I am not 'Born With A Silver Spoon'… Are You..?

Darkness. There is darkness all over this place not even a beam of light can invade here. I am lost in this vicious circle . I don't want to live in this jail. I don't want to live in this bondage. I want to be free. I am hungry. I can die at any moment. I am hungry."

Can you recognise me ? No ! You don't even know my name. But, you know who I am ? I am the one that cleans up all the dishes of your house! I am the one who cleans your car. I am the one who mends your shoes. I am the one who wheedle the garbage in the hope of getting a silver coin. I am the one whose face burns in the smoky factories of fireworks. I am the one who cleans up the road every morning for you to walk upon. I am the one who does your grunt and untidy work so that you can lead your life. I am the POOR. I am poverty.

Like you, I also have a family ! A mom, a sister but no dad. He left us in this darkness, that is hauntingus every day , every hour ,every second. Alone. He left us to survive in this poverty. To survive alone. To fight alone. You know, I was not born like this. I was not born with these shaggy clothes. People say our country has developed. But for me it is still the same. I am still there where I was some years back. My home is still there in that dark alley that no one cares or knows about. There is a woman in my home with a frail face, with lines of struggle and eyes that has lost its shine. She is in front of fire since morning, cooking our meal which is barely enough for even one of us. But still that small amount of food is heaven for us. She has to wake up every morning for work, putting up a smiling face that shadows the agony and suffering, that she faces every day. I have a sister, who can just dream about going to school. I want her to be educated ,to lead her own life independently. To play and learn. But, when I search my pocket for any penny I hardly find any for her school fees. I have got none to buy her any happiness. She wants toys , she wants to play, she wants to go to school like every other child. But, she is too small to realise our miserable condition. We are deprived of the luxuries that you get, which we can only dream of !

You might be having a pleasant day today. You might be having a nice time with your family. You might be enjoying and playing with your friends. You don't have to worry for the next meal. But, you know what I am doing ? You know how my day went ? My day went in scrounging for food, for work, for something to get through this day. But, each second and each thing just reminds me of my state. It seems like I can't get over this no matter how hard I try or want to. This is a never ending tunnel of despair and hopelessness, that engulfs me in more I try to get out of it. Now that you know what I am going through , what will you do ?

You might feel empathy for me ! But, it will be just another thing you read, just another piece of writing, nothing else ! You will go on with your life. You can do nothing. Nothing at all. But, only you can try to change my state. You can take a step. Only you can get this child out of darkness.

Amaresh

Find Something You Love and You'll Never Have to Work again.

YOU ARE LIVING........ BUT ARE YOU LIVING?
What did you do since morning that made you really happy? Which part of the day was entirely yours whatsapp, Facebook or any of those devils? All day long did you just smile or did you actually laugh from your heart? Can you actually tell me that in your daily routine there's that one thing that belongs to you, only you and not anyone else?

Everybody has something which makes them special. Everybody! Something that makes different from being ordinary, something that makes them extraordinary but not all can find that about themselves, some are lucky to know it, some take years and the most unfortunate lot believe that they are ordinary. But I don't believe that. There's got to be one stage which you totally own and where you can give others a run for their money. For some it would be capturing life under their lenses, for some it would be playing a guitar and for some it could just be crazy dancing. What's that one thing for which you would be crazy enough to be willing to wake up from your deep sleep at 3am? Do you have that one thing?
Well if you have something like that then that's awesome but if not then take a break, stop and find it. Because unless you find it you will just be ordinary and no one wants to be ordinary. Everybody wants to stand out in the crowd, believe it or not.

In school I read a story named 'Portrait of A Lady'. There's the character of an elderly grandmother in the story. The writer Khushwant Singh tells his readers that the grandmother's happiest times would be in the evening when she would feed the sparrows. She found happiness in something doing that way. The daily life routine is pretty monotonous. School, college, work or family whichever takes your most time needs you on a daily basis. It requires you to completely devote yourself to them and for that to happen you have to have laughed. Find things which make you happy and keep on doing it. Materialistic pleasures come in life to everyone, sooner or later but they won't keep you happy and going on till the end. That one thing that defines your uniqueness, that one thing that defines you, would.
Take the road less travel, join pottery class, learn the guitar, take salsa lessons just do something for yourself. "La dolce far niente". An Italian word literally meaning 'the sweetness of doing nothing'.
Can you believe it? The Italians made a word for even that so even if you do nothing you can define that. I would rather do nothing and be happy than do something I don't love.

