tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37288831265122941422024-03-12T18:52:13.045-07:00My ThoughtsJayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-36028374969497497432015-02-21T09:49:00.000-08:002015-02-21T09:51:24.000-08:00My Tribute to Bangladesh Mukti Yuddha : 21st February –Bhasa Andolan <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Bangladesh is a country so much synonymous
with Bangla or Bengali, writing something in English takes away the sheen out
of it. Starting with the name of the country, a pure Bengali word, the emotion that
oozes out surrounding the words “<em><strong>Bhasa</strong></em> (Language) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong><em>Andolan</em></strong> (Struggle) ” and “<strong><em>Mukti Yuddha</em></strong> (Liberation
for Freedom)” is no way near to when they are translated in any other language.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">To me, the struggle for
establishing Bangla as the national language against an oppressive and tortuous
regime was deeply connected with their overall freedom movement. While one
after another governor from the then West Pakistan’s ruling institution tried
to force Urdu upon the nation as their national language bringing them to their
knees , this <em>andolan </em>was not just another upheaval around the language but it
united a whole country to go for something they believed in.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">“ <em><strong>Amar Bhai er Rakte Rangano Ekushe
February</strong></em>,<span style="line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><strong><em>Ami ki Bhulite Pari</em></strong> “ - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When one hums these lines and other similar
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">“<strong><em>Amar Sonar Bangla,<o:p></o:p></em></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><em><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ami tomai bhalobasi</em></strong>”…one can feel the blood
flowing through the veins much akin to the freedom fighters from India.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">The numerous distressed and
displaced people got an impetus to fight for their liberty in the face of all
odds. The struggle that started around 1950s got fructification in the year
1971 with the massive help and support from India – a neighborly act only to be
done by a sensible government.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Not specifically naming any leader
amongst the hundreds of nameless and faceless common men and women, I take this
opportunity to salute all those involved in this movement from the core of my heart.</span></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-89485717790286846012015-02-01T09:19:00.002-08:002015-02-01T09:19:40.537-08:00El Camino Real – Entwined with a piece of life of Indian Diaspora<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Dosa Palace, Appakadai, Bangalore Café, Taj Imports, Peacock,
Mayuri, Paradise, Madras Café, 4 different chat houses, India Cash and carry,
Bharat Bazar, Komala Vilas, Bombay Garden, Madras Groceries and the list goes on
and on the both sides of a road in a serpentine length of few miles – all posing
a grand look with their accessorized illuminations trying to grab your
attention in the organized business establishments side by side to Rite Aids, Dollar
Trees and SafeWays.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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metros rather I rediscovered a different El-Camino Real – CA 82, during my
evening stroll yesterday. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We used to live in this place from 2001 to end of 2004 before
we had to leave this t</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">he then-adopted- country of ours in just two days’ time due
to a family emergency. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During those days
Indians were mainly associated with ever changing information technology industry
and the shopping destinations or eating joints were few and far between for the
techie population. Sunnyvale Hindu Temple off Mathilda Avenue was the only
congregation place with anything to do with religious activities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Returning after 10 long years to this part of USA, over the
period of last two weeks, I was able to observe how things have changed – some
businesses have gone out of business, some new have come up while some could
wither the storm of economic ups and downs and continue to do the business. New
apartment complex – Tuscany is coming up on Pomeroy and El-Camino in Santa
Clara near the Valero gas station which still sells gas at a less price in
comparison to its peers. What struck me most is the number of Indian businesses
have sprang up and to top it all, the foray is into other main stream
businesses like Auto garage, a big departmental store giving competition to
erstwhile American large scale store format and a new Shiv-Durga Temple of Flora-Vista
and off El Camino. </span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[endif]--></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">After stamping their unquestionable dominance in the geek
world, yes, Indian and India has gained prominence in mainstream America, –
starting from politics at the highest levels of Obama administration added with
state and city levels to education, legal, medical and everyday life of American
sitcoms with Indian characters- male and female. The startling fact to notice
is how everyday common people from other countries – Americans, Chinese and
Europeans in this part of the country are thronging these Indian business
establishments – either relishing Indian cuisine in week days and weekends just
like Sushi bars, Chinese or Thai restaurants or shopping in the grocery stores
for fresh vegetables and good quality rice grains. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is an ethnicity which can’t be ignored anymore in
American lifestyle and my cousin sister’s Ph. D thesis on first generation South
Asian women in American Education system only vindicates this fact. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Landing in this country in the middle of first economic
bubble burst of 2000-2001 and securing a somewhat well paid job, we have had
many sweet memories surrounding this place. While visiting our residences in
Henderson in Sunnyvale and Mary Ave bordering Mountain View, a surge of
emotions those days flew through my veins. Those places have remained the same
except few changes in converting them as gated communities. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">My grandmother came to stay with us in first few weeks of our
landing into this country. We did not have a car those days. On the advice of
friends and families, one day, we set out to find a dollar store on VTA route
number 22 with a confidence in mind on our walking capability and ability to
figure it out by asking people. We did not have any experience on everything
large in America and that applies to distances as well. This time also we had a
hearty laugh on that experience – the number of blocks we walked in search of
that and not able to figure it out at the end.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Madras Café has grown in size with roaring business and so
does Shraavana Bhavan. Along with the burgeoning sizes and sprawling interiors
with an India touch, one can easily experience the typical south Indian smell
wafting out from the kitchens in the chilly cool breeze along the footpath of
El Camino.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">In those days, you hardly would see anyone walking on the
roads barring a few health conscious folks either running in Sun or cycling in
the evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see, now, the numbers of
people at least walking a few blocks have increased slightly which is a good
sign of healthy America if you would ask me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sunnyvale Library just beside the police station ,with the
metallic sculpture of the boy with a book in hand, is visited by many more
people these days- needless to say a good chunk is from Asian and Indian
communities. On not a busy day, we used to walk up and down from Henderson to
Mathilda – around 8 blocks to the library just for the heck of walking though
we had a car that time. The mall in Sunnyvale downtown with an Indian theater
has given way to a new establishment housing J C Penny and others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Hindu temple has a new get-up now with a
proper look of temple from its earlier version of a warehouse. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Though it might sound a little weird, being in the tech
industry, the garage from where Hewlett-Packard Company started or Xerox PARC
laboratory off Page Mill road had special significance to us just like Stanford
would have for anyone. We made it a point to visit these birth places of
Silicon Valley to feel and get soaked in the aura of them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">I took a bus ride to Los Angeles last weekend and it looked
to me water situation has deteriorated on the sides of freeway 101 and 5 –
Golden state highway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Vast patches of
green pastures have turned to un-moistened and unfertile land giving it a look
that someone might have laid a walnut colored mattress for miles after miles. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amongst all other states and cities of Unites States, the
bay area and El-Camino has a special place in my life and mind. I feel somewhat
comforted when I am here rather elsewhere. As I spent some considerable time in
some other cities as well, it is not about the fact that we stayed here. It is
some other connection somewhere which I still need to figure out.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-90523110468787050752014-08-14T10:23:00.001-07:002014-08-14T10:23:37.026-07:00Where Do We Really Go ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The recent revelations about Supreme Court judges and their
collegium selection system have left me stunned and speechless. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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holds this court as the final authority as far as judiciary is concerned and
expects to be the go all and end all for everything under disputes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Being the ultimate wise men with highest level of expertise on
constitutional matters, common people consider the verdicts delivered by Supreme
Court judges as the final ones considering they cannot go wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When one reads about some of these otherwise respected lot
are either compromised or corrupted, the soil under the feet is simply taken
away. These supposedly infallible set of people, once being held in high
esteem, are showing up just like any other common person- prone to be
influenced by bribes or other external factors. The recent startling facts also
reveal<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the out of the way measures taken
to either appoint incompetent judges in highest level or give undue favors to
inept representatives under political duress. The once iron willed institution
today is under the scanner like many other corporate or social organizations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On one side, Supreme court has ben appreciated for taking up
the cudgels to drive the country towards prosperity providing direction to
