As 2011 comes to a close you naturally look back and see how the year went by and then look forward (without any sense of the blind alleys and surprise appearances you might have) at the year ahead. I had penned down a few resolutions and then as always forgot about it and let life take its course. Now it is time to look back and then … Continue reading How did my 2011 go?
I have been around for a long time Dune to Dune, desert to desert Keeping my identity and remaining sane I have been around for a long time I have seen wars beyond unwritten history I have stuck to the bloodied foreheads Of fallen heroes and slain innocence I have been around for a long time I have been pushed, I have been crushed Drowned … Continue reading Grain of Sand
They want you to stop and mute But you should scream and shout You should sing and dance Let them hear and see you They will be amazed by who you are They would try to pull you down But you should rise above them See a tomorrow that is beyond them Make a difference and they will follow And thank you tomorrow They want … Continue reading Keep Going
Tomorrow, November 1st is the National Novel Writing Month where online creative writers come together to accept the challenge to create a 50000 or more words Novel. This means penning slightly more than 1600 words a day starting November 1st and ending on November 30th. The aim is on quantity than on quality, because there are limitations when you try to write a fresh novel … Continue reading National Novel Writing Month
There is so much written about what happens around us and how things are not the way it should be and why it should change. But beyond the words written, it sometimes takes real people with a mission to make the change. Thomas Pluck and Fiona Johnson and Ron Earl Phillips are those real people for me. They have collected thirty tales that were written … Continue reading The Lost Children – A Charity ebook Anthology
Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahe ho; Kya Gham Hein Jisko Chupa Rahe ho. When he with his soulful voice asked us what is the sorrow hidden behind the smiles, many of us would have felt touched for every one of us have had the experience of smiling some unknown personal wound. Jagjit Singh’s voice and Ghazals made his fans open up and meet their inner … Continue reading Your voice will always hold us together in silence
Malcolm Gladwell is one of my favorite authors, I started with his ‘Blink’ and then to outlier and now with his first book ‘Tipping Point’ and his latest ‘What the dog saw” in the past few months it leaves me with the wait for his next book. Over the past few years we have seen a lot of authors who follow this genre where they … Continue reading Recent Reads – A good mix of Politics, Business, Fiction, Philosphy & spirituality
Though it is true that we are often stressed by the information overload; the internet has also given us the technology tools to filter and selectively absorb what we want. I think this makes a significant change in the way we view and approach the world. While the emergence of technology, social networking, online news and sharing methods has made it easier for news to … Continue reading Breaking our restricted world of likable realities
I was born today, 40 years ago. I am sure my mother should be remembering it just like yesterday, for I could feel it when she called me to wish. I remember that of my kids just like it was yesterday. Birth is the beginning of something that sets in motion a serious of events interlinking multiple lives at multiple levels of relationships. From the … Continue reading I turned 40 Today!
You can be anything you want starting now, your past or your present will come together if you acknowledge both and are ready to learn from them to be what you want to be. I have over the past 100 days daily looked at one aspect of life in order to celebrate count down to my fortieth Birthday. I think these 100 days have been … Continue reading It is a new Beginning
Vinod Narayan 