Vijit's Opinion

I visited my blog and found that I have not been blogging for quite some time. This year, if I exclude this particular blogpost, I have blogged only thrice. In 2009, I wrote 22 blogposts, in 2008 the number of blogposts was 26 and in 2007 it was 11 blogposts. 2010 has been an eventful year for me both in personal and professional life and yet just 3 blogs doesn’t look right, isn’t it? Actually the events that took place in my life too have some role to play in this. I have been kept very busy with little time to spare. This blog of mine is an attempt to revive that blogger in me whom I lost somewhere. Before this year ends, I need to revive him and get him back to form. My wife who has been a great fan of my blog too has been persuading me to blog. I would just ask her to suggest a good topic to blog about as I am not able to think of any. I guess it was not the dearth of topics that was the reason. I just lost that urge to write. I had lost the ...

I think this will be one of the oldest recipes. No other recipe could beat this one for age. It should also be the simplest recipes. Though it has been the oldest and the simplest, it has still not become obsolete. Do you guys still want me to get into the details? Haven’t you all known this for years now? Ok, this one is for guys who suffer from short term memory loss. The simplest and oldest recipe for corruption is the following: “Give responsibility without accountability” Yes, you don’t require more ingredients for creating corruption. One who tastes it spreads it and hence preparing it in small quantity would be enough to satisfy the taste buds of hundreds and thousands. Also it is the only dish that gets served under the table. We have been observing corruption around us from time immemorial. Right from the top level in an organization to the lowest, corruption exists in so many different forms. The recipe remains same yet we get to see variety. The outer body changes but th...

Two weeks back, I had been to Thane station to receive my relatives who were coming from my native place. While I was waiting for the train to arrive, I saw a young boy walking with a carry bag and a shoe brush in his hand.  Three gentlemen were sitting on a bench nearby. This young boy approached them and asked whether they would like to get their shoes polished. After lot of persuasion, he managed to convince one of them. What followed after that kept me interested for quite sometime.  He pulled out all his stuff from the bag and sat down. He then started his work and was doing it with utmost sincerity and dedication. I could not stop myself from clicking a snap of his using my cellphone camera. The gentlemen kept asking questions to him. He answered them and at the same time kept working diligently. He seemed very experienced by looking at the manner in which he went about doing his work.  Two things came to my mind. First, a k...

Since the blue moon day of 31st December, 2009 I have not posted an article on my blog. It is very unlikely of me to have ignored my blog for so long. Too many positive things happened in my life after the blue moon day that kept me very busy in my personal life. I got engaged on Valentine's day and marriage followed very soon in the month of March. Marriage is definitely a major turning point in one's life. The way my marriage worked out is no less than a fairy tale. This when I was not looking forward to such an event in my life with high hopes. It has only helped to reinforce my faith in God. He knows when is the right time for everything and I have been guilty of questioning Him at times. I also learned that patience plays an important role. So smooth has been my transition from being single to a married man that I simply can't stop wondering whether it is reality or dream. The way 2010 has shaped up makes me feel that it will set the trend for the coming days. I am l...

31 st December, 2009 is definitely a date to remember for me. It happened to be a blue moon day and an eventful day for me, both for personal and professional reasons. My love got the green signal from my girl friend’s parents. On professional front I was informed that in the New Year I will be getting to play a new role. I felt as if I was on top of the world. In the evening I had met my girl friend and walked hand in hand and also asked her to pinch me hard because it was an unbelievable feeling for me. I wanted to confirm that I was not dreaming. She did the honors and I was assured that it was a reality. Our first meeting happened online in Orkut.  Soundlight a strange and different name sent an add request on Orkut. I wondered why but still went ahead and added her. The next day she happened to be online and I asked her the reason for adding me. She said that we had lot in common. I went and checked our mutual friends list and realized...