when its big boss' b'day

If I were a top brass officer and i recieved gifts and flowers on my birthday from everywhere under my command, i'll wonder about the junior guy who must have gone out to get these. What must he have felt while being tasked to arrange my gift. If the task was given on a weekend did it ruin his weekend or did it give him the opportunity to go out for my sake. If he was tasked on a working day, did he leave his office and go out. Was he happy or sad about it. Did he enjoy the opportunity to go out leaving everything aside to arrange my gift or was it a burden to him. Did he have to cancel some other plans for it. Did he curse me for having to miss his movie he had planned with a friend. Did he thank me for any other blessing in disguise.
I'd really ponder at my gifts, wishing they could tell me their stories, how they landed up here. Who selected them for me and what they went through for it. Anything hilarious or stupid that happened while they were being picked and gift wrapped for me.
And you know why i'd think of all this... coz i've been that junior guy buying the birthday gift for the top brass.

good morning sir, may i have the permission to live

Am i allowed to live? Why am i asking this question, because that' s what i feel. People object to my living. In this day and age, i'm governed by the army regulations which forbid me to meet a male colleague in my house freely. No, there isnt really any such law but that's what is followed in the Indian army. No single male to visit a single lady in her room and vice versa. Imagine the narrow mindedness of such a statement. A friend, a coursemate with whom you have done your training cannot meet you in your house. Imagine a friend visiting you and you have to tell him to go to the mess because he can't step into your house because of these restrictions.
Imagine, an officer of the Indian army is not supposed to sit with his own colleague in his house if that colleague is of the opposite sex.
What would you feel? disgusted, suffocated, enslaved, angry.
Please dont tell me this is India and it is Indian army and be ready to stay enslaved to such dogma. Let's grow up. Lets get over with our cynicism.

education and ethics

Can only education give you high ideals or is it something inherent to one’s nature

I was forced to ask myself this question when an officer shared with me his experience in the deserts of India.

 He was out for an exercise in the sand dunes of Rajasthan. Village children from nearby villages regularly brought food, curd, butter for the troops. Out of gratitude, the officer decided to buy some eats for the children as well. When he was distributing the eats to the kids, an elderly called out, “hukum  saab”, the officer said, “I wondered what was wrong and stopped, the children stood quietly and then the old man came up to me and said”, “Saab do not mind but we bring you food as you are our guest and it is our duty, if in return you give something to these children, you’ll spoil them. They will start expecting things in return of the hospitality which is our duty. If today they get treated in return for bringing you food, tomorrow they will serve a guest only if he brings something in return.”

The officer had no reply to the old man’s words, he just ordered for the sweets to be taken back.

technology wastes as much time as it saves...no offence...to anyone...been happening since morning...of course it helps 2, im just sayin...it takes up ur time..gives you a sense of being busy..sitting around doing nothing on your laptop...the world on the click of a button...like a lost traveller you surf the world...most often. is time save as important as time pass? maybe more, even in a busy world, busy is all self created...