Can I Borrow Rs.25/-?
A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year old son waiting for her at the door.
SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'
MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.
SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'
MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the woman said angrily.
SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'
MUM: 'If you must know, I make Rs. 50 an hour.'
SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.
SON: 'Mummy, may I please borrow Rs.25?'
The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door..
The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down , and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that Rs.25.00 and he really didn't ask for money very often.The woman went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.
'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.
'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.
'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the Rs.25 you asked for.'
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.
The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.
The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his mother.
'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother grumbled.
'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.
'Mummy, I have Rs.50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'
The mother was crushed. She put his arms around her little son, and she begged for his forgiveness.
It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that Rs.50 worth of your time with someone you love.
If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of hours. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
About the Film The Bicycle Thief
The Bicycle Thief is a 1948 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of a poor man searching the streets of Rome for his stolen bicycle, which he needs to be able to work. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Luigi Bartolini and was adapted for the screen by Cesare Zavattini. It stars Lamberto Maggiorani as the poor man searching for his lost bicycle and Enzo Staiola as his son.
The film is frequently on critics' and directors' lists of the best films ever made. It was given an Academy Honorary Award in 1950, and, just four years after its release, was deemed the greatest film of all time by the magazine Sight & Sound's poll of filmmakers and critics in 1952. The film placed sixth as the greatest ever made in Sight & Sound's latest directors' poll, conducted in 2002.
The film tells the story of Antonio Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-World War II economy of Italy. With no money and a wife and two children to support, he is desperate for work. He is delighted to at last get a good job hanging up posters, but on the sole condition that he has a bicycle which must be used for work. He is told unequivocally: "No bicycle, no job." His wife Maria pawns their bedsheets in order to get money to redeem his bicycle from the pawnbroker.
Early on in the film, Ricci's coveted bicycle is stolen by a bold young thief who snatches it when he is hanging up a poster.
Antonio thinks that the police will take the theft very seriously, but they are not really interested in the petty theft of a bike. The only option is for Antonio and his friends to walk the streets of Rome themselves, looking for the bicycle. After trying for hours with no luck, they finally give up and leave.
Desperate for leads and with his better judgement clouded, Antonio even visits the dubious backstreet fortune teller that he had earlier mocked, in the hope that she may be able to shed light upon the bike's whereabouts. However, she merely doles out to him one of the truisms that form her stock in trade: "you'll find the bike quickly, or not at all." Feeling cheated, a crestfallen Antonio hands over to her some of the last money that they have. After a rare treat of a meal in a restaurant, Antonio admits to his son that if he isn't able to work, they will simply starve.
Antonio finally manages to locate the thief (who, it seems, had already sold the bicycle) and Bruno slips off to summon the police to the apartment. Antonio meanwhile, angrily accuses the thief of stealing his bike but the boy denies all knowledge of the crime. When the policeman arrives, he sees the accused boy lying on the floor feigning a seizure and surrounded by irate neighbours who blame Antonio's accusations for causing the "innocent" boy's fit.
The policeman tells Antonio that although he may have seen the boy stealing the bike, he did not catch the thief red-handed, nor has he any witnesses and that Antonio making an accusation is not good enough. With no proof and with the thief's neighbours willing to give him a false alibi, he abandons his cause. Antonio walks away from the house in despair, as the thief's neighbours follow, jeering at him about his lost bicycle.
At the end of the film in one of the most resonant scenes, Antonio is sitting on the curb outside the packed football stadium. He looks at the hundreds and hundreds of bicycles that are parked outside the stadium and as he cradles his head in despair, a fleet of bicycles mockingly speeds past him.
After vacillating for some time about whether to steal one for himself, he decides he has no other option but to snatch one that he spots outside an apartment. Unluckily, he is seen taking the bike and caught by a crowd of angry men who slap and humiliate him in front of his son. Ironically, this time with an army of witnesses who catch him, he is frogmarched off to the police station but after seeing how upset Bruno is, the owner of the bicycle declines to press charges.
The film ends with the boy and his son, sad and let down from what has just happened, they walk along in a crowd, leaving us with a dim outlook for the two. Holding hands, they both a reduced to tears.
The film is frequently on critics' and directors' lists of the best films ever made. It was given an Academy Honorary Award in 1950, and, just four years after its release, was deemed the greatest film of all time by the magazine Sight & Sound's poll of filmmakers and critics in 1952. The film placed sixth as the greatest ever made in Sight & Sound's latest directors' poll, conducted in 2002.
The film tells the story of Antonio Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-World War II economy of Italy. With no money and a wife and two children to support, he is desperate for work. He is delighted to at last get a good job hanging up posters, but on the sole condition that he has a bicycle which must be used for work. He is told unequivocally: "No bicycle, no job." His wife Maria pawns their bedsheets in order to get money to redeem his bicycle from the pawnbroker.
