Aeroplane Ear

With my each trip via flight , I  used to feel intense pain in my ears while landing of plane. I had ignored it every time but this time my situation was like I will die out of pain. I caused much panic inside , that embarrassed me a bit but I couldn't help. It was unbearable. And this compelled me to visit doc soon after the landing. First thing first. And then I came to know that I have "Aeroplane Ear" syndrome.
And I suffer from it each time when there is sudden change in altitude that happens specially at landing of flight and doc asked me to avoid using airways , instead prefer other modes. :(  So sad!!
For all those people who share the same problem with me will find below information useful.

What is aeroplane ear?

Some people experience ear pain when flying in a plane. Usually this happens as the plane descends to land. The pain is worse the lower the plane gets and can be quite severe on landing.

What causes the pain?

The pain is caused by unequal pressure that develops between the air in the middle ear and the air outside the ear.

The small space in the middle ear behind the eardrum is normally filled with air. This air space is connected to the back of the nose by a tiny channel called the Eustachian tube. The air on either side of the eardrum should be at the same pressure. As a plane descends the air pressure becomes higher nearer the ground. This pushes the eardrum inwards which can be painful. To relieve this, the pressure inside the middle ear has to rise quickly too. Air needs to travel up the Eustachian tube into the middle ear to equalize the pressure.
 Prevention:
--Suck sweets when the plane begins to descend
--Try to breathe out gently with your mouth closed and pinching your nose
--Antihistamine tablet

What is the treatment for aeroplane ear?

Take painkillers such as paracetamol until it does go. Fluid sometimes accumulates in the middle ear for a few days after the flight, which may make hearing rather dull for a while. See a doctor if the pain or dulled hearing does not clear within a few days.

P.S. Although ways are there to tackle this problem  doc advised me "Prevention is better than cure!!"

Freedom at workspace

Happy 65th Independence Day. I wonder how and what it means to an individual and to be more precise to a working professional...

What does freedom mean to an Indian employee? The freedom to exercise the ‘open door’ policy and tell your boss that his business strategy is flawed? The freedom to enjoy an extended ‘paternity’ leave? The freedom to decide your own KRA? The freedom to take a sabbatical to pursue adventure sports and travel? Freedom means different things to different people or in this case, employees. “Freedom at the workplace is the independence employees need in order to be motivated and perform to the best of their abilities. Freedom encompasses flexibility on where an employee chooses to work from, the opportunity to voice their opinions freely and the freedom to exercise their creativity to achieve organizational goals.When people have freedom at work, they ought to give their best. They become emotionally committed to the organization, as opposed to being merely rationally committed. Emotionally committed employees go the extra mile in any assignment, actively seek new challenges and remain engaged with the organization through good times and bad.

Quarterlife crisis

Mid-Life Crisis. It literally means "middle life paranoia" and describes a period of dramatic self-doubt that is felt by some individuals in the "middle years" or middle age of life, as a result of sensing the passing of their own youth and the imminence of their old age. But these days they are happening at early stage of life , seems like with the fast paced life the crisis too are coming at earlier stage of life resulting into Quarter life crisis.There can be many other incidents in life or family which can trigger the above mentioned state of mind. And one has to undergo this state sooner or later in his or her life.The result may be a desire to make significant changes in core aspects of day-to-day life or situation, such as in career, work-life balance, marriage, romantic relationships.Although it happens in mid age of 35 to 40 but I am feeling it very soon in my life. There are many incidents and crisis pertaining to it.

As we get more stable in life our problems diminishes. Earlier we used to study, prepare for entrance examination,then job ,marriage,raising children and then one come across a situation feeling What next? Some people for the sake of physical worldly pleasure spend most time in changing job,building wealth and property but again even in their life, later the same mandate question arises. Till we see some height we tend to climb but when we reach at some plain stage of life we get paranoid and get confuse which way to go now!!

Uniformity in life, always having same faces,evaporation of interest etc distracts the mind to search for something new. So we do our bit to get anything new in life.

But this mid life/quarter life crisis at least makes a person think deeply about themselves,ask question to their own conciseness and some people even find something new in them.So the dilemma of either exploring ourselves or search for something new in life is kind of crisis in itself.

The problem will be faced by everyone, more or less in the same way. Take a fresh thinking in your life, maybe go find a new personality in you, maybe you should identify yourself. Crimping of new thoughts adds some life to this process.Paranoia finally do teach us something. As it relates to life all the knowledge we learn comes not only by our academic lives, but even our experience constantly teaches us many things. Many circumstances of life leaves many question to us. And we should check what already we learned from them? Ask yourself this question?

