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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2enclosuresfull.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>Raghav's Ramblings..</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/</link><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/RaghavsRamblings" /><description>Faith Rules Your Fate!!</description><language>en</language><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</managingEditor><lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:53:09 PST</lastBuildDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">67</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><feedburner:info uri="raghavsramblings" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Faith Rules Your Fate!!</itunes:subtitle><feedburner:browserFriendly></feedburner:browserFriendly><item><title>The 23rd Floor.</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2011/06/23rd-floor.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:38:06 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-4444465627605756827</guid><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622734312540155298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MQkqiv38Yvs/Tgf3ERVbLaI/AAAAAAAAESY/ZPtWavFmy-A/s200/p253478-Honolulu-View_from_Marriott_Waikiki_23rd_Floor.jpg" border="0" /&gt; As I sit facing the Swan river &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;On the building's Twenty-Third floor,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I still cannot believe the hard truth&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;That my Phone will not ring anymore! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was breeze and sunshine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Just as my days were till you'd left,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;It suddenly became very dark outside&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I guess the nature too knew I'm bereft!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The clouds slowly began to melt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And the birds found it tough to fly,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I too broke into tears in a moment&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Only you must know the reason why! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While it's raining I dazed at the roads&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And nothing seemed to be visible,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I realized that it's same with us&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;The thought itself is nothing but horrible.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then came the sun with a rainbow&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;A surprise that only lasted for a while,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;You came in and gave me glimmer of hope&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And now moved away from me many a mile! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soon the nature has changed its mood&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;With the clouds making way to blue skies,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I went berserk and hit my fists on the wall &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Dear, the pain you left will never make me wise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;-- Raghav! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-4444465627605756827?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-06-26T22:38:06.666-05:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MQkqiv38Yvs/Tgf3ERVbLaI/AAAAAAAAESY/ZPtWavFmy-A/s72-c/p253478-Honolulu-View_from_Marriott_Waikiki_23rd_Floor.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>The Limbo Of Self-Love</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2011/05/limbo-of-self-love.html</link><category>Self-Love</category><category>Limbo</category><category>myself</category><category>love</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 04:08:10 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-919204702678854950</guid><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HEa2kaua1jA/TcpnEB1GshI/AAAAAAAAENs/3ZfmI2duFfE/s1600/I_Love_Myself.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605406005124313618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HEa2kaua1jA/TcpnEB1GshI/AAAAAAAAENs/3ZfmI2duFfE/s200/I_Love_Myself.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wasn't in love with a person&lt;br /&gt;All through my life and at every moment,&lt;br /&gt;But I was always in love with a special one&lt;br /&gt;For the reason that is still not known.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I began to like that person&lt;br /&gt;I failed to realize how I offended others,&lt;br /&gt;When I forced my wants and desires&lt;br /&gt;And when they weren't ready for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I went on to love that person&lt;br /&gt;I haven't understood how I hurted others,&lt;br /&gt;When I didn't bother to care for them&lt;br /&gt;And when they expected for it in heaps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I accompanied my soul with that person&lt;br /&gt;I couldn't recognize how I demeaned others,&lt;br /&gt;When I was adamant that I'm always right&lt;br /&gt;And when they are sure I wasn't indeed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I time traveled with that person&lt;br /&gt;I refused to accept how I affected others,&lt;br /&gt;When I neglected to give them happiness&lt;br /&gt;And when they were certain they'd get it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I felt obsessed with that person&lt;br /&gt;I never reconciled on how I deserted others,&lt;br /&gt;When my Love is a preoccupation of "Myself"&lt;br /&gt;And When they figured out I'm in Love with "ME".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#660000;"&gt;"Self-love functions with Brain I and Brain II. One of them used to be an organ that beats very often. No goodies for guessing it right!"&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;~ Raghav!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-919204702678854950?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-05-11T06:08:10.920-05:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HEa2kaua1jA/TcpnEB1GshI/AAAAAAAAENs/3ZfmI2duFfE/s72-c/I_Love_Myself.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>Mon Amour..!</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2011/02/mon-amour.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 06:54:05 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-6596998325634013458</guid><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;She isn't a twinkling little star,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;She isn't a fascinating fairy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;But without her name I'm afraid,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I'd never be able to fill my diary!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;She isn't a charm from my dream,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;She isn't a bliss of harmony.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;But without her company I'm afraid,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I'd never be able to figure out my destiny!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;She isn't an angel from the sky,&lt;br /&gt;She isn't a goddess to worship.&lt;br /&gt;But without her presence I'm afraid,&lt;br /&gt;I'd never be able to define a relationship!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-weight: bold;" align="center"&gt;-Raghav.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-6596998325634013458?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-05-11T08:54:05.720-05:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>So I Think, I Live.</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/12/so-i-think-so-i-live.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:24:54 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-6456071020899525630</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SyspCZP3III/AAAAAAAADQM/sDHOw7TXgqc/s1600-h/a_change_of_perspective_by_kuschelirmel1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416468097957044354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 169px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SyspCZP3III/AAAAAAAADQM/sDHOw7TXgqc/s200/a_change_of_perspective_by_kuschelirmel1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Life's a collection of different perspectives. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Perspectives inturn give me too many questions.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;The very moment when I find all the answers,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;for the countless questions I have, life ends.