Life of Man on Earth??????

God created the donkey said to him.

"You will be a donkey. You will work un-tiringly from sunrise to sunset carrying burdens on your back. You will eat grass, you will have no intelligence and you will live 50 years." The donkey answered: "I will be a donkey, but to live 50 years is much. Give me only 20 years" God granted his wish.


God created the dog and said to him:

"You will guard the house of man. You will be his best Friend. You will eat the scraps that he gives you and you will live 30 years. You will be a dog. " The dog answered: "Sir, to live 30 years is too much,give me only 15 years. " God granted his wish.

God created the monkey and said to him:

"You will be a monkey. You will swing from branch to branch doing tricks. You will be amusing and you will live 20 years. " The monkey answered: "To live 20 years is too much, give me only 10 years." God granted his wish.



Finally God created man ... and said to him:

"You will be man, the only rational creature on the face of the earth. You will use your intelligence to become master over all the animals. You will dominate the world and you will live 20 years."

Man responded: "Sir, I will be a man but to live only 20 years is very little, give me the 30 years that the donkey refused, the 15 years that the dog did not want and
the 10 years the monkey refused. " God granted man's wish

And since then, man lives 20 years as a man , marries and spends 30 years like a donkey, working and carrying all the burdens on his back. Then when his children are grown, he lives 15 years like a dog taking care of the house and eating whatever is given to him, so that when he is old, he can retire and live 10 years like a monkey,
going from house to house and from one son or daughter to another doing tricks to amuse his grandchildren.

That's Life.

Is'nt it ??????????

Always Looks for the Last Bite

Cheese Naan and Tandoori Chicken are her favourites; Music and Movies are her interests; Sarees and Salwars are her special outfits - Marjolaine Gaze - French in Origin but Indian in Taste. Always has been a good fan of Abhisek and Amitabh, Hrithik and John - the Actors in the Bollywood Entertainment Industry...As she says "Its the Indian Music and Bollywood Movies which brought me here". She landed here with novice notions but went back with rich cultural experience and deepest understanding of Indian social life. The special characteristics for which she was known to me was her cravings for the last bite of the food....The Incredible India drove her Crazy which is expressed through the song she always sings....Crazy Kiyare...........

The Devil Mind

Here is "the Cunning Connie" and "the Devil Mind" of Mehtab Sadan - pretty,friendly and interesting. She has a special interest for brightest of colours and spicest of Indian Foods (Swastik Restarant).

Laughter ----Kya Kool Hei??

(1) Sardar : I hav'nt slept all nite in the train.
Friend: Y ?
Sardar : Got upper berth.
Friend : Y did'nt u Xchnged ?
Sardar : oye, there was nobody 2 Xchng in the lower Berth..




(2) Sardar tells a girl : "Come 2 my house at night, nobody will b there."
Girl goes at night & really nobody was there.

(3) A SARDAR went 2 a BANK to open a Saving A/C and after seeing the Form
He had gone to DELHI for Filling it up. U knows y?
FORM said " FILL UP IN CAPITAL ".

(4) A sardar invested 2 Lakhs in a business and Suffered huge Loss.
Do u know what the business was?
He opened a Saloon in Punjab!

(5) A Teacher lecturing on population : In India after every 10 sec.
a women gives birth to a kid.
A Sardar stands up : we must find & stop her!.
(6) Sardar - why are all these people running?
Man - This is a race, the winner will get the cup.
Sardar - If only the winner will get the cup, why r others running?



(7) Sardar had twins; he named them Tin Martin.
Again had twins & named Peter & Repeater. again twins & named Max & Climax.
Again d same. disgusted Sardar named them
TIRED & RETIRED!

(8) 19 SARDARS WENT 4 A FILM.ON ASKING THEM Y THEY CAME
IN A BIG GROUP OF 19 ?
THEY REPLIED THAT THE FILM WAS ONLY FOR ABOVE 18.

(9) A sardar ji photographer focusing a dead body's face in a funeral
function, suddenly all relatives beat him, why?
He said "SMILE PLEASE"

(10) Teacher : "I killed a person" convert this sentence into future tense.
Sardar : The future tense is
"U will go to jail".

