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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Dream is the father of invention !
Have you ever :
wished you had the power to create a new world?
thought how geometrically perfect pyramids were built in a generation when numbers were not invented?
wished you could walk on water?
thought how the first person ever born on Earth felt?
wished you could change the colors of everything you see with your finger tips?
thought how the fish pass their life time in water?
wished you could talk to your dead ancestors?
thought what would happen if you couldn't open your eyes one fine morning?
wished you had one chance to rescind a mistake you did?
thought about a selfless deed?
wished if someone could know what you want for your next Birthday?
thought how weird it would be if people are born with wheels fueled by the food they eat?
wished you could fix things just by knowing the solution?
thought how scary it would be if trees can move and talk to each other?
wished you could be more beautiful?
thought how different it would be if there is no night?
wished you could take photographs with your eyes?
thought how it would be to be fly like a bird?
wished you could see everyone inside out?
thought how lucky you are ?
Enjoy your life. Its precious.
Don't wish for things !
Wish to do things !
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Stay hungry,stay foolish....
This day,August the 20th of 2009, a dream is born. A dream of how I want my life to be..I want to create things. I love to design and make existing objects aesthetically more elegant and charming. Beauty is something science cannot explain. You just fall in love with beautiful people,beautiful voice,beautiful images,beautiful flowers,beautiful animals,beautiful products. They make a huge impact on your mind and what is the answer that you get when you ask yourself why you like them- Nothing, you just like them because they make your mind feel relaxed and soothing.Thats all. I just want to do what I love and I decided I am not going to allow my life to go waste and worthless. Today,writing this, I feel so miserable doing things that I don't have passion for. So, I am not going to do this forever. I want to innovate new ways of looking at things.People will want stare at my creation with jaws wide open. What I create should have an effect on their soul. I want to live my life as if there is no tomorrow. Thinking like this will make me feel that I have nothing to lose and I can listen to my inner soul and do things that I really have the passion for. Am I just going to work like others,earn some money and die eventually? NOPE,not in this life. I will work hard and create something new that people have never seen before. Its not just a dream, its a passion. Designing futuristic ways of looking at things, I want to re-define the the definition of beauty. I want to change the way people differentiate beauty from ugliness. I want to incorporate sophistication into ugly things. Displaying ugly things in an elegant way is an art and I want to pursue it. I want to relate and combine things that people never thought would be possible. Graphic designs, mashed into reality and grinded using a creative eye will make organisms with tender soul feel elated, feel energetic,feel passionate and end up choosing a path that will make them long for a
cosy and passionate tryst with the future and present at the same time. Pour life into the dead things and make them talk.I like it, I love it and I want to live it and of course to the full. I dont know for how long I am going to live. Nobody knows. So, why not achieve something? Why not now? Why not do something that you love? Just imagine that you are one among God's chosen few. Great people are not born great. They become great because they do what they love. Envision, plan, create,inspire and conquer !
"Stay hungry,stay foolish"- The Whole Earth Catalogue
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
What I lost in an effort to reach my dream !
I never lost anything in my life only till....
