Pravin Blogs...

Happy New Year 2012.

2012-01-04T05:03:00.000-08:00

A very Happy and Prosperous New Year'2012 to All ! This new year has a lot of events to unfold. I didn't want to be negative in start but The 1st question strikes in my mind is whether this will be last year for all of us..Answer is Don't know. Not sure how the prediction of end of world will be true.I also think there will be some big battles between nations, sad but i think so, this downturn

Honesty

2010-10-21T08:27:00.001-07:00

There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and he found that he was not. This angered him and he took the farmer to court.The judge asked the farmer if he was using any measure. The farmer replied, "Your Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a proper measure, but I do have a scale."The judge asked,

2010-06-17T12:28:00.001-07:00

LEADERSHIP & CRITICS One of the challenges for anyone dedicated to expressing their leadership best is dealing with the chattering voices of naysaying critics. As a matter of fact, the more brightly you shine in your work and the more quickly you innovate and the more excellent you become, the more foulmouthed critics you will attract. It's just part of the game.

Sending a POST Request Using a URL

2010-05-11T08:46:00.000-07:00

Very useful source code to make any http post call. Some of you will find it trivial..See also Sending a POST Request Using a Socket. try { // Construct data String data = URLEncoder.encode("key1", "UTF-8") + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("value1", "UTF-8");data += "&" + URLEncoder.encode("key2", "UTF-8") + "=" + URLEncoder.encode("value2", "UTF-8");

10 Principles for Peace of Mind.

2009-07-23T05:03:00.001-07:00

1. Do Not Interfere In Others' Business Unless Asked:Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others' affairs. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way is the best way, our logic is the perfect logic and those who do not conform to our thinking must be criticized and steered to the right direction, our direction. This thinking denies the

A missed call for your hot cup..

2009-05-06T00:03:00.000-07:00

This is story of a "Mobile Tea Shop"Manjunath Tea Stall in Chikpet takes 2000 orders for tea and coffee each day. Guess how the orders are placed ... Manjunath has more than 1,000 contact numbers on his cell phone. A little unusual perhaps for someone who owns a small unpretentious shop in Chikpet, but certainly nothing remarkable. But what he does with those contacts is indeed something that

Portal Server Administration Link Missing...

2008-11-14T04:22:00.000-08:00

I have recently experienced the an issue with IBM Portal Server 5.1. I have installed the Portal server and it was working fine, after few days i was experimenting with the theme which cost me a lot. After changing the theme when i came back to 'my portal', the administration link was no more available. After lods of google and other search, finally i found the solution to this issue. Sharing

are you working with unknown?

2008-11-07T01:51:00.000-08:00

when i or you work in India, we don't know the person sits next you always. There are many people, there are many projects and we don't bother to know each other and ultimately gives you a feeling that you working with the unknown people, unknown faces. Which is completely different here in France. When i came here and i have worked in 2 different offices and i have seen and felt a very good

Railway Strike..

2008-11-07T01:34:00.000-08:00

Strike ! Strike! -a word we hear more in India, when ever any thing happens our leader calls a strike to protest or even support the cause some time. Well, you may be among us who think that it happens only in India. But its not true, yesterday i have faced a Train Strike here in Clermont-Ferrand,France. The Drivers of SNCF went on a Strike for one day. It completely paralyzed the public

Diwali away from home...

2008-10-29T06:13:00.000-07:00

I am not in among the people who celebrates diwali with bang, but yes i love Diwali festival for its cleanliness every where and smell of nature instead of anything else. This time and first time i am out side India and i felt very sad and didn't get the feeling of this festival. I missed it all together.One thing which made me happy that all my friends and relatives has wished me by phone, mail

No-Frills AC Train - Garib Rath

2008-10-18T06:19:00.000-07:00

The concept of no-frills airlines has created a revolution in Indian airline industry. I am very impressed with Indian Railways effort to use the same concept and come up with Garib-Rath. Recently i have travel from this train to delhi. Garib-Rath Trains having all 3-tier Ac coaches only and fairs are discounted by more then 50% the 3AC fair of a express trains for same distance. This as branded

am committed;

2008-05-27T02:29:00.000-07:00

I got engaged on 11th May 2008. My marital status changed from Single to Committed. Every one is excited about this day; even I was waiting for this day. So thought of writing blog to keep this day alive for forever. Let me introduce her, She is Madu, she is from Bhagalpur, Bihar. She is postgraduate in Computer Science. She works for techbook, NewDelhi. …shall I introduce myself :) Due

The Washer man and the Foolish Donkey.

2008-05-27T01:22:00.001-07:00

To refresh your memory, and for the benefit of those who have not grown up listening to this moral story, it goes like this… There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog. One night when the whole world was sleeping, a thief broke into the house, the washer man was fast asleep but the donkey and the dog were awake. The dog decided not to bark since the master did not take good

Lesson from Life..