(11) Sardar gets ready ,wears tie and coat, goes out, climbs tree, sits
on the branch regularly. A man asks why ? he does this ?
Sardar : "I've been promoted as branch manager."

(12) Sardarji standing below a tube light with a open
mouth.................
WHY?
because his doctor advised him "Todays dinner should be light".




(13) Sardarji was filling up application form for a job.
He was not sure as to what to be filled in column "Salary Expected".
After much thought he wrote : Yes!

(14) SARDAR & FAMILY GO 2 A PARTY.
HE INTRODUCES HIMSELF - I SARDAR, SHE SARDARNEE, THE BOY MY KID &
THE GIRL MY KIDNEY.

(15) One sardarji professor asked a plumber to come to his college.
U knw Why?
Because he wanted to check where the question paper is leaking...

(16) Sardar told his servant : Go and water the plants.
Servant : It"s already raining.
Sardar : So what ? Take an umbrella and go.

(17) Santa! Your daughter has died!
Depressed, Sardar jumps from 100th floor.
At 50th floor he remembers I don't have a daughter!
At 25flr:I'm unmarried!
At 10flr:I'm Banta not santa

(18) ON A ROMANTIC DATE SARDAR'S GIRL FRIEND ASKS HIM, DARLING ON OUR
ENGAGEMENT WILL U GIVE ME A RING?
HE SAID YA SURE WHATS YOUR PHONE NUMBER ?
(19) Sardar found the answer to the most difficult question ever - What will come first,
Chicken or an egg?
O Yaar, what ever u order first will come first.
(20) A dog was chasing a Sardar and the Sardar was laughing.
A bystander : why are u laughing?
Sardar : I have an Airtel phone but still hutch network is following me.

(21) Sardar wins 20 crore from Rs. 20 lottery ticket.
Dealer gave 11 crore after deducting tax.
Angry Sardar : "Give me 20 crore or else return my 20 Rs. back.!

(22) A teacher told all students in a class to write an essay on a cricket match.
All were busy writing except one Sardarji.
He wrote : "DUE TO RAIN, NO MATCH!"

(23) Postman :- I Have To Come 5 Miles To Deliver U This.
Packet Sardar :- why did u come so far. Instead u could have posted it....

(24) What does a sardar do after taking a xerox ?
He will compare it with the original for any spelling mistakes.




(25) Sardar proposed a Girl.
Girl said 'I'm 1yr elder to you'
Sardar said 'Oye No Problem Soniye, I'll marry you NEXT YEAR.

(26) WHY CANT SARDARS DIAL NINE-ELEVEN (911) AT EMERGENCY ?
** THEY CAN NOT FIND THE ELEVEN ON THE PHONE.
(27) Sardar & his wife buy coffee in a shop.
Sardar says... Drink quickly.
Wife asks, why ?
sardar says hot coffee Rs5 and cold coffee Rs10
(28) A Sardar & his wife filed an application 4 Divorce.
Judge asked : How'll U divide, U"VE 3 children ?
Sardar replied : Ok! We"ll apply NEXT YEAR.

(29) Sardar's wish : when i die, i wana die like my grandpa who died peacefuly in his
sleep not screaming like
all d passengers in d car he was driving.
(30) Sardar at an Art Gallery : I suppose this horrible looking thing is
what you call modern art ?
Art dealer : I beg your pardon sir, thats a mirror!
(31) Sardar was writing something very slowly.
Friend asked : " Why r u writing so slowly?
Sardar : "I'm writing 2 my 6 yr old son, he can't read very fast.
(32) Sardar news : A 2 seater plane crashed in a graveyard in Punjab.
Local sardars have so far found 500
bodies and are still digging for more.
(33) A man asked sardarji, why Manmohan singh goes walking at evening and
not in the morning.
Sardarji replied "Arey bhai Manmohan is PM not AM".




(34) Sardar visits Chinese friend dying in hospital.
Dying man says CHIN YU YAN and dies.
Sardar goes 2 china 2 find meaning of friends last words.
It mean 'U R STANDNG ON OXYGEN TUBE!"

