Napstories - 01

                  Napstories - 01

An attempt has been made to put in the small stories apprears on various topics at various sites or through mails from friends, relatives or through some un-known persons or through sites, blogs, etc.,

It is seen that generally these are ignored due to various reasons, may be because at that time, we may not have enough time to read these or even to copy it down or any other good reason.

Here topics have been arranged in random order, so that this makes the reader refreshing.

I thank everyone in this endeavour.

Hope this will be received in good spirit.

Thanking you, good going…..

This is very touching and enlightening too

Her name was Mrs. Thompson and his was 'Teddy'.

As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children a lie. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same.

But that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.

Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he didn't play well with the other children that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. And Teddy could be unpleasant.

It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers.

At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.

Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners ... he is a joy to be around."

His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle."

His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death had been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken."

Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class".

By now, Mrs Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents.

Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist.

Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to." After the children left she cried for at least an hour.

On that very day, she quit teaching reading, and writing, and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children.

Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her "teacher's pets."

A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.

Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs.Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had in his whole life.

Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favourite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer - The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.

The story doesn't end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he'd met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit in the place at the wedding that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs Thompson did.

And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. And she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together. They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs.Thompson's ear, "Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference."

Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."

Warm someone's heart today ... passes this along. Please remember that wherever you go, and whatever you do, you will have the opportunity to touch and/or change a person's outlook. And please try to do it in a positive way.

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“Friends lift us to our feet”
When starting out young

}} Be patient and listen to experienced colleagues. Value their views and opinions

}} Be thorough with the research on which your opinions are based. It'll give you credibility.

}} Analyse each step of the system to appreciate the challenges involved

}} Start with the proposition that you know nothing and learn while interacting with people

}} Don't give up after your first failure

}} Balancing act

}} Organise office work efficiently to ensure you complete everything and don't carry work home

}} Leave Sundays for family and friends

}} Involve your family in what you are excited about at work as it'll keep you connected with them

}} If it's going to be a long at work, try meeting your family for lunch or coffee

}} Make an extra effort to remember important family dates

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bran muffins.

  The man and woman were both 85 years old, and had been  married for sixty years. Though they were far from rich, they managed to get by because they watched their pennies. Though not young, they were both in very good health, largely due to the wife's insistence on healthy foods and exercise for the last decade.  One day,their good health didn't help when they went on a rare vacation and their plane crashed, sending them off to Heaven.

     They reached the pearly gates, and St. Peter escorted them inside. He took them to a beautiful mansion, furnished in gold and fine silks, with a fully stocked kitchen and a waterfall in the master bath. A maid could be seen hanging their favorite clothes in the closet.  

     They gasped in astonishment when he said, 'Welcome to Heaven. This will be your home now.'

     The old man asked Peter how much all this was going to cost.

      'Why, nothing,' Peter replied, 'remember, this
 is your reward in Heaven.'

     The old man looked out the window and right there he saw a championship golf course, finer and more beautiful than any ever built on Earth.  'What are the greens fees?' grumbled the old man.

      'This is heaven ,' St. Peter replied. 'You can
 play for free, every day.'

     Next they went to the clubhouse and saw the lavish buffet lunch, with every imaginable cuisine laid out before them, from seafood to steaks to exotic deserts, free flowing beverages.

 'Don't even ask,' said St. Peter to the man,
 'this is Heaven, it is all free for you to enjoy.'

 The old man looked around and glanced nervously at his wife

 'Well, where are the low fat and low cholesterol foods, and the decaffeinated tea?,' he asked.

 'That's the best part,' St. Peter replied, 'you can eat and drink as much as you like of whatever you like, and you will never get fat or sick. This is Heaven!'

 The old man pushed, 'No gym to work out at?'

 'Not unless you want to,' was the answer.

 'No testing my sugar or blood pressure or..'

 'Never again. All you do here is enjoy yourself.'

 The old man glared at his wife and
 said, 'You and your damn bran
 muffins. We could have been here ten years ago!'

There was a remarkable moment during the recent Obama-Singh meeting in Washington that was barely captured by the cameras.

As the two leaders met for their one-on-one, Singh's principal assistant and note-taker was his private secretary Jaideep Sarkar, a young gun of the Indian Foreign Service.
No surprise there. And aiding Obama? Anish Goel, a
senior staffer of the National Security Council and a rising star of the US foreign service.

 Similarly, when the US side engaged New Delhi on
 Af-Pak issues, the Indians found, much to their surprise, that the Senior Defense Advisor to Richard Holbrooke, the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan was
Vikram Singh.

