Surely I'm blessed to have someone like him in my life :)

25th July 2005

It was raining heavily when my dad called me up to ask me how my exam was. After the usual conversation I requested my dad to get me a new water bottle when he returns from his office.
 After few hours there was news about how Mumbai had come to hault as the city was struck by a major flash flood. There was news about children stranded in buses on their way back home, people stuck in their offices as no mode of transport was available. The death toll was increasing  due to rising water level.

My dad didn't return home that night but he assured us that he was safe in his office and he'll leave when things come under control.

Next evening we were waiting for his call as he had not called whole day and we were a bit worried. Suddenly the door bell rang and I knew it had to him.

He arrived home soaking wet and I was exuberant to see him.

He entered and the first thing he did was hand me over the new water bottle  I had requested for the previous day. I was absolutely shocked when I came to know that he specially went looking for a shop nearby to get  a new bottle instead of getting home safely which should've been his priority.

The small things he has sacrificed upon just to bring a smile on my face means a lot. Doing anything for him in return can't match up whatsoever.

Surely I'm blessed to have someone like him in my life :)

Do something new..now !!!! कुछ नय़ा करो...अभी

A group of scientists placed five monkeys in a cage, and in the middle, a ladder with bananas on top.
Every time a monkey went up the ladder, the scientists soaked the rest of the monkeys with cold water.
After a while, every time a monkey would start up the ladder, the others would pull it down and beat it up.
After a time, no monkey would dare try climbing the ladder, no matter how great the temptation.

The scientists then decided to replace one of the monkeys. The first thing this new monkey did was start to climb the ladder. Immediately, the others pulled him down and beat him up.
After several beatings, the new monkey learned never to go up the ladder, even though there was no evident reason why not to, aside from the beatings.

After a while, the second monkey was substituted and the same occurred. Now, the first monkey also participated in the beating of the second monkey. A third monkey was changed and the same was repeated. The fourth monkey was changed, resulting in the same, before the fifth was finally replaced as well.
What was left was a group of five monkeys that – without ever having received a cold shower – continued to beat up any monkey who attempted to climb the ladder.
If it was possible to ask the monkeys why they beat up on all those who attempted to climb the ladder, their most likely answer would be “I don’t know. It’s just how things are done around here.”


“The most dangerous phrase in the language is , "We've always done it this way'” ~ 

He is a father ...वह पिता है

"A guy in the hostel came down to meet his visiting father on a weekend and he came down without footwear, on the spot father noticed it and asked him about that and the son told that he forgot to do that (but the truth is that he lost them but he was unable to ask him because of financial issues at home).

His father immediately gave him his footwear and said "i'll take them when I leave".
And while leaving he said "Those are not comfortable with my legs, I'll buy new ones." And that guy can see the truth behind the words.

that guy was me .


It's not the only time I witnessed those kind of things.
He sacrificed his sleep to visit me. My hostel was some 5 hrs journey from home and we were allowed to go out on a weekend after 9. He used to be present there by 9 every time. He works for 6 days a week and he has to wake up @5 every day. Sunday is the only day when he can take rest and he sacrificed that day's sleep for me.


From my childhood, he has been a liar.
He lied almost about everything.
He lied that we have everything we need.
He lied that we have enough money for all my expenses.
He lied every time we go for a lunch, that he was not hungry.
He lied that he was never tired even after working for whole week and travelling 250 km in general in a train.
He lied about his happiness.
He lied about having a good job.
He lied because of me, for my happiness.

Love is a part of life. Not the whole life ! प्रेम जीवन का एक हिस्सा है।पूरा जीवन नहीं!

He was recovering from his suicide attempt. He woke up and saw that his father is burning down a flower garden.

He asked " what happened papa?"
His father replied " there was an infected plant in this garden".

He felt weird and asked "why r u behaving foolishly, why are u burning down whole garden for a single plant?"

