My adventurous journey...
Was in Gujarat for some official work from 17th onwards.....
Return time me I thought to visit Jaipur nd Delhi ( met nimmi sangam uma dua)
On the way to Hoshiarpur from Delhi, I found that the train was running 2 hrs late. The Jalandhar Cant railway station was half broken....
The train then halted at a remote village called Adampur (Khurdpur railway station)
It was at that time someone told that there is a curfew in almost all areas of Punjab....I thought it would get over soon and the train would resume its journey in sometime. I thought I would reach Hoshiarpur very soon as it was only 21 kms from Adampur..
But to my dismay, the passengers waited from morning 8 to 2 p.m for the train to make any movement. Some of the passengers had their relatives and hence went with them. While I, along with 50 more passengers were left with no option but to wait...
Even I stepped out of the train.to go outside the platform and get something to eat and drink...but jaise hi bahaar jaate the...there were some ppl in 2 wheelers with Lathis nd Swords....running around......nd so we ran back to the platform....
The coaaches of some trains were also burnt in Jalandhar...so we did not consider us safe inside the platform too...
Fortunately , the people of the village came to help us out..They provided us water, tea and food ( The entire village shops were closed...so we had no other option to eat nd drink)
After 2 p.m, they sent us to Gurdwara which is the safest place to stay...We were transported from station to Gurdwara by Tractor Trolley ( Yes..it was my 1st ride in the tractor)
They made food arrangements here too...nd we were taking rest in the carpet....
Since 2 p.m yesterday (25th), we are still in the same Gurdwara....waiting for the situation to improve.....longing to reach home :(
nd finally the moment has come....
finally pahunch gaya....company vaale aa gaye lene...
in their company's car ( Sonalika Rhino Rx- yes m trying to publicize it....entered into MUV venture recently;) )
total 13 ppl sat in this 8 seater MUV along with luggages....including 2 ppl from the police forces...there were showrooms nd petrol pumps all broken !!
was quite an adventure indeed !!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Thursday, March 15, 2007
MDI-GT/PI EXPERIENCE
My gt/pi experience.13th march,gurgaon
Guys, this is my last call of the season…and the only hope for me..though not much chances with a score of just 94.23%ile
Gt-as already said, we were given some pencil rubber paper, pins,matchbox etc
Predicted-15 items
Made-23 items
Accepted-18 items
So a decent performance by the group of 8(1 was absent)
Interview- I was the 3rd one to go
The panel was trying to take a stress interview, will object you on every sentence
p-how was the group task?
Me-enjoyed a lot..lots of ppl coming up with good ideas..and the best part was that we were successful in making items more than we predicted
p-it means u were underestimating yourselves..or were fearful
me-madam, we wanted to set some realistic target..and as the company beats the market expectations in financial resuls, so did we.we beat our own expectations..adding to that I was aware of my potential..but not of the whole group..and once we started making products, we thought that the group has more potential
p-so why hr?
me-told bout attrition rates figures globally and in india, increasing workforce, maintaing them, future is going to be war of talent..+ that there r very few ppl opting for hr and very few good b- schools offer specialization in HR
p-like?
Me-xlri,tiss,scmhrd,mdi
p-also imi and imt offer that
me-I was not aware of it
p-why hr after engineering?
Me—told bout my inerest to go into manufacturing sector(btw I m an electrical engineering fresher)like abb and l&t..there the recruiter or the hr person should know what the company wants and what the prospective employee should be like
Told that the reason for attrition is that the candidate feels that he is more capabe of doing something better than this kind of job profile…so that’s a challenge hr manager is facing
p-hr is being outsourced..so less scope?
me-said hr managers are still required and ppl are ignoing it coz of the more glossy field of finance or marketing..so there is supply demand mismatch…nd also I m capable to be selected in a good company even if requirement is less
p-2 saal mein aisa kya sikhaa denge ki hr ki duniya palat doge?