My Anjul Sir used to tell me, "Find something you love and you'll never have to work again."
Find that thing you love. The one that keeps you happy, makes you, your heart, your soul smile. And then and only then would you be living in real sense because just breathing is so mainstream....

Amaresh

A lifetime deal....

They say memories of your first kiss never loses its charm. I guess, there are a few others … smoke billowing from a wooden cottage perched atop a small hill, snow capped peaks right outside the window, the euphoric scent of kingfisher-strong, the shrill honk of a solitary engine cutting through dense fog, Momos and Sizzlers!!! … But if you are a adventure freak… you may replace all that by one word …. RIVER-RAFTING.

5 folks, named Chandu (The Money-man), Amaresh (The Initiator), Ranjan (The Planner), Dipankar (The Executor) and Satya, all from Finance Team went on a trip to Sikkim/Gangtok in Feb 2014.

After a hectic journey of 15 hrs, all the way from Kolkata, we were finally at Melli….. with white sand, cold green water, rushing air and fast-moving waters….!!!!
It was the none other than “Teesta” where I, CP and Ranjan would put down our naked legs inside cold water just to see who resists the colder water for longer time..

What lay ahead?

The raft was all set to float through slow rapids later turning into giant waves amid high hills of Teesta. All set to leave the white sands behind and plunge into green Teesta.

Since that was our first rafting experience, we almost felt as a part of some advanced expert rafting team who venture into dangerous rapids for “I don’t know” reasons.
And we left with a huge roar. -- Cold water splattered and sipped through neck vent freezing lungs and stopping our breathing dead for a while.

After fifteen minutes:
We? drenched. What happens to raft? drenched. Rapids? overtaken us. And here comes a big rapid striking head on with our raft. “Hooooooooooold the rope guys! This one is tough”. I clung to the front ropes and watched a big dreading water wave surrounding us.
Time stopped and life went into slow motion mode.
Splash!! Aahhhhh!!
And again a cascade of splashes.
Someone put thousands of liters of water over us. Drenched and cold!

Shouting like anything by flow of splatter in the middle of monster-rapids had transported us eternally to some other world, while physically we were left behind on earth. --Totally unaware of the mundane world on-goings...
and…….

Another cold wave chilling down our spine, beautiful like a frozen rose. Raft crisscrossing through rock-pivots, getting stuck in drifts and sometimes left on mercy of currents.
For a moment, we were concealed under blanket of cold water. Shout and live the passing moment as much as you can. We cherishing an opaque world for an instance.

Water chilled our bones to the marrow. We still had miles to go. -– Each time we met a rapid, we met with Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Somewhere around 29th mile along Teesta, we met final rapid. It appeared as though somebody was pushing our raft from behind. Facing the truth, I was moving on the fastest ever raft.
Thug!
Tons of water spilled over us. It was crazy. We had narrowly escaped rocks and minutely avoided striking against standing stones.

Raft slowed & Heart regained the normal beating rate.
We got out senses back working and Transported back to the reality of life.

Alas! we had to step down. Fully drenched..

We turned behind, saw the raft, the thing on which we lived thousands of years in a moment was smiling at us. Yup buddy it was a lifetime deal…

Perspective: Back to work, we all have unrealistic goals to achieve, stringent bottom lines to meet, momentary euphoria of achievement drowned in months of despair, but it is the memories of trips like these that last a lifetime, perhaps bringing a smile on our faces as we recollect in the months and years to come.

Acknowledgements:
Amaresh Gupta

CP Jain
Dipankar Dutta and
Ranjan Biswal

Highlights - India's 2014/15 interim budget

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram cut indirect taxes on cars and mobile phones in an effort to revive growth in an interim budget for the fiscal year 2014/15.

The government's term ends in May and the measure was necessary to cover expenditure until a national election is completed and a new administration installed.

