyone is going to love that. How amazingly we all are going to enjoy this wedding, how madly I am going to dance on the Zingat song and how beautifully we are going to capture these moments in our hearts forever. All these thoughts brought a broad smile over my face. I use to get goosebumps just by imagining how great haldi night will be. A week before I also ordered online, my Kurti and Dhoti which also came on the right time, the amazing thing was that the fitting was perfect.

It was all planned, but then the unexpected happened. The roster was out and I was not given my holiday. I was shattered. Never did I thought this was going to come. I was not ready for this. Just couldn’t wait more but I had to because the time for any query regarding the same would be solved in a stipulated time and it was not, so I had to wait for the next day. Next day I called my Roster-in-charge and talked about this with him. But without any issues he adjusted my holiday and I am really thankful to him. All I was now waiting for was the date of engagement. I did night duty, requested my supervisor to leave me early so that I could catch my flight on time. He did that and I left one hour early took my breakfast had it asap and got ready with my packed bags, left the house and after a busy airport checks I finally boarded the aircraft. Was waiting for the food so that after having it I would sleep till I land. As soon as the aircraft took-off they served us with chicken nugget and a pasta. I hogged and closed my eyes. It was like just 5 mins and a thud sound came and the aircraft was shaking I opened my eyes to see that the aircraft had landed.

I was so tired that I dint even came to know that I reached my destination. My parents were waiting for me at a hotel near my place along with my grandparents. I took the rick from the airport and directly stopped at the hotel. I was so much excited to meet my parents and Grandparents. I opened the door of the hotel with a broad smile, and their they were sitting right in front of the door. Eyes pooped out looking at me, “Aiyyo !!!” shouted my Grandmother. My parents were smiling all the way from ear to ear by looking at me after 6 months. My mom hugged me with wet eyes. Happy to see me. “ Dare you talk to me, Dint even told us you are coming.” Shouted my Grandmother. “ But first you come here.” And she hugged me kissed me on my cheeks. We had an amazing lunch and I told them not to tell anyone about me and we left. I did my shopping for the engagement. It took a while and I got late for the event. It was timed for 6’o clock in the evening. It was 6 already and I was still at home. I rushed out and took a rick to the hall.

I entered the hall again with excitement. And the very first person to notice was none other than my MAMA, he just hugged me as soon as he saw me and then my family followed, it was such an amazing moment for me, so nostalgic so emotional. Hugging every single of my cousin and my aunts and uncles. So much love in just one day. The best executed surprise plan for my family. That beautiful smile and amazing love I saw it just made my night and gave me reason to smile for the next whole year. The function went so well, we just enjoyed every bit of it. Everyone were asking the same thing, “You there till the wedding na?” I gave an amazing reply, “ I came today because I had off after my duty, going back tomorrow and would try my best to come back.” And they were like, “We know you are going to give us another surprise.” I left for the most miraculous time and came back in the morning of Haldi.

Our plans were simple, to pick my Tuxedo, then leaving for Haldi of my Sis and then for Haldi of my Bro. Me Mom & Dad left with all the bags in the car and went to pick my Tuxedo which was 95% ready and were waiting for the final stitch. But they told we will get it by evening and so we left it and told them to deliver at my Bro’s place where we were going to go for haldi at night. Now we left for my Sis Haldi, as I reached the spot we were looking for Parking. I was driving so I asked dad to please check for proper parking. Later he got one exactly in front of my Aunt’s place and so I proceeded. At the time of parking my sis came outside to receive as she came to know that her MAMA( my dad ) had come. But she was confused by seeing him walking outside the car. Now she started thinking, if Mama is walking outside, then who the hell is driving the car. I can see a big Question Mark on her face. She was trying to look very hard through the glass but due to reflection she just couldn’t see my face. But then came my little sister observing her face, why is she giving such an expression and what is she looking at? So she came and saw in my direction. She came to know it was me, and she screamed to death, “ DADA!” And ran towards my direction. I laughed and was ready to get beaten up by my lovely ladies, and yes that was the next thing they did. Both my sisters ran towards me and started hitting me while I was busy parking in a critical area taking much of the advantage of that situation. Soon we got inside and I met both of my Aunt. Everyone were so much happy and were like how bad you are, didn’t even let anyone know about it. How did u managed to do so? I said the holiday was sanctioned way before, this was the SURPRISE for you’ll. We ended the program with much playful things and now we had to leave for bro’s Haldi. It was too late to go as we had to drive approximately 60km with only one lane available due Metro construction work. So we decided that Me & my Mom will go by train with all our necessary belongings for the big event. We ate and we ran as fast we could. Our train journey was totally adventurous. To be specific it was from Vile Parle to Virar. Every Mumbaikar reading this will now know how adventurous it was that too in the peak evening hours.