His father replied with moist eyes "That is what you tried to do when u lost your love, my son"

Love is a part of life. Not the whole life !

Put an "OBSOLETE" tag on that "EGO" board

Inspite of the meeting in the morning @10, I was still in bed @9 because of  the previous night's hang over. Suddenly an alarm , a natural brain set alarm  woke me up reminding me of the meeting. I knew then itself that I am going to  mess the whole day, that was going to be one of the pretty good nightmares for  me and beautiful thriller story for my colleagues who always wait for the  explosion of manager on some one except on own self.
But I didn't have time to think everything then and so just hurried up with  my daily proceedings. As I live in a guest house, 4 of us in the room share a  single washroom. One of the guys in the room is without a job,so he doesn't have  time issues and one more is pretty curious about his job, o he will be out of  the house by the time I wake up.
One more guy left, he already woke up and getting up with his things. He  was about to go to take bath but he saw me hurrying and offered me to go first  and by the time, I came out , he brought breakfast(that is served downstairs and  we were on 3rd floor) for me. I didn't even had time to thank him that day but i  was admiring his kindness in my heart and in this clumsy, busy schedule , I  forgot something so important, so close to me in the house that day.
I was unable to recollect what I forgot, but everything around me started  changing. Every one who is passing by seemed a saint to me. Every word I heard  from any person started to make sense to me. I started listening to everything  everyone was saying. Got into an auto and the auto driver looked like a pretty  great human being. I got down walking so slowly, forgot about my meeting.  Singing birds made me smile. Rattling sounds of trees' branches and leaves  energised me. Every small thing started to mesmerise me. Every human being  started to amaze me. 
Finally, in the meeting hall, I was smiling , without any hesitation I said  "Sorry for being late,it was my mistake" . And after that, every thing went so  well unexpectedly. My manager didn't scold me(even through mail). I came out  smiling. I started smiling at every one I saw in my way , the watchman, house  keeping staff, vending boys , every one. 
That day, inspite of turning out to be bad , it turned out so good. When I  came back from office and I found myself laughing and playing with a group of  kids in front of a small house and 15 minutes later I realised that I was  completely soaked. Combing my hair with fingers and reached my house. As soon as  I opened my room, I saw that guy sitting near the window and enjoying the rain.  That moment, at that very moment, the thing which I forgot in the morning ,  which I unknowingly locked in the room came back to me. That was "MY EGO" . As  soon as I saw that guy without even a job enjoying the rain, it came back to me  . I don't know because of the jealousy or anything. It struck me hard. It was  there till I went to sleep.
Before going to sleep, I revised what happened, what good and bad the whole  day as Benjamin Franklin mentioned in his auto-biography. Then, I decided to put  an "OBSOLETE" tag on that "EGO" board. And I did that.
Now, the days are beautiful.

Ladies only... I'm not!!!

Huge amount of crowd was waiting at the bus stop. A bus came after a long gap and people were rushing in. Accidentally, in hurry a guy sat in a "ladies reserved seat". Ticket collector of the bus was so perfect that he made that guy get off the seat as that was for ladies. And then , a lady rushed into that seat (that was a 3 x 2 seater, if u know how  Buses are like). She reserved the whole seat. 

Then she called her husband to sit there. Ticket collector was against it but as it was a lady , he kept his mouth shut. And then, her husband called his friend. 

Ticket collector was furious but he didn't say a word. The driver turned back as he was witnessing the scene from the beginning but didn't say anything. The crowd(there were women too) who were standing as they didn't get the seats are anguish looking at all these but didn't say anything.

The friend of her husband came close and pointed his finger on the board and said " I'm not" . And this was what written on the board.

Opportunities

Once a rich businessman was asked to sign on one of the document by his newly joined assistant and he said "I don't know how to sign, Thumb impression works, I hope"
Then Assistant exclaimed " Even without knowing how to sign , you are here, what if you would have known ".