Early on in the film, Ricci's coveted bicycle is stolen by a bold young thief who snatches it when he is hanging up a poster.
Antonio thinks that the police will take the theft very seriously, but they are not really interested in the petty theft of a bike. The only option is for Antonio and his friends to walk the streets of Rome themselves, looking for the bicycle. After trying for hours with no luck, they finally give up and leave.
Desperate for leads and with his better judgement clouded, Antonio even visits the dubious backstreet fortune teller that he had earlier mocked, in the hope that she may be able to shed light upon the bike's whereabouts. However, she merely doles out to him one of the truisms that form her stock in trade: "you'll find the bike quickly, or not at all." Feeling cheated, a crestfallen Antonio hands over to her some of the last money that they have. After a rare treat of a meal in a restaurant, Antonio admits to his son that if he isn't able to work, they will simply starve.
Antonio finally manages to locate the thief (who, it seems, had already sold the bicycle) and Bruno slips off to summon the police to the apartment. Antonio meanwhile, angrily accuses the thief of stealing his bike but the boy denies all knowledge of the crime. When the policeman arrives, he sees the accused boy lying on the floor feigning a seizure and surrounded by irate neighbours who blame Antonio's accusations for causing the "innocent" boy's fit.
The policeman tells Antonio that although he may have seen the boy stealing the bike, he did not catch the thief red-handed, nor has he any witnesses and that Antonio making an accusation is not good enough. With no proof and with the thief's neighbours willing to give him a false alibi, he abandons his cause. Antonio walks away from the house in despair, as the thief's neighbours follow, jeering at him about his lost bicycle.
At the end of the film in one of the most resonant scenes, Antonio is sitting on the curb outside the packed football stadium. He looks at the hundreds and hundreds of bicycles that are parked outside the stadium and as he cradles his head in despair, a fleet of bicycles mockingly speeds past him.
After vacillating for some time about whether to steal one for himself, he decides he has no other option but to snatch one that he spots outside an apartment. Unluckily, he is seen taking the bike and caught by a crowd of angry men who slap and humiliate him in front of his son. Ironically, this time with an army of witnesses who catch him, he is frogmarched off to the police station but after seeing how upset Bruno is, the owner of the bicycle declines to press charges.
The film ends with the boy and his son, sad and let down from what has just happened, they walk along in a crowd, leaving us with a dim outlook for the two. Holding hands, they both a reduced to tears.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Block a website in all browsers
This action will require you to edit your Host file. Your host file is a computer file used to store information on where to find a node on a computer network. .
In Windows XP
1. Click Start->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt.
2. Click Command Prompt This will open a DOS command window.
3. Type: notepad C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts
4. Locate the line 127.0.0.1 localhost
5. To block the website google.com for example, just add this text under 127.0.0.1 localhost:
127.0.0.1 google.com
127.0.0.1 www.google.com
You can add as many sites any site, However you will need to prefix it with "127.0.0.1".
6. Save the file
Google will now be blocked in all web browser. This is an advanced but easy method on how to blow a website.
Another Way to do it
You can use any internet filtering softwares such as "Block Web Site Buddy" to accomplish this task.Download Block web site buddy from here Download
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Shahrukh-Salman ceasefire
In a bid to strike friendship with SRK again, Salman Khan recently called up SRK's best friend Karan Johar in order to congratulate him for the promos of MY NAME IS KHAN. It's known that Salman Khan really liked the promos of the film and wasted no time to make it a tool to strike friendship with the SRK camp once again.
In return SRK too seized the moment and praised Salman's upcoming film VEER. Thus both stars hinting at ending all hostilities. Though, SRK and Salman have not spoken directly to each other after their famous spat on Katrina's Birthday party, but it seems that the two Khans' are gradually ironing out their differences.
Well, let's hope the old friendship between the two gets a new leash of life in this New Year.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Utility to clear Cookies Temporary Internet Files Temp files Windows History etc.
History Cleaner :: Utility to clear Reent Documents, TEMP files, Cookies and More.... Wih a Single Mouse Click!!
Welcome to My History Cleaner utility.This uilty will help you to clear the following history items in your system.
Internet Explorer Typed URL
Current User Temp Files
Recent Documents
Cookies
Temporary Internet Files
Start Menu..Run
Windows History
Windows Temp Folder
Windows File Search
Installation/Uninstallation:
Basically there is no installation required. Just Run 'HistClean.exe'and the executable will create a folder under the Program files called HistClean and the History Cleaner.exe(The Main executable)will be extracted to that folder.
