khoya hoon rahoon mein,
jana kaha naa pata,
paana hai manzil ko,
manzil hai kya na pata,
Soche yeh dil,pal pal,
Kab jeeyunga wo pal,
kab dekhunga wo kal,
jiske aanchal mein samate hai wo pal
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Shopping 2030
I sat on the couch –Tired of giving opinions. More than 3
hours had passed ,but there was no hint of any selection made. I think now you are wondering what I was up to .Well let me reveal it to you
right away. I was with my gal at this garment/apparel (or whatsoever) shop
situated in a big mall. I was literally tired with the no of dresses she was
trying and the opinions I had to give
for every dress she wore. It was almost 3 hours that I was going through this
trying situation. And after enduring this for 3 hours she said no dress
appealed to her .I was like WTF.
Back home I sat
on the couch watching T.V..Just then my phone beeped. It was a mail from
Indiblogger regarding their new contest. It was a contest held in association with eBay
and the theme of the contest was “How do you imagine shopping in 2030”.Almost
instinctively my mind replied…”I imagine women selecting their dresses pretty
quickly and their husbands/boyfriends/bothers/
spared from becoming victims of feminine
shopping”.
After a while My
brain ‘stormed’ and came up with some more thoughts about shopping In 2030
which are as follows..
Holographic 3D projections
Just imagine you are shopping some dress for yourself or may
be a jewellery online. You love the
dress so much but you are not sure whether the size fits in aptly for you. You
see a unique jewellery-meticulosuly designed. But you feel it would be nice if
you could witness how gorgeous it would make you before buying. With current online shopping this ain't possible right now.
Now just
imagine the same shopping scenario in 2030.Adjacent to you is a Holographic 3D Projection of your own self on which you can drag and Drop every dress or
every accessory. And then if that seems right you can buy it without any
worries.Sounds great isn’t it?
If you aren’t aware what holographic 3D projection is then check this video..
Online Customization
You find an awesome Jacket during your online shopping session.
It looks great .Something which will make you more presentable. But then your
mind says “Every thing looks great except that embroidery or Print on it”. And
it so happens that eventually you drop off buying the jacket due to that awkward print
or embroidery.
Now just
imagine if you could remove that awkward embroidery or print
with just a click of mouse and then buy that befitting Jacket Happily. Sounds awesome isn’t it?
Holographic 3D Projection coupled with Online Customization
can prove to be a great feature in Online Shopping.
Scan and Buy
You go to a friend’s house and find a beautiful furniture set.
It’s almost like a love at first sight when you see the furniture. You want to
possess one such. But then finding something alike in market or online is
itself a tedious task.
But now lets imagine that you have a mobile app that can solve this problem. All you have to do is open
your app,and take a photo of it and upload it to the server. The server will
scan the photo and will give you the results on your mobile that consist of furniture sets alike with the best possible
price.
Scan and Buy feature will look great when its used along
with Google glasses. All you have to do is see the stuff you want to buy and give
a voice command.If you aren’t aware of
Google Glasses check the video here
Gift what they like
Its always nice when
you get a gift;Its nicer when you get a gift which you like.And if you are the
person who is giving the gift you would
always want to give a gift which the other person likes.But the question is how
would you determine their liking.?
How about this.
The online
shopping company must maintain a social network within itself. Each profile has
its own interests mentioned.When ever
you are giving gifts to your friends or family it will automatically pop up their
interests and you can gift accordingly.
Maintaining a
social network within e-commerce would help since everyone in the network will
be reminded of special occasions like birthdays ,Marriage etc and they can
choose the gifts right away and send.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
The Incense Stick and The Fragrance
A nostalgic story associated with a sweet fragrance.
Let me switch on the time machine. Let me travel 6 years backwards.
This nostalgic event happened then….
I was at my study
table cramming a chemical equation. I heard a knock at the door. I opened it. It
was my Mother .My mother was coming back after attending a “Pooja “in the Neighbour’s
house. This Pooja was a kind of regular
phenomenon in that house and all the ladies of the colony used to attend it regularly.
The attendance would increase dramatically when a lady, who was called “Amma”, used to visit that house.”
“Amma” –A holy
lady who had got the blessings of Goddess Lakshmi. In fact if I remember
correctly she had made Goddess Lakshmi to appear in front of her through her
sheer devotion. People had great respect and awe for her .They used to share
all their problems in front of her and “Amma”
used to give solutions for those problems.
“Amma” also used
to amaze everyone with the miracles she used to perform. Every time my mom came
from Pooja she used to tell me about all those miracles. Some of the miracles
which my mom told were as follows..
·
“Amma”
used to compose Mantras and songs about Goddess Lakshmi spontaneously.
·
If I remember correctly once when she was
chanting a mantra a Saligrama (a holy stone) fell out from her mouth.
·
The Arishina
(Turmeric)-Kumkum offered to goddess Lakshmi would grow into a mountain in
the due course of Pooja and then “Amma”
used to put her hand in these “holy” mountains and she used to get idols of Gods
out of these mountains.
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On that day when my Mom came back from Pooja I was eagerly
waiting as in what miracle or story she
is going to tell me .I casually
asked her “how was the Pooja and if any miracle had taken
place”. My mom replied that Pooja was good and she further went on to
explain a unique thing that had happened during the Pooja.
Mom told that during the Pooja that day all of a sudden a sweet
fragrance got emanated. It was an unusual fragrance that emerged all of
a sudden.”Amma” explained that the
fragrance is an indication that Goddess Has entered the house and she further
told that whenever Goddess enters the house this kind of sweet smelling
fragrance is emanated inside the house.
It was pretty impractical for me to accept what my Mom said.
But I couldn't deny it either. I half-hardheartedly acknowledged what my mom told
and continued with my work.
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Days Passed. One fine day while I was juggling with a
Physics Problem my nasal receptors suddenly smelt of sweet smelling fragrance.
Initially I didn't pay much attention to it but my mind reminded me of what my
mom had told. I thought for a moment “Is
it the indication of the emergence of Goddess Lakshmi in our home?”. I
immediately called my MOM and told her about the smell. She came down and even
she could smell the sweet-smelling fragrance. My Mom was very happy; convinced
that Goddess Lakshmi has made an appearance in our house. On the other hand I was
in a state of semi-denial and semi-belief. After few minutes the smell
vanished….
Time passed .One day
while I was talking to my neighbour this sweet scented smell emerged again. I
was amazed .I asked my neighbor about the smell. I was expecting that he will
tell about the occurrence Of Goddess Lakshmi. But the answer he gave blew my ‘semi-belief’
which I had about the fragrance. He pointed to an incense stick which was
freshly lit indicating that it was the source of the smell. I went closer to it
and was convinced that indeed that’s where the smell is coming from. This made
me think that the smell which came during earlier days was due to the incense
stick…and I told the same to Mom and told her to stop believing such things…
Yet another day the smell recurred. It stayed for a while
and then vanished. I didn’t give much attention to it this time as I knew that
it was the incense stick that was responsible for the smell...But suddenly some
thought struck in my mind that left me in a state of awe and limbo…
“I realized that my neighbour was out of town since a week. There was
no chance of the incense stick being lit.”
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