Handwriting analysis

There is this handwriting analysis tool available online at http://handwritingwizard.com/analysis.php

My handwriting analysis report goes as follows (just for rememebering, am not saying that it is correct):

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Here is your handwriting analysis.

Ashutosh uses judgment to make decisions. He is ruled by his head, not his heart. He is a cool, collected person who is usually unexpressive emotionally. Some may see him as unemotional. He does have emotions but has no need to express them. He is withdrawn into himself and enjoys being alone.

The circumstances when Ashutosh does express emotions include: extreme anger, extreme passion, and tremendous stress. If someone gets him mad enough to tell him off, he will not be sorry about it later. He puts a mark in his mind when someone angers him. He keeps track of these marks and when he hits that last mark he will let them know they have gone too far. He is ruled somewhat by self-interest. All his conclusions are made without outside emotional influence. He is very level-headed and will remain calm in an emergency situation. In a situation where other people might get hysterical, he has poise.

Ashutosh will work more efficiently if given space and time to be alone. He would rather not be surrounded by people constantly. In a relationship, he will show his love by the things he does rather than by the things he says. Saying "I love you" is not a needed routine because he feels his mate should already know. The only exception to this is if he has logically concluded that it is best for his mate to hear him express his love verbally.

Ashutosh is not subject to emotional appeals. If someone is selling a product to him, they will need to present only the facts. They should present them from a standpoint of his sound judgment. He will not be taken in by an emotional story about someone else. He will meet emergencies without getting hysterical and he will always ask "Is this best for me?"

People that write their letters in an average height and average size are moderate in their ability to interact socially. According to the data input, Ashutosh doesn't write too large or too small, indicating a balanced ability to be social and interact with others.

Ashutosh will be candid and direct when expressing his opinion. He will tell them what he thinks if they ask for it, whether they like it or not. So, if they don't really want his opinion, don't ask for it!

In reference to Ashutosh's mental abilities, he has a very investigating and creating mind. He investigates projects rapidly because he is curious about many things. He gets involved in many projects that seem good at the beginning, but he soon must slow down and look at all the angles. He probably gets too many things going at once. When Ashutosh slows down, then he becomes more creative than before. Since it takes time to be creative, he must slow down to do it. He then decides what projects he has time to finish. Thus he finishes at a slower pace than when he started the project.

He has the best of two kinds of minds. One is the quick investigating mind. The other is the creative mind. His mind thinks quick and rapidly in the investigative mode. He can learn quicker, investigate more, and think faster. Ashutosh can then switch into his low gear. When he is in the slower mode, he can be creative, remember longer and stack facts in a logical manner. He is more logical this way and can climb mental mountains with a much better grip.

Ashutosh is a practical person whose goals are planned, practical, and down to earth. This is typical of people with normal healthy self-esteem. He needs to visualize the end of a project before he starts. he finds joy in anticipation and planning. Notice that I said he plans everything he is going to do, that doesn't necessarily mean things go as planned. Ashutosh basically feels good about himself. He has a positive self-esteem which contributes to his success. He feels he has the ability to achieve anything he sets his mind to. However, he sets his goals using practicality-- not too "out of reach". He has enough self-confidence to leave a bad situation, yet, he will not take great risks, as they relate to his goals. A good esteem is one key to a happy life. Although there is room for improvement in the confidence catagery, his self-perception is better than average.

Something is incomplete in Ashutosh's life. He feels frustration relating to his physical needs and desires. Somewhere in his life there is some disappointment, non-fulfillment, and interruption.

For a graphologist, the spacing on the page reflects the writer's attitude toward their own world and relationship to things in his or her own space. If the inputted data was correct Ashutosh has left lots of white space on the left side of the paper. Ashutosh fills up the rest of the page in a normal fashion. If this is true, then Ashutosh has a healthy relationship to the past and is ready to move on. The right side of the page represents the future and Ashutosh is ready and willing to get started living now and planning for the future. Ashutosh would like to leave the past behind and move on.

