tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71466744849395592442026-05-19T02:17:03.862-04:00Our body is nothing but a mere combination of the elements from this earth but what makes us human is our capability to connect our mind with our heart and sync them with our soul...Shweta Moonathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14376074171432022907noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146674484939559244.post-68255501901015372672012-12-21T14:30:00.000-05:002013-01-08T16:05:02.859-05:00

I am compelled to write about the Delhi gang rape of 23 year old Amanat (the name given to her by media).  I am furious like every other Indian (excludes the Government and Police official of India). Let me tell you why I excluded these people from the list of furious people. These officials were waiting for such a heinous act to happen to come together and act on it. What were they doing

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This article was lying around on my blog unpublished until today, when I decided to try to publish all the unpublished work. This piece of work should have been made public long ago. But alas, who has the time these days. So I decided to make this public with some modifications. This is a temple in Ujjain named Karkrajeshwar which I visited few years back. This place is of immense

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The name "It's Not Yellow" creates different imaginations like something is not yellow as in the color. This is the most common first thought. But if you are not into media, news and real issues you would not know that there is something like "Yellow Journalism". Yes, 'Yellow' journalism. This is the kind of journalism that does not care about bringing awareness in public about real issues.

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Life is Uncertain..so true. But have we ever thought about how much uncertain it is. Not until we face something that shakes us entirely. Recently, I found out that a young girl I knew passed away for reasons which I am not sure yet. Wait what??? How did it shake my conscious? Here it is… this girl worked with me in my previous company. I interacted with her enough to understand that she was a

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I read this quotation on my blog one day and I was not sure what this meant. I kept thinking for a long time before I decided I want to write about it so I can understand it better. This was the best way for me to find out the thought process behind writing such an intense quote. Punished are those who seek it – Yes, you will be punished if you seek something as big as the size of monster. If

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I had been thinking of going to a Mandir (temple) since a long time now. One day I decided that after work I will make it to the closest Mandir in Florida, where I was working then. My work weekdays are usually noisy and it requires me to interact with all kinds of people and run around to get things done. That does not leave me with enough energy at the end of the day to do anything. I had to

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Khaleed Hosseini, a known writer for his book “The Kite Runner” which eventually turned into a successful movie, has given another book “A Thousand Splendid Suns”. The book is very well written keeping the common man in mind. The flow of each individual’s life and incidences in their lives does not make you realize that you are reading a story. There is no logorrhea anywhere in the book. You are

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Laughter is the only thing that sets the mind free for some time. As we age, we stop laughing and as we age more, we stop smiling. But, as we age even more, the only way to keep ourselves going is the “laugh” with the people. I came across a group of old ladies, in their 50s, who would laugh at each and every thing, be it anything. They had this alacrity to laugh and make people laugh by cracking

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There are different aspects of a human behavior. They can be characterized in many ways and often it is the perception that divides the behavior as good and bad. Jainism describes the human behaviors in a way we, the humans do not perceive it and those are: Krodha (anger) Mana (ego) Maya (deceit) Lobha (greed) Krodha or anger is an issue with everybody unless you are a

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The Flume Gorge and Ride in Cannon’s Aerial TramwayFall has finally come again this year with beautiful red, gold, yellow and orange colors hanging on the trees all around. The White Mountains in New Hampshire is one place where you want to be over a weekend just to see these beautiful colors and feel the crisp autumn air and watch the blue skies. As the fresh air penetrates your body, it takes

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So this is a joke about Santa and Banta as everyone reading this can make out with the name “Banta”. I recently heard this joke from a colleague while taking dinner last night and believe me, all the while I was listening to this joke, I could not figure out where is it going to and when it is going to end. So Banta comes to India after being in America for 5 years. When Banta comes to India to

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It is when you start realizing the facts of the life, you start noticing the change in yourself. There are a lot of things that you didn’t know about yourself and about others that you find now. There are a lot of hidden secrets about the close ones that were never revealed to you. There are reasons behind every second of the time in your life and millions of other lives. Every time you do

