It's My World

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

2013-05-28T23:42:00.000+05:30

Confession : I have not read this book completely (read little over 200 pages) and am not planning to finish it. I don't think its worth my time.This book is divided into 3 parts, each part dedicated to a country she explored (??) in her search for everything. Coincidentally the name of these countries starts with "I" (Italy India and Indonesia) and she tries to associates this coincidence

દિવાળી ની હાર્દિક શુભકામના

2012-11-13T14:03:00.000+05:30

Living with Bangalore Roads !

2012-02-16T01:09:00.000+05:30

Lately I also developed a software disease called back pain ! but this has nothing to do with my working in IT industry. This is an unrefusable gift from Bangalore authority to every two wheeler rider living in the city. Sometimes I feel as if I am living in a city of bumps and potholes. Just to give you an example,there are 12 speed breakers in the stretch of around 1.3km from

Do What You Love or Love What You Do !!!

2011-11-04T19:03:00.000+05:30

Society is changing. Irrespective of the family background, people are free to explore any kind of work they like. Leaving some exceptions, there was a time in Hindu society when mason's son can only take up masonry work and the son of a king can not do anything other than ruling the inherited empire, but now there is no such binding ! General education, economic growth and many such

Revolution - 2020 by Chetan Bhagat

2011-11-03T14:37:00.004+05:30

I used to think Chaten Bhagat novels as a good week-end read, but Revolution - 2020 is very disappointing . I couldn't read it beyond 200 pages, it is so boring and so predictable. I seriously believe, Chetan should stop writing novels and directly start writing movie scripts so that we can see it in 2-3 hour and save ourselves of two three days of reading.

Bidding Adieu To The First Decade Of The Century

2011-01-01T14:44:00.000+05:30

Its new year again ! Time to celebrate.. ! In India we have n number of new years in a calendar year ! each with its own cultural/religious importance but the calendar new year doesn't have any cultural significance it is not associated with any historical event (as far as I know) and that is one of the reasons why I don't feel very excited about it . Its my 28th new year, at

The Invasion That Never Was by Michel Danino

2010-10-26T18:20:00.000+05:30

"The Invasion That Never Was" by Michel Danino should be the text book in every school and each and every individual must read this book. From our school days we are being taught wrong history, a false history "created" by Britishers for their own interest. We were taught that there are two races in India ; an Aryan race and a Dravidian race. There is no archeological evidence or

બેંગલોર માં બીજી નવરાત્રી

2010-10-26T16:59:00.000+05:30

ગુજરાત છોડ્યા બાદ ગુજરાત ની સૌથી વધુ યાદ તો નવરાત્રી ના સમય માં જ આવે. નવે નવ દિવસ ગરબા ની રમઝટ ગુજરાત ના દરેક નાના મોટા ગામ તથા શહેરો મા જોવા મળે છે. તાળીઓ ના તાલ નું સ્થાન હવે ઓરકેસ્ટ્રા એ લઇ લીધું છે અને નાની નાની શેરીઓ અને ચોક મા થતી ગરબી હવે મોટા પાર્ટી પ્લોટ માં થવા માંડી છે પરંતુ લોકો નો જુસ્સો ઉમંગ અને ઇંતેજારી એવી ને એવી જ છે. હા, કેટલાક લોકો ને આ નવ દિવસ કદાચ

Media,Politics and Commonwealth Games

2010-09-27T12:51:00.000+05:30

Some thoughts on commonwealth games; Question: What is Commonwealth Games ? Answer : Its an international, multi-sport event played among commonwealth of nations. Question: What is commonwealth of nations ? Answer: It is an association comprising the Britain, its dependencies (like Wales , Scotland etc) and former British colonies that are now sovereign states with a

Experience with Bangalore Traffic Police - "Bhagvan Bachaye in se" !!!