The so called 2nd year

Had thought that the year would be chill
Included in it would be all non-academic frill
The start has not been that good
Had more time to vile away, I wish I could

The number of classes are more than last year
Though of quizzes and exams, there is less fear
Yet the classes have been strategically staggered
I want all of them to get gathered

So that half my days are fully free
And I can be all up and glee
But the intentions of the administration seem otherwise
2nd year seems smaller brother of 1st year in disguise

This is when I haven't taken any of those courses
Which to study, the subject forces
And still I don't understand where my time goes
Just hoping that someone lessens the dose

Is it really an Idiot Box?

People say that television in our country has progressed a lot. From the time when you choice on T.V. meant only 2 channels to the emergence of cable with channels like Zee T.V. , Star Plus, Sony to the situation now when you have more than a hundred channels. The channels have become so large that the sector has long been categorized into sub segments such as News channels, Sports channels, etc.

Despite all this, these days, I seriously find a dearth of options to spend my T.V. viewing time on. Though, part of the reason for this is my being on and off in terms of the viewing, yet my feelings have been reciprocated by even avid watchers. It happens a lot that I just switch on the T.V. only to realize that I again could not find even a single channel with a decent offering on which I could spend my time.

I remember a time when my day’s schedule was determined by what was being shown at what time on the T.V. – more so during school holidays and only somewhat less when the school was open. At that time the choice of channels was much less but the same channels came in handy with multiple shows that could be watched. During the holidays, I woke up at a time when a particular cartoon series / kids show was to begin – say 8:00am in the morning. My mother woke me up saying that its 8 and I used to get up fast and switch on the T.V. The daily chores (brushing your teeth etc.) used to happen in the commercial breaks. A good 1.5-2 hours were spent playing hide and seek with the shows and by 10:00am, I used to be done with everything including breakfast without missing any scene of any show – talk about multitasking, eh?

At about 11:00 or 11:30 there again used to be a good comic or detective series to watch after which my father used to come home for lunch. He used to watch the business channel (after those were launched) and before he used to watch the news channels. I never used to eat any meal without sitting in front of the T.V. Even during exam time, my meal used to happen in that 30-minute slot in which there was a program to watch. During school days, I used to come home at around 1:30 and there was one particular comedy series which ran at that particular time slot – perfect watch for a good lunch.

This habit has stayed with me. In my institute, all the students eat in the Food Mess. There are two areas in which one can do his/her meal – one with a set of T.V.s and the other without. To me that is the distinguishing factor and am not sure from which angle the other students look at them differently. As you would have guessed, I always sit in the area with the T.V. sets, irrespective of the amount of rush in that area.

Coming back, in the afternoons there were movies on the cable channels – some at 2:00, others at 2:30. I always used to see the names of those so that I would not repent on missing out a good one. If the movie was found interesting, another 2.5-3 hours went in front of the T.V. – though I admit that used to happen rarely. The evening was time to go outside and play with friends and by the time you are back, there is ample content on T.V. available – the prime slot.

You might be wondering about my T.V. habits and where did the study time go? I sincerely believe that if a person genuinely wants to do anything, he/she can extract some time for it, even from the busiest of schedules. More often than not, blaming things on unavailability of time just shows the lack of effort. Studies and all other stuff were managed effectively in a manner so as not to miss anything worthwhile to watch on T.V.

I agree that at that time there was much kids stuff which constituted a big part of the package of the things I watched, all of which I might not like to view today. Even then, I am sure that, had the current channels / shows been available then, my T.V. viewing would have reduced significantly. That way it may have been for the better (am not saying that I regret watching so much television, else I would not have written this post).

Excuse me, I have a compliant!

Companies tend to forget how easy it is to lose customers in this competitive market. The situation can vary across industries but customer loss is mostly a threat, assuming that there are sufficient substitutes available.

