life like a mountain

First of all, sincere apologies for the late post. I had tonns of work to do last few weeks, hence I didn't have a clear mind and enough time to write a post here. Finally here it is.
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The Internet and Blogging has made me a better person in many many ways. It has enhanced my personality, made me more understanding and patient in ways I can't finish expressing here. The variety of people, thoughts, experiences, stories, lessons and wisdom that I come across through a great many blogs on a daily basis, has basically made me a live knowledgebase of Life :). I have grown in ways that it's magnitude is impossible to put down in words. Why? Because some things simply can't be written but can only be felt in your heart. I can only explain it this way...if I take myself few months ago (before I started Blogging) and compare it with who I am today, it'll be a flat-ground and a mountain that I'm comparing. Yes, my spirit is soaring new heights and touching the skies now, which it couldn't do before. Wisdom brings you ultimate freedom.
All I can say is I count my blessings every single day, no matter how hard life may be. I thank life for giving me the Internet, for giving me sight, for giving me the ability to read and write, for giving me so many friends from across the world, for giving me a rich heart by all the wisdom I come across through blogs...and for giving it all FREE of charge. There are still so many people in this world that have never experienced the Internet, have no access to wisdom and knowledge like we do, have never been this connected with people, have never had the privilege to read or write, have no eye-sight, have no money or the freedom to blog, have no one to listen to what they have to say etc etc. Therefore we need to be thankful for what we have...we have a huge treasure island here, with treasures of love, understanding and light. This has added colour and beauty to my being that is priceless, and can never be traded with anything else in the world. I hope it has been the same for you. Live life for today, and appreciate what you already have.

Let the kid within you be a part of your life.

I cannot begin to explain what introspection can do for one’s growth. All that you need to know you already have somewhere within you. It’s all in there, it simply must be found.

I also see the importance of looking into one’s past, in my case, of the things that I have done, where I have gone, what I used to be. It’s all within me, a part of who I am. It is what’s made what is moving and breathing and doing, right now.

In many ways, I see both as different forms of the same thing. Because the past has brought me to where I am now, and all my memories, all my experiences, all my younger me’s are what make me what I am now. They’re a part of me, and looking within (introspection) is often much like looking at my old selves (looking into the past).

I look back at the younger versions of me, and sometimes wish that I could have done things better. But this is a negative way of looking at a huge positive, because I know that my past experiences, mistakes and all, have brought me to where I am at the present. I could not have grown to where I am now without it all.

Chunks of my childhood stand out to me in particular, and I’m not alone in sometimes missing the days when things were so “simple”. Either way, I think it was a valuable time for me as a period of growth, of course, but I also think that those memories keep a front-row seat in my mind I’m missing something in my life that I was exposed to them. Allow me to explain:

We always say we were this and that. I was a toddler, I was seven years old, I was a sixth grader. As if we are no longer those things, and have moved on completely.

This isn’t true, though, at least not for me. These things still live within me. I am still a toddler, seven, and in sixth grade. I have never “moved beyond” these things so as to leave them behind, as they are a part of who I am now. I have simply grown into a new place in my life.

The reason why I’m saying these things is because they matter. We try to forget who we were, what we’ve done, where we’ve been. We all eventually enter the “world of adults” and it’s bye-bye childhood from there. Suddenly everything is about money, about success, about complicated, twisted issues. Stress, stress, stress.

We cannot forget.

Why do we do this? Because everyone else does. So we willingly dive into the whirlpool to see where it takes us. Anything that was done in childhood is for children. Adults are not children!

But they are, we all are. And there is so much we can learn from children if we look back at our own childhoods and relive what happened then. Sure, the world may be a bit different when you’re an adult. Yes, there are actually responsibilities and struggles that weren’t there before, but that doesn’t mean we have give up the beautiful, life-filled energy that we had when we were younger. We don’t have to let go of the free-ness, the wildness we once had. We still have that passion burning – a flame inside.

Most importantly, somewhere within us, we still have the innate ability to let life flow and whoosh around us. I don’t mean that we let life slip right by, that’s what adults, you or I, are doing by letting worries cloud our vision so heavily. I mean truly feeling life as it rushes through you.

Let the kid within you be a part of your life.

We are in 25 but now what

We are the 25-year-olds. We are the ones rolling in our chairs at the office because we still feel awkward in our grown-up clothes. We visit through city streets with eyes cast toward our screens, desperately seeking any source that will tell us the decisions we've made are valid. We work hard in jobs we aren't sure we want to make those fancy degrees feel worth it, and we date people we aren't sure we love to make everything feel less lonely.

We spend hours drinking wine on apartment floors or in a hotel room promising one another that those who broke our hearts will not own us forever.

We are 25, and hangovers hurt now. Most of our conversations these days center on assuring one another we are going to be okay. We are proud of each other but hard on ourselves. When a friend does something as simple as cooking a food more complex than pizza, we applaud her, yet we berate ourselves for not yet having a corner office or a bestselling memoir or a thriving startup.

We dance all night to pitbull because he understands. We love who we want, and we hate labels. We are not in college anymore, and we've just become too old to crash their parties. Everyone we know no longer lives on the same block, and we long for the days of running back and forth between houses at 1 a.m. We have few obligations, yet we are always stressed, wondering if life will ever be more certain.

Our breakups never end because social media keeps reminding us of our exes. Even when we block them or unfriend them, their names are bound to pop up on our news feeds below pictures they've liked, and their faces assault us when mutual friends post albums. We hate online dating, but we all do it because it feels like the only way.

We are 25, and we constantly try to tell ourselves to stop complaining and enjoy our youth. Life isn't really that bad. We have our families, our friends and our health. We are young and vibrant and the world is ours. We are closer to our parents than the 25-year-olds who came before us, and many of us are lucky enough to still have their support. We have the time to go to bars and be with friends. We get to party and work and not worry about others depending on us. Yet all this fear remains, and it melts us into pessimists. Because life is pretty good, and still we can't stop worrying. So we worry even more about what will happen to us when there are real things to worry about.

We hear the grown-ups urge us to calm down. They tell us it will all fall into place, that if they could give advice to their younger selves it'd be to send the butterflies away and have a good time before age catches up with us. We hear them say these things, but we don't believe them. Things don't just fall into place. We have to put them there, and we feel like every second we spend streaming movies from our bedrooms is a second we are not putting ourselves out there. Yet we stream on.

We waste time the same way we did in college, only now doing so makes us uncomfortable.We are too old to go out every night, but we are too young to stay in and do nothing. We want to be more productive and live a more worthwhile existence, but we haven't quite figured out how. We don't yet have children or spouses or secure jobs or whatever it is that would make us feel like we had more of a reason to live.

We are 25, and even though we are worried all the time, we still don't want to get older. We never want to reach the point where we cannot be considered kids, even though the studies we read say people are actually happier in their 30s. Because we may be scared, but we are still 25, and boy do we have fun.

We try to stop punishing ourselves for not becoming Mark Zuckerbergs, but we overlook the fact that they are the exception to the rule of 25. Because for most of us, at 25 life detonates as we suddenly forget why we chose that major or moved to this city or loved that person. All we want is to understand who we are, and we can't. Only time will tell us.

I am afraid

I am afraid,

Of myself,

What I can do,

Where I will go,

What lays ahead,

The things that I don’t yet see,

 

I am scared,

Of what I am becoming,

Where I am going,

Why I am doing, being, moving,

 

I am terrified,

Of what I will find,

When I delve within,

The depths of myself,

The crevices, the darkness,

The bottom of the sea that I hold in my being,

 

I’m afraid of my limits,

The point where I can go no more,

When my weakness steps out into the world,

Anyone can look,

Judge,

 

Do I want,

To know the extent of my abilities?

To know the full potential I have?

To discover my place,

Of greatest extent?

 

Is there such a place,

Burdening… me,

Or does this lie just sit,

In a worried corner of my mind?

 

There is no finish line,

Final words the the tale,

End,

 

There is just,

My fears,

The limits I place upon myself,

And me,

No beginning, no end,

Just me

Affection better than perfection

Affection as the word says is a tender feeling towards another of love. As it is said a person is only hungry of love, care and affection. At any point of time in his life he wont be remembered for the amount of work he did in his office or the business he brought for the organization but he will be remembered for the love he shared, the good friends he made in his lifetime. Perfection is necessary but its not everything in life. Perfection will definitely make a person successful but what is the use of this success if you don’t have anyone to enjoy it along with you. As a very famous dialogue from the movie 3 idiots says “Bachha kaabil bano,kaabil… kamyabi to sali jhak maar ke peeche bhagegi” says that we should become capable, success will follow you no matter what. We try to become a Perfect son, a Perfect brother, a Perfect husband but in this process we forget that being an affectionate son, an affectionate brother and an affectionate husband is more important.
We have seen relationships getting sour because of few faults, we should remember nobody is perfect and at the end Affection is always greater than perfection.