Chidambaram said India's economy, the 11th largest in the world, had stabilised and was showing signs of turnaround. His speech was marred by protests over the proposed division of a southern state.

GROWTH

* GDP expansion in third and fourth quarters of 2013/14 estimated at 5.2 percent. Growth for the whole year expected at 4.9 percent.

FISCAL DEFICIT

* Fiscal deficit seen at 4.6 percent of GDP in 2013/14, below target of 4.8 percent.

* Fiscal deficit projected at 4.1 percent of GDP in 2014/15 and says need to bring down the deficit to 3 percent of GDP by 2016/17

CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
* Current account deficit for 2013/14 estimated at $45 billion from last fiscal year's $88 billion.
* Forex reserves to rise by $15 billion by end of 2013/14

BORROWING/DEBT SERVICING
* Gross market borrowing for 2014/15 seen at 5.97 trillion rupees, net market borrowing at 4.57 trillion rupees.
* Government plans to buy back/switch bonds of 500 billion rupees in 2014/15.
* Ways and Means advances for 2014/15 estimated at 100 billion rupees
* Debt repayment in 2014/15 seen at 1.397 trillion rupees
* Interest payments seen rising to 4.27 trillion rupees in 2014/15 from a revised estimate of 3.8 trillion rupees for the current fiscal year.

PRIVATISATION
* Target from stake sale in state run firms for 2013/14 revised to 258.41 billion rupees
* Target for 2014/15 increased to 569.25 billion rupees

SPENDING
* Plan expenditure for 2014/15 seen at 5.55 trillion rupees, the same level as the previous fiscal year
* Non plan spending estimated at about 12.08 trillion rupees in 2014/15

SUBSIDIES
* Total spending on food, fertilisers and fuel at 2.5 trillion rupees in 2014/15
* Food subsidy estimated at 1.15 trillion rupees, fertiliser subsidy at 679.71 billion rupees. Petroleum subsidy seen at 634.27 billion rupees versus revised figure of 854.8 billion rupees for 2013/14.

DEFENCE
* Spending raised to 2.24 trillion rupees in 2014/15, up 10 percent year on year.

EXPORTS
* Merchandise exports seen at $326 billion in 2013/14, up 6.3 percent year on year.
* Agriculture exports expected to touch $45 billion in 2013/14, up from $41 billion in 2012/13

TAX PROPOSALS
* No major change in tax rates
* Factory gate tax to be reduced to 10 percent from 12 percent on some capital goods, consumer durables
* Cut excise duty on small cars, two wheelers, commercial vehicles to 8 percent from 12 percent
* Recommends excise duty reductions on larger vehicles
* Restructure of factory gate tax for mobile handsets

BANKS RESTRUCTURING
* Govt to provide 112 billion rupees capital infusion in state run banks in 2014/15
* Propose to set up public debt management office to start5 work from 2014/15

FINANCE MINISTER COMMENTS
Resurgence in exports, global economic revival and moderation in inflation point to better outlook for Indian economy in 2014/15.

"I can confidently assert that the economy is more stable today than what it was two years ago. The fiscal deficit is declining, the current account deficit has been constrained, inflation has moderated, the quarterly growth rate is on the rise, the exchange rate is stable, exports have increased and hundreds of projects have been unblocked."

A Spritual Tour to "Diamond Triangle"

The “state of Orissa” has much to offer, than known….

Although I have stayed only for last 2 years in Orissa, but I have explored some places & realized how distinct Orissa is & its culture, architecture & food.

My trip to Ratnagiri, Udayagiri, and Lalitagiri (referred to as the “Diamond Triangle”) was only of 8 hours but nonetheless it was an enriching experience; mentally and spiritually.

Ratnagiri, "Hill of Jewels", has the most extensive Buddhist ruins in Orissa and is of great importance as a Buddhist site - both for its magnificent sculptures and as a center for Buddhist teachings. One of the first Buddhist universities in the world, rivaling the renowned one at Nalanda (in Bihar state), is believed to have been located at Ratnagiri. The Buddhist site at Ratnagiri dates back to the 6th century AD. It appears that Buddhism flourished unhindered there until 12th century AD.