(35) Sardarji was standing in front of the mirror with his eyes closed.
His wife asked what you are doing ?
He said - i am seeing how i look while sleeping.


vacancy-> company-> Indian Railway Salary -> Rs 35000/- position-> to run before Satabdi Express with a torch in hand, to show way to the engine driver.

Banta fell in love with a college girl but did not know how to propose marriage to her. After much thinking he asked, "Sujata, would you like to be the mother of my children?" Sujata replied, "Why not? How many have you?"

AN AMERICAN CAME TO INDIA AND HIRE A TAXI FOR VISITING THE DELHI. DRIVER PASSES THE "LAL KILA " AND TELL HIM ABOUT THIS .AMERICAN ASKS THAT HOW MANY DAYS WAS USED FOR BUILDING THIS? DRIVER SAID MANY YEARS .AMERICAN SAID IF IT WAS IN OUR COUNTRY IT WILL TAKE ONLY SOME YEARS FOR BUILDING. AFTER SOME TIME TAXI PASSES THROUGH THE ANOTHER HISTORIC PLACE .NOW ASKED FURTHER SAME QUESTION. NOW DRIVER SAID ONLY IN FEW MONTHS. AMERICAN REPLIED IF IT WAS IN AMERICA IT WILL TAKE ONLY FEW DAYS FOR BUILDING. NOW DRIVER THOUGHT A PLANE HE QUICKLY PASS THE "KUTUBMINAR" AND AMERICAN WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE IT. WHEN THEY WERE RETURNING BY THE SAME WAY NOW AMERICAN SAW THE "KUTUBMINAR". HE ASKED WHAT IS THIS? DRIVER REPLIED THAT I DIDN'T SEE THIS BEFORE I THINK IT HAS BUILT IN BETWEEN WHEN WE ARE VISITING ANOTHER HISTORIC PLACES.

What is the similarity between mobile and marriage in both case u feel thoda aur rukja tha to acha model mil ja ta

Taxi Driver : Are Papaji gaddi me petrol katam ho gaya he gaddi ab aage nahi ja payegi. Papaji : okey then pichhe lelo

MCD?

What does MCD stand for?
Malaria, Chikungunya, Dengue.

Wonders of the World – the Taj – Love’s Labour Lost

I recently visited the Taj Mahal which is appreciated for its romantic environs and especially much of its symbolic values that it stands for. On the banks of Yamuna stands a tomb which bears the testimony of the splendors of the Royal Court of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan who constructed to show the world how much he loved his beloved Queen Mamtaj. Of course, it is one of the wonderful pieces of art and architecture that I have ever come across. However, unlike others, this Mughal mausoleum did not influence my thought; not because it is not a piece of art that deserves the attention of the people but because of the contribution of the toiling masses and the subjects of the King which has gone unrecognized. Another reason that remained implicit in my thought is do we really need a Taj to express, to say and to show how much we love someone. Why do human emotions and social relations need a trading medium? Globalization and the age of capital have always been accused of consumption and materialistic expression of emotions. Materialistic consumption is not the recent innovation in human thought. It has always intruded into human relationship. This materialistic expression of love lost its symbolic significance in the eyes of a lover.



In this context, it is worth quoting Sahir Ludhianvi’s Urdu poem that appeared in Lalit Mohan’s article in The Times of India on the 17th of November, 2006. The song is about the conversation between two lovers. Reacting to a suggestion from his lady-love, that they rendezvous amongst the romantic environs of the famed mausoleum, the muse asks her to choose some other spot…..

Countless people in this world have loved,
Who says their sentiments were not true,
But they had not the means to advertise their love,
Because, they were like you and I, impoverished.

My beloved, they too would have loved,
Whose skills have blessed it with form and beauty,
Memorials to their love remain unnamed, unmarked,
Ne’er a soul did light a lamp on them.

This garden, the bank of Yamuna, palaces,
These exquisite walls, these domes, these arches,
An emperor showed up by his wealth,
Has made a mockery of our poor people’s love,
My beloved, we shall meet some other place.

Hope a bunch of red rose is enough for us……….
Let’s check it out, how it works...……
I am sure we can…………..

