Thursday, September 17, 2009

A Good Story 
A frail, landless farmer, Dashrath Manjhi, was a daily wage laborer in the small Gahlor village, 75 kms from the Gaya district in Bihar. What made him different from the others was his positive attitude and determination.

Gahlor is a small village and people of Gahlor had to go to the nearest town for most of their needs. And there are no modes of transport from Gahlor to the town. People had to walk 75 kms by foot to reach the town. Even to visit a doctor they had to walk for miles on a muddy road to the town hospital. Many patients even died midway.
Dashrath Manjhi wanted to bring a ray of hope in this dark scenario. He wanted to construct a short cut so that the villagers could reach the town in lesser time and with ease. He came up with the idea of carving out a tunnel through a nearby mountain. The villagers laughed and scoffed at his idea and tried to put him down by saying that it was an impossible task. But Dashrath didn’t lose heart. He made up his mind to do it for his dear wife who had once slipped from the mountain while getting food for Dashrath.
With his meager income, Dashrath bought a chisel, a hammer and some nails and started his task, cutting through the hard rocks of the mountain. He worked day and night, chipping away little by little. Many a times he didn’t even bother to eat. It was after 10 years that the villagers could make the difference - they could make out a depression in the middle of the hill.  But still there was a long way to go.

At last, after 22 years of hard work and toil, Dashrath, a frail old man now, completed his task - a 360 ft long, 25 ft high and a 30 ft wide tunnel.  He had made the tunnel all by himself, driven by his determination and grit.
Now, the villagers didn’t have to cross the mountain, they could just go through the tunnel. This reduced the grueling distance to a considerable extent. The hand carved passage now stands as a landmark of Gahlor district.

Dashrath’s dream has come true but today, he is not alive to see the contented villagers cross that tunnel. 







Saturday, September 5, 2009

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

What's New In Windows 7






avast! Suite

Letter to Microsoft


Dear Mr. Bill Gates,

We have bought a computer for our home and we have found some problems, which I want to bring to your notice.

1. There is a button 'Start' but there is no 'Stop' button. We request you to check this.

2. One doubt is whether any 'Re-scooter' is available in system? I find only 'Re-cycle', but I own a scooter at my home.

3. There is 'Find' button but it is not working properly. My wife lost the door key and we tried a lot trace the key with this 'find' button, but was unable to trace. Please rectify this problem.

4. My child learnt 'Microsoft Word' now he wants to learn 'Microsoft sentence', so when you will provide that?

5. I bought computer, CPU, mouse and keyboard, but there is only one icon which shows 'My Computer': when you will provide the remaining items?

6.. It is surprising that windows says 'MY Pictures' but there is not even a single photo of mine. So when will you keep my photo in that.

7. There is 'MICROSOFT OFFICE' what about 'MICROSOFT HOME' since I use the PC at home only.

8. You provided 'My Recent Documents'. When you will provide 'My Past Documents'?

9. You provide 'My Network Places'. For God sake please do not provide 'My Secret Places'. I do not want to let my wife know where I go after my office hours.

Regards,
Banta


Last one to Mr. Bill Gates: Sir, how is it that your name is GATES but you are selling WINDOWS?