It's a sight that has become increasingly common in Washington

Indian-Americans and Americans of East Indian origin
walking the corridors of power that were once an all-American domain, with an occasional black or latino interlude. It's a development neither New Delhi nor Washington want to read too much into - other than the fact that theUnited States, like India, has the rare ability to absorb foreigners, minorities, and immigrants into the mainstream without much effort, an idea that is both foreign and anathema to countries such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,
and China. "That's just the way this country is," an Indian-American who now holds asenior position in the Obama administration said,recoiling at the idea of a story on the new tribe of desi pols. "Just as people of European, East Asian
and African ancestry made their mark without a splash,
so too will people of Indian origin. To see that as anything else will be disservice to both India and America."
ARNIE TO ALBRIGHT  Indeed, no one makes much of Arnold Schwarzenegger' s Austrian origin or Madeleine Albright's Czech lineage or Bill Richardson's Hispanic background.

The idea of America as a melting pot has advanced so
much that no one even considers the fact that Barack Obama is, strictly speaking, ethnically, half Kenyan. In fact, Albright and Schwarzenegger could never become the US
President because they were not born in the United States; Obama, who was born in the US, could, andso can Louisiana-born Bobby Jindal, despite their more” foreign" origins and looks. But try telling all this to the Pakistanis, who are openly agitated at what they see as the "Indian influence" in the US, or the Chinese, who are less
demonstrative but are equally leery. Last month, ahead of Manmohan Singh's US visit, Pakistani ambassador to Washington Hussain, Haqqani produced 26 as
the number of Indian-Americans serving in Obama's
administration. "Pakistan is wary of the Indo-US relationship, which is robust and multifaceted," Haqqani told a meeting of US lawmakers and staffers."Facts like these
naturally make Pakistan nervous." EDGE OVER CHINA
Twenty six might include support staff, interns etc,
but it's a fact that bama's has more Indian-Americans in senior positions than any _US government at least a dozen at last count. While there’s some talk ofObama's special regard for Indian-Americans (with overheated tales of his
passion for desi cuisine and familiarity with itsculture), the fact isthere has been an incremental increase in the profile
of Indian-Americans inthe administration, politics, and public life in successive presidencies from Clinton to Bush toObama, in keeping withtheir rising numbers (2.5 million now) and growingsuccess. The Chinese are
more numerous (3.2 million), but Indians, with their familiarity with Democratic traditions and better facility with English leading to better assimilation, seem to be
doing well in the political sphere. While young professionals and pols of Indian-origin first began to dot the Hill as interns and staffers to US lawmakers in the1990s, the otherwise
negative noughties have seen them, in large numbers,take giant positive strides into the administration, where many desi ber-whizzes are now makingand executing policies while their peer Indian-Americans on the Hill oversee
legislative activity. Many Indian-American parents
consider it a badge ofhonour to have kids serving as interns on the Hill Orin the White House. PAK WORRIED
this has India's adversaries clearly worried. Time and again during the nuclear deal, Pakistanis moaned about the "Indian
lobby" on the Hill doing the heavy-lifting and allying with the "Jewish lobby." Now, they fear the influence will extend into the administration. They should not have any
reason to, though. Initial accounts of the spread of
the "Indian influence"
in Washington DC appear misplaced and exaggerated,
with no sign that the
first and second generation Indians in the
administration are in any way
favorable to New Delhi. For instance, Anish Goel, who
received his PhD in
chemical engineering from MIT, has in no way
influenced the outcome of the
US-India nuclear deal (still in limbo over the
reprocessing issue) even
though that is his area of expertise and he initially
served as the Desk
officer dealing with the subject in the State
Department. Similarly, Vikram
Singh's influential role in Af-Pak policy making
hasn't exactly endeared his
boss Richard Holbrooke to New Delhi, which has balked
at efforts to add "In"
to Af-Pak. If anything, the fact that they are of
Indian origin may have
made them even more self-conscious not to be seen as
favoring India. While
many of the nearly one dozen Indian-Americans
currently in the senior and
mid-levels of the administration will go in and out of
the government and
the academic think tank spheres in a revolving door
system that is typically
American, a few will doubtless go on to occupy higher
office. Some may even
choose to run for high office, as did Bobby Jindal,
who was a policy wonk in
the healthcare area before running for Congress and
then for governor of
Louisiana. In fact, standing outside the White House
on a bleak, grey
morning in November when Singh arrived for his
ceremonial state visit, some
scribes wondered how long it would be before a person
of Indian-origin
occupied the Oval Office.
The idea is not all that far-fetched. Jindal himself
came pretty close to an
office that is considered a heartbeat away from the
Presidency when John
McCain shortlisted him as a Republican
vice-presidential running mate.
Eventually, he decided to go with Sarah Palin, but
many American pundits
think Jindal has a bright future in the Republican
Party, particularly if he
delivers in Katrina-struck Louisiana state. But while
Jindal is one of few
Indian-Americans in a Grand Old Party that is
generally seen as
anti-immigrant, the Democratic Party is teeming with
them. Within months of
coming to White House, Obama chose a slew of
Indian-Americans, many of them
from his campaign, for important jobs in his
 administration.

