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Pakistan and Green IT

Ausaf Ahmad — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:30:40 +0000

Few days back I have attended the event which was organized by Al-Futtaim Technologies formerly known as Alcatel Pakistan about “Green IT” and recently I have come to know about IBM’s event “Paint Your IT Green” organized in Lahore and Islamabad. As being the World’s Leading IT Innovator and Business Solutions Provider IBM is providing Services to the Pakistani Organization from many decades and IBM is uniquely capable of Integrating Industry and Technology Expertise to help businesses meet their urgent energy, environment and sustainability Challenges and also same goes with the Al-Futtaim Technologies they are the leading Technology Solutions Provider in UAE ………………………Both the event which were conducted was primarily focused on the importance of Green IT ……

For those who don’t know what Green IT is? It means that

“How to use the computer resources in such an efficient way by adapting the friendly environmental habits such as Power Consumptions, Recycling, and Virtualization etc.”

Let me clarify what Green IT is in more detail ……

By keeping in mind that we want to implement Green IT in our organization we have to follow some approaches about it. As I have mentioned in the above definition that we have to adapt Friendly environmental habits such as Power Consumptions, Recycling, Virtualization. The approaches which I was talking about earlier in my point of view are as follows

1) Recycling

2) Virtualization

3) Power Management

4) Data Storage Systems

5) Telecommunication Techniques

The above said approaches in others mind might be different but this is what I feel that we can follow in order to implement Green IT infrastructure in our working Organization.

Now what are those approaches let me define them one by one in short terms

1) Recycling : As well know that all know that Computers parts are being made from the materials such as of Lead , Mercury , Gold and other related materials , so when we go for recycle them we need such kind of facilities where we follow the standards being followed to recycle any type of computer parts . As currently we can see in our Country the prices of Desktop Computers have fallen down so drastically have you ever think why it is all because of the fact that we don’t have any kind of rules and regulations in our country for maintain and taking care of our People’s Health and Safety. Neither have we had the so called Recycling Facility nor do we care about it or having some awareness about what recycling is. We have to educate our people in this regard. Correct me if I am wrong in relation with the activities and policies about RECYCLING.

So Importers of Personal Computers and Parts, in my point of view, are not taking care of this point and they just keep one thing in their mind that is making Profit. May be I am wrong but this is what I observed and feel about it. Yes its good to have Personal Computers at each home of Pakistan for the progress of IT Industry but at the cost of this thing?Where our coming generation at the stake of getting ill by using such kind of Products which might be injurious to their health….. Does it feel sensible to all of you? You might be against me on this point. But that’s what I feel so I said it…….

2) Virtualization: Virtualization is a concept which enables you to work on one computer to do the job of multiple ones being residing on one physical hardware by sharing it resources for doing work across multiple operating environments, which makes easy for you to control your machine locally or remotely. So by using this concept Computer Professionals are utilizing this in combining several Physical Computer Systems into one single logical machine……. This makes them enable to monitor the power consumptions, Server Utilization, Temperature/Cooling Controls ………

3) Power Management : As being an IT Professional and specially related to the purchasing and selection of hardware , I have observed that we have to really look into this matters because it all depends upon the services and utilization requirements of ours that we choose any computer hardware. In Power Management we have to look what are the things (hardware such as Processors, Monitors , RAMs, Hard Drives) are being used at what time and if they are underutilizing then we have to use ACPI ( Advance Configuration and Power Interface) which allows the Operating Systems, likes of Windows XP, Windows 2000, AIX , Linux(Any Distribution of it) .. are to name of the few, to directly control the power savings features.

4) Data Storage Systems: hmmm Well on this side, I can say that we really have to take care of all the data whether it’s personal or of organization. For storing the data we take our backups on Floppy Disk, Flash/USB Drives , CD , DVD, Zip Drives, Tape Cartridges and even on some complex structures too likes of Storage Area Networks … all the devices being used for taking backups and for storing does use some power whether it is on small scale or large ones……

5) Telecommunication Techniques: In today’s world the boom of telecommunication enabled us to connect in any part of world at any time regardless of boundaries…. That’s why today’s corporate organizations are utilizing this format in such a way by adapting the latest telecommunication techniques which are not only environment friendly but also helps them to reduce their over head costs and increase their profits ……..