parliament – the executive arm of the country (though some say it is
overstepping the limits drawn between executive and judiciary), on the other
side, it has been exposed that they are not above the very basic human nature
of greed and power exposing its cruel teeth and nails.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The common man is perplexed and asking a question.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Where do we really go?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who do we really look up
to?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yesterday Lok Sabha passed the landmark bill, ratified by
Rajya Sabha today, to scrap Collegium system – judges appointing judges and to
be substituted by a 6 member committee.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">While I do not know if the new committee will be any better,
it is high time, this institution look inside to cleanse the system and get
back its erstwhile respectful image in the eyes of the public.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-29902801288337749052014-07-29T23:20:00.001-07:002014-08-09T11:19:34.939-07:00Where is the End ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">I
consider myself fortunate than my brothers and sisters living in hell in some
other countries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">My
daughter is fortunate that she is not being forced to live through the
unimaginable mental and physical torture the children in those countries
are living by and my family is privileged that they are spared of the
harrowing experiences the mothers are going through day in and day out. The
turmoil of war is thrust upon them unwittingly and unwillingly.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span></div>
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wood and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I pray for everyone for a similar peaceful life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I
can’t imagine that someone would carry out a meticulous plan to shoot down a
passenger jet but then there are few other things also that are happening in
today’s world, equally beyond my imagination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">These
are truly, and I mean it, beyond my comprehension and rightfully might be
yours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">To
me, downing of MH 17 is nothing less than the attack on world trade center or the
one in our own Mumbai and the others ones carried out in other parts of world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Planning
to shoot down that plane and executing it with scrupulous precision -killing
all 297 people on board, is barbarism and atrociousness to the extreme. This is
terrorism of the most heinous nature and handy work of them who have turned themselves
to demons and ceased to live -forget about their right to demand or ask for anything. Looks like we are going back to the ages when
humans used to only fight with each other and were not a social animal. Other
animals are scoring better than us in this aspect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">While
I very well understand that a terrorist in one country is a martyr in another
and are more perspective driven than anything else, I can, by no means envisage
missiling down a full-fledged airplane, to attract attention, killing innocent lives
including children. This is plain and
simple capitulation of humanity and dreadful brutality – nothing else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Coupled
with this, whatever is happening in <b><i>Gaza between Hamas and Israel</i></b> is another
terrible episode of common man decimated to dust for socio-political reasons going
out of control gradually. The fearful
faces of children, young and adults with the spumes of spoke bellowing from the
buildings at the deafening sound of gun shells are observed all over. The
morning scene of the streets gets changed substantially by the evening. While the
issue there is of complex political nature and am not trying to justify one
over other, I do not understand how deep rooted this anger and hatred can be to
instigate such massive and colossal damage of hundreds of lives (hundreds and
counting).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
recent Sunni rebellion in Iraq has left the country in tatters. While the
country on the banks of Tigris and Euphrates (Persia), once regarded as the
birthplace of early civilization and crown jewel of many a fable, was just
starting to recover from the savagery of the previous wars, this one had to
happen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I
wonder why, instead of development, people are so bogged down with religion and
dogmatism that keep them involved in gory battles year after year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
ego gets more importance than education, health ,growth and all the other
developmental parameters of human lives; still there is hardly any intention to
put in any effort in that direction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I
am really at my wits end trying to fathom how people could get into such mad
rush of belligerent carnage and mayhem of human lives for reasons that make no
sense to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When
will this dance of merciless killing come to an end? Am deeply pained by what is happening around and
expressed it one of my earlier posts <a href="http://jayantathoughts.blogspot.in/2014/04/m-for-mind.html">here</a> .
Borrowing few lines from there I would like to repeat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;">Mistakes committed in history,</span></i></b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;">Should not pronounce the future,</span></i></b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;">Sensible <u>mind</u> and healing touch</span></i></b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;">Can only aspire a bright pasture.</span></i></b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(61, 133, 198); line-height: 200%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
<b><i><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;">No poisoning the <u>mind</u> of our
children,</span></i></b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;">In the name of religion and the Lord,</span></i></b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;">There must be a way to persuade</span></i></b><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: background1;">And exchange a hug for the sword.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Humbly and earnestly, I, with folded hands, appeal
to their good conscience, “Human life is precious. Don’t play with them”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-1645122628025327942014-07-23T18:10:00.001-07:002014-07-23T18:15:16.126-07:00With My Telepathic Power - short fiction below 400 words<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ekta, my niece, is like my alter ego. She is
vivacious, makes friends easily, and is extremely popular among her friends. We
make an unlikely couple - I reveling in her sunshine cheer and she in my
brooding silences. So, it struck me as a very unusual incident, when she
cocooned herself in her den since morning. The first instance that I missed her
was when I did not hear the sing song ‘Good morning’, as I sleepily coaxed my
toothbrush across my misshapen teeth, standing on the verandah.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The day passed by, and we got busy in our mundane jobs
- for me, that meant taking the 45 minute sessions of Physics with unmindful
boys, who are rather interested in the aerodynamics of paper planes than my
interpretation of surface tension in fluids. My mind kept going back to Ekta’s
voice and her chatter and by midafternoon I had made up my mind to woo my
little princess with her favorite chocolates along with pink roses.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Try as I might, I could not figure out what could have
caused her changed behavior. Maybe a bout of telepathy and/or mind reading will
not be a bad idea either.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though I am convinced that ability to read human mind
will only complicate further the already complicated social fabric and have
established the same in all my discussions with friends and colleagues, I felt
the need of that power now. Walking along the college corridor, I started
feeling light-headed and queasy; the next I knew I was laying on the ground
with anxious students and staff peering at my face and the security guy all
poised with a water jug, ready to slosh me with more water. Suddenly, a wave of
nausea swept me and a premonitory haze shimmered before my eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got scared with the ‘telepathic vision’ as I call it
as I saw Ekta there.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I need to return to her at once to save my little
princess.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was clear to me that she is in a serious bout of
depression and plans to take the extreme step of finishing her life. She wishes
she was never born.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I stand by my conviction of not trying to see
more that what is shown to us, thank, God, that I could save one good soul with
my timely acquired power.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-52395003128861832372014-07-19T13:07:00.001-07:002014-07-19T13:07:51.727-07:00Engineering Creativity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The other day, on my way back home after a busy day at work,
I observed the interesting catchword “Engineering Creativity” on the well decorated face of a
company private bus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The creatively written
blue on white wordings are articulation of company’s thoughts of how it wants to
project itself and be perceived.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">That got me thinking. Isn’t the case with you? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ok, here it is.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Do they want to <em>engineer</em> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">creativity
</i>or are they <em>engineering in a creative</em> way? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Can creativity be engineered?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Being an engineering company, is that something they intend to do and
bring a new perspective that creativity can be engineered?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who knows? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nowadays there are so many institutions who boast of
specifically designed creative writing and other sessions claiming to unfurl the
creative side within one’s self. Probably they have also found out a niche way
of doing things to bring out the creative aspects in their clients.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If I am to believe that that connotation is for engineering
in a creative way, should “Engineering Creatively” be more appropriate? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">With Apple redefining the way engineering should be done,
that makes more sense to unearth the best value out of better engineering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It should no longer be restricted only to
better engineering rather creative engineering from aspects of consumer
likeliness to reduction of cost of engineering and fitting things in a given
form factor. There is a Nat Geo segment titled ‘Engineering Marvels’ which