When I first stepped into the United States, I was all proud,eager and ecstatic to start my MS but little did I knew that my enthusiasm would end so soon. What was I going to lose? I didn't realize..During the past 2 years, I kept imagining that there is something more challenging and worth ahead buried in the time. In the initial days of my grad school, it was fun(no way near to UG in India though) under the veil of stress and discomfort. If there was anything interesting to do, then it was threaded to serious consequences if anything went wrong.As 15 months passed into the education, I finished my course work confident of having lost what I learned in UG. O yea..I learned how to make presentations and prepare reports using Microsoft' Word and Powerpoint applications...My mind started failing to distinguish nights from mornings.My body longed desperately for some good food..good food = mom's food..but no one heard its agony including myself.Why? Because I decided this falls into the long list of "could lose" things to gain something which was thought to be more important to my career.what did I lose? I didn't realize..Then came this Global Recession. It not only changed people's lives but also established a new 'normal' limit. So, what did I do? Nothing.Waited,waited and waited.......and waited......for what? For something more passionate this time..what did I lose? I didn't realize..Time flied and I was no longer the pilot. Life is short and I was wasting time on an inexplicable scale...All I did was to call people back home.Every time their phone rang, they were happy as well as scared..I still continued my wild goose chase. My closest of relatives passed away. What did I do? I called and said that I am feeling sorry about it. Thats all I could do?? YES,THATS ALL...I couldn't talk to the people who taught me so many things before they left this world forever.I missed my friends' happiest moments, couldn't share their sorrow. I stayed in oblivion of the important things that happened in the lives of the people who helped me when I needed them. Of course, "it is worth the promising future.Isn't it?" I asked myself. I didn't get any reply but I took the reply I wanted.In the nights, when I tried to sleep, the reminiscences of my mom sitting by my side and wishing me good night lingered till the days's stress forced me to slip off into my sleep. I slept but my mind never did.what did I lose? I didn't realize..I can't go out for a mid-night ice cream.I cant wake up when I want.I can't sit with my sis for a dinner to congratulate her on her success. I can't help my father in any way where in he made me what I am now. I can't kiss my girlfriend in person on her birthday. what did I lose? I didn't realize..I now can't eat good food(the ultimate goal of any living organism living on this planet), no people to talk to, no love...Is it worth? O yea..it should be !....Its not about losing materialistic pleasures. Its about losing freedom.With no one to pat your back when u lose, with no one to feel happy when you win, with no one to lean on, with no one to lean on your shoulder, with no one to fight with, life has become dull,inspid and grey.Is it worth? No is the answer this time.Others notice if you win but only you know if you lose and what you have lost.I have finally realized what I lost. My conscience is no longer heard by me.I lost my happiness,my freedom,my identity and myself in search of tomorrow and yet I say I am rocking here in the United States to my friends who call me. I am yet to start the long procedure of finding myself again. Today is a gift, thats why its called Present. Live it.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Dream Big !
I don't believe in "Life will teach u" adage..Life will never teach u if u don't want to learn! Life is what and how u live. When u r down and out, the force with which u lift yourself up is called 'life'..the journey is more important than the destination..its all about what u think,how u think,ur approach. I believe dreams do come true..some r easy and some r tough. some take time and some dont.Why? There are two things that always try to obstruct u from achieving ur dreams- Honesty and Lack of respect for time.Circumstances shall force u to be dishonest.Dodging matters!Honesty lies being honest every single time. Life is letting others live as comfortable as u r."I was feeling bad that my dad didn't buy me shoes with a swoosh on it until I met a person with no feet".Being honest is equivalent to helping others.Believe in urself.Have faith in hope. Hope is that thing that will always be with a person who achieved success. Time is everything-1 sec gone and its gone for forever.Its as precious as ur life. Believe in yourself,not your shadow.
There is so much in the world for u to see,experience and feel it. The chirps of early morning birds, the dancing dew drops on a lotus leaf,appreciating the weaver bird's nest,chasing a tornado,fishing on a pleasant sunny day with your wife by ur side,surfing with the sharks, resigning on a monday morning,watching the first Sun rise of the year,skydiving,catching a falling yellow leaf, and many more. Set yourself a dream and start your wonderful journey towards it.Your particular mixture of interests, talents, dreams and inspirations is unique.It's not appeared before in human history, and it won't again.That means that YOU (however unlikely it might seem right now!) can achieve something no-one else has ever done before you and if You don't go for it, then no-one else can. Remember u r born 2 live,and not living b'coz u r born.Don't make your life a barren field frozen with snow.Fly like a directionless bright colored winged bird..Waste some time...Drive as far as u can...Just because u r paying ur rent doesn't mean that u r happy. There should be a never ending surge of adrenaline in you powering u to feel the exciting world out there...Surf in the sand dunes..u may find a hidden treasure..If u r hearing, life is always calling and waiting for you.Remember, success is ur choice not ur fate..Dance in the rain with a puppy in your hand--Cherish it ! Do u not feel proud that ur brain has a universe in it.Its a breath taking fact that there is no other person on this planet who thinks in the same way as you. Opinions might be same but not the thoughts ! Happiness is a journey,not a destination.Try smiling when are about to cry..U will feel the fun that only very few people in this world felt till now...Try to follow the Sun for a day..There are more fantastic things than ur school,ur office,ur home out there under the beautiful sky that will make u bring out the genius from within u.So, tie ur lace and start running. Impossible is a game-play it. Impossible is a glass-break it.Impossible is not a fact-its just an opinion. Make possible things probable. Dare it,do it! Find ur life !Rewrite your future !