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Not mine, but of the questions!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New questions arise when I ponder more. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;If there weren't any questions, there isn't my life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;But, perspectives do exist even if I don't.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;So, I live my life amidst all the perspectives.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Not mine, but of the nature!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The riason d'etre of my existence is to find&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;answers to the puzzles that nature had created.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I, human being, being the creature of this nature, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;play time traveler to reveal the unknown secrets.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Not mine, but of the perspectives!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;"And so I think, I live". &lt;strong&gt;Raghav!&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-6456071020899525630?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-18T02:24:54.778-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SyspCZP3III/AAAAAAAADQM/sDHOw7TXgqc/s72-c/a_change_of_perspective_by_kuschelirmel1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">8</thr:total></item><item><title>Scintillescent, She should be..</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/12/scintillescent-she-should-be.html</link><category>poem</category><category>scintillescent</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:43:04 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-7477510402979188292</guid><description>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414619052015877266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SySXVwV3_JI/AAAAAAAADKc/qCEbhcJl0hc/s200/hanks-reflecting-on-indian-beach.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;S&lt;/strong&gt;parkling Eyes..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;C&lt;/strong&gt;harismatic Looks..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt;mmaculate Thoughts..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;N&lt;/strong&gt;ovel Ideas..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;T&lt;/strong&gt;enacious Dreams..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt;nterpid Actions..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;L&lt;/strong&gt;oquacious Talks..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;L&lt;/strong&gt;ucent should be her luminous eyes,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;E&lt;/strong&gt;qually effervescent must be the looks, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;S&lt;/strong&gt;uave should be her succint thoughts,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;C&lt;/strong&gt;ognitive must be the cogent ideas,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;E&lt;/strong&gt;namored should be her exotic dreams,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;N&lt;/strong&gt;urtured must be the nuant actions,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;T&lt;/strong&gt;erse should be her tantalizing talks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Therefore, &lt;strong&gt;Scintillescent&lt;/strong&gt; she should be.."&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Raghav!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-7477510402979188292?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T01:43:04.490-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SySXVwV3_JI/AAAAAAAADKc/qCEbhcJl0hc/s72-c/hanks-reflecting-on-indian-beach.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total></item><item><title>Screams Of My Consciousness</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/12/screams-of-my-consciousness.html</link><category>Screams of consciousness</category><category>poem</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:37:59 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-904702771738365623</guid><description>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414006978389120754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SyJqqYZelvI/AAAAAAAADJ0/8r8MfHrWRXI/s200/PageImage-348175-1533405-scream2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;How do I explain those feelings?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;They make me powerless and they're are unclear.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;How do I face those miseries?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;They give me grief and they're humiliating.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;How do I wipe those frustrations?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;They push me into darkness and they're obscure.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;How do I avoid those adversities?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;They do not let me breathe and they're suffocating.&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;How do I overcome those fears?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;They chase me in my dreams and they're ghostly.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;How do I comfort those wounds?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;They pull me down to my knees and they're hurting.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;How do I challenge those agitations?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;They suck the sap in my mind and they're vulnerable.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Some Screams Of My Consciousness"&lt;/em&gt; - &lt;strong&gt;Raghav!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-904702771738365623?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T02:37:59.973-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SyJqqYZelvI/AAAAAAAADJ0/8r8MfHrWRXI/s72-c/PageImage-348175-1533405-scream2.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">6</thr:total></item><item><title>Those Colours Never Fade..</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/10/those-colours-never-fade.html</link><category>colors of love</category><category>poem</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:37:42 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-6897074083402271942</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SuL2QI7yy-I/AAAAAAAADIg/Cw3bqu4MkFo/s1600-h/white-sand-beach_9629.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396146060679891938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 126px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SuL2QI7yy-I/AAAAAAAADIg/Cw3bqu4MkFo/s200/white-sand-beach_9629.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I saw that pretty woman blushing,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Walking besides the blue-green sea.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;The Sun soon stood up in attention..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;It isn't a hazy, lazy morning anymore.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;The pale white Sands on the beach,&lt;br /&gt;Quickly turned sensuous in yellow.&lt;br /&gt;I Blame it on the midas touch..&lt;br /&gt;Of the truly holy, lovely feet of hers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I blindly followed them all the way,&lt;br /&gt;Those aren't just the footprints.&lt;br /&gt;But are the special "foot-pressions"..&lt;br /&gt;Of that sparkling dazzling, living angel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She pressed, compressed this heart,&lt;br /&gt;Impressed my dumb, numb soul.&lt;br /&gt;Strings of this dusted, rusted violin.. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Never soulfully vibrated in melody.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She splashed hard all the colours,&lt;br /&gt;On this bare, white-walled heart!&lt;br /&gt;Nothing seemed much brighter to me..&lt;br /&gt;And those colors would never ever fade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Love's the color, Life's the art. Both together - It's a masterpiece"!&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Raghav.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-6897074083402271942?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T02:37:42.614-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SuL2QI7yy-I/AAAAAAAADIg/Cw3bqu4MkFo/s72-c/white-sand-beach_9629.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total></item><item><title>Would you still walk away??