Love What Matters

A man was jogging in morning and he noticed a person about 1/3 a mile ahead. he could tell him that he was running a little slower than him and he thought, good, he will try to catch him. He had about a half mile before he needed to turn off. So he started running faster and faster.

Every block, he was gaining on him just a little bit. After just a few minutes he was only about 300 feet behind him, so he really picked up the pace and pushed himself. You would have thought that he was running in the last leg of an Olympic competition. he was determined to catch him.

Finally, he did it! he caught and passed him. On the inside, he felt so good. "he beat him" Of course, he didn't even know that they were racing. After he passed him, he realized that he had been so focused on competing against him that he had missed his turn. He had gone nearly six blocks past his turn and he had to turn and go back.

Isn't that what happens in life when we focus on competing with co-workers, neighbours, friends, family, trying to outdo them or trying to prove that we are more successful or more important?

We spend our time and energy running after them and we miss out on our own paths to our given destinies. The problem with unhealthy competition is that it's a never ending cycle.

There will always be somebody ahead of you, someone with a better job, better car, more money in the bank, more education, a prettier wife, a more handsome husband, better behaved children, etc. But realize that 'You can be the best that you can be, when you are not competing with anyone.'

Some people are insecure because they pay too much attention to what others are, where others are going, wearing and driving. Take whatever you have, the height, weight and personality. Dress well and wear it proudly, you'll be blessed by it. Stay focused and live a healthy life. There is no competition in Destiny.

Run your own race and wish others well.

5 reasons why you need to laugh more at work

The corporate turf is said to be most stressful, what with deadlines, work hassles, thinking ahead of time and more. And so, it's crucial to keep your wits about you as you go through the daily grind. Laughter is one of the best therapies to help you achieve that. Here's why...

It makes you more productive:

Days devoid of merriment can be dull, more so at the office. Laughter releases happy endorphins and takes away the dreary feeling of spending hours there, making one work faster and better.

Lessens the workload:

Much-needed laughter intersperses the day with amusement and fun. It helps lighten the load as you go about tasks happily.

Buils better relationship:

The team that laughs together, works together, so have fun. Having a light demeanour makes others more approachable to you, so do away with straight faces, even under work pressure. Laughing boosts creativity and also draws out introverts.

Helps you recharge the batteries:

Sometimes a dose of laughter is the pick-me-up that you need. So apart from eating right and that desktop yoga, go out of your way to chat with your colleagues and giggle about small things.

One of the best de-stressor:

Laughter is known to induce a positive state of being and increase tolerance levels to pain and anger. It also makes stress fade away. And remember to laugh at yourself, while you're at at it as humour directed at yourself can instantly break the ice and make people like you.

Diversity in the Workplace

Workplace diversity refers to the variety of differences between people in an organization. That sounds simple, but diversity encompasses race, gender, ethnic group, age, personality, cognitive style, tenure, organizational function, education, background and more.

Diversity not only involves how people perceive themselves, but how they perceive others. Those perceptions affect their interactions. For a wide assortment of employees to function effectively as an organization, human resource professionals need to deal effectively with issues such as communication, adaptability and change. Diversity will increase significantly in the coming years. Successful organizations recognize the need for immediate action and are ready and willing to spend resources on managing diversity in the workplace now.

What is required for one as a Muslim, after Ramadan? How one can keep the spirit of Ramadan?

     After the month of fasting is over, a Muslim is required to keep the spirit of Ramadan as much as he or she can. Moreover, if he or she has missed fasting for some days in Ramadan for a valid justification, he or she should hasten to make up for them.

I do advise my dear brothers and sisters to consider the following after Ramadan:

1. Make Up for Missed Fast Days. A Muslim should hasten to make up for the missed fast days of Ramadan if he or she has missed fast day(s) of Ramadan for a valid reason such as illness, travel, or menses in the case of women.