Me & my Mom were getting out of the rick. My Choti Maasi (Mom’s li’l sis) called mom and was asking where is she, to that she replied we are in train and might reach some time later. By the time she kept the phone I entered the gate with my mom and saw my Maasi n my li’l sister keeping the phone. They got a glimpse and turned their heads, there I was standing in front of them and my sis ran out and gave the famous Spider-Man hug. I was so mesmerized and happy as well with the love I have always got from my family. They both were surprised and it was now time for the rest of my family too. I entered the Mandap (Booth) and they were dancing already but as soon as they saw me the excitement level went from 100-1000. This is what I always wanted to see and the reason why I made this surprise plan and it was so well executed that it went the way I want it too. After that the night went amazing, the next day was the Wedding Day, the best wedding in our family. Also that there was a surprise for many on the same day as well. Just can’t wait for one of my other cousins to get married so that I could enjoy this family fun and love once again. I am the luckiest person to have such an amazing family, feeling so blessed.

I LOVE MY FAMILY

IDEALLY NAUGHTY - 2 (PART I )

PART I

(STRUGGLE)

He was running hard, hard as he could. Sweating as if he had a shower, his clothes stuck to his body, eyes were red and wet. Sanjay reached with this posture to a hospital where his father Shantaram was admitted. Shantaram had a mild heart attack. The reason behind it was very clear that he had took too much pressure of his job. Soon the company was going to close and the future of his kids was on stake. Shobha’s marriage was in front and Sanjay was still studying in school.

Sanjay ran to his father and was staring at him. “BABA .” called Sanjay out of curiosity to see whether his father is going to respond or  not. To his surprise he did, and Shantaram opened his eyes. He was raising his hand to that Sanjay responded quickly and caught his hand. “Sorry, I did not informed you’ll while leaving.” said Shantaram to his son. Sanjay nodded with his eyes fully wet and was controlling his emotions. “ Where were you all these days?” asked Sanjay. Shantaram was saying something but couldn’t be heard as he was not having strength to talk much. Soon his colleague entered and kept his hand on Sanjay’s shoulder, Sanjay asked “Do you know where he had been?” “We all had been to Delhi for strike.” Replied Mohan a tall man with wide shoulders and a beard and fair complexion with his arms full of nerves and well built. “What!!!!! Delhi? Are you joking? I mean seriously, you all had been to Delhi for strike? Are you all insane?” shouted Sanjay. He totally lost his patience after hearing that his father had been to Delhi without telling anyone for a strike. Soon he came back to normal and apologized for getting angry on him. He sat down on a chair beside his father and started crying. Within no time Kaminibai and Shobha too came there and hugged Sanjay as he was crying nonstop.

After discharge the Gaura’s went to village for a change. There he told Kaminibai that he might go to town in some days in search of a new job and that she along with the kids should help others in farming. Kaminibai was not at all in a mood to leave her husband alone in this situation but she had to agree to this. Soon Shantaram left and Kaminibai and children were again saying bye to their whole and sole of the family. As soon as Shantaram left for town there had been a drastic change in the behavior of other members of the family as if they were a burden on them. Kaminibai soon took a new job in hand in the farm of a neighboring village. Shantaram’s brothers came to know about this and they were angry on her and told her to leave the job and told her to do the household work instead for all. But she refused and said that she will not do so.

