If you're not up-to-date with technology trends, it's better to keep your mouth shut

Modern Panchtantra Story [ IT HUMOR ] 

Once upon a time , there was a software engineer who used to develop programs on his Pentium machine, sitting under a tree on the banks of a river. He  used to earn his bread by selling those programs in the Sunday  market.

One day, while he was working, his machine tumbled off the table and fell in the river. Encouraged by the Panchatantra story of his childhood   ( the woodcutter and the axe ) He started praying to the River Goddess. The River Goddess wanted to  test him and so appeared only after one month of rigorous prayers. The engineer told her that he had lost his computer in the river.As usual, the Goddess wanted to test his honesty. She showed him a  match box and asked, "  Is this your computer ?" Disappointed by the Goddess' lack of computer awareness, the  engineer replied, " No."She next showed him a pocket-sized calculator and asked if that was  his. Annoyed, the engineer said "No, not at all !!"Finally, she came up with his own Pentium machine and asked if it was his.The engineer, left with no option, sighed and said "Yes." The River Goddess was happy with his honesty. She was about to give him all three items, but before she could make the offer, the engineer asked her, "Don't you know that you're supposed to show me some better computers before bringing up my own ?"The River Goddess, angered at this, replied, "I know that, you  stupid donkey! The first two things I showed you were the Trillennium and the Billennium, the latest computers from IBM !". So saying, she disappeared with the Pentium!!

  Moral: If you're not up-to-date with technology trends, it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're a genius than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Money is not the destiny.

Story of Validad

Once there lived a poor carpenter called Validad in his small hut. He was living alone and had no kith and kin. He worked hard all the day and was accepting only reasonable money for that.  Since he was spending very little and saving the rest, his money box was full with coins after some time.

He wanted to spend his money fully and went to a gold merchant.

"Please give me some ornament equivalent to the value of the whole coins in my box" Validad said to the merchant.

The gold merchant gave him a beautiful golden bangle and Validad liked it also. But he thought that he didn't have any use of it.  At that time a cloth merchant came there on his horse.

"Where are you going to" asked Validad

" I am going to the palace to sell some silk clothes to the princess" said the cloth merchant.

"Dear friend, please give this golden bangle to the princess and tell her that it is a gift from Validad"

The cloth merchant gave that gift to the princess and she liked it very much.  In return she sent some very costly silk clothes to Validad.

" What  I will do this costly silk clothes?" Validad asked the merchant when he got the gift from princess.

" You can gift this to somebody" said the merchant

"to whom ?  Because this is very costly and only kings wear such clothes" said Validad

"I am going to the sultan of nearby province. I can give it to him" said the merchant

"Okay, please give it to him and tell that it is a gift from Validad"

Sultan was so happy to get the precious silk clothes. In return he sent six majestic horses to Validad through the merchant. 

Validad gifted those horses to the princess again. She wondered who this Validad was.

Princess ordered " Let Validad know that we too know how to give gifts.  Send twenty big boxes of silver to him on twenty donkeys."

When Validad got the valuable gift from princess she sent it to the sultan.  Sultan wondered who this wealthy person would be and in return he sent twenty carts full of diamonds and gold to Validad.

Validad gifted all those diamonds and gold to the princess. This time princess really surprised and wanted to know who this Validad was. She set out to visit Validad.  When she reached the hut of Validad the sultan also was there who came there to visit Validad.  They knew about the poor hardworking Validad.

 Both the sultan and princess liked each other and married. They asked Validad to stay with them in the Palace which Validad humbly refused. Then they sent a lot of money and gifts to Validad to him. Seeing the soldiers coming with big gift boxes Validad fled away from that country.

This is an Indian tale.

Is there any person like Validad in the Earth who doesn't have even a grain of interest in wealth and money?  The majority is running after wealth, money and power. They are not satisfied with the wealth and money they amassed and they struggle to amass more and reluctant to share it with others.

We need reasonable wealth and money to live in this earth comfortably. Apart from that if the very purpose of life itself is amassing wealth and money our life will be a disaster.

In many wealthy families even brothers and sisters fight each other just for money.  

If at all we are not becoming like Validad, at least let us not be influenced by the power of money.

Money is not the destiny. 

It is like 'pea nuts' to eat while we travel the great journey of our life

Confessions of a Kid

Little Bobby came into the kitchen where his mother was making dinner. His birthday was coming up and he thought this was a good time to tell his mother what he wanted.

"Mom, I want a bike for my birthday."


Little Bobby was a bit of a troublemaker. He had gotten into trouble at school and at home. Bobby's mother asked him if he thought he deserved to get a bike for his birthday. Little Bobby, of course, thought he did. Bobby's mother wanted Bobby to reflect on his behavior over the last year.

"Go to your room, Bobby, and think about how you have behaved this year.Then write a letter to God and tell him why you deserve a bike for your birthday."