</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/10/would-you-still-walk-away.html</link><category>beautiful</category><category>life</category><category>poem</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:38:33 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-5093448610253415020</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/St2yszWJY3I/AAAAAAAADIY/xz_ureq2FHA/s1600-h/vsc0029.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394664411426808690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/St2yszWJY3I/AAAAAAAADIY/xz_ureq2FHA/s200/vsc0029.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Would you afford to lose it?&lt;br /&gt;when you knew it's all yours.&lt;br /&gt;Would you not let it go away??&lt;br /&gt;when it's craving to be of another's.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would you prefer to walk slow?&lt;br /&gt;when you knew it's taking off.&lt;br /&gt;Would you not run behind it??&lt;br /&gt;when it's flying too high and too far .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would you wait till tomorrow?&lt;br /&gt;when you knew it's already late.&lt;br /&gt;Would you not make it happen??&lt;br /&gt;when it's leaving to keep you at bay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would you ponder sitting quiet??&lt;br /&gt;when you knew it's difficult to be.&lt;br /&gt;Would you not express it aloud?&lt;br /&gt;when it's listening for one last time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would you prefer to be alone?&lt;br /&gt;when you knew it's gonna be hell.&lt;br /&gt;Would you not try to be grab it?&lt;br /&gt;when it's stretching a hand forward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would you still opt to walk away??&lt;br /&gt;when you knew it's not yet over.&lt;br /&gt;Would you not be happy again?&lt;br /&gt;when it's all part of one's beautiful life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Some thoughts daunt and few memories haunt"!&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Raghav.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-5093448610253415020?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T02:38:33.210-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/St2yszWJY3I/AAAAAAAADIY/xz_ureq2FHA/s72-c/vsc0029.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total></item><item><title>Bruised But Not Broken!</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/09/bruised-not-broken.html</link><category>poem</category><category>mirror</category><category>bruised not broken</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:38:56 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-1311062181599076896</guid><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393858004916563778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 172px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/StrVRw_y70I/AAAAAAAADIQ/ah4PRNB28Mg/s200/falling_to_pieces.jpg" border="0" /&gt; I'm still running fast to try stand still, &lt;div align="center"&gt;Breathing very hard to beat the heat!&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Though many things went against my will,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I'm requiting to get back to my fleet!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I'm lagging behind to move fast forward,&lt;br /&gt;Cleaving, clinging to retain any lost chance! &lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Though cowardly acts turned me wayward,&lt;br /&gt;I'm rebuilding stance for any circumstance!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I'm falling to pieces to stick them back,&lt;br /&gt;Presuming to convey that I can survive! &lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though tough times did whack and crack,&lt;br /&gt;I'm reforming to thrive, revive and arrive! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm bruised but not broken, I can recoup,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Unifying myself to obtain absolution!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Though the past refused to give a hope,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I'm retaliating for a better conclusion! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"A broken mirror's still a mirror".&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Raghav!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-1311062181599076896?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T02:38:56.272-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/StrVRw_y70I/AAAAAAAADIQ/ah4PRNB28Mg/s72-c/falling_to_pieces.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">6</thr:total></item><item><title>Software. Cookware. Footwear.</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/09/software-cookware-footwear.html</link><category>software</category><category>office</category><category>poem</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:39:21 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-1825427697633941145</guid><description>&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Work to bada bore hain..kyun ki it is software.&lt;br /&gt;Office mein aadha zindagi..Masti ka pata hai nowhere!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lies nahi ye sach hain..maa ki kasam and swear.&lt;br /&gt;Truth to hai really nanga..Angrezi mein bole to bare!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone ko dena hai..zara sa pyaar aur zara care.&lt;br /&gt;Boss ko yeh bhi nahi pata..saala hai sabka nightmare!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salary bhi hai bahut kam..Jab kare sabse compare.&lt;br /&gt;Increment to hoga hi nahi..ab aasha nahi sirf hai despair!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Troubles se nikalne ke liye..mujhe mat hona hai scare.&lt;br /&gt;Fight karna hai khud se..hoga zaroor wear and tear!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life is very short and choti..maarna hai fourth gear.&lt;br /&gt;Risk loonga ab mere bhai ..karta hoon thoda sa dare!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nice lagaa to yeh poem..kariye friends se aap share.&lt;br /&gt;Copy math karna mere bhai..Raho Shamsher se Beware!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~By The Way&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Raghav&lt;/span&gt; Kumar ne kiya hai..this poem ka prepare.&lt;br /&gt;Mistakes hai to give comments.. karunga phir se repair!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SsMxu4ldt5I/AAAAAAAADHA/ysGFjginin4/s1600-h/442db0289c652e53c0ee217ecb41cb94.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387204260798510994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 121px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 103px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SsMxu4ldt5I/AAAAAAAADHA/ysGFjginin4/s200/442db0289c652e53c0ee217ecb41cb94.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-1825427697633941145?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T02:39:21.284-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SsMxu4ldt5I/AAAAAAAADHA/ysGFjginin4/s72-c/442db0289c652e53c0ee217ecb41cb94.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total></item><item><title>Independence Day!</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/08/independence-day-tweet.html</link><category>Independence Day</category><category>Thought</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:39:45 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-7222439670744555083</guid><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Independence&lt;/strong&gt; is selfishly yours when you think you have it only for you. It is universally ours when we feel responsbile that everyone needs it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Happy&lt;/span&gt; Ind&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;epend&lt;/span&gt;ence&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt; Day!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Raghav -&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;"I'm Proud to be an Indian and lot ought to do to make India proud"!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-7222439670744555083?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T02:39:45.505-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>Nothin's gonna change my life.</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/05/nothins-gonna-change-my-life.html</link><category>poem</category><category>change</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:40:14 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-6505823676219232504</guid><description>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332616244034612914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 166px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SgFCOHUpLrI/AAAAAAAACwc/Gt0tkRbVRJ8/s200/edit6_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Nothing's gonna change my life. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Nothing's gonna change my world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I'm still alive and I still breathe high.