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An Unforgettable Evening!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 06:08:00 +0000

It’s been more than an hour since the last class got over. It was raining heavily. The corridor gave a deserted look. The way the weather’s been acting past couple of days, I was in no doubt that it won’t rain. But who knew I’ll be proven wrong today. Heavy downpour and I was stranded without umbrella.

The last class teacher walked through the hallway and I skulked in vain. The reason for sweeping myself under the rug was my coming late for the last lecture of the day. She reprimanded and asked the reason for getting late.

“I started for the class before time but left my bag behind. I realized this when I reached college.

So I hurried back to the hostel to get my sack. Consequently, I was late for the class.”

“Were you day dreaming when you left from hostel? How irresponsible you’ve been!”

The entire class was laughing while I took chair and moments later, she continued teaching.

Anyways, she was here once again in the corridor walk pass by me. It seemed like I kept turning up like a bad penny. But, she ignored me completely.

Her car was parked in a small compound parking behind cafeteria, adjacent to the corridor. She could not get off the corridor steps as water accrued till knee height.

“Can I get your car .., ma’am , to the other side of the corridor?” I inquired.

“But there’s a puddle of water cropped here. How will you walk through it?” she asked amicably.

“That’s all right. The thing is, once am in the car, the water dripping from my clothes will spoil the interiors completely.”

“You don’t worry about that. Here, take the keys and get the car safely on the other side please.”

In my frantic attempt to avoid drenching myself and to have a good impression on her, I ran for car’s main door but fell with face hitting the water. I was soaked to the skin. Nevertheless, I drove around and brought the car to a safer place.

“Here’s your car keys and am sorry for the mess”.

She thanked and asked if she can drop me to hostel, a small favor for the help rendered.

I said thanks for asking but I’ll wait for rain to stop. She insisted but I didn’t want to spoil her seat covers once again.

She ordered and the very next moment I was sitting uncomfortably in the non driver seat saving every drop of water falling off my head in my fist.

We drove and after few minutes I was standing near my hostel’s welcome gate. The weather turned nasty.

She turned around, bid bye and thanked once again.

The moment she left I realized I left my bag in the corridor. I was so much involved in helping her that I completely forgot about my bag. So I ran back to the college before anyone takes it away. She saw me running from the hostel back to college through her car’s window. She was confused but kept driving. I made a gesture that I left my bag behind once again. She smiled and drove off to her place.

I was back to square one. I was once again back in the corridor but this time I was soaked more from head to toe.

What an awful evening it was!

P.S : It's a true incident and since then the teacher never scolded me for my wrong doings. How bias she was! (i never liked her since then :P ) And the students never knew why she always had such a soft corner for me.

Have a good day!

Django Unchained Movie Review

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:50:00 +0000

Movie:

It was a treat to watch two good movies back to back after a long time. First it was the Silver lining and other Django Unchained. This post will talk about the movie Django Unchained.

Django Unchained is yet another masterpiece from a brilliant director, Tarantino. The movie has flair of comedy, unanticipated gravity attached to it and is a complete entertainment package.

Unlike most of Tarantino’s movies, Django Unchained has very less scenes that wobble like a tennis ball between present and flashback.

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Additionally, this movie has typical Tarantino trademark of showing violence, brutality, bloodshed throughout the film. He has maintained the consistency of showing blood oozing out of the amputated bodies and continuous gun firing throughout the movie.

As always, Tarantino shows a glimpse of himself (in a cameo) by making a guest appearance in Django Unchained as well.

Synopsis:

The movie is about a slave set free by a German Bounty hunter and later trained to be his Deputy Bounty Hunter, who sets out to rescue his enslaved wife from a cruel plantation owner. Along the way, he’s helped by the German Bounty hunter in every way possible.

Cast:

Tarantino picks up Jamie Fox, Leonardo Di Capri and Christoph Waltz for this flick. A brilliant starcast I must say.

Jamie Fox, the stand-up comedian has portrayed the role of slave Django brilliantly. The comedian has played the part flawlessly and he has shown his excellence in carrying out serious scenes like never done before by any comedian, although he was hilarious in most part of the movie. He’s a treat to watch throughout the movie.

Leonardo DiCaprio has gained lot of maturity in last couple of years. He’s the modern age Tom Hanks who does everything with such perfection that it’s always a pleasure to watch him onscreen in different characters.

Caprio has done an outstanding role in the film. Although his appearance is quite late in the movie but it does not take much time for him to settle down and take the entire movie in his control and outperform others.

Verdict:

If you are someone who loves Tarantino movies, you don’t a reason to think twice for this one. For others, if you love bloodshed movies like sin city, kickass and Taken, you must not miss this one!

Watch this movie from an entertainment perspective. Switch off your brain and just watch this crazy entertainer with bold scenes and bloodshed all over the screen.

Watch the Trailer:

Make Mistakes

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:31:00 +0000

The Learning never Stops!

At every stage of our life, we are learning a new thing. We learn and we forget. That’s when we re-learn but still find it hard to remember or understand and that’s when we make mistakes. But keep focus and believe in yourself. Because once you try harder, every mistake made will be nothing but a lesson learnt on how not to do it. Mistake is just another way of saying how not to do the same thing again in future.

Mistakes in the past will shape our future. So keep trying, keep making mistakes and keep learning till you become infallible or perfect at it. Learn from it, it improves our understanding of doing things in a better way!

“Take the first step in faith, you don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step”

D. Martin Luther King Jr.

The first baby steps!

From the day a baby learns to crawl first and then walk, things that we learn in school, first time when we learn how to ride a bicycle or swim, to, decisions we make in later stages of life, we make mistakes and we are always learning. Everyone has slip ups in life but nobody holds on to them but keep moving like a baby who rise again after falling from the first giant walking leap.

“How could I do this?” we ask!

Maturity (Experience) comes from learning. A young, naive child will make more mistakes than an adult as he has not seen the world or experienced it the way a fully-grown person did. So mistakes are necessary when we are raw and young. But that does not mean that we must stop making mistakes when we abloom (old).

We blunder at every stage of life, even at times when we think we are old enough to not to commit mistakes. And that’s when we start pestering, criticizing oneself as to “how could I do this?”, “what was I thinking?” kind of questions. But it’s alright to ask oneself such questions. We are mortals not god to do everything in an ideal way. Imagine how life would be if we get what we want so easily without committing mistakes, without trying, without seeing failure. The goal is to not to regret on the failure but to come out good. Remember, you are no exception to making mistakes, everyone does and some learn and move ahead, others crib about it. We all are in the same boat. Welcome aboard!