One fine day when Kaminibai was working in the fields she heard some footsteps. She stopped and saw across the fields but nothing unusual. She again started to work. Soon after she resumed, she heard the sound again but the intensity increased this time. She got nervous as to what was coming but still kept her calm but before turning to resume her work she could see the grass moving, her heart beat increased, she now started to focus on the moving grass as to what was coming. The incoming thing was coming fast towards her but Kaminibai was all ready to face it and so she had her knife ready for it. Soon a dear came out from the direction running the hell out of her life, and she left a sigh of relief and was going back to her work, but then she thought why the hell dear was running so fast and that striked her. Her eyes widened and she could hear the running footstep of a beast come in her direction, as soon as she turned she realized she was late to be ready for this beast as he had already jumped on her and used his claws to attack. Kaminibai fell down on the grass rolled and was back on her foot, but this time she was ready for him. It was a cheetah who was chasing its prey and found a much bigger prey than before. Both of them were looking into each other’s eyes as to predict what will be the next move. Moving in a circular path as if marked on the grass this was a do or die situation for Kaminibai. Yowls could be heard from him but this did not make her feel frightened she was focused and was waiting for his move. He did that what she expected, cheetah did his move, he jumped on her  as if it was his own meat territory but Kaminibai was all ready for this as she went down on her knees bent herself down from the back in the direction of his jump and inserted her knife accurately into his chest. Stream of blood popped out from his body that splashed on her face as soon as she penetrated him. Soon both of them were on the opposite side with Kaminibai on her legs but cheetah lying down in his pool of blood. She turned towards him and started to walk. She then kept one of her leg on him turned her knife to make the maximum damage, penetrated the knife more in and then finally took her knife out of his body and screamed the hell out of her body as she had won the battle. Grabbing by his legs, she took this dead cheetah to her village so that she could offer this to their Goddess and thank her for giving her strength to overcome this fatal situation. With her saree all wet with her sweat and face covered in blood, everyone was shocked to see Kaminibai. As soon she dropped the cheetah in front of the temple, people started to applaud her and screaming in excitement.

Gaura’s came out of their house to see what was happening. Sanjay and Shobha too came out running, as soon as they saw their mother covered in blood they ran towards her and hugged her. They asked whether she is ok and she just nodded yes. Sanjay and Shobha both took her to their house and soon Shobha kept water on heat for Kaminibai to wash herself. Pindrop silence was there in the house as if they were mourning. Breathes could be heard. Kaminibai started thinking while having a bath that this is it, she is not going to wait here anymore and that she needs her husband. As soon as she came out getting freshed she said, “ We are leaving by tomorrow.” Sanjay and Shobha gave a shocking look, as to how could they go without letting dad know about this. He was going to talk but Kaminibai signaled him to be quiet with an angry look. Elder brother-in-law(BIL) said, “ No, you will be here till Shantaram comes. We don’t want any issues over this, you are our responsibility till your husband is here and we would be going against all the odd to keep you safe, against you as well if needed.” Kaminibai gave an angry look and said, “ This is not fair.” Hearing this the younger BIL came out of nowhere and slapped Kaminibai in front of everyone and said, “ We are not asking you, its an order.” This was the worst he could do to make Sanjay angry enough that he went near him and started to beat the shit out of his uncle. Everyone was trying to stop Sanjay but they did not succeed, he kept on hitting him as if it was the fight for survival. Uncle started to run away but Sanjay managed to stop him in the center of the village and he was hammering his own uncle in front of everyone with the series of abusive words. No one had the guts to stop Sanjay such was his anger. Finally Kaminibai came out and ordered Sanjay to stop with a stern voice to which Sanjay responded. He gave a bad look to his uncle and said, “ Never ever mess with my family” spat on his face and went inside his house with anger.

The next morning Kaminibai, Shobha and Sanjay left the village all on their own for an adventurous journey, adventurous because they did not know the road to their city. But knew their destination, clear of the vision they started on their journey as soon as the first sunray hitting their part of the land wasting no time so that they could cover the maximum in a day.

To be Continued…

I MISS YOU 2

Hi guys, this is a short story about two best friends, Anjali and Rahul. How they use to be and how they loved each other and yet were not in a relationship. They loved to stay like this and show their love towards each other. To observe each other from a distance but not getting noticed by the other.

This one as I said is from Rahul’s point of view. How these both love birds were loving each other in their thoughts and how this all ended differently.

Standing along with his Dad, Rahul was paying his fees to get admission in this institute but was standing there like a dumb. His eyes were stuck somewhere they shouldn’t go, at least in front of his Dad. Yes you thought right, his eyes were glued to one beautiful face. She was standing beside him for the same thing. She saw him looking at her. As soon as their eyes met Rahul gave her a smile but she did not responded and looked away. As soon as she gave her reply Rahul came to senses and looked at the cashier, he was looking at him through his glasses with a weird look, “ HUA ? AB PAISE BHARE?” and Rahul handed him the cheque with a weird smile. He was done and was leaving the room, but couldn’t do it without giving a glimpse at her. It was his first day at the college, as soon as he entered the room he couldn’t believe what he saw. It was the same girl who was sitting on the first bench. His eyes again glued on her, but this time she responded with a smile. He went back and was feeling happy. Attendance started and Rahul had his eyes glued to his girl so that he might come to know her name. “ANJALI.” Said the instructor and she raised her hand with a pretty voice saying confidently, “ PRESENT SIR.” And looked back where Rahul was sitting as she knew he would be waiting for this. As she turned she saw he was looking at her and she turned her face in front again with a smile.