Two of his most significant choices were Aneesh Chopra
to be the First Chief
Technology Officer and Vivek Kundra as the Federal
Chief Information
Officer, appointments which endorsed the Indian
presence in the technology
sector. But there were also appointments in
Obama's own specialty, law, a
discipline where Indian-Americans are seen in high
numbers now. Among
Obama's choices - Preet Bharara as the US Attorney
for New York, a job
previously held by Rudy Giuliani and seen as a
stepping stone to a political
career; Preeta Bansal, general counsel and senior
policy advisor in the
Office of Management and Budget; and Georgetown
University Don Neal Katyal
as principal deputy solicitor general.
By far the most high-profile Indian-American
appointment came just ahead of
Singh's visit when Obama named Rajiv Shah to head
USAID, a job that will
include disbursing massive foreign aid to Pakistan,
which is already worried
that the "Hinjews" are starting to control
the US purse-string. A whiz-kid
who served as undersecretary for research, education
and economics and chief
scientist in the Agriculture Department before he was
bumped up to the
sub-cabinet level appointment, Shah is among several
desi science brains in
the government, a list that includes Arun Majumdar,
Director of the Advanced
Research Projects Agency - Energy in the US Department
of Energy.
While many of Obama's political appointees are
from the academia, there is a
separate stream of Indian-Americans which is coming up
from the grassroots
in the Democratic Party. Since Obama himself was a
state legislator (from
Illinois)
before getting elected to the US Senate and then
making the presidential bid
after only four years there, he serves as an
inspiration to lawmakers such
as Satvir Choudhury (Minnesota Senate), and Swati
Dandekar, Jay Goyal and
Raj Goyle, all of whom are state level lawmakers and
invitees to Obama's
state dinner banquet for Manmohan Singh.
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS
In fact, at least half dozen Indian-Americans are
running for Congress in
the 2010 _elections to the US House of
Representatives, among them Raj Goyle
 (D-Kansas), Manan Trivedi, (D- Pennsylvania) , Ami
Bera (D-California) ,
Ravi Sangisetty (DLousiana ), Reshma Sejauni (D-New
York) and Surya
Yalamanchili (I-Ohio ). Only Goyle among them is said
to have a realistic
chance to become the third US lawmaker of Indian
origin after Dalip Singh
Saund and Bobby
Jindal, but the fact that most aspirants are in the
27-40 age group augurs
well for the Indian-American political future. Then
there are others running
for offices ranging from Governor (Nikki Haley
Randhawa in South Carolina to
Attorney General (Kamala Harris in California) to
State Comptroller (Raja
Krishnamoorthi, Illinois). Anyone could turn out to be
a future desi Obama.
There are Indian-Americans who are widely tipped as
lateral entrants at a
future date - among them Fareed Zakaria, who has been
spoken of as a
putative Secretary of State, and Indra Nooyi, whose
experience as CEO of
Pepsi marks out her as a future appointee in the
Department of Commerce. So,
to the question of a person of Indian-origin sitting
behind the "Resolute
Desk" in the Oval Office of the White Houseit
would appear the answer is not
if, but when. And when it happens, the Obama success
in the US will be seen
as the turning point in the political history of the
country.
TOP INDIANS IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
RAJIV SHAH
USAID administrator
RICHARD VERMA
Assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the
 state department
RO KHANNA
Deputy assistant secretary for domestic operations of
the US and Foreign
Commercial Service, International Trade Administration
VIVEK KUNDRA
Federal chief information officer
ANEESH CHOPRA
First chief technology officer
ARUN MAJUMDAR
Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency -
Energy in the US department of energy
PREET BHARARA
US attorney for Southern District of New York
NEAL KATYAL
Principal deputy solicitor general
RAJESH DE
Deputy assistant attorney general,
US department of justice
SONAL SHAH
Deputy assistant to the President, director, Office of
SICP,
Domestic Policy Council
FARAH PANDITH
US special representative to Muslim communities
ANJU BHARGAVA
Member, faith-based advisory council
RAJEN ANAND
Executive director, policy, USDA Canter for Nutrition
and Promotion
GRASSROOTS POLITICIANS TO WATCH
RAJ GOYLE
Democrat, Kansas
KAMALA HARRIS
District attorney, _San Francisco_
THOSE TO WATCH FROM BUSINESS AND MEDIA
INDRA NOOYI
CEO, PepsiCo
FAREED ZAKARIA
Editor of Newsweek International and host, CNN's
GPS

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Clues to happiness


EIGHT CLUES TO HAPPINESS

by

KHUSHWANT SINGH

Having lived a reasonably contented life, I was musing over what a person should strive for to achieve happiness. I drew up a list of a few essentials which I put forward for the readers' appraisal.