Little Bobby stomped up the steps to his room and sat down to write God a letter.
Letter 1
Dear God,

I have been a very good boy this year and I would like a bike for my birthday. I want a red one.

Your friend,
Bobby

Bobby knew that this wasn't true. He had not been a very good boy this year, so he tore up the letter and started over.
Letter 2
Dear God,

This is your friend Bobby. I have been a good boy this year and I would like a red bike for my birthday. Thank you.

Your friend,
Bobby

Bobby knew that this wasn't true either. So, he tore up the letter and started again.
Letter 3
Dear God,

I have been an OK boy this year. I still would really like a bike for my birthday.

Bobby

Bobby knew he could not send this letter to God either. So, Bobby wrote a fourth letter.
Letter 4
God,

I know I haven't been a good boy this year. I am very sorry. I will be a good boy if you just send me a bike for my birthday.

Please! Thank you,

Bobby

Bobby knew, even if it was true, this letter was not going to get him a bike. Now, Bobby was very upset. He went downstairs and told his mom that he wanted to go to church. Bobby's mother thought her plan had worked, as Bobby looked very sad.

"Just be home in time for dinner", Bobby's mother told him.

Bobby walked down the street to the church on the corner. Little Bobby went into the church and up to the altar. He looked around to see if anyone was there. Bobby bent down and picked up a statue of the Mary. He slipped the statue under his shirt and ran out of the church, down the street, into the house, and up to his room. He shut the door to his room and sat down with a piece of paper and a pen.

Bobby began to write his letter to God.
Letter 5
God,

I'VE KIDNAPPED YOUR MAMA. IF YOU WANT TO SEE HER AGAIN, SEND ME THE BIKE!!!!!!

KEEPING HOPES MAY NOT IMPROVE YOUR FUTURE, BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY REDUCE THE PAIN OF TODAY!!!

EK GADHA :-  YAAR MERA MALIK MUJHE BAHUT MAARTA HAI. DUSARA GADHA :- TO TU BHAAG KYON NAHI JATA. PEHLA GADHA :- BHAG TO JATA PAR YAHAN FUTURE BADA BRIGHT HAI..... MALIK KI KHOOBSURAT BETI JAB SHARARAT KARTI HAI TO MALIK KEHTA HAI, "TERI SHADI GADHE SE KAR DUNGA.....!" BAS ISI UMMED MEIN BAITHA HOON.............

KEEPING HOPES MAY NOT IMPROVE YOUR FUTURE, BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY REDUCE THE PAIN OF TODAY!!!

Wonderful story..Life is abt correcting mistakes

Monica married Hitesh this day. At the end of the wedding party, Monica's mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook. With Rs.1000 deposit amount.  

Mother: 'Monica, take this passbook... Keep it as a record of your marriage life. When there's something happy and memorable happened in your new life, put some money in. Write down what it's about next to the line. The more memorable the event is, the more money you can put in. I've done the first one for you today. Do the others with Hitesh. When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you've had.'

Monica shared this with Hitesh when getting home. They both thought it was a great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit can be made.

This was what they did after certain time:

 - 7 Feb: Rs.100, first birthday celebration for Hitesh after marriage

 - 1 Mar: Rs.300, salary raise for Monica

 - 20 Mar: Rs.200, vacation trip to Bali

 - 15 Apr: Rs.2000, Monica got pregnant

 - 1 Jun: Rs.1000, Hitesh got promoted..... and so on...

 However, after years, they started fighting and arguing for trivial things. They didn't talk much. They regretted that they had married the most nasty people in the world.... no more love...Kind of typical nowadays, huh?

 One day Monica talked to her Mother:

 'Mom, we can't stand it anymore. We agree to divorce. I can't imagine how I decided to marry this guy!!!'

 Mother: 'Sure, girl, that's no big deal. Just do whatever you want if you really can't stand it. But before that, do one thing first. Remember the saving passbook I gave you on your wedding day? Take out all money and spend it first. You shouldn't keep any record of such a poor marriage.'

Monica thought it was true. So she went to the bank, waiting at the queue and planning to cancel the account.  

While she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record. She looked, and looked, and looked. Then the memory of all the previous joy and happiness just came up her mind. Her eyes were then filled with tears. She left and went home.

When she was home, she handed the passbook to Hitesh, asked him to spend the money before getting divorce.

 The next day, Hitesh gave the passbook back to Monica. She found a new deposit of Rs.5000. And a line next to the record: 'This is the day I notice how much I've loved you thru out all these years. How much happiness you've brought me.'

 They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back to the safe.

 Do you know how much money they had saved when they retired? I did not ask. I believe the money did not matter any more after they had gone thru all the good years in their life.

"When you fall, in any way,

Don't see the place where you fell, I

instead see the place from where you slipped."

"Life is about correcting mistakes."

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