WikiLeaks Era...

Documents released by Wikileaks speaks volumes about the DC and Barack Obama administration. It reveals more than what it could have hid. I learned more details on Rob Lorinov's blog. It suggests how the State Dept. poked every other counterpart of various nations.

• The documents further reveal that according to a US Embassy assessment from Moscow Medvedev “plays Robin to Mr. Putin’s Batman.”
• In another report North Korea’s leader Kim Jong il was described as a “flabby old chap” who has “physical and psychological trauma” due to a stroke.
• French President Sarkozy is a “thin skinned and authoritarian personal style” type leader according to the US embassy in Paris. 

As an Indian I was more concerned about what the DC thinks about us. The explosive WikiLeaks hit hard the Indo-US ties as one of the disclosures revealed that the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called India a ‘self appointed’ UNSC frontrunner and ordered spying of the country’s bid to become a permanent member of the body. Hillary directed US diplomats to spy??? Sounds so silly. WE should think seriously, why give this woman the time of day...

Others say Obama has offered a ticket to the UNSC contingent on India paying a ticket fee: it must support the US position on Iran and Myanmar. Wrong, and wrong again. Obama`s support is like a ticket for the first commercial flight to Mars: a favour no doubt, but one so far off in the future that most of us will be dead before it happens. Lets hope it was a great lesson for DC and may their counterparts of other states forgive them.

kuchh kar guzarne ko.....

Will we ever get a chance to hear some good news from the world of politics? First it was IPL, CWG-2010, then 2G spectrum scam, and now injustice in Ruchika molestation case. Will these erroneous stands end someday? From each of the above mentioned subject matters, one lesson we could learn is, Money and Power rules this nation, and should better think twice before calling it as biggest DEMOCRATIC. Noticing all these incidents happening around are provoking indeed and at the sametime you know there is nothing much you can do about it.

What made CBI take such stand in Ruchika’s case and what do they mean by saying  “The allegations could not be substantiated as per the documentary evidence and oral testimony of witnesses". Justice was expected atleast here in the case of the budding tennis player. 

 Jayalalitha Offering UPA a support and asking to sack Raja is a strong sign of acquiring throne and nothing else. Can AIADMK ever be loyal to BJP-aka NDA? About Raja! there is nothing much left to speak about the tainted and beleaguered Union Telecom minister who made the country bear a loss of worth 1,40,000 crores. 

IPL4 controversy is one such easy chapter to analyze how well Power and money rules the world. Lalith Modi, the brain child of IPL was thrashed by BCCI Supremes who was being given all credit for the invention of a money minting machine called INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE. Isn’t that for money, fame by the people in power?

When driving down life’s highway, rip off the rearview mirror, bcoz you can never go forward looking back. In other way we can say, when life throws you lemons make lemonade. Dying to hear something good…may be in the form of Thumbs-up to India’s bid for permanent UNSC seat and/or big statistics in medal tally @ Guangzhou Asian games. 

Khoon Chala - Rang...

kuchh kar guzarne ko khoon chala khoon chala
aankhon ke sheeshe mein utarne ko khoon chala
badan se tapak kar, zameen se lipatkar
galiyon se raston se ubharkar, umadkar
naye rang bhar ne ko khoon chala khoon chala
 
khuli-si chhoT lekar, baRi-si tich lekar ahista ahista
sawaalon ki ungli, jawaabon ki mutthi
sang lekar Khoon chala
kuchh kar guzarne ko khoon chala khoon chala
 
kuchh kar guzarne ko khoon chala khoon chala
aankhon ke sheeshe mein utarne ko khoon chala
badan se tapak kar, zameen se lipatkargaliyon se raston se ubharkar, umadkar

khoon chala khoon chala

Forgiving others is the best Virtue....

How often do we forgive people for their mistakes? Though we know, as a human being you are bound to make mistakes unintentionally. At that very moment why not we try to control our nerves and think for a while- the morals which we all might have been taught in our babyhood. I would share a chronicle which I read few days ago and realized how true it is. Here we go....

A kindergarten teacher decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he/she hates.

So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some 3 while some up to 5 potatoes.

The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes in the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for one week. Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides, those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After one week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.

The teacher asked: "How did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you for one week?" The children let out their frustrations and started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.

Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game. The teacher said: "This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred will contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred in your heart for your lifetime???"

Throw away any hatred for anyone from your heart. Forgiving others is the best attitude to take!

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and then discover that the prisoner was you”

O man! Forgive thy mortal foe Do not give him blow for blow Forgive him seventy times and seven For all the blessed souls in Heaven Were both forgivers and forgiven.

^s Ever , 
G @ u r @ v

Aman ki Asha....