Me-told that I had a talk with mdi seniors ..they r already working in their 2nd live project during course..so lots to learn…and the change can take place once I enter into the profession..only then I can comment on that.no reaction from panel)
p-u like reading?
Me-yes..both fiction n non fiction
p-ur top 3-4 novels
me-google stor ,made in America, lee Iacocca,games people play
p-ur fav?
Me-google story
p-why?
Me—inspiring, innovative ideas…blah blah
p-name some top companies with good hr policies
me-according to ET 500, TCS, bharati and P&G wre the top 3 companiess
said a quote from P&G’s president-If u take away all buildings and money and leave only our employees, we can build the entire ystem in a decade, but if u take away our people, we cannont build thae system again in lifetime
that’s all..thank you
was good enuf I guess, wat say??…but mere cat score ka kya karun!!!!heard they give a lot of weightage to it
Guys, this is my last call of the season…and the only hope for me..though not much chances with a score of just 94.23%ile
Gt-as already said, we were given some pencil rubber paper, pins,matchbox etc
Predicted-15 items
Made-23 items
Accepted-18 items
So a decent performance by the group of 8(1 was absent)
Interview- I was the 3rd one to go
The panel was trying to take a stress interview, will object you on every sentence
p-how was the group task?
Me-enjoyed a lot..lots of ppl coming up with good ideas..and the best part was that we were successful in making items more than we predicted
p-it means u were underestimating yourselves..or were fearful
me-madam, we wanted to set some realistic target..and as the company beats the market expectations in financial resuls, so did we.we beat our own expectations..adding to that I was aware of my potential..but not of the whole group..and once we started making products, we thought that the group has more potential
p-so why hr?
me-told bout attrition rates figures globally and in india, increasing workforce, maintaing them, future is going to be war of talent..+ that there r very few ppl opting for hr and very few good b- schools offer specialization in HR
p-like?
Me-xlri,tiss,scmhrd,mdi
p-also imi and imt offer that
me-I was not aware of it
p-why hr after engineering?
Me—told bout my inerest to go into manufacturing sector(btw I m an electrical engineering fresher)like abb and l&t..there the recruiter or the hr person should know what the company wants and what the prospective employee should be like
Told that the reason for attrition is that the candidate feels that he is more capabe of doing something better than this kind of job profile…so that’s a challenge hr manager is facing
p-hr is being outsourced..so less scope?
me-said hr managers are still required and ppl are ignoing it coz of the more glossy field of finance or marketing..so there is supply demand mismatch…nd also I m capable to be selected in a good company even if requirement is less
p-2 saal mein aisa kya sikhaa denge ki hr ki duniya palat doge?
Me-told that I had a talk with mdi seniors ..they r already working in their 2nd live project during course..so lots to learn…and the change can take place once I enter into the profession..only then I can comment on that.no reaction from panel)
p-u like reading?
Me-yes..both fiction n non fiction
p-ur top 3-4 novels
me-google stor ,made in America, lee Iacocca,games people play
p-ur fav?
Me-google story
p-why?
Me—inspiring, innovative ideas…blah blah
p-name some top companies with good hr policies
me-according to ET 500, TCS, bharati and P&G wre the top 3 companiess
said a quote from P&G’s president-If u take away all buildings and money and leave only our employees, we can build the entire ystem in a decade, but if u take away our people, we cannont build thae system again in lifetime
that’s all..thank you
was good enuf I guess, wat say??…but mere cat score ka kya karun!!!!heard they give a lot of weightage to it
Sunday, December 24, 2006
thats what i call a good PJ..
Ek nadi thi......
uske upar ek pul bana hua tha.....
pul par bahut saari ladkiyan khadi thi......
sab ki sab ek hi ladke ki deewani thi.....
Guess who was the lucky guy??????
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Keep Guessing......
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Chalo yaar....the answer is
"KISNA"
Jo hai albela mad naino wala...
jiski diwani bridge ki har bala.....
woh KISNA hai
uske upar ek pul bana hua tha.....
pul par bahut saari ladkiyan khadi thi......
sab ki sab ek hi ladke ki deewani thi.....