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Living for someone is an old blunder.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing's gonna change my mind.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Nothing's gonna change my world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I'm still alive and I still sing aloud.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Feeling for someone is an old blunder.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing's gonna change my future.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Nothing's gonna change my world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I'm still alive and I still survive here.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Dying for someone is an old blunder.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing's gonna change my path.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Nothing's gonna change my world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I'm still alive and I still walk tall.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Changing for someone is an old blunder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing's gonna change my will.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Nothing's gonna change my world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I'm still alive and I still try hard.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Losing for someone is an old blunder.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing's gonna change my hope.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Nothing's gonna change my world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I'm still alive and I still step forward.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Waiting for someone is an old blunder.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Nothing's gonna change my life."&lt;/em&gt; - &lt;strong&gt;Raghav!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-6505823676219232504?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T02:40:14.278-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SgFCOHUpLrI/AAAAAAAACwc/Gt0tkRbVRJ8/s72-c/edit6_1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">6</thr:total></item><item><title>Just A Random Thought</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/05/just-random-thought.html</link><category>Thought</category><category>Article</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:37:16 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-4658685207825295952</guid><description>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/Sfqp27UkwpI/AAAAAAAACi8/eUDAk0qcvi4/s1600-h/0cb23765-caad-4d82-8d99-16b2bfec46d0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330759870048420498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/Sfqp27UkwpI/AAAAAAAACi8/eUDAk0qcvi4/s200/0cb23765-caad-4d82-8d99-16b2bfec46d0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"An unexpected disease a year keep doctors and medical scientists busy for more than a decade". Millions of people died of AIDS from past 3 to 4 decades all over the world. Millions more are still affected with AIDS. Millions more would definitely get affected with AIDS in future too. But more than nobody wears condoms even now. The awareness campaigns from UN or WHO were never aggressive in preventing AIDS apart from foundations and programmes all around the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Now, from past 10 days 90-100 people across the world die because of a viral flu called the "Swine Flu" and the world started acting immediately. People started worrying. Tension is all around. Governments are alarmed. It all looks like a hollywood movie come true. Airports are busy with doctors to check the health status of incoming immigrants. All because of a fear to &lt;strong&gt;sudden death&lt;/strong&gt;. So, any conclusions? I strongly feel that people do worry more about the sudden deaths like what Swine Flu is presently doing than to the &lt;strong&gt;slow poison&lt;/strong&gt; like AIDS that kills people at a rather less pace. Must be true!! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;~ Just A Random Thought By &lt;strong&gt;Raghav&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-4658685207825295952?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T02:37:16.125-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/Sfqp27UkwpI/AAAAAAAACi8/eUDAk0qcvi4/s72-c/0cb23765-caad-4d82-8d99-16b2bfec46d0.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Roller Coaster Life.</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/04/roller-coaster-life.html</link><category>life</category><category>Article</category><category>poem</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:18:24 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-7986811158873394685</guid><description>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SfhzEPpI1mI/AAAAAAAACi0/JPIdN2ITnpc/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330136675748730466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 166px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 162px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SfhzEPpI1mI/AAAAAAAACi0/JPIdN2ITnpc/s200/untitled.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Before I begin, I would like to thank one of my best friends who has been the inspiration and who has given the basic idea for this post. While we were chatting today, we discussed about some key phases of human life, what we saw, what we happen to see and experience during the course of life. We encounter things, people and situations of the extremes. Like the ups and downs, the sweet memories and the time we broke into tears etc., It is worth to mention that &lt;strong&gt;"Life's a mixed bag. What we pick is what we get!"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Life's like a roller coaster, you know,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;It is full of ups and downs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Sit back tight when the journey starts,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;hang on well and hold your nerves.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Yes, we feel the rush all over,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;of the blowing air when we plunge.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Up we go and down we come,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;similar is the journey of our life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;If there is no down there won't be up,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;do not frown and do not sigh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Smile and say loud to your heart,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;that our faith does rule our fate.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;By &lt;strong&gt;Raghav - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Believe in faith. It drives life."&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-7986811158873394685?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T03:18:24.613-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SfhzEPpI1mI/AAAAAAAACi0/JPIdN2ITnpc/s72-c/untitled.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>Blogging from Africa - The Angola Diary</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/04/blogging-from-africa-angola-diary.html</link><category>My Life</category><category>Article</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:20:51 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-8917273533144888528</guid><description>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;I always like to be famous and want my name to lie on people's tongue tips whether for good or for bad reasons. It is always good if we travel around the world as we get to see lot of new places, new people and new cultures. It is far &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;beyond&lt;/span&gt; good if you're not paying for it :-). Now, for some reasons &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;I'm&lt;/span&gt; in lime light from last couple of weeks. My mailbox started flooding with emails from people I know. It is not that I've done something great to become famous. I just traveled to Angola, Africa. It made me become a topic for my family, friends, colleagues to speak about. Yes. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Raghav&lt;/span&gt; is in Angola. It is a different world for me and a different place altogether.