Some time back I travelled outside my country. It was my first trip abroad and though I was going on a business trip, there was that tinge of excitement. All the preparation started a few days earlier. All the packing was done a few hours in advance of when I was to leave my place. A good thing about travelling for corporate work is that everything seems to be taken care of. So, the work permit, visa, tickets etc. took lesser effort on my part. There was a car waiting for me to drop me to the airport. As it was my first visit, there was no chance of being able to convince my family not to come to the airport (I am not saying that I did not want them to come). I left the place, and within a few hours was in the airplane. And to make things even better, though I had an Economy class ticket, I was upgraded to Business class. The airlines had empty seats and considering that it was the first time I was travelling with them, they might have wanted to make me a permanent customer.

The journey went on well and after a few weeks, I was back in the country travelling with the same airline operator. However, I had a complaint that I wanted to be addressed. During my journey, I used the socks that the airline gives to its customers. These can be used in case someone feels cold. I used these and that cost me my trousers. The impression of the socks somehow was on my trouser and led to my trousers getting spoiled. I complained and followed up and repeated that a few more times, but to no avail.

One thing, which many companies need to learn, is to have a generic number on which anyone can call and get directed to the concerned person/department. Firstly, I tried to reach the office of the airline in my city. I was told that this was the airport number and I need to call the corporate office (not in my city). Fair enough! “Can you give the number to the complaints’ department?” The person did not have one and gave me a number that I could have easily found on the net. I started to try my luck there. When you call such offices, firstly you would be directed and redirected multiple times. And each new person you talk to, you would have to repeat your query. That could become intolerable after those first few times. Soon, the tradeoff between going through this and the thing you would get on making such efforts starts tilting the former side. You should consider yourself lucky, to actually be able to talk to the concerned department/person.

To cut a long story short, nothing has happened. I had sent a written application and was told that my application is being forwarded to the concerned department. I do not know the status of my complaint, whether it was actually forwarded, whether somebody else read it or it was thrown in a file or may be in a dustbin etc.

One thing I read about waiting in queues a while back is that, there are psychological factors that a company should take care when it has to make people, stand in queues (e.g. if a person is given an idea about the time he/she will have to wait, he/she would be more alright with waiting). I think similar psychological factors are also involved in addressing complaints. If there was some way in ehich I could track the status of my complaint or I got a final answer (even if that answer was that they are not responsible for my loss), I would have felt much better.

I do not have had an option to fly with that airline again, but I wonder if I would. Would their act of upgrading me to Business class, triumph over my compliant getting no heed?

P.S. I have not named the airline for I think it would be unfair on my part to let others pass judgment on it, without giving them at least one chance.

You've Got Mail

One thing that you definitely learn

When you become part of a corporate group

Whatever be the case, whatever be the news

You should keep everyone “in the loop”

How do you think people get so many mails each day?

It is the direct result of this unwritten custom

Sometimes I wonder how much time people spend managing

Don’t they get frustrated? or do they get accustom?

You rarely see a mail without a few names hanging in the CC field

And there is some kind of pressure to fill all available space

Else there is fear of being called new and immature

Or the poor one who will need some time to adjust to this place

You see the difference when you receive mails from your friends

Except those Forwards, they have been addressed only to you

Is this possible or am I dreaming, you wonder

Before you realize, that this on is one of those few

Nevertheless, this practice helps sometimes

Remember that archived mail or the file you found

Or that quick glance read which helped you sound intelligent

Even without finding the time, to see all the mails which go around

Finding the average annualized rate of return

To find the annualized rate of return for an aggregate of transactions:

Let x1 = a1/b1 * 100 * 1/t1 ........ (1)

and x2 = a2/b2 * 100 * 1/t2 ....... (2)

where x = annualized rate of return; a = actual value of return; b = actual amount invested; t = time for which invested.

Equation (2) can be written as

x2 = (a2*b1/b2)/b1 * 100 * 1/t2

So, we can assume that b1 amount of money has been invested for (t1 + t2) amount of time and the actual return was (a1 + a2*b1/b2)

Therefore, the average annualized rate of return

= (a1 + a2*b1/b2)/b1 * 100 * 1/(t1 + t2)

= (a1/b1 + a2/b2) * 100 * 1/(t1 + t2)

= (x1*t1 + x2* t2) / (t1 + t2)

Listening

“Most people like to talk, especially if you let them know you’re interested in what they’re saying.”