For Uninstallation, just remove the HistClean Dirctory mentioned above and that's it.
Getting Started:
Run HistClean.EXE. You'll be presented with a Message Box to read the help file.Click yes to read it.Or no to run the Main executable(History Cleaner.exe).
By Clicking the System Tray icon, you may quit this utility or click the close Button to quit.
You don't need to run HistClean.exe more than once.HistClean.exe is only an extractor of the main executable and it's associated files to the Program Files folder.
You may download my program from here.Please click the following link to download it.
Download HistClean
Download Histclean
Welcome to My History Cleaner utility.This uilty will help you to clear the following history items in your system.
Internet Explorer Typed URL
Current User Temp Files
Recent Documents
Cookies
Temporary Internet Files
Start Menu..Run
Windows History
Windows Temp Folder
Windows File Search
Installation/Uninstallation:
Basically there is no installation required. Just Run 'HistClean.exe'and the executable will create a folder under the Program files called HistClean and the History Cleaner.exe(The Main executable)will be extracted to that folder.
For Uninstallation, just remove the HistClean Dirctory mentioned above and that's it.
Getting Started:
Run HistClean.EXE. You'll be presented with a Message Box to read the help file.Click yes to read it.Or no to run the Main executable(History Cleaner.exe).
By Clicking the System Tray icon, you may quit this utility or click the close Button to quit.
You don't need to run HistClean.exe more than once.HistClean.exe is only an extractor of the main executable and it's associated files to the Program Files folder.
You may download my program from here.Please click the following link to download it.
Download HistClean
Download Histclean
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Escaping From Dangers
VERY IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING
Read carefully
WHEN A THIEF FORCES YOU TO TAKE MONEY FROM THE ATM, DO NOT ARGUE OR RESIST,
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT HE OR SHE MIGHT DO TO YOU. WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS TO
PUNCH YOUR PIN IN THE REVERSE, I..E IF YOUR PIN IS 1254, YOU PUNCH 4521.
THE MOMENT YOU PUNCH IN THE REVERSE, THE MONEY WILL COME OUT BUT WILL BE
STUCK INTO THE MACHINE HALF WAY OUT AND IT WILL ALERT THE POLICE WITHOUT THE NOTICE OF THE THIEF.
EVERY ATM HAS IT; IT IS SPECIALLY MADE TO SIGNIFY DANGER AND HELP. NOT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THIS.....FORWARD THIS TIP TO ALL OF YOUR DEAR AND NEAR ONES....
Read carefully
WHEN A THIEF FORCES YOU TO TAKE MONEY FROM THE ATM, DO NOT ARGUE OR RESIST,
YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT HE OR SHE MIGHT DO TO YOU. WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS TO
PUNCH YOUR PIN IN THE REVERSE, I..E IF YOUR PIN IS 1254, YOU PUNCH 4521.
THE MOMENT YOU PUNCH IN THE REVERSE, THE MONEY WILL COME OUT BUT WILL BE
STUCK INTO THE MACHINE HALF WAY OUT AND IT WILL ALERT THE POLICE WITHOUT THE NOTICE OF THE THIEF.
EVERY ATM HAS IT; IT IS SPECIALLY MADE TO SIGNIFY DANGER AND HELP. NOT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THIS.....FORWARD THIS TIP TO ALL OF YOUR DEAR AND NEAR ONES....
Sunday, September 6, 2009
What is Social Audit
Social Audits
The Social Responsibility Audit
The concept of social accounting encompasses the process of attempting to measure the value of intangible assets such as intellectual capital, customer and vendor loyalty, employee satisfaction and creative “synergy”, and community support.
Beyond the impact of financial statements as a tool for assessing corporate performance, the social responsibility audit report is designed to integrate the impact of intangible assets on stakeholders by providing them with reliable social performance achievements contrasted against generally accepted social responsibility criteria.
The technology of assessing corporate performance, beyond the financial statements, requires a multi-disciplinary audit team including accountants, behavioral science practitioners, attorneys and engineers.
Within the past ten years, greater focus has been leveled at corporate performance in “green” terms by the Generation of the Sixties whose ethical foundations hold corporate behavior to higher standards than the “Aerospace” Generation. The so called Baby Boomers, now wealthy and seasoned, continue to assert core ethical values as a paradigm for daily behavior.
Consequently, unprecedented private and public funds are being devoted to projects perceived as "”socially responsible”...all this without a clearly defined body of criteria for what constitutes such behavior and without much accountability for those self-interested organizations holding themselves out as “socially responsible” even for organizations which have traditionally been viewed in such terms.
The purpose of the Social Responsibility Audit is to validate corporate performance against generally accepted criteria and report to the stakeholders the extent to which the auditee organization “walks its talk”.