1. First and foremost is GOOD HEALTH. If you do not enjoy good health you can never be happy. Any ailment, however trivial, will deduct from your happiness.

2. Second, a HEALTHY BANK BALANCE. It need not run into crores but should be enough to provide for creature comforts and something to spare for recreation, like eating out, going to the pictures, travelling or going on holidays to the hills or by the sea. Shortage of money can be only demoralizing. Living on credit or borrowing is demeaning and lowers one in one's own eyes.

3. Third, a HOME OF YOUR OWN. Rented premises can never give you the snug feeling of a nest which is yours for keeps that a home provides: if it has a garden space, all the better. Plant your own trees and flowers, see them grow and blossom, cultivate a sense of kinship with them.

4. Fourth, an UNDERSTANDING COMPANION, be it your spouse or a friend. If there are too many misunderstandings, they will rob you of your peace of mind. It is better to be divorced than to bicker all the time.

5. Fifth, LACK OF ENVY towards those who have done better than you in life, risen higher, made more money, or earned more fame. Envy can be very corroding; avoid comparing yourself with others.

6. Sixth, DO NOT ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE to descend on you for gup-shup. By the time you get rid of them, you will feel exhausted and poisoned by their gossip-mongering.

7. Seventh, CULTIVATE SOME HOBBIES which can bring you a sense of fulfillment, such as gardening, reading, writing, painting, playing or listening to music. Going to clubs or parties to get free drinks or to meet celebrities is a criminal waste of time.

8. Eighth, every morning and evening, devote 15 minutes to INTROSPECTION. In the morning, 10 minutes should be spent on stilling the mind and then five in listing things you have to do that day. In the evening, five minutes to still the mind again, and ten to go over what you had undertaken to do.

Nathaniel Cotton (1721-1788) summed up my views on the subject in one verse:

”If solid happiness we prize

within our breast this jewel lies

And they are fools who roam

the world has nothing to bestow

From our own selves our joys must flow

And that dear hut, our home.”

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What counts is attitude.....

There was man whom I met in Pune. He was

sitting by the wayside, and he had no legs,

only stumps beneath his hips.

"What happened to you?" I asked him.

"Nothing!" he replied. "I was born this way."

"May I ask who takes care of you, my friend?"

I enquired.

"My mother - and above all, God."

"Do you find it difficult, inconvenient to move

about?"

"Do you find it difficult and inconvenient that

you don"t have wings?" he asked me. "Don"t

you think it would be far better if you could

fly on your own, rather than wait to catch a

plane?"

"Life is a matter of habit," he added. "If

you start complaining, there is so

much to complain about. It is the

attitude that counts."

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DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AND INTELLIGENT ANSWERS!

Question and the Answer given by Candidates, oh sorry, they are IAS Officers now.

Q. How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?

A. Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)

Q. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?

A. No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23 Rank Opted for IFS)

Q. If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?

A. Very large hands.(Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted for IPS)

Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?

A. It is not a problem, since you will never find an elephant with one hand! (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES)

Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?

A. No Problem , He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)

Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?

A. It will Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC IAS Rank 2)

Q. What looks like half apple?

A: The other half. (UPSC – IAS Topper)

Q. What can you never eat for breakfast?

A: Dinner.

Q. What happened when wheel was invented?

A: It caused a revolution.

Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?

A: Liquid (UPSC 33Rank)

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Interviewer said “I shall either ask you ten easy questions or one really difficult question. Think well before you make up your mind!”

The boy thought for a while and said,

“my choice is one really difficult question.”

“Well, good luck to you, you have made your own choice! Now tell me this.
“What comes first, Day or Night?”

The boy was jolted into reality as his admission depends on his answer, but he thought for a while and said, “It’s the DAY sir!”

“How” the interviewer asked,

“Sorry sir, you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult question!”

He was selected for IIM!

Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as many or more important decisions regarding USA nation's history as any of the other 42 Presidents preceding him. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White House.

The only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, which was in Independence Missouri. His wife had inherited the house from her mother and father and other than their years in the White House, they lived their entire lives there.

When he retired from office in 1952, his income was a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year..

After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess drove home to Missouri by themselves. There was no Secret Service following them.

