Modern Lifestyle drifting away kids from family

Recently, one of my friends after coming from family vacation shared his experiences of being together with his father and his teenage children. While in car, his father wanted to listen to Bollywood music of 70s and children protested that they can’t bear those drowsy songs. While having the breakfast when my friend sipped the tea from cup, children started shouting “Dad, please be courteous, slurping is very indecent behavior”. My friend found it difficult to react to this observation.

It was very annoying for my friend to realize that both of his teenage kids were hardly talking to each other or to their grandfather. The younger one was busy with games on his tablet where as elder one had earphones and most of the time listening to music. My friend also realized that this situation was unlike his childhood when the entire family enjoyed with each other during any outing.

The progress of technology in 20th century has lead to inevitable differences in taste, attitude, opinion, thoughts, style of fashion, values, beliefs and interests. This may comfortably be called a generation gap and dismissed, but it has deeper meaning into “family co-existence” and well being of society as a whole.

With advent of so-called fast food joints like KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut and many others, the difference in taste and food habits between parents and present day kids have widened. Many would argue that food-is-a-food , irrespective of traditional home made food or fast food. But, the pertinent fact is that number of calories in fast food is immensely high in comparison to homemade food, resulting into obesity at young age. The problem is compounded by fact that Television, Internet in home computer, Tablets and Mobile phones has forced children to enjoy more with these gadgets and restricted them to play in open field, at least in urban areas.

Children of 21^st century have begun to challenge their traditional customs and adopt some of new cultural values which are highly influenced by social media, television and music. Children enjoy the company of their friends rather than to spend time with their parents or grandparents. Today’s communication and emotional gap between children and parents will eventually yield separation between parents and children when they grow up. And the major reason that parents live an isolated when they grow old. 

Nine men have more combined wealth than the poorest four billion people

A recent study released by Oxfam, released in January 2018, Nine men have more combined wealth than the poorest four billion people.

Jeff Bezos ( Founder and CEO of Amazon.com)  — $108.9 billion

Bill Gates ( Co-Founder Microsoft ) — $91.9 billion

Warren Buffett (  Investor and Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway which wholly owns GEICO, Dairy Queen, BNSF Railway, Lubrizol, Fruit of the Loom,Helzberg Diamonds, Long & Foster, FlightSafety International, Pampered Chef, and NetJets, and also owns 38.6% of Pilot Flying J; 26.7% of the Kraft Heinz Company, and significant minority holdings in American Express (17.15%), The Coca-Cola Company (9.4%), Wells Fargo (9.9%), IBM (6.9%), and Apple(2.5%))  — $90.1 billion

Amancio Ortega ( Business of Real Estate and fashion retail ) — $75.8 billion

Mark Zuckerberg ( CEO and Founder of Facebook ) — $72 billion

Bernard Arnault (CEO of LVMH, which houses brands such as Louis Vuitton, Sephora, and Dom Perignon,)

— $68.7 billion

Carlos Slim Helu (Chairman of telecom firm, América Móvil,also owns stakes in various mining, real estate, and consumer goods businesses — including The New York Times.) — $67.6 billion

Larry Ellison (Co-founded Oracle)— $60.4 billion

Larry Page(CEO and co-founder of Google ) — $52.2 billion

There are over 1,500 billionaires in the world, with more than 560 in the US alone. China, Germany, and India each have 100 or more billionaires

Start counting calories to remain slim.

Being Slim or over weight is matter of choice. 
Being over weight means that you are eating more calories than what you burn each day. 

Simple formula :  Calorie out (burned) - Calorie In (What you eat) = Always should be positive

Usually people go to gym, burn 300 to 400 calories and eat more that 500 calories more. It can never lead to reduction of weight. That is why you see so many remain the same even after regularly going to gym

Don't blame your genetics or age or job. You are over weight because you eat much more than what you burn. 

Every deficit of 3500 calories per week will make you reduce 400 gm ( 1 lbs) each week. So, go and burn calories or maybe start counting calories what you eat.

Steve Jobs - Redefining sucess

Apple Computer started in a garage

In 1976, when Jobs was just 21, he and Steve Wozniak started Apple Computer in the Jobs’ family garage. They funded their entrepreneurial venture by Jobs selling his Volkswagen bus and Wozniak selling his beloved scientific calculator. Jobs and Wozniak are credited with revolutionizing the computer industry with Apple by democratizing the technology and making machines smaller, cheaper, intuitive and accessible to everyday consumers.

Wozniak conceived of a series of user-friendly personal computers, and — with Jobs in charge of marketing — Apple initially marketed the computers for $666.66 each. The Apple I earned the corporation around $774,000. Three years after the release of Apple's second model, the Apple II, the company's sales increased by 700 percent to $139 million.

