Charles Schultz Philosophy

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read straight through and you'll get the point.

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.

2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.

3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America Contest.

4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.

5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.

6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do? The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. They are not second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.


Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.

2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.

3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.

4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.

5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.


Easier?

The lesson: People who make a difference in your life are NOT the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones who care.

CLEAR HAI

Lately ive been obsessed with commercials on tv more than tv shows.Besides being short,they strike the right chord and deliver the message in practically the most innovative way possible,and surprisingly everytime.Above all you dont have to suffer the pain of prophesying-"what happens next?".
Some of them can be so effective that they almost get entrenched in your mind,besides the fact that they can also be highly deluding.I can still distinctly recollect
the very catchy "kya aap close-up karte hain..."commercial,
the very musical "bole mere lips...i love uncle chips" commercial or
the peppy "doodh doodh doodh...piyo glass full doodh" or
the very cute "i love you rasna" commercial.
After ages having seen a filmstar on a bajaj scooter (shahrukh in chak de india) reminds me of the very patriotic "hamara bajaj" commercial.

Of late commercials dont just market the product they also market the image of the endorser.And with celebs whom we consider local Gods,endorsing products,has taken marketing up by a couple of notches.Commercials can also be highly deceptive and dangerous.

A couple of such instances are.....ads like "fair and lovely" or "fair and handsome" which portray the idea of becoming successful by turning fair are i think promoting sheer racism,and ofcourse the very recent "sprite" commercial teaching guys how to have more than one girl friend and still be truthful to each of them.

But the saddest thing is that we are willing to get allured by these commercials.

Ignited minds

India since the past decade is known to have been on a developing streak.
With around 70% of it being comprised of the working class,India going great guns testifies the tremendous value addition done by the working class of the nation towards its path to not just a financially empowered nation but also towards a much edified society.
The overglamorised image of the elite society getting portrayed all over like never before is more inviting than anything else to a working class young mind aspiring to be a part of the jaunty society.This serves as a motivation to the ever dreaming young mind.
But the obscene and life threatening competition offered by the world kills their aspirations and desires in the process of achieving them,some prove their mettle some just recede.Their minds constantly work in several directions for their future planning.
They are in an incessant battle of testing their own dexterity in terms of ingenious and complex thought process,inventiveness and the ability to take critical decisions.They are always at the crux of their life’s momentous decision making processes.
Amidst all this frenzy the essence of living has ebbed away from their minds.The negative side is given more a thought in terms of fighting it and surmounting it,and that’s essential but the positive side also needs to be basked and talked about,which is I think done but sporadically.In my hunches the positive side of life is that what you have and not what you want to have,regardless of the set of problems you have(which comprise the negative side).
And I strongly believe this will help taste the real goodness of life.

Anti-piracy

I have never quite understood why the debate over piracy rages on.Well its true that if you have created a piece of work,it matters a lot to you,but then its not the same stuff as plagiarism.Piracy may be the cheap selling of the products.....but then i strongly feel that obscurity is far greater a threat to creative artists and authors than piracy.
Atleast in piracy you have your name on it.And the credit remains.So rather than playing around with words and leading movements against piracy,the best thing to do would be to march towards an open source movement.

There are forwards and then.... there are forwards

Here's the thing. Not all forwards are bad. By and large I delete all forwards with a cussword directed at the senders. But these are usually forwards which are inane. I do not want to be part of a divine email chain about ganesha or venkateshwara or some such deity who has enough time on hand to follow email trails. I also do not want inane zero-intellect observations about men and women, or about Indians and Americans. I do not want stories about people who missed out their last chance to say or do something nice for someone. And I definitely do not want inspiring stories about brave individuals who overcame some crippling illness to achieve something great in life. And please oh please, I do not want idiotic puzzles with a glaringly obvious catch that you were stupid enough to miss or gif files which require me to stare at some image for 15 seconds. I could also do without the standard event-related jokes (like "Misbah hit the last chip shot in the T20 cup because he didnt know there was a mallu in every corner of the world") that I usually get on ma cell as a forward before anyone composes an email about them.

The forwards I do not mind are the ones which are funny, witty and non-standard. Like Becky the Dublin girl. Or the material girl from New York who posted a message on craigslist wondering how to bag a millionaire. Those are the kind of forwards I could do with.Now you may say.... how can one differentiate between the two? Which forwards are inane and which are witty? A simple thumb rule is, what you do before forwarding them. If you send them to a standard set of email IDs saved in your email program, no thanks. If you just hit the forward button with a pointless message like "this is good!", please excuse. If you do not wait for even 10 seconds before you send out the forward, kindly adjust.However, if you pick and choose the recipients, write a non-standard message accompaying the main message body, and actually take efforts to delete the email IDs, headers and footers from the previous message, sure, send it across.

Genuine Question

What exactly are "monkey chants"? Assuming they are chants imitating monkeys, how are they racist? Are we expected to believe that the Baroda crowd knew that Symonds is of mixed ethnicity? Everyone says Indian crowd is quite well versed in cricket, but that is stretching it a bit too far.What probably happened was that the crowd was having some fun with him. But I fail to see the racist angle.