Irony??

Read an article in The Times of India yesterday ( You can read it here ) . It said that Iran leads the list of countries which still allow capital punishment to children and minors. Well, horrifying, yes….. but all the more so, given the fact that Iranian children’s movies are well-known all over the world [...]

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Law??

I read this piece from here, which was in turn published here. Loved it, hated it, both at the same time. Do go through…
The police carried out a raid and closed a factory. The children, who were working there, were all set free. Some said: “We are orphans. To eat we need a livelihood.” The [...]

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What is Success?

Another poem I came across and really liked!! Enjoy! 

 What is Success?

To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by
a healthy child, a [...]

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If….

Just came across this classic poem by Rudyard Kipling…and thought it would be nice to share with all my readers…..Enjoy folks!  
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IF………….
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can [...]

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Just look around!!! There’s so much to learn!!

Was returning home from office yesterday, when I stopped by at the key maker’s. There were a couple of other elederly men there, and were discussing current affairs, as usual. Because of the lack of options, I reluctantly started overhearing their conversation. Little did I know, that this would turn out to be the most sensible talk [...]

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Random sailings….

Was sailing on the unstable ship of my mind, over a vast sea of past memories….. and docked on this particular line quoted by a speaker at a Gudi Padwa rally….
Sir Winston Churchill, while addressing the British Parliament, a little while before India got Independance, said about us, “Don’t give them freedom, ’cause they are [...]

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Carvings on the wall…..

Do you find advertisement placards , bills and pamphlets put up on walls and meter-boxes  irritating?? Well, atleast I do!! But yeah, some catch-lines are too impressive to ignore….
On a wall enclosing Pune station: “Paani paishyasaarkhe udhalu naka”, meaning, ‘Don’t waste water like money’….
A small line, but says a lot!! Doesn’t it?? What’s missing in it? [...]

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SMS Shero-shayari!!

I have a huge collection of smses on my cell-phone(limited ofcourse by the limited memory on my 3120). Many of them include shayaris, and some of them, are real good ones, although they may sound a bit too senti at first…(I hate senti shayari, unless they have that unique spark, and even if they do, I [...]

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Let me go…..

Came across this very very soulful and touching poem while browsing the web.. thought wud put it up for my readers, too! I am sure you’ll like it a lot!!! 
When I come to the end of the road
and the sun has set for me,
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.
Why cry for a soul set [...]

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Is money equivalent to Happiness?

      
So true is the above sentence, isn’t it!! just happened to see the above picture stored somewhere on my PC, and it started a chain of memories in my mind. Just jotting down a few of them here.
When i was in my 3rd year of Computer Engineering, We had a debate in my Principles [...]

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Life After Death…..

Shekhar Kapoor in the weekly column “I am” in TOI:
 A man went to a sage and asked him, “Is there life after death?”
The sage turned to the man and asked,”Is there life before death???”

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What’s in a signature????

I have always been a biggg fan of quotable quotes…and have liked collecting them since childhood… It may sound a little braggish; but yeah, many people have told me that they look forward to read my signature lines in mails, that i change veryday! Now for all those people who have encouraged me [...]

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The idol stood still……….

This is a story I once read in a Marathi newspaper. It was translated from Kannada, I think. This is just an abstract English adapatation of the story, which truly deeply touched my heart.
There was this small village surrounded by a forest. In the centre of the village was a sacred temple, that everyone in [...]

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