Then the businessman started a story like this :
"24 years back, I was walking alone from the office depressed, thinking of what to do next as I was dismissed from my post-man post on that day earlier in the morning. I walked , walked , walked, almost around 8 km and then I was thirsty. But I didn't find anything near by to drink, walked 3 more km still I didn't find anything to drink . Then , I thought of starting a small business on that way as there was no competition , nothing around 11 km. I started it and similar to that, I started more in remote areas and now I'm here . Do u know why I lost my job ?

Assistant who was listening interestingly asked "No sir, why?"

He replied "Because I was unable to sign on a delivered post card. Now, tell me where would I have been If I knew how to sign?"

Life gives you opportunities in different ways. Just we need to look into that.

Stay positive in all ages - सकारात्मक बने रहें हर आयु में

Original pic and teaching shared by the दादी in the picture

1. While getting older, start ignoring peoples' words.(just look at the positive side, their love).
2. Say yourself that you deserve to live.(you might have done a lot of good to lot of people).
3. Eat healthy and keep yourself fit at any point of your life.
4. Be strong always.(My great granny broke her hand when she was around 94 but she never gave up on life.)
5. Keep telling yourself that you are bigger than the problems you face.
6. Laugh a lot.

and finally, she told me
"Never give up on yourself, because once you do that, there is nobody else to do that for you"

What is it to be like poor - गरीब होना

2nd standard:
I don't remember anything that happened in my 2nd standard except for two things. My cycle and my mother's suicide attempt. We were not poor of money then but of my father's love. He was addicted to drinking and we were out of hopes. And I still smell that kerosene on her body which I smelled back then. I didn't go near her , I was so scared. But yes, we were not poor of money then.

3rd standard:
Things changed. The company in which my father was working was flooded. We were left with what we had. We shifted from Hyderabad(we were living there in hyd back then) to our native. But the only thing I remembered from then was that we are moving to a new place. I didn't knew that I'm never going to have my tri-cycle again, that my special room will be gone forever. It was 2000 or 2001 if I am not wrong.

Last few months of 3rd standard: We came here, to our native. Now, the 2 bed room 2 hall house was turned into a two room house. I remember there was one hall and one kitchen where there was bathroom attached. But those were good days, I would say, all of us used to sit at same place and eat once(as there was no other choice). 

 I still remember the day when I asked horlicks in the evening and I'd seen my Mother crying. It took a little time for me to understand.  My father doesn't have any job and because it is our native , my mother got a job of a teacher in the same school as we were studying and because she was a teacher in the same school, we didn't have fee.( we here is me and my brother, he is 15 months younger to me). 

But you know, you get mocked by every one when you study in a school without paying fee. Every single one sitting around you mocks you. But as I started to understand things, I hold them . But my brother, who was younger needed time. He used to cry at home and which caused whole family to do the same.

Feb 6th, we shifted there. My mother's salary was around 1200 and where everything comes under that. we used to eat thrice a day (we means me and my brother, for sure, my parents aren't). Then, after 2 , 3 months, it was like we used to eat twice a day. And they reduced it from there but I see , My mother not eating for 2 to 3 continuous days.



4th standard:
My father used to work for daily labouring jobs(he got a MA degree) some where and finding a job. Things were changing lightly. 
Feb 6th, next year. I went home from school, I still remember the smile on my dad's face, and we still discuss it sometimes.
He got a job in IVRCL (Yes<, I remember the name and I remember it for life time). His words were " It's exactly an year, I was unable to show my face to your people". 
We still discuss it some times about that day.

And the first thing I've seen the next month at home "Horlicks Bottle" . 

5th standard:
So, he got a job but not that luxirious to drink. so , he was away from those for more than an year now. My mom got a promotion from a teacher to an office clerk. Things were changing again.  

6th to 10th standard:
We were into middle class then, we shifted into a new house (not with 2 bed room, 2 hall but with single bedroom and hall). My father got a 2nd hand scooter from my uncle. then, we bought a TV when i was in 7th, fridge and bike in 9th and tv was turned from 21 inches to 29 inches in tenth(those days, 29 inches was a big deal).

