Wednesday, July 12, 2006

The Mumbai Spirit

The clunky cranky sound of the iron wheels against the metal track, the rainy chill that permeated the underarm smell of the person standing next, the hunger after a long day's work, and the imagined aroma of pakodas and hot tea filled my senses as the 1764 to Borivili rolled out of Kher station.

And then the deafening sound.

I found myself thrown to the extreme corner of the first class compartment, enveloped in a blackish cloud and that alien smell nauseated my senses. The air was heavy with piercing screams, distress shouting, and a general sense of loss and confusion.

My senses dimmed and my eyes were hazy. I felt a searing pain on my left shoulder drenched with blood. I began to faint. Just before I lost total consciousness, I could feel two reassuring pair of hands reach towards me, then a face, a smile and then blackness.

Today as I lie on the hospital bed surrounded by family, my arm in a cast, I feel lucky to be alive. Lying on the bed, I realize how death stared at my face, grinned, and left me to live another day.

- As narrated by a lucky survivor of 7/11.

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1 comment:

Synchronicity Diva said...

The inverted perspective is now he will value life and people more than ever.

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You need to send that PDF file by close of business to your product manager/SME and the file won't just print. What do you do?

Listed here is a set of common PDF issues and solutions:

Pain: When you right-click a Microsoft Office file to convert to Adobe PDF, the application returns the message, "Missing PDFMaker files," and does not create an Adobe PDF file.

Solution: Remove Adobe PDF from the Disabled Items list in the Microsoft Office application.
To manage your Disabled Items list in a Microsoft Office application:
1. Open the Microsoft Office application (Word, Excel, Publisher).
2. Choose Help > About [the application name].
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4. Select Adobe PDF from the list, and clickEnable.
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If the error message continues to appear after you enable Adobe PDF, then check the security level for macros in Word:
1. Choose Tools > Macro > Security.
2. In the Security dialog, click the Security tab.
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-- If you chose Medium, then click OK.
-- If you chose High, then continue with steps 5 through 7.
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Pain: Images look fine in MS Word, but after converting to PDF, image quality is poor.

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