Having experienced it, they'll smile reading this. And who have not reached this stage yet, the dialogue will be meaningless. Those who relate this paranoia with me, they will re-read it..

Friends@GOA

This is my blog no Pachaas...(means fifty - 50...this is how I say it in my style.) I had reserved many topics to write for this post. Even wrote the draft notes for many but wasn't able to decide which one to post. Means I wanted to make this post something special but had no clue of any special topic for it. Then suddenly the piles and logs of Friendship Day posts and messages made me to just share some of my memories with my friends who just eloped away from Mumbai for their better career prospects or higher studies.But we all enjoyed our last trip to goa.
We all were fed up of our daily routines and office works. And wanted some adventure in our life and get rejuvenate our self. And result was GOA trip. I will not write more but will just share the pics...
 Just follow the link. Click for the slideshow.

Goa Gossip

Final Solution : Time Machine

Can't sleep whole night lying on the bed,
With Pain in all body and ache in the head..
Thinking of never ending problem thread,
"When all this'll end?" asks my eyes in Red.

Gone are the days of no worries and tention
How happy I used to be then, I can not mention
For every silly thing we get apprehension
Want to go back jst waiting for time machine invention!!

ग़ुम हो जाने दो

Just read a poem of my friend and soon I borrowed it from her to publish here..

आवाज़ ना दो हमको, ग़ुम हो जाने दो,ज़िंदगी के रंगो को आज़माने दो,

दुखते हैं मेरे पाँव इन सख्त राहो पर चलते-चलते,

अब कुछ देर इन्हे यूँ हि ठहर जाने दो,

आवाज़ ना दो हमको, ग़ुम हो जाने दो,

ना जाने ये धड़कने आज इतनी गुमसुम क्यों हैं,

रोको ना हमे अब ज़रा इन्हें मनाने दो,

हमें मालूम है कि इन आँखों मे ख्वाब ज्यादा हैं,

पर इन ख्वाबों मे आज सच को डूब जाने दो,

आवाज़ ना दो हमको, ग़ुम हो जाने दो,

रिश्तों कि राह में कैसे इतनी दूर हम आ गये,

पर हम इस काबिल नही, अब हमे लौट जाने दो,

आवाज़ ना दो हमको, ग़ुम हो जाने दो,

सितारो कि रोशनी मे हमे खोजने कि कोशिश ना करो,

अब इन्ही अंधेरो मे सिमट जाने दो,

इन आँखों में आज फिर कुछ बादल हैं,

छेड़ो ना इन्हे अब बरस भी जाने दो,

आवाज़ ना दो हमको, ग़ुम हो जाने दो……………

ज़िंदगी के रंगो को आज़माने दो………………

Benefits of Kitty Party to men.

Its an odd topic from a man's perspective and atleast for a bachelor and person like me. Still I have many things in my mind to write upon it. The point came to my mind as soon as one of my Project Manager was complaining about his wife's habit of having Kitty Party every now and then. Then there came a diplomat boy (me only) who seeking his frustration made him count points of benefits of Kitty Party to a man.
My experience of giving so much gyan on it:
I remember the usual sort of kitty party(cant be called as true kitty party, gathering instead ) that my mummy used to have with the aunties in my neighbourhood. Since all men used to be on their job during daytime , these ladies had made a point to have gathering everyday at somebody's place in a periodic manner. I used to wait for my mummy's turn. Why?
Well she used to prepare a lot of stuff for the party. And along with them I too used to get my share of eatable and all the time whenever my mummy was busy with the party I was free to do any thing at home, let it be watch TV(even on exam times), talk to some friend for long time aur listen songs etc.
Then when my papa used to come back from office he used to enjoy with whatever the leftover item was there to eat.. along with the normal meal. So it served as a kind of starter for him. Also if there was party at my home when my father was in then he also used to take advantage of that time and take out much time to visit his friend's home or talk long on phone with him which normally happen with much interruptions of my mom. So I have a decent experience of Kitty Party benefits to a man.
My points to manager:
1. Have patience and enjoy the Kitty Party eatables.
2. Take the Kitty Party as your leisure time and utilize it ;)
3. You are away from any kind of wife's shouting and atyachaar till she is in party.
4. You can watch whatever on TV for that time without any argue with wife.
So all men reading this , please take a note of it!!