Vow..

It striked me finally.
Days after days, going through a series of interviews, the only reply I was getting was -->
"Will call you".
"Sorry, no hiring right now".
"Oh kid, you didn't make it".
"Blah blah".

It was weird that how so many people had the same song to sing.
Was there no company who had a single vacancy?
Where should I go now?
I was working so honestly for the company that I never thought of switching to other and getting a 20-30 % hike on existing package.
Then why this happened only with me?
Was I right, or was I a fool to ignore the opportunities which were there just before my resignation?
I'll consider the latter.
Because nowadays, here who is sincere, loyal, listener, etc. is a fool.
And now when I'll be having a job, I'll not be those.

While churning out the reason behind all these useless efforts which I was making past few days, I recalled something.
This did not seem humanly that everybody had the same answer for me.
It had chances of existence of something supernatural.
I remembered that I was owing to the Lord of obstacles, Shree Ganesh, especially Dagdusheth Halwai's.
My wife once was going through this same situation and at that time she had prayed saying that if she got a job, she will offer 21 modaks to this Ganpati.
And when she got the same after 2-3 months, both of us had forgotten about that.

As I saw on the calendar that the resignation call was on the same day of Shree Ganesh Jayanti, I realised what we wanted to do.
The very next day, we visited Dagdusheth Ganpati and fulfilled the promise.
In this travel, my wife was once again grateful to the Lord when her mobile escaped from the clutch of a pick pocketer.
And after hearing her, I was so relieved to think that if the Lord hadn't been so merciful and the phone had lost, then what had I done in this time of misery.

Thanking every now and then, we sat at the temple for few minutes.
Once again I was now praying to the same God to aside all the hindrance and grant me a new way of earning.
You know how it's so hard here to survive without a livinghood.
You can't sit at home beyond a certain limit.
And I was now able to see that limit coming near.
I held my hands together and asked Ganpati for a mercy.
And if it did so, I will do a thing.
I will .....................................................................
(Hey, it's secret.
How can I tell you right now before the result?)

And soon I left the premises, keeping there my another word.. my next "Vow".

- Sumiet Talekar


Dagdusheth Halwai's Ganapati is one of the influential deities residing in Budhwar peth, Pune.
Many say that the God here listens to the devotees' vow and blesses them what they wanted.
But if a devotee fails to fulfill his / her vow, the Lord gets unpleasant and lays hindrance in his / her every way.

Click here for the full history of this Deity and its temple. 

People of Past..

There comes a time when we remember people.
We miss them for not being with us this time.
Those people with whom we messed up and ended every thread of relation.
We regret for why we didn't leave anything between us and them.
Had we any idea that we would feel their need in future?
At least not a close relationship, but of course, we had an option to keep them in our dictionary of friends.
Even they had.
But nobody did either.

Actually everybody expect from the other end to turn up.
To reapproach with a bulk of roses with a card saying Sorry.
And to initiate a whole new story.
For that, we wait deliberately.
Just like yeah, this is a Bollywood Movie and everything is gonna patch up at climax.
But instead of that, why just we don't take the lead?
Has our ego became so important than our happiness?
Or do we think that time will never come when we shall miss them?
We keep on thinking that why it didn't happen the way it was expected to be?
Or it is just that we expect a bit too much.

Life is a university.
It teaches us lessons, both good and bad.
Then it conducts examinations.
Exams of many types, like MCQs, fill in the blanks, true or false, long and brief answers, etc. etc.
And here comes the time.
We feel that there should had been some one who simply had lightened our mind by suggesting answers we never had otherwise.
We fall shattered, alone, and blank.
In that dark state of senses, we remember nothing but those people.
People of past.
And we miss them, we miss really hard.


- Sumiet Talekar 

Big Bang change

I don't think any other brand can substitute Sony.
Neither by strong hardware nor Software specs.
Still if Sony shuts down, I'll prefer going for Apple or Nexus.
Apple provides one of best hardware while Nexus provides the best software.

But Sony wouldn't need to quit if it makes a big universal change.

First of all, Sony needs to change its marketing strategy.
Sony needs to do ads and brandings,  at least when it has its own range TV channels.
It's absurd to see a Samsung Galaxy Advertisement on a Sony Entertainment channel but not an Xperia Mobile ad.
It's a shame, really!

Secondly,  Sony needs to kick out its staff which are not that worthy and replace them with some talented ones.

Thirdly, Sony should redesign their line of smartphones with new appearances instead of that same old glassy rectangular bricks.

Additionally, Sony should take online polls about how a customer would prefer a change in their products and why.
Sony needs to understand Indian Market where  cheap and attractive products are preferred over quality and expensive ones.

And about a Sony mobile flagship, it should jump to a whole new world of specs rather than keeping on to the tradition of adding one unit of specs over the last one.

For example,  Z2, Z3, Z3+, Z5, all have 3 GB of RAM.
This means Sony has hovered on 3 GB for almost 2 years.
A snaily progress,  ain't it?
Can't it jump from a 3 GB RAM to a 5 GB RAM directly?
Is there any law that they should not skip 4 GB?
Let the competitors wonder if they should go for 4 GB or should they just copy Sony and make 5 GB.
This was just an example.
There are lot of things like, same old camera of 20.7 MP hardly progressed with 23 MP.
Sony can go for a 41 MP camera, at least when Sony has its own business of camera sensors.

Well, I would like to conclude that if Sony wants to be in the marathon, it needs to change, a big bang change!

Sumiet Talekar