FRIENDSHIP.....A BOND OF TRUST AND LOYALTY

Friendship is a necessary aspect of every human’s life, as we are not self sufficient in and of ourselves.Despite its necessity, in some cases we are either forced or morally required to end these relationships.When the trust between two parties has been broken, the loyalty of the friendship is soiled, and it is therefore a true and just action to end the friendship.

First, let’s define what it means to be a friend. Friends can be described as: “an intimate associate, reliable, one who is not an enemy or foe, an ally, etc.” Thus, based upon the definition of a friend, we can assert that friends should not betray one another, regardless of the circumstance. This is true, iff, it is in the best interest of the friend.

Secondly, trust is an issue that every platonic friendship must deal with. Whether dealing with matters of trust is active or passive, its power is still a prevalent and pertinent quality that is mutually understood.Trust is an unwritten rule between friends and is defined as the “firm belief or confidence in the honesty, integrity, reliability, justice, etc of another person.” Trust is also described as “faith”.When using a word such as “faith,” that describes a substantial belief in one another, it is very difficult to argue that breaking the trust of the friendship is ever in the best interest of the friend. Trust means confidence, reliance and belief. Trust is one of the basic relationships between human beings and makes it possible for human beings to live as a group. Mutual trust is beneficial. With trust, people cooperate, help and support each other. On the other hand, people can suffer a lot from mistrust.

In addition, friends are loyal. By definition loyal friends are, “faithful to those persons ideals” and are, “under obligation to defend, support, or be true to,” each other .

Although the definitions of loyalty, as well as its connotations, scream commitment loyalty actually exists in many degrees. Loyalty can be seen as the pinnacle of the friendship in which case you would be willing to risk life and limb for that person. Or at the opposite end of the spectrum loyalty may not be taken seriously at all. For example, you may be loyal to the fish in your fish tank; in that you feed them, treat them well, change the water, etc. but in the case of a serious house fire you would not go running back in to rescue them.Granted there are also many stages in-between, total loyalty and minimal loyalty, but the integrity of the friendship is based around these two principles, loyalty and trust. Loyalty can determine the reliability of the friendship, just as well as the amount of trust that can be placed in that friend.

As we all know, not every friendship is one in which we can trust completely, nor do we feel entirely loyal to those people. Therefore, it is true that we can have friendships with a varying degree of loyalty and trust. Each friendship takes on its own uniqueness and attributes that can be labeled as one of the following: friendships of utility, pleasure, and character.

Friendships of pleasure are relationships in which we enjoy the pleasure derived from that companion. It may be that we completely enjoy spending time with this person involving a certain activity, but would not like to spend time with this person outside those parameters of the established relationship. In this type of friendship, you are much more likely to show a greater loyalty to that person than you would be in a friendship of utility. Although the loyalty may be stronger in this friendship it is not generally absolute.

A friend of character will form a true friendship in all aspects of the word. This is the most difficult type of friend to realize, but will be the most long lasting and sustaining friendship. This relationship is one in which loyalty and trust, are of the utmost importance to those involved. These two issues are not compromised as a result, and are therefore sustained with religious devotion. Specifically the loyalty in this type of friendship is absolute, simply being expected from one another. Moreover, the friendship is very fulfilling.

A friendship or relationships that‘s breached by a disregard for the trust established ) is never the same again as a result of the knowledge that the loyalty meant nothing or very little to the other person. This blatant disregard for the other person and their feelings is reason enough to end the friendship or relationship. If someone is willing to compromise your feelings and your trust, is it worth the pain that they have already put you thru to rebuild that relationship just so that they may do the same thing again? If you believe in the definitions of loyalty and trust the answer is a definite NO! because once the trust is broken its very difficult to build again......one can compare a broken trust which being tried to rebuild with a broken mirror.....how much ever u try to fix the broken peices of mirror the crack still remains there.......

So Friendship which is full of trust and loyality is the best relationship one can share and i m lucky to have some very good friends whom i trust and belive a lot and vice a versa....wud have like to mention names.....but the list is very long......i hope i m able to stand to the trust and believe of all my friends and our friendship is an everlasting one.......

So in the end i would like to say few lines on friendshp......

Khuda ne kaha dosti na kar dosti mein tu kanhi kho jayega....
Maine kaha ai khuda zameen par aakar mere dost se mil....
tu bhi us par fannah ho jayega !!!!!

thats how friends and frndship should be.......