Years passed by they became friends and soon they started enjoying each other’s company. Soon they partnered for a dance and became more bold and open with their actions. They started to explore each other but without letting anyone know. Soon they found one big thing in common and that was the love for food. That thing boosted up their friendship to such a level that they never backed from there. They started exploring different food items from the famous places and were loving to travel just for food. Soon their college life ended and now they were worried as to what will happen if they got separated from each other. Both of them were worried and started praying but did not let each other know about this. They both loved secretly and both knew about it. They were happy in doing so as it was never creating any disputes between them till now. Soon the list for Training was declared and it happened what they were worried about. It was Anjali who had her name in the list before Rahul. She did not liked this and ran from their as she saw the list name without Rahul. Rahul was both upset and happy, mixed feeling, happy as her name was in the first list and sad that she was going to be separated. He saw her running towards girls washroom, as he knew she was crying. Soon she came out with her eyes red and hugged Rahul. He consoled her and told her to be quiet and to always be happy for what you get. Don’t cry everything will be fine it’s just a matter of 6 months. He knew he was lying as he was not ok as well. But he accepted it and they both left the college.

Now he was waiting outside his training centre and looking for his name. Before he could find his name, it was Anjali’s name he saw first. He smiled and waved it off as he thought there will be a girl with same name. Someone then patted his shoulder, he turned and saw a familiar he was expecting to see from so long and soon had a smile that was long from one ear to another. It was Anjali standing behind him also joining on the same day. He did not believed and asked her how is this possible and she explained him how she managed to do this. He was amazed and was just looking at her thinking about she did this only to be with me. Could this be the girl I wanted all my life? He couldn’t help but had to hug her before entering the Centre. They did their training together and also continued their food exploration campaign. They ended with their training and where applying for a job but they failed, so they again went for training. In the training period they got one golden opportunity from a company they were waiting for and soon decided to depart.

Anjali heading herself in his wardrobe and throwing his clothes towards him as RAHUL was packing his bag at the other end of the room. Anjali had done her packing well before hand and now was helping him in doing the same. RAHUL was observing her from the other end, how she was keen on helping him with his packing. More worried than RAHUL was about his own packing. Soon his parents came and started scolding him on his casual attitude for not getting ready for the trip. As soon as RAHUL was done with his packing they reached the spot from where the bus was going to pick them up. Bus came and soon they departed. It was a long 18 hours journey and both of them were excited. Bus was a sleeper coach and they booked seat for the double sleeper were they could stay together. They started to play, eat, play again and chatted all the way long. RAHUL knew that Anjali was observing every inch of him as RAHUL was trying to adjust his cards. RAHUL too use to observe her from the corner of his eyes how she use to fall in love with him on his every single expression. They played and she observed all the way long till the bus took a halt for supper. They removed their tiffin and started hogging. This time again Anjali with a smile on her face was just looking at him how cutely RAHUL was hogging. RAHUL can say she looks so beautiful when she is looking at him trying to catch his every action. RAHUL was trying his best not to smile as she will come to know that RAHUL  was observing her too. RAHUL saw Anjali smiling and asked her what happened only by expression. She nodded and RAHUL couldn’t stop laughing and said to start eating again with an expression. After everyone had their supper, the bus took-off again and now they started to play new movies in the bus. Both of them watched movies and slept soon. They got up as the conductor started screaming “15 min RUKHEGI KHALI, JALDI NASHTA KARLO.” Both of them started to run with their brush in hand and a water bottle. After doing that they took a cup of tea and one masala dosa as usual. Having that they left for the destination.

Again they started to play and playing songs, “BAATIEN YE KABHI NAA,TU BHULNA, KOI TERE KHAATIR HAI JEE RAHA, JAYE TU KAHI BHI YE SOCHNA, KOI TERE KHAATIR HAI JEE RAHA.” RAHUL sang looking into Anjali’s eyes  and she just can’t stop herself from hugging him. They started singing together such songs and travelled a while to reach their spot. They started to live there with their friends. They use to start their morning together and use to end their day together. Right from getting up at 5’o clock for making food and breakfast, then use to run for bath and getting ready to leave for their job and then working together for the same company, having lunch together with colleagues, laughing and enjoying their work, that time also she couldn’t stop herself from looking at the world’s most beautiful thing and that’s his smile(she use to say that always), then coming back tired after working for 12 hours and then having supper and chit chat with the roommates and then going for sleep.

