<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190</id><updated>2011-10-10T16:50:08.118+05:30</updated><category term='Gods Gift'/><category term='Legal'/><category term='Infosys'/><category term='Bribe'/><category term='Waterfall'/><category term='3 Idiots'/><category term='The Secret'/><category term='Cricket'/><category term='Grow up'/><category term='Jobs'/><category term='Sir Charlie Chaplin'/><category term='RUNNING FOR NOBLE CAUSE'/><category term='Developer'/><category term='R.T.O'/><category term='Water'/><category term='Mumbai Locals'/><category term='Google'/><category term='Government'/><category term='Passport'/><category term='India Underdeveloped'/><category term='Indian Railways'/><category term='T20'/><category term='India Developing'/><category term='Charity'/><category term='Mumbai'/><category term='Bhivpuri'/><category term='Zzzzz'/><category term='India Shinning'/><category term='Miscrosot'/><category term='TCS'/><category term='Sleep'/><category term='Marathon'/><category term='Indian Programmer'/><category term='Coder'/><category term='sleep well'/><category term='Information Technology Industry'/><category term='Dreams'/><category term='India'/><category term='Software Industry'/><category term='IPL 3'/><title type='text'>Flamboyant Archer</title><subtitle type='html'>Musics, tweets, Blogs, Stumbles, Cricket...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Prasad ® Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-2790481337587189109</id><published>2011-10-10T16:37:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2011-10-10T16:50:08.170+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Indian Railways'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumbai Locals'/><title type='text'>Churchgate jaane wali tez local aaj radh kardi gayi hain...aapki asuvidha ke liye hame khed hai...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Many Mumbaikars willing to commute by the Mumbai locals would be bog down listening to these announcements made on various platforms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is not because they wont be able to catch a train approaching upfront but its the bonding and mind set which has tied the Mumbaikars with the Mumbai local.&lt;br /&gt;It is the life line of the city, and we should be proud of it. It is the fastest means to travel in a metropolitan city like Mumbai. Connecting the four corners of the city via the Western, Central and Harbour line.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The increase in traffic congestion and financial deficits are the main reasons why a Mumbaikar prefers a Mumbai Local. The Indian Rail, especially the Western Railway and the Central Railways should be accredited for there anticipation and implementation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lakhs of people use the service and I am one of them. It not only gives a sigh of relief from the road traffic but also a peaceful and quick journey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Mumbai aake agar local mein nahi gaya...toh kya gaya..." A must for all the tourist and Mumbaikars, especially aligning in a Virar fast :P&lt;br /&gt;Its a Art...try it !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Mumbai_suburban_rail_map.svg/1004px-Mumbai_suburban_rail_map.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Mumbai_suburban_rail_map.svg/1004px-Mumbai_suburban_rail_map.svg.png" width="313" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6768553919890554190-2790481337587189109?l=prasadsampat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/feeds/2790481337587189109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2011/10/churchgate-jaane-wali-tez-local-aaj.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/2790481337587189109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/2790481337587189109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2011/10/churchgate-jaane-wali-tez-local-aaj.html' title='Churchgate jaane wali tez local aaj radh kardi gayi hain...aapki asuvidha ke liye hame khed hai...'/><author><name>Prasad ® Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-4569095941372262771</id><published>2010-07-20T14:26:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2010-07-20T15:51:51.088+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Waterfall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Water'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumbai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bhivpuri'/><title type='text'>Mavshi, "Dhab-dhabba kuthe aahe ?"</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; After a long round of discusions &amp;amp; options for one day trip, we decided &lt;b&gt;Bhivpuri&lt;/b&gt; for its beautiful Waterfall on Saturday 17th July, 2010.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Bhivpuri is a station just after Neral station &amp;amp; before Karjat station. It takes around an hour &amp;amp; twenty minutes from Thane station by local train. The &lt;b&gt;Ashane Koshane Waterfall&lt;/b&gt; is around half an hour walking from Bhivpuri station. The walk down the waterfall gives the essence of village type houses, roads and somewhat people too.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The normal route to the waterfall is quiet straight forward, but we took a separate route to give the trek feel and was quiet nice. Being a holiday, the place was crowded but still the scenory did not go dismissed. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The fall was just a perfect answer to natural beauty. The flow of water was as hard as snowfall even though there were no rains since last four days. The only thing we missed was RAINS, it would had been an iceing on the cake. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Though we started the trip little late, but atleast we did ! Six members from my office were suppose to go, out of which only four turned up including me. For all who didnt turn up, your'll missed the travelling fun, the vada pav's, the photography, the scenory and last but not the least the aesthetical Waterfall :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6768553919890554190-4569095941372262771?l=prasadsampat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/feeds/4569095941372262771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2010/07/mavshi-dhab-dhabba-kuthe-aahe.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/4569095941372262771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/4569095941372262771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2010/07/mavshi-dhab-dhabba-kuthe-aahe.html' title='Mavshi, &quot;Dhab-dhabba kuthe aahe ?