I got 540 in tenth, so, the next step is of course, sri chaitanya or Narayana. As I got some reduction in the fee because of merit, I joined there. 

'Interm'ediate:
Intermediate turned me into an "interm idiot" , As we were getting a little better, I started enjoying , not as spending money but I didn't concentrate hard on studies. What I didn't knew then was that my father's job was gone when I was in 2nd year. In fact, the company was closed.

B.tech:
My parents are still big fans of Y.S.Rajashekar Reddy, why not. Had not been for the fee reembursement, I would have never done my B.tech. My dad was jobless for 5 more months but that never troubled us as he had contacts  with the old company traders(He worked as a Raw Material Incharge).  But we didn't have much money to do what we like. The scholarships I used to get went for homeneeds. It was sad when your friends enjoy in K.F.C with the scholarship but you are not. But when you get home a new stove , that feels good. I used to compare and compensate things like that.

4th year B.tech: I need to particularly mention this as I got placed. This was the first news which made my parents cry(call them happy tears but they are not. They let out their grief). My father was like, Half of his life-goal was completed. 

Current: I am working in an M.N.C and my brother has finished his b.tech recently. And My father is earning almost the same as me.(He started drinking back but occasionally).

So, I want to say :

1.Being poor gives you hope, it's like you still have a lot to earn, lot to get. (My Mom used to say that, now we are poor so we can be back rich again. Even though, we won't , we know how to live).

2. Being poor sometimes leads to good things like my father quitting bad habits.

3. Being poor teaches you life. (If you can survive the world when you are poor, you can survive anything, anywhere).

4. My father still says me the same. You know what to be a poor so always think of them. There are 26% of people who are still under poverty line in India.(He actually wanted me to be an I.A.S, so all these statistics were under count then, I someday want to make it true). He is , I should say , a great man. He helps within what he had and an animal lover.

5. Poverty teaches you the power of money. People say, money won't matter , it's a lie. Money matters, matters a lot. There might be(there are) many better things than money but money has it's role and importance.

6. Poverty teaches you how to treat the people around you the same way.When I was a kid and I never used to go to play with my maid's children(i don't remember this , my mother says me). But during that phase when my father was a daily labour, I understood then, that maid is a mother to some one like me. 

7. Poverty taught me that all poor are not illiterate, are not useless. Many of them are betrayed or opportunity-less. All it takes is a chance.

8. Poverty taught me how to understand people , how to make friends, how to look at relatives, how to remember deeds, how to forget needs, how to change luxuries to neccesities, how to wait, how to have patience, how to respect people.

As a finishing note,
Being poor sucks, unless you learn from it. But it is the reason What I'm today.

Shared by - Santhosh Namballa

Do good and it follows !

Yes, a street dog taught me some life lessons.

I was eating gulab jamun at a road side vendor and all of a sudden a dog came there looking at me and waiting for my charity. (If I can say charity).

I finished eating and the dog was still waiting (first lesson, don't lose hope). Then I went to a shop and came back with a biscuit packet. Now, I've biscuit packet in one hand, bananas in the other. But the dog was still waiting, not coming over to either of my hands. (Second lesson, don't force people for what u want). 

And finally when I started feeding it, it was waiting every time for me to leave the biscuit in its mouth. I can see that it was hungry but it was taking care of my hand, it was waiting so that it's teeth won't cause any harm (third lesson. Take care of it, it takes care of u, that 'it' can be anything).

And then , that gulab jamun vendor invited me for an extra free plate .

Do good and it follows !

MAAAAAA!!!!