I was planning to write a post on listening when I came across this statement in a book. It seems a good way to start the post.

Listening, I have realized over a period, is one of the most important things in life. I now understand the importance of being a good listener as well as that of finding someone who would listen to you. I am not sure how good a listener I am, and would let others comment on that. But one thing I would say, I try my best.

When I talk to someone, I would obviously like people to listen to me. In general, they would seem to. However, the general person would really be interested, if there is something in my words that he could gain from. I am not complaining, it’s rather fair.

Some would say that the listener should really be interested and not just pretend to be. To me, even pretension would do, until the time it is good enough to hide any major apparent disinterest. Even if the other person is less concerned but cares enough and makes an effort to hide that feeling, I think some credit needs to be given.

The importance of fillers such as “hmmm”, “uh-huh” etc. and body gestures like nodding of head etc. goes without saying. But an excess would do more harm than good.

One tendency that I have, and I think many have, is to take a point from the speaker and either give my experience with a related topic or share my view. Though this might indicate that I was listening, it might seem interruptive at times. The speaker might not mind that most of the times, but sometimes it might get quite irritating. I believe, that the listener should talk as little as possible just to keep the conversation on track and productive.

When listeners show full interest when the speaker is speaking, and start with their own stuff as soon as that person gets done, it might not feel that there was interest in the first place. Though there might have been, but it feels that it was pretense. The speaker might cut short things that were to be shared. This might happen when both the speaker and the listener have something to share (and both consider their stuff important). Well, this is also the time of examination for how good a listener you are.

Finally, the significance of silence cannot be forgotten. Though one might feel that if everything gets spoken clearly, it will lead be the best. Nevertheless, the power of silence goes beyond, at least some times, any spoken word. Actually, one might not realize how much silence communicates.

Mail adieu

With writing of formal mails

Came the confusion regarding how to end them

What if the ending, to convey the message fails?

How much does it matter for it is more of just a hem?

In school we were thought to end a letter with “Thanking you”

Or may be a “Sincerely yours” or “Truly yours” would do

Shouldn’t those be reserved for people few?

And shouldn’t each mail have customized endings to bid adieu?

With all those questions in mind, I started my experiments with the word

To be safe, only attempted those tried and tested by some other

Though somewhere at the back of my mind I wanted to stand out of the herd

Without creating for myself any unnecessary bother

I never quite got the funda of “regards” as the end line

For me it was meant for someone I wanted to honour

But I found others using it for all their mails well and fine

Somehow that word I could never garner

I finally ended with the word “Thanks”

Don’t know when but have stuck to it upto now

Many say when in doubt this is the word everybody banks

I use it almost always, sometimes without realizing when and how

Add to it a “much” or a “many”

And may be in the next line, your name in the appropriate form

You could suit it to situation any

And could get rid of the repetitive brainstorm

Concern for someone

People are different. Some take too much tension about everything. Some are not perturbed by the biggest of things. Both have their own reasons for behaving the way they do. Some people remain concerned about humanity at large. They get bothered for people they do not know that well once they get to hear about their predicament.

Here, I want to talk about an individual (say, A) getting concerned for some particular person (say, B) and willing to do anything for B. This may or may not come naturally, but the result is the same. I want to talk about the concern of A which is selfless; where A does not want anything from B, or wants almost nothing as compared to what A has done for B; where one starts wondering how such a concern from A can exist etc.

The triggers for writing this post came from multiple sources, but let’s not get into that.

I just came to know that someone is giving his kidney to his wife having issues with her kidney. I just started wondering how many people exist who would be willing to do so; may be many; but that does not make less the act this person is doing. It is very courageous on his part. I am sure his wife would have done the same for him, had she been in his place. It is only because of the mutual concern that they share that they would do this. Of course, this may seem to come automatically as they are married etc. If that’s the case, it is the institution of marriage that deserves a salute.