The Ratnagiri site was discovered in 1905. Excavations carried out between 1958 to 1961 revealed a massive stupa, two monasteries, shrines, numerous votive stupas (the excavations turned up as many as seven hundred of them!), a large number of terracotta and stone sculptures, architectural fragments, and plentiful Buddhist antiquities including bronze, copper and brass objects (some with images of Buddha). The monastery known as Monastery 1, constructed in 8th-9th centuries AD, is the largest excavated monastery in Orissa.

The massive stone sculptures of Lord Buddha's head at Ratnagiri are particularly awe-inspiring. More than two dozen heads of various sizes, magnificently depicting the serene meditative expression of Buddha, were found during the excavations. They're considered to be fine works of art. Numerous stone sculptures have also been removed from the site and are now displayed in the four galleries at the Archeological Museum in Ratnagiri. It's open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except for Friday.

Even though, Lord Buddha never visited Orissa during his lifetime, still this eastern state of India is dotted with several famous Buddhist Sites. These places are perfect testimony of Orissa's close link with Buddhism religion. Most of the stupas and monasteries in the state were created by Ashoka the Great, who ruled over Kalinga, which is the present day Orissa.

You could be forgiven for not knowing about the sacred Buddhist sites in Orissa (Odisha). After all, they've only been excavated relatively recently and are largely unexplored. Yet, more than 200 Buddhist sites, scattered across the length and breadth of the state, were revealed by these archeological excavations. They show the prominence of Buddhism in Orissa from the 6th century BC to at least the 15th-16th centuries AD, with the 8th-10th centuries being the period when it really prospered. Buddhist teachings from all sects are believed to have been conducted in Orissa, giving the state a rich Buddhist heritage.

The time constraint was playing on my mind as I had to reach my home back before night. There were places that I wanted to see but could not. For you, my fellow travelers, my suggestion would be to dedicate at least a couple of days to explore, understand, and feel the spirituality and the innate peace that “Ratnagiri, Udayagiri, and Lalitagiri” brings to the soul….!! 

GOOD BYE- 2013

One more year comes to an end, It’s 31st December, 2013. The last day to fulfill all our commitments we made to complete in 2013. The last day to see whether we have been successful in executing all our resolutions we made on the first day of the year. The last day to check out the number of people we added in our Friend List and the number of people we lost because of our mistakes. The last day to judge ourselves and analyze the growth in our professional and personal life. 31st December is not just partying for me but it's a day which lets me know what I am and what good have I done in my life. Being a 27 years old boy, I am someone who has the best strength and power to bring any task under execution, so its shameful to see some of my un-fulfilled resolutions..

When 2013 begun, I made some Resolutions:
1^st  was: To start YOGA, Meditation and exercising. Result: NOT SATISFACTORILY. I started but didn’t retain the Momentum.

2^nd was: To start writing my novel that is the biggest dream of my life. I have started it. Yes. Just started it.
3^rd was: To read 20 novels in a calendar year while I have read 10. :-)
So, out of 3 Resolutions, not a single is fulfilled. Hehe..SHAME..!! :-)

Tonight, many would be celebrating at some sponsored event or at a party. I always believe that this class of people are those who wait for a specific day to celebrate themselves and their life. But for me, each day comes with the same enthusiasm of doing something great and celebrating the same by reading any book or writing something. Thus, I also take my Birthday casually. Because, if I'll celebrate these day by doing something too great then it will surely tease other days of my life with arrogance…J

Coming to 2013, let me epitomize the year and write some wonderful things I got to do this year and some beautiful and memorable things I got to witness.

• In the month of April, I booked a flat at Eden City, Kolkata.. and turned one of my dream of having a house into reality.
• The very next month, my younger sister’s marriage took place and she blissfully shifted to her home at Delhi.
• For the first time, I have been to GOA on Holiday with my other 4 colleagues-cum-friends.. and witnesses the 3Sssss.. of that wonderful place.  Everyone enjoyed there a lot.
• Another great experience that I am having is exercising in a gym at my G-House. It has seriously made me stronger and tougher. Also I played too much this year, including football-match at Haldia..
• And I have also visited Devghar “Baidhnath Dahm” & Ramgarh “Rajrappa Temple” for taking the blessings.. and for the first time I was on fasting for 8 long days “in Navratra”.