When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating, "You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale."

Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, "I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise."

As president he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food.

Modern politicians have found a new level of success in cashing in on the Presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices. Political offices are now for sale. (sic. Illinois )

Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!

I say dig him up and clone him!!

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What is confidence?

A hypothetical situation where 20 CEOs board an airplane and are told that the flight that they are about to take is the first-ever to feature pilot less technology: It is an unscrewed aircraft. Each one of the CEOs is then told, privately, that their company's software is running the aircraft's automatic pilot system. Nineteen of the CEOs promptly leave the aircraft, each offering a different type of excuse

One CEO alone remains on board the jet, seeming very calm indeed.

Asked why he is so confident in this first unscrewed flight,

he replies :

"If it is the same software that is developed by my company's IT systems department, this plane won't even take off.”!!!!

That is called Confidence!!

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Are you an engineer?

Once a man went to a Veterinary Doctor and said:

Doctor I have come on vacation for a month so that I can get myself treated fully within this period.

Doctor: I think you should go to the Doctor opposite to my clinic, see that board.

Man: No, Doctor, I have come to you only

Doctor: But, gentleman I am a Veterinary Doctor. I am an animal specialist. I do not treat human beings.

Man: I know, Doctor very well and that is why I have come to you only..

Doctor: I can not, because you speak like me, think like me, talk like me which means you are a human being and not an animal.

 

Man: I know I am a human but litsen to my complaints first:

Doctor: OK. Tell me.

Man:

I sleep like a dog thinking about my work load whole night.

I get up in the morning like a horse

I go to work running like a deer

I work all the day like a donkey

I run around for 11 months like a bull without any holiday.

I wag my tail in front of all my bosses

I play with my children like a monkey if I get time.

I am like a rabbit before my wife

Doctor: are you an engineer?

Man: Yes

Doctor: Instead of telling this long history you should have told me in the beginning itself that you are an engineer. Come man, no one
can treat you better than me.

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Marriage at heaven and life at??

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.

-        David Bissonette

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together. - Sacha Guitry

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll b happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become philosopher.
        - Socrates

Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.

      -  Anonymous

The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, 'What does a woman want?

                   - Dumas

I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.

-        Sigmund Freud

I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.

-        Sigmund Freud

'There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage.'

          - Sam Kinison

'I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me, and the second one didn't.'

       - James Holt McGavra

Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming 1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it, 2. Whenever you'reright, shut up.

                    - Patrick Murra

The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once....

              - Nash

You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.

-        Anonymous

My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.

    - Henny Youngman

A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.

 

- Rodney Dangerfield

A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: 'Wife wanted'. Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: 'You can have mine.'

  - Anonymous

First Guy (proudly): 'My wife's an angel!' Second Guy: 'You're lucky, mine's still alive.'

                          - Anonymous

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naps stories – 02

Sincere thanks to all those unknowns

who wrote these articles and

to those who forwarded to the rest of the mankind.

                              Compiled & Prepared by

    A.Narayana Prasad.,

     narayanaprasad_a@yahoo.com

narayanaprasad_a@yahoo.com

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1	Money
	Insight into Decision making
3	Nail in the fence
4	Beggars classics from London
	Drinkdriving
6	Burnt Biscuits
7	10 facts of Nokia
8	When the lizard can..
9	9 facts for career inspiring
10	Laughit

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Money

     Money has no memory. Experience has. You will never know what the total cost of your education was, but for a lifetime you will recall and relive the memories of schools and colleges.

 
     Few years from now, you will forget the amount you paid to settle the hospitalization bill, but will ever cherish having saved your mother's life or the life you get to live with the just born.

 
     You won't remember the cost of your honeymoon, but to the last breath remember the experiences of the bliss of togetherness. Money has no memory, Experience has.

 
     Good times and bad times, times of prosperity and times of poverty, times when the future looked so secure and times when you didn't know from where the tomorrow will come…

 
     Life has been in one way or the other a roller-coaster ride for everyone. Beyond all that abundance and beyond all that deprivation, what remains is the memory of experiences.

 
     Sometimes the wallet was full… sometimes even the pocket was empty.

 
     There was enough and you still had reasons to frown. There wasn't enough and you still had reasons to smile.

 
     Today, you can look back with tears of gratitude for all the times you had laughed together, and also look back with a smile at all the times you cried alone. All in all, life filled you with experiences to create a history of your own self, and you alone can remember them all.

 
    No denying that anything that's material cost money, but the fact remains the cost of the experience will be forgotten, but the experience never.