LOVE.....WHAT DOES IT MEAN??? A MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION

Love by definition is an emotion explored in philosophy, religion, and literature, often as either romantic love, the fraternal love of others, or the love of God based on the definition found in The Encarta Encyclopedia. As I explored the definition by means of the Internet, books, and articles I noticed the definitions changed quite a bit, but yet had the same basic understanding. The definition I found in The Encarta Encyclopedia was probably the most simple and most basic. It refers to love in the whole aspect, which is Godly, fraternal, and romantic. All in which can only be defined by one word and that it love.

The definitions of love are the same and yet different. Godly, for instance is the love of God, and your devotion and respect toward him, the creator. In all religion, god carries the same aspect. Fraternal love is the love of ones family and relatives, even the love of one who is close to you, in that respect, such as a friend. Then there’s romantic love; a love between two people, which I consider to be both intimate and sexual. Older dictionaries and encyclopedias usually refer to the romantic aspect of love, as the love in which is experience between man and woman.

In today’s society it is said that romantic love can be found regardless of your gender and based on that definition I would have to agree, but personally disagree for the simply reason that we were physically made to adapt with the other gender sexually. Feeling romantic love for the same sex would defeats the purpose of our existents, which is procreation. Thus making love for the same sex unjust.

Love has been expressed since the beginning of time; since Adam and Eve. Each culture expresses its love in its own special way. Through out history, though, it’s aspect has always been the same. Love has been a major characteristic of literature also.

One of the most famous works in literary history is, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. This story deals with the love of a man and a woman who’s families have been sworn enemies. There love surpassed the hatred in which the families endured for generations. In the end they both ended up killing their selves, for one could not live without the other. This story is a perfect example of true love.

True love is the true feeling of romantic love and is a love that should last an eternity. It is often referred to as true love because what is considered to be love is often faulty and corrupt, not even true love at all!

Love can easily be mistaken for a simple crush or strong liking of someone. The unfortunate thing is, most people can’t tell the difference between true love and corrupt love; the end result may be a broken heart.

The term broken heart is used when something has jeopardized the romantic love between two people and the end result is the termination of, what is called, a relationship. Basically hurting the person or persons emotionally involved in this so-called relationship. The term relationship has different definitions, but the one I am referring to is the relationship between two people, an intimate relationship. It is said that when two people fall in love with each other they are to take it to a higher level, a more intimate level, which is called a relationship. A relationship is basically a compatibility test to see if the two who are in the relationship are truly in love and can handle the duress in which they bring upon each other. This is where the turning point of the relationship begins. Should they decide to spend the rest of their lives with each other, they will get married. Marriage is basically a contract between two people creating a mutual dependence of one another in a lifetime of commitment.

This lifetime contract is a way of justifying the true love between couples, a love that should last a lifetime. Marriage is basically a custom throughout different cultures. Most marriages are based on the sole purpose of creating a family, a whole families basis is on love. You can’t have a family if you don’t have the love that supports the family. It starts as the love of two individuals, and then progresses to the love of a family.

The love between parent and child is far more different than the love between husband and wife. That is where the difference in the meaning of love comes in. Romantic love is the love between husband and wife and fraternal love is the love between parent and child. And if you’re a religious family you have the love of your God. All in which are very different; and yet pretty much the same!


Some marriages don’t last, unfortunately and the end result is a divorce. A divorce is basically the termination of a marriage. Most divorces occur due to corrupted love. If it is true love it’ll last a lifetime. Nothing can break the love between two people if it’s true love. If it were possible to break this eternal bond it would have to have been a relationship based on corrupted love. True love is very rare in my opinion and if it exists it will last a lifetime, regardless. If not, that relationship is corrupt. Corrupted relationships are relationships that are falsified by ones wrong intentions in a relationship. These intentions tend to throw the other companion into a belief that their partner loves them when in fact they don’t thus causing heartbreak.


Most of these intentions are sexual and physical. Any relationship based strictly on sexual and physical attraction will fail. True love is primarily emotional. These sexual tendencies are what cause a corrupt relationship. After researching the meaning behind love I have come to realize the importance it has on humanity. Without love, our race could not exist. It is the love for one another that keeps us going; unlike any species on earth we are the only ones that have this emotion and it is what makes us who we are. Without love, we are all lost

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TRIP TO SHIRDI

It was 18th of Jan……..after the having torturous day (courtesy lecture of HOD on DCN).
Came back home……had some munchies and tea….and then came online as usual…..that’s a accustomed routine for us. So as I was chatting with Anand all of a sudden got news that results will be out in next week. Hearing this I, immediately buzzed Anand on yahoo that lets go shirdi tomorrow, to which Anand said lets go driving there, it will be exciting. So he immediately got acquiescence from his dad. Finally we decided to meet at andheri station around 1:00 pm so that we can leave by 1:30 as we wanted to avoid night driving. All of a sudden it clicked us that we don’t have camera so we decided to go to Rahul’s place and he stays about some 20 min away from Andheri station. But to travel to his place it takes more than 45 min….as traffic is a part and parcel of life in that place.