Currently, I can remember only these many achievements and new things I experienced in the year 2013. There has been many small experiences but I don't want to share all of them as I am not  a ‘celebrity’ about whom you are interested in knowing about. :-) I had few targets in 2013. I achieved many of them. I had a target to finish my CMA examination without any failure but I didn’t appeared. I had a target of reading 20 books but ceased at 10 itself.

There are so many things that I learnt in 2013 about being a better human being that I feel I am a better person who is going into a new year. And there can be nothing better than this to celebrate tonight than anything else. I have learnt how to deal with close people and how to avoid those whom I dislike. Friends are something that everyone in their life has. If they do not, they actually keep remembering those days in school when they had that particular boy or girl sitting beside them on bench which whom he/she shared some beautiful moments of life. But everyone needs friends. Many people disturb and spoil their life for friends while many use them as magic-wand for success. You automatically identify the friends who wish betterment for you and others who pray illness for your life. There would be many who, on your face, would show how much protective and careful they are for you but actually, they are not. I have got this learning in quite an easy way this year. Accordingly, I have filtered people in my life and now I find myself smiling freely without any glitches or hatred for anyone.

It's cool to follow big legends and real megastars, superstars and role models but there are few personalities who become your favorite for a while of time or say, they just get entered in your conscious to stay for a long period of time. There are few people who really motivated and charged me this year by their performances whom I think I should mention:

• I would like to talk about Farhan Akhtar first. This guy is known for being a director, actor, lyricist, poet, singer, writer, producer, anchor etc. but with his role in ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ he has inspired many.
• The second person whom I am going to talk about is "CNN Person of the Year 2013", Mr. Kapil Sharma, and
• The third person who have inspired me is Arvind Kejriwal. A man who was just a right hand to the India's most celebrated person in 2013.

As I mentioned, there has been many such experience in 2013 which I am in no state to share, currently. In short, I would like to tell that since 2009, all the years has been better than the last ones. And hence, 2013 has been the memorable Year of my life till now. And I would like to thank all my friends and well-wishers for being with me throughout the year, (Specially CP Jain and Ashish Sir). Let's promise that we will stay together in each other's success throughout 2014 too. I hope this year has been good for all of you.

Ending with, A Very Happy Last Day of 2013 to all of you. This year has been the BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE. I hope it is the same with all of you. 2013 will always remain as a good memory to me.

Thanks,

F’Ship to LuV.. (My biggest Mistake)



I met her for the first time at EIRC-Kolkata, on the day of our GDBC’s class. I was sitting in the class with no one around me. Nearly everyone in that class had a friend to chat with or knowing each other (maybe by virtue of their coaching classes). But I had no one with me. I was new to this place and I was searching for someone…. as it was the time when life was pinching me and telling me that I don't deserve to be anyone's friend and I don't deserve to be the part of anyone's company. How much I tried to get into some new friends, I always got ignorance from their side. No one accepted me. The life was diverting towards the state of frustration and depression. I was disagreeing to the fact that I have turned so boring after my student life that I am unable to make a single new friend (except few at my workplace).

While sitting in the class, I was concentrating on Lecture of the faculty and was busy in noting-down the key-points and thinking about my loneliness and why don't I have a single friend with whom I can share everything I have in my heart to speak out. Suddenly, I heard whisperings of few girls sitting behind, I turned a little to give them a dirty look but it doesn’t work and I had to ignore.  All of a sudden our faculty asked to form a group to discuss on some topic; I had no choice other than turning around. Now we were around 7-8 members having discussion on some bull-shitttt topic.

However, I was impressed with the thoughts of Shilpa and liked the way she puts her points during the discussion. In lunch hour when I was having sweets and thinking about her sweet smile, I was scared to see her coming towards me. I never saw her before this day and I was scared that if she will ask me about anything I may be unable to speak as a very long period has passed since I had conversation with any person of my age group. I always got some 40+ (friends of my father, relatives & seniors at my w.place) who always tried to motivate me for my CA Completion & a better carrier as I am yet to clear my CA after 5-6 years of Job. Yes, these 5-6 years made me lose all the confidence I had in me. All the childhood, school & college friends left me because I was making my life terrible and horrible day by day. The profuse entertainment in my life was making everyone go away from me. So, I was bit scared and therefore seeing the people of my age group hesitate me as I lost the confidence of talking to them.