In Pakistan we do lag such kind of facilities where we can adapt the state of the art practices and feel proud of them. There is no such kind of policies and Regulations from the Government side. At least there is some interest being showed by the local Government bodies who are taking participation in making this fact and idea to some what real ………….. For the implementation side, we do need to learn the facts, techniques and governance based upon our culture and society.

As we all know that we really are lagging of such professional who have those kind of vision in relation of Green IT ……….. My Question to all of you is that… Are we ready for implementing Green IT? As we are going through the power crisis, economic crisis, political crisis …..

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Challenges in IT Industry of Pakistan

Ausaf Ahmad — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:27:02 +0000

Pakistan and its Industry… hmmmmm… Pakistan being the sixth populated nation but on the education wise we are really far behind from the other countries of our region. As I was going through the article on the Internet I get to know that Pakistan has lagged dangerously behind other regional countries in

exploiting Information Technology as a catalyst for economic revival. Yet though in the past 8 years or so the steps have been taken by the earlier governments on the setup of IT industry but still we are lagging behind. We all know that which steps have been taken by reducing the Internet bandwidths rates, Deploying SMEs, students going for PHD’s abroad and coming back. But still we are on the development phase.

As being IT Professional myself , and what ever experience I had and observed that we are very much talented as nation but we are lagging the integration between are educational sectors and industrial sectors. As I have faced this situation by myself. As in 1999 I have graduated from the one of the most prestigious university of my country and when I go for job interviews the person sitting there asked me do you know what is this and when I said never been thought they said then you are of no use , I do ask them what is wrong with me they told me that you didn’t know what we are asking , but I told them and you being sitting in the industry it is the responsibilities of personnel like yours to collaborate with the EDUCATION sectors to help young graduates to learn the leading technologies and guide them what they need to do when they passed out and ready to enter in the market. However I got the chance in one of leading automotive manufacturing of PAKISTAN where I have learned a lot with great zeal. THANKS TO ALMIGHTY ALLAH I got the boss of such a kind who is True Professional , he turned me into one of his kind , HATS OFF TO MY BOSS – THANKS ONCE AGAIN ALMIGHTY ALLAH … He told me that look if you want to be successful in you career do your work with full passion and commitment and never loose your interest in that work , if you loose then all the hardwork which you do will be lost. And learned the good set of practices which are current and being followed in IT Industry and share them with your fellow peers and by the grace of ALLAH I am following his advice , my boss is in Canada now but still I keep bugging him to know what is being followed there and when he told me what is nbeing followed I searched and learned about it and tell my fellow peers too,

I have observed few of the stuffs which I like to share all of you. I feel that the explosive growth of the Internet and the coming tidal wave of E-Commerce still provide immense possibilities for Pakistan to exploit their potential and use these for accelerating its economic revival. As far as I know MCB is the first in Pakistan who exploit these conditions and even went to London Stock Exchange to get registered to become first Pakistani Organization to be registered there. By implementing the Huge investments in the IT side. Do keep in mind that IT is not just used for Personal computers only. It also covers the machines like which tells you the data how much bank balance you have which we used to say ATM Machines . Now after hugs investments in IT side we are getting results of it by the private sectors. And utilizing it as people getting to learn about it day by day its all because of the awareness thing.

I also feel that we are agonizingly conscious of the fact that the hyper speed of change in the Information Technology domain means that the IT year is equivalent to one month in conventional terms. This fact dictates that any meaningful action or decisions for the IT industry in Pakistan has to be implemented immediately. Pakistan and similar countries hoping to exploit the inherent potential of Information Technology must act immediately and decisively to restructure their domestic Information Technology industries to become effective role players within the global IT scenario.

· Any meaningful IT scheme in Pakistan will necessarily have to be a PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP. Bold but unconventional and strategically corrective actions and decisions are needed because we all that what needs to be and cater down so that we donot get influence by others to implement any sort of decision.

· We need to have such kind of managers with the right mix of vision and managerial competence that help us out to implement the decision (IN THAT AREA WE ARE LAGGING AS BEING PAKISTANI WHICH IS MY OBSERVATION).

· Huge amounts of financing are needed in domestic resources and foreign exchange.