elaborates on how the indigenously developed Nano was designed in India. Though
the car has not been a smash hit in the market, there were numerous instances
of creative engineering that had gone in the making of it and the narration
brings just that. Personally, I was amazed at how each of the aspects was
creatively thought out and engineered to fit the size and budget target of the
car.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I will be interested to know what you think that the company
wants to say through those words on their bus. Look forward to your comments<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanking you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-18640695995999793272014-07-08T11:10:00.000-07:002014-07-08T11:10:26.166-07:00Back to the Beginning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Ravi’s days are spent hobnobbing with the top echelon of the business
community. With sheer determination and indomitable will, success kissed his
feet by the time he turned 40.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Despite his current status, he makes it a point to visit the
modest place, off Banerghutta Road, every year. His life had blossomed here out
of the mire he got stuck with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">He still remembers the day he was literally pulled out of the
street and brought here by the gardener.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Initially he hated it, but slowly, the magic of the palace
rubbed off on him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">It feels so home here, </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">doesn't</span></i></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><b><i> it?</i></b> </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;">The memories come flooding
with smile on his face as soon as he sets foot in his orphanage – the SOS
village.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 32px; text-align: left;">Written 100 words of Saturday prompt </span><strong style="text-align: left;">it does feel like home, doesn't it?</strong></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-79722206993738643062014-07-04T10:24:00.001-07:002014-07-04T10:24:04.910-07:00Popular Story with a twist-1: Race between Rabbit and Tortoise<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The rabbit and tortoise took positions. The race commenced at
the sound of the gun and both of them were off the block. Rabbit took up its
natural speed from the word ‘go’ while tortoise was inching towards the finish
line. This was the race of life - a marathon where the distance was longer than
what the rabbit could finish on one sprint. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">Midway through the race, the rabbit wanted to take a close
look at where he was in comparison to where he thought he would be and not
where tortoise could reach up to. This was needed for him to re-</span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">strategise</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"> the
race, if needed, of course. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Rabbit was also out of breadth, perspiring and wanted to <a href="http://vidyasury.com/2014/06/step-back-to-move-forward.html">take a step
back to move forward</a> taking a cue
from Vidya’s blog version (negative) 1.0 which he read just a day ago </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">. Intelligent, Huh! And people
thought rabbit was only a snob and not-so-steady. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Planning to take some rest, he did some calculation on
approximate time it would take for the tortoise to catch up the distance and
set the alarm clock accordingly. He did not forget to keep a buffer of 10
minutes from his overall time estimate just to give himself a fair chance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Alarm bell went off and he woke up. Seeing his competition still
at some distance, he started again and finished the race on time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I still cannot figure out why the
poor tortoise agreed to race with the rabbit. It could be probably due to pressure of
expectation from his family and friends. He was to excel in all the fields as
dreamt by his parents. His dreams did not matter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Knowing fully well his capabilities
and shortcomings by then, he concluded enough was enough and decided that racing
was not his cup of tea and hence made the most important decision of his life -to
look for his core competency area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Moral of the story: Fast and steady
wins the race. Focus on what you are good at. Analyze where you are against
your own self and not with your competition.</span></div>
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<u style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Popular Story with a twist-2: Tortoise and the Swans</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The swans took to the skies in search
of better life along with the tortoise that could not fly. Swans wanted to help the tortoise transport to
a new lake to get saved from severe drought in that area. The instruction to
tortoise was to hold onto the stick and not to open his mouth lest he fell from
a height.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Eventually, after quite a few miles in the flight, tortoise
could not stay put up with the condition and opened its mouth to blabber
something- the talkative that it was. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Falling from a height, he was trying to figure out ways to
save himself and praying hard. Meanwhile he was looking frantically all around
for something to hold on to while keeping his cool. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">God helps those who help themselves and in this case, God
did. The tortoise fell on a big heap of straws in a village and survived with
some minor injury. With its presence of mind, it acted smart and created a
story to the villagers. He made them believe that was God sent and the
villagers should take good care of him for their </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">well being</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">He lived through, somewhat happily, for the rest of his life
with the villagers' fate moving up and down affected by other factors in life –
natural, political, economic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">The tortoise proved once again that one should be ready to
face the challenges and should be smart and resourceful enough to convert the
situation in his </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">favor</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-39388770090702543662014-06-26T13:27:00.001-07:002014-06-26T13:27:34.450-07:00Have you listened to the wind lately?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Have you listened to the wind lately?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Whispering in my ears, she goes by.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Gently, gingerly, prancing through the leaves,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">While evening descends in the afternoon sky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Crisp air - frigid, black, nipping in the dark of the night,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Tip-toeing from far away land;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Murmuring in a husky yet somber voice,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Mother earth is very ill, she needs a caring hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Who am I? I ask, I am too small <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">To give that healing touch,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Dancing in the midst of roses, colorful, wind says<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Every “you”, if you wish so, can do so much.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I walk barefoot on the sea shore, water caress my feet,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Morning Sun (up) above the horizon , spreads bright colors all around;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Shrill wind, leaping from the crest to the trough,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Got me into a thought profound.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I move around the world,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">From the peak of Everest to depth of the Nile;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Wind-childlike, jumping up and down, says,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Willing souls together, good enough to cleanse the vile.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">This is my promise-I will do my bit,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">My inner soul pledges back to me;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I see a tear drop of happiness,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Edgy, restless wind rushes back to thee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Beautiful Earth, at the mercy of them,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">We can’t let it die.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Muttering wind, tirelessly, inspires us,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">To do our bit -before waving bye.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">We made this father’s day memorable by taking a trip to
famous Mango and Jackfruit mela (fair) at the Lalbagh botanical garden, Bangalore. My
morning started with big hug from my daughter accompanied with a self-decorated
card and a nice little golden flower made out of throw-away plastic bottle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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weeks back, and this time, we set out again to cover the occasion before it came
to a close by the last weekend. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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minded focus on the Mango mela. In fact, we even did not go to the flower
gardens. The mela, itself was a unique
experience of a lifetime. The sweet aroma from different kind of mangoes piled
high across the walkways beckoned us in their midst. Each had its own beautiful
shape and size to boast of, and was ornamented with green, red, yellow patches,
being at different stages of ripeness. Above all, it was the lure of the heady
aroma wafting in the atmosphere – caressed by the mild sunrays, comforted by
the lyrical music of the cool breeze, in the midst of dancing light and shadows.
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shops in two lines putting up colorful banners and a large gate welcoming one
and all. People of different ages with colorful dresses thronged the place like
any other festive season. Talking about the festive season, lots of people like
us long for this time – the summer and monsoon, only to welcome the king of
fruits- the mangoes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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visiting all the shops from one end to the other - satisfying our palates with the small
bites, before getting down to the serious business of negotiation and purchase.
After getting a hang of the relative pricing (though there was not much of a
variation between the competing neighbors) , one or two kgs of each type were
making their way into our large enough cloth bag (environment conscious, huh!)