TIN TIN ! TIN TIN ! TIN TIN ! TIN TIN ! Rahul opened his eyes coming back from the flashback. Tears rolled from his eyes but there was no one to wipe it off. He needed his best friend to do so, but she was unaware about him, that he was hospitalized as he was breathing his last breathe. He never told her about the hole in his heart and that he was never going to stay alive like an average person, the only reason he never asked her for any commitment. He was still smiling as he had the best memories with him and that he was now happy to leave this world behind, before his memories vanish. Rahul closed his eyes, smiled and said, “I LOVE YOU ANJALI.”

TINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I MISS YOU

Hi guys, this is a short story about two best friends, Anjali and Rahul. How they use to be and how they loved each other and yet were not in a relationship. They loved to stay like this and show their love towards each other. To observe each other from a distance by not getting noticed by the other.

 This story is from Anjali’s point of view. Next one will be from Rahul’s view. I hope you will love this and relate to it somehow with your crush, if you had any. If not then too enjoy reading.

She was packing her bags with tears in her eyes as she was leaving her house for going on a new contract but this time all alone. She was missing someone so badly that she just couldn’t avoid his absence and was relating every particular course she was doing. Is this the power of love or its weakness? Asking herself but not getting a satisfactory answer to it.

Anjali heading herself in the wardrobe of Rahul and throwing his clothes towards him as he was packing his bag at the other end of the room. Anjali had done her packing well before hand and now was helping in doing the same. Soon his parents came and started scolding him on his casual attitude for not getting ready for their trip, as Anjali and Rahul had got a golden opportunity in their career. Soon they reached the spot from where the bus was going to pick them up. Bus came and soon they departed. It was a long 18 hours journey and both these besties were excited. Bus was a sleeper coach and they booked seat for the double sleeper were they could stay together. They started to play, eat, play again and chatted all the way long. Anjali observing every inch of Rahul as he was trying to adjust his cards, his expression how enthusiastically he was arranging them. She use to fell in love with him on his every single expression. They played and she observed all the way long till the bus took a halt for supper. They removed their tiffin and started hogging. This time again Anjali with a smile on her face was just looking at Rahul how cutely he was hogging. He looks so cute when he is hungry she said to herself. Rahul saw Anjali smiling and asked her what happened only by expression. She nodded and he laughed and said to start eating again with an expression. After everyone had their supper, the bus took-off again and now they started to play new movies in the bus. Both these friends watched movies and slept soon. They got up as the conductor started screaming “15 min RUKHEGI KHALI, JALDI NASHTA KARLO.” Both of them started to run with their brushes in hand and a water bottle. After doing that they took a cup of tea and one masala dosa as usual. Having that they left for the destination.

Again they started to play and playing songs, “BAATIEN YE KABHI NAA,TU BHULNA, KOI TERE KHAATIR HAI JEE RAHA, JAYE TU KAHI BHI YE SOCHNA, KOI TERE KHAATIR HAI JEE RAHA.” Sang Rahul looking into Ajnali’s eyes  and she just can’t stop herself from hugging him. They started singing together such songs and travelled a while to reach their spot. They started to live there with their friends. They use to start their morning together and use to end their day together. Right from getting up at 5’o clock for making food and breakfast, then use to run for bath and getting ready to leave for their job and then working together for the same company, having lunch together with colleagues, laughing and enjoying their work, that time also she couldn’t stop herself from looking at world’s most beautiful thing and that’s Rahul’s smile, then coming back tired after working for 12 hours and then having supper and chit chat with the roommates and then going for sleep.

THUDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!! Anjali shivered as she came back to her senses. She was crying, crying a lot as this time she was alone, travelling in that bus, going to stay their alone, going to work alone and going to bed alone. ALONE ! ALONE ! ALONE ! She was missing her friend her best friend. Why you left me? Why you went alone and kept me here all alone. ALONE ! ALONE ! ALONE ! Asking herself and getting no answer. She felt a hand on her shoulders, she turned to look who it was. It was her mother, Anjali hugged her mother and started weeping. Both mother and daughter couldn’t stop themselves. “He is not dead, he is there with you all the time. Don’t you worry my love just be happy and concentrate on your work. You know he never wanted to see you cry like this, nor did he ever wanted to be your weakness. He always tried to be your strength and now you have to show that yes he was your biggest strength and will always be.” Whispered her mother. Anjali saw the time, wiped her tears and packed the last thing on her list that was Rahul’s photo with his beautiful smile.

MISS YOU

NAVIC

"DAAYE MUDIYE AUR AAP APNI JAGAH POHOCH JAYENGE."(Turn left and you shall reach your destination) said a voice from my GPS system as I was travelling to a new place in India. IMPOSSIBLE!!!!! Right? Not really, because soon this fantasy is going to be a reality. Yes you read it right.