· Above all, the will to prevail will be needed from the government of Pakistan to chart the right course for the national Information Technology initiative and then stay the course in spite of innumerable hurdles which are sure to bedevil the path to success.

This is the part of series of my writing

The Cell Tolls for Thee

Ausaf Ahmad — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:42:10 +0000

i WAS GOING THROUGH THIS ARTICLE ON MSN AND WHICH I FOUND INTERESTED TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU .

“The truth about the cell-phone–cancer link and what it means for you and your kids

By Julie A. Evans, Best Life”

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When Vini Khurana, PhD, an Australian (and Mayo Clinic–trained) neurosurgeon, announced that the link between cell-phone use and cancer was irrefutable–the result of his analysis of more than 100 studies–it set off alarm bells around the world. Use a cell phone, he said, and you increase your risk of developing a malignant brain tumor by two to four times. Until recently, the majority of research indicated little or no link between cell phones and cancer (the World Health Organization and the American Cancer Society maintain that cell phones pose no threat), but several new long-term studies have cast doubt about their safety. Given that cell phones and PDAs serve as lifelines for so many people–24 percent of 10- and 11-year-olds carry them–it raises urgent questions. To find out what precautions you should take when using your cell phone, we dialed the nation’s leading experts.

Do cell phones cause cancer?

Maybe…with extended use. Mobile-phone users are twice as likely to develop malignant, difficult-to-treat brain tumors called gilomas, according to a first-of-its-kind study that analyzed the effects of cell-phone use over 10 years or more and was published last year in the journal Occupational Environmental Medicine. The Bioinitiative Working Group, an international coalition of scientists and public-health experts, recently published a hefty report detailing the link between the nonionizing radiation caused by a cell phone’s electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and cancer, DNA damage, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases. “The cells in the body react to EMFs in cell phones just like they do to other environmental toxins, including heavy metals and chemicals,” says Martin Blank, PhD, a professor in bioelectromagnetics at Columbia University and one of the report’s authors. The study found that risk from cell-phone use starts at 260 lifetime hours.

Do cell phones emit radiation only when you are talking?

No. “Cell phones give off radiation any time they’re turned on so that they can communicate with base stations,” says Lou Bloomfield, PhD, professor of physics at the University of Virginia and author of How Everything Works: Making Physics Out of the Ordinary. “The radiation emitted, however, is stronger and more frequent when you’re talking or messaging.” Also, the greater distance you are from a base station, the more radiation your phone must emit in order to get a signal, which is why your phone feels hot when you have low reception. That heat you feel is radiation. The Bioinitiative study found that adverse effects to DNA can also occur before the phone heats up. To reduce your exposure, make calls only when you have strong reception, hang up before your phone heats up, and store your phone away from your body when it’s not in use.

What is a phone’s SAR value and why does it matter?

SAR stands for specific absorption rate, and it refers to the rate of radiation exposure from radio frequency and microwaves measured in watts per kilogram of tissue, says Bloomfield. The FCC limit on any cell phone sold in this country is 1.6 watts per kilogram. To find the SAR value for your phone, go to fcc.gov/cgb/sar/. At press time, the phone with the lowest radiation was the LG KG800, at 0.135 w/kg. The highest: Motorola V195s, at 1.6 w/kg. The Apple iPhone is in the middle, at 0.974 w/kg.

What is the range of the radiation?

Exposure to radiation from your cell phone drops off slowly for the first three to four inches from your body, and then it falls dramatically, says Bloomfield. To reduce your exposure, invest in a hands-free headset and limit the amount of time you spend talking on the phone. Khurana recommends using the speaker mode and holding the phone about eight inches away from you. Also, limit your use of Bluetooth devices. While it’s true that they emit the least amount of radiation (one study found they can operate as low as 0.001 watts per kilogram), even that can add up fast.

s it risky to carry a cell phone in your pants pocket?Maybe. One 2006 study found no link to testicular cancer, but other researchers suspect a link to male infertility. Ashok Agarwal, PhD, director of the Center for Reproductive Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, recently completed a study in which cell phones were set down for one hour in talk mode, next to sperm samples in test tubes. He found that the sperm’s motility and viability were significantly reduced, and levels of harmful free radicals increased after exposure. Agarwal suggests storing the phone in your jacket pocket to reduce exposure to cell-phone radiation. Pregnant women need to take precautions too, because a recent study found that cell-phone use while pregnant is linked to behavioral problems in children.