Song with heartbreak

We all have our sad, heart breaking moments in life. I too have had a few. The only problem is that whenever I look at them in retrospect and try to narrate them, they come out a little funny..
They have never been funny to me, but strangely, the moment I start narrating them or putting them in words, It turns into a Raj Kapoor style tragic comedy..(Did I just make a self-congratulatory gesture here..?)

Talking of heart breaks, there are many sorts of heart breaks. They happen to you as a kid, as a little boy, as a teenager, as a grown up, as a student, as a friend, as a friend-turned-lover.
I don't think they hurt or feel so bad to everybody but there must be a lot of people out there who recognize what I mean. They are the kind of heart breaks that keep happening if you have an Over-active and Pseudo-real imagination like mine..

How each one of them can happen to you or happened to me could well be a story unto itself but its still in draft mode besides a lot else..(I just figured it out, thats the problem, just too many things remain in draft mode for me...ohh...the trials and tribulations of a thoughtful human...)

I think the 'bed of pain' part got inspired by 'Always' of Bon Jovi..I haven't done much editing with this but I think this could be a song if I had a band or something..:P
But anyways, for now, we have the lyrics..
I know commenting on Blogspot is a pain but forget pain and comment me if you like or dislike will make my skills better.

WHAT I NEVER SAID

Did i say i dint need you
Did i say i am strong
Did i say i dont waana talk
Did i say i am not alone.

Ages passed and now i'm lying down here 
On this cold flat bed of pain
Feel i was trapped for too long
In memories and that cold rain

When you went away i had no choice
but to let it slip and stop this noise
This voice in my head,this pain in my heart
that says i still need you
Still love you and will never stop.

I had to stop being weak
I had to stop showing these scars
I had to cover these wounds
and tell me that i don't care
and tell me that it'll pass

When I cried I hid behind these smiles
and the little jokes only I could see
When I cried I faced the mirror
and let that reflection laugh back on me

Did i say i dint need you
Did i say i am strong
Did i say i don waana talk
Did i say i am not alone.

This may sound more painful than one can ever feel in retrospect, but I guess this was the immediate aftermath, so not much help there in keeping it sobered..

I would love to explain the feelings behind those lines and put some more work into it.. Suggestions at modifications are welcome..

Something stupid like...i love you

Just now i am listening a song of Robbie williams and Nicole kidman.it's nice song though. honestly, i feel that if saying "I love you" spoils an evening and signals the end of whatever relationship you have, you're probably saying the precious words to the wrong person.

we all like words when come from the heart :)
Song lyrics below here:-

I know I stand in line
Until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me...
And if we go someplace to dance
I know that there's a chance
You would be leaving with me
Then afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you

I can see it in your eyes
That you despise the same old lines
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you
For me it's true
And never seemed so right before

I practice every day to find some clever
lines to say
To make the meaning come through
But then I think I'll wait until the evening
gets late
And I'm alone with you

The time is right
Your perfume fills my head
The stars get red
And oh the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you...

Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman - Something Stu…: http://youtu.be/icZHj6DG7ms

No one but me

I heard some one
I turned for a glimpse,
I was wrong. No one was there.
On this long winding road I was alone,
I liked it that way.

The leaves were falling
falling till they nestled together,
Content in paving my path.
I heard that noise again.
Who could it be?
I turned to see, but I was alone.

And yet…
I realized then,
It was me…
My shadow rustling the dead leaves

The Alchemist factor to change your life

I don’t know a single person that doesn’t want to change their life. At the very least, we all want to improve. Why not? I want to grow as a person as time goes on, and so does everyone.

The unfortunate truth is that a lot of the time, the changes we want to make on ourselves never become a reality. Changes always occur, whether we like them to or not, but those changes aren’t necessarily what we wish them to be. It’s not that it’s not possible for one to change their life, rather it’s usually because one hasn’t figured out how to. Or they aren’t driven enough…. I haven’t rid myself of my ego nearly as much as I would like to… yet. I haven’t made it happen, but I haven’t given u.

Changing your life doesn’t always entail changing yourself (although that is a big part). It could be spending time with new people, people that care more about you, or that you feel like you can trust. It could be living in a new environment, which is partly people, but also location, atmosphere. Most of all, it could be how you spend your time. Do you follow your passion? Do you do what feeds your soul? Start doing that, and you’ll see a major change in your life.

There is a lot to manifesting change in your life. You need the right attitude, the right drive to make it happen. You’ve got to be determined, sometimes downright perseverant. But it all comes down to one little element that makes all the difference:

“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.”
–Thomas Jefferson

This quote sums it up for me. It’s more than just true. I think what Thomas Jefferson said should be a mantra for any that wish to change their lives. You have to be willing to do something you’ve never done. If you aren’t willing and you keep trying the same things, it’s ridiculous to expect to see things transform before your eyes.

This is true not only in discovering parts of ourselves, but also in incurring all kinds of things into our lives. If you continuously fail at something, you’ve got to revise your plan, right? As the old saying goes: if at first you don’t succeed, try, try something new. Er… okay that’s my spin-off version. You get what I mean.

In the eye-opening book The Alchemist, there is the perfect example of what I’m talking about. The young protagonist takes up work at a merchants crystal shop. The merchant is a middle-aged man losing hope in life, and inspiration and enthusiasm are hard for him to come by. As a result, business weakens with every passing day, and all the customers start shopping in different parts of town.

The young protagonist is an enthusiastic young man and soon after getting hired, asks for permission to try new things. With reluctance, that merchant grants him that access. So the protagonist sets up a stand outside to showcase the crystals, and serves tea to all travelers that can climb up the hill where the shop stands. Within a few weeks, business traffic changes, improves. They improved because new things were attempted. Things that the merchant was unwilling to do on his own, and thus, wasn’t seeing the change, or improvement, that he wanted.

This is the way it is for everything in our lives. If you want to change your life, if you want something you don’t have, never had, you have to, have to be willing to explore and experiment with what you haven’t yet explored and experimented with. You have to be willing to do things you’ve never done.

Do we really exist :)

The other day I was reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad and when I reached introduction given by Rich Dad, I had to keep the novel down for a while and think about what he was actually trying to convey.

What’s AIM of my life?
Am I doing something different from what others are gonna do or have done in past? My life is like yet another guy who came on this planet, survived and after death, will be chatting in peace from heaven above. Is that what I’m put to life for?

I don’t understand how I can add “something” different in my routine life.
Initially the aim was to get a good education.
After that, hunt for a good salary job.
Then, abuse government for deducting huge amount as tax from salary.
To avoid losing money in taxes, investment money in policies that will mature at age of 35+
Now the aim is to marry at a suitable age, produce kids, do there education.
Continue working and being a responsible citizen all my life.
Finally get my investments which, I’ll be forced to spend on my kids’ education.
Die one day with one Q in my mind, “What da hell did I do all my life??”

I mean how different is this with “normal” routine which every other human being on this planet follow?

If I think about future with this routine in mind, how many people will remember me, if tomorrow I’m not on this planet??
Obviously my family  sure will miss me for a week :(

My girlfriend sure will miss me.

My friends will make other company. So I don’t expect them to miss me.

Kids (if any) will be glad that their  dad is no more.

My blog visitors will start cursing me for not updating blog regularly. Few might remember me in there curses.

Credit card companies might try my number for clearing pending payments.

I believe, leaving apart just a bunch of crazy living beings and that too for a short duration I don’t think my non-existence will impact anyone.

Is this what everyone experience while they’re alive?
And even after knowing this fact, people still continue surviving, just to be a non-existent entity one day.

Is that what we’ve come to life for, as human being?
The thought of being a “no-body” one day freaks me out at times.

Everyone will be enjoying; only I’ll not be present.
People will be busy in partying; only I’ll not be around.

Wireless internet connection will be available free of cost; only I’ll not be using it.

P0rn channels will be made legal in India; only I’ll not be able to watch it.

Every other people whom I’d bumped into once in my life, will continue as if nothing happened.

*Sigh*

PS: I don’t believe in re-incarnation, so please don’t mention anything about that shit. And if reincarnation…I’d love to come back as kelly brook's finger tips…hehehe

Ride the storm

I wrote this because even if I feel ashamed to admit it, sometimes I’m weak, and life can be really, really hard:

It’s rough, it’s interminable,

This game that we play,

No matter how hard you try,

It seems there’s no winning,

Only losing, of every kind,

 

Everyday is the same,

Grinding you away,

Struggles, struggles

The chance to fail,

 

It’s a fact of life,

A part of you,

You’ll get knocked down,

But are you content to just sit around?