2. Fast Six Days in Shawwal. It is highly recommended by the Sunnah for a Muslim to fast six days in the month of Shawwal. Fasting for six days in Shawwal entails great reward and blessings from Allah Almighty. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is reported to have said, “Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan, and then follows it up by (fasting) six days of Shawwal, it is as if he has fasted the whole year.” (Muslim)

Here, it is important to point out that it is not necessary for a Muslim to fast the six days of Shawwal consecutively. So long as one has fasted six days, either consecutively or separately, he or she will fulfill the requirement and will receive the same rewards, in shaa’ Allah.

3. Keep the Spirit of Ramadan. A Muslim should spare no efforts to keep the spirit of Ramadan throughout the other months of the year by means of:

a) Seeking Allah's support, beseeching Him Almighty to guide him to the right path and help him remain steadfast in faith.

b) Observing optional fasting after Ramadan, as Muslims are encouraged by the Sunnah to observe optional fasting after Ramadan. The days in which optional fasting is recommended are:

i. Fasting six days during the month of Shawwal.

ii. Fasting the day of `Arafah, 9th of Zil Hajj, provided that the person is not offering Hajj.

iii. Fasting the 10th of Muharram, and if possible the 9th and the 11th days of the same month.

iv. Fasting as many days as possible during the month of Sha`ban

v. Fasting during the months of Rajab, Zil Qadh, Zil Hajj, and Muharram.

vi. Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays.

vii. Fasting the 13th, 14th, and 15th of every lunar month.

c) Keeping on offering optional night Prayer.

d) Keeping on reciting, listening to and reflecting on the Qur’an.

e) Keeping on taking care of the poor and the needy.

f) Keeping on offering supererogatory acts of worship.

g) Avoiding the prohibitions and illegal practices.

Allah Almighty knows best.

Eid Mubarak

The Significance Ramadan & Fasting

Allah says in the Quran:
'O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may attain God-consciousness. (2:183)

"In the month of Ramadan, the Quran, a book of guidance with proofs of guidance distinguishing right from wrong, was revealed. Therefore, whoever of you is present in that month let him fast. But who is ill or on a journey shall fast a similar number of days later on. Allah desires your well-being, not your discomfort. He desires you to fast the whole month so that you may magnify Him and render thanks to Him for giving you His guidance." 2:185

Accordingly, the month of Ramadan is called the month of the Quran; therefore, Muslims have tradition of reciting Quran frequently in this month.

Ramadan Mubarak...!

My First Job..................!

For teenagers, having a job is a way of making money, just a way of having extra cash for movies or clothes.  It makes one feel independent. Personally, it made me feel sort of like an adult. It taught me how to be responsible and to handle my finances. I had to learn how to take public transportation, how to interact with my coworkers, work with different types of people, and also learn punctuality. In a way, it was almost like I had learned real life skills in under 3 months. I will never forget my first job experience. It will always be a big part of me maturing and becoming a young adult.

Shampoo Ad

Scene1

In a street all the girls are cutting hairs and making them shorter due to hair falling.

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dandruff problem but to their surprise they see a person with a long hair, another comes with a Bob Marley style hair, another comes with jogi baba style and thus there are many in the streets with long hair style thus they say "Kaise".

Scene3

The camera comes in front and to everyone's surprise they all were boys and then a background it says,
"jab baal tute nahi and dandruff ka koi nishana nahin to koi bhi baal badha sakta hain to male kyun nahin."

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Then advertise their shampoo name and describe its plus points.  

RajniGandha & Charulata

Rajni Gandha

The movie is completely focused on the actress, Vidya Sinha. The whole story revolves around her, showing double sided Deepa’s Mind.

RajniGandha is basically a love triangle. It is story of Deepa (Vidya Sinha) who is in love with Sanjay (Amol Palekar). The movie shows the complications of a woman character.

This reunion makes her confused and her life becomes very difficult.

On one side, she wants to be with Sanjay who also loves her very much. Actually meeting Naveen awakens the old first love and buried memories of college romance for Deepa and she starts believing herself to be in love with him, all over again.

Finally after Sanjay’s arrival, she gets out of her dilemma and realizes where her true love is Sanjay, not Naveen.