Are kids more at risk?

“Yes, since children’s nervous systems are still developing, and they have thinner scalps and skulls than adults, they should use cell phones only in emergencies,” says Gene Barnett, MD, professor and director of the Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center at the Cleveland Clinic. The association between childhood leukemia and exposure to EMFs like those from cell phones has led the International Agency for Research on Cancer to classify them as a “possible human carcinogen.” The medical establishments in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom all recommend severe restrictions on children’s cell-phone use, with some experts going so far as to say that children under 16 shouldn’t use cell phones at all. Make sure your kids opt for landlines when they’re at home, and if you must buy them a cell phone for emergencies, get one with a low SAR number.

What about texting?

It’s actually a safer way to communicate, says David O. Carpenter, MD, director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany. Since kids hold phones away from their bodies when texting, they’re exposed to less radiation than when they have the phones to their ears. “We are very concerned about teen cell-phone use, fearing that we face an epidemic of brain tumors 10 to 20 years from now, and there are so few who are raising warning flags,” says Dr. Carpenter. Make sure your teen keeps his cell phone turned off and stored in his backpack when it isn’t in use, which will dramatically reduce exposure.

The 10 worst cell phones according to their SAR numbers:

1. Motorola V195s	1.6
2. Motorola Slvr L6	1.58
3. Motorola Slvr L2	1.54
4. Motorola W385	1.54
5. Rim BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Sprint)	1.54
6. Rim BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Verizon)	1.54
7. Motorola Deluxe ic902	1.53
8. T-Mobile Shadow	1.53
9. Motorola i335	1.53
10. Samsung Sync SGH-C417	1.51

The 10 best cell phones according to their SAR numbers:

1. LG KG800	0.135
2. Motorola Razr V3x	0.14
3. Nokia 9300	0.21
4. Nokia N90	0.22
5. Samsung SGH-G800	0.23
6. Samsung Sync SGH-A707	0.236
7. Nokia 7390	0.26
8. Samsung SGH-T809	0.32
9. Bang & Olufsen Serene	0.33
10. Motorola Razr2 V8	0.36

Eight million unregistered SIMs blocked

Ausaf Ahmad — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:12:32 +0000

According to Business Recorder

The initiative taken by Senate’s Standing Committee on Interior to curb unregistered Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) Card culture has resulted in blockage of eight million unidentified connections, said Senator Talha Mehmood, Chairman of the committee, here on Friday.

Addressing a press conference, he said that Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of five mobile companies operating in the country had held a meeting with him regarding the actions taken by their firms. Talha said that the committee held 31 meetings to address the issue. “I have called an urgent meeting of the committee on August 7 to formulate future strategy,” he added.

He said that the CEOs had informed him that their business was adversely affected by the action taken by the committee. The CEO’s also handed over the CDs of 8 million unregistered SIMs for verification, he added. The CDs had been handed over to law enforcing agencies, he further said.

The chairman said that since the start of mobile services in the country, 18 years ago, SIMs were issued without any verification and documentation, which played a major role to vitiate the law and order situation in the country.

Out of these 8 million unregistered SIMs, 1.2 million had been reissued after proper verification and documentation. Whereas, 0.8 million blocked SIMs were given a dead line of July 25 for verifications, he added. He said that in order to find the culprits behind the distribution of unregistered SIMs, special teams raided across the country.

Talha said that the mobile companies were given a time frame till July 31 to complete their work in this respect. “Afterwards, from August 1, we will launch a crackdown against them,” he warned. He said that after completing this task the committee would take action against the dilapidated condition of jails in the country.

Manipulation of stocks with SMS now a cyber crime

Ausaf Ahmad — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:08:17 +0000

According to Daily Times – Manipulation of the stock exchange market through short messaging services (SMS) from mobile phones will be treated as a cyber crime, the federal government decided on Sunday.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) will deal with creating disinformation about the stock markets through SMS. The government has also directed the agency to take immediate notice of such cases in future.