 

Don’t run from the truth of it,

Don’t hide from your life,

Hold what you have,

It’ll all pass, with a rumble and a sigh,

 

Never give up,

Failure isn’t forever,

Ride the storm,

Ride the storm

Writing has marvellous power inside.

What role do writers play in social change?As a blogger lover I feel I am in search of my truth. When I discover something significant, I try to share it with others in my creative writings. When I will be successful, my creations will inspire my readers and will help them get in touch with their own truth.

I think other writers are also in search of their own truth and share it in their writings. When poets are creating poems or fiction writers are writing short stories, there is no way for them to know how their writings will affect others and bring any social and political changes. The more gifted and talented the writers, the more they are intuitively in touch with the dynamics of their social environments. Some writers are fortunate that a large number of people can identify and relate to their creations. There are some writers who become representative of their generation.in English Literature poets like Walt Whitman and Ezra Pound and fiction writers like Virginia Woolf and Franz Kafka became representatives of their era.

The question arises that when Ghalib was creating his poems and  many other good writers was writing his stories, were they consciously trying to bring social changes or the social changes they inspired were unplanned and unpredictable.

In my opinion when writers consciously write to create social changes then they become social activists. If their writings fulfill literary criteria then they can be both, writers as well as social activists, as both roles are not mutually exclusive, although difficult to balance.

I think the worlds of creative writers and social activists are quite different. Creative writers, whether poets or novelists, playwrights or essayists, need to isolate themselves from others, to nurture their creative imagination. Many creative personalities are shy and introverted. They need privacy and uninterrupted free time to complete their unfinished manuscripts. They need to delve deeper in their unconscious mind to give birth to their masterpieces. After writers create their poems, plays and stories they become their own first readers. Many writers have a separate room in their home or a corner in the local library, where they deliver their creations and those isolated corners become their labor rooms. The writings of creative writers can inspire social and political changes but many writers are not members of political parties as they cherish their creative freedom and do not want to follow the party line of those political parties. They want to write for the whole community and humanity rather than just one political party whether of the right or the left.

As compared to creative writers, social and political activists are active members of social organizations and political parties and attend their meetings and participate in the political process to change the laws and social traditions. Such activists are usually extraverts and outgoing people who like to interact with groups and engage in heated dialogues and passionate debates. Many social and political activists have their favorite writers, poets and philosophers who are a source of inspiration for them.

There were many social and political movements in history when poets, philosophers and political activists worked together as a team to bring social and political changes but their roles were well defined. It was like making a film in which writers, actors and directors have their well defined roles. In some cases a writer can also be an actor and a director but it is very rare as each role demands a certain level of expertise and it is difficult, if not impossible, for one person to be a versatile genius.

When we study different writers we realize that alongside creative writers who create poems and plays, essays and novels, there are other writers who write books about science and psychology, economics and political science, sociology and anthropology. Some writers like Karl Marx dreamt of social and political revolutions while there were others like Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein who broadened our existential horizons and helped us rationally understand life and universe around us. They brought inner revolutions that gave birth to outer revolutions. When people develop social consciousness then it is easier for them to bring social changes. Some writers change social attitudes while others change social environments and circumstances and in some mysterious way they are all connected.

When we study the social and political changes of the 20^thcentury, we realize that there were two distinct traditions that were inspired by gifted writers. The first tradition was of those people who believed in armed struggle. Revolutionaries like Ho Chi Minh, Fidel Castro were inspired by the writings of Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx who believed that ends justify the means. They believed in creating peace by using violent methods. The other tradition was of those people who believed in bringing social and political changes by peaceful means and did not believe in armed struggle. They were inspired by writers and reformers like Martin Luther King Jr, Mohandas Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy. Such writers believed that the ends did not justify the means. They were of the opinion that using violence to create peace was a dangerous proposition, especially when religion joined hands with politics.

The more we study writers of different traditions, the more we realize that they share their truth in their writings hoping that personal and social truth will liberate humanity. They hope that truth will help human beings to decrease human suffering and improve their quality of life. Over the centuries writers have played a significant role in social change that paved the way for human evolution. Fortunate are the communities and cultures that have writers who are not only entertaining but also enlightening, who are not only poetic but also philosophical, who have, not only hindsight, but also insight and foresight and lead the caravan of humanity. Such writers bring constructive social change and inspire us to create a peaceful world together.so we proudly can say that writers play role in social change.

Life's way of speaking

When it gets down to that moment,

That moment I must say the right words,

I stress, and I fret and I panic,

All I can hear are the birds,

At first I try to ignore them,

To let the annoyance pass,

I have things to do, I have those words to say,

Yet the birds continue to harass,

With anger I curse them and their songs,

I need to attend to what lay in front of me!

But it’s the world that I should be listening to,

If I want my soul to be free,

I bind myself down,

To material concerns,

But instead I must let go,

It’s a hard lesson to learn,

Slowly I stop myself and listen,

Quieting my silent scream,

The birds are life’s way of speaking,

Saying far more than at first it may seem

I am happy that my life isn't perfect

You choose what your outlook on life is.

I could be really thankful about not starving to death right now. I could be really jealous that I’m not world famous. Or I could just focus on the beautiful little pieces of my life that have nothing to do with anyone else but me. It depends on the angle one takes in how they choose to view their life.

Nobody else is exactly like me, and thus nobody else has my life. And boy, with a positive perspective, I truly do have a great life, a unique life. I feel intelligent, I’m exploring and discovering. We all have our strengths. So why should I (or you) feel unhappy about my life?

Because humans naturally compare with others. I want what THEY have, and I wish I had

HIS haircut, or HER smile, or THEIR popularity, or THAT PERSON’S wealth. You don’t even have to know them. Just to know what they have, and a judgement/reaction to it. I want what I can’t have.

We all do it – identify something another has, and immediately wish it was our own. We all know what jealousy and envy feel like. Frankly, it sucks. But it’s a part of being human. Yes, when it comes to blogging, sometimes I wish my blog were more like those amazing, popular blogs. Do you realize how many readers read every one of their words? How can I not want that??

Well It happens, because our eyes are glued on others. We target and focus on the things we wish we had. Maybe we think those things would make us happier. Maybe we think those things would make life easier. Maybe they do. But there is one thing that we have all thought, regarding these material things, a thought that is completely untrue. A thought that needs to be banished from our minds as soon as possible:

The idea that these things make our life be more. It’s such an easy misconception to make. With a better car, I would be living a richer life. With a prettier wife, I would be living a more pleasurable life. I know that some people live viewing things that way, and I’m here to tell you that you can’t be more wrong.

The quality of your life, the true essence of it, is not decided by material objects. Yes, we live in a material world, but I believe we’re here to learn about stuff that isn’t physical at all. I think you know what I’m talking about.

Quality of life isn’t based on who has the most. I know low-income families that are infinitely happier and closer as people than wealthy households. So I would say their quality of living is actually far higher. It’s the stuff you can’t buy that makes all the difference.

That’s why I think we need to keep our eyes on our own feet, on our own journey, more

It’s our own progress that our attention and focus should be on, not on obsessing over others. Your life will improve if you dig deep, if you’re always asking questions and exploring, if you’re not fixating on others or comparing what you have. Any actress shiny shoes or any actor jacket won’t do a thing (yes I know they look nice, but will they help you grow? I thought so). I believe material pleasures should only be indulged upon for yourself, with balance. I like looking nice, but not because I want to look better than ranbir kapoor or john abraham, although I wouldn’t mind that…. Argh, you get what I mean, moving on!

I guess the point of this piece is to say that I’m glad my life isn’t perfect. The obstacles I’ve had to overcome to get where I am now have taught me so much. It’s about the journey, not the destination, right?They’ve made me who I am, and to be ungrateful about my life is to forget about what a beautiful person I am. I honestly think I’m happier now than if I was a child star on some TV show. To further add to my point, I heard of many of them later becoming depressed and reckless in their lives.

I am learning to be happy with my existence, with my own journey’s progress, and no one else’s. It’s hard to do, I like to compare. I feel jealous sometimes, yes, but I’m trying to change that. At least I’m not alone in this struggle.

I’m glad my life isn’t perfect. Because I know that deep down, I’m perfect anyway, within my own imperfections.and Please if you like this blog which was saved in draft since 2 days uncomplete,i made it complete with the colours of thought.

