Saturday, August 15, 2009

To the visually challenged people - India after 63 years of independence..

Where does our great nation stand after 63 years of independence.. Has anyone seen what our country is .
If not let me tell you what i have seen.. Before that let me put a question.. Is our nation growing ??

ANsWER at the end...

I still see poverty, child labour, disrespect to women, the never ending bribery, education being made business, law makers turning up law breakers, the waterlogged roads, people urinating in public, Old Age homes & orphanages, the slum areas, the local dadha's & what not..

Today I was so much shocked to see Our national flag hoisted upside down & some so called "great leaders" trying to make up the national anthem "Jana Gana Mana" with their own lyrics which Rabindranath Tagore dint quote !!

Thank god my eyes even did see a physically challenged old lady singing patriotic songs, with our national flag plugged at the center of the green vegetables which she sells for her daily living, distributing sweets to the children around..

My Salute to that Mother !

Now itz time to answer the question Is our nation growing ?? Yes our nation is growing drastically but the track in which its growing is wrong..




with a heartless heart let me still tell that "I am very much proud to be an INDIAN" - Jai Hind..

Saturday, August 1, 2009

The Philosopher's Stone & the Elixir of Life - Master work of The Alchemists..

My day started boring, i had logged on since morning trying to do something which i had not done before. Created a blog, then i did something else which i did after so many years..
I started with a novel, its 'The Alchemist - Paulo coehlo' I know that its hard for a person like me to sit for hours at a stretch & read thru completely, but then its the content of book that really kept my enthu high to get thru it.
Its a novel about a boy who dreamt of a treasure twice & tried hard to get his destiny to reality, the experiences he undergoes is framed so realistic..
I am not a critic to comment good/bad about the novel, but then being having a freedom to express, i feel that its a novel worth to read.
Some of the phrases that i wish to keep printed in my mind..
"Everything that happens once can never happen again, but everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time"
"When you possess great treasures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom you are believed"

Some facts about the novel 'The Alchemist' :
The Alchemist (Portuguese: O Alquimista) is an allegorical novel by Paulo Coelho first published in 1988. It follows Santiago, a young Spanish shepherd, on a journey to fulfill his Personal Legend. It has been hailed as a modern classic.The plot is inspired from Jorge Luis Borges' short story: Tale of two dreamers..
The Alchemist was originally written in Portuguese and has since been translated into 67 languages, winning the Guinness World Record for most translated book by a living author.It has sold more than 65 million copies in more than 150 countries, becoming one of the best-selling books in history...

My Sincere Thanks to Mr. Paulo for "The Alchemist".. As said in the book "When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to acheive it" .. i hope the universe conspires in helping me to take a look at your other works too..

My First Post

I believe that most of the human beings get excited when they do something new & now am one among them.. Its becuase am writing my first ever post on a place like this.. Am so much excited.. But then life is not all about excitement.. Its only life that has so many undefined meanings & am a person trying to define certain meanings in my own way from my experiences.
Am still confused or left blank minded on what to write on my first post.. From my childhood, i always wished to have a very beautiful world, but then i understood that me alone cant change this world to make it beautiful hence i started to create my own world with so much beautiful things & i hope this step of mine (Posting) will add an extra beauty to it. Everyone has something to say but then only a few say it.. I want to be one among them..
My prayer now is to continue posting & not just to stop with this. I want to keep going, share my experiences whatever be it good or bad so that you viewers may gain something out of it.. I don't know how to conclude My first post but then i am here not to conclude...