The decision to bring the practice under the agency’s supervision comes in the backdrop of a major stock market decline last week, which saw small investors, the most affected by the slide, demonstrating violently outside the major exchanges at Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore.

Protesters torched car tyres and stoned doors and windows, blaming the management of failing to halt the trading despite an apparent major downward trend.

The recent sharp fall was attributed to a range of factors. Most immediate was the decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan to remove a 1% daily limit on how far share prices could decline, bringing it back up to 5%.

There was also a ban imposed on short selling. But political factors were also at play. Investors were also unnerved by reports that the United States was planning to strike inside Pakistan and the sight of the new coalition government falling apart. US air strikes into the Tribal Areas along the Afghan border paired with a rise in troop levels in Afghanistan’s eastern provinces heightened fears that Washington may act unilaterally against militants in Pakistan.

Challenges in IT Industry of Pakistan

Ausaf Ahmad — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:41:55 +0000

This is the part of series of my writing

Part 1

*Challenges to the Information Technology Industry In Pakistan*

· Huge amounts of financing are needed in domestic resources and foreign exchange.

TUM EK GORAKH DHANDHA HO

Ausaf Ahmad — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:05:59 +0000

Kabhi yehan tumhein dhoondha kabhi wahan puhancha
Tumhari Deed Ki Khatir Kahan Kahan puhancha
Ghareeb mit gaye, Pamaal ho gaye lekin
Kissi talak na tera aaj tak nishan puhancha
Ho bhi nahin aur…
Ho bhi nahin aur har jaa ho
Tum Ek Gorakh dhandha ho…

Har zarre mein kiss shaan se tu jalwa numa hai
Hairan hai magar akal ke kaisa hai tu kya hai

Tujhe der-o-haram mein mein ne dhoonda tu nahin milta
Lekin tujh ko tashreef farman apne dil me dekha hai

Dhoondhay nahin milay ho Na dhoondhay se kabhi tum
Aur phir ye tamasha hai ke jahan hum hain wahin tum ho

Jab bajud tere koi doosra maujood nahin
Phir samajh mein nahin aata tera parda karna

Haram o Dehr mein hai jalwa-e-purfan tera
Do gharon ka hai charagh purkh-e-raushan tera

Jo ulfat mein tumhari kho gaya hai
Ussi khoay huay ko kuch mila hai
Na but-khanay na kaabay mein mila hai
Magar tootay huay dil mein mila hai
Adam ban kar kahin tu chup gaya hai
Kahin tu hasst ban kar aa gaya hai
Nahin hai tu to phir inkaar kaisa
Nafi bhi tere honay ka pata hai
Mein jiss to keh raha hoon apni hasti
Agar woh tu nahin to aur kya hai
Nahin aaya khayalon mein agar tu
To phir mein kaisay samjha tu khuda hai

Hairan hoon iss baat pe tum kaun ho kya ho
Haat aao to but, haath naa aao to khuda ho

Aqal mein jo ghir gaya, la-intaha kyonkar hua
Jo samajh mein aa gaya, phir khuda kyonkar hua

Falsafi ko behas ke andar khuda milta nahin
Dor ko suljha raha hai aur sira milta nahin

Pata yun to bata dete ho sab ko la-makaan apna
Taaujub hai magar rehte ho tum tootay huay dil mein

Jab ke tujh bin nahin koi maujood
Phir ye hangama aye khuda kya hai

Chuptay nahin ho saamne aatay nahin ho tum
Jalwa dikha ke Jalwa dikhatay nahin ho tum
Dehr-o-haram ke jhagray mitatay nahin ho tum
Jo asal baat hai woh batate nahin ho tum
Hairan hoon mere dil mein samaaye ho kiss tarha
Halanke do jahan mein samaatay nahin ho tum
Yeh maabad-o-haram ye kaleesa-o-dehr kyon
Harjaai ho jabhi to batatay nahin ho tum