This story is of confuse indian women story.

Charulata

The film tells the story of a lonely housewife, known as Charu (Madhabi Mukherjee), who lives a wealthy, secluded and idle life in 1870's Calcutta. Her husband, Bhupati (Sailen Mukherjee), runs a newspaper, The Sentinel, and spends a lot more time at work than with his wife. However, he notices that Charu is lonely, and asks his cousin, Amal (Soumitra Chatterjee), to keep her company. Amal is a writer and is asked to help Charu with her own writing. However, after some time, Charu and Amal's feelings for each other move beyond those of a mentoring relationship as Charu begins a latent sexual attraction towards Amal. Amal is unwilling to betray his cousin's trust that has already suffered at the hands of Charu's swindling brother, Umapada. He abruptly leaves, and after Charu hysterically submits to her disappointment in the presence of Bhupati, there is nothing left but for the forsaken woman and her humiliated husband to forge a contrived reconciliation.[1]

Charu is interested in the arts, literature and poetry

We see the young wife Charulata moving from one window to another in her house. She observes the activities of the outside world through the window blinds using opera glasses. She is like a caged bird in her mansion. We sense her curiosity and desire to know the outside world.

Review On ‘Aftershocks of Democracy’

     Aftershocks is about the transformation of the Welfare State into an ally of the Corporation. It examines the acquisition/ displacement of two earthquake-affected villages for lignite mining and power generation. It probes the microcosm in the nature of a study of globalisation of Economy and corporatization of Democracy
    This film is set in Julrai and Umarsar , two villages in Lakhpat, near the India Pakistan border, close to the Gujarat coast, and too far away from Bhuj to be in focus. Umarsar is an upper caste Durbar village, while Julrai's entire population comprises low class Rabbaris, semi-nomadic shepherds, who began to settle down into permanent villages only in the last couple of hundred years. The two villages have nothing in common except that both were almost equally destroyed during the earthquake. The Government-controlled Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation has a monopoly over any mining activity in the region. GMDC is likely to be privatized completely over the next few years; 26% of its shares were sold to corporates, financial institutions and investors in 1997-98
     The film is a hitchiker's journey through the labyrinthine universe of Democracy, as it exists in its lowest unit level - the Indian village.

Review On ‘Firaaq’

     Firaaq is a documentary based on the journey of the people who affected during the Riots and what are the problems they faced in the Riots

     The documentary has shown in such a way that the person can feel really very blesses that they are the one who are not facing it, as If this may happen to them and if they see to it they cannot tackle that situation in a appropriate way. There were many people on the roads shouting for helps but there were no one who can help them in the proper way or there is no one who can take them to the hospitals, There were only dead body surrounded all the way to the people.
     Firaaq is set basically on Gujarat Riots, the horrific 2002 communal riots, which left according to mostly Muslims, the number of people died in gujrat riots are mostly muslim’s. The film is a fictionalised account woven out of, it says, “a 1000 true tales.”
     In Gujrat Riots muslim’s are affected at greater extent which includes some well known like jahangir khan etc. Music maestro, Jahangir Khan, faces isolation during the riots. Arati experiences guilt when she did not open her door to shelter an injured Muslim woman. Her husband, Sanjay, had looted merchandise from shops, and his brother, Devan, had even sexually molested Muslim women. A young lad, Mohsin, leaves the safety of an army-guarded camp to look for his father. Sameer Shaikh and his Hindu wife, Anuradha, decide to re-locate to Delhi. Muneera suspects her Hindu friend, Jyoti, of setting her house on fire, while biased police officers continue oppressing Muslims and five Muslim men find a gun and attempt to seek revenge.

Review on "Food, Inc."

     "Food, Inc.", the an documentary film opens with the sentence, "The way we eat has changed more dramatically in the past 50 years than in the previous 10,000 years." Later in the film it's pointed out that one of the important changes in what we eat is that our food supply has been flooded with sugar and other refined carbohydrates. "Food, Inc." is about how these and other changes came to be, and the little-known state of our present food system.