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Born to rule, so shot dead....
I still tremble with inexplicable fear to pen down my views because although dead, he is frightening.
It was 6:30p.m, april20, 1889, when a cute looking boy was born in a small Austrian village. The people in the village were making merry, little did they knew that it wasn't an ordinary dusk.
As he grew, being the oldest boy in his house hold, he bore the brunt of his father's discontent with occasional beatings. One day, he was rummaging through his father's book collection and came across several pages of military nature, including a picture book on the War of 1870-71 between the Germans and the French. By his own account, this book became his obsession. He read it over and over; becoming convinced it had been a glorious event. In another instance, his little friend was buried in a cemetery next to his house. He could see the grave from his bedroom window. This made his matters worse. His boy hood was surely not serene. It was twisted with unhappiness and tied tightly with sorrow. Little did anybody imagine that a power was rising within!!
He was interested in painting. His father wanted him to continue his insipid studies at the high school. Arguments coupled with beatings took place in between them. Who won the argument is anybody's guess. But people around him were not impressed with his art work. The planet would have been different if at least one individual praised his ridiculous art. He stopped painting. His father died leaving his 13 year old son as the head of his house hold. The power got the freedom it required!!
He happened to visit a meeting organized by GERMAN WORKERS PARTY. He listened to a speech on economics by FEDER entitled "How and by what means is capitalism to be eliminated?” This enraged, clad in his military uniform, the young lad who rose from his chair like a ferocious serpent and spoke against him. The world witnessed his first speech for the next fifteen minutes. Silence followed the speech. No one knew that a man like him ever existed on Earth. It took a while for the silence to subside. Then the party leader whispered to his deputy"...he's got the gift of the gab. We could use him." This marked his entry into the party.
He was rising...and rising pretty fast.
His ultimate strength was his speeches. Huge number of people used to flock the marquees just to have a glimpse of this 5'9" gentleman. He was just an ordinary bloke away from stage. Once he was given a stage to stand on and a mike to address the public, he forgot himself. His speeches were abnormal. He never felt enervated. Always, they evoked disapprovals at first but all of them were drowned by applauses and accolades. His animated speeches made him a hero. He even used to spit on the front line of audience unable to control his senses. It was a forgotten fact that he stammers. He used to jump like a little kid on the dais in front of a million people. People couldn’t stop themselves putting their hands together for this comic caricature. He simply believed in himself. He never thought he should achieve. He always thought he will conquer. Many say that he used to practice his speeches standing in front of a sea addressing the waves. Critics say that he cast a spell on the listeners and mesmerized them with his ranting speeches. Under his hypnotic gaze, humanity crossed a threshold from which one could see the abyss. The year 1920 marked the inception of NAZI party. He was always stoppable but no one dared. He was rising to a new level altogether!!
Using his influence and all the dirty possible tricks, he became the leader of his party. He was even imprisoned for 9 months but he took it as an opportunity to pen down his autobiography 'MEIN KAMPF'. It didn’t hinder his cruel intentions. He was compelled to be released due to political thrusts. He became even more powerful. After getting released from the jail, he started running madly after power.