Hello everyone, here I am with my new blog, on a new topic and I guess all my Indian friends know what I am going to talk about in this blog. Guessed right guys, it’s the ‘NAVIC’. NAVIC itself means Sailor or the Navigator. Now some of you might not know what I am talking about and hence this is going to be really special and amazing fact or a fantasy for us Indians which is going to be true. Here we go.

NAVIC – NAVigation with Indian Constellation is an Indian developed Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) that is used to provide accurate real-time positioning and timing services over India and region extending to 1500 km around India. To be simple NAVIC is soon going to replace the conventional GPS system we use in our mobile phones. Thank you ISRO for making us proud again. Let’s see some basic information regarding the same.

Basic Information :-

Country of Origin                       - India

Operator                                     - ISRO ( Indian Space Research Organization )

Type                                           - Military, Commercial

Status                                         - Operational

Coverage                                    - Regional

Total Satellites                           - 9 (7 in orbit 2 on ground as standby)

Orbital height                             - 36,000 km

Cost                                            - Rs.1420 crore/ $212 Million

Weight                                       - 1,330 kg

Solar Panel Power Generation  - 1,400 watts

The 7 deployed satellites of NAVIC contain 3 satellites in GEO orbit and 4 satellites in GSO orbit. A satellite in GEO orbit means that it is having an orbital period or a rotational period and the direction similar to that of the Earth, and thus appears motionless. Whereas a satellite in GSO orbit means the rotational period is same but the direction is different i.e. the object will appear at the same place at the same time, but will disappear later. The requirement of such a navigation system became a necessity because access to foreign government-controlled global navigation satellite systems is not guaranteed in hostile situations, as happened to the Indian military depending on American GPS during Kargil War.

The NAVIC would provide two services, with the Standard Positioning Service open for civilian use, and the Restricted Service for authorized users (including the military). Once the NAVIC is declared operational after checking the systems – space (satellites), ground (ground stations) and the user-end signal receivers, India will formally join a selected group of nations owning their own Navigational Satellite System.

The first of the seven satellites was launched on 1^st July 2013 and the rest is history. These satellites are placed in particular orbit as said to give optimum result and if you see from above it will appear to be moving in the form of an “8”. All this information is what you need to know as a proud Indian citizen. If you want to know more about it, then do visit ISRO’s main site for the same. I hope this blog gave you some knowledge and if so then do not hesitate to like, share and comment on the blog below.

|| JAI HIND ||

A BEGINNING

Running down from one end of the room to other,  just to fetch a cup of water, as my homemade Chicken had loads of Lal Mirch powder that burnt my Esophagus from top to bottom. Still can’t get rid of it, so cupped a handful of sugar and threw directly onto my taste buds and simultaneously some remaining rice as well. Hush!!!!!!!!!! I sighed as I got some relief from the burning sensation. Sat on my bed and started thinking of what would have been my reaction if my mom would have made such kind of stuff. A blast!!!!!BOOM!!!!!

Hello everyone, here I am back again with my new blog, sharing my experience as I moved to Delhi from Mumbai, as a bachelor, all alone in a new city, as I had got an Internship in Indigo Airlines as a Trainee - Maintenance. After some nostalgic feeling till I got onboard, I started to think practically about my life in coming future. There will be no one to guide me, or give me a precautionary guidance before I do something wrong. I won’t be having my Mom by my side to help me out with the food stuff, my Dad by my side to help me with the laundry nor I’ll be having my Grandparents to yell at me about making mess around the room. Will I be able to cope with this awkward silence around me? I had never been so lonely ever before, I had my buddies around me on a trip to Hosur before this and so was not missing any of these said celebrities (Yeah, these are my Celebrities). Moving onto one of the haunted Cities surrounded by the criminals was not an easy task though, but we A.M.E. students have no other options to set our career right. For me, this was one of the ideal situations to start my career with a BANG.

As soon as I landed and reached my spot, Mahipalpur, my batch mate was waiting for me to pick me up and take me to his room. We walked around 1.5km from the pickup point with a weight of around 23kgs. Crossing and walking the busy streets of Mahipalpur, we soon reached his room. Then I came to know that there are 3 of my batch mates staying in this area and I was relieved about having someone whom I knew. Soon along with 2 batch mates, one working in Air India Ltd. as Contract Technician and the other working in the same company as of mine, we started to go for our supper as it was 21 hrs. already. On supper we had a chat about the locals and soon I was aware about the locality as well. After some chitchat we went to our rooms and prepared for bed. Before going to bed, my friend told me that tomorrow we will go out and watch for the rooms, I nodded and we slept.