     In Food, Inc., filmmaker lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and their own environment. They have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but they also have new strains of e coli--the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes and people are now preferring fast food for satisfying their hunger. But they don’t know that-that fast food is effecting their health day by day, today we have from MacDonald and kfc’s are all junk food’s and its effect human health badly because its unhygienic and it is the main reason for growing malnutrition in our nation. As we compare today’s child with previously birth child is much weaker than them, because now a days people preferring junk and fast food for satisfying their hunger. Therefore today’s birth child is weaker than previous one and unhygienic and junk food are main reason of this.          

Why I am here 3?

     As i have mentioned in my previous 2 blog post that why i am studying in media? "as i am BMM graduate from advertising and want to experience both  journalism and advertising". And with the help of knowledge and experience which i have gain after studying in media since past 3 years, i have started my own production studio with my friend and i think for the success of my studio i should go more indepth into the media and get to know more about media, because my production studio's motive is somewhere related to the media but unfortunately after failure of my production studio, I have planned to dropped production studio plan and move on to my further plan which I have already decided before to make a carrier in media planning as a media planner. But I have given my first preference to my studio and support my friend but unfortunately I can’t and now I am looking forward for making carrier in media planning. Hope so it will never let me down and I also know that the MA.CJ is not the right cource for me but it’s my 2^nd choice
AND this is all why i am doing MA.CJ
THANKYOU. 

Review on 'Manipur'

     The Armed Forces Special Powers Act has been in force in several parts of India, including the state of Manipur in the northeast of the country, for more than 50 years. The vaguely formulated provisions of the Act grant extraordinary powers to the Indian armed forces in the so-called “disturbed areas” where it is applicable. The Act has been at the heart of concerns about human rights violations in the region, such as arbitrary killings, torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and enforced disappearances. Its continued application has led to numerous protests, notably the longstanding hunger strike by Ms. IromChanuSharmila in Manipur.

      Our nation pays the most of the amount of  tax for defense and in return this is what they are getting.....? is this the defense?i think its not| The ASPA which gives the Indian soldiers sweeping powers like searching without search warrants, arresting without arrest warrants, and even shooting to death on mere suspicion is a most illegal act enacted in the records of human legal history. In fact it is an Act that negates and even nullifies the very concept and principles of law. This is because here is an act that says a person can be shot to death on mere suspicion when the Law says “A person is innocent until proven guilty.” This extra judicial law is sanctioned by Indian Law, protected by Indian Law and is even immune from legal prosecution- “except with previous sanction of the Central Government.” This Act in short is an act that amounts to state sponsored terrorism. And the sponsorer of this heinous law is the central Government of India through its Parliament.

Why i am here 2?

     As i have mentioned in my previous post that why i am studying in media? "as i am BMM graduate from advertising and want to experience both  journalism and advertising". And with the help of knowledge and experience which i have gain after studying in media since past 3 years, i have started my own production studio with my friend and i think for the success of my studio i should go more indepth into the media and get to know more about media, because my production studio's motive is somewhere related to the media and thats why i am here....|


AND this is all why i am doing MA.CJ
THANKYOU.   

Review on "JASHN-E-AZAADI"

          In this documentary 'Jashn-e-Azadi'-- 'How We Celebrate Freedom' is as explicit to speak of violence in Kashmir as the violence itself. Jashn-e-Azadi, is not only a rear glance of life with military, it is a smidgen more, in and out, interlacing the cowed survivals and the recurring pangs of death.

          The movie start with a desolate father looks for his son's grave in a Shaheedi Qabristan (martyr's graveyard), a teenager girl describes the body of a young man in the neighbourhood, killed during an army operation--"The body is lying in the crossroad amidst the houses, no one is allowed to approach, even the dog did not go near it." Her stoic, flat voice, communicates a long endurance.Post trauma centres, flood with disjointed minds, doctors listen to the staccato stories of a woman, and more. In her dreams, shrouded figures appear - and never reveal their faces.