Guess who was the lucky guy??????
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Keep Guessing......
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Chalo yaar....the answer is
"KISNA"
Jo hai albela mad naino wala...
jiski diwani bridge ki har bala.....
woh KISNA hai
Saturday, December 16, 2006
another PJ...
Two little boys, ages 8 and 10, are excessively mischievous. They are always
getting into trouble and their parents know all about it. If any mischief
occurs in their town, the two boys are probably involved.
The boys mother heard that a preacher in town had been successful in
disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The
preacher agreed, but he asked to see them individually.So the mother sent
the 8 year old first, in the morning, with the older boy to see the
preacher in the afternoon.
The preacher, a huge man with a booming voice, sat the younger boy down and
asked him sternly, Do you know where God is, son?
The boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting there
wide-eyed with his mouth
hanging open.
So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone, Where is
God?!
Again, the boy made no attempt to answer. The preacher raised his voice
even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed, Where is
God?!
The boy screamed , ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the
door behind him. When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked,
what happened?
The younger brother, gasping f or breath, replied, We are in BIG trouble
this time.
(I just LOVE reading next line again and again)
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GOD is missing, and they think we did it!
getting into trouble and their parents know all about it. If any mischief
occurs in their town, the two boys are probably involved.
The boys mother heard that a preacher in town had been successful in
disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The
preacher agreed, but he asked to see them individually.So the mother sent
the 8 year old first, in the morning, with the older boy to see the
preacher in the afternoon.
The preacher, a huge man with a booming voice, sat the younger boy down and
asked him sternly, Do you know where God is, son?
The boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting there
wide-eyed with his mouth
hanging open.
So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone, Where is
God?!
Again, the boy made no attempt to answer. The preacher raised his voice
even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed, Where is
God?!
The boy screamed , ran directly home and dove into his closet, slamming the
door behind him. When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked,
what happened?
The younger brother, gasping f or breath, replied, We are in BIG trouble
this time.
(I just LOVE reading next line again and again)
scroll down
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GOD is missing, and they think we did it!
Companies and their punchlines
MRF - Tyres with Muscle
CEAT - Born Tough
EBAY - The World's Online Market Place
AMAZON.COM - Earth's Biggest BookStore
TIMESJOBS.COM - If you have a reason, we have the job -
BLOGGER.COM - Push Button Publishing
Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
Windows XP - Do More with Less
HP-Invent - Everything is Possible
Accenture - High Performance. Delivered
IBM - ON DEMAND
LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.
Apple Macintosh - Think Different.
TCS - Beyond the Obvious
Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values;
Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability
WIPRO - Applying Thought
Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.
Macromedia - What the web can be.
FORD – Built for the Road Ahead
GM – Only GM.
BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine
TOYOTA - Touch The Perfection
HYUNDAI - Drive Your Way
HONDA - The Power of Dreams
SKODA – Obsessed with Quality since 1897.
VOLKSWAGEN - Drivers wanted
FIAT - Driven by Passion. FIAT
TATA MOTORS – Even More Car per Car
IBM - I think, therefore IBM.
Dell - Easy as DELL.
Intel - Intel inside.
LEE - The jeans that built America
Master card - There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there's MASTERCARD.
Kotak - Think Investments. Think Kotak.
Sun Microsystems - The Network is the Computer
Ernst and Young - Quality in Everything we Do
Barclays - Fluent in Finance; Its our business to know your business
Standard Chartered Bank - Your Right Partner
CNBC - Profit from it
AT&T - The World's Networking Company
Monster.com - Never Settle
Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying
Lufthansa - There's no better to fly
British airways - The Way to Fly.
Air Canada - A breath of Fresh Air
Sahara - Emotionally yours.