What you think about it

Once upon a time, I used to wear socks inside my shoes, but now as I’m growing old and lazy…I just don’t feel they are necessary at all. It’s a fact, if you want to judge a guy’s personality, look at his shoes. Nowhere it's mentioned, look whether he is wearing socks inside them or not. I wear LEE COOPERS so I carry a good personality. But when you look inside it, where are the bloody socks?? Does that mean I’m having FAKE Personality?

As a kid I was forced to wear socks by my mom while going to school in those tiny white shoes that was compulsory according to school’s policies. But now, when the company policy is to wear formal shoes, they never said you wear formal socks along with the shoes too. I know I know…they even never said anything about formal underwear anywhere in that “Employee Handbook”, but I believe underwear is compulsory…whether it’s formal or casual it’s up to the guy wearing it.

Frankly speaking I really don’t remember buying any pair of socks myself. Whenever I needed them, I used to go, “Mom, I need new pair of socks” and BOOM!!…there you go…brand new socks right on shoe rack. And the surprising fact is that no one ever measured ma foot size, but whenever I try new pair of socks, they just fit in perfectly. Voila!!

Being a bachelor and staying away from family comes with its own small pack of advantages. Like we can move around for months without cleaning up anything that is lying around the bed, wash clothes only when AXE deodorant gives up its fight of making us smell good and of course when the guy from end of the floor complains of either smelly socks or a dead rat.

Yes, that’s the first sign of getting a new pair coz washing is like torture-test to the detergent. At times I wonder instead of those commercials showing how to bring safedi (whiteness) on shirt with stains, they should try washing ma used socks instead. They might change there slogan to, “Aaaya naya UJALA, poori bottle wala”, coz char boond will not make any difference at all. Infact, I’m so sure they’ll never come out with a new version of there product in future.

Being a religious guy, I strongly believe that instead of having “USE AND THROW” concept on ball-point pens, they should start using it on socks….you use it, pass on your shoe stink to it and then throw it. You are happy, you shoes will never smell bad.

By the way, ever thought of this. If your body stinks, you have soaps & perfumes; if your arm-pits stink you have Deo’s. But it’s unfair that you don’t have anything if your socks stink. One of ma retard friend used to apply DEO in there, just to skip washing them…..yiiikeeess!!

Take a seat and fasten your seatbelt for mars

I eagerly read news about anything related to discovery about living cells on mars.

Curiosity…but why?
Of course who would not enjoy going on a short vacation on some other planet. Doesn’t that sound exciting?

Oh so you saying that life on earth will change with discovery of yet another living planet?
Give me a break…I don’t think so.

But, why not?
I’m pretty much sure lot of things on earth will get affected, here are few:

(1) COX & Kings would come up with “Around the planet in 4 days and 3 nights” package, only for 20,000 MAR’sian dollars.

(2) Joya akhtar will get a new “alien”  story to shoot for on Mars, title - Aliens na milenge dobara with hritik,abhay and farhan in alien costume (…its all about loving our aliens) .

(3) Major Indian IT companies will generate more revenue by opening call centre’s in Bangalore & Pune specially for Aliens in there language.

(4) whats app,hike will get an additional message service under Planets->Mars->add Aliens on alien facebook or alien twitter or alien instagram.

(5) FBI will start hunting well known terrorists in MARS on their possibility of escaping to that planet as they are not able to find them for past 5 years on earth.
Additional embassy will open up (creating more employment options) to get VISA stamped in order to fly on MARS.

(6) One out of every 10 aliens found on Mars will be an Indian working his ass out.

(7)STAR WARS and AVATAR will be a daily routine for everyone.

(8) NOKIA will come up with new model, NOKIA 661023988618534946390 with amazing features that will include 200-Mega-Pixel camera that will allow people to capture snaps of MARS.

(9)Two eating joints will instantly open up on newly discovered planet – Pizza hut and Sardar ka Dhaba.

(10). And finally, Reliance will actually come out with a slogan, Kar lo Planet mutthi mein and drop charges for cell-to-cell communication between Reliance on earth & Mars.
Greetz to all!!

frustruated mind

What happens when 2 frustrated minds meet each other?? Result -------> This blog

Sunday is usually a treat for everbody like me, but this Sunday.. I was feeling soooo restless...When I say restless..it usually means..talking a lot..jumping from one place to another...beating up people..or day dreaming about anything that can make me feel different or one up from others. During my childhood days I wanted to have a invisible cloak..so that I could go to the place where the exam papers were being corrected or set..so that I could either give my self full marks..or leak out the papers from there...:)
And not to forget my magic ring.. to find whether the classmate whom I liked, had any hidden feelings for me in return ..:P

That Sunday as I was all alone at my place..with nobody to talk to...no intresting post on facebook to check..and nobody to beat or do masti with...day dreaming was the only TP thing that I could do successfully.
Entry of my friend...

Me :" Tell me one thing ...you are a Engineer right?"

He looked at me suspiciously : " Yup...but hold on..I am a Electronic Engineer....so I cannot repair any software fault in your computer...you see that is out of portion..we are not taught that yaar"

" Oh I see...what are you taught in college"
" yaarn we are taught..anything and everything that is not useful in practical world..;) ..that is a harsh reality...Phewwww...sob sob"

" Heheheh.....ok ok..no I was going to ask you something else..yaar being a Engineer...tell me one thing..can you make something for me...that can be useful for me"as i was in fully mood for masti.

" As in ??"

" As in... something yaar..something different....may be a wing or something "

" Wing???..which wing....wing for this building??....naah that comes under civil Engineering"

" No ...wing ..human wings....so that one can fly"

" Fly?????..Where do you want to fly?"

Me : " I mean just think yaar...removable wings..When I have to go to office..I will go to the terrace ..slowly see if nobody is watching me... will attach those wings..and start flying...go to office...land on the terrace....remove the wings..keep it in my bag or pocket...then everybody will say..'Hey when did you come??..didn't see you coming !!! '...and then I will have this hidden smile on my face..hehehhe...you ..you got it..?? "

He was looking at me with disbelief...as if I had committed a sin in front of him..as if I was a psycho or something..
Friend to me..clearing his throat: " Ehm...Ehm..Oh...I see..... "

Now I was quite embarrassed...'coz these are thoughts ..thoughts that usually you do not speak in public. I mean we all ( I think so)..get these thoughts..but we keep them in mind..we never speak them aloud . I was sure he was a bit worried now about me...and was ready to hear his comment about ..' YOU GO AND SEE A DOC'

I said " Yes...go on"
" No I was just thinking yaar....you often get these thoughts kya??"
" Ya..I mean...just like that yaar..for passing my time..."..I said defending myself..before he would suggest any doctors name.

" Ok..but then don't you think something is wrong in this"
" Wrong?? "..I gulped down a big saliva..and nearly choked myself..

He gave me a very serious look.." Ya I mean suppose you have got wings to fly...then there is a danger of Eagles and other big birds yaar..what if they damage my Human wing..It can be very dangerous..." Suddenly his tone turned accusing.." What if you fall down..and people see you??...sir....nothing will happen to you because of the automatic parachute. But all intelligence agencies will come to know about this great invention..and about the brains behind this successful creation...I can be in danger...no yaar I will not give it to you...too risky...I will think of some other plan.."..saying this he left my room..

" Aaiiiinnn????!!!!! ...ok"

Blank look on my face....followed by a biiiiiiiiiiiiig smile...I am not alone....that friend also by my side...as we both fly and conquer the world..:)

The husband store :)

A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store
ONLY ONCE !

There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch . . .. you may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband . . On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 -
These men have jobs and love the God.

The second floor sign reads:

Floor 2 -
These men have jobs, love the God, and love kids.

The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 -
These men have jobs, love the God, love kids, and are extremely good looking.

"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Godd, love kids, are drop- dead good looking and help with the housework. "Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!" Still, she goes
to the fifth floor and sign reads:

Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the God, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak. She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 6 -
You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!

If you want to change your life

I don’t know a single person that doesn’t want to change their life. At the very least, we all want to improve. Why not? I want to grow as a person as time goes on, and so does everyone.

The unfortunate truth is that a lot of the time, the changes we want to make on ourselves never become a reality. Changes always occur, whether we like them to or not, but those changes aren’t necessarily what we wish them to be. It’s not that it’s not possible for one to change their life, rather it’s usually because one hasn’t figured out how to. Or they aren’t driven enough…. I haven’t rid myself of my ego nearly as much as I would like to… yet. I haven’t made it happen, but I haven’t given up.

