DEAR ZINDAGI - Wish to live in the present without worrying and expectation.

DEAR ZINDAGI - Wish to live in the present without worrying and expectation.

I would like to write a letter to DEAR ZINDAGI on two things they are Expectation and Living life in the present without worrying.

Mandy Hale, the famous writer in her book, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass wrote 

“Dance. Smile. Giggle. Marvel. TRUST. HOPE. LOVE. WISH. BELIEVE. Most of all, enjoy every moment of the journey, and appreciate where you are at this moment instead of always focusing on how far you have to go.”

We always dreamt and worry about what we dont have. Instead of living life in the present and enjoying every moment we focus on the future. there is 
there is a beautiful song by DORIS DAY - Enjoy Yourself , It's Later Than You Think. It has some beautiful lyrics that emphasizes on living and enjoying your life in stead of worrying  about the weather or about becoming a millionaire or  which are as follows 

Enjoy yourself while you're still in the pink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself
It's later than you think.

You work and work for years and years
You're always on the go
Never take a minute off
To busy makin' dough
Some day, you say, you'll have your fun
When you're a millionaire
Imagine all the fun you'll have
In your old rockin' chair

You worry when the weather's cold
You worry when it's hot
You worry when you're doing well
You worry when you're not
It's worry worry all the time
You don't know how to laugh
They'll think of something funny when
They write your epitaph

You work and work for years and years
You're always on the go
Never take a minute off
To busy makin' dough
Some day, you say, you'll have your fun
When you're a millionaire
Imagine all the fun you'll have
In your old rockin' chair

Enjoy yourself it's later than you think
Enjoy yourself while you're still in the pink
The years go by as quickly as a wink
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy yourself
It's later than you think.
Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy yourself it's later than you think

Alexander Pope once said “Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”  In life we expect from everyone from our spouse, from our parents, from our office/boss from the friends even the 4th seat in the packed local from 3 strangers. But when we do not get it from them we get disappointed, disheartened. This disappointment take away the beauty and charm from the present


I will try not to worry about what I dont have and expectations from other rather focus on living the life in the present and enjoying the moments with love, kindness, humbleness & happiness. And try to remember Van Morrison's famous song which read as My mama says, There will be days like this.

DEAR ZINDAGI, THANK YOU
For everything in life.

Love You Zindagi

“I am writing a letter to life for the #DearZindagi activity at BlogAdda“

The World Smart City Awards at FIRA Barcelona. Spain.

The World Smart City Awards at FIRA Barcelona. Spain.

This year a new category has been introduced, which is INNOVATIVE GLOBAL SOUTH AWARD FINALISTS,
The new award this year looks at innovative ideas that address pressing global challenges located in the Global South (Asia, Africa and Latin America).

Two of India's cities are in the INNOVATIVE GLOBAL SOUTH AWARD FINALISTS They are Bhubaneswar from Odisha and Chennai from Tamilnadu.


The six finalists are

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation. Bhubaneswar- INDIA
MicroClinic Technologies. Nairobi- KENYA
Transparencia Mexicana. Mexico City - MEXICO
Kabadiwalla Connect. Chennai – INDIA
Socièté d'aménagement Zenata (SAZ). Mohammedia – MOROCCO
VM9. Nova Friburgo - BRAZIL




Smart City Bhubaneswar: Achieving Social Equity through New Urbanism in Action

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation. Bhubaneswar- INDIA
Bhubaneswar's Smart City proposal focuses on developing a model for achieving social equity by placing children at the center of its transformation building upon the New Urban Agenda's three-legged approach- local fiscal systems, urban planning, and basic services and infrastructure.

Kabadiwalla Connect. Chennai – INDIA

Kabadiwalla Connect is an award winning urban waste management solutions provider in Chennai, India. Through technology, we leverage the circuits of the existing informal waste ecosystem to help send less recyclable waste to the landfill.

Also in  CITY AWARD category Pune city from Maharashtra is in the finalist. Thiscategory is Awarding Cities that demonstrate strategies, initiatives and policies that are established and have been developed for their citizens.

Reimagining Puneto become India's most livable city

Pune Municipal Corporation. Pune – INDIA

Detailed city profile of Pune and largest ever citizen engagement in India formed the basis of the proposal. Pan city solutions were developedfor maximum impact and local area solutions were designed for replicability. Puneranked 2nd in India's Smart Cities Challenge to winfunding of Rs. 1000 crs.

Image courtesy facebook page of  (http://www.smartcityexpo.com/awards)


http://www.smartcityexpo.com/awards

Vigilance awareness week Pledge and MTNL Mumbai.

Vigilance awareness week is observed by Central Vigilance Commission every year in India. The observance of the week creates awareness among Government Departments, Institutions and people to check corruption at every level. It inspires the system to implement preventive measures effectively, so that transparency and accountability can be maintained in the governance. The basic motto of this week to create a corruption free society.

This year the Vigilance week was a little different from the previous years. CVC initiated a concept of integrity pledge where citizens and organisations can take the integrity pledge. For this an website was created where individuals and organisations can take e pledge.

                                               http://pledge.cvc.nic.in/

The site is as follows

Lots of citizens and organisation took the pledge. Also people shared the certificate in their social media like facebook page, twitter page etc. So those of you who have not got their certificate about vigilance awareness can get by clicking the link.

MTNL The Navratna telecom PSU observed, Vigilance awareness week from 31. October 2016 to 05. November 2016. For this  Essay competition for students during Vigilance Awareness Week  at  Bhavans college.

Release of  Vigilance Information booklet by ED, MTNL, Mumbai. Shri Pravin Punj. GM Vigilance, MTNL Mumbai Shri P.K. Adhikari, DGM Vigilance Shri T  N SATHYAMOORTHY and other officials were present in the Release of the booklet.

Vigilance Awareness week inaugural function by ED, MTNL, Mumbai

MTNL Swachhta Abhiyan at Gateway of India

MTNL Swachhta Abhiyan at Gateway of India

MTNL carried out Cleanliness Drive at Gateway of India, Mumbai today. Shri G.K.Upadhyay, Member (Technology), Department of Telecommunications, New Delhi and Shri Pravin Punj, Executive Director, MTNL Mumbai, Senior Officers and about 100 MTNL employees in uniform picked up rags and cleaned the precincts of Gateway of India. Posters, Banners and Placards were also displayed to create awareness about Cleanliness and its necessity. The cleanliness drive brought forth participation from general public and tourists as well.

Shri G.K.Upadhyay, Member (Technology), Department of Telecommunications leading from front and cleaning the adjacent garden to Gateway of India.

 Shri Pravin Punj, Executive Director, MTNL Mumbai, also cleaning the adjacent garden.

 Shri G.K.Upadhyay,  Shri Pravin Punj,  along with senior officers of MTNL Mumbai.

MTNL employees cleaning the surroundings.

MTNL employees along with the banners and slogans about cleanliness.


This was the beginning of “Swachhta Pakhwara” being celebrated from 1 st to 15 th November in MTNL Mumbai. During this period all the employees have been requested to ensure cleanliness in Offices and Telephone Exchanges as well as in campus and their surroundings. A pledge was administered to all the officers and employees to devote at least 2 hours time every week towards the activity of cleanliness, besides creating awareness in this regard.