Malaysian Airlines - Going Beyond Expectations
Kingfisher Airlines - Fly the good times
Exxon Mobil - Taking on the World’s Toughest Energy Challenges
Chevron Corporation - Human Energy
Reliance industries Limited - Growth is Life
British Petroleum - Beyond Petroleum
ONGC - Making Tomorrow Brighter
IOCL - Bringing Energy to Life
BPCL - Pure for Sure
IBP - Pure bhi. Poora bhi
GAIL - Gas and Beyond
Essar corp - A positive a++itude
Speed - High Performance Petrol
Servo - 100 % Performance. Everytime.
NDTV Profit - News you can Use.
Toyota Innova - All you Desire.
Star Sports - We know your game
CEAT - Born Tough
EBAY - The World's Online Market Place
AMAZON.COM - Earth's Biggest BookStore
TIMESJOBS.COM - If you have a reason, we have the job -
BLOGGER.COM - Push Button Publishing
Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion
Windows XP - Do More with Less
HP-Invent - Everything is Possible
Accenture - High Performance. Delivered
IBM - ON DEMAND
LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.
Apple Macintosh - Think Different.
TCS - Beyond the Obvious
Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values;
Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability
WIPRO - Applying Thought
Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.
Macromedia - What the web can be.
FORD – Built for the Road Ahead
GM – Only GM.
BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine
TOYOTA - Touch The Perfection
HYUNDAI - Drive Your Way
HONDA - The Power of Dreams
SKODA – Obsessed with Quality since 1897.
VOLKSWAGEN - Drivers wanted
FIAT - Driven by Passion. FIAT
TATA MOTORS – Even More Car per Car
IBM - I think, therefore IBM.
Dell - Easy as DELL.
Intel - Intel inside.
LEE - The jeans that built America
Master card - There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there's MASTERCARD.
Kotak - Think Investments. Think Kotak.
Sun Microsystems - The Network is the Computer
Ernst and Young - Quality in Everything we Do
Barclays - Fluent in Finance; Its our business to know your business
Standard Chartered Bank - Your Right Partner
CNBC - Profit from it
AT&T - The World's Networking Company
Monster.com - Never Settle
Jet Airways - The Joy of Flying
Lufthansa - There's no better to fly
British airways - The Way to Fly.
Air Canada - A breath of Fresh Air
Sahara - Emotionally yours.
Malaysian Airlines - Going Beyond Expectations
Kingfisher Airlines - Fly the good times
Exxon Mobil - Taking on the World’s Toughest Energy Challenges
Chevron Corporation - Human Energy
Reliance industries Limited - Growth is Life
British Petroleum - Beyond Petroleum
ONGC - Making Tomorrow Brighter
IOCL - Bringing Energy to Life
BPCL - Pure for Sure
IBP - Pure bhi. Poora bhi
GAIL - Gas and Beyond
Essar corp - A positive a++itude
Speed - High Performance Petrol
Servo - 100 % Performance. Everytime.
NDTV Profit - News you can Use.
Toyota Innova - All you Desire.
Star Sports - We know your game
Lion and Dolphin
There is this romantic story of a Lion and a dolphin-
the two met - their eyes met - their hearts met.
They fall in love.
waade hue - irade huye'
The lion used to visit the shore every day- they used to sdpend hours together.
went for a movie-
DDLJ.
when the lion was buying popcorn, he saw his soulmate's brother in the same theatre.
they were escaping the hall, but were spotted.
families got involved.
dolphin was locked in her ocean room
Lion's father threatend him to choose b/w heis the dolphin and the kingdom of jungle.
now there is a lot of tension in the family.
how can they be helped..??????????
???????????????????
?????????????????????????
????????????????????????????????????'
arrey yaar, yeh unka famliy matter hai.
hum kaun hote hain beech mein bolne waaley??
the two met - their eyes met - their hearts met.
They fall in love.
waade hue - irade huye'
The lion used to visit the shore every day- they used to sdpend hours together.
went for a movie-
DDLJ.
when the lion was buying popcorn, he saw his soulmate's brother in the same theatre.
they were escaping the hall, but were spotted.
families got involved.
dolphin was locked in her ocean room
Lion's father threatend him to choose b/w heis the dolphin and the kingdom of jungle.
now there is a lot of tension in the family.
how can they be helped..??????????
