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Raajniti… राजनीति ..

Posted by: Manu on: July 28, 2008

राजनीति

 

इक दिन हमने सोचा चलो राजनीति पर कुछ लिखा जाये,

सभी तलवारें चलाते है इसमे, अपनी कलम को भी परखा जाये |

 

कुछ सोच ही रहा था, कि इक मोहिनी ने टी.वी. पर समाचार सुनाया,

कुछ इस प्रकार था, एक छोटे से पत्रकार ने बहुत बड़ा तहलका मचाया

 

मन मै इक गून्ज उठी, यह भी कोई बड़ा समाचार है,

हमारे यहाँ तो चारा खाने वालो की बेहिसाब भरमार है |

 

तारकोल, बोफोर्स हो या हो यूरीया सब का सब डकार जाते है,

जनता को बिल्लियों की भातिँ लडा यहां बन्दर रोटी खाते है |

 

 हिंसा मूल मन्त्र है इनका, लालच करना जन्मसिद्ध अधिकार है,

 कुर्सी के द्वुन्द मैं यहाँ, हर कोई मरने मारने को तैयार है |

                                           

यहाँ अनपढ, असभ्य, अयोग्य भी मन्त्री बन जाते है,

विकास कराने की दौड मैं जनता को ही पीछे छोड जाते है | 

 

भ्रष्टाचार कि स्याही से लिखी जाती है अपराध कि कहानी, 

जेल को घर समझ जाने वालो की जय जयकार है |

 

 धन, बल, यश कि अविरल निरन्तर वर्षा होती है इसमें,

किसी ने सच ही कहा है, राजनीति सर्वोत्म व्यापार है |

 

                                                                                                                  -मनु

 

 ** Wrote this poem somewhere in 2002 during my early IIT days. After the recent filthy episode of parliament, I thought I’d share this crude version of poetry with you. 

 

 

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Sunday

Posted by: Manu on: July 21, 2008

SUNDAY Breakfast

SUNDAY Breakfast - Bread-Jam-Butter with a cup of Ginger Tea plus TOI, Thanks to Bhai

Making of a Chef, Shahi Matar Paneer,

Making of a Chef, Shahi Matar Paneer; A flavorsome combination of Shahi Paneer and Matar Paneer. First & fruitful cooking attempt by Manu :)

Lunch is ready

Lunch is ready

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XML Entity Resolver

Posted by: Manu on: July 15, 2008

 

Today, while creating a xml entity resolver, i have got struck in a trifling situation. I was using the throws keyword for handling exception instead of try catch block at InputStream instance creation method for a particular url path-getInputStreamFromDB(String urlString), and due to that, in case of error, control was going to the ValidatingErrorHandler class (a error handler used by the parser), which was again pushing it to the ExternalEntityresolver class (an Entity Resolver) and this whole thing was going into a recursion.

 

code snippets to give an idea-

ExternalEntityResolver externalEntitityResolver = new ExternalEntityResolver();

            DocumentBuilderFactory factory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();

            factory.setAttribute(“http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxp/properties/schemaLanguage”, “http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”);

 

            factory.setNamespaceAware(true);

            factory.setValidating(true);

           

            ValidatingErrorHandler validator = new ValidatingErrorHandler();

           

            DocumentBuilder documentBuilder = factory.newDocumentBuilder();

            documentBuilder.setErrorHandler(validator);

            documentBuilder.setEntityResolver(externalEntitityResolver);

 

 

 

privateInputStream getInputStreamFromDB(String urlString) throwsMalformedURLException, IOException {

            InputStream inputStream = null;

            String xmlPath=   “D:\\eclipse workspace\\PIF_VALIDATION\\resource\\AddressBook-ZipToCityEPD.xsd”;

            //xmlPath=new File(xmlPath).toURI().toString();

            URL url = newURL(xmlPath);          Origin of exception

            URLConnection con = url.openConnection();

           

            if(con != null){

                  inputStream = con.getInputStream();

            }

            returninputStream;

      }

 

Later, when I have used try-catch block to check the stacktrace, encountered the real culprit- a fresh exception. This exception originates at the time of URL instance creation for a given path String.