In september1930, the GERMANS elected NAZIS to lead them. He reached the pinnacle he was looking for. But he didn’t stop there. He eyed the president post. He neither compromised nor became content with what he acquired. He was seriously rising!!
He was a perfect incarnation of absolute evil. To be simple, people feared this fearless brutal gem of a person. He not only knew threatening but also was powerful in convincing various parties in the smoothest way available. Diplomats believe that charm lied in his temper tantrums. Gradually, unable to withstand his intellectuality, the REPUBLIC collapsed. He was named the chancellor of GERMANY. It is still astonishing to believe the ease with which he overcame and smacked the resistance he encountered. It’s the love for GERMANS and the hatred for JEWS that propelled him ahead. At this stage, he was unstoppable. He began his unbelievable subjugations. He cared for none. He used all the possible cruel and torturous means of suffocating people, who even had the slight thought of standing against him, to death with brutality. Countries feared battling against him. They succumbed and caved in. He paralyzed anyone who stood in between him and his destiny. He waged battles, which were ashamed to be called so; they were only one side invasions.
He simply stormed the opposition meetings with his young brave army and took hostage. Then, made them sign the pact he wanted and killed them. This was dictatorship at its best. He was absolutely ruling the world.
Everything was becoming so easy for him. He glittered with arrogance. People feared to read the dailies unable to digest the fact that one more country had been swallowed by the mammoth fire vomited by this little piece of flesh. The 'SWASTIK' logo made countries faint with fear. Everything seemed over. There was no country that could even dream to stop him except SOVIET. This cold country offered resistance. STALINGRAD, known as 'STALIN CITY', became the venue for one of the bloodiest battles ever fought till date. Germans couldn’t withstand the time for which the SOVIET held them up. It was the battle of all time. Heroes died and so did the rest!!
A Blitzkrieg of German tanks and infantry swept through most of Western Europe as nation after nation fell to the German war machine. Several attempts were made on Hitler's life during the war, but none were successful. This time there were many more countries who decided to fight against him. His army was outnumbered. Their ferociousness and foolishness fell short of the mark. As the war appeared to be inevitably lost and his hand-picked lieutenants, seeing the futility, defied his orders, he killed himself on April 30, 1945. His long-term mistress and new bride, Eva Braun, joined him in suicide.
Having won two-thirds of the world in no time with sheer power and the desire to rule, this enigmatic and charismatic personality is hard to comprehend. He was victorious in life but not in death. But still..I fear not saying "HEIL HITLER...."
It was 6:30p.m, april20, 1889, when a cute looking boy was born in a small Austrian village. The people in the village were making merry, little did they knew that it wasn't an ordinary dusk.
As he grew, being the oldest boy in his house hold, he bore the brunt of his father's discontent with occasional beatings. One day, he was rummaging through his father's book collection and came across several pages of military nature, including a picture book on the War of 1870-71 between the Germans and the French. By his own account, this book became his obsession. He read it over and over; becoming convinced it had been a glorious event. In another instance, his little friend was buried in a cemetery next to his house. He could see the grave from his bedroom window. This made his matters worse. His boy hood was surely not serene. It was twisted with unhappiness and tied tightly with sorrow. Little did anybody imagine that a power was rising within!!
He was interested in painting. His father wanted him to continue his insipid studies at the high school. Arguments coupled with beatings took place in between them. Who won the argument is anybody's guess. But people around him were not impressed with his art work. The planet would have been different if at least one individual praised his ridiculous art. He stopped painting. His father died leaving his 13 year old son as the head of his house hold. The power got the freedom it required!!
He happened to visit a meeting organized by GERMAN WORKERS PARTY. He listened to a speech on economics by FEDER entitled "How and by what means is capitalism to be eliminated?” This enraged, clad in his military uniform, the young lad who rose from his chair like a ferocious serpent and spoke against him. The world witnessed his first speech for the next fifteen minutes. Silence followed the speech. No one knew that a man like him ever existed on Earth. It took a while for the silence to subside. Then the party leader whispered to his deputy"...he's got the gift of the gab. We could use him." This marked his entry into the party.
