Hi All,
It s been a long, very long time since i rode my bike (read bicycle). Back 15 years, i used to take rounds of my city on BSA Mach(Without gears). Going to school and then college and evening classes. Must not be less than 15 Km everyday. I never felt tired of riding my cycle and in fact i was in love with my Mac. I moved to Mumbai and whole thing changed, large city, long distances, good public transport and i stopped riding my cycle and used my Motorbike and public transport most of the time.
Now, after 15 years of gap, I have bought a cycle - Bike. The reason for me to buy my Bike were: one is to keep myself fit, as I am 87 kg now, which is inching towards quintol now and second is that I just love to ride the cycle. I bought a Hero Sport- MTB with 18 gears.
The purchase was smooth. I stay near to Mumbai at Thane. Popular cycles is one of the oldest cycle shops in Thane. He showed me some some geared cycles from Ranger to thunder to Totem ones. I likes Hero Sport and asked him to fix. No negotiation !!(Being a marketing guy, I dont like it) It is a fixed price shop. The bike was ready in 15 min. I started my ride after 15 years on the saddle back to home. The start was easy, I enjoyed every bot of it. Suddenly the traffic was dense, and I was looking at my rear mirror. Hahahaha. It was not there. Then, I wanted to blow my horn and things like that. I was getting used to my bike. Reahed till Manpada 6 km from Popular shop, was getting tired now. The road to my home has steep slopes up and down, making it more diffcult for me to ride. Finally, i reached. Aha. Showed my new sporty bike to Shreya(my 3 yr old baby) and pat came the reply... I also have similar one. We all laughed !!
Next day morning, I rode my Bike for around 4 km in the morning to Hiranandani Gardens. I am enjoying it. At Ghodbunder road, during rains, the place is like a hill station, mountains and cloud covers, greens and flowers, and super weather. Loving it all !! And of course I have lost 20 kgs and 5 inches in three days. hahahahahha. Actually, now i don't care as I am on the saddle again!!
Just looking forward to longer rides in a months time - Hopefully.
Biking is a way of "Being happy- Always"
Amit
Monday, June 16, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
" When each and every one is important"
While writing "Gift of Sight" , I was not expecting even one reply (As we all are still in our paradigms and prejudices) and here are two people, decided to think differently to bring about the change. These good friends of mine have decided to go ahead and donate their eyes.
Could not ask for a better start than this? Thanks to all of you !!
But, I would also like to know what others think as "Each and every one is important"
Could not ask for a better start than this? Thanks to all of you !!
But, I would also like to know what others think as "Each and every one is important"
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
The gift of Sight !!
In this world of pleasure and pain, most of us intend to help other in our capacities.
But, here are some of the revealing numbers:-
"India, as of today has over 12.5 million visually impaired individuals, roughly 20% of the world's total. About 4.5 million of them are disabled due to defective cornea. These individuals can have their eyesight restored by a simple surgery called corneal grafting. Unfortunately in India only 14000 to 15000 corneas are harvested for grafting."
Can we change that ? Yes, for sure if everyone of us decides to do the following things:
1) Decide to offer the gift of sight to two people (we need to do it first to encourage others)
2) Encourage others to offer the best gift - "the gift of sight"
A few vital points vis-à-vis eye donation are:
Practically every one from a newborn baby to even a 100-year-old senior citizen is eligible. Age, sex, blood group, caste, creed, religion do not matter.
Those who suffer from hypertension, diabetes, wear glasses or have undergone cataract operations too can donate eyes.
Eyes can be pledged during one's lifetime but can be donated only after death. Even visually disabled persons can pledge their eyes provided disability is due to other factors but cornea is in good condition.
Eyes can be pledged by filling a pledge card and sending it to an eye bank. Eye bank on receipt of pledge card issues a donor's card. For more information visit any of the following websites:
http://www.ebai.org/html/index.htm (Eye Bank association of India)
http://www.sankaranethralaya.org/eye_donation.htm ( Sankar Netralaya)
http://www.ebai.org/html/eyepledgeform.asp (Online eye pledging and eyebank addresses)
This is surily an ignored thing in India today. But, if we think we can make a difference then we we will make that difference. Charity is considered a very sacred act in Indian culture. Eye donation, especially is quite simple since one loses nothing except corneas which after death become unusable anyway. With one's eye donation, two visually disabled persons get invaluable gift of sight. Every one of us keeping aside our prejudices and superstitions must consider these facts seriously and contribute to this holy cause by not only pledging one's eyes but also motivating relatives of the deceased when a death occurs in a family or in the vicinity.
I am interested as well as committed to see this change happen !! I have decided to offer this gift so that I can help someone see the world through my eyes !!
Socrates said:
" Let him that would move the world first move himself. "
But, here are some of the revealing numbers:-
"India, as of today has over 12.5 million visually impaired individuals, roughly 20% of the world's total. About 4.5 million of them are disabled due to defective cornea. These individuals can have their eyesight restored by a simple surgery called corneal grafting. Unfortunately in India only 14000 to 15000 corneas are harvested for grafting."
Can we change that ? Yes, for sure if everyone of us decides to do the following things:
1) Decide to offer the gift of sight to two people (we need to do it first to encourage others)
2) Encourage others to offer the best gift - "the gift of sight"
A few vital points vis-à-vis eye donation are:
Practically every one from a newborn baby to even a 100-year-old senior citizen is eligible. Age, sex, blood group, caste, creed, religion do not matter.
Those who suffer from hypertension, diabetes, wear glasses or have undergone cataract operations too can donate eyes.
Eyes can be pledged during one's lifetime but can be donated only after death. Even visually disabled persons can pledge their eyes provided disability is due to other factors but cornea is in good condition.
Eyes can be pledged by filling a pledge card and sending it to an eye bank. Eye bank on receipt of pledge card issues a donor's card. For more information visit any of the following websites:
http://www.ebai.org/html/index.htm (Eye Bank association of India)
http://www.sankaranethralaya.org/eye_donation.htm ( Sankar Netralaya)
http://www.ebai.org/html/eyepledgeform.asp (Online eye pledging and eyebank addresses)
This is surily an ignored thing in India today. But, if we think we can make a difference then we we will make that difference. Charity is considered a very sacred act in Indian culture. Eye donation, especially is quite simple since one loses nothing except corneas which after death become unusable anyway. With one's eye donation, two visually disabled persons get invaluable gift of sight. Every one of us keeping aside our prejudices and superstitions must consider these facts seriously and contribute to this holy cause by not only pledging one's eyes but also motivating relatives of the deceased when a death occurs in a family or in the vicinity.
I am interested as well as committed to see this change happen !! I have decided to offer this gift so that I can help someone see the world through my eyes !!
Socrates said:
" Let him that would move the world first move himself. "
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