 

try{

path= “D:\\eclipseworkspace

String \\PIF_VALIDATION\\resource\\AddressBook-ZipToCityEPD.xsd”;

URL url = new URL(path);           

            URLConnection con = url.openConnection();

           

            if(con != null){

                  inputStream = con.getInputStream();

            }

            }catch (MalformedURLException e) {

                  e.printStackTrace();// TODO: handle exception

 

java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: d

      at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)

      at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)

      at java.net.URL.<init>(Unknown Source)

      at com.XXX.xml.ExternalEntityResolver.getInputStreamFromDB(ExternalEntityResolver.java:80)

 

It seems as if String path is not interpreted as a file reference and because of this, it is throwing MalformedURLException with this “unkown protocol d” message. Preferably I feel it should be handled by URL class code by checking the format of the path String. For solving this problem, we need to create a valid URL in code itself.

 

Like-

Just put this line of code before the creation of URL instance-

 

path=new File(path).toURI().toString();

URL url = new URL(path);

 

There is one more way, more simpler one to achieve the purpose

Simply append “file:///” at the beginning of path String and it would solve the purpose.

 

Path=”file:/// “+path;

URL url = new URL(path);

 

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Literary Corner

Posted by: Manu on: July 14, 2008

One of the best stories, I have read till date- “Veerangana”.

 

A truly nice story, an impeccable blend of emotions, feelings, human relations and evocative message. I must say, Writer has an immense ability of character sketching with mere but intense words, and this story really deserves a round of applause. We are in the twenty first century; still I do notice these things in our social milieu. Gender biasing is still a concern; sometimes i feel our conformist mentality and void values are responsible for all these ill things. Now things are changing; I hope, someday we will be able to understand the role equivalence of man and woman in the society. Nilanjana character is very strongly created; especially conversations between Nilanjana and Montu (I prefer to call him by this name) are able to strike unswervingly one’s sensitivity strings. By this story, writer has reached the pinnacle of the character refinement.

 

A must read, if you are looking for good literary creations.

 

For story page, Please follow the URL given below -

URL:  http://www.hindinest.com/visheshank/02samaj/samaj31.htm

 

With Luv,

Manu

IPL Tales..

Posted by: Manu on: June 7, 2008

IPL….

 

So as of now, the IPL fever is over, Cheers gals are no more moving their curves, I am trying to explore the state of affairs after this forty four days lengthy octagonal combat. Instead of getting into the thick of the sportiest things, let’s check the predictable activities of few nears and dears of this intensive profitable league.

 

The real cricket affectionate TV channel Set Max, BCCI and our beloved players are indubitably busy with their investment consultants to cope with this crunchy currency flood captivated by their bank accounts.

 

Our own self acclaimed badhshah of bollywood has got active with his about to failed “Kya aap pachvi pass se tej hai” venture and moving back to his honey dew romantic film projects, Thanks to Aditya Chopra for venturing into DDLJ 2.0.  

 

Ness Wadia is a happy man now, in spite of his not so profitable bid in the form of kings XI Punjab. He is in relief as now he is the only one, who will receive pleasure of the heavenly jhaapi-shappi sessions of his truly generous gal friend Priety.

 

Once a Dada, Ganguly is trying his hand on some really juicy rosogolla making techniques as he has lot of time till next year IPL. Might be he will take this chore seriously as his next profession.

 

“Lord, save me by the rage of my fellow Bong Bhadraloks as after reading this post I don’t know if they will try to hit me hard.”

 

Dravid, what he is thinking now might be planning to adieu this Dana-dun cricket format. This is a million dollar question as I am still clueless about his entirely confuse ever gloomy face and void strategies through out the IPL. The fearful fanatic performance of disabled challengers has breached all the records of not so excited cricket

 

Sachin, Jaisuriya, Mcgrath, Pollock all are surely enjoying this occasion after defying the restricting rules of age over experience. Although Sachin was unable to perform that”Duniya Hila Denge” act but surely saved his team from a shameful exit.  

 

Goni, Pathan (Yusuf), Patel these boys are now becomes the talk of the town because of their wonderful performance and they are enjoying these victorious days of glory. 

 

The so-called number one bowler Show-ab Akhtar must be thinking about his next undertaking, as prevailing condition will give him one more chance to fly over the green field is certainly doubtful. Anyway he can write his autobiography and I am sure it will be a big hit with lots of masala film flavors or he can contact Mahesh Bhatt for a fresh start in a new field.

 

And here comes our hero Yum Yuch Dhonee from Jharkhand, with his fortitude and ever cool attitude. But this time he was not as lucky as in the last T-Twenty world cup. His sweet IPL dream has been gently shattered by Warne, Tanveer and Yusuf but how can we forget the hand of god in the form of ostensible fast bowling of Balajee with one pathetic wide in crucial last over and pitiable wicket keeping skills of our innocent looking wicket keeper Parthiv Patel.