He was rising...and rising pretty fast.
His ultimate strength was his speeches. Huge number of people used to flock the marquees just to have a glimpse of this 5'9" gentleman. He was just an ordinary bloke away from stage. Once he was given a stage to stand on and a mike to address the public, he forgot himself. His speeches were abnormal. He never felt enervated. Always, they evoked disapprovals at first but all of them were drowned by applauses and accolades. His animated speeches made him a hero. He even used to spit on the front line of audience unable to control his senses. It was a forgotten fact that he stammers. He used to jump like a little kid on the dais in front of a million people. People couldn’t stop themselves putting their hands together for this comic caricature. He simply believed in himself. He never thought he should achieve. He always thought he will conquer. Many say that he used to practice his speeches standing in front of a sea addressing the waves. Critics say that he cast a spell on the listeners and mesmerized them with his ranting speeches. Under his hypnotic gaze, humanity crossed a threshold from which one could see the abyss. The year 1920 marked the inception of NAZI party. He was always stoppable but no one dared. He was rising to a new level altogether!!
Using his influence and all the dirty possible tricks, he became the leader of his party. He was even imprisoned for 9 months but he took it as an opportunity to pen down his autobiography 'MEIN KAMPF'. It didn’t hinder his cruel intentions. He was compelled to be released due to political thrusts. He became even more powerful. After getting released from the jail, he started running madly after power.
In september1930, the GERMANS elected NAZIS to lead them. He reached the pinnacle he was looking for. But he didn’t stop there. He eyed the president post. He neither compromised nor became content with what he acquired. He was seriously rising!!
He was a perfect incarnation of absolute evil. To be simple, people feared this fearless brutal gem of a person. He not only knew threatening but also was powerful in convincing various parties in the smoothest way available. Diplomats believe that charm lied in his temper tantrums. Gradually, unable to withstand his intellectuality, the REPUBLIC collapsed. He was named the chancellor of GERMANY. It is still astonishing to believe the ease with which he overcame and smacked the resistance he encountered. It’s the love for GERMANS and the hatred for JEWS that propelled him ahead. At this stage, he was unstoppable. He began his unbelievable subjugations. He cared for none. He used all the possible cruel and torturous means of suffocating people, who even had the slight thought of standing against him, to death with brutality. Countries feared battling against him. They succumbed and caved in. He paralyzed anyone who stood in between him and his destiny. He waged battles, which were ashamed to be called so; they were only one side invasions.
He simply stormed the opposition meetings with his young brave army and took hostage. Then, made them sign the pact he wanted and killed them. This was dictatorship at its best. He was absolutely ruling the world.
Everything was becoming so easy for him. He glittered with arrogance. People feared to read the dailies unable to digest the fact that one more country had been swallowed by the mammoth fire vomited by this little piece of flesh. The 'SWASTIK' logo made countries faint with fear. Everything seemed over. There was no country that could even dream to stop him except SOVIET. This cold country offered resistance. STALINGRAD, known as 'STALIN CITY', became the venue for one of the bloodiest battles ever fought till date. Germans couldn’t withstand the time for which the SOVIET held them up. It was the battle of all time. Heroes died and so did the rest!!
A Blitzkrieg of German tanks and infantry swept through most of Western Europe as nation after nation fell to the German war machine. Several attempts were made on Hitler's life during the war, but none were successful. This time there were many more countries who decided to fight against him. His army was outnumbered. Their ferociousness and foolishness fell short of the mark. As the war appeared to be inevitably lost and his hand-picked lieutenants, seeing the futility, defied his orders, he killed himself on April 30, 1945. His long-term mistress and new bride, Eva Braun, joined him in suicide.
Having won two-thirds of the world in no time with sheer power and the desire to rule, this enigmatic and charismatic personality is hard to comprehend. He was victorious in life but not in death. But still..I fear not saying "HEIL HITLER...."
Friday, September 01, 2006
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