 
     So, what if it's economic recession? Let it be, but let there not be a recession to the quality of your life. You can still play with your children, if not on an international holiday, at least in the local park. It doesn't cost money to lie down or to take a loved one onto your lap.

 

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Insight into Decision Making

 


     A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the  rest on the operational track.

 
     The train is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?

    
     Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make........

 

think

 

think

 

think further

     Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way, I guess. Exactly, to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?

 

     Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was.. This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are. The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him

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     The great critic Leo Velski Julian who told the story said he would not try to change the course of the train because he believed that the kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use, and that they should have run away if they heard the train's sirens.. If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track! Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake! And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids.

 

     While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be   made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one.

  

     'Remember that what's right isn't always popular... And what's popular isn't always right.'  

     Everybody makes mistakes; that's why they put erasers on pencils.

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NAIL IN THE FENCE

 

Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence. (Most importantly the last sentence)

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper.

His Father gave him a bag of nails

and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next  

few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily

gradually dwindled down.  He discovered  it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the! day came when the boy didn ' t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the

boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally  able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence, He said,

 ‘You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger they leave a scar just like this one.  You can put a knife in a man and draw it out.

It won’ t matter how many times you say ' I ' m sorry ' , the wound is still there.  A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.

 

Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed.

They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us. '

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Beggars' Classic - from London

     Parvinder and Habib are beggars. They beg in different areas of London

 
    Habib begs just as long as Parvinder but only collects £2 to £3 every day.

 
    Parvinder brings home a suitcase FULL of £10 notes, drives a Mercedes, lives in a mortgage-free house and has a lot of money to spend.

    Habib says to Parvinder 'I work just as long and hard as you do but how do you bring home a suitcase full of £10 notes every day?'

 
   Parvinder says, 'Look at your sign, what does it say'?

    Habib's sign reads 'I have no work, a wife and 6 kids to support'.

     Parvinder says 'No wonder you only get £2- £3

 
     Habib says... 'So what does your sign say'?

 
     Parvinder shows Habib his sign....

     It reads, 'I only need another £10 to move back to Pakistan '.

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Spend some time to read this! Really touching!

DRINKDRIVING

     I was walking around in a Big Bazaar store making shopping,when I saw a Cashier talking to a boy couldn't have been more than 5 or 6 years old.

     The Cashier said, 'I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll.

     Then the little boy turned to me and asked: ''Aunty, are you sure I don't have enough money?''

     I counted his cash and replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy the doll, my dear.'' The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand. Finally, I walked towards him and asked him who he wished to give this doll to. 'It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much .I wanted to Gift her for her BIRTHDAY. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there.'

     His eyes were so sad while saying this. 'My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister..'' My heart nearly stopped. The little boy looked up at me and aid: 'I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall.'

Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing. He then told me 'I want mommy to take my picture with her so my sister won't forget me.' 'I love my mommy and I wish she doesn't have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister.

     ‘Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.

     I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. 'Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll?'' 'OK' he said,
I hope I do have enough.' I added some of my money to his with out him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.

     The little boy said: 'Thank you God for giving me enough money!' Then he looked at me and added, 'I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll,
so that mommy could give It to my sister. He heard me!'' 'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn't dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. My mommy loves white roses.'

     I finished my shopping in a totally different state from when I started. I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind... Then I remembered a local
newspaper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young woman and a little girl. The little girl died
right away, and the mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma. Was this the family of the little boy?

     Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the newspaper that the young woman had passed away... I couldn't stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.

     She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.

     I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed forever. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is still,
to this day, hard to imagine.. And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.

PLEASE DO NOT DRINK & DRIVE.

 
THE VALUE OF A MAN OR WOMAN RESIDES IN WHAT HE OR SHE GIVES,

NOT IN WHAT HE OR SHE IS CAPABLE OF  RECEIVING.

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BURNT BISCUITS...

     When I was a kid, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every
now and then.  And I remember one night in particular when she had made
breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago,
my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in
front of my dad.  I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all
my dad did was reach for his biscuit, smile at my mom and ask me how my
day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do
remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that biscuit and eat
every bite!

     When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom
apologize to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I'll never forget what
he said: "Honey, I love burned biscuits."

     Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he
really liked his biscuits burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said,
"Your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired. And
besides - a little burnt biscuit never hurt anyone!"

     You know, life is full of imperfect things ... and imperfect people. I'm
not the best at hardly anything, and I forget birthdays and
anniversaries just like everyone else.

     What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each others
faults - and choosing to celebrate each others differences - is one of
the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting
relationship.

    And that's my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the
good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet
of God.  Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give
you a relationship where a burnt biscuit isn't a deal-breaker!