This concern may exist at so many places, in so many relationships. I have seen the kind of concern I want to talk about so many times in my institute. I want to share two examples here:

We have this mess and in the evenings we go there to have some light snacks and some tea or something. One evening when my friends and I were having this supper, unfortunately, a glass of tea slipped from a girl’s hand. His boy friend who was sitting closeby just didn’t knew what to do. He pulled out his handkerchief and tried to give it to her so that she could use it to wipe the hot tea that fell on her. His inability to help her more than this was quite apparent on his face. His concern for her situation looked so natural. He seemed to curse himself for allowing this to happen (though there was no fault of his). Their other friends were also obviously worried but there was a marked difference (which is completely fair).

The second incident is about my friend who is concerned about his own academic performance but more worried about the performance of one of his good friends. He studies hard so that he can help his friend with studies and I believe that he would not be studying so hard if it was not for that person. He tries to discuss subject contents with many people so that he can understand things better and explain it to his friend. He gets concerned if his friend is unintentionally missing an opportunity to study and understand things in a better fashion. He starts trying to reach his friend so that he can inform. I only have seen his concerns related to his friends’ studies and so have mentioned only about them. I am sure the concern spans more fields apart from this.

My only concern is whether this friend of his sees and recognizes and acknowledges this concern. I don’t know if my friend wants his concern to be acknowledged or not, but I definitely do.

Observations and deductions

Some things which I really found as if coming from day to day observations

1. ‘Familiar Stranger’ is a concept given by Migram. He says to be a familiar stranger, a person has to be

a. observed

b. repeatedly for a certain time period

c. without any interaction

Milgram notes that it’s a real relationship, in which both parties have agreed to mutually ignore each other, without any implication of hostility.

2. Somebody said “I don’t remember anybody’s name. How do you think the ‘dahling’ thing started?

While there are some other things which may not be so easily observable or apparent but which have been deduced over a period of time

1. An interviewer generally tries to choose/select someone like himself/herself.

2. What to do when you hold a stock and daily it is hitting upper circuits? Keep holding it till the volumes are low. If the volumes get high, exit.