&quot;'/><author><name>Prasad ® Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-3083053491645930744</id><published>2010-04-28T15:01:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-04-28T15:01:26.828+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue "soft" power | Video on TED.com</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/shashi_tharoor.html"&gt;Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue "soft" power | Video on TED.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6768553919890554190-3083053491645930744?l=prasadsampat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ted.com/talks/shashi_tharoor.html' title='Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue &quot;soft&quot; power | Video on TED.com'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/feeds/3083053491645930744/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2010/04/shashi-tharoor-why-nations-should.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/3083053491645930744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/3083053491645930744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2010/04/shashi-tharoor-why-nations-should.html' title='Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue &quot;soft&quot; power | Video on TED.com'/><author><name>Prasad ® Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-3757155037724099954</id><published>2010-04-27T16:08:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-04-27T16:08:29.798+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cricket'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='T20'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='IPL 3'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumbai'/><title type='text'>IPL abhi baaki hai mere dost...</title><content type='html'>Instant idea of sharing my personal experiences &amp;amp; thoughts on Indian Premier League (IPL)  even though the Media has already hyped about the most happening Sporting event in its Good &amp;amp; Bad days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Any match seen in stadium is always fun, especially a T20 and that too in any part of India. The jam packed crowd, fluttering flags, loud cheers, severe booing, blowing horns/whistles and with the IPL, the  glamor factor is a add-on to the fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was quiet lucky enough to get tickets for the MI vs DC match of IPL 1, the inaguration match (KKR vs DC) and the final match (MI vs CSK) of IPL3. All the games in D.Y.Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai which basically makes commuting a big issue for residents of Mumbai. But still as we know Cricket is not just a Game in India !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Inaguration ceremony of IPL 3 was quiet descent enough with lots of kids performing this year. KKR won the match with all round performce against the DC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Finale on 25th April 2010 started with a amazing laser show and live performance of A.R.Rahman :Koii hamse jeet na paye - Lagaan, Maa tujhe salam - Vande Mataram &amp;amp; Jai Ho - Slumdog. Follwed up with dance performance of Bipasa Basu &amp;amp; Shahid Kapur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With finals in Navi Mumbai in which MI take on CSK, it was no prize to guess whom the crowd supported the most. My friends &amp;amp; I had hard time as they were supporting MI &amp;amp; I was with MSD [But guys was fun, fighting :) ] . But hats off to Sachin for playing the finals even after getting 5 stiches between fingers. Excellent innings from Raina &amp;amp; suffling of batting order from MI made things easy for CSK. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now with the end of IPL 3 and Lalit Modi as well, is it the end to IPL era? Well its the point of discussion these days in media and I think it will go on just like the Fixing controversy is associated with Cricket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel it will go on as it is one of the most profitable events one can have in a country like India. Everyone working for IPL or associated with the IPL is in sure sort profit other then the audiences. I am so sure it will be back next year with new teams, new players &amp;amp; some new ideas !&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6768553919890554190-3757155037724099954?l=prasadsampat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/feeds/3757155037724099954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2010/04/ipl-abhi-baaki-hai-mere-dost.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/3757155037724099954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/3757155037724099954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2010/04/ipl-abhi-baaki-hai-mere-dost.html' title='IPL abhi baaki hai mere dost...'/><author><name>Prasad ® Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-1765485272004719203</id><published>2010-01-20T15:01:00.013+05:30</published><updated>2010-01-20T15:26:59.848+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sleep well'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gods Gift'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sleep'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zzzzz'/><title type='text'>Zzzzzz...  Let me sleep !</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;What is Sleep ?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sleep is a naturally recurring state of relatively suspended sensory and motor activity, characterized by total or partial unconsciousness and the inactivity of nearly all voluntary muscles. The purposes and mechanisms of sleep are only partially clear and are the subject of intense research.&lt;br /&gt;[This is the defination as far as wikipedia is concerned about our Sleep - &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep&lt;/a&gt; ]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I dont think any research is required to find the purpose of sleep. According to me its the best thing gifted by God. Why find a reason to sleep its a luxury to have so utilize it. Sleeping is the best form of relaxation. If we analyse our day, the sleeping hours are the most peaceful hours of your day. No hard feelings for the one who dont feel the same, but I am for the majority of people in metropolitan city like Mumbai.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its the human nature which finds reasons to sleep like...