They say ‘it’s hard for old dogs to learn new tricks’. But why to restrict oneself when there’s no age limit on learning. One must have a goal set at every stage in life. And no goal is accomplished without making mistakes. Failure is the first step to success!

Never fear from mistakes!

Never made a mistake never learnt anything. Fear stops us from making mistakes. Never fear in life. Do not worry about what people will say if you make a mistake. Look around, we think about those who themselves have made lot many mistakes in their life. So they have no right to criticise you for your mistakes.

Focus on Your Goal and Desire for it!

If you really want to be good at something and wants to achieve it, start making mistakes and start learning. It’s good to make mistakes. Take full responsibility and correct all your blunders till you stop making one and never regret in life.

Have a Good Day!

Thank You for reading this post. Much Appreciated!

Value

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:29:00 +0000

“Who would wish to be valued must make himself scarce”

What is Value?

The dictionary definition of Value says:

“An ideal accepted by some individual or group”

What is ideal?

Definition:

“The idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain”
“Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal”

A value is a number given to a particular object or a thing to scale its worth. It’ll be wrong to say if i confine this definition only to things, today, we have given it a more universal appeal and added humans as well to it. We have stopped realizing the worthiness of people and stopped valuing them. We value machines / inanimate objects over humans. For e.g. if you buy a car, you will take extra care of the machine and see to it that there is no scratch or damage or choked carburetor in it. And soon you will realise that your life is more of the materialistic life quantified only in terms of riches. And very soon, you’ll start valuing machines more than you value yourself or anyone else.

Valuing lifeless objects is no good if done by overlooking (neglecting) humans. Value a person not by his wealth (materialistic possessions) but by his virtues.

Start valuing people over money, money is short –lived, we may have it today but tomorrow it’s gone but people, they stay with you not only in good but in your bad times as well.

If you do not respect humans today, you may lose respect tomorrow. I’ve seen people who overlook others and give undue importance to unnecessary things. Your materialistic possessions look good with you today but they may not last forever and so is the respect you gained from them. The only thing that’ll stay forever is how good you were with others and how much you valued them. Start treating humans as humans and not animals.

“Try not to become a man of success but a man of value”

The real worth of a person is realized by good deeds he does, not by the number of years he lived. That’s why people like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa have become immortals. People remember them because of their work and what they did for humanity. They always led a minimalist life and valued humans above anything else. They were like the trees who only knew how to give without any expectations. How many of us believe that we live life of a tree who only knows how to give love, respect and value to others without demanding anything back from them?

Be the tree that gives shelter to all by burning itself in the sun and acts as an umbrella during heavy rains, gives wood to people to construct houses and food for their survival, without expecting anything in return.

God gives value to all because we all are his children. He never compares one child with another or makes anyone without any worth. Every life on earth has some existence for the worth associated with it. It is just that we do not realise it, as a result, others stop giving respect. God has given brains to all, if you put your mind, you can be success in almost everything.

Value yourself and value others. If you have no value for yourself today, none will value you or your words tomorrow. Your opinion will just not matter.

“It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest”

'My Cousin Vinny' Movie Review

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 05:24:00 +0000

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‘My Cousin Vinny’ movie is a court room drama presented in an exceedingly comical way.

It’s a classic comedy directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Joe Pesci, Fred Gwayne and Marisa Tomei in lead.

Outline:

It’s a story about two friends who while travelling through rural Alabama are put on trial for a

murder they don’t even know they committed and one of the accuser’s cousin (named Vinny), a self proclaimed lawyer, who knows nothing about court cases and law, comes to their rescue.

Vinny has never experienced a trial before and somehow managed to clear his law degree in six attempts in six years. He knows the situation at hand is worse than he contemplated but he plays Mr. Cool in charge of the situation making all the wrong moves that’ll surely declare the friends guilty of the crime. Amidst all this chaos, he assures them with his preposterously funny and false hopes that he’s going to save their arses. And that’s when things go helter skelter.

Review:

‘My Cousin Vinny’ is a perfect movie for belly laugh. Ifit’s been a while and you haven’t seen a good comedy, I recommend you to go for ‘My Cousin Vinny’. Surely, this movie won’t disappoint you. This movie is a total fun ride and a must watch.

Watch the trailer here:

Cast:

Joe Pesci plays the classic role of Vincent (Vinny) Gambini exceptionally well. He does a ludicrous act, especially his court-room antics.

Marisa Tomie (Mona Lisa Vito – character name she played in the movie) won the Best Supporting Actress award for this flick in 1993.

This was Fred Gwayne’s last movie.

Reception:

The movie was a runaway hit and received appreciation not only from the critics but lawyers as well.

Jolly LLB:

Arshad Warsi seems like doing a similar court room drama in upcoming Bollywood film Jolly LLB where he portrays the character of Vincent Gambini trying to save his cousin’s life in a rather amusing way. I hope Jolly LLB is something new and original and not a desi version of the classic ‘My Cousin Vinny’.

Watch the trailer of Jolly LLB here:

Albert Einstein - A Legend

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:45:00 +0000

Albert Einstein while working as an associate professor in the University of Zurich got no more than 4500 francs a year as salary. This salary was not enough to meet his family’s daily needs. So, once he was asked what he has to say about his package considering the high cost of living in Switzerland.

He smiled and said “I am trying to put a clock in every space but I cannot afford to put a clock in my room”.

Albert Einstein never worried about how much money he had or got from office. He was not behind fortune.

His way of thinking and approach was different from the sane humanity. He had no time to discuss about the daily chores of life. It was his wife Mileva, who supported him financially.

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He was a reneged German, a Swiss by choice and Jew who did not believe in god.

He only focused on ways to explore The Universe and give it a new definition through physics. Physics was his first love, a world to him.

He was the man who made us see the world!

Child Rapists Hanged In Iran & India Calls Them Juvenile

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:09:00 +0000

It’s been more than a month now when Jyoti Singh Pandey (Nirbhaya) left this cruel world to reach better heavens and her family even today is fighting for the real justice, hoping against the hope to bring peace for their child’s soul. And this is not just the case of one Jyoti but many other rape victims in India who were punished for else’s illicit acts.

A pretty long time it has been and still no vital efforts are made to nail the offenders and give them a mearstone punishment, a lesson for all in the society.

Meanwhile, in Iran, the government has come out with a rule to hang all those people (even if they are juvenile delinquents/children) who are involved in murder, rape or trafficking.