Sitting beside her standing mom and staring at her big red dotted face,  that cute baby is happy.
Shouting out the only learnt word "Maa" and  revolving around her, moving in between her legs, that baby is having a lovely  day. Jumping up to reach her mom's pony tail, failing and trying back,it's  looking so good. 
All of a sudden, some one came and dragged her off her baby. The baby  bewildered and doesn't know what is happening. It's just looking at the scene  still trying to find out what is happening. The mother cried out loud but nobody  is in a mood to listen to her. They are dragging her in joy, cheers on their  face. 
Around 10 to 15 feet from it's original position, she is now placed infront  of a small room. Shouted in joy, they beheaded her. The baby which is watching  all this still doesn't know what happened. Aghast, looking at her mom's  distorted shape, still in shock, baby tried to get onto her feet and move. But  Frightened, scared to move a bit. 

It took around 5 minutes for the baby to realise that her mom is no more  and then, it started shouting the only word it can utter "MAAAAAAAAAAA" .... It cried,  cried and cried.
What more a lamb can say. Yeah, A lamb. I witnessed this recently infront  of a temple.
We might feel it's ridiculous if I mention "her" as human but A  life is a life after all, Whether a human, or an animal. It's a life. 

Offer Tips to road side vendors or street food vendors. It helps in their daily earnings.

A group of software engineers were celebrating in a 4-star restaurant after getting their first salaries. At the time of billing, they offered a 100 as tips. The waiter was happy and smiling at a guy sitting in the corner (he was not the guy who offered tips).

They left the restaurant and the group started asking him "why was he smiling at you?"

He started
 " My father advised me two years ago that I should never offer tips in a restaurant, especially when it comes to star rated restaurants. He told me that an average junior engineer gets 25000 as their salary and a waiter in an average 4 starrestaurant gets more than 30000 as their salary.

Look at the irony, one who are getting 25000 offer tips and the one who gets 30000 is on the receiving side. And the engineers feel as if they helped some one. 

So, if you want to offer tips , do that for a road side vendor or for street food vendors. "

one of the group asked again , " that's true, but why did he smile at you?"

He answered "he was the same guy who advised me".



(Actually, not just for software engineers, but any one who spends a lot in malls and restaurants often do this. In India, engineers top the list.)

सत्य घटना पर आधारित

किसी शहर में एक जौहरी रहता था। उसका भरा-पूरा परिवार था। एक दिन अचानक दिल का दौरा पड़ने के कारण उसका निधन हो गया। उसके निधन के बाद परिवार संकट में पड़ गया। हालांकि पत्नी ने बुरे दिनो के लिए कुछ रूपये-पैसे बचा कर रखे थे। पर भला वे कितने दिन तक चलते? इसलिए उनके खाने के लाले पड़ गए।

जौहरी की पत्नी के पास एक नीलम का हार था। उसने अपने बेटे को वह हार देकर कहा- 'बेटा, इसे अपने चाचा की दुकान पर ले जाओ। कहना इसे बेचकर रुपये दे दें, जिससे परिवार का खर्चा चल सके।' 

बेटे ने हार को एक थैले में रखा और उसे लेकर चाचा के पास जा पहुंचा। हार को देखकर चाचा चाैंक उठे। वे उसे कुछ रूपये देते हुए बोले, 'बेटा, यह पैसे तुम रख लो। और जहां तक हार की बात है, इसे तुम वापस लेते जाओ। मां से कहना कि अभी बाजार बहुत मंदा है।' फिर वे थोड़ा रुककर बोले, 'कल से तुम दुकान पर आ जाना। कुछ काम धंधा सीखोगे और दो-चार रूपये की आमदनी भी हो जाएगी।' 

चाचाजी की बात सभी को अच्छी लगी। अगले दिन से लड़का दुकान पर जाने लगा और चाचा के साथ रह जौहरी का काम सीखने लगा। देखते देखते काफी समय बीत गया। एक दिन वह लड़का हीरे-जवाहरात का बड़ा पारखी बन गया। 