Dil pe hairat ne ajab rang jama rakha hai
Ek uljhi hui tasweer bana rakha hai
Kuch samajh mein nahin aata ke ye chakr kya hai
Khel kya tum ne azal se ye racha rakha hai
Rooh ko jism ke pinjray ka bana kar kaidi
Uss pe phir maut ka pehra bhi bitha rakha hai
De ke tadbeer kay panchi ko uraanein tum ne
Tam-e-takdeer mein har simt bicha rakha hai
Kar ke araaishein konain ki barson tum ne
Khatm karne ka bhi mansooba bana rakha hai
Lamaqami ka baharhal hai daawa bhi tumhein
Nahme Aqrab ka bhi paigham suna rakha hai
Yeh burai, woh bhalai, yeh jahanum, woh bahisht
Iss ulat khel mein farmao to kya rakha hai
Jurm adam ne kiya, aur saza beton ko
Adal-o-insaaf ka mayyar bhi kya rakha hai
De ke insaan ko duniya mein khalafat apni
Ek tamasha sa zamanay mein bana rakha hai
Apni pehchan ki khatir hai banaya sab ko
Sab ki nazron se magar khud ko chupa rakha hai

Nit naye naqsh banatay ho mita dete ho
Jaane kis jurm-e-tamana ki saza dete ho
Kabhi kankar ko bana dete ho heeray ki kani
Kabhi heeron ko bhi mitti mein mila dete ho
Jindagi kitnay hi murdon ko ata ki jiss ne
Woh maseeha bhi saleebon pe saja dete ho
Khwahish-e-deed jo kar baithe sar-e-toor koi
Toor hi bark-e-tajalli se jala dete ho
Naar-e-namrood mein dalwatay hu khud apna khaleel
Khud hi phir naar ko gulzaar bana dete ho
Chahe kinaan mein phainko kabhi mahe in aan
Noor yakuub ki aankhon ka bujha dete ho
Becho yusuf ko kabhi misr ke baazaaron mein
Akhir-e-kaar shah-e-misr bana dete ho
Jazb-o-masti ki jo manzil pe puhanchta hai koi
Baith kar dil mein an-al-haq ki sada dete ho
Khud hi lagwatay ho phir kufr ke fatway uss par
Khud hi mansoor ko sooli pe charha dete ho
Apni hasti bhi woh ik roz ganwa baithta hai
Apne darshan ki lagan jis ko laga dete ho
Koi raanjha jo kabhi khoj mein nilklay tumkar
Tum ussay jhang ke bele mein rula deta ho
Justajoo le ke tumhari jo chale kais koi
Uss ko majnoon kissi laila ka bana dete ho
Jot sassi ke agar mann mein tumhari jaagay
Tum usse tapte huay thal mein jala dete ho
Sohni gar tum ko mahiwal tasawwur kar le
Uss ko biphri hui lehron mein baha dete ho
Khud jo chaaho to sar-e-arsh bula kar mehboob
Ek hi raat mein mairaaj kara dete ho

Aap hi apna parda ho
Aap hi apna pardaa ho
Tum ek gorakh dhandha ho

Jo kehta hoon maana, tumhein lagta hai bura sa
Phir bhi hai mujhe tum se baharhaal gila sa
Chup chaap rahe dekthe tum Arsh-e-Bareen par
Tapte huay karbal mein Muhammad ka nawasa
Kiss tarhe pilata tha lahoo apna wafa ko
Khud teen dinon se wo agarche tha piyasa
Dushman to bahar taur thay dushman magar afsos
Tum ne bhi faraham na kiya paani zara sa
Har zulm ki taufeeq hai zalim ki wirasat
Mazloom ke hissay mein tassali na dilasa
Kal taaj saja dekha tha jiss shakhs ke sar par
Hai aaj ussi shakhs ke hathon mein hikasa
Yeh kya hai agar poochoon to kehte ho jawaban
Iss raaz se ho sakta nahin koi shanasa

Hairat ki ek duniya ho
Hairat ki ek duniya ho
Tum ek gorakh dhandha ho

Har ek jaa pe ho lekin pata nahin maaloom
Tumhara naam suna hai nishaan nahin maaloom

Dil se arman jo nikal jaaye to jugnoon ho jaye
Aur aankhon mein simat aaye to aansoo ho jaye
Japeya huu ka jo be huu kare huu mein kho kar
Uss ko sultaniyan mil jayen wo ba huu jo jaye
Baal beeka na kissi ka ho churri ke neeche
Halk-e-asghar mein kabhi teer tarazoo ho jaye

Kiss kadar be-niyaz ho tum bhi
Daastaan-e-daraaz ho tum bhi

Ni re sa
sa re ni re ma sa ni re…….