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;I am in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Malongo&lt;/span&gt; Base, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;CABGOC&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Cabinda&lt;/span&gt;, Angola. For people who want to locate where exactly &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;I'm&lt;/span&gt; located, this google maps link is for you. &lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&amp;amp;msid=107738601286396256442.000001127a138509fac81&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ll=-5.382405,12.210531&amp;amp;spn=0.03683,0.055275&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;z=14" target="_blank"&gt;http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&amp;amp;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;msid&lt;/span&gt;=107738601286396256442.000001127a138509&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;fac&lt;/span&gt;81&amp;amp;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;ie&lt;/span&gt;=&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;UTF&lt;/span&gt;8&amp;amp;ll=-5.382405,12.210531&amp;amp;spn=0.03683,0.055275&amp;amp;t=h&amp;amp;z=14&lt;/a&gt; I started my travel from India last &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;. It was a forgettable and tiring travel as it took four flights, a bus and almost 2 days for me to reach my final destination. Adding salt to this wound, I ha&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"&gt;ven'&lt;/span&gt;t received my check-in baggage at Luanda (capital of Angola) by the grace of the airport staff at the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"&gt;Johannesburg&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;RSA&lt;/span&gt;. Losing check-in baggage is most common for people here, not for me. It was &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;embarrassing&lt;/span&gt; for me because it had almost all my branded clothes, all the food items and things that help me to do my daily routine. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;This place (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;Malongo&lt;/span&gt;) once belonged to Congo, was sought and fought hard by Angola to have it under its belt. It is located 30 miles from the city of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"&gt;Cabinda&lt;/span&gt;. Guess what, this place is one of the richest oil basins in the world located near the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;Atlantic&lt;/span&gt; ocean, and don't ask me what I've got to do here. I better answer, I am System Administrator for Global Document Management Team for Chevron corporation. It is better if I don't get in to technicals as I personally do not like discussing about work. The campus is in between thick green forests that have many wild animals. So, people in the camp are restricted to go out of the premises. The weather, it is winter over here with intermittent and unexpected rains in between. I feel great because I have escaped the nightmare of Chennai summer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;I have some good feelings and some mixed feelings in my mind about this assignment. Good things first. It is good to visit an African country that is less visited by many of the Indians. It is also good to interact with people working here from different cultural backgrounds. Also, I can take 25 days off at India for every 28 days (78 hours a week) I work at Angola. And the only bad thing for now is the food. Being a vegetarian, it is hard to survive here expecting for better Indian food amidst pork and beef that takes part of the menu 9 out of 10 times. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;For&lt;/span&gt; now, I am waiting for June 10, my return journey to India. Lot many things to share..but till then "Boa Noite!!"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-8917273533144888528?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T03:20:51.663-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total></item><item><title>Peace.."A Transtion from red to white"!</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/04/peace-please.html</link><category>peace</category><category>poem</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:21:47 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-4409189859752659312</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r24/jamikasutton/inspire/peace.jpg?t=1239888898"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 191px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 157px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r24/jamikasutton/inspire/peace.jpg?t=1239888898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I had just dreamt of a peaceful world.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Hundreds of white doves were fleeting over my head.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;The sounds from their wings were the claps of their happiness.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;They were all dancing with the wind, I saw.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;To watch the joyful flight of those white birds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I decided to rest myself facing the spacious blue skies.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;On a lushy green grass with my hands that pillowed my head.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I felt it is real peace and is what everyone needs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;It all may be only in my imagination.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;But, peace is the synonym of love on this Earth.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;When spreaded all over, peace blooms and illumines.&lt;br /&gt;Only in compassion, satisfaction blossoms and we'll enjoy peace.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;It makes us smile from fears and when we are in tears.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Peace is the triumph of universal togetherness.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;- &lt;strong&gt;Raghav "Peace is in our hands!"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-4409189859752659312?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T03:21:47.723-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>Democracy and the Dust</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/04/democracy-and-dust.html</link><category>India</category><category>Article</category><category>democracy</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:22:19 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-705098791366260559</guid><description>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/P/Santhosh.Parameswaran-2/india.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 163px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/P/Santhosh.Parameswaran-2/india.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; "For the people. By the people". I wonder if someone in our country remembers this. Perhaps, very few might remember hearing the above statement during their school days and are to be appreciated for the sharp memory they possess. After all, we human beings remember things well what we do, see, think and practice daily. So, its not a surprise if someone forgets the principle of democracy because we have not seen it yet. &lt;strong&gt;Democracy is like God indeed, that has not been witnessed but only heard about. &lt;/strong&gt;It is not that I have stated the above sentence out of anguish, it is inevitably evident from the faces of all Indian citizens. &lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am utterly disappointed by what I have seen and observed in our country for the last 5-10 years. I have witnessed what democracy does not mean to people. &lt;strong&gt;I have seen what democracy cannot do for the welfare of the people. I have understood how democracy can be taken as an advantage to the fullest by the polluted politicians. I visualized the loss of fundamental rights, the loss of culture, the loss of value of a vote that is being weighed against a Rupee note, the perversion of the living standards of people in the country&lt;/strong&gt; by so called political, economic 'intellectuals' and the int(ext)ernal forces i.e., regular terrorist attacks that have cheapened people's lives like those of toys. I guess we all have seen more than enough. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;It is election time again in India. It is party time. Sorry, it is 'parties'' time. There is not a big notable difference between the elections that have happened 14 times before these elections. Differences could be in the amounts of black money and alcohol that is transferred and transported across all the states for free distribution to the people for their invaluable vote. Thanks to politicians who bag thousands of crores of rupees for years and spend a few hundreds of crores in a month or two(Generosity :) explained!). Though it is a known fact, politicians have never been sent to trials for the same reason. Perhaps, our IPC law is a cookbook that not only has rules to trial the convicted, but also has embedded the loop holes for politicians and criminals to escape. May be &lt;strong&gt;"All is fair in love, law and politics"!