The most precious thing to give your child is...TIME!

Once a father was working and his son came and asked, “Dad, may I ask you a question? Father said, “Yeah sure” So his son asked, “Dad, how much do you make an hour?” Father got a bit furious and said, “Why do you ask such a thing?” Son said, “Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?” So, father told him that “I make Rs. 500 per hour.”

“Oh”, the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, “Dad, may I please borrow Rs. 300?” The father furiously said, “if the only reason you asked about my pay is so that you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or other nonsense, then march yourself to your room and go to bed. Think why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day and do not like this childish behavior.”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think, “May be there was something he really needed to buy with that Rs. 300 and he really didn’t ask for money very often!” The man went to the door of little boy’s room and opened the door. “Are you a sleep, son?” He asked. “No daddy, I’m awake,” replied the boy. “I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier”, said the man. “It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you, Here’s the Rs.300 you asked for”.

The little boy sat straight up, smiling “oh thank you dad!” He yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled some crippled up notes. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.

“Why do you want money if you already had some?” the father grumbled. “Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied. “Daddy I have Rs. 500 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you”.

It’s just a short reminder to all the parents working so hard in life! We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us. If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.

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Daawat-E-Khaas

It was dinner time and we wanted to eat, I suggested mexican but that didn't go over well. My friends suggested Indian. I was a unfearful because I obviously knew a lot about Indian food. I was up for it. So, my friends visited and we started what we call, ¨the feast¨!

We wanted anything with Indian sauce to my surprise not spicy, and so we prepared that along with tandori paneer and a spinach side, was awesome with a little kick. The masala was excellent, we had it with paneer and the paneer was tender. The tandori was good, grilled and done right. the veggies that came with the tandori were also awesome. everything had lots of flavor. 

I warned those that weren't into spicy foods, the chips that were prepared from the start had a kick...wow; so they added the sweet chutney..it was yum. For desert we wanted to have the fried cheese with honey. I will tell you now, it was not not as bad as it sounds. You must like honey and love sweetness. It was a bit rich for me and the cheese balls were interesting, nothing i'd get again but worth a shot if you like SWEET; I stress sweeet. Our experience was good. We knew exactly how Masala sauce was prepared. 

So this was our mouth watering perfect meal. This experience could have become even more memorable with the right glassware. Borosil provides a wide range of mixing bowls, dishes, Bowls plates etc. They say food becomes even more relishable with the right presentation and what makes presentation better than borosil´s glassware.

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Jodey Dilon Ko! - Experience

I have learned great many things from participating with Indiblogger. It has changed my entire outlook and attitude toward life. Before my freshman year at college, I was shy, had low self-esteem and turned away from seemingly impossible challenges. Indiblogger has altered all of these qualities.

A faint twinge of excitement floated through my body the night before the Zindagi Indiblogger meet was to be held at The Leela, Mumbai. A hint of anticipation of the coming day could not be suppressed; I still wonder that I slept at all that night. But I did. I slept soundly and comfortably.

After a quick breakfast, I pulled some of my gear together and headed out. The ride of an hour seemed only a few moments as I struggled to reinstate order in my chaotic consciousness and focus my mind.

After lunch, the meet commenced and what I was about to experience was something I had never experienced before. Bloggers gathered in a conference hall, beautifully decorated and aptly lit. In front of us were two large screens which I assumed were for presentation purpose. However, my assumptions were incorrect. The two screens and cameras all around the conference room were set up so that bloggers from two cities, Mumbai and Delhi could connect with each other by way of video conferencing. We have all used video conferencing in our life, but this was different as was not one to one or one to many, it was many to many. 

The primary aim of Indiblogger is that people connect and open up themselves and I must say that Indiblogger does that in a very nice manner. The meets are always fun with interesting games and new people. This time it was cross state.

After Mumbai and Delhi Bloggers were successfully connected, an array of questions comparing the two cities were asked to the bloggers. These questions were mostly asked to invoke a competitive sense between bloggers. As the questions were being answered, I noticed that even after being citizens of the same country, we wanted to prove that Mumbai is better than Delhi and bloggers from delhi wanted to prove otherwise. This was what Indiblogger and Zindagi wanted to bring up.

Delhi and Mumbai were samples to represent a larger set of population, India and Pakistan. As we all know, India and Pakistan got separated during partition and so did many families/friends. Indians and Pakistanis are a result of the same ancestors and share the same blood. Even after being in the same country, there was a competitive sense among bloggers of the two cities, Mumbai and Delhi.This competitive sense is only because of demographic change and not because of cultural difference. Just like Mumbai and Delhi are part of the same culture, India and Pakistan too are part of the same culture. Many Indians want to meet their families and friends from pakistan and many Pakistanis want to do the same.

By taking advantage of television & media, an effort to bridge the gap between two countries is being taken by Zindagi, a new channel being set up, which will air Pakistani drama serials in India. Indian Channels are already being aired in pakistan with advancement of technology and our brothers from Pakistan, enjoy Indian channels as much as we do.

This was the first time that I had ever really made a notable realization in anything. This one experience, this one instant, changed me forever. This day I found peace and discovered that brotherhood yields its own sweet fruit. The sun was so bright and brilliant. This feeling was the best.

Indiblogger aur Zindagi #JodeDilonKo . After a few months I hope to see #JodDiyeDil

WeChat with Anyone, Anywhere!

Browsing through my e-mails, I read about this extremely crazy but different contest, We chat with anyone, anywhere! So basically I gotta imagine If I could connect with 5 or more people in a We Chat group - who would they be, and why? What would I talk about?

Sounds interesting, lets do it, here we go!

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Firstly the five people I would like to connect to would be:-

1. Albert Einstein

2. Amitabh Bachchan

3. Mukesh Ambani

4. Sachin Tendulkar

5. Arnab Goswami

6. And me of course! (Jigar Dhanani)

Wondering why I chose them? Coz it'd be fun to know how would different people from completely different streams communicate amongst themselves!

I.e. 

1. Science

2. Bollywood

3. Business

4. Sports

5. Journalism

Here's me adding all these great people on We Chat group! 

Albert Einstien: Who woke me up from my deep thoughts I was having about secrets of the universe!

Amitabh Bachchan: Namashkaar Shubharambh! Welcome to the chat Mr. Einstien! 

Mukesh Ambani: Kem Cho! Was signing a deal with Anil..

Sachin Tendulkar: Aila! Too tired after the IPL. 

Arnab Goswami: Let's call the group  "Frankly Chatting with Arnab"!

As Mr. Goswami realises its a great chance to interview all great people at once, he doesn't waste much time and starts asking questions in his loud and clear voice: 

Arnab Goswami: So Mr. Einstien, tell us something about your newest inventions and theories you've been working on lately.

Albert Einstien: Arnab, I'm working on an invention which wil make Time Travelling a reality! 

Mukesh Ambani: Shu waat che, I wana go to the future and see if the deal that I've entered into will be successful. Albert Bhai, devana ketla!

Amitabh Bachchan: Ye toh bade Kaam ki cheez hai ! Haien!

Sachin Tendulkar: Aila! Time Travel! I think I know what it feels like!

Albert Einstien: :-P

This post is a part of Indiblogger's "WeChat, the new way to connect" Contest

Disclaimer: All image courtesy: Google Images. This conversation is only fictional and  does not express the thoughts of any person, living or dead. All humor in good faith. Everything contained in this post or this blog is without meaning any offence to any such person.