Checkout this pic here for a post published in South African Newspaper. [Source: a forward mail]

A Forward Mail

I wonder when such rules will be put in action in our country to stop such wrongdoings. Even if such rules are made, our system is not rigid enough to keep them concrete.

The more corrupt the state, more are the laws made. How easy it has become in India today to commit a crime and abscond. If you are caught, money will make new rules to bend the previous ones. Else, you get all the limelight for a month or so with things just going back to normal while the innocent either reaches the gallows or his/her voice is forcibly put down.

Women in our country have cried their heart out but their cries seem to fall only on deaf ears that are busy protecting their political parties. None wants to take responsibility and put their hands in this filth. Such a sad state of our country today!

Vishwaroop Movie Review : 5 Reasons To Watch Vishwaroop

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:13:00 +0000

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Vishwaroop is a master-piece from the protagonist, Kamal Hassan, the Director, Producer and the Actor in the movie. ShekharKapur (of Elizabeth and Mr. India fame) and Rahul Bose (of Mr & Mrs. Iyer) are seen onscreen after a real long time.

It’s an enthralling thriller that talks about terrorism and how deep its roots are not only in Afghanistan but also in US and a man’s mission to eradicate evil by being evil.

Vishwaroop, the word itself stands for different personalities of same person who stand to fight against terror in every possible way.

Reasons to watch Vishwaroop:

1. For Kamal Hassan:

How metaphoric the word “Experimenter” is with Kamal Hassan! He’s a one man army with an amazing ability to show his creativity and talent in a unique, never-attempted-before style.

Talk about serious, action or comedy scenes, none can replace the kind of excellence Kamal Hassan has in each one of them. He’s nothing but the Best in every genre and none can replace his class.

His portrayal of the feminist character in first half is worth appreciating.

He ignores his age when it comes to performing stunts. Most of the stunts he has performed himself without any body doubles.

2. Music:

Shankar-Ehsan-Loy has done a marvellous job giving a perfect background score to Vishwaroop. Javed Akhtar’s lyrics (with Kamal Hassan singing the first song ‘Radha’) concords with SEL’s music, gives it a perfect blend.

Most of the background score is inspired from Sami Yusuf’s music. You can check out this song Supplication (from the album Mu’allim) by Sami Yusuf which was released in the year 2003-2004 and now used in Vishwaroop.

Checkout Supplication Video here:

3. Sets & Shots:

Entire shooting is done in US and Canada. Afghanistan known for its flagitious blood bath where the bullets speak and the word ‘peace’ is only spoken in prayers and schools, the same Afghan region setup was created in Chennai.

He has used US marines, fire fighters, M16s and AK-47s to maintain the originality, the authenticity of the things.

The car chase scene shot in America gives an adrenaline rush to the viewers.

Some of the scenes are given a 360 degrees rotation, something very unusual and uncommon in Indian Cinema, which makes the movie switch between flashback and present time.

4. Rahul Bose' Acting:

The only actor to give a good competition to Kamal Hassan in this movie is Rahul Bose. Rahul Bose is very peculiar about the kind of roles he does, the main reason for his absence from film industry.

The character played by Rahul Bose has come out so natural that it’ll definitely raise eyebrows of film makers throughout the world. With this flick, Rahul Bose has once again punched a name for himself.

Kamal Hassan has made the right choice by choosing Rahul Bose for villain’s role. Bose has once again proven his mettle by doing such an extraordinary role with elegance and flair.

5. A panache Movie, Story:

An amazing story with an awesome star cast and plot that keeps you holding the edge of your seat for 3 hours. Kamal Hassan’s concept to create an unusual story on terrorism subject with unparallel presentation technique is worth applauding.

The way some of the action scenes are shot may give Hollywood directors a run for their money.

Vishwaroop is one of its kinds that stand out from the rest.

The movie also has a second part inline.

Reception:

Kamal Hassan has raised the bar with Vishwaroop. It was a mission impossible which Kamal made it possible.

Sad, a man who’s trying to take Indian cinema to next level is let down by his own people and by the government. It is believed that the movie is anti-Muslim but there is not even an iota percent of disrespect to Muslim sentiments. Anyone who should really feel offended should be George W. Bush for letting terrorists use his posters for target practice in Afghanistan.

The movie is released in 3 versions, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

If you haven’t watched the movie till now and reading this, I recommend this movie. It’s an experience worth sharing. It’s always a treat to watch Kamal onscreen in a new avatar.

In the end, I believe,

“What Quentin Tarantino is to Hollywood, Farhan Akhtar is to Bollywood,

What Tom Hanks is to Bollywood, Aamir Khan is to Bollywood,

What Christian Beil is to Hollywood, Hrithik Roshan is to Bollywood,

And,

What Christopher Nolan is to Hollywood, Kamal Hassan is to Bollywood”

Watch Vishwaroop Trailer here:

A Night To Remember

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:38:00 +0000

“Did you put the alarm?” I inquired before going to bed.

“Yes, I did for morning 6” she replied.

She switched of the lights and off we were to a good night sleep.

Soon, the entire house was laid to silence except the night creepers, mosquitoes and the insects buzzing around.

We both were so tired from our day’s job that as soon as we hit the bed, we dozed off immediately.

It would have been just another night if the mobile alarm had not gone off unexpectedly. Awake and disturbed, I asked her to check the time but first kill the annoying alarm. She stumbled to the desk where the mobile was and said in a guttural undertone, “it’s 6 in the morning”.

How can it be possible? I never felt like sleeping for eight hours. Eight hour sleep seemed like minutes sleep to me. Time seemed to run faster than a bullet fired from a gun. Maybe, I slept for 8 hours and wanted more sleep out of tiredness. Transfixed, I kept looking at one corner of the bed trying to find answer to this puzzle.

So we were up, awake now at 6:10 and she put up the kettle on the flame while I was brushing.

The only wall clock that we had holding one of the walls of the house was broken. We never bothered to get it repaired. The clock was more of an antique piece put on display than a time telling machine. She never wanted it down as it was one of the gifts we received on our marriage reception which reminded her of the marriage days.

Twenty minutes of exercise, yoga followed by the daily chores to start our day. It was 7 now and we both were ready to go to work. She looked through the window that opened to the road but the darkness prevailed all around. Everything was pitch black and dark.

She inquired, “What’s happening? Why is it so dark even at 7?”

“May be its Doomsday today? Why is there no sun out today?” I panicked.

The window which opened to the road once was now welcoming unwanted cricket sounds from the darkness. I checked my wrist watch and it read half past two. “Damn, this watch’s dead now. Is it really happening? Is it true that the world will come to a standstill on doomsday .. i mean today? ...Whatever, now I need to get a new battery for this piece of crap”.

