A Rare Someone

This is the only way,

I will be,

I will not change myself,

To manipulate through ,

A cruel world.

PK hai kya?!

A child is given an environment to grow- a language, a religion, a set of norms of society. Yet what happens if a grown-up has to discover all this from the beginning?

Result is this mesmerising, kind, simple, powerful and simply out-of-the-world character called PK. He embodies humanity, uses his power to reason and stuns everyone- while also having audiences in splits with his antics!

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PK is 'Purely Koooooool' movie! It is hilarious, touching, saddening and sweet- all at the same time.

One World, One Humanity

  

Is there power in writing? Can writers bring social change & change the world? #Writing

 

#Writing is a passion for many in the world. In my definition of #writing, I would like to make it more broad-based as including anyone who writes on any medium: social media (including tweets), print and television (includes journalists),  bloggers, content-writers of portals/ads, writers of books/journals etc.

Yes, writers wield the power of the pen/the keyboard/the touchscreen! They influence thoughts, beliefs and indeed, life itself.

Not just self-help and inspirational books which change people's lives considerably, but every such article which reports ills and injustices in society, or every blog or tweet which appeals to do good for humanity-spreads optimism; gives ideas for a safer, better world; explains fast-paced innovations; simplifies financial jargons; exposes corruption/ills; arises people to do more for the state, nation and world and makes life simpler, definitely changes the world for the better by making people more informed, aware, sensitive.

Learnings

A new day,

New hopes,

New feelings,

New learnings.

Open your eyes,

From the dark,

To the light.

Look forward to the day,

With cheer-

With the abandon of a bird,

The passion of a conqueror,

The innocence of a child,

The engagement of a soldier.

Kingdom's Heir

The King on a pedestal,

The Queen behind a veil,

Yet in the confines of privacy,

Where all barriers fail,

Their bodies and souls unite-

An event the Gods hail.

The Kingdom's Heir will be born,

A powerful Daughter or Son.

All will rejoice as,

People don't upon gender frown.

Either the Son will rule,

Or the Daughter shall wear the Crown!

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**Linking to ABC Wednesday (Letter 'K' for King, Kingdom)

Indian PM interacts with India's Future

PM Modi has done it again. This time he has reached a new target audience- lakhs of school students across India. He has inspired them. Such interactions are needed more often. Indeed, the PM has to be a leader, an inspirer so that our nation can surge ahead. Glad that we have a PM who fully realises this.

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Things that I especially liked in the interaction:

a) Sharing his notorious childhood activities. It was unexpected!

b) The Nagpur example: On full moon nights, how to connect with the heavenly environment? Simply switch off the streetlights and let the people enjoy the natural beauty of the romantic night!

c) Read. Read whatever and how much ever you can. Read even from the newspaper packet in which pakodas(hot crispy snacks made of gramflour) are served. [Sadly, nowdays they give in polluting polythenes only. He should have driven that message too- STOP USING THOSE POLYTHENE BAGS]

Halt those pearls

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That piercing pain,

That crashing feel,

Those clouded eyes,

And tears reel.

Tears reel,

Till an eternity,

And then a moment comes,

When they halt.

They halt,

Within the limits of eyes,

And pain gives way,

To new vigour.

New vigour,

Which sets you out to achieve,

The Impossible.

The Unlimited.

*Linking this with letter 'H' of ABC Wednesday.

Do the Gold!

She was practicing Table Tennis in the garage of her home. He was shooting his target to glory with his portable shooting practice kit in his hotel room- even while stealing some time away from his cousin's reception evening below. The Men's Hockey Team was sweating it out on the field, practicing hard. She was wrestling in her akhada, her sisters egging her on with better techniques to defeat the opponents. He was bettering his badminton shots at the P. Gopichand Academy under the lights. She was boxing against all odds, like there was no tomorrow, with single focus. He was weightlifting unimaginably heavy weights in a private gym, for the government never kept its promise to give him a world class gym inspite of him being a previous gold medal winner. She was vaulting with all her gymnastic grace and strength to perfect her art. He was throwing the discus again and again, struggling to better his best throw....

........And it rained that night.

Yes. It rained. It felt like their sweat was mixing with the rain water and liberating them. Giving them fresh energy. More strength to wrestle harder. To fight the Judo better. To hit every badminton shot with more force. To lift the extra 2 kgs beyond 300. To drive that hockey stick to hit more goals. To shoot to ever more perfection. To achieve the ultimate. To create history.

To do the Gold....

Creativity Uninterrupted

All these tunes,

And lines of poetry,

That come and go,

While I'm in deep sleep...

Wish they got stored,

On their own,

In a part of my brain-

So I could recall those,

Later whenever my eyes opened...!

Coz I know I'm Beethoven,

And Wordsworth at my resting best...!

What do you want to be?

There are only a few originators,

The rest are all copycats.