2008-02-04T02:20:00.000-08:00

“Challenge is something that pushes you up. Life is not just a routine affair. Its a goal to be achieved a challenge to be met. we give our best to get what we like. or else we will be made like what we get.” “It breaks your heart to see the one you love is happy with someone else, But its more painful to know that the one you love is unhappy with you.”

Marriage: An Audience to your life...

2007-12-01T01:58:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine thinks he can sing well. And when we guys are in a conversation would suddenly turn towards one of us and ask which song was the one that he was humming. And then he would virtually talk the song and ask us if he got the tune right... One day i asked him if there was one person in the world who thought he sang well. And boy i was so damn sure there wouldn't be any. He said there

The 90/10 Principle

2007-10-18T00:35:00.001-07:00

The 90/10 Principle Author : Stephen Covey Have you read this before? Discover the 90/10 Principle. It will change your life (at least the way you react to situations). What is this principle? 10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. What does this mean? We really have no control over 10% of what happens to us. We

People are made to be loved ...

2007-09-25T22:31:00.000-07:00

“People are made to be loved and Things are made to be used...but in this world.....People are being used ...and... things are being loved....”

JUST F.R.I.E.N.D.S

2007-09-21T21:26:00.000-07:00

Before you start reading would like to introduce the writer :it is posted by nila tanzil (http://nilatanzil.blogspot.com/2006/03/just-f.html)It's her thoughts her perception but worth to read it, we all have similar problem in our life, in-fact i do have similar problem ...A lot of time, girls say “Let’s just be friends” to guys as a rejection of their proposal. For me, when I say it, I really

...we see only the dark side of life

2007-09-18T22:52:00.000-07:00

“...we see only the dark side of life...............darkness is there..........but that is there just to make us understand....what is light...........sorrows come....just to make us realize what is happiness..............there is light......ther is happiness................which can conquer the darkness.....any sorrows....which come on our way…”

Bonjour monde !

2007-03-12T09:20:00.000-07:00

Bonjour amis, Je suis Pravin, nouveau au Français.Well, i have started learning French on 10th of march at Alliance Française de Bangalore (Indo- French Cultural Centre), Vasanthnagar. It was a long pending for me..i wanted to start it last year but couldn't make it due to mainly official work pressure. Nether the less according to old Hindi saying "Jab Jago Tabhi Savera". I am happy that i

KBC ya SRK v/s BigB

2007-02-06T09:17:00.000-08:00

Last few days every channel and people are talking about new host of KBC (Kaun Banega Karore Pati) Mr. Shahrukh Khan. It's good that KBC is coming again, it is a nice game and very useful for every age of people to test and enhance their general knowledge. People are crazy about the game. In all the good thing about the game i don't understand why people started comparing Mr. Khan and Mr.

Never Compromise your values and beliefs

2007-02-02T07:01:00.001-08:00

Never Compromise your values and beliefs,Even if it means risking ridicule and rejection. Be true to yourself, Live your own life,and don't allow others to decide what is best for you. If you do, you will be unhappy, becasue you are untrue to yourself.--Pravsworld

I am an 'ESTJ' & you ??

2007-01-25T19:41:00.000-08:00

After reading this blog of Raman Sir; Today i have taken a Humanmatrics Typology Test . I found myself as ESTJ (Extraverted, Sensing, Thinking, Judging). I am surprised it is very very close to my behaviors and interests. I would like to show you few lines from it...From ESTJ :"Every right-minded man has a philosophy of life, whether he knows it or not....."ESTJs thrive on order and continuity.

Love...

2007-01-25T09:10:00.000-08:00

"? is Love..." People says its a very difficult question for all of us who never fall in love, please note here so called "love before marriage". Let me make it general.. "One can't understand love, unless and until she or he love a boy or girl". What the hell, I don't think so... please let me know what you think.... As much i understand love is a feeling, a feeling from heart, a feeling

Vision & Mission of any firm

2007-01-15T10:29:00.000-08:00

By definition: Vision: It is the vivid descriptive image of what a company wants to be 'or' wants to be known for; it preserves the core of future. Its a hallmark of an en-lighten forward looking organization. Mission: It is a statement of intent of what a company wants to create and though which type of business. It is a definition of the business. It is an answer to the question -i) what

LogicaCMG Induction..

2006-12-24T08:21:00.000-08:00

LogicaCMG Induction.. 10:30PM 11th Dec 2006: I was arranging documents for next day, next day that is 12th which happen to be my first day in LogicaCMG. I was getting tense dont know why.. no reason to be afraid of any thing... but i was.. 6:00 AM 12th Dec 2006: wow.. so early... :) ready to go new office..