Change happens whether we like it or not. Changing your life doesn’t always entail changing yourself (although that is a big part). It could be spending time with new people, people that care more about you, or that you feel like you can trust. It could be living in a new environment, which is partly people, but also location, atmosphere. Most of all, it could be how you spend your time. Do you follow your passion? Do you do what feeds your soul? Start doing that, and you’ll see a major change in your life.

There is a lot to manifesting change in your life. You need the right attitude, the right drive to make it happen. You’ve got to be determined, sometimes downright perseverant. But it all comes down to one little element that makes all the difference:

[“If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.”]
–Thomas Jefferson

This quote sums it up for me. It’s more than just true. I think what Thomas Jefferson said should be a mantra for any that wish to change their lives. You have to be willing to do something you’ve never done. If you aren’t willing and you keep trying the same things, it’s ridiculous to expect to see things transform before your eyes.

This is true not only in discovering parts of ourselves, but also in incurring all kinds of things into our lives. If you continuously fail at something, you’ve got to revise your plan, right? As the old saying goes: if at first you don’t succeed, try, try something new.

In the eye-opening book The Alchemist, there is the perfect example of what I’m talking. The young protagonist takes up work at a merchants crystal shop. The merchant is a middle-aged man losing hope in life, and inspiration and enthusiasm are hard for him to come by. As a result, business weakens with every passing day, and all the customers start shopping in different parts of town.

The young protagonist is an enthusiastic young man and soon after getting hired, asks for permission to try new things. With reluctance, that merchant grants him that access. So the protagonist sets up a stand outside to showcase the crystals, and serves tea to all travelers that can climb up the hill where the shop stands. Within a few weeks, business traffic changes, improves. They improved because new things were attempted. Things that the merchant was unwilling to do on his own, and thus, wasn’t seeing the change, or improvement, that he wanted.

This is the way it is for everything in our lives. If you want to change your life, if you want something you don’t have, never had, you have to, have to be willing to explore and experiment with what you haven’t yet explored and experimented with. You have to be willing to do things you’ve never done.

PS: Please drop in a few comments if you ever had thoughts like these or would just like to say something...I love comments on my posts..:)

Mangalik hun to what???

" Mangalik hun toh kya hua ..mei insaan hun.."

My first reaction on hearing this melodramatic statement on news was.. "Duh!!!..why are these news channel people even bothering to show this type of news..

I felt as if a girl had been diagnosed with some Jaanleva disease...about which  had no clue..So I decided that from now on mission Mangalik or should I say Mission Mangu had to be started.afterall its story of mostly indian family.
Within my research period,I got different versions and different definitions from of being a Mangalik.

Internet Version:

Damn couldn't understand a bit..it talks about some houses..that Mars is in 7th number ka house..Moon is in 12th number ka house..and poor Rahu is in somebody's neighbor's house.. phewww very confusing

Friends Version: (Exaggerating from every sense )

Curious girl : You know what.. I am a mangalik..you have any clue about it??
Friend: Mangalik !!!...damn ..you hav got to marry a mangalik only..and if you marry a Non mangalik..your husband will DIE..

Hmmmm seriously??..Does that mean mangaliks are human killers?? Thinking about it...Mangalik people can start taking supari's..I mean if you want to kill some one (Non mangalik) marry her/him to a mangalik..and  Mangu people will do the mission without getting anybody into trouble or any police case..Cheers to Mangu people...;)

Comedy friends version
Friend: You are a mangalik !! ..ohh ok ok..I know what you got to do..You have to first marry a tree and then a human..:P
Curious girl: Duh..who told you that...
Friend: Ashwarya Rai..came to know everything from her marriage..

Tree !!!....damn it.. just imagine people attending 2-2 marriages..one with a tree..and one with a humanbeing..and then commenting.." I think the first husband was far better and much cuter than this one...!!! "..:)
or another situation have a fight with husband and say.." Mei jaa rahi hun tumko chodke ,apne pehle pati ke paas..wo mujhe kabhi kuch nahi bolta tha...!! " ....;)

Flirt friends version:

Girl again : yaar you know I came to know I am a mangalik
Friend : So what??
Girl: Damn I will have to marry a tree first..
Friend : No no you don't hav to do that..seriously speaking..I am bored with life..I will do this sacrifice for you..I will marry you...if I die 'coz am a non mangalik...thats ok for me.. 'coz I am seriously bored..and if I don't die...we have already proved that mangalik and non mangalik's can be happily ever after..wt say..??

Hmmm..I thought that was very intelligent..and so cute..:)

In the end I still don't have any clue..why such a big fuss is created about a mangalik person..and am still trying to find more :)

Doordarshan days were fabulous

Doordarshan days Sweet memories will always linger on

Good Old days....are here to stay forever........Jab main chota baccha tha...badi shararat karta tha...

This is a little effort of mine to keep alive the forgotten Doordarshan channel and all the memories we all have attached and associated with it.

Now this is something which goes in the background of my mind every time... The Title song... of an Old Doorsarshan Serial...Bharat Ek Khoj- Discovery of India...Remember?? It goes like.. Srishti se pehle sach nahin tha.... Asatya bhi nahin...anatariksh bhi nahin..aaksh bhi nahin tha..chipa tha kahan... kab...

Now it reminds me of so many things.. I was such a small kid when this serials used to come in Doordarshan (DD1)..Oh.... those good old days... unforgettable....sweetest memories...Ahh those old days...simple yet so happy life...I remember how we used to wait for Wednesday to come soon in the week so that we would watch our favourite programme Chitrahaar (A programme consists of new and old songs from different movies from HIndi Cinema). We would be asked to complete our homeworks quickly yet efficiently if we want to see the programme.And we would not even miss a single trailer of it.There used to be so many other programmes and serials few of favourite which I used to watch was He man and the masters of the universe (An animated serial used to be telecasted on Sundays). )The charlie Chaplin movies also used to be telecasted on Sundays. Again the mega mythological Epics Ramayan and Mahabharat mesmerised people and bound them to their homes,also serials like RK Narayan's great creation Malgudi Days(Those picture of all the villages with innocent people with simple life styles) ,Buniyaad,Hum Log(Prpbably the first ever biggest family drama which was a major hit among the >masses),Nukkad,tahkikat,Byomkesh Bakshi(The 2 mega detective thrillers which made trade marks and stars),Yeh jo hai Zindagi(Great family entertainer) were so very famous among all the people.
and how can I forget all those commercials and documentries?One of them is evergreen and is such a sweeeeet and cute animated Documentary.That is Ekta Anekta...it goes like Ek Titli...anek titlayian......ek gilhari anek gilhariyan........ and also Jab main chota baccha tha badi shararat karta tha... tab bhi chori pakdi jaati... jab roshni hota bajaj.. again Nirma Nirma... iske daag ne jaadu kar diya.... adding more Narangila rasila... mere liye Rasna,Pan Parag pan masala pan parag...ek se mera kya hoga.. to aap do lijiye... aur mere liye?:)..chahiye hawa jahan khaitan hai wahan.,...etc etc...And not to forget all the unforgottable serial's title songs.The one which is my personal favorite is Ta na na na na......ta na na na.... from Malgudi Days...and Also jungle jungle baat chali hai pata chala hai.. from the Jungle Book.And Also unforgottables National Intigration Ads like MIle Sur mera Tumhara,Baje Sargam...were very popular.

Here are few of them.....

Vicco turmeric,
Nahin cosmetic
Vicco turmeric ayurvedic cream

Keel muhason ko jadh se mitaye
Haldi chandan ke gun ismein samayetwacha ki raksha kare ayurvedic cream

Vicco turmeric,
Nahin cosmetic
Vicco turmeric ayurvedic cream--

And Dhara dhara shudh dhara refined oil

Aaj to mumma ne garma garam jalebiya banai hai

Twaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinggggggg
Washin powder Nirma, Washing powder Nirma
Doodh si safedi, Nirma se aayi
Rangeen kapde bhi khil khil jaaye
..(can someone complete this... That opening Twang of this Jingle is all that I remember of Nirma...)

Mere kaale ghane lambe baalon ka raaz, Dabur amla kesh tel (Sridevi to Deepika)

Well It's with me always I never can forget my roots or my past am so attached to my past and my memories that often I get so sad thinking of all the old days.And wish I cud get back to that time.Things were so simple.innocent and nice.People were also very simple,innocent and there was charm in human relationships.People used to care about the little things in life which means a lot.In any festival people used to get together and used to share sweets and moments of happiness and joys.But now in this so called modern days people have become so selfish and self centered that they do not even care about each other they do not even have time to share those little things and happiness.Everyone is just blindly running after money and mirages.
When a human being grows from a child to man.Then in the process he comes across so many things,paths,hurdles,ups n downs.And while doing so he does not even realise when he leaves his innocence and simplicity.It feels to me that its just yesterday I was a kid and suddenly I grew up to a man and now I am to face this cruel world.

