No words!

Just this poem from 1976!

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I was not a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life – J. Krishnamurti

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Awesome!!!

Over the last few weeks, I have had the pleasure of interacting with a lot of people from almost all walks of life – from the CEO’s to the average guy you see everyday. In all these occasions, one thing that baffled me was how people go to lengths to use complicated phrases for things that could be explained in plain, simple English.

Not that it is bad to use such words, but why make things hard for the people involved. If your daily routine involves using complicated terms, then I guess its not bad. But when it is not, why go the extra mile when you can accomplish the same task much easier and simpler?

At the same time, I wonder if the people (including myself) listening to such conversations understand what exactly is being conveyed! I don’t understand much of these jargons and corporate savvy terms that I come across everyday. So, I make it a point to interrupt and ask them the meaning for the same, even they think something else about me.

The main purpose of communication is to ensure that everyone understands it properly and to do that one must be express it clearly and plainly. No matter how great one talks, if others are not able to understand what you are trying to tell them, then it just doesn’t serve the purpose at all.

So, talk in Simple, Plain English Please

For some unidentified reason, November has been very slow so far. Nothing interesting happening off late and It’s been pretty boring and uninteresting. By the time i reach home after work, i am pretty much tired and just do only the basic stuff online. While i have written a lot of new stuff, somehow i haven’t had the urge to publish them yet.

Oh yeah, i watched Quantum of Solace today and i loved this new “dark” look of Bond .