     We could extend this to any relationship. In fact, understanding is the
base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or
friendship!

     "Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket - keep it
in your own."

    God Bless You ...  Now, and Always .. So Please pass me a biscuit, and yes, the burnt one will do just fine.!.!

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1O interesting facts about NOKIA

1) The ringtone "Nokia tune" is actually based on a 19th century guitar work named "Gran Vals" by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. The Nokia Tune was originally named "Grande Valse" on Nokia phones but was changed to "Nokia Tune" around 1998 when it became so well known that people referred to it as the "Nokia Tune."

2) The world's first commercial GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-supplied network, by Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, using a Nokia phone.

3) Nokia is currently the world's largest digital camera manufacturer, as the sales of its camera-equipped mobile phones have exceeded those of any conventional camera manufacturer.

4) The "Special" tone available to users of Nokia phones when receiving SMS (text messages) is actually Morse code for "SMS". Similarly, the "Ascending" SMS tone is Morse code for "Connecting People," Nokia's slogan. The "Standard" SMS tone is Morse code for "M" (Message).

5) The Nokia corporate font (typeface) is the AgfaMonotype Nokia Sans font, originally designed by Eric Spiekermann. Its mobile phone User's Guides Nokia mostly used the Agfa Rotis Sans font.

6) In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia.

7) Nokia was listed as the 20th most admirable company worldwide in Fortune's list of 2006 (1st in network communications, 4th non-US company).

8) Unlike other modern day handsets, Nokia phones do not automatically start the call timer when the call is connected, but start it when the call is initiated. (Except for Series 60 based handsets like the Nokia 6600)

9) Nokia is sometimes called aikon (Nokia backwards) by non-Nokia mobile phone users and by mobile software developers, because "aikon" is used in various SDK software packages, including Nokia's own Symbian S60SDK.

10) The name of the town of Nokia originated from the river which flowed through the town. The river itself, Nokianvirta, was named after the old Finnish word originally meaning sable, later pine marten

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WHEN A LIZARD CAN, WHY CAN'T WE?

 


     This is a true story that happened in Japan.

 
     In order to renovate the house, someone in Japan breaks open the wall. Japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls.

     When tearing down the walls, he found that there was a lizard stuck there because a nail from outside hammered into one of its feet.He sees this, feels pity, and at the same time curious, as when he checked the nail, it was nailed 5 years ago when the house was first built !!!

     What happened?

     The lizard has survived in such position for 5 years!!!!!!!!!!

 
     In a dark wall partition for 5 years without moving, it is impossible and mind-boggling. Then he wondered how this lizard survived for 5 years! without moving a single step--since its foot was nailed!

    So he stopped his work and observed the lizard, what it has been doing, and what and how it has been eating. Later, not knowing from where it came, appears another lizard, with food in its mouth.

     Ah! He was stunned and touched deeply.

 
     For the lizard that was stuck by nail, another lizard has been feeding it for the past 5 years...

    Imagine? it has been doing that untiringly for 5 long years, without giving up hope on its partner.

 
     Imagine what a small creature can do that a creature blessed with a brilliant mind can't.
Please never abandon your loved ones

Never Say U R Busy When They Really Need You ...

You May Have The Entire World At Your Feet....

But You Might Be The Only World To Them...

 
A Moment of negligence might break the very heart which loves you through all odds...

 
Before you say something just remember.. it takes a moment to Break but an entire lifetime to make...

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9 Qualities That Will Rock Your Career

     Success in life is always relative. Some people are happy with small achievements while there are others who won't be satisfied until mountains are moved.

     Regardless of our ambitions, our career spans through a series of jobs and experiences that truly polish our personality and will. While we all have defining moments that will determine our core beliefs around hard work, persistence, determination, etc., these are all simply components of a greater foundation that defines 'you'. A rocking rise through corporate ranks involves a radical understanding and possible change in your attitude and behaviours.

     There are millions of brilliant people who pursue aggressive career paths and have their sights set on great achievement. While their ability is nothing short of genius, many lack the soft skills that could put them over the top. These are the traits, qualities and understandings are what make good people great. Practical and time tested, mastering and practicing the following qualities will make if difficult for success to elude you.

1. Out of Box Thinking
   Many dislike this term but the concept is for real. All it requires is thinking of problems though a different set of eyes, or different dimension. This is why many brainstorming sessions fail; most people sit and think of work problems in the context of what it means to the company, not the user, not the environment, etc. Sit back and try to solve the problem from the eyes of a 6 year old, turn things upside down, and absolutely challenge the norm. Go outside and sit in a subway station (or somewhere you generally don't sit to work) and think about why other solutions not worked? What has worked?
   