Competence
• The engagement shall be performed by a practitioner having adequate technical training and proficiency in the attest function.
• The engagement shall be performed by a practitioner having adequate knowledge in the subject matter of the assertion.
• The practitioner shall perform an engagement only if he or she has reason to believe that the following two conditions exist:
o The assertion is capable of evaluation against reasonable criteria that either have been established by a recognized body or are stated in the presentation of the assertion in a sufficiently clear and comprehensive manner for a knowledgeable reader to be able to understand them.
o The assertion is capable of reasonably consistent estimation or measurement using such criteria.
Independence
• In all matters relating to the attest engagement, an independence in mental attitude shall be maintained by the practitioner who shall not have participated in the development of the assertion.
Due Care
• Due professional care shall be exercised in the performance of the engagement.
Planning
• The work shall be adequately planned and assistants, if any, shall be properly supervised.
Control Structure
• A sufficient understanding of the communications and control structures is to be obtained to plan the audit and to determine the nature, timing, and extent of tests to be performed.
Evidence
• Sufficient evidence shall be obtained to provide a reasonable basis for the conclusion that is expressed in the report.
Standards of Reporting
• The report shall identify the assertion being reported on and state the character of the engagement.
• The report shall state the practitioner’s conclusion about whether the assertion is presented in conformity with the established or stated criteria against which it was measured.
• The report shall state all of the practitioner’s significant reservations about the engagement and the presentation of the assertion.
• The report on an engagement to evaluate an assertion that has been prepared in conformity with agreed-upon criteria or on an engagement to apply agreed-upon procedures should contain a statement limiting its use to the parties who have agreed upon such criteria or procedures.
The Social Responsibility Audit
The concept of social accounting encompasses the process of attempting to measure the value of intangible assets such as intellectual capital, customer and vendor loyalty, employee satisfaction and creative “synergy”, and community support.
Beyond the impact of financial statements as a tool for assessing corporate performance, the social responsibility audit report is designed to integrate the impact of intangible assets on stakeholders by providing them with reliable social performance achievements contrasted against generally accepted social responsibility criteria.
The technology of assessing corporate performance, beyond the financial statements, requires a multi-disciplinary audit team including accountants, behavioral science practitioners, attorneys and engineers.
Within the past ten years, greater focus has been leveled at corporate performance in “green” terms by the Generation of the Sixties whose ethical foundations hold corporate behavior to higher standards than the “Aerospace” Generation. The so called Baby Boomers, now wealthy and seasoned, continue to assert core ethical values as a paradigm for daily behavior.
Consequently, unprecedented private and public funds are being devoted to projects perceived as "”socially responsible”...all this without a clearly defined body of criteria for what constitutes such behavior and without much accountability for those self-interested organizations holding themselves out as “socially responsible” even for organizations which have traditionally been viewed in such terms.
The purpose of the Social Responsibility Audit is to validate corporate performance against generally accepted criteria and report to the stakeholders the extent to which the auditee organization “walks its talk”.
Competence
• The engagement shall be performed by a practitioner having adequate technical training and proficiency in the attest function.
• The engagement shall be performed by a practitioner having adequate knowledge in the subject matter of the assertion.
• The practitioner shall perform an engagement only if he or she has reason to believe that the following two conditions exist:
o The assertion is capable of evaluation against reasonable criteria that either have been established by a recognized body or are stated in the presentation of the assertion in a sufficiently clear and comprehensive manner for a knowledgeable reader to be able to understand them.
o The assertion is capable of reasonably consistent estimation or measurement using such criteria.
Independence
• In all matters relating to the attest engagement, an independence in mental attitude shall be maintained by the practitioner who shall not have participated in the development of the assertion.
Due Care
• Due professional care shall be exercised in the performance of the engagement.
Planning
• The work shall be adequately planned and assistants, if any, shall be properly supervised.
Control Structure
• A sufficient understanding of the communications and control structures is to be obtained to plan the audit and to determine the nature, timing, and extent of tests to be performed.
Evidence
• Sufficient evidence shall be obtained to provide a reasonable basis for the conclusion that is expressed in the report.
Standards of Reporting
• The report shall identify the assertion being reported on and state the character of the engagement.
• The report shall state the practitioner’s conclusion about whether the assertion is presented in conformity with the established or stated criteria against which it was measured.
• The report shall state all of the practitioner’s significant reservations about the engagement and the presentation of the assertion.
• The report on an engagement to evaluate an assertion that has been prepared in conformity with agreed-upon criteria or on an engagement to apply agreed-upon procedures should contain a statement limiting its use to the parties who have agreed upon such criteria or procedures.
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