I took out my mobile and checked the time again. It was half past 2 on mobile as well. There was lot of confusion now in the room. One thing was for sure that there was nothing wrong with the wrist watch as it showed the same time as on my mobile. It was her mobile that created the confusion.

The time actually was two hours past midnight. I asked her to check time on her mobile once again and it still read 7:15. How’s that possible? A little investigation and it turned out that the time on her mobile was set wrongly. But she never changed it then how could it be set wrong. Soon I had the answer when she said that last night her phone fell on the floor, as a result, the time must have changed when the mobile was restarted.

And that’s how the mystery of doomsday was solved. Thank god i saw the time on my wrist watch, else we would have end up sitting in office at 3 in night. But, now we dozed off once again to a good night sleep.

Strange but true, I did my exercise, yoga and had breakfast in the middle of the night. All freshen up, relaxed, we both slept peacefully like a pig.

It's a true story, I hope you enjoyed reading this !

Cheat

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:34:00 +0000

Cheat

~Definition:

1. Deprive somebody of something by deceit

2. Defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit

3. Engage in deceitful behaviour; practice trickery or fraud

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating”

Why should you cheat?

I asked this same question from a class of tenth grade students busy copying answers from other students’ answer sheets.

‘In order to score good marks in class’ all of them said unanimously.

But, don’t you think scoring marks by cheating will actually make you learn nothing. In fact, it’s just another way of saying, ‘I fear accepting challenges’. Every test is a litmus test to show your strength and calibre. Do not let cheating cheat you of your strength.

Period!

If you believe in yourself and know your worth, you’ll accept every challenge and face every obstacle that comes your way honestly and with pride.

It’s the confidence, the belief in oneself that makes you keep going. If you lose this confidence today, you will always accept the easier way of cheating. The marks you score or the success you make may look good temporarily but remember it doesn’t last forever if achieved through wrong means.

We always think, nobody is watching and none will ever come to know about it except god, but we completely forget that there’s one person (other than god) who knows that we cheated. It’s none other than you yourself. You will not only lose respect in your own eyes but will propagate the same to your coming generations and this vicious spiral circle will keep getting bigger and bigger.

An honest person understands the value of hard earned money and will do his best to safeguard his wealth. But a dishonest person will always practice tricks, frauds over hardworking, honest people by deceiving them from their money and trust. My dad always says if you try and make something that never belonged to you as yours, you may end up losing double the value some way or the other.

How can we say something ours when we know from our core that it never belonged to us and we never made any effort to earn it honestly? How can we take someone’s wealth or idea and put our name on it and say it as ours? Only a coward person, who do not believe in himself and has a constant fear of losing his / her identity, will commit such an act. An honest person has nothing to hide. He accepts failure as a new learning and with pride. Remember, failures make you strong. Defeating others using wrong means, will actually make you a loser in your own eyes. Gaining trust, respect is hard but losing them doesn’t take much efforts.

Learn to respect hard work and hard earned money. Believe in yourself than believing in the act of deception. Cheating does no good to anyone. Cheating prevents growth. Accept failure with pride than accepting success by fraud.

“The only real failure in life is the failure to try”

It Is Torn!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:20:00 +0000

Roughness of the skin and wrinkles on face,

It seems as if someone,

Lost the winning race!

Oldest in the house who witnessed new lives,

Is left alone in the pool of darkness,

Waiting for life’s last ride!

A thing of admire in its heydays (The good old days of life),

Soon receded into background, left blanch,

Like broken pieces of game, rife!

Gone are the times, the deeds!

The seeds once sown,

Is a weed Today,

Counting the last few breaths,

Before IT is torn!

P.S : This is my another attempt to write something meaningful (a poem). I hope i do not mock myself.

Have A Nice Day!

2012 In A Glance

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 04:22:00 +0000

2012 will go down as a year of surprises, a year worth remembering for the ups and downs I had, for the decisions I took, well, most of them correct not sure about the rest! Definitely a landmark year, a year to relish from here to eternity!

This post is a review of how I did in 2012, my shortfalls, my weaknesses, things that perished once and for all and then my successes and lessons learnt in this journey of LIFE.

This’ll be my last post for this year, let me list down all the good things first and then talk about the defeats!

Ups:

1. Established Mind Hunters:

I and my wife Savita started a Software Testing Training Institute in Pune. We did fairly well in this debut year and now look forward for bigger challenges and greater responsibilities in 2013. So Guys, if you are reading this, wish us LUCK!

Visit our page here: www.mindhunters.in

2. A Non-Alcoholic:

I gave up drinking alcohol completely. Now when I say ‘I gave up’ I mean not-even-seeing-it, forget about the fragrance. There’s no secret as to how I did it, just that, I avoided it completely.

3. Regular Running:

June 2013 I’ll complete 2 years for running regularly. Although there were few hiccups but not strong enough to stop me from running. I always knew when to get back on track. I remembered just one thing, never give up!

4. Blogging:

I took to regular blogging. Initial years, I forced myself to write but not anymore. Now, I enjoy writing, interacting with bloggers and putting my views forward. I received few (few has a new meaning now, i.e. 2) blogger awards this year. The blog traffic increased exponentially, the hit meter kept ticking with every tick good enough to being a mile long smile on my face.

My other blog abcofaix is doing pretty well too!!!

5. Started Teaching:

I gave up my IT job and underwent career transition to full time teaching. I’ve been teaching my favourite subject Maths to students from class VIII to Class XII in Pune and I hope to do the same in coming years as well.

6. A Minimalist in making:

I abstained myself from luxuries of life. I stopped spending unnecessarily. I gave up buying unwanted stuff. I sold my television last year (and joined the “say-no-to-television” club) to spend more time in books. I started walking whenever it was possible. I am trying to learn the easy way of simple and mindful living.

Well, this is it. Those were my learning’s from 2012 and now let me list down few nightmares which I wish to eliminate, annihilate completely in coming year!

Let’s Count a few DOWNS:

1. A Lost world:

I lost touch with my friends. Books were my only friends. I ignored my mobile completely.

I am the architect of my own lost world. My facebook account gave up on me a number of times in order to bridge the gap between me and my friends.

Anyways, this 2013, I have decided to call my friends, say SORRY and revive the old buddy relation I had with them. I hope they are reading this!

2. Bearish blog:

My blog lately witnessed a decline in stats and viewership. The upward curve that was throughout the year has slowly changed the direction. May be, it is because of my actively ignoring the ‘Quid-Pro-Quo’ rule or maybe it’s the content I’ve been publishing lately (sad, I don’t even know where to retrospect?).