For a split second it was a moment of shocker which created chaos of questions, and hope, same was the state of mind of every Indian(to be more precise) when saw the first page of Times of India on 2010 New year day. The words written in Bold: "LOVE PAKISTAN" was indeed the words wouldn’t have expected no matter what the issue is. After reading the whole matter (which is displayed in below pic) made me realize that forgiveness is the most courageous thing to do.

AMAN ki ASHA is an initiative by Times of INDIA and PAKISTAN's Jang group ( not sure why this group was named as Jung when they want to spread peace). But the best part of this movement was the Music concerts which are still considered as a strong media besides trade for conveying the peace and brotherhood.

Lines from the times article:

The lines above make sense only when it makes sense to the neighbours too; else it would be more like clapping with one hand and pretending that we are hearing the clap louder than ever. however more touching was amitabh bachchan's video on aman ki asha. where he says:

Dikhai dete hain dur tak ab bhi saye koi, 
Magar bulane se waqt laute na aye koi.
Chalo na phir se bichaye dariya, bajaaye dholak, 
Lagaa ke mehndi surile tappe sunaye koi.

Patang Udhaye,  Chaton Pe Chadh Kar Mohalle Wale, 
Falak Toh Sanjha Hai Us Main Peche Ladaye Koi.
Utho, kabaddi kabaddi khelenge sarhado par ,
Jo aye ab ke to laut kar phir na jaye koi.

Nazar main rehte ho jab tum nazar nahi aate,
Ye sur milate hain jab tum idhar nahi aate....

In lakeeron ko zameen par hi rehene do, dilo pe mat utaarna

Pursuit of Happyness

People aspire to be happy, some people pretend to be happy and the phase of my life today falls in the 3rd slice of being real happy. I find myself clinging to the stage of life I am in at the time. I must be lying if I say I didn’t have any little anxiety at the same time. BSNL disconnecting me from internet was an inconceivable reason for blogging after long time and the obvious reason for irate and anxiety. A new baby embedded in the family to make good things look bigger and better, spreading smiles all around, and secondly, a bloSSom in personal life aswell changed my mechanical life these days.

You find people exploring for happiness in what they believe happiness lies in. A person of Mother Theresa kind will find happiness in serving a deserted and deprived. Micheal Jackson pursed the happiness in dancing, Bin Ladens in demolishing the towers, and Rakhi Sawant kind-of might experience in SwayamvarS :p

HappYness seems to be related to the way we live our lives with those things that we have already.

Consider today as better than yesterday, and Enjoy each and everyday, moment as it comes, Tomorrow is like shining sun, Today is like bright moon and Yesterday was darken day.

Let me share a small sweet story with you: There once was a very wealthy and successful man. He had more money than he could ever spend and he was admired and looked up to by his community. Still, he knew that something was missing in his life. He wasn’t happy. All his life he had pursued happYness and strived for happiness but had never been able to find it.

Then one day he heard about a hidden temple in Nepal that had a special room that contained the secret to happYness. He immediately sold all that he owned and set out to find this hidden temple. After many years of searching and countless hardships he arrived there. He was weary and pennyless, but he knew that none of that mattered now that he had found the temple.

It doesn’t matter what our outer circumstances are either, because the Kingdom of Heaven is within us. Don’t spend the rest of your life searching the world for happYness then. Just look in the mirror and laugh. Just let the happYness flow from your heart, mind, and soul until it fills your life and the lives of all those around you.

“HappYness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you”.

Time to wrap-up with a song: This is from a Kannada movie Love Guru. I don’t remember if I ever heard any song as many times as this one. Still this is listed as my favorite and on top of my music playlist in my SONY W705 and is my caller tune too. This song is dedicated to a special person who brought a new dimension and happYness in my life these days. Njoy.

Tangaali Tandeya.m...

Tangali

tandeya nanna baalali Sangaathi aaguva savikanasali Kai jaari hodeya nanna preethiya mannalli hootheya nagutha nagutha Kunthu ninna kaala kelage naa hoovu elidantha galige ningeke nanna preethi gothehaagade hoithu yashtondu saari naa manasondirade ninn munde ondondu saarinu ariyade yeke nee hode ee haneyalli ninna olava geechilla brahma.. oooooo.. oooo.. ninge anisillavenu ningagi bandonu naanu ee nanna kanna bhashe ode illa neeneke ee gaali kanalla anubhava ondu sullalla ee preethi heegeke helade thiliyode illa ee nija ariya munna kaledu kotte naa ninna...oooo....ooo... Tangali tandeya nanna baalali Sangaathi aaguva savikanasali Kai jaari hodeya nanna preethiya mannalli hootheya nagutha nagutha

This blog title and ‘Y’ in happYness are inspired by Will Smith’s super movie “Pursuit of HappYness”