&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; * I should sleep now as its very late right now&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; * I should sleep now as I have to get up early&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; * I should sleep as I got up early today morning&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; * I need sleep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; We can drive the most costliest car / bike, we can put our hands on the most costliest and high tech gadgets, we can create chaos in our school/ college/ office in dreams, we can be with any celebrity we would love to be with... in short anything is possible in Dreams but thats only possible coz of Sleeping.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Many health appurtenant may argue on the sleeping hours. Actual sleeping hours should be from when one is tired enough to go to bed till the time our body wanna wake up... without any alarms etc. Why force our body to sleep as the clock says 11 and get up when the clock says 6? We arent robots right...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; But after a nice sleep even the world of hell looks like heaven, all problems come to a solution, the water flowing from the tap looks like a beautiful waterfall in the green mountains, the bath tub looks like a lake etc etc ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Actually sleeping is the best thing to do in life and if its winters... its the most awesome thing. Many would conclude that I may be the most laziest person in the world to sleep so long etc. But as famously quoted &lt;b&gt;'If you dream, you achieve !'&lt;/b&gt;, so if you dont sleep, you dont dream and thus cant achieve anything in life...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; So don't hesitate to sleep, sleep as much as your mind, body and heart will. There are no proven side effects of Sleeping. Sleep is harmless. Atleast the world will be at peace when we will be fast asleep, until and unless we snore !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sleep well, sleep tight :)&lt;br /&gt;Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6768553919890554190-1765485272004719203?l=prasadsampat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/feeds/1765485272004719203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2010/01/zzzzzz-let-me-sleep.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/1765485272004719203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/1765485272004719203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2010/01/zzzzzz-let-me-sleep.html' title='Zzzzzz...  Let me sleep !'/><author><name>Prasad ® Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-1578437334813969601</id><published>2010-01-19T12:30:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2010-01-19T12:30:07.696+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coder'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grow up'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Developer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='3 Idiots'/><title type='text'>Give us another chance... Wanna grow up once again ...  - from the Coders Family</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Saari umr hum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;coding main mar gaye&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Ek pal to ab humein jeene do&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span 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small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Manager ne sikhaya&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;CRR3&amp;nbsp; ya CRR4 rating laaoge to chhuti, varna kismat futi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Code kar kar ke pada Ungaliyon pe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;JAVA, ORACLE aur PERL ka chaala&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Is Project ne to sala poora..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Poora bheja pakka daala&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Career to gaya&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;GF bhi gayi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Ek pal to ab humein&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;jeene do jeene do&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Career to gaya&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;GF bhi gayi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Ek pal to ab humein&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;jeene do jeene do&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Saari umru hum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;coding main jee liye&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Ek pal to ab humein jeene do&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;jeene do&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Na na na….Na na na….Na na na….Na na nana na….&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Give me some flight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Give me some train&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Give me another chance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;I wanna go home once again&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Give me some flight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Give me some train&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Give me another chance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;I wanna go home once again&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Na na na….Na na na….Na na na….Na na nana na….&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;Na na na….Na na na….Na na na….Na na nana na….&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Only a coder/developer will be able to understand the true meaning of this ENCODED SONG !&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Guyz this is a testimonial for us... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #8064a2;"&gt;&lt;br 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Wanna grow up once again ...  - from the Coders Family'/><author><name>Prasad ® Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-2041025871763589156</id><published>2009-12-29T15:29:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-12-29T15:30:49.208+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Information Technology Industry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Infosys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Miscrosot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TCS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Software Industry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Indian Programmer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jobs'/><title type='text'>A myth called the Indian programmer</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="Normal"&gt;&lt;h1 class="heading"&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;They are the poster boys of matrimonial classifieds. They are paid handsomely, perceived to be intelligent and travel abroad frequently. Single-handedly, they brought purpose to the otherwise sleepy city of Bangalore.