. As it was really getting difficult to resist the temptation of buying more,
we ended up with a huge quantity and planned to share the divine fruit amongst
friends and families who could not make it there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">It was an enjoyable family outing after quite some time,
specifically since we had spent the last few months dealing with medical
emergencies; it was a welcome break. On our way back from the mela, to wrap up
the outing, we did manage to take a quick climb up and down the hill top and a
quick tour in the bonsai garden nearby. Every time we see these wonders, it makes
me revere nature as a creator of innumerable varieties.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I recommend everyone in Bangalore to plan few hours
during the mela, the next time around… and am sure you will not be
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I can’t imagine having a large open area, like the one used
during the Yudh of Mahabharata, being available in today’s date. While He was a
tad disappointed with the dimensions, I had to make Him aware of today’s stark
reality. In this age of real estate boom, by the power of money (black or
white!!), every yard of open ground or lake are getting converted into opulent
malls or villas and apartment complexes. After hours of meditation and
cerebro-cosmic dialogues, I could manage to secure this slot with Lord Krishna and
I could not just let it go, just because the field was not as grand as then.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">I had prepared my queries for this momentous tete-e-tete. After
customary greetings and exchange of initial pleasantries, we took our positions
on His Rath - one of the huge double-</span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">decked</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">-airborne vehicles leased to him by
governing council of heaven for His lifetime. Did I say lifetime? Sorry! It was
eternally leased and looks grand even after the depreciation value had long come
down to zero . Krishna is eternal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">“My Lord, since you knew everything that was going to happen
in that long Yudh, why </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"> you take charge and close it on the very first
day with your power”? In Arnab Goswami style, I continued with my question for
another 2-3 minutes, making sure, he lost the beginning. “It could have saved
few millions of life, time, money etc. etc.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“See, the reason I did not intervene was that I wanted the
law of nature to take its own course and logically that was the route to adopt,
given the circumstances."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“At the cost of so many lives!! And did you say logic? That’s person and
context specific and there is nothing like absolute or universal logic. Those
who are tagged as terrorists in one country are revered as freedom fighters in
another and in this case, you knew both of them."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“I know what you mean but I wanted to let people know what would
happen when the whole world was overpowered with sin."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“I beg to differ, Me Lord. It is always the common man who suffers
the most and gets punished for the so called sin committed by powerful. The more
than 18 aukshauni (approx. 4 million) army men had to lay their lives for the
internal family feud of their king. Do you agree?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“Probably, you do not know, but the whole society including
my own clan-Yadavas, were decaying and dying a slow death. And…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Stopping him in between (as that is the usual trait that the
current day anchors possess and nurture) and sensing that he had trouble in answering,
I issued another salvo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“You helped Pandavas quite a few times to take resort to
not-so-straight-ways-and-means to destroy Kauravas. Take example of
Dronacharya, Duryodhana…… How do you explain that?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“You must know that everything is fair in love and war….”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">“But that is true with the human beings. You were the God supreme
and that would come straight from the epic book, The Gita. Everyone was just
delivering and discharging their duties as you wanted them to. Why </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"> you orchestrate these things differently? ”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“Right. And here I
would like to go on record that a little sin done for a greater benefit of
humanity is well accepted as no sin. In case a small lie helps a cause and if
the load of sin gets increased on me, so be it”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“I understand and agree to your point. That has been my
principle in life as well.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">“My third point – while you saved Draupadi from her
embarrassment, why </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">didn't</span><span style="line-height: 200%;"> you stop it with a good slap to Duryodhana and gang? It
was plain and simple subjugation of women which has become so commonplace in
today’s society. Also this happened much before the actual war started. So this </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">couldn't</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"> be the </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">inflection</span><span style="line-height: 200%;"> point in your design for the Yudh to get ignited.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“You must be aware of the saying that the perpetrators of
crime and those who just would not act being in the know of it are equally
offenders- might not be in eyes of law but in the morale ground. On that count,
you, the Pandavas and the elders from both the sides are guilty. Why was that?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“I think that was a huge mistake and on hindsight, I should
not have allowed that to happen- if not directly but following the principle we
just talked about – by some trick or other means”….He replied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“I am happy to see that you are open to accept mistakes
instead of defending all your actions - a sign of a great leader with courage.
I admire you for that." This brought a tad smile to My Lord’s face.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Probably Krishna expected this to be a simple conversation
around a casual chit chat on heaven and earth or weather or nature. He was
already feeling uncomfortable - very much evident and visible from his general demeanor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I continued in my suave style of seemingly asking direct
questions and not letting him talk much, like what we see in most of the TV
channels of today, between the anchor and other participants. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“Sir, if the whole world is inside you or your mouth, why
there are so many religions and differences? I can somehow understand the caste
part as that was prevalent during those days as well and you and your community
were sometimes at the receiving end. Are
you telling me that world has expanded to a great extent from only Aryabarta (Asia)
of those days and it is getting a bit going out of hands and difficult to control?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">"Also, why were your descendants and incarnations, visiting earth after you, not that effective in controlling all this </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">hypocrisy</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">? What
did they really achieve? While all of them might have had the same truth and
love in mind, they spoke different languages, creating utter confusion for
common people on which path to take to. They operated in their own cocoon and
did not have an international appeal as such to pull everyone under the same
umbrella. Some of them also left for the holy abode a little too soon, in their
prime. Am utterly disappointed that with them being around, so many world wars,
famines, cruelty, heinous crimes happened and you were just witnessing a mega
plot of destruction, helplessly”. I took a deep breath after this long speech,
bringing out all the frustration of my life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“In one way you are right. I see similarities in the way
degeneration and deterioration of societal standards started then and now. It
is all hegemony of one set of people that bring about the whole downfall of humanity”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“I never wanted people to start or get into a new religion.
Religion as a thing did not exist then. They should have all talked about one
language - the language of love and that should have been the only religion, across all the barriers.
These new developments are in complete contradiction of what I talked about in
The Gita. I am just giving it a little more time keeping a close eye on the
happenings".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“Are you telling that we are also nearing the end like the
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">While I </span></span><span style="line-height: 32px;">dabbled</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> few times with writing during my growing-up
years, never took it that seriously -giving priority to other pressing demands
in life. One day, in the recent past, I
was conversing with myself on what I can do on my own, up to some professional
level, without taking an iota of help from anyone. Performing arts is a far cry
with little bit of dramatics and recitation done here and there, playing at
this age is taking a bit of risk and that analysis left me with going back to
my old flame- writing. This was fag end of 2013 and I decided to give blogging
a shot.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wrote my first post on how we started one of the growing
Durga Puja communities in Bangalore and published it in Dec '13. Initially there were
apprehensions about readership, feedback, quality of content etc. etc. After few days, with no response from anyone other
than few close friends and my wife, I was on the lookout for a community of
bloggers on the net. Few weeks down the line and I stumbled upon IndiBlogger.