Aah-e-Tehkeek mein har gam pe uljhan dekhoon
Wohi haalat-o-khayalat mein an ban dekhoon
Ban ke reh jaata hoon tasweer pareshani ki
Ghaur se jab bhi kabhi duniya ka darpan dekhoon
Ek hi khaak pe fitrat ke tazaadat itnay
Kitnay hisson mein bata ek hi aangan dekhoon
Kahin zehmat ki sulagti hui patjhar ka samaan
Kahin rehmat ke baraste huay sawan dekhoon
Kahin phunkaarte darya, kahin khamosh pahaar
Kahin jangal, kahin sehra, kahin gulshan dekhoon
Khun rulata hai yeh takseem ka andaaz mujhe
Koi dhanwaan yehan par koi nirdhan dekhoon
Din ke haathon mein faqat ek sulagta sooraj
Raat ki maang sitaron se muzzayyan dekhoon
Kahin murjhaaye huay phool hain sacchai ke
Aur kahin jhoot ke kaanton pe bhi joban dekhoon
Shams ki kaal kahin khichti nazar aati hai
Kahin sarmad ki uttarti hui gardan dekhoon
Raat kya shai hai saweera kya hai
Yeh ujala yeh andhera kya hai
Mein bhi nayib hun tumhara akhir
Kyon yeh kehte ho ke tera kya hai

Dekhne wala tujhe kya dekhta
Tu ne har har samt se parda kiya

Masjid Mandir…
Masjid, Mandir, Yeh Maikhane
Koi yeh maane, koi woh maane
Masjid, Mandir, Yeh Maikhane
Koi yeh maane, koi woh maane
Sab tere hain jaana aashanay
Koi yeh maane, koi woh maane
Ek honay ka tere kaayil hai
Inkaar pe koi maayil hai
Asleeyat lekin tu jaane
Koi Yeh maanay koi woh maane
Ek khalk mein shamil karta hai
Ek sab se akela rehta hai
Hain dono teray mastaanay
Koi yeh maanay koi woh maane
sab hain jab aashiq tumhare naam ke
kyon yeh jhagre hain raheem-o-raam ke

Dehr mein tu, Haram mein tu
Dehr mein tu, Haram mein tu
Arsh pe tu, jameen pe tu
Dehr mein tu, Haram mein tu
Arsh pe tu, jameen pe tu
Jiss ki puhanch jahan talak
Uss ke liye wahin pe tu

Har ek rang mein yakta ho
Tum ek gorakh dhandha ho

Markaz-e-Justajoo, Alam-e-rang-o-boo
Dam badam jalwagar tu hi tu chaar soo
Hoo ke mahol mein, kuch nahin fi-la-hoo
Tum buhat dil ruba, Tum buhat khubaroo
Aarsh ki azmatein, Farsh ki abroo
Tum ho konain ka, hasil-e-arzoo
Aankh ne kar liya aansoo-on se wazoo
Ab to kar do ata deed ka ek sudoo
Aao parde se tum aankh ke rubaroo
Chund lamhe milan, do ghari guftagoo
Naaz jabta phiray, jabaja koo-ba-koo
Wahda-hoo Wahda-hoo
La-shareek-a-La-hoo
Allah hoo Allah hoo
Allah hoo Allah hoo
Allah hoo Allah hoo Allah hoo
Allah hoo Allah hoo Allah hoo

How long will an ERP project take?

Ausaf Ahmad — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:34:38 +0000

Companies that install ERP do not have an easy time of it. Don’t be fooled when ERP vendors tell you about a three or six month average implementation time. Those short (that’s right, six months is short) implementations all have a catch of one kind or another: The company was small, or the implementation was limited to a small area of the company, or the company used only the financial pieces of the ERP system (in which case the ERP system is nothing more than a very expensive accounting system). To do ERP right, the ways you do business will need to change and the ways people do their jobs will need to change too. And that kind of change doesn’t come without pain. Unless, of course, your ways of doing business are working extremely well (orders all shipped on time, productivity higher than all your competitors, customers completely satisfied), in which case there is no reason to even consider ERP.