Finally after besieged in traffic we reached Rahul’s place. We got the camera. We clicked the first snap at his home to mark the commencement. As we were about to leave, Rahul got his dog SCOTT…..the moment he saw me he pounced on me, for a moment I was taken aback….to which Rahul said……”Scholars ko dekh ke aisa hei karta hai yeh” ( mind u though, I m not a scholar)….hearing which all of us bursted into laughter…..A perfect start for the trip……

So at last we departed frm Andheri at 3: 15 pm…..Anand started to drive….but we had hardly gone few meters we were caught in traffic again this time on Andheri Powai road. We reached Thane around 4:00 pm and we were at this place as per schedule…..thanx to some fast but safe driving of Anand. Our next destination was Nashik….about 160 kms frm thane…..we decided to reach there by 7:00 pm….As the on the way we have to pass…GHATs……and its better to drive slowly in ghats …most of the time its the big monsterous trucks that creates problem on National Highway 3 connecting Thane and Nashik….be aware of them…..they carry real heavy loads…..and it takes no time for them to go off there way creating traffic problems…..

So our journey headed towards Nashik a religious pilgrimage type of place in Maharashtra…..with some real good songs driving was very smooth and comfortable…….Anand was driving car at brisk speed on the highway…..overtaking those trucks…and nudging his way between two vehicles…..we had crossed the ghats and the drive waz very comfortable……until a big speed breaker came on the way…as there was no signboard indicating speed breaker ahead…..Anand was driving at a speed of 80 kmph, when he suddenly bumpped on some thing it was the speed breaker……he was hardly able to control the car…the car jumped on another speed breaker…this time it cramped my tummy muscles…..
Further journey towards nashik continued….we had traveled about 4 or 5 km….when we saw a truck joining our lane from a adjoining DHABA…..(dhaba is a small hotel kind of thing along the highways).We gave him signal that we r on straight lane we are moving ahead…..by using dipper light as well as horn,…..but that fellow seemed to be drunkard……so he kept moving his truck……all of a sudden Anand realized its not possible to go ahead…so applied break and the car stopped just abt 2 mts from the truck…..collision was avoided…..hats off to anand’s driving……
We continued our journey and we reached Nashik at 7:15 pm….

We thought we will be caught in traffic and will be late....but luckily there was a flyover which took us directly out of Nashik city.......after crossing the bridge...a left turn and we were out of Nashik......by this time we had started feeling hungry......so we decided to stop at some dhaba and have dinner.....
finally after driving 5 or 6 km we reached a dhaba named....vanshree dhaba.....we reached this place at 7:45....pm......just as we entered the dhaba we made call to our classmate and very good infact best frnd of ours.....shikha and divya....they were also on the way to Shirdi and there bus was suppose to depart frm nerul at 8:00 pm......wishing them happy journey...

We started to explore the menu card.......and we decided to have Panner Tikka Masala and Butter Nan......as it was getting late....and we were really very very very hungry.....we ordered for papad....for time pass.....by time we muched up the papad.....out dinner was ready....look wise it was ok.....but it seemed that vegetble was floating on the oil......with gr8 difficulty had our dinner.....then ordered for lassi......it was a really good and tasty with dry fruits.......so our tummy was full.....and we had to head our journey to Shirdi about 90 km of Nashik......

Now I decided to take the command over steering and drive the rest 90 km........We left this place by 8:10 pm.....started to drive towards our destination....home of Sai baba...Shirdi.....

Started driving at speed of around 50 kmph……as it was night…driving was a bit difficult…with lights of vehicles going in opposite direction….directly beaming on the eye. Slowly started to raise the speed and started driving faster as road was quite free with nor traffic…..so the speed rose to 90 kmph……On the way u can see signboards…..indicating go slow over the bridge as bridge is old and weak….don’t know what are government is doing by collecting those toll taxes…..they r supposed to be collected for maintaining the road…….but it seems government is nicely enjoying with those money or I suppose its just a way of minting money…..and yes how can one forget the signboards indicating……”Go Slow….water may be flowing over the bridge……I suppose bridges are build at sufficient height so that water can below the bridge…..and not over the bridge…….but here reverse happens…….water flows above the bridges……
So reading all these hilarious statements on signboard…..we continued our journey….luckily during this period of time rivers are dry….so didn’t have any problem in crossing the so called bridges over the rivers……..
We reached Shirdi at 9:35 pm……

Our next task was to search for good hotel…..with following specifications…..should have safe parking place…..should have reasonable rates and should be near to the TEMPLE of Sai Baba…..so after some searching work…..we decided to stay at hotel Abhishek….Stay at shirdi is really costly.....we had to pay Rs. 800+4% luxury tax....which comes out to be 832.......so we got a room....as double room was not available we got room with 3 beds.....at the same cost.....seems he was carried by our innocence face......so we parked the car and went to our room.....

