Sunday, August 28, 2011

"Name Sake"

It's going to be 3 months in the city. And the city is yet very new to me. Unfamiliar I would say. The credit does go to my laziness. The companions are now just the Laptop and my Cell phone.
Well,perhaps nobody in the world have the power to replace the love you have for your gadgets.
 Of course they keep you connected very well. Rightly said- "  Connecting People ".  Not just it represents NOKIA but it states  a true reality about the cell phones and WWW.

Relating to the Techy insight- I had always wanted an iPhone & Apple's Macintosh but since the very day I heard Steve Jobs resigning as the CEO of APPLE.
 Suddenly, the desire to be one the Apple's customer died. I wonder -Did it just happened for me or many others felt the same way.Not that any of Apple's products got degraded in one night but the charisma to have them just vanished. I did find out that the share markets dropped by 7% by mere hearing the news of Steve resigning.
Actually,it's not a big deal for many around me. Some of them still don't know who STEVE JOBS is. But,the news did come as a shock to me.

I have been hearing of his ill health from Jan. 2011. And on Thursday morning, when I entered office and as any other day opened the news coloumn-the whole e-news had "  ANNA HAZARE"   all over it. I scrolled down as usual as I'm not very fond of reading everything-and there came the shocking news.
Felt as if 2 min. of silence had occured. I couldn't believe and couldn't react.Flipped the pages from  TOI to The Hindu to The Wall Street to the Economic Times.
 Found the person I have admired so much saying- "   I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come. I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee."

Apple has become a brand so famous that even the slighest news engrosses attention.
Coming to the term -" BRAND"  .
Although I don't need to explain but here it goes-
From Nokia, Samsung, HTC, APPLE, Ericsson and so many more to HP, Dell ,Lenovo(Although I personally never liked the lappy's texture :P)...to Britannia,ITC Ltd.,McDonalds, Dominos to Puma,Cantabil,Raymonds,Woodland...MIcrosoft,Facebook, Google,IBM and so many.
Even if you  know nothing about the entire mnc and still it's famous- "  yaar!!jo bhi bol naam hai company ka."
Have myself spoke these lines, I don't know how many times.
Certainly, believed them too. But, on a broader front -it takes years to be known for-years to reach the list of the Top Brands.

And we, the normal people because of whom these brands are making money end up running after them- either buying the gadgets,admiring them, wishing to be one of their owners and certainly many of us ending up working for them. All these atleast very true for a person like me.

They say- MONEY and FAME is a man's best buddies.They give you every possible materialistic comfort and many a times take away all the peace. Still, we end up seeking pleasure only after we make the hell of our peaceful life.Making me understand that ->

1.Money is really costly.
 It takes years to actually become a rich person.(From Experience).

2. We all desire for FAME.
But, the more famous we are-the more onerous is the task.

3.All we need is a peaceful life.
I have felt this in college specially during 7th sem.
I still recall talking to my Dad over the phone and uttering-
"  Sleep is the most important thing in this life. If I can't have a sound sleep, what's the use of achieving all what I have and working for it mercilessly day and night."
And actually, have started feeling that way too.

4.Do what you actually love And if it's not possible start Loving what you do.
Nothing in the world can satisfy humans. But, the above lines might help.

I have understood the power a Brand Name has and perhaps has ended me where I' m today.Still figuring out was it worthy enough.

Little did I know !!

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