The important thing is not to focus on how long it will take—real transformational ERP efforts usually run between one and three years, on average—but rather to understand why you need it and how you will use it to improve your business.

Why are managers afraid to manage?

Ausaf Ahmad — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:46:09 +0000

I have found this good article on Tech Republic blog site

John McKee discusses the reasons many IT managers are reluctant to deal with personnel issues. Having been a personnel manager for a number of years, I wanted to stand up and applaud his words.

And I have to tell you, now being just another employee in the crowd, I want to stand up and applaud them even more. Here’s why.

Nothing demoralizes employees more than working with a co-worker who is a problem that no one will deal with, either because doing so would be “uncomfortable” or the happiness of the team is just not a big priority. Basically, it ends up with the crappy employee holding everyone emotionally hostage.

I learned a long time ago that, although it’s never pleasant to deliver criticism, the burden should never outweigh the need. If someone is a personnel problem, he or she has to be responsible for the consequences. I’m not suggesting the criticism should be blunt and loud, by any means. It can be finessed. But a manager should never be apologetic for having to criticism the work performance of a team member. If Employee A exhibits behaviors that negatively impact the rest of the staff, then Employee A needs to be made aware that it won’t be tolerated.

If not, what’s the message to the rest of the team? I can show up late, push my work off on others, be intimidating, be toxic, and watch YouTube videos all day at work. Who’s going to say anything? And the other message is that I am not important enough to straighten things out for.

Much of the time, a manager will turn a blind eye to a bad employee even though all the signs are there. Then they’ll wait until a co-worker comes in to complain. At that point, the manager gives the “You should talk to her and explain how that makes you feel” speech. First of all, and I know I’m going to get creamed with feedback on this, we can try to be all kum-ba-ya about it, but nine times out of ten, such a “talk” will result in one employee being directly in the “hate radar” of another. Most unbearably unpleasant people also happen to be defensive about their unpleasantness.

Second, isn’t that what the manager gets the extra bucks for…managing?

The Doctrine of Necessity

Ausaf Ahmad — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:36:51 +0000

by Mr. Saleem Rizvi (Posted on website related to PAKISTAN) .
No matter how powerful and compelling the arguments may be, in the face of a predetermined and/or preconcluded decision, the outcome would remain the same; the outrageous slaughter of justice at the hands of its guardians. The notion of letting the strongest decide who shall survive raises many problems. Instead of using legal jargon, I thought a literary touch to this discussion may help enlighten souls better. The moral of the story implicitly covers the ongoing off-going deal making discussions between Benazir and Musharraf and its possible potential outcome. Consider the treatment of the problem offered by Don Marquis in Archy and Mehitabel 40-42 (1973):

A Spider and a Fly
I heard a spider and a fly arguing.
“wait” said the fly “do not eat me. I serve a great purpose in the world”
“you will have to show me” said the spider

“I scurry around gutters and sewers and garbage cans, said the fly and gather up the germs of typhoid influenza and pneumonia on my feet and wings then I carry these germs into the household of men and give them diseases all the people who have lived the right sort of life recover from the diseases and the old soaks who have weakened their systems with liquor and iniquity succumb it is my mission to help rid the world of these wicked persons I am a vessel of righteousness scattering seeds of justice and serving the noblest uses.”

“It is true” said the spider, “you are more useful in a plodding material sort of way than i am but I do not serve the utilitarian deities. I serve the Gods of beauty. Look at the gossamer webs. I weave they float in the sun like filaments of song if you get what i mean. I do not work at anything. I play all the time. I am busy with the stuff of enchantment and the materials of fairyland. My works transcend utility. I am the artist a Creator and a demi God. It is ridiculous to suppose that I should be denied the food I need in order to continue to create beauty. I tell you plainly mister fly it is all damned nonsense for that food to rear up on its hind legs and say it should not be eaten.”

“You have convinced me” said the fly, “Say no more” and shutting all his eyes he prepared himself of dinner and yet he said “I could have made out a case for myself too if I had had a better line of talk.”

“Of course you could have” said the spider clutching a sirloin from him, “but the end would have been just the same if neither of us had spoken at all.”

I am afraid that what the spider said is true and it gives me to think furiously upon the futility of literature.