There are only a few leaders,

The rest are all followers.

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There are only a few ideators,

The rest are all adopters.

So what do you want to be?

Are you Ambition-fuelled?!

Living in your own shell, 

Aren't you?!

Why care what's happening in the world...?!

Creating much ado about nothing-

Those so-called 'movers and shakers', 

Aren't they?!

While you prefer enjoying,

In your own sheltered way...!

Drawn the lines,

Haven't you?!

Of what all you want?!

How does Modi inspire?

This is not possible. Unless Modi is gifted with powers to inspire (he calls himself 'Jaadugar' or magician) he cannot move a nation of 125 crore people to tears, to elation, to pure inspiration- all at the same time.

And guess what?! Such powers need not be gifted...they can be cultivated- through years of committed work, through focus, through centralising the forces of the Universe within our beings....the best of 'the power of attraction', when the Universe conspires to give us everything we really want coz we work unimaginably hard for it. Clearly, Modi's life story brims with the cultivation of his extra-ordinary powers to inspire people. Mind you- it's such unending spiritual energy that energises masses and classes alike.

In most of his interviews, I saw a statue of Swami Vivekanand behind him.

Hopes for India : 'Modi'fied

This is an unbelievable and super-decisive victory for Modi-led BJP! In my previous post I had wished for stable government, and look how decisively Indian electorate has voted! :)

This only shows how frustrated Indian electorate had been with so many years of dilly-dallying coalition politics, with minority governments running with 'outside support'. No wonder a meagre number of bills were passed, crores looted while the Prime Minister who was supposed to be the Leader of the Government, sat silent singing shayaris that tsunamis would come if he spoke! And look what his 'Khamoshi' brought about- a 'Tsu-Namo' that's swept India in saffron!

T: Tihar

Did you know all this?!

• Tihar Jail (TJ) is the largest jail complex in South Asia, located in 'Tihar village', New Delhi. 
• It is also called 'Tihar Ashram' as correctional activities aim to transform prisoners to good citizens who can join society again.
• Four of its inmates have written a book of poems called 'Tinka Tinka Tihar' which was released recently.
• It has its own TJ FM channel and RJs are creative jail inmates, some of whom have even got jobs outside after their release!
• It has its own rock band who sing and compose wonderful original songs! Watch the video here:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXCyVtC2idI
• Inmates make several products which are sold at various outlets of Delhi including bakery, bags, accessories, pickles, chips and lots more!

S: See the Sea

See the Sea,

Vast, huge,

Overwhelming.

Propping up the Sun,

Gobbling it too.

Guardian of islands,

Beautiful blue.

Q: Queen

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I loved watching the Bollywood movie 'Queen' starring Kangana Ranaut as the soul of the movie. To top it all, this movie was justifiably released on International Women's Day and I watched it that day itself! The movie shows how a timid yet super-nice woman from a small place in India discovers herself and enjoys her liberation after going on her honeymoon alone to Paris and Amsterdam, as her fiance refused to marry her just the day before marriage.

N: No Confusion

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No confusion,

Decide on one choice,

And pursue it doggedly.

No nonsense,

Only clear thoughts,

To propel you ahead.

K: Killer Instinct

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My blogger friend Rakesh Mondal recently figured out that I was blogging about each succeeding letter of English Alphabet each day. Obviously he was unaware of A to Z Blogging Challenge! Anyway yesterday while commenting on my post J:Jealousy he gave a nice suggestion for letter 'K'- Killer Instinct! Thanks Rakesh! So I've accepted your suggestion and my thoughts on 'Killer Instinct' are below:

What is 'Killer Instinct'?

J: Jealousy

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 Jealousy is a good thing. Just that in movies they show the bad form of it- where someone kills the other or destroys the other. Even in real life, the negative connotation is held closer to heart. Often the destructive human nature takes over when faced with this overpowering emotion of jealousy.

But then we must realise that jealousy is actually a positive emotion and if we channelise it positively, we can do wonders in our life. We just need to forget focusing on the person who makes us jealous. Instead we need to focus on ourselves due to the fire raging courtesy jealousy! Once that fire urges us to achieve the hitherto impossible and surpass our own potential, then jealousy indeed becomes the positive factor of our life! It can make us win and how!

Thank God for jealousy. How else would some great things be achieved! How else would humankind have surpassed the 'me too' syndrome in the quest to move ahead of competitors! How else would humankind race towards ever greater progress?!

So, just like - "Daag achche hain" [Stains are good!], a popular ad campaign by a leading washing powder company in India, I'll also say - "JEALOUSY IS GOOD!"

Just channelise it properly in your lives and see how your lives transform!



**This is my post for letter 'J' of the A to Z Challenge 2014. I thought of writing a free write on 'Jealousy'! :)

G: Great Expectations

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Great Expectations,

They have from me.

Just that my time has not come,

So they look down upon me with a frown.