3. Heavy fines and financial strains:

Without getting into details just want to say, taking few things for granted and procrastination was way too painful on my wallet. In this one year, I’ve put myself in lot of financial burden. I hope to put all this behind me in coming year.

4. Fear of Losing:

Since the day of giving up my ridiculous job and starting my own business, I have developed a constant fear of losing out on things but hoping one day this fear will just be another thing of ridicule as I look back in the past.

With all that I say a final goodbye to 2012 and wish you all reading this page and otherwise, a Very Happy New Year with lots of happiness and blessings showered throughout the year on you and your families. God bless you all.

I’ll see you next year.

Have a happy 2013.

Regards

Rahul

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar : Finally The God Steps Down ...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:56:00 +0000

23^rd Dec 2012 is the day recorded in history of Cricket as the day when god stepped down.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar finally announced his retirement from ODI segment of the game.

They say him ‘The little Master’, Tendlya or ‘The Master Blaster’ but we call him ‘THE GOD' with different names’.

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A 14 year old boy took the world by storm in his debut match against Pakistan in 1987. Nobody then knew this young boy will be the DON of Cricket in years to come. There was no looking back for him. He not only made new recordsand surpassed the older ones; there was none other like him who happened to cheer the world for such a long time.

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Blessed and loved by all, the God (the Immortal) loved his fellowmen in and around the world.

This post is an inscription dedicated to Sachin Tendulkar for all the good memories he gave and affected our lives truly, deeply, madly.

Thank you once again God, for the wonderful time we had and for million smiles' you gave to this world!.

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He was the prayer of millions, he was the hope of the lost, he was THE DEMIGOD.

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Here are some of the famous quotes said by eminent personalities all around the world:

(Source: A forwarded Mail)

To all those who idolize the genius named “SACHIN TENDULKAR”!!!

@Hashim Amla

"To Sachin, the man we all want to be"

@What Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin Tendulkar

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Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives "

@ BBC on Sachin

Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.

@Brian Charles Lara

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"We did not lose to a team called India...we lost to a man called Sachin" -

@ Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)

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"The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best

knock."

@ McGrath

"The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which

he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility -

all make for a one-in-a-billion individual,"

@ Wife Anjali

"I HAVE SEEN GOD, HE BATS AT NO.4 FOR INDIA"

@Hayden

Que: Who do you think as most important celebrity ?

Shahrukh: There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!

@ Shahrukh quoting Shahrukh from an interview

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India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par

Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte..

@Navjot Singh Sidhu

He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also .

@waqar younis

A banner once said-' I WILL SEE GOD WHEN I DIE BUT TILL THEN I WILL SEE

SACHIN ' that quiet defines Sachin-The greatest.

Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has

many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the

world.

@Allan Donald

On a train from Shimla to Delhi, there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Geniuscan stop time in India!!

@Peter Rebouck - aussie journalist

There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others.

@Andy Flower

“Cricket is my religion and Tendulkar is my God”.

@Anonymous

Road To Perdition

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:20:00 +0000

The other day, while I was driving back home, my wife caught hold of something. The free turn on the left was choked with un-moving traffic. I tried to get closer to the sight but the gap between vehicles was just not wide enough to let my bike pass through.

Not only were we baffled but also clueless to figure out the reason for this road block. Out of nowhere, in the middle of the day, the crowd gathered around this place immediately.

My first thoughts, it must have been an accident but there were no ambulances or doctors or first-aid. There wasn't any damaged vehicle to be seen in vicinity and the preceding traffic wasn't even moving. It was hard to figure out the reason for this sudden obstruction.

Suddenly my eyes caught hold of traffic police buzzing around the spot which was enough to comprehend that something serious has stuck at this hour of the day. Was it an accident or was it something else?

I tried to dismount from the bike but the immediate traffic wasn't very supportive. They kept honking. I just stood there and waited for the traffic to recede.

One closer look, I saw a boy in his late 20's lying with his face down inside a depression (a small trench) on the road. Was he hit by a speeding vehicle? But there was no blood on the ground. Why were people not helping him? On observing more closely, I figured out the boy was suffering from fits (sudden flurry of body trembling for no obvious reason). His body was shaking and there were none to help. The traffic police and the onlookers watched the boy in pain as if some show was going on. None came forward to offer help (including me). The guy standing close gave an impression ‘i-ain’t-putting-hands-in-this-filth’.

I knew this wasn't me. I shouted if someone can give him water to drink but none paid heed to my words. I so very much wanted to help but I kept standing there and could not do anything. I felt ashamed of myself.

After a while, his body stopped trembling and a few good men picked him up to make way for the traffic. I slowly moved my vehicle from there and got back home. Pondering over the situation, I felt sorry for the kid and embarrassed for the fact that I stood there numb and waited for some superhero to come and rescue the kid.

How true it is? We watch so many superhero movies and try to follow in their footsteps to save the world. But this is far away from reality? Instead of helping, we try to run away from the situation. We have this constant fear of falling prey to the situation. We may deny but we shut our eyes when something wrong strikes.

Well, this incident left me with so many questions unanswered.

Before I close this post, I tried contemplating if the same situation had occurred in some foreign land, how people would have reacted. Someone from the public must have called the ambulance or 911. Someone must have immediately come forward to give water and first-aid to the person in question and others would have cleared way for the traffic to avoid jamming.

Anyways, i hope that the boy is doing well now and have recovered from this incident.

In another incident in Delhi a girl was raped in a moving bus and nobody did anything to stop it. You can read about the incident here.

P.S: This post is not written with any intention to hurt anyone’s feelings. Please do not take this post in offensive way. Thank you!

Inspirational Quote - Never Give Up !!!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:21:00 +0000

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“Do not give up, the beginning is always the hardest”

How true it is!

No matter how tough the journey is, remember it’s just the start. Never give up, keep walking. It doesn’t matter how many times you fall, what counts is, you rise every time you fall. And soon you’ll find yourself taking the road to success after all the rough turns you had at start of the journey.

If you believe in yourself, never lose focus and keep trying.

Think of something you desire, you got to fight for it. Remember there’s no easy way out. Struggle is the need of the hour. Focus on the end result. The fight is not with anyone but oneself to prove that you can do it.

Have a Nice Day!

Smile

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:18:00 +0000

Smile, it costs nothing.