Suddenly, she was standing in front of me and asked, “Amaresh your cell no. pls." I was shocked and inexpressible after listening my name from her. Only thought which annihilate my brain was that she remember my name in few minutes. I shared… and couldn't speak anything after that, even I was also expecting her no. too but I couldn’t ask due to hesitation. In evening we called it a day and I left for HWH stn. as I had to catch a train to Ranchi (my home).

Around 9pm, I saw a motivational msg in my mobile from an unknown no., while I was going through, I found her name in ‘regards’.

Three months are passed away but I couldn’t able to call her due to my busy schedules or may be by hesitation, also meanwhile I got transferred to Noida from Ranchi, but one fine-day I called her asking the updates of Institute & of that crap IT-training, and this is how it all started...

I and Shilpa started talking. I felt quite comfortable talking to her and almost every-time I dialed Shilpa’s  no., she picked it up and I took the where-about of Institute, exams & most imptt. about the postal-papers and dismissed the call. So, she was quite familiar to me and hence I opened the lock of my sealed heart and started sharing my personal stuffs to her one by one. She wasn't ostentatious and this helped me to open up more. She was astonished that I never shared all this with anyone and how could I live with such soreness from so many years without sharing it with anyone.

Now, Shilpa started calling me every night and we used to talk for an hour. She used to ask me various things like my childhood, best moment, favorite movie, my dreams, my passion, my likings etc etc etc. She was very talkative and the best example of proving my statement is that she talked to me incessantly for 1-2 hours several times without break. After that, she used to call me at 10.30 PM after dinner and I used to tell her at 11.30 or 12:00 that we should sleep now otherwise attending office next day can turn into enfilades tomorrow. I started liking her….

It is so obvious that an Indian boy who had no friend from last 5-6 years suddenly got a girl who gave her shoulder to cry and a support to survive will definitely fall in love with her. It was almost 18 months of our friendship and I started liking her after 3 months itself. I didn't knew whether I should tell her my feelings or I should keep it locked in my heart because it may result in our break-up and I would be unable to forgive myself after that.

Finally, one day, I decided that I'll open up my heart to her. I had no friend and she turned out to be the Best Friend to me. This girl having load of her immense studies & some health issues. In spite of that, she always tried to come and met me on my every visit of Kolkata. She used to talk to me day-in & day-out, while walking, while eating and everytime until I used to tell her that I got some work or I am in rush now. After reaching home, she would start messaging me and after the dinner she talked to me on phone for more than 2 hours everyday. I was quite sure that a girl who devoted all her time to me would be surely in love with me like I am.

It was 10.30 PM and I started waiting for her call. At 10.40 PM, my cell ringed and it was Shilpa. Quite late. Those 10 minutes were as long as those 2 years. After talking to her for 30 minutes, I said,"Shilpa, I want to tell you something and I won't take much time otherwise I'll skip it again and it would be impossible for me to say it anytime in future." She replied, "My God, what happened to you? Ok. Say. I am waiting. Do it fast. I am scared." I replied, "Why?" She said, "I never saw you in such a hurry." I said, "But do promise me that you'll not take me as a bad human being after that." She said, "No. I'll not." I started, yes I was stammering but still sounded like KKHH's Shahrukh,. "Shilpa, my life was quite boring until you touched it with your pleasant and sweet nature. I don't know from when and how but I have started liking you. I didn't want to waste more time and as your CWA-Inter exams are about to come and I don't know whether I'll meet you after that or not so I wanted to say it as soon as possible. I love you and I see a great partner in you. Will you love to be the most important part of my life?"
There was a huge silence for almost 20 seconds. I deciphered the fact that the things didn't work out as I thought it would and I spoke with lots of guts, "Shilpa, I am waiting to hear you. Will you please say something?" Again a silence of another 10 seconds. I opened my bloody mouth again, "Shilpa, you talk so much. Please say something right now." At last, she said, "Amaresh, I tried to be a very good friend with you. The day I came to know how alone you were, I tried to give all sorts of company to you. I always thought that you needed a friend and I tried to fill that blank. I didn't knew that you were thinking about having romance with me from all these days. I never knew that you will show the same dirtiness which I get to see in every boy now-a-days. You are no different. And, let me tell you that you have broke me so badly that I'll never trust a boy again. This is the last time I am talking to anyone. And never try to call me again." She cut the call.

