Break through..

Derek Jones writes about the difference between successful person and an unsuccessful person ...

Have you noticed that the line between a successful person and an unsuccessful person is often just wafer thin. People who are unsuccessful are not necessarily irresponsible, lazy or lacking in character. Many are enthusiastic, hardworking and sincere and they appear to be very much like those who achieve remarkable things. So what's going on?..............

Quotes Worth Reflecting - Bertrand Russell

"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge"
.What I believe

"Anything you're good at contributes to happiness"

"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. "
.A History of Western Philosophy

"Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. "
.Autobiography

"To save the world requires faith and courage: faith in reason, and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true. "
The Prospects of Industrial Civilization

"As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles. "
.An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish

"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. "
.Unpopular Essays, Outline of Intellectual Rubbish

I like the way you are thinking...

Little Johnny was sitting in class doing math problems when his teacherpicked him to answer a question.
"Johnny, if there were five birds sitting on a fence and you shot one withyour gun, how many would be left?"
"None.", replied Johnny. "'cause the rest would fly away.""Well, the answer is four," said the teacher.
"But I like the way you arethinking."
Little Johnny said, "I have a question for you now. If there were three women eating ice cream cones in a shop, one licking her cone, the secondbiting her cone, and the third one sucking her cone, which one is married?
Well," said the teacher nervously, "I guess the one sucking the cone?"
"No," said Little Johnny, "the one with the wedding ring on her finger.But I like the way you are thinking.

The Teacher Fainted...

Style over Talent...

Player Discrimination is getting rampant in india,it will hinder the growth of talented and quality players.

Sania mania rules over grandmaster Koneru Humpy,excelling in a non-spectator sport, world no.6, and our very own Bengali lad, 25-year-old Ritwik Bhattacharya who is world number 62 in a similar game and that's squash and also Rohini Rau , clinched her maiden national sailing women’s title recently at Hyderabad .

Raging Bullishness

Indian Express has an article regarding the Raging Bullishness in BSE


Now that the Sensex had crossed 8,000, the perennially optimistic are eyeing 10,000. But if the Sensex were to comprise of 300 penny stocks instead of 30 blue chips, it would probably have soared well beyond the 16,000 that was recently predicted by a regulator........

Circular trading

A group of Delhi-based investors have written several letters to the Sebi chairman pointing to four specific stocks that are being manipulated by generating huge volumes. This is done by simultaneously buying and selling large quantities of shares from different terminals to create the impression of huge investor interest and enormous liquidity. Market sources say that manipulators usually ensure that the terminals are often located at different cities to create the impression of wide-spread investor interest. ..

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