The more you smile, the happier you are. How true it sounds but in theory. We have forgotten how to smile. It has become a thing of past because we find it difficult to keep ourselves happy. The stress levels have sky rocketed. Now we need a reason to smile. There may not be a rational reason to be angry but we like seeing ourselves flush-red in face. It’s not necessary to have a cause, a reason to smile, smile for the good day, smile for the good food we eat and smile for the love we get from our family and for the healthy life.

Accept good with gratitude to god and bad without complaints. We complain all the time, think of all those less blessed, under privileged sons of god who do even get good clothes to wear or eat healthy food and yet they never complain. We are a lot better than them, so stop crying and start smiling. Remember, god never stops smiling on us. It’s just that we don’t see the bright side.

Happiness exists only if we are contented. If we are not satisfied with who we are or what we are doing, we may never feel joyous. Till that satisfaction is not there, life is not worth enjoying. Satisfaction and smile compliments each other and if we miss out on either one of them, we miss everything. And we see the world the way we are, angry, agitated and with a false mirth.

A young child always has a smile on face because he has no feelings of hatred or jealousy towards anyone. The idea of negativity or anger or frustration never took birth in his mind. His psyche is full of bliss and satisfaction. He lives in the moment and is contented with what he is doing, doesn't matter if it make sense or not. But as he grows, he learns from surroundings and slowly forgets to smile. He gets serious and less contented. He overlooks how to live in the moment. The moment when he’s in the present he starts thinking about the future with all the worries that engulf him, as a result, not only the present is ruined but he wastes a lot of time thinking about the wrong decisions he made in past. We worry about the future, we talk about the past but we forget about the present.

We must have self respect and feel good factor about our-self. If you have no respect for yourself, people will automatically stop valuing you or your words and eventually you will stop smiling.

Love yourself to love others. If you cannot love yourself, you can never share a smile with someone. A person without smile is nothing but a zombie. If we do not love our self we can never love others.

So if you want to see the world smiling, make a habit, start smiling from today, smile for the good day god has given you, for the satisfaction you have in your work, for the people who care for you, soon, you will find out, smile cost nothing but it adds a lot of value not only in your life but in others as well.

Eggless Chocolate Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:43:00 +0000

When we are out shopping, how many times it so happens that we end up buying chocolate cake for our family? Ever thought how easy it would be if you can prepare lip-smacking, scrumptious eggless chocolate cake at home in less than 30 minutes? Don’t believe it, you’ll believe after reading this post.

This Diwali I learnt how to make Eggless Chocolate Cake at home in 25-30 minutes without using microwave or an oven. if chocolate is your weakness and you are a person who looks for excuses to buy cake from market, continue reading this post for making eggless chocolate cake, the fun and easy way.

Ingredients:

(served for 4)

1 cup milk

5 tablespoons sugar

1 Hide & Seek Biscuits Packet (100g)

1 Parle-G Biscuits Packet (100g)

1 tablespoon plain flour

1 tablespoon ghee (only for covering the container used for making cake)

1 sachet of Eno

50 gram chocolate chips or crushed dairy milk chocolate (optional)

Method:

1. Add 1 packet each of Hide & Seek and Parle-G biscuit together in the mixer and grind them till you get the coarse form.

2. Take a separate bowl and add milk (do not heat the milk) in it along with 5 tablespoon sugar and mix it well.

3. Add the powdered biscuit in the milk container and mix it well.

4. Add 3/4^th Eno powder (any flavour) to this biscuit milk mixture and mix it again.

5. Take another bowl (made from aluminium not steel) and apply 1 tablespoon of ghee on the bottom of the bowl.

6. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of plain flour on ghee covering it completely.

7. Empty the contents of the biscuit milk mixture into the aluminium bowl.

8. Add chocolate chips or crushed dairy-milk chocolate into this mixture.

9. Take cooker and place a small steel plate at the bottom. Place the bowl on top of plate and cover the cooker with a lid. Do not put the whistle on the lid of the cooker.

10. Bake (direct gas cooking) the cake initially at low flame for 15 minutes and then at high flame for 10-15 minutes.

11. Flip the bowl on the serving plate and make sections with a knife.

12. The cake is ready to be served.

Hope it was fun reading this recipe now try this in your kitchen and do tell me your experience through your comments.

Inspirational Quotes - Mr. Schuester

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 15:35:00 +0000

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In my Maths class today, one of the students was in no mood to pay attention to the new topic being taught. It seemed as if he was going through an internal battle with himself. He wanted to mend things for the wrongs he did in recent past and resolve the mental chaos inside. But he couldn't.

On asking the reason, he hesitatingly said that he scored less than 50% marks in his internal semester Maths exam for Class XI.

It was a punch in the heart for me. I was more disappointed than shocked because of the efforts I’d put in past few months. I asked him the reason for this failure, maybe it was my teaching methods or maybe the subject Maths was proving to be too Hellenic for him.

He immediately came up with a reply. There was nothing wrong in the way of teaching nor with the amount of practice we did in last couple of months in understanding the concepts and having clarity. It was basically the time management he sucked at and the unending silly-mistakes he did.

I told him when i was young even i had no prior learning on how to avoid silly-mistakes or how to manage exam time effectively. Nobody is perfect, everybody makes mistakes, some find it difficult to accept and some move on considering it a new learning. So learn from your mistake to achieve perfection. The more you practice, the lesser the chance of making mistakes. Race against time to improve efficiency!

i told him there is no one straight solution to this problem. But, one must not lose focus and practice hard to taste success again.

I can only guide him, be there with him as a teacher as a friend but he need to find answers on his own.

Life itself is a learning. We learn every moment in life. We make mistakes then only we learn. Nobody is perfect in this world. So if you really want to mend your past, start working on it today.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:31:00 +0000

It’s been a while (almost a month) since I published a post.

Anyways, how are you all doing? I hope life is treating you and your families well this festive season.

I had an amazing November this Diwali as I was back home with my parents in Chandigarh. Visiting one’s native place after a year is a celebration in itself. With Diwali around, it’s like cherry on the cake.

How was your Diwali? Hope you had great time with your loved ones around this festive month. Before I forget, here’s wishing you Belated Diwali Wishes.

I was off to Chandigarh and my inbox piled up with 300+ (and counting) blog post mails from different bloggers. Long way to go before my inbox count comes down to less than 10.

My apologies for losing touch as I was unable to connect to any of your wonderful blogs past one month.

Talking about Chandigarh, most of my days were spent lazing around. But now I am back in Pune and thanks to the little subscription thingy activated, I have all your posts archived in my mailbox. I’ll be going through each one of them as and when possible.

I may not be writing posts too frequently as I have developed a mental block as words just don’t seem to come out of my head so easily. Not sure when will I get rid of this mental constipation.

