Believe in the system

I am an ordinary Indian who generally doesn't believe in the country's politics and overall system. My usual attitude was to blame the system for problems like corruption, unemployment, population growth and for every possible problem on this planet. But a recent incident changed my opinion drastically. 

It was 29th July 2014. Me and my college friends were going for a picnic. So, obviously I was excited. I was supposed to meet my friends at Swargate. I took an auto from my home. I think, I got the auto near Ramesh Dyeing. I was busy eating chips and WhatsApping with my friends. The auto reached Swargate and I was supposed to pay him 21 rupees. I didn't have one rupee change. I got down  and I was still busy with my chips.  In the whole excitement, I totally forgot about my mobile. The auto vanished in fraction of a second. I immediately realized that I had forgotten my mobile in the auto. It slipped from my pocket. 

Within few seconds, I realized  that my mobile was missing. I immediately tried to call on my number from an auto driver's cell phone. But I got "User Busy" message and then my phone was switched off. The auto driver was helpful enough to help me chasing the previous auto. But my luck wasn't in my favor. The previous auto was already vanished in the crowd. I got very upset. I called my Mum and said that I am not going for the picnic. She just tried to cheer me up and said that I should go and enjoy. I listened to her. In the mean time, my friends had arrived and suggested me to inquire in the police station nearby. I went there and asked the inspector about the formalities. He asked me to come with the IMEI number of the cell phone. I decided to enjoy the picnic and file an FIR in the evening.

As decided, I enjoyed the picnic, thanks to my friends who cheered me up. In the evening, my father had come with me to the police station and we filed a FIR. I was very upset. But the police told me not to worry and I will get my phone back soon. For me, filing an FIR was just a formality and I didn't have any hopes. The official FIR got filed on 31st July with PI Yogesh Jagtap. He is a very honest and dutiful police officer. He promised to give details about the investigation to my father on a regular basis. I didn't have any hope really. I got back to normal and my routine was going on. My father kept on ringing him on regular basis and had no news till 15th August. I ordered a new smart phone as there was no hope left to get the old phone back.

But suddenly, on 1st September 2014 we got a call from PI Yogesh Jagtap that my phone was tracked and I will get it back after Ganapati festival. A special officer was sent to the location where my phone was traced and my father got a call from PI Yogesh Jagtap on 11th September 2014, telling that he has recovered my phone. We got back the phone after completing all the formalities. I was the happiest person on this earth. I was really very lucky as everyone said. This strengthened my belief in our System. We have got a really good government and the people really work hard for the citizens. We should support them and the only intention of this post is to create awareness about Indian police and the overall system.They do look into small matters such as mobile theft very seriously. We must believe in the system and co operate with them. It will create wonders definitely. :)

My special thanks to PI Yogesh Jagtap, PI Santosh Kshirsagar and API Sandesh Kenjale from Swargate Police station again for their hard work. They did all this without expecting anything in return. They did not make us wait in the police station for long. We didn' t know anyone of them before hand. They did an excellent work. You make us proud with your work! We feel safe because of you! Hats off to you! They made the "Impossible" task possible with their efforts. We had a pleasant surprise. We exactly followed the procedure they told us and we got the phone back! :-)

So, I would like to tell you, "Believe in the system. Be an alert and responsible citizen and you would definitely get the returns!". Proud to be an Indian! :)

FRIENDS

"When will I get married? Tell me no, please." Buzzed the WhatsApp ping from my friend. "Rani( as I fondly call my friend) everything will be fine. Just chill!". I have become an adviser, a fortune teller and what not  for my friends.

Recently, J.J. has started watching FRIENDS. And she feels the love she has for her friends in her heart. She has a very  small circle of close friends. But each one of them means a lot to her and adds a lot of value to her.

The sad part is that all her interaction with her friends is online or over the phone except her MBA friends as they meet every weekend. Everyone is away from her :( . Still she has the warmest conversations with them. After all she is best at it, making her friends feel warm.

"When will you feel like talking to me at length?"Said one of J.J.'s friend. He was fed up of the written chats I think. J.J. curses herself when her busy schedule doesn't allow her to be in touch with her friends.

She is her friend's confidant ,knowing darkest of their secrets. She has the habit of convincing them and cheering them up.

She keeps on annoying her best friend for "the good news" and at the same time her heart pines for hearing "I miss you! Long time no see!' from her friend in Seattle. She drives ten more kilometres for her friend to track a key maker and that gives her pure happiness. She doesn't mind sacrificing a good night's sleep for helping Ash in studies or staying awake just for forwarding an email. She misses her hangouts with Varada, but is happy for her as she's living her dream.

She is overwhelmed when her sweetheart Sneha calls her from Canada to just help her make an important decision.

This makes her realise the worth of her friends in her life. Her life is incomplete without them. The love, care,attention,appreciation and support she gets from them is priceless. These relations without expectation make her life worth living. She's just waiting for a friend for life who will take care of her! ;)

Back to school :)

J.J( as I fondly call myself) was at her laziest best today. She was lying on the bed till ten in the morning.(this is very rare in her life these days). While she was thinking about some random things,she suddenly became nostalgic.She was missing her college days very much. But looking at the positive side(she has become really optimistic these days.) she thought she is back to college again. She has landed in a "B school". So why not make this journey enjoyable?

The thought process of doing an executive MBA started in her mind way back in 2012, immediately after her visa was rejected. She started browsing internet and found about SCIT. After overcoming all the hurdles of interviews and the admission process, J.J. landed in SCIT. She was thrilled but at the same time she wasn't confident. She felt, how can she give her hundred percent by sacrificing all the weekend fun? But nevertheless,the journey started with a bang in June 2013.

J.J was excited. She started attending lectures. It was fun indeed. All the subjects were new. Her confidence was on a new high, when she realised that she really has  good general knowledge.Her presentation skills improved and she was having fun solving financial accounting problems. Really, Financial Accounting was a nightmare. With all this hard work, there was awesome fun too. :)

J.J. met some really good people here. She had a bunch of intelligent, fun loving friends here. Be it a group chat on WhatsApp during boring lectures or the awesome trip to Splendour Country, everything was full of fun and adventure. She was enjoying the tea sessions at the small vendor outside her college. The lunch dates with her buddies were the best hangouts.

She had also started understanding psychology better. She met the serious A.K., the rowdy P.G, the boring C.R. and the studious P.C.T. here. Her bunch of girl friends was the best part of her life at B school. She shared her crushes with Ash. She realised that she should always smile(as Miss P told her). After all that makes her look much prettier ;). She got to learn work life balance from Arti, Maddy and Prerna who were managing work, kids, family and studies at the same time. She got a pat on her back for being helpful and talkative. She also learnt to be systematic and methodical. She has stopped complaining and has become much more calm.

She has learnt how to study a whole subject in one night flat, how to apply economics and marketing concepts in day to day office work. She learnt how to become more practical. She realized her own strengths and the importance of team work. She has learnt multitasking too. :D

And now after more than one year, she has stopped being lazy. She loves being busy. She is very happy with her life at SCIT as she is earning and learning at the same time. She loves the fun filled weekends at SCIT and would miss them when she finishes her MBA :)