Gliding like a bird,i just want to be me

A Little Sweet, A Little Sour
A Little Close Not Too Far
All I Need, All I Need
Is To Be Free....

Let Me In Without A Shout
Let Me In I Have A Doubt
There Are More,Many More
Many Many Many More Like Me...

Open Eyed How I Run
How I Run To The Other Side
Then I Glide Like A Bird
I Just Want To Be Me

Udne Ko Sau Pankh Diye Hain
Chadne Ko Khula Aasmaan
Mudne Ko Hai Karwat Karwat
Aur Badhne Ko Mera Jahan

Pamper your clothes now with 5asec

One main problem that most single professionals,tourist and adventurers like us face these days is taking care of their dirty laundry. With long work hours and hectic schedules, most do not have the time or know how to wash or get their clothes washed properly.

I also hesitate to take my clothes to local Laundromats or dhobis because i fear that optimal care and hygiene may not be maintained and that the clothes may either get discoloured, torn or misplaced. Haggling with dhobis over their ever changing prices is another pain.

On the other hand washing clothes themselves is also a difficult task for most that do not have easy access to washing machines and also because of the time that has to be allotted to washing, drying and ironing clothes. Many people I know allot a few hours on their weekends solely for washing,drying and ironing clothes.

So now i am happy to hear about 5asec now has entered in india.Well i want to tell that it established in 1968, it opened its first branches based on a genuinely innovative concept : to provide dry cleaning and laundry services, with not only a good quality/price ratio, but also clear cut rates applying only 5 different prices and also providing quick delivery.

Operating today in 30 + countries around the world, the group started its expansion in France, by opening stores all across the country, before successfully breaking into international markets, either directly or through master franchising.

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Consumers can choose from a wide a wide array of services like waterproofing, dust mite repellent, starching, alteration and Maxima, finishing treatment to protect and maintain the clothes. 5asec  has developed an in house programme called “Maxima services” for handling all Indian ethnic wears, with embellishments and ornamental works.

The basic services they offer include dry cleaning, ironing and washing. They also have expertise in starching, anti dust mite treatment, waterproofing, moth repellent treatment, and finishing.

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It has about ten outlets in Mumbai, one outlet in Bangalore and is looking to expand with more outlets in different cities.

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Mini episode of chandrkanta through my words

Breakfast in one hand and remote in the other, I was trying to find a good programme yes it was Doordarshan.

Flasback:

Don't remember perfectly but I think I was in the third or fifth std and I remember our only lifeline was Doordarshan and DD Metro.I would wait desperately for sundays to come.
At sharp 9 am the sweet music would float in home.

Chandrakanta ki kahani
ye mana hai purani..
ye purani hokar bhi
badi lagti hain suhani
naugaaaaaaaad vijaaaygaaaad ka raaaj kumaaaar..chandrakanta se karta thaaa pyaaaar..(2)
BLAH BLAH BLAH...

Wow!!! I loved Sundays soooo much. Every sunday would be like a picnic. We had a TV serial time table .
9 am : Chandrakanta
10 am : jungle book
11 am : Talespin
12 pm : duck tales
   4 pm : movie...etc etc

All my friends and I would assemble at one place to watch yet another romanchak episode of
" Chandrakanta". The world that was depicted in that serial was just so fascinating .I was greatful to Nirja Guleri for making this serial ( Director or Producer of that serial ..I mean I am not sure..but who cares ) .
For those who have no idea what I am talking about...well I speaka Englis and' if ya still don understan lemme tell ya :

This serial was about Princess Chandrakanta of Vijaygad and Prince VirendraSingh
of Naugad . Both are in luuvvv. But there is our dushman zamaana. Both these kingdoms are big rivals of each other ( Due to some unknown reason ..now you don't expect me to remember these details do you ?? ). Now Chandrakanta has a very cruel minded minister ..Mr Krur singh . He wishes to marry her but then his wish remains merely a wish ..Why??...'coz Chandrakanta loves VirendraSingh ..stupid...So our Krur singh decides to go to the neighboring kingdom and join hands with another rival Mr Shivdutt. Shivdutt is another very interesting character in this serial . He, my good friends is not a normal human being or should I say he is not a homosapien...but..( A person who can convert into other animals..hmmm very dangerous ) and he has poison in his blood !!!!! Can you believe that ?? But childhood is such a sweet stage in one's life. You just don't have the brains as to what is good for you and what is ..well stupid...!!
We would all go numb each time Shivdutt would throw his new wife out of the castle window and make a snake bite him ( He has poison in his body toh due to some unknown reason he has to do that every day and is helped by his Ex -Flame Vishkanya in that ).Everytime this would happen it would arouse innocent questions in innocent minds..(who had nothing to do ...I don't understand why I would waste my energy in understanding these logics instead of breaking my head in understanding logics of maths or science..)

First Bacha :Hey why does he do that ??
Second Bacha: Tha bitch asked him to do that !!!
Darpok Bacha :Ohh !!! this Vishkanya ..God is watching everything..she will never have peace in her life.

Hmm innocent minds...but not all were innocent ..
Any romantic scene would eco giggles in the room..tee hee ..I didnt watch that.. what happened..??
Hey I have my eyes closed..how do you expect me to watch ??..but nothing much happened. He was about to tee heee.. kiss her...but ... but then he only hugged her.

Even Krur singh had become quite famous..he had become a role model for all small rowdy boys ..a beautiful girl in the street and suddenly you would hear " Yakoooooooo "..or " YAkooooo Pitaaajiiiii "...This dialogue of Yakoo Singh had become more popular than our great shakti kapoors " Maaammaa AAAAOOOOOO"

Ok back to the topic...no don't get scared I am ending my post in Chandrakanta Eeeestyle...

tatatatamnnnnn...." NIRJA GULERI PRODUCTION "
Again the music :Chandrakanta ki kahani...mana hai purani..lalallalalallaal..

THE END

Kerala mouthwatering breakfast APPAM

This dish holds so many fond memories because it is always associated with celebrations. In my most of the visits when i go kerala it becomes perfect breakfast.it is called APPAM.Nowadays people make it quite often at home but in the olden days, it was made only for celebrations.My friend always told me that it was only for Easter or Christmas that they had appams while growing up and that it was made in a cast iron appa maker.

No matter how many fond memories you have associated with it, there will be many terrible memories of how it turned out for you when you tried making it for yourself. Having heard so many such disasters, I went ahead and got the recipe from kerala.
Well as i enjoyed appam everytime when i was in kerala but the receipe making method i found from my kerala friend and some sources.

Appam recipe

*2 cups raw rice, soaked 3 hours    (like  raw rice)
*1 cup cooked rice
*1 cup freshly grated coconut
*1 teaspoon yeast + 1/2 cup of luke warm water
*2 tablespoons sugar
*salt to taste
Method

Combine the salt, a tablespoons of sugar and yeast in the warm water and allow it to proof for 5 minutes.

Grind the soaked rice, cooked rice and coconut, adding just a little water and salt to make a thick batter. Add in the proofed yeast to the batter and stir well to combine. Transfer the appam batter to a bowl. Cover the bowl and allow it to ferment for 5 to 6 hours or overnight.

Adjust the consistency of the fermented appam batter, adding water a little at a time to make it of thick pouring consistency.

The water added is to make a smooth batter of pouring consistency (the same as you would do for a pancake). If you make it too watery, then the appams will not be as soft and will not spread well.

Preheat the appa maker or the appam pan on medium high heat. Pour a ladle of batter on the appachetti and swirl the pan in circular fashion to spread the batter.

The batter will be thick in the center and thin on the sides. Cover the pan with a lid for approximately 2 minutes until it is crisped and golden brown on the sides and the centre is steamed and cooked.

*well if you don't have an appa maker, you can use an omlette pan and cook them like pancakes, one at a time.Don't flip them,just cook them on one side.

Appam days are always happy in kerala.well i hope you all will like this receipe and different subject of blog.

Coal converting in diamond

Sorry for being absence yesterday but i was in grief.as yesterday paased by ; i sank deeper with my thoughts. And i got to know that I have made mistakes in my life. i've let people take advantage of me and i accepted way less than i deserve.But i have learned from my bad choices and even though there are some things i can never Get back and people Who will never be sorry. I'll know better next time and i wont settle for anything Less than i deserve.