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This world is not a generous place to live and the reason for this is ‘us’. We, as the responsible citizens of this planet are given immense powers to make or break our lives but we choose to shatter it with all the self-centered dreams, desires and developments. In the process of ruining the present and future, few people have managed to keep the respect for the elders ‘intact’. A very small

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Which of your possessions matter to you the most? Is it the gift you received from someone special or the one bought from your first salary? I want you to think of that while reading further. Jainism or known traditionally as Jain Dharma, Shraman Dharma or the religion of Nirgantha by ancient texts, dates back to Later Vedic period (1000 BC-600 BC). After attaining Enlightenment, Mahavira (540

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I was driving on the roads of Florida on a morning of summer '09. My favorite music was playing in the car with my iPod in my one hand and holding the steering from other hand. Driving in the right lane is for the people who drive slow, not to mention that the people DO NOT drive way below speed limit. All of a sudden a thought struck my mind "Why are people running?". I do not understand why

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The waiting for summer vacation to come… When one could spend all the time in JUST fun… Those years when school was scarier than life… Only going to that small village could make it bright… Walking on the road, I plan… Let’s do this or that when it began… The traveling by those iron rot trains and buses… One could barely fit their tusshies… Walking on the uneven roads

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I am the loneliness of the crowd… I am the silence of the talk… I am the dryness of the rain… I am the oneness of the many… I am the softness of the hard… I am the wetness of the dry… I am the happiness of the sad… I am the oneness of the many… I am the solitude of the open… I am the darkness of the light… I am the shallowness of the depth… I am the oneness of many… Coz’ I have

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I will ask for a good book to someone who reads and by that I mean not read a newspaper or an article once in a while but someone who has intellectual taste about books, the real books. It is still fresh in my mind since the time I started and finished reading this book, the book that has not only touched many hearts but has drawn attention of renowned news papers, writers and directors that they

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I have thought about this so many times and yet I do not have an answer. Should we speak what our heart says without thinking about whether it will affect the person listening to it or should we speak what the person listening to us wants to hear? In the second case we are taking into consideration other person's feelings, may it be good or bad. We could just say whatever we think we want

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How many times do you think you thank someone for what they have done for you? I think it is really important for us to let that someone know how much we appreciate it. I mentioned in one of my post about a Hispanic cab driver in New York City. It was my way to thank him for what he did; of course I did it face-to-face too. And here is another chance for me to appreciate their gestures. Yes, I am

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This is about my visit to the state of New Mexico, a state next to Texas and sharing the border with Mexico. I had to visit this place called Silver City which is close to Texas and very close to Mexico border. The closest airport that I had to take was the El Paso International Airport in Texas 3 hours away from Silver City. The journey from Boston started as early as 4am on a sunday and ended

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The Kite Runner: The book and the movieI will ask for a good book to someone who reads and by that I mean not read a newspaper or a article once in a while. Someone, who has an intellectual taste about books, the real books. It is still fresh in my mind since the time I started and finished reading this book, the book that has not only touched many hearts but has drawn attention of renowned news

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It was a long weekend in US, the July 4th weekend which is most awaited by approximately 300,000,000 people was starting. I had come back from Indiana on the night before the long weekend. On my flight back to Boston I was thinking about how to spend my long weekend. The plans to go to Washington DC were already cancelled. All the reservations needed to be cancelled and the friends who were

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This is a weird topic to write on but I will still try to write why I love chocolate croissants. I am not a huge fan of chocolates, though I like some of them like Cadbury's Fruit n Nut, Ferrero Rocher, Five Star (I ate those in India. I don't see them in Amercia) and Kit Kat. I like the dark flavor of chocolates too but only in cakes.It is interesting how I was introduced to chocolate croissant

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With the increasing pressure of work and the race to get ahead of time and people, we often forget to think about ourselves. Our mind occupied with 10,000 things except that one thing that says, RELAX and take care of yourself, which does not only include your body, but your mind and heart.I am trying to give few tips here and a quick access to links that can help you serve the purpose of your

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