Next morning we got up and soon started to search for the rooms, we roamed for around 3 hrs. yet we didn’t find anything satisfactory. I was getting worried as I never wanted to compromise on having a better kitchen and toilet in my room. I was consoling myself that I have to struggle and that these things shouldn’t matter me much. But then by God’s grace one person knew that we were hunting for room and he showed me one place where rooms were available and it was just a new construction. We headed in that direction and contacted the landlord. One person came and opened the door for us and took us to the room and showed us. It was an amazing room and not even giving a second thought I booked it. I gave him advance and asked when should I shift, he said he requires 2 more days to finish up the remaining furniture work in my room. I said Ok and left with satisfaction.

After 2 days my batch mates helped me with setting up my room and soon I was in my own room(though on rent). I can never thank them much whatever they did for me. Now the actual adventure begins. I joined my company, did all my documentation and was waiting for the pass to be issued so that I may resume with my work. But till then I have to wait, it was going to take minimum of 10-15 working days, and I started thinking what am I going to do these days? These were the days I am going to realize the pain of a housewife. Sitting idle, doing nothing but just thinking of what should I make for lunch, supper and breakfast, then doing the utensils and later the major part i.e. laundry that too by hand. I started thinking about my Mom, she too is a working lady and thanked her for taking so much pain for the family for so many years, thanked my Dad who taught me how to give a helping hand to your spouse and setting up a beautiful example to be an ideal husband and a father. They say you value things only when they are apart, truly said. I started doing all these stuffs on a regular basis and was fed up as I couldn’t continue doing this for a longer period. I tried many dishes but always there was some or the other thing missing in it. I didn’t gave up and tried my best by keeping my Mom and Dad in my mind as an inspiration. I never said though, but this blog would surely make them sentimental and I would say that yes I AM MISSING THEM A LOT. LOVE YOU LOADS. Setting up a new life is not at all easy, that too alone is a big moment. But I always thought of making my own Empire, so this is just the beginning and soon step-by-step I’ll make sure that my parents would be proud of me. Before going I would like to mention that people around are not that bad. Just all we need to do is be aware, wherever you go. 

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BUDGET 2016. IMPRESSIVE !!!!

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Once again, it is a pretty decent budget. It does not contain anything extraordinary like Dhoni's helicopter shot or Dilshan's scoop. It is plain old Rahul Dravid's drive. Things were good enough that even the staunchest India critics - Guardian [India budget targets farmers and promises infrastructure upgrades] and BBC [India budget to boost farm growth] were positive. While it would have been easier for the government to spend a lot in an election year [and get kudos from everyone], it has taken a prudent, miserly approach focused on long term health of the economy. 

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The key theme this time has been boosting therural economy with minor themes on clean environment and keeping spending prudent. At a time India is reeling through massive droughts, this cannot be better timed. We need rural India to modernize to grow quite fast. Besides economic reasons, there is also the political reality of elections in states with large rural areas [like UP]. Modi Sticks With India Deficit Target in Pro-Farmer Budget

Here is a quick background on how India spends its money: Breaking Down Indian Government's Expenses. 

Building rural India's infrastructure

Here are some of the key projects for this:

100% rural electrification in 2 years.100% usage of cooking gas in 3 years [replacing kerosene and wood].100% FDI in food processing. More innovation and investments for processing will help increase the value of agriculture.Huge increase in irrigation expenses.Irrigation projects to get Rs 86500 crores over next five years5 lakh farm ponds and 10 lakh compost pits.More loans to farmers and more spending on MGNREGA.22% increase in infrastructure investment to build more roads and railways, most of which will be for rural areas. This will be the record year for amount of new roads added - 10,000 km of national highways and 50,000 km for upgrading existing roads. 2.2 lakh crores for this.Plenty of new investments in ports and new airports.

Cleaner, Greener India

Backing up what was mentioned in the Railway budget, the electrification budget of railways increased by 50%. That replaces the polluting Diesel.Taxes on coal and motor vehicles increased.Big push on organic farming [Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana] - 5 lakh acres to be brought under organic farming and a new project to add market value for organic produce on that launched in Northeast.3000 more crores a year for nuclear power.9000 crores for Swachh Bharat.Reduced paper usage with e-assessment and more spending on digital India.