     At Independence Day. Orphaned, children sing Iqbal's ' sare jahan se achchha, hindostan hamara,' and mark the glorification of their lives being spared, while their loved ones got killed. A feeling as alien like freedom would not tick these young hearts to sing, slaved within the terror of the past and an uncertain future.

       The way the film captures self defending attempts by the armed forces to manage for itself, an image of credibility is poignant in sense of negation. The images of the army run schools and orphanages, the donation of portable radio sets by them to the victims, the insistence to sing the national anthem, and an added pinch of "operation successful", as claimed by the forces, give bouts of disillusionment to the boasted claims of peace. Lives put to discord and then mend up with patches of compensations are received as a mockery.

        The movie doesn't escape to obtain martyrdom as it is hugged by Kashmiri youth. Martyrdom in Kashmir is more often a given status than achieved. One encounter and ten martyrs are recognised, another encounter, a score more.

        Theatrical performances demonstrate a five century old colonisation of the valley, and its fate being decided and re-decided by the any one but the people of the land.However, with all the ugliness, the beauty of symbolism is maintained. The symbol of tourists wearing colourful Kashmiri attires to be clicked in as a remembrance of Kashmir, when the movie opens and the same attires being replaced by a military scarf that a girl chooses to be clicked in as the film closes, leaves a strong impression of the slow generated change. The change of recognition of Kashmir, from beauty to the spectors of death.

Women Portrayed In Media

               Mass media,in general is often said to be the reflection of the society.Or atleast that's what majority of people in India conciously or unconsiously tend to believe.While it's arguable whether the media truly reflect the society or not,there's no doubt that media have a big sociocultural influence on the society.
               The way women are shown in movies these days is hardly different than those before a decade or a few.Women have been shown to consider being an ideal homemaker as the goal of their life.Leaving few expectations,movies of recent times have hardly shown an 'ideal women' doing anything but being a housewife.Even in those movies where a woman is shown to have more decision power in hand than her husband,the wife is almost always portrayed in badlight. And the end of the movie,she slapped by her husband.Her husband also tells her,'I should have slapped much earlier.'the woman realizes her 'mistakes' repents of the same & the movie ends when everyone appears to be happy.
                 The same has remained true for the soap operas of earlier times & of recent times.While in many of these soaps, a women has more decision power than their male counterparts,it's very difficult to come across so many such families in real life.Moreover,those women who wear modern clothes & appear very confident more often than not have bad intentions than their conservative & not so-much counterparts.

John Pilger documentary analyse

                   After watching the documentary,i would like to describe today's mass & media & there role in the society. I believe that the role mass media it's totally malfunction and a selling device for TRP,it's plays an very important role in modifying the real news.
                  After seeing this documentary one question arise in my mind.'How did people of indian would respond to such incident?' and the answer come to me is such incident will have only temporary effects on indian as nor the mass neither the media is strong effective to react and get the result of such incident.we indians learned to move on instead of asking the question to the government why again and again........common people targeted.......................?
                  For eg: 26/11 terrorist attack the reaction was strong,but the result was effectless.Still we have not got the answer from government nor from the mass & media,that why this happened,who was behind this
and what precaution was government taken.
                  The best way to respond to such incident is to choose the good government try to find the true reason of such incident instead of blindly following the report of the mass and media.only street march and candle walk is not the solution of such incident,be a part of the trial of the situation unitedly...

Why I Am Here?

After the completion of my HSC examination,i was looking for any kind of graduation cource and also had a councelling session with my senior professor of my college.He suggested me for BMM. as i was not aware of what is BMM in the begning  i took the cource lightly and entered into it,but as an when the 1st year went i was all set in this field .I realised that this is the only course why i am here for? I am under one roof of the society where i am connected with all the class of society from common man to the business person, politics, glamour, crime,laws,foreign affairs etc.
       Now i have appeared for MA.CJ (master of arts in mass communication & journalism). As i am BMM graduate from advertising and want to experience both  journalism and advertising
AND this is all why i am doing MA.CJ.