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indian software engineers are today the face of a third-world rebellion. But what exactly do they do? That's a disturbing question. Last week, during the annual fair of the software industry's apex body Nasscom, no one uttered a word about India's programmers.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The event, which brought together software professionals from around the world, used up all its 29 sessions to discuss prospects to improve the performance of software companies. Panels chose to debate extensively on subjects like managing innovation, business growth and multiple geographies. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there was nothing on programmers, who you would imagine are the driving force behind the success of the Indian software companies. Perhaps you imagined wrong. "It is an explosive truth that local software companies won't accept.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most software professionals in India are not programmers, they are mere coders," says a senior executive from a global consultancy firm, who has helped Nasscom in researching its industry reports.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In industry parlance, coders are akin to smart assembly line workers as opposed to programmers who are plant engineers. Programmers are the brains, the glorious visionaries who create things. Large software programmes that often run into billions of lines are designed and developed by a handful of programmers.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coders follow instructions to write, evaluate and test small components of the large program. As a computer science student in IIT Mumbai puts it if programming requires a post graduate level of knowledge of complex algorithms and programming methods, coding requires only high school knowledge of the subject.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coding is also the grime job. It is repetitive and monotonous. Coders know that. They feel stuck in their jobs. They have fallen into the trap of the software hype and now realise that though their status is glorified in the society, intellectually they are stranded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="storydiv" id="storydiv"&gt;&lt;div class="Normal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Companies do not offer them stock options anymore and their salaries are not growing at the spectacular rates at which they did a few years ago.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"There is nothing new to learn from the job I am doing in Pune. I could have done it with some training even after passing high school," says a 25-year-old who joined Infosys after finishing his engineering course in Nagpur.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Microsoft analyst says, "Like our manufacturing industry, the Indian software industry is largely a process driven one. That should speak for the fact that we still don't have a domestic software product like Yahoo or Google to use in our daily lives." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IIT graduates have consciously shunned India's best known companies like Infosys and TCS, though they offered very attractive salaries. Last year, from IIT Powai, the top three Indian IT companies got just 10 students out of the 574 who passed out.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The best computer science students prefer to join companies like Google and Trilogy. Krishna Prasad from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, who did not bite Infosys' offer, says, "The entrance test to join TCS is a joke compared to the one in Trilogy. That speaks of what the Indian firms are looking for." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A senior TCS executive, who requested anonymity, admitted that the perception of coders is changing even within the company. It is a gloomy outlook. He believes it has a lot to do with business dynamics.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The executive, a programmer for two decades, says that in the late '70s and early '80s, software drew a motley set of professionals from all kinds of fields.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the mid-'90s, as onsite projects increased dramatically, software companies started picking all the engineers they could as the US authorities granted visas only to graduates who had four years of education after high school.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Normal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"After Y2K, as American companies discovered India's cheap software professionals, the demand for engineers shot up," the executive says. Most of these engineers were coders. They were almost identical workers who sat long hours to write line after line of codes, or test a fraction of a programme.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They did not complain because their pay and perks were good. Now, the demand for coding has diminished, and there is a churning.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over the years, due to the improved communication networks and increased reliability of Indian firms, projects that required a worker to be at a client's site, say in America, are dwindling in number. And with it the need for engineers who have four years of education after high school.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Graduates from non-professional courses, companies know, can do the engineer's job equally well. Also, over the years, as Indian companies have already coded for many common applications like banking, insurance and accounting, they have created libraries of code which they reuse.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top software companies have now started recruiting science graduates who will be trained alongside engineers and deployed in the same projects. The CEO of India's largest software company TCS, S Ramadorai, had earlier explained, "The core programming still requires technical skills.