   Remember the best ideas come from people who are hands-on with their work. When everyone thinks and recommends a lackluster way, lackluster results will follow. Change your surroundings, change your views, change your thought process and come up with a killer idea!
2. Taking Ownership
   When no one is willing to own it, be the first to grab the opportunity. A process involving various stakeholders normally loses vision and momentum. A process with a good leader, input from others, and true direction, has a much better chance of success. Be the person that jumps in and takes on a new project (just don't over-commit). An ability to own and work towards success is a skill which gives long lasting returns.
3. Eagerness to Learn
   After a certain period, a job becomes monotonous and people become bored and eventually even lazy. They lose all the zeal to learn new things and although they won't admit this, their actions would make you believe they have thrown in the towel and are satisfied with a status quo life and career. If you really want to move ahead, don't get into this rut. Don't tune out.
   
   Always remain eager to learn; you never know what knowledge or capability will push you up in your career. Remember, you need an open mindset and positive attitude to approach work. If you are constantly learning, it will be tough to be or appear to be interested in mediocrity.
4. An Eye for Detail
   If you are hands on with your work there is no reason why you won’t know the intricacies involved. Therefore, have the confidence needed to make difficult choices. When you master something and know the minute details, your logic and ideas will be highly regarded. While people love to argue, they get easily impressed by intelligent reasoning too.
5. Willingness to Help
   Much of life is give and take. Work is no exception. If you are the person that is constantly stepping out of your comfort zone in order to help others, people (most) will return the favor when you ask. That's the key though, you have to be willing to help someone and not too proud to ask them for help when you need it.
6. Networking
   Your network should never be restricted to people in your domain but it should span other departments too. Again, break away from comfort and get engaged with someone from a different department. When you sell yourself in the market, you need people who can vouch for you and the broader the network, the better. A strong network always gives you an upper hand, not only to receive but also influence the information flow.
7. Solution Seeking Mindset
   People love to mention and talk about problems. However, when you ask for their solutions to those problems, they aren't willing to go on record with sweeping changes. The majority of employees lack an attitude to solve issues and love to keep them burning for long time, almost to encourage sympathy. It is these times that a positive mindset can send the right vibes across and can really give you a lot of attention. Don't avoid complainers, listen to them just long enough to hear the problem, then try to come up with a solution.
8. Humility
   Arrogance has its own advantages but it never attracts more people than the magic done by humility. When you know your work and are humble about it than there is no reason that you would not get the desired appreciation. Humility needs to be pitched with much care lest it lets people take undue advantage of you. Strike the right balance and you would see its real magic.
9. Being Practical
   Human beings are emotional and many fall for popular decisions. A practical decision made at right time with right attitude has the ability to shower you with long lasting fame. Remember, the people who are at the top are nothing but practical.

It is a jungle out there where you not only need to survive but flourish too. Develop the killer attitude for success and no one would ever dare to stop you.

Always

1.Work Hard

2.Make sure the world knows about it

3.Make sure to sell it in right manner to right people

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                                              Laughit !

Hi      The top marketing director of Nescafe manages to arrange a meeting with the Pope at the Vatican.      After receiving the papal blessing, the Nescafe official whispers, 'Your Eminence, I have some business to discuss. We at Nescafe have an offer for you. Nescafe is prepared to donate $100 million to the church. If you change the Lord's Prayer from 'give us this day our daily bread' to 'give us this day our daily coffee'."      The Pope looks outraged and thunders, "That is impossible. The Prayer is the word of the Lord, It must not be changed." Well," says the Nescafe man somewhat chastened, "We anticipated your reluctance. For this reason, and the importance of the Lord's Prayer to all Catholics, we will increase our offer to $300 million. All we require is that you change the Lord's Prayer from 'Give us this day our daily bread' to Give us this day our daily coffee'."      Again, even more sternly, the Pope replies, "That, my son is impossible. For the prayer is the word of the Lord and it must not be changed."      Finally, the Nescafe director says, "Your Holiness, we at Nescafe respect your adherence to your faith, we realise that tradition is essential to your beliefs, we fully understand the importance of the word of the Lord ............. ....but we do have one final offer. Please discuss it with your cardinals. We will donate $500 million to the great Catholic church if you would only change the Lord's Prayer from 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'give us this day our daily coffee'. Please, please consider it." And he leaves.  The next day the Pope convenes the College of Cardinals. "There is some Good news," he announces, "and some bad news   ...... The good news is, he continues to a hushed assembly, ' that the Church will get $ 500 million."      "And what is the bad news, your Holiness?" asks a Cardinal.      "Sadly" says the Pope,      ..      ..      We would have to lose the Britannia Account......