2010-09-14T11:32:00.000+05:30

Corruption in different departments of the government is not a new thing, giving/taking bribe has become so natural that many a time people do not even realise that they are doing something wrong/illegal. The whole corruption system is well organized, agents are placed at every stage and acts as a channel for money transfer from bottom (aam aadmi) to the top(politicians) . Being at the

The first Dominos Pizza outlet in Jamnagar

2010-08-21T20:37:00.000+05:30

After U.S. Pizza, Jamnagar has its first Dominos pizza outlet recently opened near Tarak Society. I am not a big fan of Dominos Pizza since I first tried it 4-5 years back in NOIDA. The only reason why I would go to Dominos is either someone is giving treat or I am dying of starvation and nothing else is available near by. This time the occasion was my friend's wife's birthday and I agreed to

I'm Back

2010-08-14T10:33:00.009+05:30

Its been close to 3 months since my last post "Deadline means a deadline!!!" and I really missed doing one of my favorite things, writing. I have been using parikshitgohil.blog.co.in as my primary blog but without any warning or reason, my blog on blog.co.in has been blocked and it is very

Deadline means a deadline !!!!

2010-04-21T10:45:00.004+05:30

It was 11:55 in the night and Rakesh was still at his desk, working. He has to complete the task, which was assigned to him that evening only, at any cost, because he remembers his boss' words " Rakesh, in this company, deadline means a deadline". He thought, what else deadline means if not a deadline !!! He went to pantry, to get some black coffee. which, he thinks, takes the tiredness away

Magic Seeds by V S Naipaul

2010-04-05T11:23:00.000+05:30

Magic Seeds by V.S. NaipaulThis novel is about life of a person called Willie Chandran. He had spent eighteen years in Africa and then in Berlin and finally he returned to his motherland India to take part in a guerrilla revolutionary movement to liberate the village people. After spending seven years in revolution movement and many years in jail he feels that this movement is not at all about

Finally, we have education for all

2010-04-04T11:22:00.000+05:30

Long back, during my school days, I had taken part in one of the “Each One Teach One” campaign, where we went on roads urging people, such as shop keeper or truck drives or rickshaw driver or anybody whom we find on the road to send their child to school and if they themselves are educated then educate at least one person. We were not aware what we were doing or why we were doing, at that time

Chronology Of Dr. Ambedkar’s Life

2010-03-23T11:21:00.000+05:30

This can be considered as continuation of my last post on “Dr. Ambedkar and Dalits of India”. There were few requests from some of my readers (it really feels good to write *my readers* ) to give a very brief introduction on Dr Ambedkar’s life.Here you go …14th April 1891 - Born to Bhimabhai and Ramji Ambadvekar in the town of Mhow near Indor in Madya Pradesh.1896 - His family moved to Satara in

Dr. Ambedkar and Dalits of India

2010-03-19T11:21:00.000+05:30

I was reading a Gujarati book on some of the great men of India and read some excerpts taken from the biography of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar . So thought to write something on this, Volumes can be written on the work done by him but this is just my thoughts on the subject.I have heard a lot about this grate man, like he was the chief architect of our constitution, he had worked hard for upliftment of

Success - an illusion ??

2010-03-06T12:20:00.000+05:30

I’m 27 years old, initial 4-5 years, don’t know what I did, spent around 17 years studying and since last 5 years I am earning and spending my own money.I am thinking of buying a house, a house of my own !!! My father and mother saved money all through their life and managed to build a house, of their own, only after they got retired from their work. And look at me, I am planning to buy a house

Running Away From Problem

2010-02-24T12:01:00.000+05:30

Today I would like to tell you a story, enjoy….It was usual warm April morning in Delhi. Rakshit was preparing to-do list before going office. He had developed this habit from the start of his career when he was working as junior faculty in one of the training institute in his home town. He continued to follow this habit even though he did not like his job in his current organization. Daily he

The Only Innocent Phase of Life

2010-02-19T11:57:00.000+05:30

Today while returning from gym, early in the morning, I saw school going tots waiting for their school bus to come. Groomed in half sleeve white shirt and chocolaty colored chaddi fully loaded with heavy school bag on their back and king size lunch box in one hand with 600ml Thumps up bottle used as water-bag in other hand, they looked like warriors going to conquer the world, full of energy