Archive for Email Forwards

Ten things to learn from Jepan

1. THE CALM
Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.

2. THE DIGNITY
Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.

3. THE ABILITY
The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn’t fall.

4. THE GRACE
People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.

5. THE ORDER
No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.

6. THE SACRIFICE
Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?

7. THE
TENDERNESS Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.

8. THE TRAINING
The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.

9. THE MEDIA
They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.

10. THE CONSCIENCE
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly.

Management Decisions

This is one funny forward I got it from Aparnaa who blogs at http://lunchtime-arratai.blogspot.com/

Once PVNR (PV Narasimha Rao), L.K. Advani and Laloo Prasad Yadav were
travelling in an Auto Rickshaw. They met with an accident and all three of them died. Yama was waiting for this moment at the doorstep of death. He asks PVNR and Advani to go to HEAVEN. But, for Laloo, Yama had already decided that he should be sent to HELL. Laloo is not at all happy with this decision. He asks Yama as to why this discrimination is being made. All the three of them had served the public. Similarly, all took bribes, all misused public positions, etc. Then why the differential treatment? He felt that there should be a formal test or an objective evaluation before a decision is made and should not be just based on opinion or preconceived notions.

Yama agrees to this and asks all the three of them to appear for an English test.
1] PVNR is asked to spell “INDIA” and he does it correctly. Advani is
asked to spell “ENGLAND” and he too passes. It is Laloo’s turn and he is asked to spell “CZECHOSLOVAKIA”. Laloo protests that he doesn’t know
English. He says this is not fair and that he was given a tough question and thus forced to fail with false intent. Yama then agrees to conduct a written test in Hindi (to give another chance assuming that Laloo should at least feel that Hindi would provide an equal platform for all three).

2] PVNR is asked to write “KUTTA BOLA BHOW BHOW”. He writes it easily and passes. Advani is asked to write “BILLY BOLI MYAUN MYAUN”. He too passes. Laloo is asked to write “BANDAR BOLA GRRRRRR…..” Tough one. He fails again. Laloo is extremely unhappy. Having been a student of history (which the other two weren’t), he now requested for all the 3 to be subjected to a test in history Yama says OK but this would be the last chance and that he would not take any more tests.

3] PVNR is asked: “When did India get Independence?”. He replied “1947″ and passed. Advani is asked “How many people died during the independence struggle?” He gets nervous. Yama asked him to choose from 3 options: 100,000 or 200,000 or 300,000.Advani catches it and says 200,000 and passes. It’s Laloo’s turn now.Yama asks him to give the Name and Address of each of the 200,000 who died in the independence struggle. Laloo accepts defeat and agrees to go to HELL.

Moral of the story: IF YOUR MANAGEMENT HAS DECIDED TO SCREW YOU, THERE IS NO ESCAPE.