Beauty is only skin deep

Fashion and makeup are two different terminologies but still complement each other a lot. Makeup being integral part of fashion while makeup itself indicate being fashionable.

Though I’m yet to understand fashion but I believe that, fashion will always be in evolving stage. I’m not at all a fashion freak but also not averse to fashion as I believe that change is inevitable. One has to dress and carry oneself as per time, situation and trends. …..

Make up is something for which I couldn't open myself; to accept makeup the way I accepted fashion to some extent, thought makeup is a domain of fairer sex and not much to do with the masculine, but still I believe that by putting makeup one is trying to hide himself behind the curtains, one is projecting oneself what he is not in reality. But the fact is that one can pretend to appear something else but can't for too long.

One wants to look more beautiful than the reality, but beauty is not only about the color of eyes, long eyelashes, rosy lips, figure and hair colors. These are mere the attributes of the body. Beauty is something which is inside and one need to be beautiful from heart. Beauty has different meaning for different people and it is a person perspective that is looking towards it. And as said earlier they are attributes and that’s the reason every person thinks beauty in his own way.

Beauty i.e. Look beautiful is awareness created by media and conceived by beauty products and cosmetics industry. The industry promotes the idea of “Look beautiful” as they want to sell their products; they try to register that one needs to be beautiful, to be successful and to look beautiful they need to buy their products. Since the definition of beauty is defined by different attributes, any change in attributes; the product positioning also changes and companies promote new products to the customers.

Makeup has covered our original faces and we have forgotten what we are actually. Beauty comes from within, one is as beautiful as is heart and soul is.

Struck up in your job!

The number of people feeling stuck in their jobs rose as the recession put promotions on hold and crippled the job market. But there is no reason to endure a job you don't like or that doesn't challenge you. Fortunately, quitting isn't your only option. Try transforming your current job by changing one or more of these three things instead:

1. Tasks. You can alter your job by taking on more or fewer tasks, different types of tasks, or by simply changing the way you do the tasks you currently have.
   
   
   
2. Relationships. Change the nature and degree to which you interact with others. Take on a mentee, or spend more time getting to know people in other departments.
   
   
   
3. Perception. Think about your job in a different way. If there are parts you don't like, separate them from the parts you do like. See your job as two jobs: one that you must do, and one that you enjoy doing.

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One cutting....!

A few days back when the prices of sugar were hovering around all time high and milk prices going up marginally I thought that it’s a conspiracy by “Sugar and milk to make my tea dearer”

The earlier advocacy still remains true but this time milk has surpass in the conspiracy race and left behind sugar. In last few months the milk prices has gone up by at least 20% indicating that demand for milk based products has gone up while supply haven’t. I’ve never encountered the milk prices coming down once jacked up as they are not like oil prices wherein the pricing is governed by international demand and supply mechanism.

With the recent hike in milk prices the "Cutting Chai" branded lingo for ½ cup of tea traded in every Indian roadside tea-stall; a favorite pass time companion for many got dearer by 1 rupee. Though the price for milk has gone up by 2 rupees a liter but the vendors have increased the price of cuppa by 1 rupee.

With rising prices of ingredients of Cuppa the stall owners adopted the standard price metrics of multinationals (MNC’s way), they reduced the size of the Cuppa strategically and marginally raised the price. This they did this to keep themselves floated and without compromising on their profit margins.

A cutting chai from a road side stall is integral part of daily routine for many and with monsoon setting in; everyone cherishes to have a cup of tea at such stall. A perfect atmosphere also adds the urge to visit a stall; dark clouds covering the skies, cool breeze creating a lovely atmosphere; putting denizen into highs with a feeling of ecstasy; and stalls become favorite networking joints, chit chat points and places to relax and cherish the movement….

Brain Drain

Gone are the days where people use to stick to one job for life long; or graduate from mechanic to production superintendent and successfully retire with all fringe benefits of accrued PF, Gratuity, arrears etc. But today the trend is totally opposite; people periodically change job and industry even.

Employees trade off the organizations for better opportunity and growth. Well…! As such there is nothing wrong if an individual thinks about his growth and wanted to excel in professional career.

But I believe that the Employees who change job periodically are the most ambitious employees, they are highly innovative and risk takers and have a full potential of becoming future leaders. Whenever such employee leaves the organization it is the organization that is at loss and not the employee.

Generally the managers carry a perception that the employees are replaceable cogs in the wheel, which is not exactly the case. The employee being ambitious, innovative loaded with leadership qualities finds a better placement in a short duration but it take huge cost & time to the company to find a better/compatible replacement against that employee.

Loss Analysis Cost involved in losing a talented employee.

1) There is the cost involved in finding a replacement.
2) There is cost of training the replacement.
3) There is cost of not having someone to do the job in the meantime.
4) The loss of hold the person have on the workflow and processes.
5) The loss of morale in co-workers.
6) The loss of trade secrets this person may now share with other.
7) A person leaving an organization becomes its brand ambassador.

Why employees leave the company and how to retain a talent is always a debatable topic and no thumb rule can align them; but if an employee is able to grab a better opportunity in this downtime even; then definitely the employee is an asset to the company and employer should work towards preserving the asset.

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I'm in Love

I confess that I’m in love with you.
I can’t image a day where I will not be able to see you.
I wanted you to be mine since the day I first saw you.

I wanted to hold you and wanted you to touch me.
I wanted to feel your touch day and night.
I wanted you to hold me and be- mine for ever.

I see all the colors of life in you.
I wanted you to paint me with colors of yours.
I confess that I’m in love with you.

Hey.... Wait don't take it seriously. It's a stone with whom i'm in love now a days. The stone is called OPAL and found mostly in Australia. The one that I have displayed are among the rarest stone with black as a base color and orange/ red, blue/ green as mixed shades. As the stone is rare the prices are also high, But I liked the color combinations and felt that I'm love and the above lines are written for the OPAL