Few people see blog,rest try to ignore

A collection of some abstract thoughts
""Few people live life
Rest just try to live it

Few people know love
Rest just define it

Few people understand a relation
Rest just maintain it

Few people try to solve a problem
Rest just want a solution

Few people Smile wholeheartedly
Rest just fake it

Few people create history
Rest just read it

Few people do what they like
Rest just hate what they do

Few people manage their time
Rest are managed by time""

By "neeraj sharma (1986-Still living)"
"I am living my life"

Surviving or competitive

  IF you are not a historic man from the dinosaureic era then you must understand that to survive in this cruel and competitive world of Hitlers, you need to now about some basic stuff.

You can also suggest something and i will include it appreciatively.
 
1:Know basic cooking : If  you can`t cook some basic stuff, it won`t be possible for you to make it.Try and learn at least to
 
2: Know to operate computer: Technology has taken over our lives, it not possible today to live in a city without have the fundamental knowledge of computer.If you are pre-historic and live isolated then No comments.

3: Know to manage time: Time is the a factor which can cost a lot if wasted or can benefit a lot when utilized properly.So go and brush up your time management skills.

4: Know How to deal with people: Day by day its getting difficult to deal with people, now you are not only supposed to deal with people from diverse background, so it becomes important to learn to deal with them.

5: Know how to swim: Day by day changing world weather is suggesting that at least we should know the basic few things about swimming so that in case of emergency we could save our self.

6: Know how to drive: Driving is a fun, just try it once with the help of a professional and you will start loving it.

7: Know how to use internet: Important guy, Even the god would have loved it to surf internet, if it would have been available at that time..its cool

8: Know how to communicate your ideas in an effective manner: If you can`t communicate your ideas or if you can`t express your self then i would say success is miles away.....

9: Know when to say no: In my short but long lived life i have understood one thing that you should jump on everything what ever comes to your way.We should at least have the guts to say no when we think it is going to turn a loss for you.

10: Know what`s to strive for: The person who has no idea what he is going to achieve, will never achieve it.Don`t you think,we should have a fair idea of what to strive and what to leave.

11: Know how to set priorities: Its not the sign of successful people to swing between the tasks.You need to set your priorities and then work according.

Dark eyes can not see full moon

We know how scary darkness can be.  We remember wanting a night light in our room when we were children.  We put lamps and outlets and light switches in every room in our home so that we can keep the darkness away.  Light is a comfort.  Light assures us that we know where we are going and what we are doing. It keeps us oriented and it keeps things clear. 

You remember the darkness when you were depressed.  You remember waking up each day and feeling like a cloud lived over your head.  You remember that even with lights shining around you that nothing felt bright.  It was dark.

You remember the darkness when you were uncertain, when life began to overwhelm.  When there was more month that money.  When the bills couldn’t get paid. When you applied for job after job only to get turned down every time, and when you started to doubt when people said “It has nothing to do with you” – after all, what else could it be about? And it was dark.

You remember the darkness when your relationship misunderstanding not works. 
When she said you are weak,what u done for me . You remember looking forward to the rest of your life and feeling the emptiness beside you.  You remember despairing that you were unloveable, unworthy, the guilt of messing it all up.  It was dark.

You remember the darkness of loss.  You remember when the waves of grief would come and it felt like the darkness would consume you.  You remember wondering if there could ever be light again, if you would spend your life in a world of shadows while you were forced to keep on living. It was dark.

You remember sickness.  You remember abuse.  You remember you struggling and feeling helpless. You remember the temple letting you down.  You remember friends turning away.  You remember doubting God.  You remember darkness.

And many of you don’t even have to remember – because you are living in darkness right now.  You are longing for light.  You are praying for it.  And when you read “whoever follows me will never walk in darkness” it stabs a little – because you are trying to follow, and you still feel the darkness. And that’s frustrating.
I realize now that I didn’t know much about darkness until this last year in my life.  I thought I did – Iu had lots of seasons of lament, and struggle, and heaviness of heart, and they were hard for me.  But that deep darkness – the darkness that physically weighs on you – that came this year. That’s what I didn’t understand about darkness – that it could envelop you as quickly and as unexpectedly as someone turning off a light switch, and that I could never quite predict when the light would switch off.  I could spend a few weeks feeling the light begin to grow, and then I would have a memory, or hear a song, or notice the date on the calendar, and the light would shut off and the darkness would come again.  It annoyed me a lot at first.  At first, I would think “I thought this was over!!  I thought the light was coming back!!”but i thought that I would learn to live in this world where the darkness comes and goes.  I would learn.

i know the world is bright and I laugh and enjoy the sunshine and see all the joy God gives all around me. I love those times.  And there are times when all I’ve got is a glimmer – just enough for me to put one foot in front of the other.  But you know what? I’m still walking.  It may feel like the darkness is everywhere – but I’m walking in the light.

I know some of you who are reading this are feeling overwhelmed by the darkness, and maybe you have longed for light for a long time.  Perhaps you are tired of having to follow just that little shred of light.  You are tired of having to strain your eyes and look so hard.  You would like god to come in like a flood light and watch all the darkness disappear.  One day, it will be that way.  But if that day is not today, may you find hope and comfort in the glimmer.  May the glimmer remind you that there is another side of the door.   May you keep walking until the day that the door opens. Let’s walk together.

Happy b'day bapu

 Ainak Pehne, Lati Pakde Chalte the woh Shaan se
Zaalim kaape Thar Thar, Thar Thar, Sun kar unka Naam re
Kad tha Unka chota sa, Aur sarpat Unki chaal re
Duble se Pathle se the Woh, Chalte Seena Taan ke
Bande mein tha Dum, Vande Mataram....
(Lyrics of the song from bollywood movie, Lage Raho Munna Bhai)

How wonderful lines, to describe Father of our Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Today we are celebrating his 145th birth anniversary. 
HAPPY B'DAY BAPU

Bye bye orkut

When we log on to a social network, it is not only about an online profile. We actually build up to an alter ego of ourselves. We start adding friends from our real life to the alternate life, posting events until the gap between the real you and the online you narrows. And then one day there comes a better social network and we catch on to that starting again building our second life online.

That’s been the story for close to seven years now. At first, there was Hi5, then came Friendster, MySpace and finally Orkut.  For us in India, Orkut was the first mainstream social media network.  Almost everyone who was on internet in those days became an Orkut user.

Writing testimonials for people, communicating via scraps and joining communities was part of the daily routine for an internet user. If your community had over 1000 members, you were almost a celebrity.  Long-lost friends from school were back in your life. While we enjoyed this newfound freedom of social media,  Facebook came up and leveled the playing field for all.

The advent of Facebook spelled doom for Orkut. All of us switched to Facebook without a qualm, as this new site with its invitation-only format for adding friends made it easier to keep unwanted stalkers out. Orkut was floundering.

Google tried to revive Orkut without much success. In 2011?? They launched their own social networking product, Google Plus. That clearly meant that Orkut’s days were numbered.

Finally, on June 30, Google announced that Orkut will shut down. People had sometime so they could download their data and and have an archive of their Orkut profiles. Orkut will officially shut down on September 30.  But if you still have data on Orkut that you want to preserve, there’s  a solution

To preserve the nostalgia , NetTantra Technologies has come up with a Facebook application HostMyOrkut which can extract your Orkut data from an archive that you can download from Google. It helps you catch hold of the memories of the Photos, Scraps and Testimonials etc.

Once you download your data using Google Takeout, you can log on to the facebook app and upload the archive which you downloaded from google. The app creates an orkut like profile which enables you to view and browse your profile in the same manner like orkut.

HostMyOrkut is a free application and respecting the privacy of the users, the app doesn’t post or collect any information without their permission.

Beyond everything, the app is a gateway to mine your memories which you may never access after September 30th.

"Waqt kahta hai"

waqt kahta hain main fhir na aaunga..... teri aankhon ko fhr na rulaunga.....jeena hain to iss pal ko jeelo khulke.....main kal tak ruk na paaunga.....mushkurana hain to khulke ke mushkuraalo abhi.....kal ki kal dekhenge na socho abhi.....rone ko to saari umar padi hain.....har kisi ko gum to khushi bhi mili hain.....par tere chehre pe ye jo mushkaan hain.....Teri zindagi roshan kar jaayegi.....jaane mat dena isse fhr kbhi.....ye laut ke phr na aayegi.....ye mushkile takleefe sab aate rhte hain.....waqt ke sath jakhm bharne lagte hain.....kya hua jo khoya hain maine bahut kuch.....kisi ke paas hone pe khush bhi rhte hain.....kab tak gum ko khamosi ke piche chupa ke rakhunga.....kab tak ashqon ko bacha ke rakhunga.....inke behne se hum hi bheegte hain.....aur na chaah ke bhi beete palon ko yaad krte hain.....jo bhul hui use sudhar lenge.....jo bhool gaye unhe bhula denge.....jis daur se guzar rhe hum aur main abhi.....uske har ek pal mein basi hain zindagi.....jawab dhundane jo baitha main abhi.....zindagi sawal ban jaayegi.....jin palon mein simati hain meri zindagi.....unpe fir aasuon ki bauchaar aayegi.....to behtar hoga abhi jo hain usse dakhlun.....jo kho gaya kahin uska gum na karun.....baaki to har subh ki shaam bhi hoti hain.....par shaam ki subh bhi hoti hain.....jab tak saanse hain chal rhi tab tak hi mushkura lun.....