Where I belong

As I sat on my seat in the well

I thought how in place it all fell

Each one was more equal than the other

Yet there was absence of any bother

The class begins, everyone is ready

To go in their state of steady

Chuddi is all energy, Papa is in slumber

BloJo’s sleep, even Bijli could not cumber

She and Nippo are in deep talk

About the next target he wants to stalk

With his arbit CP round the corner

Udee is relieved of doing the honour

Hugga is damn happy not to have such pain

While Laudu again decides to abstain

Shabbo reserves her right to enter

As Samosa is dragged left, right and centre

There is no need for Sodo to hide

And Gigi has the privilege to subside

D’Ice saves his wisdom for the world outside

Where he meets Orgy, all starry-eyed

Cumcum is about to be disturbed

NursBandi’s insightful CPs are trying hard to remain curbed

Bendy is concerned of the economies of sleep

Burger comes up with his marketing beep

As we reach the Upper Cut,

Gullak sits with a creative glut

Dhinchak has something to contribute

Gilli has some answers to attribute

Maggi is at a different level

On a path people less travel

Nirodh hides his brain with his hair

And Linga listens to the Prof with care

Not concerned about Sheiky on his left

Who in his Niche is heft

Today’s session will go in the book

As Anand is saved of being alone in the hook

4play is wondering why is he here

Even as Mala finds the Prof’s words as music to his ear

Now we come to that section of the class

Which has been somewhat different from the mass

Harish has never volunteered for a word

Paise also belongs to that herd

Bodhi has remained mum for long

Though Sandeep has broken sometimes from the throng

That way Phullan has been misplaced

His sleep and speak, the class has been graced

O-Maal has a dictionary on his lap

Looking at the next opportunity to tap

+2 finds the happenings around dull

Aadha still remembers the court martial

Gulabo is thinking about his long list of crib

Geyser wants to know the time of his lib

Amarendra is looking at the technicalities

Feebo finds everything as externalities

Haddi keeps coming with MHU, which to his despair

Nobody ever wants him to share

Guppi has to be attentive for there might be a cold call

Dixcy is spreading his smile to one and all

Miski is confident, any questions she would block

As Suwer looks at the instructor with shock

Masal is by far every Prof’s favourite

So, Smoothie does not have to do anything great

But to relax and enjoy

For things would be taken care of by Sukhoi

Zuli is positioned well to avoid

Sumata considers the discussion devoid

And ‘How does it matter’ or ‘That’s alright’ is what he wants to utter

As Sambhog’s point makes things less of a clutter

He brings in unseen dimensions as a perfect consultant

HaiHai gets ready as an articulate respondent

The last one-third of the class

Is consisting of that mass

Who have a lot to say indeed

And towards whom the class looks in times of need

Bubli is giving her best to understand

Always is raised Khujli’s hand

Ready to pounce on any mistake in his ken

Sitting between him and another great soul is me, Laalten

Osho (Daddu) knows what all this is about

Doesn’t take much time to figure out

Chapper though good with numbers

Have lost count of his hours of slumbers

Raddi (Sarkar) has already analysed the case

Fukta is ready for any brace

Why hasn’t Lavdy ever spoken?

And who has the guts to keep Fiat woken

Supada is being missed a lot

All the reading at the tip of his tongue, has Softy got

Lalu is the section’s romantic boy

Chewii will not be caught in any Prof’s ploy

Fadka talks from his experience

Lundon needs to be listened to with patience

Silence for Combo is voluntary

Suji is all gallantry

Sylar takes his entire point through

Forcing anyone in the way to flew

Quaddro is speaking abstract

Blomie does a playful act

Duski does not know whether to speak or not

Mag’O is listening but sometimes the words do not get caught

Scuba will make up something on the spot

The class is not the place for Bubbly to say a lot

Lectures come and lectures go

People in here have an unusual glow

May be they do not share the greatest of bond

But there is definitely a special fond

That runs through like a thread profound

Keeping all jewels closely bound

Reel world

In some lecture I attended a while back, the speaker mentioned a point about Bollywood movies which I hadn’t come across earlier. He said that in the 70s, the audience like the image of an angry young man in movies since the citizens at large were themselves angry. The reason for the anger may be due to the prevalent political system or something else.

As you moved towards late 80s, early 90s and henceforth, the attraction towards a chocolate hero gained momentum and happiness was the name of the game. Again, according to the speaker it reflected the general mood of the public.

So, you had the release of Hum Aapke Hain Koun in 1994 which was based on a family and had shown marriage celebrations in all its entirety and elaborateness. Different movies that followed had their major theme being dominated by joy and happiness in its various forms.

However, I am still doubtful what the contents of the movies at large portray with respect to the reality as per the audience. It is true that the movie directors and producers many a times take stories and incidents from real life or the topics are very much relevant. But does the general theme across movies actually represent the existing reality or does it just portray how people would like reality to be or may be neither, I am not too sure.

A trend setting movie of its times was Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge released in 1995. It was a major success and a theatre in Mumbai is still running a show of this movie from the time of its release. One major deviation from the trend that this movie envisaged and which I believe the people liked is that the hero of the movie does not ask the heroine to run away with him (which was generally how it worked in movies before). He was of the opinion that one should win the consent of families on both sides before moving forward. He wanted to have their blessings with their choice and not because they have no option. The father of the heroine finally realized that it was best for her daughter to be with the hero.

I am not saying that was right or wrong. But as India is getting more and more westernized and the trend of love marriages is increasing, was it that the depiction in the movie was against or for the current mannerism in which things progress? Or was it actually trying to show a way in which both generations need to move so as to attain some kind of equilibrium in society?

The more important question is regarding the people liking the movie – were they appreciating this novelty of the idea or did they actually think that society should be going this way? I again don’t know. Has the society moved in the direction, assuming it wanted to?

To return to our previous hypotheses of movies depicting the mood of the audience, it does not seem to be so black and white.