 

Let’s don’t forget the new angry young sardar….man of cricket world, after awarding a tight slap to ferocious pacer turned cry baby Shree Santh, he is keeping himself busy with some yoga and meditation. But he deserve round of applause for the change in Shree turned Santh as now he is concentrating on his bowling only. I think, we need bhajji type guy in each and every sports team to improve their performance. 

 

And never the last nor the least Shane Warne, after leaving international test and OD cricket, has written a new success story beside his drugs, three some and erotic emails tales. Once again, he has proved his mettle as his role in IPL as a captain and a sportsman is truly appraisable. From rags to riches, the chronicle of Royals is inspiring with a humble start and magnificent final victory.

 

 

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kuch aur Triveniya……….

Posted by: Manu on: May 25, 2008

कुछ और त्रिवेणीयाँ….

 

उनकी फिराक का ही तो हैं ये असर,

कि जा पहुचें हैं उनके और करीब |

शुक्र फासिल का मनायें तो क्या गलत है… 

unki firaaq ka hi to hai yeh asar
ki ja pahunche hai unke aur kareeb
sukr faasil ka manay to kya galat hai…
 
 

हर दामन-ऍ-मिज्गा मै दर्द की आह है,

कहीं छुपी हुइ तो कही बेपरदा बेराह है |

कि मौसम-ए-मिजाज ही करवाता है बारिश….

hur daaman-e-mijga mein dard ki aah hai
kahi chupi hui to kahi be-parda be-rah hai
ki mausam-e-mijaj hi karwata hai baarish…
  

 

जो ना हो्ता जवाब तुम्हारे सवालों का 

चैंन की नीँद हम युं ना तरसा करते |

ये तो हालात की आंधी है कि बहती ही नही………                               

jo na hota jawab tumhare sawalo ka
chain ki neend hum u na tarsa kurte
yeh to halat ki aandhi hai ki bahti hi nahi…
 

 

दास्‍तान-ए-हसरत से सनी ये जिन्‍दगी,

हिसाब-ए-सूद-ए-जियाँ मैं ही ढल गयी |

हर उथती मौँजो को दफन होना है समन्‍द्ऱ मै ही………

daastaan-e-hasrat se sani yeh jindagi
hisab-e-suud-o-ziyaan mein hi dhul gaye
hur uthti maujon ko dufun hona hai samunder mein hi….
 

                                                                                         मनु

Passion

Posted by: Manu on: May 22, 2008

Passion, an innocent, captivating seven letter word. I feel, in the real way it is an eternal quest for narcissistic hedonism. Sometimes due to itinerary of actions related to this passion, outcomes are favorable to others in a constructive way but in genuine sense passion is what, which really gives you that divine feeling of satisfaction, can’t expressed in words, it’s a short of self indulgence. You feel it, when you have it. No questions and answers before and after.

Me..Myself…and I

Posted by: Manu on: April 28, 2008

About Me:
If you are thinking here u will get some interesting stuff then just skip it because here i am trying to write few lines on about me? Which is evidently a query for me and may be boring for you. so you have been forewarned don’t blame me further……like millions of other guys, most of the time i am working for the elevation of self facade, sometimes trying to create a image which does not match with my silhouette. What I am and what i want to be, i do vacillate between these two points. I am slipshod want to be attentive, i am lethargic want to be energetic, I am this and i want that, always surrounded by the flood of wants, desires and word I. Well this is a human nature and i am too surrounded by this malady. Whenever i see any needy I want to help him/her and on the next very second I start thinking why they are needy are they really need help or they deserve the situation in which they are…..i used to make plans and tried some of them successfully, but in most of the cases in spite of favorable results I have not recieved that satisfaction which I had expected while planning. I start thinking what we are doing ? are we really here to do the same task on which we are giving our tremendous efforts and energy or till now we were moving in a mirage. I believe in almighty but in some situation act like an agnostic on the very next second I feel its sacred presence in myself,and feel that providing me the strength, motivation to fight with odd situations. Discovery is going on more I will go deeper more I will encounter, each and every day a new face, with new desires, aspirations, dreams.
 
Books that bind:
Books..I am an avid reader, I can read anything language no bar..English..Hindi..Urdu (in learning phase)..the chosen ones are..The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, Straight from the Guts by Jack Welch, The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho, Gitanjali by Rabindra Nath Tagore (going through), Bhism Shahni , Jenendra, Mannu Bhandari, Fanishwar Nath ‘Renu’, Prem Chand, Ghalib, Guljar literary creations…
 
A glutton’s delight:
Mummy’s Kitchen..missing a lot..otherwise anything Vegetarian.
 