The King - Sahoo's palace and his place of worship - the Bahai Temple

Hierachy of Scholars?

Memories at the Bay

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sweet memories

Human life is very strange and uncertain. No one knows what is going to happen in the next moment. It is a long journey - mixture of both fun and boredom. It passes through certain junctures which leave deep impression on human beings for the rest of their life. This could either be a bad event that irks when flashes before the eyes, or some sweet memories that eventually become the indispensable part of life. These are the memories which you never like to forget. It reminds me my past and the childhood days. Forgetting the lessons, facts and figures in the history books was a usual thing for a small kid like me who always was scared that he might end up doing bad in the examination (Thisis the reason why I did not study HISTORY in later stage. And for this, I used to get up early in the morning to mog up the facts in the history book and to be honest not to forget. However today, when I wished to forget, I could not really do so. I asked me the question why is it so? And the answer that I found is that the former is the story of someone else and the later is mine. The story with which my life and love, existence and identity, self and being is indispensably involved. It is not a peice of flesh in the body that you can operate; It constitute those wonderful memories which have become the inseparable experience of my life.

Incredible India/ Orissa/Rajasthan

While Staying at home, I visited one of the Sacred land for the Hindus (I had been there before) which happened to be in Orissa. The place is called "PURI", known to the world for its famous "Chariot Festival". I also visited the SUN TEMPLE at Konark which is famous for its incredible architechtural designs and beautiful scenic view at the at the Bay of Bengalin the east coast of India. I also went to the temple which is very close to my home - this is a place where there is no idol is worshipped ans still a part of the Hindu Tradition. This is called the "Mahima Religion" which believes in the emptiness of the world and the sevice of mankind. The mahima saints alsways try to mingle with the world of nothing,this is a world which is far away from theis worldly suffering and pain,love and lust,need and greed, and life and death.

August/September

Friends,
It was really a long time that have been in touch with you guys or with "The Life and Times of Sahoo". It was not because I was very busy doing my fieldwork, but because of my inaccesibility to electronics and electricity. I lived in a place where there was no water, no electricity and no other facility. I was scared int the begining, when I left Singapore for doing my fieldwork that whether I would be able to do something in the field. Frankly speaking I did not like doing fieldwork. The month of August at home and with friends was pretty boring without any work which forced me to go to the field as early as the 3rd of September. I wanted to see the tribal life and living in the interior and inaccessible part of hills. I went up to the tribal villages, stayed there for long time attending the meetings and talking to the people of that region. The simplicity of the tribal life and richness of their colourful culture attracted me the most. I observed the workings of the NGOs there and interviewed some the people regarding the functioning of these NGOs. I attended a huge mobilization and public rally of the tribal people who demanded their rightful entitlements fromt he state. It was really wonderful. The month of September was productive, interesting and most importantly was beautiful with the expression of my indispensable feelings of love and life.

It was great time in Udaipur. Besides work, my social life was found its blooming expression at the "Love Nest" - the place where I stay with some other friends. It was an incredible coincidence to meet the Love nesters who were very eager to explore the "Feelings of Love". Some succeeded, some still on progress, some still optimistic, some still confused in understandings the signals of the other (they are from the West who do not have any idea how do people express their feelings of love for the other which make them confused -cultural confusion) and some still trying to "Feel the Feelings". Yaa, Its nice..........

Love Nest is a place where I had some amazing experience. It has a lot of contribution for me in growing up with others and socialising myself. I got some new friends who are simply beautiful in their minds and thoughts and more importantly in their looks.

Congratulations to Pankaj and Marjalene for getting together and for getting engaged
Good Luck to the other Love Nesters in their journey towards this eternal feeling.
Thanks to Janneke for being a wonderful friend.

Ocotber has begun.....Yaa, Its nice..........

Lisa and Me

The Political Sociologists

Bryan Turner

Bryan Turner

I Like Hayeon

This was a great morning listening to Lisa and other at ARI.

I liked this Korean lady at the right: Hayeon

Hellooooo

Thank You so much Lisa Lim Bee Fong for helping me create this blog.

Lisa: You're welcome, Sahoo! Heheheh :-)

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