MySnap : Reflections of a Growing City

Abu Dhabi : 2007

RSK

Don't copy if you can't paste

Not too long ago, a large seminar was held for ministers and reverends
in training. Among the facilitators were many well-known motivational
speakers. One such speaker boldly approached the pulpit and, gathering
the entire crowd's attention, said, "The best years of my life were
spent in the arms of a woman who wasn't my wife!" The crowd was shocked!
He followed up by saying, "That woman was my mother!" The crowd burst
into laughter and he gave his speech, which was well received.


About a week later, one of the ministers who had attended the seminar
decided to use that joke in his sermon. As he shyly approached the
pulpit one sunny Sunday, he tried to rehearse the joke in his head. It
was a bit foggy to him. Getting to the microphone he said loudly, "The
greatest years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who was not
my wife!"His congregation sat shocked, murmuring. After standing there for

 almost 10 seconds trying to recall the second half of the joke, the pastor

finally blurted out "...and I can't remember who she was!"


Moral of the story: Don't copy if you can't paste................

Environmentally Friendly Hybrid Cars :-)

Acacia Tree : Oman

Rashid Rana - Photographer ( from the Economist)

Biography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid_Rana

Some of his pictures

http://www.google.com.om/images?q=rashid+rana+photography&hl=en&safe=off&prmd=o&source=lnms&tbs=isch:1&ei=MlBYTNXMCZO4rAeKs7GPBQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&ved=0CA0Q_AU&prmdo=1&biw=1024&bih=653

Contemporary photography from Pakistan

Mirror images

Spicing up Musée Guimet

Jul 29th 2010 | PARIS

EMILE GUIMET'S bequest of the Asian treasures he had bought on a round-the-world tour in the 1870s fuelled the French craze for Asian antiquities and helped put the Musée National des Arts Asiatiques on a par with the British Museum and the Baur Collection in Geneva.

This summer the French collection has added a twist. Amid a huge show that ranges over eight centuries of Ghandara statues devoted to depicting the face of Buddha, are scattered the works of a playful and eagerly collected young Pakistani photographer, Rashid Rana.

Using computer software to mix his images, Mr Rana creates works that are both ironic and disturbing. A giant box (pictured) that seems from a distance to depict a city skyline is actually made up, when you get close, of hundreds of small photographs of houses in Lahore, a teeming mosaic of urbanity that includes shops, traffic and dusty street corners. Similarly the postage-stamp squares of scenes from a slaughterhouse—pale carcasses, spilled blood and amputated limbs—when you step back, are arranged to depict, in all its richness and comfort, a red oriental carpet. A show to look at over and over.

Books and Arts

Myths explained....

I just saw a small clipping of a very thought-provoking talk by Dr Patnaik on CNBC...I then managed to locate some more material on him and here are the links:

1) This one is in 5 ( small) parts....

http://www.moneycontrol.com/video/special-videos/property-brothersbattle_472141.html?utm_source=Article_Vid

2) Some more.....

http://indiamicrofinance.com/power-talk-dr-devdutt-pattanaik-chief-belief-officer-future-group.html

3) His website......

http://devdutt.com/

Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik is a medical doctor by education, a leadership consultant by profession, and a mythologist by passion. He has written and lectured extensively on the nature of sacred stories, symbols and rituals and their relevance in modern times.

His books include

• Jaya: an illustrated retelling of the Mahabharata (Penguin, India)
• 7 secrets from Hindu calendar art (Westland)
• Myth=Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology (Penguin, India)
• Book of Ram (Penguin India).

His columns include

• Mythos in First City Magazine, New Delhi
• Management Mythos in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times
• DevLok in Sunday Mid-day, Mumbai

His work reclaiming mythology for management led to the series Business Sutra telecast on CNBC-tv18.

He has 14 years experience in the health care industry with organizations such as Sanofi Aventis and Apollo Health Care, and he had a brief stint as Business Advisor with Ernst & Young. Currently, he is Chief Belief Officer of the Future Group, India's largest retail company. He also consults as leadership coach, culture consultant and storytelling expert to other corporations and NGOs such as Star TV and World Gold Council and Independent Power Producers Association of India (IPPAI).

RECYCLING

Lord Buddha, one day, was in deep thought about worldly activities and the ways of instilling goodness in human beings.

One of his disciples approached him and said humbly "Oh my teacher ! While you are so much concerned about the world and others, why don't you look in to the welfare and needs of your own disciples also."

Buddha: "OK.. Tell me how I can help you"

Disciple: "Master! My attire is worn out and is beyond the decency to wear the same. Can I get a new one, please?"

Buddha found the robe indeed was in a bad condition and needed replacement. He asked the store keeper to give the disciple  a new robe to wear on. The disciple thanked Buddha and retired to his room.

A while later, Buddha went to his disciple's place and asked him "Is your new attire comfortable? Do  you need anything more?"

Disciple: "Thank you my Master. The attire is indeed very comfortable. I need nothing more"

Buddha: "Having got the new one, what did you do with your old attire?"

Disciple: "I am using it as my bed spread"

Buddha: "Then.. hope you have disposed off your old bed spread"

Disciple: " No.. no.. master. I am using my old bedspread as my window curtain"

Buddha: " What about your old Curtain?"

Disciple: "Being used to handle hot utensils in the kitchen"

Buddha: "Oh.. I see.. Can you tell me what did they do with the old cloth they used in Kitchen"

Disciple: "They are being used to wash the floor."

Buddha:" Then, the old rug being used to wash the floor...?"

Disciple: "Master, since they were torn off so much, we could not find any better use, but to use as a twig in the oil lamp, which is right now lit in your study room...."

Buddha smiled in contentment and left for his room.