We kept our luggage in the room.....got refreshed.....and decided to have a walk to nearby place and to temple campus....... so after having nice walk....in some what cold weather.....we decided to call our frnds to inquire where they have reached......so we made a call......and divya said they have moved outside thane and are at some dhaba having there dinner........

So after having a nice stroll......we came back to hotel saw highlights of Australia Vs England cricket match......then the ending part of movie shabd.....and apna spna money money......and after that we plunged into land of dreams.....

Next day as usual i was sleeping but Anand got up early as divya and company reached shirdi and buzzed anand that they aree all set to go to temple.....after lazying around a bit i got up....luckily there was hot water supply so had a nice shower.......but mind u water in this reason is hard water......so take care of ur hair while having bath.....after getting ready we headed towards temple premises...bare foot......withing 5 min we reached the temple premises.....once u near the premises the people selling flowers and sweets will flock arnd u....and its a just way of minting money......will u beleive just a small garland a packet of 250 gm of sweets and a small cloth....will cost u rupees 250.......so in short can say in shirdi everything is costly...i.e stay as well as offering articles to god.....so after buying all these stuff...the shopkeeper packed it in a polyethene bag.....another illegal act, as polyethenes are supposed to be banned......but no one is bothered.....its used at par.....so after all this we stood in the queue.....after 2 hrs we reached the place....had darshan.....worst thing u will find here is.....u travell lonf distances and come here to pray but the moment u reach the place of BABA....the first thing u will hear is move quickly within a minute.....wait not even a mnute might be just 30 sec.....i don't know....what is the duty of these guards...to syop commotion and kick out the people as soon as they reach the smadhi...to pray.....ufffff.....thats a really pathetic act.....
after that we went to dwarka mai....a place which said to be resting place of BABA and its said the fire lit by baba is still burning there....and its true....
After that we returned back to hotel had our breakfast and went to meet our frnds who were abt 1/2 km away frm the place we had stayed....we met them and decided to follow there bus....i took the command on the steering and followed the bus for almost 90 kms till Nashik....it was a very good chase sequence....but we were caught in Traffic and nashik and then we lost the sight of the bus......so continued our journey back to mumbai.....now there was swap at driver's seat
and Anand enjoyed driving in the ghats.....after completing our journey in the ghats....it was arnd 2:00 pm and so we decided to have our lunch.....and we halted at BABA DA DHABA....we thought good will not be good courtsey the dinner which we had last night on the way to shirdi at vanshree....was really terrible......but to surprise food was very good here we had sahi paneer and tandoori roti......relished the food and as ususal ended the lunch with lassi.....[:)]

Again i took control of steering and drove at brisk speed and reached outskirts of mumbai....after that lst leg of journey was covered by anand....he dropped me at nerul and went back to andheri......An exciting memorable journey came to an end....

SPECIALITY OF NUMBERS

0 is the additive identity

1 is the multiplicative identity

2 is the only even prime

3 is the number of spatial dimensions we live in.

5 is the number of Platonic solids. (The Platonic solids, also called the regular solids or regular polyhedra, are convex polyhedra with equivalent faces composed of congruent convex regular polygons. There are exactly five such solids : the cube, dodecahedron, icosahedron, octahedron, and tetrahedron, as was proved by Euclid in the last proposition of the Elements. The Platonic solids are sometimes also called "cosmic figures")

6 is the smallest perfect number.

7 is the smallest number of faces of a regular polygon that is not constructible by straightedge and compass.

8 is the largest cube in the Fibonacci sequence.

10 is the base of our number system.

11 is the largest known multiplicative persistence. (Multiply all the digits of a number by each other, repeating with the product until a single digit is obtained. The number of steps required is known as the multiplicative persistence, and the final digit obtained is called the multiplicative digital root of .
For example, the sequence obtained from the starting number 9876 is (9876, 3024, 0), so 9876 has an multiplicative persistence of two and a multiplicative digital root of 0.)

16 is the only number of the form x^y = y^x with x and y different integers

18 is the only number that is twice the sum of its digits


25 is the smallest square that can be written as a sum of 2 squares.

26 is the only positive number to be directly between a square and a cube

28 is the 2nd perfect number