I sensed a lump in her throat while speaking all this. She was really shocked and she didn't wanted me to do this to her. I tried to call her back but she never picked it up again. After 2 days, she changed her number. I never tried to go to her house because I didn't want any problem to touch her. I never knew that my void life will experience a girl as the best friend. I didn't even knew that the same girl will be the one I'll start loving.

On this day, I remembered no one except her. I lost my best friend that day and from then I am back to the same life. No friends. Lonely life, Crying Eyes, Failed Academic career, And I'm attempting my CA-final for the 3nd time this year. I hope she will come back once again to give a push to my life. I miss you, Shilpa.

P.S.: It has nothing to do with me or anyone, any resemblance with any person dead or alive is purely co-incidence.

I don't wanna say I miss you.

For Anjul Sir..

I don't wanna say I miss you.
Cos, If I say I miss you- may be that comes true, I don't want that to happen.

I always remember all your words of encouragement to me.
I always remember how you letting me know my scope of improvements.
I always remember how you taught me to be a good professional rather than a good ******.
And above all,

I always remember your scoldings and GALI’S, which you kept on showering me all these days.
Off-course for my betterment….JJ

I don't wanna say I miss you.
Cos, If I say I miss you- may be that comes true, I don't want that to happen.
I always remember the days of Puri with you.
I also remember your cookies while watching movies at your room.
I also remember all your sharings & discussions at office & on the way’s.
Your lesions on how to ‘live life & lead life’..
Your captainship, which lets our team, got the runners at Haldia..

I don't wanna say I miss you.
Cos we still have lot of things pending….
You have to come for all my celebrations and I in yours (if u call me :)
The long drives, photography’s, guitar’s, lot of funs, dinners n lunches together (bills on you :)
I don't wanna say I miss you.
Cos, If I say I miss you- may be that comes true, I don't want that to happen.

Love n Respect

Amaresh

Go Goa Gone (18th to 23rd Aug'2013)

Finally.. literary finally GOA plan is successful.. one thing i observed that when you strive for something you get it.. Last year there was work pressure and we dropped the plan at end time.. This time also situation was the same but we decided to go and we went..

It was a very good plan by CP... We visited most of the places.. from south Goa to North Goa.. Dona Paula Beach, Mira-mar Beach, Baga, Calangute, Anjuna, Vagator Beach, Aguada Fort and St. Cathedral Church.. Awesome trip.

We started on 19^th night.. As per plan we catch HWH - Vascodigama Express... It's really very good Rail trip.. at around 06:00 PM, we reached our Hotel "Charlston Beach Resort" on Calangute Beach.. Our hotel, as it turned out, was a pleasant surprise. It was just a 5-minute walk from the beach. Well-maintained and also had a nice pool.. After Checking-in We had our evening refreshment and then we headed towards exploring the Calangute area itself, late night we were back our hotel, as all were tired after such a long train journey.

Day2 We started our day with an humorous relaxation in our Hotel's swimming pool followed by a heavy breakfast. Finally We were 4 people and 3 bikes, all set to explore this foreign land. 

We left for Mira-mar Beach.. our 30 mins. Ride becomes an hour when we actually reach Miramar..

Then we headed towards Dona Paula Beach.. at the place where two of Goa's famous rivers meet the Arabian Sea. This place is called the Lovers Paradise due to a myth that has been attached to this place. 

While coming back to Calangute, where we spend 2 hrs for shopping goa's famous 'feni' & bargaining with cashew seller was very complicated..  hahahaha and we had cheapest but awesome diner of the trip :)...followed by deep discussion on our personal lives on Calangute beach shore..

Day2 Our Second day destination was Historical Churches & along with the markets of Panji city.