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But, there are other jobs we found that can be done by graduates." NIIT's Arvind Thakur says, "We have always maintained that it is the aptitude and not qualifications that is vital for programming. In fact, there are cases where graduate programmers have done better than the ones from the engineering stream." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Software engineers, are increasingly getting dejected. Sachin Rao, one of the coders stuck in the routine of a job that does not excite him anymore, has been toying with the idea of moving out of Infosys but cannot find a different kind of "break", given his coding experience.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He sums up his plight by vaguely recollecting a story in which thousands of caterpillars keep climbing a wall, the height of which they don't know. They clamber over each other, fall, start again, but keep climbing. They don't know that they can eventually fly.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rao cannot remember how the story ends but feels the coders of India today are like the caterpillars who plod their way through while there are more spectacular ways of reaching the various destinations of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Normal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Normal"&gt;Printed from &lt;a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?photoid=1799437" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6768553919890554190-2041025871763589156?l=prasadsampat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1633868,prtpage-1.cms' title='A myth called the Indian programmer'/><link rel='replies' 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src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-5334741077741237439</id><published>2009-12-24T14:39:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-12-24T14:39:37.073+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology | Video on TED.com</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html"&gt;Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology | Video on TED.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6768553919890554190-5334741077741237439?l=prasadsampat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html' 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Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-3853364909454572243</id><published>2009-12-18T14:48:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2009-12-22T10:08:29.503+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Legal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India Shinning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India Developing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India Underdeveloped'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bribe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='R.T.O'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Passport'/><title type='text'>Tried &amp; Tested, the path without Corruption !</title><content type='html'>When was the last time you &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bribed&lt;/span&gt; someone ? Well if you have to deal with Indian Government employees, I dont think you should take time to recollect and if you are unaware of Bribery, welcome to INDIA !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A Passport application as per Aug'08 norms is made for the Fees of Rs.1000/- &amp;amp; must take around 25 days. Well this is a Ideal scenario and I wonder If anything really like this is true. I had applied for a Fresh/ New Passport in Aug'08 directly via Post Office, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;neither did I bribe anyone nor I applied through agents(who Indirectly take Bribes)&lt;/span&gt;. Submitted all the documents as required, the Inspector from local police station visted my place, as per their norms I too visited the Police station(though it was the first time I saw my local police station). Many people suggested/ adviced me to Bribe them to get my passport with ease, but I was of opposite mind. In some days, I inquired about the status, the Police gave the clearance &amp;amp; passed on the papers to passport office since there are no Criminal records as off now.&lt;br /&gt;The wait extended from Days to Weeks but I regularly used to check the status online which showed "Under Police clearance", after some months "Under process" &amp;amp; then on its "&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;It is to regret that due to unavoidable circumstances the despatch of Passport has been delayed and will now be despatched in a week's time"&lt;/span&gt;. I tried calling up the so called Helpline numbers more then I have ever called my Friends, but they were no kind enough to reply even one call.&lt;br /&gt;The weeks turned into months of waiting. Since I had no urgent requirement of the Passport, I was waiting for these people to reply. Basically to see, the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Aftermath of Not providing a Bribe&lt;/span&gt;. I am feeling no proud to say the months turned into a year. Atlast I gave up and mailed the complaints to our Prime Minister &amp;amp; President.&lt;br /&gt;But I forgot even they are a part of this Lethargic, Corrupted, Prorogue &amp;amp; Graveled Government. I know many would object with me, I know there are lakhs of people applying for passports throughout India, I know the government is working in the same manner since ages, many would interrogate regarding my efforts to change India for the betterment etc etc... but 15 months is no less time. Until today, I am still waiting for my Passport and no one is answerable for the same.&lt;br /&gt;Atlast I personally visited the Passport Office. Was glad to see many proud citizens having the same symptoms. Was in no mood to taste their working atmosphere. First of all a farseeing queue for a Inquiry slip, which is of no use to anyone in the office. Yet every visitor has to follow the rules. Followed up with another queue to meet the APO's cabin. After waiting for around an hour for my file to come, even the APO was unaware about the reason for the delay in processing the passport for 15 months. He just took two signatures, which I think was not required as far as paper work is concerened, may be that was because he had to prove as to something was missing to justify their delay. The APO has given me assurance of receiving the passport in next week via Speed post. Well have waited for 15months so 1 week is just nothing.