Looking back, I consider myself fortunate for that chance encounter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of IndiBlogger along with fellow writers, I was growing up internally and
started building my network. Did not hesitate to reach out to members in the
forum and one on one. I wanted to be open and bare, get bruised and come out as
a different <i>me</i> as far as writing is
considered. <span style="color: #0070c0;"><a href="http://isharethese.blogspot.com/">Indrani Ghose</a>,<a href="http://anitaexplorer.blogspot.in/"> Anita M</a>, <a href="http://www.techacid.com/">Alok Vats</a>,
<a href="http://subzeroricha.blogspot.com/">Richa Singh</a>, <a href="http://dreamweaverdiaries.in/">Krishna Chandran</a>, <a href="http://nabanita-blacknwhite.blogspot.in/">Nabanita Dhar</a></span> – A big thanks and hug from
my side if you would care to accept!! My other fellow community members deserve
sincere appreciation for standing by, supporting and shaping me up making me a
part of their journey. They allowed me to hone my skill in the course along
with them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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competitions was not my goal at this stage. That <i>richness</i> of thoughts and language,
only in comparison to my own previous self, has provided me with a sense of
confidence to write more and more. I stopped over-analyzing what will other
think about my posts after getting a hang of the traits of this trade. Ably supported by the </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">IndiBlogger</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> platform, open to all aspiring bloggers, writing has turned into a passion for me. It
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feelings. It allows me to face the things happening around in plain and simple
black and white manner. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These days, I crave for my own me time to talk to <a href="http://jayantathoughts.blogspot.in/">“My Thoughts”</a> or <a href="http://jayantatw.wordpress.com/">“Thoughts, Organizations and More”</a> and feel glad about it, truly. The votes came
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I needed them most and cherish my association here, the only request I have for
them to consider is to encourage <i><b>commenting</b></i>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">People have come and gone trying to unearth the mystery
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Nature has sculpted this masterpiece, beautifully on stone, by its own
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">With the bluish envelope descending on the place in the
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The celestial quietude, in the serene company of green plants
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-77051921113468435922014-06-01T12:11:00.002-07:002014-06-01T20:09:56.847-07:00The Arrows from the Archer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“<span style="color: blue;">A Matter of
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“How are they, <span style="color: blue;">Kane
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“Wait, you are in for <span style="color: blue;">A Twist
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<i><span style="color: #558ed5; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #558ED5; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;">"</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: blue;">A Quiver Full of Arrows</span></span><span style="color: #558ed5; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #558ED5; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;"> </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">or <span style="color: blue;">First Among Equals</span><span style="color: #558ed5; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #558ED5; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;"> </span>?"<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“Both are babies”, he quips, “no
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“How do you decide on your stories?”,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“Fairies drop them in my head <span style="color: blue;">As the
crow flies</span>”.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“Do you like them in your <span style="color: blue;">Path of
Glory?</span><span style="color: #558ed5; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #558ED5; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: "lumm=60000 lumo=40000"; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: text2; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themetint: 153;">”</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“I don’t know; they just happen to me
matter of factly”.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“Thank you, sir, for your time”.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<i style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“You'r welcome, pleasure is mine"</span></i><i style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></i><i style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">.</span></i><br />
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<i style="line-height: 200%;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Written for </span></i><strong>100 Words on Saturday 2014 #16</strong><br />
<i><b> Your favourite author and what you’d like to discuss with him or her. </b></i><br />
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<i><b>Note : While I have more than one favourite writers spread over Bengali and English literature, </b></i><i><b>keeping in mind the Tribe, </b></i><i><b>settled on Mr. Jeffrey Archer :-). </b></i><br />
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-37732167554558346042014-05-30T13:03:00.001-07:002014-05-30T13:03:40.358-07:00Dreams!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I bathed in sunshine today after years of solitude. Got a new
look, a bit decked up than earlier days. Am super excited and back on my feet
to welcome my buddy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Grandmother did not let anyone use my cozy corners – they belonged
to the only daughter of the house leaving for higher studies four years back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The anticipation is simply killing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">“My barbie house”, cried the girl, tears welling up in her
eyes seeing it broke down into pieces. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">There are bruises all over me…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">In daydreams? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Slowly I got back into
my shell waiting for the trip to the repair shop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Written in accordance with <b>Write Tribe</b> picture prompt below. </span></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-20425523618087218862014-05-25T08:45:00.000-07:002014-05-25T08:45:22.909-07:00Book Review:My Life My Rules: Stories of 18 unconventional careers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kWKgh-mtE-w/U4IPvLkZcyI/AAAAAAAAAYk/Fru_t5TnRAM/s1600/My+life+My+Rules.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kWKgh-mtE-w/U4IPvLkZcyI/AAAAAAAAAYk/Fru_t5TnRAM/s1600/My+life+My+Rules.jpg" height="320" width="211" /></a><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Title: My Life My Rules: Stories of
18 unconventional </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">careers </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Author: Sonia Golani<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Publisher: Westland<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ISBN: 973-93-82618-27-0<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Price: Rs 250/-<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">This is not a new book. Why even am I writing about this now?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Though published in the year 2012, the impression this book
left in my mind is the sole reason I am writing about. As mentioned in the
author’s note, the book is a celebration of life and I second it without a
doubt. There are a few other factors behind the review, this book being one of
my favorites.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">This paperback chronicles the journey of those brave hearts having the guts to listen to their inner calling. They did not buckle under the
pressure of living their lives as mundane routine and could afford to take
risks and chose to walk away, which paid off. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The narration style is crisp and conversational. It flows from the point the meetings were
set-up by the author with these 18 successful personalities who could marry
their passion and work in a near perfect way. The conversational tone preserved
throughout the book makes it lucid and easy to read and at times you visualize the same
in front of your eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The book is a resource of support for those who are mulling
the idea to break free mid-life but are yet to cross over the <i>line of risk</i> – either at the crossroads, seating on the
fence or knocking on the door for some time in the hope of getting into the realm
of entrepreneurship. It shows one that none of them did something out of the
world except being risk takers -abandoning the plush comfort of corporate
offices and guaranteed handsome paycheck at the month end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">There are stories of Rahul Akerkar – US taught Biochemical
engineer turning to be a successful chef, Manohar Parrikar – an IIT graduate
proving to be one of the finest politician country could ever had, an environmental
toxicologist finds his true calling in Indian Ocean in Rahul Ram or the familiar
face of Harsha Bhogle- an IIM A graduate changing the way sports commentary is
done in Indian television coining it as a full blown profession to crave for
while watching the game. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">In one chapter we find the story of unassuming Amish Tripathi
- IIM Kolkata graduate and banker discovering his literary talent in a blockbuster
trilogy, in another one Rajeev Suresh Samant raising an exciting toast to life
in founding the Sule Vineyards – the dawn
of an era when India started producing some of the best malts and a new
business venture in India, while three others detail the journey of Aditi
Govitrikar – model and actor switching career from being a doctor , Rashmi Uday Singh – the IRS
officer demonstrating the fine qualities of a food critique , TV host and
author. There are few more to add to the list.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Each chapter tells a different success story charted in their
own way eclipsing the traditional way of leading life. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 16px;">I am sure there are few others as well who tried in similar vein and manner but are probably not as successful as them. I extend my salute to them as well though they have not found a mention in the pages of this book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I found the book a very interesting read and recommend all 18
stories to my fellow friends. Hope you will find them interesting and can
relate to your personal lives.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-17006563842404121242014-05-23T10:30:00.000-07:002014-05-23T10:30:11.362-07:00Liebster liberation for me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Would like to start with my sincere apology for not being able
to be in touch with my blogger friends of late. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Emergency situation on my family front kept me away from being
regular. While I was making one or two sporadic posts in between, I wish I had been
more regular than what I have been. Things are getting better on that front and
here I am.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I do remember about one of my unfinished actions and that is
on <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Liebster</span></i> award. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">*********************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Some great things happened for me during the month of April. Yep,
exciting month it was for many reasons!!!