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not to forget the developing gigantic electronic and legendary paper media, that are playing a major role in making sure that people get to know the latest happenings just when they happen. The news may be positive or negative about the politicians, but it serves a mode of free publicity for them. It is very much applicable in case of budding politicians who use their political wit by making controversial statements and fall in the eyes of media and hence to the people. Does anything's been publicized in our country that'll do good for people? I feel no difference between the ruthless terrorists and spineless politicians who use the common mode of communicating to people through electronic media. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paper media has always been more or less partial towards one or other political party for gaining sustainability. Electronic media, that magnifies each and every silly thing on the Earth, has failed miserably in focussing on the issues where people are unable to use their fundamental rights. &lt;strong&gt;Theoretically our democratic structure is well formatted. But practically, Indian democracy needs a demographic change where every individual is made to recognize what his/her duties are, what powers do they have as citizens of this country and in choosing the right leader to serve them. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Democracy should not exist in the books. It is neither an old book that has to be shelved nor an antique displayed for the purpose of showcasing. When democracy does not meet the people, it will be beaten to dust in this country.&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;strong&gt;Raghav&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-705098791366260559?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T03:22:19.439-06:00</app:edited><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>Vote n Note!</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/04/vote-n-note.html</link><category>poem</category><category>vote</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:22:47 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-8243251612784865768</guid><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SdrytcxRdlI/AAAAAAAACh8/gfaa-JPt_bo/s1600-h/poster2.png"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321832772322555474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SdrytcxRdlI/AAAAAAAACh8/gfaa-JPt_bo/s200/poster2.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My dear voter, please note before you vote&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Do not waste your vote just for sake of a note!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why go for a note that'll only fill your stomach for a day &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;While a true, genuine vote would let you live happy everyday!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leading a life in distress with no signs of development is merely a torture &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;So, retaliate your power through a vote, with an insight of your bright future!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Perhaps it's better to encourage people NOT to vote, unless they're willing to educate themselves on the issues that would never let them grow."&lt;/em&gt; - &lt;strong&gt;Raghav!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-8243251612784865768?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T03:22:47.203-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SdrytcxRdlI/AAAAAAAACh8/gfaa-JPt_bo/s72-c/poster2.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>The Wings Of My Blood</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/03/blooded-feathers.html</link><category>wings of blood</category><category>discovery of life</category><category>poem</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:24:27 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-5185768785445868420</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SdC8ysZQJ8I/AAAAAAAAChU/xywdXmdZVk8/s1600-h/4836c5caa0564,wings-of-blood.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318958739021113282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 187px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SdC8ysZQJ8I/AAAAAAAAChU/xywdXmdZVk8/s200/4836c5caa0564,wings-of-blood.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Hope is the thing with white feathers,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Tickled me hard to find it and conquer it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Wings are the only means of my transit,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Struggle is the best way to succeed, I knew!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flew many miles for one lone reason,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Hunt is always 'on' while I'm in the game .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Never tired during the journey towards passion,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Struggle is the best way to succeed, I knew!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winds tried to hamper my course of flight,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Obstacles have felt their timing's perfect.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Attitude kept me focussed right through,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Struggle is the best way to succeed, I knew!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dreadful was the heavy storm on the way,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Engrossed was I with the thirst to reach it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Feathers were heavy and wings turned bloody,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Struggle is the best way to succeed, I knew!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Glaring was a box, ah! I sighted my destiny,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Amazing!! I have witnessed my picture inside .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Realized that I discovered myself in the journey,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Discovery of thyself is journey of life, I knew!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By &lt;strong&gt;Raghav&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;em&gt;In discovery of life&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-5185768785445868420?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T03:24:27.676-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SdC8ysZQJ8I/AAAAAAAAChU/xywdXmdZVk8/s72-c/4836c5caa0564,wings-of-blood.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total></item><item><title>One Life..</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/03/one-lifeone-friend.html</link><category>Friendship</category><category>life</category><category>Article</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:23:09 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-5040464069099266585</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SbdFHPl4a1I/AAAAAAAACgU/MOz4bYI8m2o/s1600-h/20090107021302_friendship_06.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311790276253608786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 188px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SbdFHPl4a1I/AAAAAAAACgU/MOz4bYI8m2o/s200/20090107021302_friendship_06.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Friendship is one of those parts of life that we at times take for granted and we expect it to be present in all areas of our lives. I often hear and use phrases like ‘Friendship is forever’. But in truth how many true friendships do we have? Is one best friend worth more than a thousand? Better to think for a moment and list those we feel are true friends and those with which we have a very close relationship. Is our friendship from the heart? How do we see and decide a person as our true friend? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friends form a special connection that will weather any storm. They understand being human and give the other room to grow and are there even when they are not expected to be present. They know, respect and cherish each other’s mentalities and individualities . To them, Friendship is a path of unrelenting compassion that encompasses not just one's life but the life of the other person too. It is a special bond that is created out of genuine affection and is given without the thought of reward but with the essence of the heart which longs for a special connection. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friendship connects two people so strongly that even death cannot sever the cord. That friendship exists forever in the realm of wonder. It brings light into their world for it gives us the missing link to thier souls. It provides a passage way from one heart to another and allows the transference of peace and solitude. True friends are simply ourselves in disguise. By uncovering that disguise we see before our eyes the world we created and the being we have become. By understanding the true value of a friend we begin to see the importance of looking at the reflection they provide and peering into the life we lead. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Friendship lets us to become a witness to the beauty, wonder, and peace that we give to the world and understand our contribution to the ongoing discoveries that we will make. Think of our true friends and be grateful for the gifts they bring to our life. Allow our hearts to connect and bring comfort to each other. Expand our world by seeing through their eyes. Give them our love in return for each friend we have is an unearned gift that should be accepted with grace and thankfulness. &lt;strong&gt;“A Best friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until he/ she arrives, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edited by Raghav&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-5040464069099266585?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T03:23:09.143-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SbdFHPl4a1I/AAAAAAAACgU/MOz4bYI8m2o/s72-c/20090107021302_friendship_06.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>Thank You...</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/03/thank-you.html</link><category>poem</category><category>Thank you</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:24:03 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-8386100360802424067</guid><description>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311058313689736978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SbSrZajcpxI/AAAAAAAACgM/B-5fEu3O8mM/s200/thank-you.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Thank you for all the care,&lt;br /&gt;you mean so much to me;&lt;br /&gt;For concern and understanding,&lt;br /&gt;you give me truly and heartfully..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for listening with your heart,&lt;br /&gt;for cheering me when I'm blue;&lt;br /&gt;For bringing out the good in me,&lt;br /&gt;and that is just only for you..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the long conversations,&lt;br /&gt;that stimulate my soul and my brain;&lt;br /&gt;For silly times we laugh out loud,&lt;br /&gt;and for many things I can't explain..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for looking past my faults,&lt;br /&gt;for all the time we spend together;&lt;br /&gt;For all the kind things that you do,&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for being a meaning of my life !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;Raghav&lt;/strong&gt; to all his friends!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-8386100360802424067?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T03:24:03.337-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SbSrZajcpxI/AAAAAAAACgM/B-5fEu3O8mM/s72-c/thank-you.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total></item><item><title>Less Is More Than Nothing.. In a Lighter vein!</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/03/less-is-more-than-nothing.html</link><category>poem</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:25:05 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-999949285118962303</guid><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/Sa1kn8M8XzI/AAAAAAAACfk/ySzKaYayrb0/s1600-h/smileyface.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309010173077774130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 173px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 173px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/Sa1kn8M8XzI/AAAAAAAACfk/ySzKaYayrb0/s200/smileyface.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;You lent me thousand bucks,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And I owe you the same.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Be happy if I give you only hundred,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Less is more than nothing!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You gifted me for so many occasions,&lt;br /&gt;And I owe you the same.&lt;br /&gt;Be happy if I just greet and wish you,&lt;br /&gt;Less is more than nothing!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;You showered me lot of love and care,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And I owe you the same.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Be happy if I manage to do only a little,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Less is more than nothing!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;You showed me the way to heaven,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And I owe you the same.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Be happy if I leave you in middle,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Less is more than nothing!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;You gave me the real happiness,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And I owe you the same.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Be happy if I make you cry sometimes,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Less is more than nothing!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Though you get less, feel that you have more than nothing and you'll be happy" - &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Raghav&lt;/span&gt;! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-999949285118962303?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T03:25:05.833-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/Sa1kn8M8XzI/AAAAAAAACfk/ySzKaYayrb0/s72-c/smileyface.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total></item><item><title>God Has Ever Sent..</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/03/poem-for-my-best-friend.html</link><category>Friendship</category><category>poem</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:25:51 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-7220319690470920283</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/Sa0muyxiwbI/AAAAAAAACfc/qv_nVAxvkHQ/s1600-h/best_friends_51.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308942121085092274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 142px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/Sa0muyxiwbI/AAAAAAAACfc/qv_nVAxvkHQ/s200/best_friends_51.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;It has started like a tender bud of rose..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And within no time we became so close!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are very gentle and you're so calm..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;With a caring heart that does not harm!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You turned my every darkness into light..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And made sure my days are always bright!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our friendship is worth more than gold..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Which can neither be bought nor be sold!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though many friends just came and went..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;You are the best one that God has ever sent!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;By &lt;strong&gt;Raghav&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-7220319690470920283?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T03:25:51.425-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/Sa0muyxiwbI/AAAAAAAACfc/qv_nVAxvkHQ/s72-c/best_friends_51.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total></item><item><title>I was a little orphan..</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-was-little-orphan.html</link><category>orphan</category><category>poem</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:26:25 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-8971914682917378630</guid><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SZPC1Zrae8I/AAAAAAAACNQ/GAdhPLRt-L0/s1600-h/untitled.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301795409027038146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SZPC1Zrae8I/AAAAAAAACNQ/GAdhPLRt-L0/s200/untitled.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was a little orphan,&lt;br /&gt;I haven’t had a house to stay.&lt;br /&gt;My life was filled with dearth,&lt;br /&gt;And I used to sleep on the bare Earth!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was a little orphan,&lt;br /&gt;I haven’t had a family to love.