&lt;br /&gt;This was about my personal experience, similar sort of experience two of my collegue-friends had with the Legal department &amp;amp; R.T.O.&lt;br /&gt;But the question which arises in my mind from the above said experiences are:&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Is it possible to get your work done on time from Government Employees without affording bribes ?&lt;/span&gt;" &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Is India really developing?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Are all government officials other then whom we met also Corrupted ?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I don't think anyone would be in a state to answer... because majority of us always take a shorter route of bribing &amp;amp; getting the work done as soon as possible. I wonder if these is how India will really shine !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6768553919890554190-3853364909454572243?l=prasadsampat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/feeds/3853364909454572243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2009/12/tried-tested-path-without-corruption.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/3853364909454572243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/3853364909454572243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2009/12/tried-tested-path-without-corruption.html' title='Tried &amp; Tested, the path without Corruption !'/><author><name>Prasad ® Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-4202380096429777447</id><published>2009-12-10T10:50:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-12-10T14:13:38.599+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RUNNING FOR NOBLE CAUSE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marathon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Charity'/><title type='text'>Act for the Noble Cause...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Dear Friends,&lt;br /&gt;As off last year, this year too I am running &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;for a special cause on the 17th of January 2010.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;My charity is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;PROJECT CRAYONS,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt; an NGO based in Mumbai and working on issues of – the right to education, health and shelter for underprivileged children and youth at risk. But this year I am thinking to raise around 3 times as I did last year. So kindly contribute to the cause and help me make this RUN a beautiful race.&lt;br /&gt;If you would like to change life of these Girl childrens please mail me at&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;prasadsampat@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;. We need your support and help for the Noble cause.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Sincere Regards,&lt;br /&gt;Prasad R.Sampat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ref.: &lt;a href="http://www.projectcrayons.org/"&gt;Project Crayons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6768553919890554190-4202380096429777447?l=prasadsampat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/feeds/4202380096429777447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2009/12/act-for-noble-cause.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/4202380096429777447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/4202380096429777447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2009/12/act-for-noble-cause.html' title='Act for the Noble Cause...'/><author><name>Prasad ® Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-6683406731296263789</id><published>2009-12-09T15:20:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-12-09T15:32:45.040+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sir Charlie Chaplin'/><title type='text'>Sir Charlie Chaplin</title><content type='html'>&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charlie_Chaplin.jpg" class="image"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Charlie_Chaplin.jpg/225px-Charlie_Chaplin.jpg" width="225" height="281" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin&lt;/b&gt;, born in London, England, on April 16th 1889. His father was a versatile vocalist and actor; and his mother, known under the stage name of Lily Harley, was an attractive actress and singer, who gained a reputation for her work in the light opera field. Charlie was thrown on his own resources before he reached the age of ten as the early death of his father and the subsequent illness of his mother made it necessary for Charlie and his brother, Sydney, to fend for themselves.&lt;/p&gt;Having inherited natural talents from their parents, the youngsters took to the stage as the best opportunity for a career. Charlie made his professional debut as a member of a juvenile group called “The Eight Lancashire Lads” and rapidly won popular favour as an outstanding tap dancer. &lt;h2&gt;Beginning of his career&lt;/h2&gt;When he was about fourteen, he got his first chance to act in a legitimate stage show, and appeared as “Billy” the page boy, in support of William Gillette in “Sherlock Holmes”. At the close of this engagement, Charlie started a career as a comedian in vaudeville, which eventually took him to the United States in 1910 as a featured player with the Fred Karno Repertoire Company. &lt;p&gt;He scored an immediate hit with American audiences, particularly with his characterization in a sketch entitled “A Night in an English Music Hall”. When the Fred Karno troupe returned to the United States in the fall of 1912 for a repeat tour, Chaplin was offered a motion picture contract.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;He finally agreed to appear before the cameras at the expiration of his vaudeville commitments in November 1913; and his entrance in the cinema world took place that month when he joined Mack Sennett and the Keystone Film Company. His initial salary was $150 a week, but his overnight success on the screen spurred other producers to start negotiations for his services.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;At the completion of his Sennett contract, Chaplin moved on to the Essanay Company (1915) at a large increase. Sydney Chaplin had then arrived from England, and took his brother’s place with Keystone as their leading comedian.