Anyways, you guys keep well and continue writing those wonderful posts.

Regards,

Rahul Aggarwal

Mahatma Gandhi's Inspirational Quote!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:42:00 +0000

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Although i am not a very big fan of Mahatma Gandhi, but his teachings' been instrumental in making me what i am today and has become an integral part of my life.

He's no more but his learning's, his experiments with truth educate me one way or the other even today.

How true it is, 'In a gentle way, you can shake the world'. Single-handedly, he made the Britishers leave our country with non violence as his weapon of destruction.

He's been an Inspiration to millions around the world.

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron - A Perfect Comedy

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:01:00 +0000

This post talks about 5 classic scenes from the movie Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron that makes it a Cult Classic.

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron is a benchmark in Indian film industry. Movie is based on the corruption prevalent in Indian politics, business and media. This film is a dark satire portraying corruption, dishonesty, bribery, fraud and sleaziness in a comical way.

The timing couldn't be just better to re-release this masterpiece amidst the corruption controversies prevalent today. The malpractices and the money laundering amongst the businessmen, religious leaders and the tainted politicians are rightly depicted leaving no stones unturned.

This movie truly deserves a must watch before you die tag. If you are born in late 90s and overhear buffs appreciating this masterpiece, now it’s a golden opportunity to watch it on big screen and be part of the elite fan club.

I am sure those born in pre-satellite era of the 80s must have seen this movie a thousand times. This post talks about 5 classic scenes from the movie that gives this movie a standing ovation for the creativity and artistry.

Scene 1: 25^thManzil bhi banaao (Round figure)!

Tarneja (Pankaj Kapur) telling the civil engineer to build 25^th floor ignoring that government’s approval is only for 24 floors.

Watch the scene here:

Scene 2: Thoda khao thoda fenko, Eat Swiss Cake the American Way!

Vinod (Naseeruddin Shah) and Tarneja (Pankaj Kapur) asking D’Mello (Satish Shah) to eat some Swiss cake and throw some out of the window.

Watch the scene here:

Scene 3: Code: albert pinto ko gussa kyun aata hai!

Vinod (Naseeruddin Shah) telling Ashok (Satish Kaushik) that there’s an important call for him that he must attend. This scene was a blockbuster hit amongst the fans and dialogues from this scene are discussed even today.

Watch the scene here:

Scene 4: kounsa model hai .. mere paas Austin hai!

Here comes the fun part. The grand entry of Ahuja (Om Puri)! The inebriated Ahuja sees dead D’Mello’s coffin parked right in the middle of road thinking a drunken slept in his purple colour car (coffin) unable to move because of the flat tyre.

Remember the famous dialogues from this scene,

Ek shrabi toh dusre shrabi ki madad karega
एक शराबी तोह दुसरे शराबी की मदद करेगा

kounsa model hai? Imported hai? Mera Austin hai..!
कौन सा मॉडल है ? इम्पोर्टेड है .. ? मेरा ऑस्टिन है ..!

Austin ka pahiya toh thoda bada hai bhaiya!

ऑस्टिन का पहिया तोह थोडा बड़ा है भैया

Watch the scene here:

Scene 5: Draupadi’s Cheer Haran!

The movie is really known for the classic climax, the Draupadi Cheer Haran show from Mahabharata.

D’Mello’s corpse plays the part of Draupadi on stage and everyone is fighting to grasp her. The foul mouthed Duryodhna, later takes a pledge of protecting Draupadi and drops the idea of undressing her. A hilarious scene makes this an amazing piece of work. Kudos to the Director Kundan Shah and various other protagonist actors.

Some of the dialogues from this scene:

Draupadi tere akeyle ki nahi hai, hum sab shareholders hai...!

द्रौपदी तेरे अकेले की नहीं है, हम सब शरेहोल्देर्स है

maine Daraupadi ke cheer haran ka idea drop kar diya hai..!

मैंने द्रौपदी के चीर हरण का आईडिया ड्राप कर दिया है

Bhabhi vaabhi kuch nahi, maine usey jua mein jeeta hai..!

भाभी वाभी कुछ नहीं, मैंने उसे जुआ में जीता है ..!

3 rupee ka dhanush tod diya .. jaao main nahi karta naatak vaatak...!

3 रुपया के धनुष तोड़ दिया .. जाओ मैं नहीं करता नाटक वाटक

And ultimate of all:

Nalayaak, adharmi, durachari, bhrashtachari bol Sorry..!

नालायक, अधर्मी , द्रुनाचारी , भ्रष्टाचारी बोल सॉरी

Salim ke rehte hue kisi key eh majaal ki koi Draupadi ko haath bhi lagaaye, Good Morning Ashok...!
सलीम के रहते हुए किसी की यह मजाल की कोई द्रौपदी को हाथ भी लगाए, गुड मोर्निंग अशोक ..!

Watch the scene here:

Watch this movie to fall in love once again!

Jaane Bhi Do yaaron is re-releasing on Nov 2^nd2012. Do not miss it.

Kill The Right Ravana

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:08:00 +0000

Event 1:

In a bizarre incident, Bidisha Dash Barde, a promising 23 year old model turned actor, was found dead in pool of blood in her Mumbai apartment on Monday. Her husband left for work early morning and got back late in the evening only to find her wife’s body soaked in blood in the locked ground floor apartment.

[Sources: TOI 24/10/2012]

Event 2:

In another incident, Ajmal Kasab (the main accused of 26/11 attacks, who sits contentedly in one of the most secured penitentiaries, eating biryani with eyes fixated on the political tamashathat goes in our country to decide his death penalty) asked for mercy plea which was rejected by the home ministry yesterday [Sources: TOI 24/12/2012]. But should that be of any concern to Kasab? He knows its India where the accused (convict) walks free and innocent gets punished.

Almost 4 years when Kasab landed in Mumbai and uncorked terror attacks against humanity killing hundreds of innocent souls. It’s been a pretty long wait for the families of the victims hoping against the hope to see any light in this case, that too at the helms of those busy feeding kasab, protecting him at the cost of taxpayers’ money, thinking one day he’ll open his mouth and reveal secrets about LET.

There’s no connection between the two events. The only concern is to show how an innocent gets punished for no wrong doing (in first event) and the convict will eventually walk free one day or the other (second event).

I’ll end this post with few questions that’ll never have an answer:

1.Why the convicts are not punished immediately for the heinous crime they commit against humanity?

2.What personal gains do political parties have in stalling death penalties?

