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का जगायचं? - पु.ल.

 पुलं चे नातेवाईक, चंदू ठाकूर हे हवाई दलात होते. त्यांच्या जवळच्या मित्राचं विमान-अपघातात निधन झालेलं होतं. अशा प्रसंगी आयुष्याबद्दलच निराशा वाटून त्यांनी पुलंना एक पत्र लिहिलं. त्या पत्राचे पुलंनी लिहिलेल्या उत्तराचा काही भाग.. जीवन का जगावं इथपासून त्यातला सगळ्यात मोठा आनंद कुठला इथवर सगळं सगळं अगदी अलगद गाठ सोडल्यासारखे पुलं इथे सांगतात ! १० जुलै १९५७, प्रिय चंदू. तुला वाटतं "मी फ्लाईंग का करावं?" – चंदू, अरे कारकुनांनी तरी मानेचा काटा मोडेपर्यंत का झिजावं? भंग्यांनी संडास साफ का करावे? स्त्रियांनी बाळंतपणाच्या यातना का भोगाव्या? इतकंच काय गाणाऱ्यांनी का गावं? चित्रकारांनी चित्रं का काढावी? जगात कुणी कुणाला दु:ख का द्यावं या प्रश्नाइतकाच जगात कुणी कुणाला आनंद तरी का द्यावा हा प्रश्न विचारता येण्यासारखा आहे. शहाण्यांनी या प्रश्नाच्या मागे लागू नये. कारण हे सारं काय आहे कशासाठी आहे याचं उत्तर कुणालाही सापडलं नाही. हे आहे हे असं आहे. यात आपल्याला होऊन अर्थ निर्माण करायचा आहे. नाही तर फूल म्हणजे काय असतं रे? काही स्त्रीकेसर काही पुंकेसर एक मऊमऊ तुकड्यांचा पुंजका एवढंच ना? पण आ...

AXIS bank complaint - refusal to issue FREE ATM card

Update (10 June 2023) For new visitors, please read full story below. Then, read "Update" sections. As expected, AXIS bank took U turn. It deducted Rs. 236 as annual debit card charges. I mailed  Principal Nodal Officer (PNO) as suggested in 2021. The response was, the charges are legitimate and cannot be reversed . I registered a complaint at  https://pgportal.gov.in/ This action forced AXIS bank not only to reverse the charges but also issue FREE ATM card without any further argument or excuse. However, it reversed only Rs. 200 initially. When I asked for remaining Rs. 36, response from PNO was,  The reversals has been processed excluding GST  and the said GST component cannot be reversed . An executive from home branch  (MIDC, Andheri(E.), Mumbai, Maharashtra) called and requested me to let go this amount. I refused. He tried to convince me for at least 10-15 mins. giving various excuses but I asked for full refund. After couple of days, I got credit of Rs. ...

I am a Hindu

Though I am not sure about the authenticity or the original source of this mail, which was forwarded to me by Mr. Jayaprakash [ jayan_tkdm@yahoo.co.in ], I find the message simple, apparent and relevant. This conversation indeed is a very interesting and simple presentation of the basic concepts of Hinduism. Four years ago, I was flying from JFK NY Airport to SFO to attend a meeting at Monterey, CA. An American girl was sitting on the right side, near window seat. It indeed was a long journey - it would take nearly seven hours ! I was surprised to see the young girl reading a Bible - unusual of young Americans! (Later I came to know that September 11 has changed mind-set of lot of US citizens. They suddenly turned religious, it seemed.) After some time, she smiled and we had few acquaintances talk. I told her that I am from India. Then suddenly the girl asked, 'What's your faith?' 'What?' I didn't understand the question. 'I mean, what's your re...

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The 4 Liquid STAGES of LIFE...!!!!

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More on resizing html tables

Hi friends, We have already discussed, how to resize html tables . This script is very nice but the common requirement is to fix the headers i.e. there should be only data scroll and fixed headers. I have achieved this with help of another script available here . In short, just put following style tag in your script, <style> /* This style tag contains classes for fixed headers */ body{ overflow:auto; } div.tableContainer { position:absolute; top:0; left:0; width:100%; /* table width will be 99% of this*/ height:100%; /* must be greater than tbody*/ overflow:auto; } table>tbody { /* only for mozilla - child selector syntax which IE6 and older do not support*/ overflow: auto; height: 550px; overflow-x: hidden; } thead tr{ position:relative; top: expression(offsetParent.scrollTop); /*IE5+ only*/ } </style> Put your 'tablekit' table inside 'div'. My table looks like following, <div class="tableContainer"> <table border="0" cellpad...

Keep the Spark

Inaugural Speech by Chetan Bhagat for the new batch at the Symbiosis BBA program 2008 Good Morning everyone and thank you for giving me this chance to speak to you. This day is about you. You, who have come to this college, leaving the comfort of your homes (or in some cases discomfort), to become something in your life. I am sure you are excited. There are few days in human life when one is truly elated. The first day in college is one of them. When you were getting ready today, you felt a tingling in your stomach. What would the auditorium be like, what would the teachers be like, who are my new classmates - there is so much to be curious about. I call this excitement, the spark within you that makes you feel truly alive today. Today I am going to talk about keeping the spark shining. Or to put it another way, how to be happy most, if not all the time. Where do these sparks start? I think we are born with them. My 3-year old twin boys have a million sparks. A little Spiderman toy can...