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The following year Charlie was even more in demand and signed with the Mutual Film Corporation for a much larger sum to make 12 two-reel comedies. These include “The Floorwalker”, “The Fireman”, “The Vagabond”, “One A.M.” (a production in which he was the only character for the entire two reels with the exception of the entrance of a cab driver in the opening scene), “The Count”, “The Pawnshop”, “Behind the Screen”, “The Rink”, “Easy Street” (heralded as his greatest production up to that time), “The Cure”, “The Immigrant” and “The Adventurer”.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Gaining independence&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p&gt;When his contract with Mutual expired in 1917, Chaplin decided to become an independent producer in a desire for more freedom and greater leisure in making his movies. To that end, he busied himself with the construction of his own studios. This plant was situated in the heart of the residential section of Hollywood at La Brea Avenue.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Early in 1918, Chaplin entered into an agreement with First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, a new organization specially formed to exploit his pictures. His first film under this new deal was “A Dog’s Life”. After this production, he turned his attention to a national tour on behalf of the war effort, following which he made a film the US government used to popularize the Liberty Loan drive: “The Bond”.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;His next commercial venture was the production of a comedy dealing with the war. “Shoulder Arms”, released in 1918 at a most opportune time, proved a veritable mirthquake at the box office and added enormously to Chaplin’s popularity. This he followed with “Sunnyside” and “A Day’s Pleasure”, both released in 1919.&lt;/p&gt;In April of that year, Chaplin joined with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith to found the United Artists Corporation. B.B. Hampton, in his “History of the Movies” says: &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;“The corporation was organized as a distributor, each of the artists retaining entire control of his or her respective producing activities, delivering to United Artists the completed pictures for distribution on the same general plan they would have followed with a distributing organization which they did not own. The stock of United Artists was divided equally among the founders. This arrangement introduced a new method into the industry. Heretofore, producers and distributors had been the employers, paying salaries and sometimes a share of the profits to the stars. Under the United Artists system, the stars became their own employers. They had to do their own financing, but they received the producer profits that had formerly gone to their employers and each received his share of the profits of the distributing organization.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;However, before he could assume his responsibilities with United Artists, Chaplin had to complete his contract with First National. So early in 1921, he came out with a six-reel masterpiece, The KID in which he introduced to the screen one of the greatest child actors the world has ever known – Jackie Coogan. The next year, he produced “The Idle Class”, in which he portrayed a dual character.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Then, feeling the need of a complete rest from his motion picture activities, Chaplin sailed for Europe in September 1921. London, Paris, Berlin and other capitals on the continent gave him tumultuous receptions. After an extended vacation, Chaplin returned to Hollywood to resume his picture work and start his active association with United Artists.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6768553919890554190-6683406731296263789?l=prasadsampat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/feeds/6683406731296263789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2009/12/sir-charlie-chaplin.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/6683406731296263789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/6683406731296263789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2009/12/sir-charlie-chaplin.html' title='Sir Charlie Chaplin'/><author><name>Prasad ® Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-6402753979996508861</id><published>2009-07-14T10:28:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-07-21T17:43:32.870+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Water'/><title type='text'>The Extinct...H20 !</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"  &gt;I dont remember when was the last time I enjoyed the Bubbleness of WATER (H2O) in past year or so....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the whole city in scars need of water, I &amp;amp; my family are working hard in our own way to save it. Since last 8-9months, we are using Paper Dishes &amp;amp; Bowls, which eradicates the need of using non paper utensils &amp;amp; thus may save some water which whould have been used to wash them. It can be directly be used &amp;amp; thrown &amp;amp; using Paper whould be Ecofriendly too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But do you think, all the families in Mumbai are doing so ... I dont !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now a days even the Water Tanker have hiked the prices beacuse even they have hard time finding Mr.H2O &amp;amp; even after paying double the price, we are not sure wether the water is pure enough to be Drunk... With BMC taking some action &amp;amp; decreasing the water supplies to the Hotels &amp;amp; Clubs which were using it quiet Lavishly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope we Mumbaikars get some sigh of relief. Still on a personal front, I request each Mumbaikar to Save each drop of water, else be ready for the DRY LIFE ahead !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6768553919890554190-6402753979996508861?l=prasadsampat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/feeds/6402753979996508861/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2009/07/extincth20.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/6402753979996508861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/6402753979996508861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2009/07/extincth20.html' title='The Extinct...H20 !'/><author><name>Prasad ® Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-6107437830165127166</id><published>2008-10-07T14:07:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-07-14T10:51:15.876+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Secret'/><title type='text'>What is the answer to every difficult circumstance in life?