I wish every month would have been similar except the daily blogs</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">. It is not that I did not enjoy the daily blogs
but not sure and confident if I would be able to do justice to that kind of
challenge month on month. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I got nominated for <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Liebster</span></i>
award from some of my fellow blogging friends who I came to know during the
challenge except Nandhini. These coming on my way, in addition to getting
nominated for <a href="http://jayantathoughts.blogspot.in/2014/05/then-came-sunshine-blog-awards.html">SunShine
award</a> by two accomplished bloggers, were icing, cherries and what not, on
the already delivered cake I was enjoying </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> !!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Am immensely grateful to the following people for considering
me worthy of the <i>Liebster </i>award and I would like to believe that they did it,
in letter and spirit, based on the content and not anything else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://pagesfromserendipity.wordpress.com/author/pagesfromserendipity/" title="View all posts by Nandhini Chandrasekaran"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Nandhini Chandrasekaran</span></span></a> @ <a href="http://pagesfromserendipity.wordpress.com/">http://pagesfromserendipity.wordpress.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: blue;">Usha Menon</span> @ <a href="http://eccentricgrandmum.blogspot.in/">http://eccentricgrandmum.blogspot.in/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="color: blue;">Tom Macinnes</span> @ <a href="http://cobourgcobbie.blogspot.in/">http://cobourgcobbie.blogspot.in/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span style="color: blue;">Carol Graham</span> @ <a href="http://batteredhope.blogspot.ca/">http://batteredhope.blogspot.ca</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Additionally avid blogger and journalist, <span style="color: blue;">Vishal Bheroo</span> @ <a href="http://vishalbheeroo.wordpress.com/">http://vishalbheeroo.wordpress.com/</a>
was kind enough to nominate me for <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Quintet
of Radiance Award</span>.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I sincerely thank you - <span style="color: blue;">Nandhini, Ushaji, Tom, Carol</span> and
<span style="color: blue;">Vishal</span> once again for this gesture of theirs to proffer this award on me and
shower their love to my blogs on a regular manner. I am humbled by this gesticulation from them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Now the hard part.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">While there is no doubt that I have been motivated by these
nominations, I request for your apology not being able to fulfill the criteria to
accept the award, mainly due to paucity of time and hence I have taken a decision not to display the badge on
my blog. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Based on few other discussions and comments from other
blogging friends in blog sphere, I urge the blogging community to take a hard
look in the criteria part to be fulfilled. Though I do appreciate the motive
behind institutionalizing these awards in helping and motivating bloggers but
the process calls for simplification to a great extent. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I am sure I am not the first person raising these points and
do hope that these are being noticed for further consideration and due
diligence. Though over simplification might dilute the essence of the awards, I
request policy thinking in the context of the situations I am in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Before signing-off, my sincere thanks to all my blogging
buddies across geographies and countries without whom, I am no-body here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Friends, please continue to shower your love and support for
my blog to stand up on its own feet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Thanking you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-24481993816101461762014-05-19T10:02:00.002-07:002014-05-19T10:02:15.756-07:00Rohit and Vijay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Rohit and Vijay- best of buddies took the swimming scene by
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">A healthy competition between them was the hallmark of their
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Everyone was hopeful about their prospects in the world championship
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">It was 23<sup>rd</sup> March, 2014. Rohit defeated Vijay in
the senior nationals by the whisker of a second.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">They hugged each other in the tight embrace like other times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Today Rohit is missing his buddy in the airport on the way to
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Vijay could not afford the travel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Rohit wished he knew then Vijay’s contract terms with his sponsor.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Written in accordance with Saturday prompt </span><strong style="line-height: 200%;">s/he wished s/he knew then what s/he knew now</strong><br />
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-21177700583165724002014-05-11T10:14:00.001-07:002014-05-11T10:14:22.551-07:00No Qualms<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">In all the local TV channels and on the front page of the
only newspaper.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">People were talking about her on the street corner, in the
busy market place and everywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Reporters moved around the gullies trying to talk to
her for sensational news bytes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">She realized she could not hide the truth anymore from her
blind aging mother.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Police would be anytime soon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">No qualms and guilt about the incident last night- she spoke
to herself once again .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">He violated her and had no right to live anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Written for Write Tribe Weekend prompt <strong>“She realized that she could no longer hide the truth”.</strong><br />
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-79484452881325486992014-05-11T09:13:00.000-07:002014-05-11T09:13:34.459-07:00Book Review - 14: Stories That Inspired Satyajit Ray <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Edited and Translated by: Bhaskar
Chattopadhyay</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">ISBN: 978-93-5136-193-0<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">This paperback edition is an anthology of English
translations of 14 short stories that Satyajit Ray, the renowned filmmaker
requiring no further introduction, adapted into his movies. Now, on one side of
the book, there is Satyajit Ray with his hallowed presence and on the other side,
the short stories -on their own merit standing tall in Bengali and Hindi
literature. With due respect to both sides, in the middle, there is Bhaskar
with his pen, bringing these stories to a wider horizon of literature loving
community and the new generation - more comfortable in the language.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">It was very tempting for me to get carried away to talk about Ray,
the enigma of Indian Cinema -his movies and neorealism thoughts etc. but I kept
reminding myself that the subject of this review is not him but Bhaskar and his
book. So let’s focus there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">To start with, I commend this initiative of Bhaskar and
Harper to introduce the 14 choicest stories in English and the adapted movies
to a wider audience taking interest into the movies of Ray as well as the rich
literature heritage of Bengal by eminent writers like Rajsekhar Basu, Prabhat
Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Narendranath Mitra, Rabindranath Tagore, Tarashankar
Bandyopadhyay, Premendra Mitra with Munsi Premchand delivering in Hindi. In the
words of Sharmila Tagore – one of Ray’s actresses, “A wonderful way to
introduce readers not only to some superb stories, but also to the genius of
Satyajit Ray, who, from these very stories, created great cinema.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Coming to the works of Bhaskar, a budding writer of three
books so far, the spirit of the original stories is very exquisitely preserved ,through
and through, in the translations. While we all know that literal translation is
not possible, the choices of appropriate wordings and sentence formations have upheld
the situational mood intact in each and every occasion. As far as text is concerned, they flow in
nicely and lucidly with the messaging of the original stories coming out
clearly and distinctly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Be it religious dogmatism in believing the daughter-in-law to be an incarnation of
Mother Kali in <i>The</i> <i>Godess</i>
or the business of cheating people claiming acquaintances with Chirst,
Buddha and Tutankhamen by self-styled Godman, <i>Birinchi Baba</i> or the humane relation between Ratan and his Babu in <i>Postmaster</i> - all are delivered well with
required finesse. While on one side the
translation of <i>Gupi Gyne Bagha Byen</i>
by Upendrakishore Roy Chowdhury is at its hilarious best, the tussle of family
life and male –female relationship are aptly captured in <i>The Prologue</i> and <i>The story of
a coward</i>. <i>Sadgati </i>dealing in
caste system- a blot on our society and <i>Satranj
Ke Khiladi on two chase aficionados </i>– both by Munshi Premchand remain the
same old treat as in their original versions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">There are two of Ray’s own stories – <i>The Guest</i> and <i>Pikoo’s diary</i>.