Fixing nation's health and mind

The previous budgets had the problem of spending too less on health. Part of this is addressed this time, although a lot more is to be done. This year the spending on health and education increased to Rs. 1,51,581 crore.A "National Dialysis program" is launched.New health insurance of annual coverage about 1L and 1.3L for senior citizens.More spending on skill development and new navodyas. Other than that the education part of the spending is not spectacular.

Balancing expenses with expectations

Since 2014, a key objective for Jaitley has been to cut India's deficit [how much we spend more than we borrow]. In the past, we have been recklessly spending and the people who lent us the money put India in the category of untrustworthy borrowers [credit rating in junk territory]. The huge spending also increased inflation and forced RBI to keep a high interest rate - thereby affecting entrepreneurs. It was a vicious circle.

For the past 2 years, India's Finance Minister has been on a diet. The key here is to keep reducing the left chart [our expenses] while still growing the right chart [our growth]. This time, it is the lowest deficit in a long time. Sadly, no one is give you a party for dieting.

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Indian Budget as It Happened

Rebuilding the banks & fixing bankruptcies

As I mentioned in my other post [What exactly are NPAs of banks?] India is facing a major NPA crisis. The budget brings 25000 crores of government money to back the banks from going bankrupt. And there is a long due proposal to fix the bankruptcy law to help get the assets from the bankrupt borrowers much more easily.

Bringing consistency to taxation

Over the years, many governments have made their taxation extremely complicated with huge amount of inconsistencies. This budget has cleaned up some of these. For instance, EPF was completely exempt from taxation while NPS and other pension schemes weren't. Why this different handling? The budget now brings uniform taxation for all pension schemes.

In the same way, the big inconsistency was providing more tax deduction for home loan interest, while the deduction for renters was very low. The deduction for renters has been increased bringing it more closer to home owners.

Budget's 9 pillars

The finance minister has outlined 9 pillars of interest and they are sound ones. While the corporations did expect more sops for them, in tough times we need something for everyone.

A few interesting ideas that went under the din and didn't get their due coverage.

At a time when a lot of the world is cuttingR&D spending, there was a massive hike in science & research spending [about 17% rise when the inflation is < 5%]. The health research is especially a big beneficiary.India’s budget keeps dream of genomics hub aliveBudget for new and renewable energyincreased by 20 times. The Renewable energy industry seems upbeat after the Budget, here's whyGovernment will use the Sikkim model [that is becoming completelyorganic farming] to rapidly expand organic farming - starting from northeast India. Organic farms spread over 5 lakh acres228% increase in assistance to village governments [panchayats]. This is by far the biggest idea that went unstressed.Government increases Budget allocation for rural development - Panchayats will get Rs. 2.2 lakh crores [$30 billion] for growing rural India.1.5 crore [15 million] women to get LPG connection this year under a new scheme. This will be supported by 3000 new stores and this is the push for 100% LPG in 5 years. LPG connection for rural womenLike in the more developed economies,Real Estate Investment Trusts look likely to be a reality now. These are sort of mutual funds for real estate [people can buy land in now very small units - as small as Rs. 10] - Budget 2016 clears DDT hurdle in making REITs reality in IndiaWhile startup is not a part of lexicon for most governments, there has been a slew of small things for startups - Indian budget to boost startup ecosystem. There are a couple of minor irritations though: Budget 2016 is just short of being a blockbuster for startupsWhen loans go bad [like it happened with Kingfisher] we need to have mechanisms to make sure those assets are quickly used by the economy and the banks make fewest loss. The budget talks about newbankruptcy reforms and opening up ofasset reconstructioncompanies. Budget 2016: ARCs hail opening sector to foreign investment - Both of these will save public money & improve efficiency.

Union Budget 2016: The Fine Print

Now, the question is if these ideas are all good why did the Sensex go down slightly?

More taxes on coal and oil to clean up the environment. Some of the biggest companies in BSE are energy companies [List of BSE SENSEX companies]. Their stocks went down. Budget 2016: Coal cess in line with India’s climate commitmentsThere are new taxes on car companies, again to clean up the environment. There are plenty of auto companies in the Sensex. Their stocks went down too.There is an increased levy on expensive ready made garments. Budget 2016: Around two-fifths of readymade garments industry to face 2% excise levy - No good explanation for that.

Factbox: Corporate winners and losers from India's budget

However, as soon as the investors could see the other stronger elements of the budget, it did surge. A day after Budget, Sensex posts biggest single-day gain in 7 years

What could have been done better?

Consolidation of all the Income Tax cess [ideally removal of all that] and allocate funds from the main budget. These cess place undue burden on the middle class.A better compensation to the working class for losing the EPF tax privilege.

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