&lt;br /&gt;Mom went to see the God,&lt;br /&gt;And Dad too left giving her a nod!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was a little orphan,&lt;br /&gt;I haven’t had a fortune to live.&lt;br /&gt;My living was in great disgrace,&lt;br /&gt;And I was very far from solace!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was a little orphan,&lt;br /&gt;I haven’t had any religion to say.&lt;br /&gt;My God never had any kind feeling,&lt;br /&gt;And I suffered alone without any healing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was a little orphan,&lt;br /&gt;I haven’t had enough food to eat.&lt;br /&gt;My body was swollen with wounds,&lt;br /&gt;And I weighed a very few pounds!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was a little orphan,&lt;br /&gt;I haven’t had any studies.&lt;br /&gt;My days were spent in deep sorrow,&lt;br /&gt;And I had no hope for a bright tomorrow!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was a little orphan,&lt;br /&gt;I haven’t had people to care.&lt;br /&gt;My cheeks were wet when I weep,&lt;br /&gt;And I wished mom was here when I sleep!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;But now.. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am no more a little orphan,&lt;br /&gt;I have good food to eat, books to read.&lt;br /&gt;My well wishers have showed compassion,&lt;br /&gt;And I lead my life with a goal and with a passion!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;By &lt;strong&gt;Raghava Kumar V S S&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-8971914682917378630?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T03:26:25.801-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SZPC1Zrae8I/AAAAAAAACNQ/GAdhPLRt-L0/s72-c/untitled.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total></item><item><title>Hollywood's 'Salaam' To The 'Slum'</title><link>http://scintillescent.blogspot.com/2009/01/hollywoods-salaam-to-slum.html</link><category>Article</category><category>salaam bombay</category><category>Hollywood</category><category>Slumdog Millionaire</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (Raghava Kumar)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:27:20 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1218123733405283552.post-1541182445321953751</guid><description>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Remember Mira Nair's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.imdb.com/title/tt0096028/"&gt;Salaam Bombay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; that has created waves in Hollywood in 1980's?And now, you must be knowing about Danny Boyle's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.imdb.com/title/tt1010048/"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Slumdog&lt;/span&gt; Millionaire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; in 2008 that has repeated the sensation created by Mira Nair's movie on the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Mumbai&lt;/span&gt; Slums. Call it reality or being bland , both the movies have succeeded to most extent in portraying and displaying the atrocities faced by the kids on the streets of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Mumbai&lt;/span&gt;, if not India completely. Mira Nair's version has won many accolades, awards and praises for her depiction, while Danny Boyle has won 4 Golden Globe awards for his venture. But, what made both these movies win rewards with awards? Is it the theme? or the execution? Is life in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Mumbai/ India&lt;/span&gt; similar to what has been shown in both these movies?&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291515538396868514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SW89WLWa76I/AAAAAAAACAU/-OgA8cj8IQI/s200/untitled.bmp" border="0" /&gt;Fed-up of being continuously bullied by his elder brother, Krishna sets fire to his motor-bike. His mother takes him to the nearby Circus, and tells him that he can only come home after he earns Rs.500/- to pay for the damaged bike. One day the Circus Boss asks him to run an errand, and when Krishna returns back he finds that the circus has packed up and traveled elsewhere. Alone, with nowhere to turn to, he decides to travel to the nearest big city - Bombay to earn the money he needs to. Upon his arrival, he befriends the thieves there and ends up in notorious red-light area. &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Chillum&lt;/span&gt;, a drug pusher and addict, helps Krishna get a job with the owner of a tea stall. Krishna (&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Chaipau&lt;/span&gt;)'s goal is to earn money and return home. He has a crush on a young prostitute, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Sola&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;Saal&lt;/span&gt; whom he attempts to free (but in vain) and as a result he loses his job too. He works odd jobs to feed himself, and look after &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;Chillum&lt;/span&gt;, who fights but loses with death. Apprehended by the police, Krishna is taken to a juvenile home. But soon, Krishna escapes from there and goes back to the world of drugs, pimps and prostitutes to nurture his dream of going back to his mother someday. &lt;strong&gt;That's &lt;em&gt;Salaam Bombay&lt;/em&gt; for you&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Highlights :&lt;/strong&gt; The central theme, screenplay, Krishna's action and Mira Nair's direction.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291515536395273714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SW89WD5NBfI/AAAAAAAACAc/fkpjZpCIgP0/s200/hr_Slumdog_Millionaire_3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;The story of Jamal &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"&gt;Malik&lt;/span&gt;, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"&gt;Mumbai&lt;/span&gt;, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"&gt;describes&lt;/span&gt; the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, their adventures together on the road, vicious encounters with local gangs, and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"&gt;Latika&lt;/span&gt;, the girl he lost (whom he loved the most). Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the questions in the game show. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the seemingly impossible quizzes of the show. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. &lt;strong&gt;How the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"&gt;Slumdog&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;'turned'&lt;/em&gt; Millionaire?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Highlights :&lt;/strong&gt; The Script work, screenplay, lively performances from all the actors and last but not the least is AR &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"&gt;Rahman's&lt;/span&gt; haunting music.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Postmortem:&lt;/strong&gt; Now the theme of both these movies is similar in many aspects when observed. The story of both the movies is altogether different. "Are the slums of &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"&gt;Mumbai&lt;/span&gt; /India still the same even after 20 years?" feels a foreigner if watched both the movies. Many Indian Critics accepted the way that Mira has portrayed Mumbai slums in Salaam Bombay , since the situation in 1970-80's is more or less the same. On the other hand, in their opinion, Danny Boyle has underplayed or underestimated modern India and its outlook while filming. Whether the situation of Indian slum is better or not, the feel with which a foreigner views the movie will push him to the notion that what has been shown is the real India. Leaving all the criticisms ashore, both the movies are definitely worth watching that deserve a place personal video library. Now, what would be the next movie of this kind will be like? Any guesses? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;P.S :&lt;/strong&gt; 2008 Booker Prize winner &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"&gt;Aravind&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"&gt;Adiga's&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;"The White Tiger"&lt;/strong&gt; is a dark humored narration on India and its under-developed villages in the form of a story. Do read it&lt;strong&gt; -- &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"&gt;Raghav&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1218123733405283552-1541182445321953751?l=scintillescent.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2009-12-13T03:27:20.995-06:00</app:edited><media:thumbnail url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_60L8Z92xDZ0/SW89WLWa76I/AAAAAAAACAU/-OgA8cj8IQI/s72-c/untitled.bmp" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total></item><media:rating>nonadult</media:rating></channel></rss>