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Take the positive path-&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Choosing the positive path can be easy at some times in our life and more difficult at other times. When everything is going along well, when we are on a roll, choosing the positive path just flows through us as an easy, natural choice.&lt;br /&gt;When something negative comes along it can be far more challenging for us to choose the positive path. But choose it we must! No matter how challenging the negativity may be, there is simply no other way to bring our lives back into positivity. If negative situations appear, you must use your will and refuse to lower yourself to negative thoughts, words, actions, and emotions.&lt;br /&gt;Use your will and decide that not only will you focus on the positive, but you will ramp up the positive in every thought, word, and action of your day. It takes determination, strength, faith, and the power of your will to focus on the positive when intense negativity descends, but remember that the Universe and the law of attraction are with you. As you focus on the positive, focus more on the positive, think of the positive, speak of the positive, and take positive and good actions, the law of attraction will give your life wings. Suddenly you will look around you and you will find that the negativity has gone, and that your life has been filled with goodness and joy.&lt;br /&gt;From Tracy in the Canary Islands - 'The Secret Saved my Life!'Like so many others I was an abused and unwanted child. Suicide, eating disorders, and other self-harm became my safety net. I carried these feelings of worthlessness and zero self-esteem into my adult life.I threw myself into nursing, to always care for others as there was no-one there for me. I have always had wonderful girlfriends, but terrible relationships with men. My ex-husband was a serial adulterer, and my boyfriend also betrayed me. I adore my son, but felt that I was not a good Mum and that he deserved so much more. Each day I was so desolate that I was still alive.At a time when suicide was again a serious consideration, and I simply could not see a way to keep functioning, a dear friend recommended The Secret. This recommendation literally saved my life. I read it, re-read it, and to this day I still read a chapter daily as part of my new way of living.It took me a while to understand and to begin to learn how to live. I had to work very hard at first to change my way of thinking. But there is simply no correlation between my old life and my life today. I start each day with a smile and a prayer of thanks, I am SO happy, and each day it is a joy to know no-one is going to take it away - because the happier I am the more happiness I receive. I keep a daily diary as well as a vision board, and I am so grateful for all the wonderful people in my life. This includes a fabulous man (whom I met after clearing my wardrobes and bathroom cabinet) who loves me so much, and as importantly I am able to love in return. I have also learned how to love myself, which was a very difficult task, but thanks to The Secret I have mastered it! My whole life, at work and at home, is now so complete and satisfying. I am surrounded by so much love. I believe for the first time in my life.My life is so incredible, and I want to thank you all so very much for the creation of The Secret, from deep in my heart. God Bless you and may you long continue to help others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-A Secret Scrolls message from Rhonda Byrne.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6768553919890554190-6107437830165127166?l=prasadsampat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/feeds/6107437830165127166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-is-answer-to-every-difficult.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/6107437830165127166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/6107437830165127166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-is-answer-to-every-difficult.html' title='What is the answer to every difficult circumstance in life?'/><author><name>Prasad ® Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768553919890554190.post-7805257610824464616</id><published>2008-09-23T14:19:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-07-14T10:53:26.361+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RUNNING FOR NOBLE CAUSE'/><title type='text'>Support the children with an overall view to Empower them and give them an opportunity to be Mainstreamed into Society.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Dear Friends,&lt;br /&gt;I am running for a special cause on the 18th of January 2009, it is the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;My charity is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;PROJECT CRAYONS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt; an NGO based in Mumbai and working on issues of – the right to education, health and shelter for underprivileged children and youth at risk. My Charity NGO needs support and people to help them create awareness about their work and their mission. So I will be running to raise funds for their Udaan Ghar shelter which is a Home for street girls.&lt;br /&gt;So kindly contribute to the cause and help me make this RUN a beautiful race. Please mail me at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;prasadsampat@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;, if you are interested in doing some Noble Charity. We need your support and help and I will be representing them in the SCMM09 event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Sincere Regards,&lt;br /&gt;Prasad R.Sampat. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6768553919890554190-7805257610824464616?l=prasadsampat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/feeds/7805257610824464616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2008/09/support-children-with-overall-view-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/7805257610824464616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6768553919890554190/posts/default/7805257610824464616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://prasadsampat.blogspot.com/2008/09/support-children-with-overall-view-to.html' title='Support the children with an overall view to Empower them and give them an opportunity to be Mainstreamed into Society.'/><author><name>Prasad ® Sampat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04233618127761707936</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gvCBSZv8Koo/S9amzCZI5kI/AAAAAAAAEdo/Z0coseOyoGA/S220/dp.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