In 1980, Apple Computer became a publicly traded company, with a market value of $1.2 billion by the end of its very first day of trading. Jobs looked to marketing expert John Sculley of Pepsi-Cola to take over the role of CEO for Apple.

The next several products from Apple suffered significant design flaws, however, resulting in recalls and consumer disappointment. IBM suddenly surpassed Apple in sales, and Apple had to compete with an IBM/PC-dominated business world.

In 1984, Apple released the Macintosh, marketing the computer as a piece of a counterculture lifestyle: romantic, youthful, creative. But despite positive sales and performance superior to IBM's PCs, the Macintosh was still not IBM-compatible. Sculley believed Jobs was hurting Apple, and the company's executives began to phase him out. Not actually having had an official title with the company he co-founded, Jobs was pushed into a more marginalized position and thus left Apple in 1985.

Pixar the next venture after being thrown out of Apple Inc

In 1986, Jobs purchased an animation company from George Lucas, which later became Pixar Animation Studios. Believing in Pixar's potential, Jobs initially invested $50 million of his own money in the company. The studio went on to produce wildly popular movies such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles; Pixar's films have collectively netted $4 billion. The studio merged with Walt Disney in 2006, making Steve Jobs Disney's largest shareholder.

Reinventing Apple – Back to Apple

After leaving Apple in 1985, Jobs began a new hardware and software enterprise called NeXT, Inc. The company floundered in its attempts to sell its specialized operating system to mainstream America, and Apple eventually bought the company in 1996 for $429 million. In 1997, Jobs returned to his post as Apple's CEO. Just as Jobs instigated Apple's success in the 1970s, he is credited with revitalizing the company in the 1990s.

With a new management team, altered stock options and a self-imposed annual salary of $1 a year, Jobs put Apple back on track. Jobs’ ingenious products (like the iMac), effective branding campaigns and stylish designs caught the attention of consumers once again. In the ensuing years, Apple introduced such revolutionary products as the Macbook Air, iPod and iPhone, all of which dictated the evolution of technology. Almost immediately after Apple released a new product, competitors scrambled to produce comparable technologies.

Battle with Cancer

In 2003, Jobs discovered that he had a neuroendocrine tumor, a rare but operable form of pancreatic cancer. Instead of immediately opting for surgery, Jobs chose to alter his pesco-vegetarian diet while weighing Eastern treatment options. For nine months, Jobs postponed surgery, making Apple's board of directors nervous. Executives feared that shareholders would pull their stock if word got out that their CEO was ill. But in the end, Jobs' confidentiality took precedence over shareholder disclosure. In 2004, he had a successful surgery to remove the pancreatic tumor. True to form, in subsequent years Jobs disclosed little about his health.

Early in 2009, reports circulated about Jobs' weight loss, some predicting his health issues had returned, which included a liver transplant. Jobs responded to these concerns by stating he was dealing with a hormone imbalance. Days later, he went on a six-month leave of absence. In an e-mail message to employees, Jobs said his "health-related issues are more complex" than he thought, then named Tim Cook, Apple’s chief operating officer, as “responsible for Apple's day-today operations."

After nearly a year out of the spotlight, Steve Jobs delivered a keynote address at an invite-only Apple event on September 9, 2009. He continued to serve as master of ceremonies, which included the unveiling of the iPad, throughout much of 2010. However in January 2011, Jobs announced he was going on medical leave. In August, he resigned as CEO of Apple, handing the reigns to Cook, and in October he passed away.

Source- biography.com

Kaam Bolta Hai slogan of Akhilesh alienated SP from rural base

Out of 125 high Muslim influence seats , BJP has won 85. BJP has literally sweeped all rural area seats. That means that both sections have been solidly behind Modi. 
It's beginning of new era in Indian politics that India will not vote on basis of Religion or Cast. It's the trust for development. Like " India Shining" campaign , " Kaam Bolta Hai " did not work for SP because a express way or Laptops can't be parameter of development. It has to reach grass roots and should be all pervasive. It's too early to predict but UP Elections are a pointer for 2019 Lok Sabha.

UP Election- Who had Ostrich Syndrome

 Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati and Rahul Gandhi were grossly suffering from Ostrich Syndrome. It was written all over that BJP would win especially after Modi 's foray in UP through rallies and road show in UP election. 
Congratulations to people of UP

Biggest mistake the grand old party Congress is doing is to play second fiddle to regional parties, maybe because they are too obsessed with Modi. They are loosing their existence. 

UP is classic example where statute of Akhilesh Yadav became bigger than Rahul Gandhi. They should realize that blocking BJP is not the ultimate aim, the final destination for Congress should be to keeps its identity intact. 

Elections will come and go every 5 years , but if Congress is eliminated from its grass roots, the demise is certain. I hope my words reach the top brass of INC.