Conversation with god part 2

So guyz now ready for 2nd part of conversation with god...
11. Why are the things/circumstances not according to me? 
God:  The problem is you try to control too many things. You have to realise that all creatures are independent of others wish. Even come of their actions are not as per my desire/command, still I can’t force them to behave according to my desire. Similarly they are not bound to behave according to you. Whatever they do/decide is destined to decide their fate. You don’t have right on their karma but you can surely decide your own karma.

12. Why is this difficult to follow the right path? Why don’t you help the one who are on the right track?
God:  This world is a great maya. Even the people following the right path have some worldly desires like fame and recognition. I never said that following the right path would be easy. Gold has to face the heat to clear the dirt attached to it. Similarly the more heat you face the more purified you will become. As per my Experience, its only in the difficult time people come to me and see in right direction.

13. So you create these problems and difficulties just so that people should come to you?
God:  As I replied earlier also I never demanded you to come to me. You come to me for your very own selfish motives and when you find that things are beyond your control. If you can mange your difficulties without me, its perfectly fine with me. Your worship/prayers does not increase my wealth nor do I desire name/fame in this material world.  

14. Will you help us if we come to you for help? 
God:  You ask my help to attain material/earthly possessions whereas the true salvation/mukti lies in to get free from these earthly/Mayavi affairs and return into my association. If you ask my help to get more into earthly possesssions/maya I may at times give in to your wishes as the mother gives in to the harmful wish of her children sometimes but you must realise that the things you desire and ask comes with pros/cons. So when you receive the negative side of your wish, don’t blame me for it as you are the one who asked for the wish. I cannot segregate the negatives/pain from these worldly desires.    

15. You are god you can do anything, we want only the positive and happiness in these world and not the pain/pitfalls.
God:  Now you are planning to control my actions whereas I never desired to control your actions. The positive and happiness you see in these worldly desires are mere attraction; there is related pain when you lose them. There is jealousy when anyone also possesses your achievement. I cannot control the human nature, nor can I change the law of this world. If you aspire for true happiness and pleasure, read the scriptures you will find coming to my home and connecting with me is true and perpetual happiness.

16. We see no result in worshiping and connecting with you. You are not committing to help in attaining something concrete. 
God:  As long as you worship me with any selfish motive neither you will be able to feel the happiness of connecting with me and nor you will be able to have your material achievement. If you plan to connect with me, come with a very clear mind. It’s not an easy path for perpetual happiness.

17. How does it feel like to be with you? Is it really worth trying and the hard work? 
God:  Enough description is available in scriptures how it feels to be with me. This feeling cannot be conveyed via words. You have to reach to me to have this feeling. You have to use your judgment to decide if it’s worth or not. 
  
18. Is there a way possible in between i.e we remain connected to this world and also a lil bit to you 
God:  You may choose how many steps you take towards me. Your extant of closeness with me or the world will give you results accordingly. If you are lil bit connected to me that don’t expect too much from me too.

19. But aren’t you supposed to be the almighty merciful and shower your blessing/help even if we choose to associate with the world and not you. 
God:  If I grant every wish of yours and support every action of humans, the earth will be much worse than the one you live in today. Yes I am kind but not foolish to fall for your arguments.

My conversation with god part 1

1.    Why so much unrest, corruption, greed and evil in the world? Is it your wish? Or is the Saitan more powerfull than you.
God: All this evil is created by man and his actions himself I never desired the same. The evil and Saitan also gains strengths with your actions only. :) I need not explain my supremacy :).

2.     If all the evil and bad has been created by mankind than why don’t you stop them?
God: If everything was supposed to happen as per my wish then mankind would have doubted there very existence as everything would have been as per my desire and you would have felt like puppet. Therefore I leave your actions to your sweet will.

3.    Does that mean you power the bad and evil we do?
God: I am the powerhouse. Like you are free to use the electricity in any way (you may use it to run a fan or you may use it to power sharp tools/machine) in the same way you decide the use of my power to you. You may use it for good or you may use it for bad.

4.    How does I believe you are the power house. This world is going as it is. Getting its own energy.
God: I wonder if man has evolved so much to understand the nature and energy. When you grow old the vital organs which were running your body (i.e heart, blood, mind, bones etc) remain in your body but still you go powerless, what went away???. The soul which powers your body returns to me.

You depend on sun for every source of energy. Can you claim that same was created by man? Shall I test your claimed self efficiency by taking away the sun for few days? Are you confident that you control nature?

5.    You are blackmailing us with consequences if we do not obey you.
God: Your obedience to my ways won’t bring any profits to me. Rather it will be you who will be benefited. I never blackmailed any human to follow me. Also I am allowing the world to move and supplying the power even if you go against my wishes.

6.    Why do we have to worship you? We deny you…
God: I never demanded you to worship me. You come to me for your very own selfish motives and when you find that things are beyond your control. If you do not want to follow me its perfectly fine with me there are many atheist living around you. I don’t kill every atheist.

7.    You will punish us if we don’t follow you as you have divine powers
God: You are bound to get results/fruits of your actions as per law of this world. I am not changing the law of nature now, it was always there. I followed the law and boundations when I incarnated/appeared on earth.

8.    I need equal powers as you have to control the nature.
God: Mankind has already created a mess and mis use with the existing privileges I gave to you. I could have made you weak and other living entities like animal and trees be given more privileges but I trusted you. You are yet to show me the intelligence and maturity with your existing powers. Make this world a better place then that you got and I will consider your request to increase your powers.

9.    I can never win from your smartness.
God: Question of winning and losing arises only when we are at opposite sides. Despite all your sins I forgive you always. I consider you on my side. You need not win from me. We both can live with each other being on the same side.

10.  I wonder if you really exist or is this head talking to me? I need a proof by seeing you.
God: :) :) :)
On one hand you are denying my existence and on the other hand you want to see me too. :) .
I am not unreachable and you can see me too. But I have my own terms who meets me and who does not. Just like you decide who meets you. To meet me you have to put some extra efforts. Read the books about me you will find the way to meet me. 
Right now i have to go for work so rest part of converstaion with god will be in my next blog. I hope all readers will like it.

Life in ashes

 log kehte hain ki tu kyu  peeta hain....
jo tujhe jeete jee maare aisi lat kyun paalata hain....
main muskurakar bas yuhi taal diya krta hu....
vo puchte rehte hain tu kyun piya karta hain....
kya bayaan karu, apna kaise samjhaaun unhe....
har ek kash ki kahani kya batlaaun unhe...
keh deta hun ki bas ek kamzori samjhna meri....
apni pehchaan chupaane ki aadat samjhna meri....
samjhna ki kuch batane se darta hun....
samjh lena ki darr ko dikhaane se darta hun...
kbhi bheed mein ozhil hone se darta hun...
to kbhi apne ko dhue mein chupaaya sa karta hu.
kbhi apni narazgi ko pyaar mein badlne ke liye...
kbhi iss dhokhebaaz duniyan mein jeene ke liye....
kbhi doston ne dhokha diya use yaad krne ke liye.....
kbi zindagi aur maut ke beech  jhulte hue khud ko bachaane ke liye....
main har pal issi dhue mein jiya krta hun har kash mein khud se lada krta hun.... 

jab bhi khud se samjhauta kiya karta hun...
apne guroor ko asmaan se yun zameen pe patka krta hun....
jab chaah ke bhi beshara bebas sa mehsus krta hun....
jab bhi khud ko ladkhdaata dekhta hun....
shayad duniyan ise ek gandi aadat samjhe....
par main issi ke sahaare roke bhi hasa karta hun....
kbi apne,sath naa de paaye to akelapan door kiya krta hun....
main iss bebasi ko har ek kash mein bayaan karta hun..
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baaki to shauk ki baat hain kya pta kal main bhi chhod dun....
kisi aur ne sahara diya to isse nata tod lu....
par abhi ke liye main peeya krta hun.....
issi dhuee mein zindagi ke kashmakas se lada karta hun.....