एक दिन मौका देखकर चाचा ने उससे कहा, 'बेटा तुम्हें ध्यान होगा कि एक दिन तुम एक नीलम का हार बेचने के लिए लाए थे। उसे अपनी मां से लेकर आना, आजकल बाजार बहुत तेज है, उसके अच्छे दाम मिल जाएंगे।'

लड़का जब शाम को अपने घर पहुंचा, तो उसमें मां से वह हार मांगा। मां ने जब नीलम का हार लड़के के हाथ में रखा, तो वह आश्चर्यचकित रह गया। वह हार नकली था। लेकिन इस बात ने उसे सोच में डाल दिया। अगर यह हार नकली है, तो उस समय उसे चाचाजी ने यह बात क्यों नहीं बताई थी, जब वह उसे बेचने के लिए चाचाजी के पास लेकर गया था?

चाचाजी ने जब उसकी बात सुनी, तो वे बोले, 'बेटा, जब तुम पहली बार हार लेकर थे, तब मैंने जानबूझकर इसे नकली नहीं बताया था। क्योंकि उस समय तुम्हारे परिवार के बुरे दिन चल रहे थे। उस समय तुम हमारी बात पर यकीन नहीं करते। तुम्हें लगता कि हमारे बुरे दिन चल रहे हैं, तो चाचा भी हमें ठगने की सोच रहे हैं। इससे तुम्हारी नजर में हम अनावश्यक रूप से बुरे बन जाते और हमारे सम्बंध खराब हो जाते। इसीलिए मैंने उस दिन मंदी का बहाना करके हार बेचने से मना कर दिया था। आज जब तुम्हें खुद रत्नों की परख हो गयी है, तो तुम्हें स्वयं ही पता चल गया कि हार सचमुच नकली है।'

दोस्तों, ऐसा अक्सर हमारे साथ भी होता है। हम किसी भी घटना अथवा बात की गहराई को समझ नहीं पाते और लोगों के साथ अपने सम्बंध खराब कर लेते हैं, जबकि उसके पीछे की वजह दूसरी होती है। इसीलिए जब भी कभी ऐसा अवसर आए, जिससे आपके रिश्ते प्रभावित हो रहे हों, वहां तत्काल कोई निर्णय न लें। क्योंकि हीरे की परख के लिए अनुभव का ज्ञान जरूरी होता है। हो सकता है कि बिना ज्ञान/अनुभव के आप कोई गलत निर्णय ले बैठें और उसकी वजह से आपको सारी उम्र पछताना पड़ जाए।

Why is Mumbai Financial hub of India when the region is at a high risk geographical location?

MUMBAI.....what a location - prone to sea level rise or tsunami, near to tectonic plate junctions inviting warm welcome for earthquakes or dangers of volcano,
which country's administration in his good mind will make them their major hubs,
the fact is that a city rises owing to it's trade, it's resource treasure or it's strategic location facilitating transport.
Port cities facilitate export and import and thus promote trade within and outside the country.
Shanghai is world's one of biggest financial center because it has the largest port and consequently handles the largest amount of cargo annually.

In case of Mumbai's development as a financial capital, it also has a history associated with itself apart from having the above mentioned points.
The component 7 islands together provided a very good natural harbor and also at the same time provided natural insulation from land attack.
You see, places giving strategic natural defense were the most preferred choices of place for any rule of administration which use to have war every now and then. This was also the reason for the decline of Surat which was earlier the trade giant of India before it had been shifted to Bombay by british.
In 1853, the first railway line setup and 1861-65 American civil war made the city world's chief cotton-trading market, resulting in a boom in the economy that subsequently enhanced it to heights of reputation. This was all just going normal until the SUEZ CANAL been opened in 1869, which turned it into one of largest seaports of Arabian sea (which acted just like added fuel in fire for it's upsurge in trade).

In subsequent years especially during the late 20th century, although it faced stiff competition from Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore, but owing to it's huge population (highest at that time) having high amount of unskilled and semi-skilled labour, Mumbai attracted a lot of financial and manufacturing capital investments which ultimately led to it's development as the Financial capital of India. this was the most important reason for it's rise, as you know market runs after labor and MUMBAI had it all...