???????????????????
?????????????????????????
????????????????????????????????????'
arrey yaar, yeh unka famliy matter hai.
hum kaun hote hain beech mein bolne waaley??
Books and Authors
Name of Book : Author
A Foreign Policy for India : I.K. Gujral
A Secular Agenda : Arun Shourie
A Suitable Boy : Vikram Seth
Adventures of Sally : P.G. Wodehouse
Ain-i-Akbari : Abul Fazal
Akbarnama : Abul Fazal
Alchemist : Ben Johnson
Anandmath : Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Arms and the Man : George Bernard Shaw
Arthashastra : Kautilya
Between Hope and History : Bill Clinton
Between the Lines : Kuldip Nayar
Beyond Boundaries : A Memoire Swaraj Paul
Bridge's Book of Beauty : Mulk Raj Anand
Broken Wings : Sarojini Naidu
By God's Decree : Kapil Dev
Communist Manifesto : Karl Marx
Confessions of a Lover : Mulk Raj Anand
Conquest of Self : Mahatma Gandhi
Crossing the Threshold of Hope : Pope John Paul II
Death of a City : Amrita Pritam
Devadas : Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
Discovery of India : Jawaharlal Nehru
Distant Neighbours : Kuldip Nayar
Economics of the Third World : S.K. Ray
Eternal India : Indira Gandhi
Fall of a Sparrow : Salim Ali
Fortynine Days : Amrita Pritam
Glimpses of World History : Jawaharlal Nehru
Godan : Munshi Prem Chand
Golden Gate : Vikram Seth
Golden Threshold : Sarojini Naidu
Guide : R.K. Narayan
Gulliver's Travels : Jonathan Swift
Hitopadesh : R.K.Narayan
Hind Swaraj : M.K.Gandhi
Idols : Sunil Gavaskar
India 2020 : A Vision for the New Millennium Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam & Dr. Y.S. Rajan
India-From Midnight to the Millennium : Shashi Tharoor
India in Transition : PRof.Jagdish Bhagwati
India's Economic Crisis : Dr. Bimal Jalan
India Divided : Rajendra Prasad
India Wins Freedom : Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
India, the Critial Years : Kuldip Nayar
Insider : P.V. Narasimha Rao
It is Always Possible : Kiran Bedi
Kanyadaan : Vijay Tendulkar
Kashmir-Behind the Vale : M.J.Akbar
Life Divine : Aurobindo Ghosh
Long Walk to Freedom : Nelson Mandela
Love, Truth and A Little Malice : Khushwant Singh
Mein Kampf : Adolf Hitler
Midnight's Children : Salman Rushdie
Moonwalk : Michael Jackson
My Days : R.K. Narayan
My Experiment With Truth : M.K. Gandhi
My Truth : Indira Gandhi
New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy : Atal Behari Vajpayee
Our Films, Their Films : Satyajit Ray
Pakistan Papers : Mani Shankar Aiyer
Pakistan -The Gathering Storm Benazir Bhutto
Panchtantra : Vishnu Sharma
Pinjar : Amrita Pritam
Portrait of India : Ved Mehta
Prison Diary : Jayaprakash Narayan
Punjab, The Knights of Falsehood : K.P.S. Gill
Satanic Verses : Salman Rushdie
Sceptred Flute : Sarojini Naidu
Scope of Happiness : Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Seven Summers : Mulk Raj Anand
Tarkash : Javed Akhtar
The Changing World of Executive : Peter Drucker
Unhappy India : Lala Lajpat Rai
Vendor of Sweets : R.K.Narayan
Village by the Sea : Anita Desai
Voice of Conscience : V.V. Giri
Waiting for the Mahatma : R.K. Narayan
Wake up India : Annie Besant
War and Peace : Tolstoy
War of Indian Independence : Vir Savarkar
We, Indians : Khushwant Singh
We, the People : N.A. Palkhivala
Wings of fire, an Autobiography : Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam & A. Tiwari