Ray has used both print and cinematic media to deliver his messages through
these stories and adaptations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The size, weight and compact paperback packaging of the book
with the majestic picture of Ray on the cover makes it comfortable for the
reader to remain glued to the book and help to hop from one story to another in
no time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Those who are familiar with Ray’s films know that his deft
deliverance of situations, in the form of change of contexts, references, backgrounds
between frames through colors, movements, symbols and alike more than mere
conversations, stamped his signature in his creations. He made necessary
changes in the stories while adapting them to the movies to suit his way of
expressions in that medium. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">A must read in my view, the book very well serves as the
first time read of the stories not being familiar to the originals. The efforts
towards the book will be fulfilling and find a meaning if they evoke any
interest on Ray’s cinema in the young and old generations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-39344479357725519192014-05-06T10:41:00.004-07:002014-05-06T10:41:57.686-07:00In Retrospection : The AtoZ challenge days<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Reflection is sweet when a demanding challenge like </span><a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">AtoZ</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">- simultaneously arduous yet
invigorating, is successfully done and dusted. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">It tastes sweeter when a few awards, in the
form of appreciation from your fellow friends, are thrown into the mix.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">When I retrospect on my decision </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">of 25</span><sup style="line-height: 200%;">th</sup><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> March,2014 to join the
writing experiment </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">from a write tribe
post of </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><a href="http://everydaygyaan.com/" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Corinne</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">, I have no hesitation in concluding
that this not-so-well-thought-out</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">jump
covered quite a distance and it helped me validate myself. I was neither aware
of this event earlier and nor was I in a position to pre-write a single post. Only
thing that pushed me to take up this task was my blogging journey that had
initiated just a couple of months ago. It did put me into a </span><i style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">web zone</i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> with a set of like minded
people- accomplished in their own merit, with whom, given a chance, I would sincerely
like to trudge along, any day.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">I don’t
want to sound artificial and untrue with mere mention that everything went
hunky dory and I enjoyed every minute of it. Yes, I had my own highs and lows,
laced with myriad emotions running high on different days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The zeal and zest for the initial few days, with so many
thoughts to talk about, soon gave way to the dreadful deliberation of trying
not to sound monotonous, repetitive and painful to others. The thought about
not ending up being a burden on my fellow bloggers, did cross my mind from time
to time. While in the mid game, I was close to feeling penitent on the choice
of the topic – commented at the beginning by <a href="file:///C:/Users/SHACHAKR/AppData/Local/Temp/letbeautybeyourconstantideal.blogspot.com">Beloo</a>
as a tall ask (!), but somehow I held the fort with spirit and continued. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> It has been a great learning
curve for me and helped me mature towards rearing my long cherished passion to
take up the pen again- just for the sake of writing. On the jagged corners of the course, while I
was pushed to the brink to withdraw during my nocturnal writing sessions, the soothing
zephyr of dawn through another read coupled with the motivating comments kept
me going. The dollops of zing poured through the kind support of the facebook group
mates, not allowing me to give up, were at times the only succor to stay put.
Sometimes, I faced an internal dilemma if a theme based writing, on a daily
basis, does suck out one’s creativity which was then countered with getting
over the anxiety of going blank on writing and overcoming the dreadful syndrome
–the writers’ block.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Today, while writing this post, I feel immensely gratified that
this series opened up a whole new world in front of me and I got to know and exchange
thoughts with people across the world, from all the continents. There were so
many beautiful writings keeping me hooked and glued day after day, such breath
taking snaps introducing the places I might not physically visit and awesome
food, philosophy, short fictions, haikus, festival tours, nostalgic diary of
college and school days, amongst many more thought provoking contributions from
the participants. While any kind of particular success was not in my mind other
than challenging my own self at the beginning , I am fortunate to come closer to
so many wonderful philosophers, educators, linguists and other personalities,
all of them, I collectively and fondly call as friends. Yes, friends – <a href="file:///C:/Users/SHACHAKR/AppData/Local/Temp/letbeautybeyourconstantideal.blogspot.com">Beloo</a>,
<a href="http://expatliv.blogspot.in/">Eli,</a> <a href="http://cobourgcobbie.blogspot.in/">Tom</a>, <a href="http://vishalbheeroo.wordpress.com/">Vishal</a>, <a href="http://batteredhope.blogspot.in/">Carol</a>, <a href="http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com/">Kathy</a>, <a href="http://eccentricgrandmum.blogspot.in/">Usha ji</a>, <a href="http://foodgardeningsa.blogspot.in/">Damaria</a>, <a href="file:///C:/Users/SHACHAKR/AppData/Local/Temp/pvariel.com">Philip</a>, <a href="http://destinychildosheen.blogspot.in/">Rajlakshami</a>, <a href="http://proactiveindian.com/">Proactive Indian</a>, <a href="http://throodalookingglass.com/">PravashPheno</a>, <a href="http://momdiary.blogspot.in/">Shailaja</a>, <a href="http://shilpaagarg.com/">Shilpa</a>, <a href="http://vidyasury.com/">Vidya</a>,
<a href="http://subzeroricha.blogspot.in/">Richa</a>, <a href="file:///C:/Users/SHACHAKR/AppData/Local/Temp/sunilavigauthor.blogspot.com">Sunila</a>,
<a href="http://iamstri.wordpress.com/">Srilakshmi</a>,<a href="http://www.sheshachaturvedi.com/"> Shesha</a>, <a href="http://iamstri.wordpress.com/">Sreeja</a>, </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://shellymona.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Sheela</span></a></span><b><span style="background: #E9EDEC; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">, </span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://sitaranair.wordpress.com/">Sitara</a>, <a href="http://somethings-sugandha.blogspot.in/">Sugandha</a>, <a href="http://www.inderpreetkaur.blogspot.in/">Inderpreet</a>, <a href="http://obsessivemom.blogspot.in/">Tulika</a> , <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://taleoftwotomatoes.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Shalini</a>,</span></span><b><span style="background: #E9EDEC; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> </span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://maniparna5002.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Maniparna</a></span></span><b><span style="background: #E9EDEC; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">, </span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://nabanita-blacknwhite.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">Nabanita</a></span></span><b><span style="background: #E9EDEC; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"> <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://geneviveangela.com/" target="_blank">Angela</a> </span></span><b><span style="background: #E9EDEC; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">,
</span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://dannyksimon.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">Danny</a></span></span><b><span style="background: #E9EDEC; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">, </span></b><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://drsushreedash.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">Dr Sushree</a> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">and many more , it was only because
of you that I could sail along and this poor soul remains indebted to all of
you for making me a part of your journey. Though unintentional, I am sure I have missed
mentioning quite a few of the names who have visited my pages from time to time
and encouraged me. I sincerely apologize for the inadvertent oversight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I also thank my wife, Sharmistha, for putting up with me
while I was in the zone and helping me with her timely reviews and comments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-74010106841676746152014-05-03T11:47:00.002-07:002014-05-03T11:48:51.512-07:00Then came Sunshine Blog Awards <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Wow! They made my day.
In a span of few days, I was nominated for the Sunshine award - not just one
but two of them, in the midst of last month’s A to Z blog journey. Isn’t that great? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">For me, yes - this was something truly amazing. This was a
form of recognition, for the first time, for my attempt at expressing my
thoughts and feelings. Since it has been just a few months that I have taken up
blogging, this appreciation meant a lot to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I am extremely thankful to Namrata Kumari, writing at <a href="file:///C:/Users/SHACHAKR/AppData/Local/Temp/namratakumari.blogspot.com">The
lexical tapestry</a> and Usha ji (Mrs.
