Pani puri funds Infosys dreams

Visakhapatnam, May 24:

The wife of a poor pani puri vendor has become a software engineer inInfosys, thanks to her husband's support. Sheik Salar, 26, a street hawker ,usedevery rupee he earned to help his wife Fatima Bibi Sheik, 21, achieve her academic ambitions.

And it was not in vain. Fatima completed her course at Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering with high marks and was given a plum posting by the software giant in a campus selection.

In fact, she is the first student from the college to get into Infosys.Fatima and Salar stay in a slum at Rajendranagar . While Fatima went to college, Salar roamed around the city with a pushcart selling puffed rice, corn, chilli bhajjis and pani puri, earning Rs 150 per day. When she was married off to her distant relation Salar by her parents in 2001, Fatima was just 15 and felt that she would never achieve her dream of being a software engineer.

"I did not want to marry since I wanted to study further and achieve something , she said. She was crest fallen since Salar merely nodded when she told him about her dreams. But his nod meant a lot and he started saving money to help her study. By living frugally, Salar somehow got together Rs 60,000 to pay Fatima's fee for the first and second year of her engineering course.The Andhra Pradesh State Minorities Finance Corporation helped the couple pay the rest of the fee.

"At the time of our marriage I was not sure how serious Fatima was about her studies," said Salar. "But when I realised that she got 536 marks in her SSC exams and stood first in her school, I decided to helpher study." The pani puri vendor was adamant that her future should not get spoilt because she married him.

A junior college in the city provided her free intermediate education. She secured a decent rank in the Eamcet exam and opted to join the electronicsand electrical engineering branch in college. "We decided not to have kids tillshe got a good job," said Salar. "For this, I took much criticism from my parents." Fatima's eyes moisten when she talks about her husband. "You can'timagine the hardships he suffered to help me," she said. "In the last sixyears, he was my strength. He sacrificed all his joys for me.""Fatima was always first in our class," said Asha Kanthi, her classmate. "Wedid not know her story then. Now she is our inspiration." Though happy at the turn of events, the couple is a bit sad when thinking about their being apart for three months, when Fatima would go to the Infosys campus in Mysore for training. Have they ever quarrelled?

"When we have issues , we sit togetherand discuss and sort it out," said Fatima. She plans to take her husband along with her when she gets her posting. Salar too is proud, for he has proved that behind every successful woman there is a man.My best wishes go with this couple.

The Gossip

A woman repeated a bit of gossip about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community knew the story.
The person it concerned was deeply hurt and offended.

Later the woman responsible for spreading the rumor learned that it was completely untrue.
She was very sorry and went to a wise old sage to find out what she could do to repair the damage."Go to the marketplace," he said, "and purchase a chicken, and have it killed. Then on your way home, pluck its feathers and drop them one by one along the road."

Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, "Now go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me."

The woman followed the same road, but to her dismay, the wind had blown the feathers all away. After searching for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.

"You see," said the old sage, "it's easy to drop them, but it's impossible to get them back.
So it is with gossip. It doesn't take much to spread a rumor, but once you do, you can never completely undo the wrong."

Sex Facts

MEN
1) 94% of men lie about their dick size.According to condom manufacturers, only 6% ofmen need to use extra large condoms.

2) The average man is 5 inches long when erect(no matter what you have heard ladies, that's thetruth). (incidentally the average vaginal capacity isonly 6 inches, for you women who think you can handleking dong)

3) 80% of American men are circumcised. Eventhough Paediatrics say it is not necessary.

4) No matter what all the ads say, nothing canmake your penis grow but time (most men reachthe end of their growth by the early 20's)

5) There is no correlation between penis size andshoe size, hand size, or nose size.

6) Blue balls does exist! It's technicallycalled "prostatic congestion."

7) Only 16% of men shave their privates.

Women

1) Only 9% of women around the globe considerthemselves "attractive" (20% of British womendo). 43% of women use the term "natural", 24% saythey have "average" looks, 8% prefer theterm "feminine", 7% say they are "good looking",and 7% say they are "cute", and finally only 2% ofwomen say they are "sexy".

2) An estimated 85% of women wear the wrongsize bra.

3) 60% of women have had breast implants.

4) 75% of women like giving/getting oral sex.

5) 95% of women shave their privates.

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