Music that saves my soul:
Music ..again depends on mood..from Soft, Classic, Ghazals, Carnatic to hip hop pop and Rock..
 
Movies that make me wild:
lots of…..from action, sci-fi, thriller to romantic honey dew…List is endless..to named a few.. Titanic, Brave Heart, Vertical heights, MI-2, Matrix series,Euro Trip, 40 Days 40 Nites….. in Hindi..Deewar, Golmaal, All Rishikesh da hits…RDB,HDDCS, DDLJ….Sadma,Masoom…
 
My passions proclaim:
Passion…hmmm…roaming aimlessly in the quest of narcisstic hedonism..
 
I admire:
Nature and its Creation……People who believe in their self, as i believe that self is a part of almighty, so its all about reliance…on that divine power… who is one, on your self … if u can’t believe on your self..then … ..
 
My fear factor:
Fear is one of the most ancient malady, always attached with human. So i am not the exception, i do have…..but better left undisclosed.
 
I believe I can:
I can I will….This is the punchline of brand Manu…..ha ha ha …jokes apart….But these four words have tremendous energy and i do believe in the philosophy behind these words….
 
I’d be a better person if I:
If…this word kills…If this then that..if that then..so i don’t want to fiddle with this nonsence word….
 
My sixpence to the world:
Love and Hope…

 

“Whenever I tried to squeeze those ineffable, perplex, untouched thoughts or things…they tried to unearth some other channel to prove their existence in the surface of this so called real world. Sometimes myself able to conceal and sometimes not….i think that’s the human“

Manu

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Duniyaan

Posted by: Manu on: April 25, 2008

 

जो कहते हैं पत्‍थर हमेँ…..

कुसूर उनका नहीँ, सोच है…..  

हमने तो जमाना देखा है…..

                               मनु

 

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Reservation… One more border

Posted by: Manu on: April 14, 2008

Reservation… One more border

 

From the ancient era, some unjustifiable biased approaches have been followed with blind belief in our society, whether it was an example of Eklavya or Karan in Mahabharata or the saga of Saint Kabeer and his Guru Ramanand. But they fianlly accomplished what they wanted and that was only because of the qualities they had, not due to certain favor. They left an optimistic mark on the pages of history by their perseverance, sheer devotion, dedication and uphill struggle. 

 

Let’s check our history, only 100 years back what British did they used a simple but sharp weapon against us “divide and rule” and successfully ruled over India for more than two hundred years. The seed they had implanted, shown its adverse affect and still after many years, we are fighting with that killer syndrome, Sometimes in Kashmir, sometimes in Gujarat. Only there are changes in the geographical locations and names. A spark is still alive, and always ready to transform into fire.

 

 Now our great politicians are doing the same job; my greatest fear of reservation is the same. It will create a line of revulsion between us, which will be difficult to cross in the future. When two guys are giving their efforts for a same goal, one is intelligent more than the other in every aspect but in spite of that other one achieve that target successfully just because of the reason he belong to a particular caste or breed. Then it is the most pathetic condition not only for that botched guy but also for our country as we are not giving priority to the brain but to the breed. I am flabbergasted by the thinking of our cerebral politicians, for increasing vote bank they are fiddling with the future of millions. The most unfortunate thing in this episode is most of our senior leaders in politics; those have logical thinking and sensibility. They are trying to avoid this topic and don’t want to put their sincere view as they have a fear of the result in terms of anger given by a particular part of society. They are anxious as their unbiased view can cause a hamper in their political career. Till now no one came to place a true and justified opinion. What to say for these timorous souls even I think these are the people more responsible for the cause than the others those are trying to impose this so called social reform- reservation on us.

 

What will happen to our motherland as when there is a need to think on serious economic and social issues, these kind souls are creating new concerns? There are tons of issues are still there. We don’t have good sanitation and drinking water facility in 50% part of our country, child laborers are still between us, elementary education still not reached in most of our places, caste and gender based discrimination still exists, Inflation is skyrocketing, poor is getting poor and they are talking about such type of social reform.

 

 Only God can provide this sense of sagacity to them. This is the irony of our country that the people who are in reservation for last 60 years still want to be called themselves backwards. They do not want to become forwards at all. The question arises as, is the reservation only justified solution for putting these backward segments into the main stream?  Is this policy really ready to lend a hand in the true sense? I am still in doubt, if this course of action is really helpful to the real deprived section of our backward society.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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