Worshipping False Gods : Arun Shourie
Wreck : Rabindra Nath Tagore
A Foreign Policy for India : I.K. Gujral
A Secular Agenda : Arun Shourie
A Suitable Boy : Vikram Seth
Adventures of Sally : P.G. Wodehouse
Ain-i-Akbari : Abul Fazal
Akbarnama : Abul Fazal
Alchemist : Ben Johnson
Anandmath : Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Arms and the Man : George Bernard Shaw
Arthashastra : Kautilya
Between Hope and History : Bill Clinton
Between the Lines : Kuldip Nayar
Beyond Boundaries : A Memoire Swaraj Paul
Bridge's Book of Beauty : Mulk Raj Anand
Broken Wings : Sarojini Naidu
By God's Decree : Kapil Dev
Communist Manifesto : Karl Marx
Confessions of a Lover : Mulk Raj Anand
Conquest of Self : Mahatma Gandhi
Crossing the Threshold of Hope : Pope John Paul II
Death of a City : Amrita Pritam
Devadas : Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
Discovery of India : Jawaharlal Nehru
Distant Neighbours : Kuldip Nayar
Economics of the Third World : S.K. Ray
Eternal India : Indira Gandhi
Fall of a Sparrow : Salim Ali
Fortynine Days : Amrita Pritam
Glimpses of World History : Jawaharlal Nehru
Godan : Munshi Prem Chand
Golden Gate : Vikram Seth
Golden Threshold : Sarojini Naidu
Guide : R.K. Narayan
Gulliver's Travels : Jonathan Swift
Hitopadesh : R.K.Narayan
Hind Swaraj : M.K.Gandhi
Idols : Sunil Gavaskar
India 2020 : A Vision for the New Millennium Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam & Dr. Y.S. Rajan
India-From Midnight to the Millennium : Shashi Tharoor
India in Transition : PRof.Jagdish Bhagwati
India's Economic Crisis : Dr. Bimal Jalan
India Divided : Rajendra Prasad
India Wins Freedom : Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
India, the Critial Years : Kuldip Nayar
Insider : P.V. Narasimha Rao
It is Always Possible : Kiran Bedi
Kanyadaan : Vijay Tendulkar
Kashmir-Behind the Vale : M.J.Akbar
Life Divine : Aurobindo Ghosh
Long Walk to Freedom : Nelson Mandela
Love, Truth and A Little Malice : Khushwant Singh
Mein Kampf : Adolf Hitler
Midnight's Children : Salman Rushdie
Moonwalk : Michael Jackson
My Days : R.K. Narayan
My Experiment With Truth : M.K. Gandhi
My Truth : Indira Gandhi
New Dimensions of India's Foreign Policy : Atal Behari Vajpayee
Our Films, Their Films : Satyajit Ray
Pakistan Papers : Mani Shankar Aiyer
Pakistan -The Gathering Storm Benazir Bhutto
Panchtantra : Vishnu Sharma
Pinjar : Amrita Pritam
Portrait of India : Ved Mehta
Prison Diary : Jayaprakash Narayan
Punjab, The Knights of Falsehood : K.P.S. Gill
Satanic Verses : Salman Rushdie
Sceptred Flute : Sarojini Naidu
Scope of Happiness : Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Seven Summers : Mulk Raj Anand
Tarkash : Javed Akhtar
The Changing World of Executive : Peter Drucker
Unhappy India : Lala Lajpat Rai
Vendor of Sweets : R.K.Narayan
Village by the Sea : Anita Desai
Voice of Conscience : V.V. Giri
Waiting for the Mahatma : R.K. Narayan
Wake up India : Annie Besant
War and Peace : Tolstoy
War of Indian Independence : Vir Savarkar
We, Indians : Khushwant Singh
We, the People : N.A. Palkhivala
Wings of fire, an Autobiography : Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam & A. Tiwari
Worshipping False Gods : Arun Shourie
Wreck : Rabindra Nath Tagore
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