Reason behind sudden increase in prices of pulses in India

Pulse price rise was the near certain result this year the market was sure of.
Reason: Well, before we conclude the actual reason for it, we must first see something: the distribution of pulse production in India:

you see, the Top-3: thats

• Madhya pradesh
• UP
• Maharashtra

and all the above mentioned are one's that are rain dependent.

according to this year stats, rainfall in peninsular India was near normal, but was 26% deficient in central India. (Performance of Southwest Monsoon from June 1 to September 28),
so anyone can conclude easily that production in these state was less and thus due to fall in supply, prices rose.
Conclusion: partially correct but just 20% of actual reason of  price rise.

now we come to actual reason:
Normal annual consumption of India: 3-4 million tonnes.
this year shortfall: about 11%.

and that leaded to supply diminishment, but how ??

1. lack of bureaucratic activity: prices don't rise when there is less production (upto a certain limit), prices rise when there is shortening of supply in the market,
government is importing pulses, has made imports to zero duty, have banned exports now,
but had actually been the officials been tracking production and prices, and ensured year-along smooth supplies by following above methods earlier, prices wouldn't have reached here.


2. Difference between hoarders and stockists:
Crops in which harvesting is concentrated to 1-3 month window but consumption is throughout year, there are some people who store it in additional amounts to keep supplies round the year (that is why warehouses and cold storages made), 
the day stocking limit is imposed, legal stockist become hoarder overnight in which some of whom maintain private warehouses, 
Forcing them to offload stocks will certainly bring immediate relief to the markets, but what will happen to supply in subsequent months, nobody knows leading to more price rise later (as there will be not much stocking left at that time and imports will have to be increased, however november harvests will give some relief),
this strategy also discourages investment in warehousing facilities leading to chances of market collapse.

3. Suspension of  future/forwards market: which gives signals of likely future prices (on contention that some traders collude and rig the market) and can actually help government to take pre-emptive measures.
so, no future anticipation = no preparedness = high prices suddenly on shortfall reports.



last, but most important,
 a question: if rain was short, why wasn't prices of rice or wheat rose?
because we have buffer stock (an extra amount stored for emergency purposes) for rice and wheat, but we don't have one for pulses, this was the biggest reason why prices rose because then government had no way to stabilize the prices of pulses in the market by offloading some stock and control the prices by increasing supplies.

Honey...This incident has happened with each one of us in one case or the other

After a meeting I was coming out of a hotel and I was looking for my car keys. They were not in my pockets. A quick search in the meeting room, it wasn't there too. Suddenly I realized I must have left them in the car. My husband has shouted many times for leaving the keys in the ignition. My theory is the ignition is the best place not to lose them. His theory is the car will be stolen. Immediately I rushed to the parking lot, I came to a terrifying conclusion. His theory was right. The parking lot was empty. I immediately called the police.I gave them my location, Description of the car, Place I parked etc, I equally confessed that I had left my keys in the car, and that the car had been stolen. Then I made the most difficult call of all, to my husband, "Honey", I stammered; (I always call him "honey" in times like these.) "I left my keys in the car, and it has been stolen." There was a period of silence. I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard his voice. "Idiot", he shouted, "I dropped you at the hotel !" Now it was my time to be silent. Embarrassed, I said, "Well, then pls come and get me." He shouted again, "I will, as soon as I convince this policeman I have not stolen your car." :)

In trying to burn you, it’s consuming itself.

Suddenly he reached out and pulled a half-burnt stick from the fire. 
He thrust it at me so that I flinched back.

“What are you doing?” I cried startled and angry. 

“Trying to show you something. The stick, it scared you. it may have even hurt you, if you hadn’t been so quick. But look - in trying to burn you, it’s consuming itself. That is what happens to a heart“..