3.Why so much money is spent in keeping alive a convict who one day will either break free or be extradited?

4.Why not treat them like other criminals without over-spending so much on their security and health? Why not hang them immediately? A parasite does no good to anyone, then why to keep it alive?

5.Why do we show our weaker side by not giving capital punishment to the offenders? Why give the sons of gun a chance to repeat such acts in future again?

6.When will the politicians think beyond corruption and vote bank and work honestly for the country?

Anyways, its Dussehra today, I wish all my friends, bloggers and their families a Very Happy Dussehra

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An auspicious day to start with any good work
It was today that good won victory over bad
May this day clear all hurdles of your life and start new era of well-being Happy Dussehra!

Run

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 17:15:00 +0000

It’s been a while since I last ran in a marathon or ran continuously for 60 minutes thanks to the so-called self-made-busy-life, I neglected my regular running routine completely.

So, I mentally prepared myself to burn few calories today and try and break my previous best record of running nonstop for 60 minutes (nearly 5.6 kms).

Today:

I started early today. I walked for about 10 minutes before I could get into the full swing of jogging. I was out there on road with determination and strong will packed minus my I-pod and wrist-watch. I believe when the watch is on, frequent time-check leads to unwanted stress and fear of breaking down or losing out the motivation power to keep going. So I ran clutch free, all pumped up and focused.

Initially, I’d set myself small targets of running / jogging continuously for 1.4 kms completing one giant round and coming back to the same place where I started. The idea was to not to lose focus by setting up inconceivable goals. As i hit the finishing line, i was filled with new vigor to beat my previous run in a better way. So i continued running.

I ran and ran and ran. I completed 5 rounds without even stopping once covering 7 kms in 65 minutes.

Though, I was tired after the 4^th round but this exhaustion was a state of mind not body. I knew i can overcome the fear of giving up by reminding myself to keep moving. Amidst the adrenaline rush, I kept myself motivated with one liner’s like stretch-your limits and I-can-do-it. At times I almost gave up but every second i refilled my weekend will with the feeling of how it feels to be on the other side of the finishing line.

I realized one important fact today that it’s the mind that controls our senses, our will to proceed or not. It’s the mind that plays the game and controls our movements. And most of the time our mind forces us to avoid hard-work and take a detour en-route relaxation.

I was so relaxed for the whole day that this feeling was beyond explanation. It feels good to be active and fresh after such a run. Now i have decided to run 3 times a week setting up small targets for myself.

Important Tip:

Always keep saying I-can-do-itrather than counting the fears of losing the game. Keep yourself focused and never take your eyes off from the target. Do not worry about the failure as every failure gives us a new learning to try the same thing in a different way. Be very positive in your thoughts and do not let any wrong notions sink into your mind.

Run for a healthy living,

Run for your lungs,

Run for your life,

Have a cause, Run for a Cause!

Volunteer yourself to running and celebrate life.

Take Care!

Aim For Your Goal

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:56:00 +0000

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Never let anyone tell you how weak you are?

If you believe in yourself, never let your dream die.

Your inner voices may say you today that you can't do it but never let that inner voice take your eyes-off from your aim!

Do not worry about the society what they'll say if you fail. Only those who never tried and lived in constant fear of failure will speak or say wrong about you. Never live in such a company.

keep trying, hardwork will meet success one day.

So, stop saying that bullshit story you keep telling yourself about you_can't_do_it_? (Jordan Belfort)

Have a Nice Day !

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
~Arnold H. Glasow

Makkhi Movie Review

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 05:51:00 +0000

Google Images - Makkhi

Many a times we find ourselves in a situation when a fly out of nowhere buzz around us and disturbs our peace of mind. The only immediate solution is either to stalk and kill it or chase it away.

Now imagine a situation where a droning fly aims to buzz in your ears till you die. Hard to imagine, isn’t it? But that’s what the movie Makkhi is all about.

Story:

It’s a story of a young industrialist (Sudeep) who believes in getting whatever he aspires in life. He cannot accept defeat and is a skirt chaser. There’s another young guy (Nani) who’s in love with a small town girl (Bindu), a micro-artist. Nani loves Bindu but find it too hard to express his emotions. Bindu knows about his feelings but never say a word about it and keep asking for Nani’s attention. Sudeep wants Bindu but cannot accept Bindu’s tortuous show of affection for Nani. Sudeep kills Nani in order to clear his way. Nani’s reborn in form of Eega (Makkhi – a fly) to seek revenge and protect Bindu.

That’s the story now the review.

Review:

S.S.Rajamouli has taken Indian cinema to another level with Makkhi. A fantasy movie with some brilliant use of animation, complemented with brilliant acting by Sudeep (same name in movie as well).

The movie starts-off with a dad telling his daughter story of a Makkhi in order to make her sleep.

First 25 minutes leave the audience with what_am_i_doing_here feeling, in a dilemma whether to continue watching it or not.

First 25 Minutes:

The young boy Nani makes various attempts to express his love for Bindu. But Bindu is too hard to say yes but leaves him guessing about her love for him. This goes on for two years (first 25 minutes of the movie) and the audience starts replacing Nani’s love with unwanted infatuation. Nani is too irritating initially but that’s how real love is, without boundaries or limitations.

Later Part of the Movie:

The real action sets in after 25-30 minutes when Sudeep kills Nani only to know that Nani is re-born but in form of a Makkhi (Eega).

Brilliant use of animation and visual effects is done in the movie, especially the part where a fly’s struggle is shown, making it look very natural.

Most of the scenes are shot from Makkhi’s point of view, how it perceives the world and the things around it, how every minute of its life is spent flying randomly from one place to another.

Sudeep has done the negative role intensely. The scenes of his spat with the Makkhi have come out very naturally. There’s a scene in the movie where he gets so bugged because of Makkhi that instead of killing the fly he wraps up himself from head till toe like a mummy to prevent the fly from disturbing him from his sleep.

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The best part about the movie is the character Makkhi (Nani). Makkhi’s movements in air and ways of expressing emotions for his beloved and protecting her and the preparation it undergoes to kill his killer is just awesome.

You’ll be more than happy to see and stand a Makkhi in your face in the whole movie. It’ll make you fly in joy. Definitely a fun ride for the kids.

Excellent movie, a must watch for children as well as for adults.

Very innovative concept, except the first 20-25 minutes, the movie keeps the audience glued to their seats. Complete entertainment package.

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Movie is originally made in telugu by Rajamouli and later dubbed in Hindi. It has reached the 100 crore club and is already declared a blockbuster.

The movie is also nominated for this year’s Oscar awards.