Usha Menon), weaving her beautiful sweet and sour stories at <a href="http://eccentricgrandmum.blogspot.in/">Kuch Khatta Kuch Mitha</a> – both
of them writers and bloggers in their own merit, to consider me suitable for
this nomination and I accept this with great humility. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">This is truly motivating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">According to the rules of the
Sunshine Award, I am to follow the below. Having completing this today, I am
relieved of the guilt that was haunting for last 2 weeks not able to get to it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">* Display the award on your blog<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">* Show your gratitude and link back
the person who nominated you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">* Nominate Up to ten of your favorite
deserving bloggers who positively and creatively inspire others in the
blogosphere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">*Link the nominees in your post, and
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">* Write TEN interesting things about
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My nominations for the Sunshine award are as below whose writings and travel blogs are held in high esteem.</div>
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<a href="http://cobourgcobbie.blogspot.in/">Tom Macinnes</a> - Cobbie's </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://anitaexplorer.blogspot.in/">Anita</a> – The
Explorer of Miracles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://matheikal.blogspot.com/">Tomichan Matheikal</a>
- </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Matheikal's Blog</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://inderpreetkaur.blogspot.in/">Inderpreet Kaur
Uppal</a> – Eloquent Articulation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://expatliv.blogspot.in/">Eli Z</a> - Explative –
in exotic India<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.proactiveindian.com/">Proactive Indian</a>
– Proactive Indian<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://maniparna5002.wordpress.com/">Maniparna
Sengupta Mazumder</a> – Scattered Thoughts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.onetourist.in/">Manu Prakash Tyagi</a> –
Yatra, Discover Beautiful India<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://jahidakhtar.blogspot.com/">Jahid Akhtar</a> -
Flashbacks <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://dreamweaverdiaries.in/">Krishna Chandran</a>
– Dream Weavers Diaries<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Now here are TEN interesting (!) things about myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">I
think too much till things get complicated.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Have
started liking learning from my daughter.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Relationships
are a complex maze to me.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Good
at navigation on road- not in life.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">5.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Enjoyed
my school days in a boarding school.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">6.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Life
got a spoonful of zing after I took up blogging and writing.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">7.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Find
joy in social work – am a Rotarian.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">8.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Expressive
with opinions and emotions.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">9.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Sacrifice
self and family for others’ sake who care a fig for it.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">10.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Between sea and mountains – I can
spend hours on a sea shore.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I am enjoying my new found identity in the company of many new
friends here, in the blogsphere, amongst many stars and moons and would like to
thank each one of you from the bottom of my heart for the wonderful person you
are. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-41911470494699170392014-04-30T05:07:00.000-07:002014-04-30T05:07:06.375-07:00Z for Zero : Zero Laxity towards bending rules<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Two friends were on a bike early in the morning. They were
rushing towards the Y K M Hospital on the other part of city- their friend from
their native place was battling some head injuries suffered last night in a
drink and drive situation. Though the guy in the driver’s seat stopped at a
traffic signal, he was itching to jump the signal after carefully noticing no
traffic cops on either side of the road, the time being early in the morning.
The friend in the pillion objected to it strongly. An argument ensued. The
driver guy was trying to justify breaking the rule only once for the sake of
their dear friend who is in dire need of blood which can be ensured on them
reaching the hospital early. The other person stood his ground and refused to
ride along and make other arrangements in case the signal is jumped. While it
might not cause any danger to anyone for them to break the rules in that
instance, it would set up a wrong notion and example to everyone else stopping
in the light. Their value system, their education, their upbringing – all would be questioned in people’s mind and someone else somewhere repeating the act
might end up taking someone else’s life. In the middle of the continued
argument, the onward signal became green and they moved on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Is this not a very common sight for all of us? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">All of us, committing a wrong thing or felony only once, will
collectively add up to a large number of such cases putting the society in
danger and push it one more step towards peril.
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Many of us have might have taken help of “someone else”, in
exchange of money, having connections internally in different government
departments in the case of getting a driving license or khata transfer (document
for house mutation). It did not take much of our time to get the things done in
the right and just way when we approached the authorities directly helped with
the much simplified processes put in place along with electronic systems. There
are very many good people inside the system who are ready to help when
approached directly. Another very good example is passport application through
the online appointment system. Right now, that is the only system and we all patiently wait and budget our time in the absence of previously available so-called <i>helps</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">With all these, the point I am trying to make is we, the
educated lot of the country, need to be sincere and earnest about zero laxity
towards corruption and rules. Even doing
it once does not justify the cause, rather one becomes the part of <i>them</i> who often take law in their own
hand to curb it the way they liked it -in their own ways. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Let us give it a push at our individual level towards taking
our country out of these menaces. In that way, our hands
will be stronger, our voices will be heard with utmost care before we point fingers to others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jayantahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00853040622450226979noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3728883126512294142.post-6330461130314022842014-04-29T10:27:00.001-07:002014-05-07T10:02:33.577-07:00Y for Youth : Relevance of Swami Vivekananda to today's Youth<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Previously I have written posts on some of the youth related
matters of great concern - <a href="http://jayantathoughts.blogspot.in/2014/04/e-is-engaging-in-governance-youth-and.html">Youth to be engaged in Governance</a>, <a href="http://jayantathoughts.blogspot.in/2014/04/m-for-mind.html">vulnerability of Youth and their exploitation</a>. Continuing the focus on youth from there, today, I would like to discuss relevance of Swami Vivekananda (fondly called Swamiji) and his
teachings to the present generation and
how they can get direction from his words in this contemporary, fast paced,
changing world. While few lines will not
be sufficient to dwell on this subject and I plan to write a full blog later,
today, I would make an effort to put a concise summary of my thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Swamiji with any religious cult or put him at any higher pedestal for his
religious teachings. To me, he is another noble man and a person very much like
you and me with an ingrained value system and a burning passion of doing good
to others. Many of us can attain that
level if we really want.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">First point first. I would like to bring up is his health consciousness
towards youth. The same is very much evident when he called out for youth to
have muscles of iron and nerves of steel. He always encouraged people to take up
football or any other games and to go to gymnasium instead of spending time on
Gita. It is not that he undermined study of Gita but, in the context of youth,
building physical health was equally, if not more, important than mental and
spiritual health. It does not need a
mention that these thoughts exactly echo the concerns of un-healthy lifestyle
in our children and youth. Medical experts, today, are always placing prime
importance to involve children in more physical activities, drawing them out
from their sedentary lifestyle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Secondly, I consider Swamiji the first Indian to bring-up the
concept of globalization in the mind of masses. While he did put India in world
map through his famed Chicago address on Sept 11, 1893, he was very much open
to imbibe the material benefits of west. He always used to visualize a world
having synthesized the technological prowess of west with spiritual harmony of
east. Today we witness how true this is and the way this thought is being
lapped of by common people in both regions – east and west through Yoga,
increased interest of ancient literature of India and to top it all, the Indian
and eastern value system in family and
society are getting recognized all across. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Though he always encouraged this synthesis to happen, he also
asked people to remain rooted to Indian culture with the self-belief that we
are inferior to none –a much needed thought in today’s world. Without the roots firmly grounded, we see how
there are numerous distractions for our children and youth towards going astray
in their social lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Swamiji said, “I pity them from the bottom of my heart, and
point out to them that upon the banner of every religion will soon be written,
in spite of resistance: ‘help and not fight’, ‘assimilation and not
destruction’; ‘harmony and peace and not dissension.’ “ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">When we read and re-read the above few lines, the importance
of tolerance and respect to another self with the deep belief on “As Many Ways-
So Many Paths” does not need any further explanation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I would like to conclude today’s discussion on his forward
looking thoughts of creating a unique school system through Ramakrishna Missions.
Without this, probably the whole Ramakrishna Math and Culture would have
remained confined to just another religious cult like others. He could very
well expand on the strong base of Ramakrishna ideology for doing increased good
to the society through the arm -that is called Ramakrishna Mission. These
schools are amongst the finest schools that our country is proud of producing many
stalwarts in the all fields of life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I request our young generation to explore more of Swamiji
through “Complete Works of Vivekananda”. There are many a thoughts in those
pages that we can take it up at our individual level as an inspiration. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Thank You.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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