We were so tired after such a long drive. We slept and woke up late in the evening after 8 pm. It was, then in late evening, we decided to explore our beach. We passed empty sunbeds while walking to beach. It was in complete darkness when I first laid eyes on a Goan beach. I was surprised to find that though beach shacks were crowded with people drinking and dancing on the music, there was actually no one at the waterfront! No one on a beach at Goa, just us!

Day3  We decided to walk along with our Calangute Beach, and latter while walking to beach we reached Baga Beach.

There were high tides in the beach. Water made a huge gushing sound. Every few minutes the waterline would recede only to get back water with full force like a mini, sweet tsunami. My companions were very excited and running through water. But I was scared and would cowardly urge them to move back to beach-shacks! I could be heard shouting, “Don’t go deep, water might take you away, no one will even know, we are gone!” ha ha this in Goa! Of course, no one paid heed to me.

Then we went to Anjuna beach ... mostly made up of rocks..
and then to Vagator beach huge and mostly empty calm beach.

Day4 The Last day we said bye to Goa & started our journey back to work..

This is an unforgettable and successful trip in my life. We had so much fun in knowing each other whereas I came to know more about my friends and colleagues. Beaches, tattoo parlors, Resorts, windy and chill Climate are still in my eyes. Thanks to my friends, people in Goa and colleagues for making this memorable moments.

Amaresh

Union Budget 2013-14: All you need to know

1) No revision of personal income tax slabs; relief in first bracket through tax credit of Rs.2,000 for earnings up to Rs.500,000 (approx $9,000)
2) Ten percent surcharge on income exceeding Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million/$180,000) a year; only 42,800 people have declared such income.
3) Collective responsibility to ensure dignity and safety of women; recent incidents have cast a dark shadow; stand in solidarity with our girl children and women; will keep them safe and secure.
4) Rs.1,000 crore allocated for establishing Nirbhaya Fund.
5) Rs.97,000 crore (Rs.970 billion/$18 billion) for women's development.
6) Defence allocated Rs.203,672 crore (Rs.2.03 trillion/$37 billion), an increase of five percent.
7) Import duty on high-end vehicles raised from 75 percent to 100 percent.
8) Excise duty on cigarettes to be increased 18 percent.
9) No change in service tax of 12 percent.
10) No service tax on vocational courses run by institutes affiliated to state governments.
11) Service tax on all air conditioned restaurants regardless of whether or not they serve alcohol.
12) No service tax on agricultural testing procedures.
13) Rs.9,000 crore allocated for compensating state for differential in central sales tax and GST.
15) No change in customs duty on non-agricultural products.
16) Modified law to prevent tax avoidance to come into effect April 1, 2016.
17) 100 percent tax deduction for contributions to National Children's Fund.
18) Education cess to continue at 3 percent.
19) 11 lakh people have benefited from direct cash transfers; scheme to be rolled out across the country during UPA-2 term (May 2014).
20) Property transactions skewered; TDS of one percent where transaction exceeds Rs.50 lakh.

21) Tax on mutual fund redemptions reduced from .25 percent to .001 percent.
22) Cities to be encouraged to promote waste to energy projects.
23) Rs.800 crore provided to promoting wind energy.
24) Two new ports to be set up in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh to add 100 million tonnes handling capacity.
25) Allocation of rural development ministry allocation raised by 46 percent to Rs.80,294 crore; Rs.33,000 crore for rural jobs scheme.
26) Budget expenditure for 2013-14 at Rs.16 lakh 65,297 crore; plan expenditure at Rs.5 lakh 55,224 crore and
27) Tax-free infrastructure bonds of Rs.50,000 crore to be issued.
28) Regulator to be appointed for road projects; 3,000 km of road projects to be awarded in first six months of 2013-14.
29) Incentive allowance of 15 percent over and above permitted depreciation to those investing over Rs.100 crore in infrastructure projects.
30) Foodgrain production during 2013-13 estimated at 250 million tonnes.
31) Hope parliament will pass food security bill; Rs.10,000 crore allocated for initial expenditure on implementation.
32) Human resource development ministry to get Rs.65,867 crore.
33) Rs.13,250 crore allocated for midday meals scheme.
34) Rs.17,700 crore allocated for Integrated Child Development Scheme.
35) Drinking water and sanitation ministry allocated Rs.15,260 crore.