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Does anybody among the readers here know the taste of water coming from the thinning layer of a glacier after trekking the rough mountainous terrains for 4 constant hours?? Has anybody seen the Sun going down into the ocean standing on a jet ski in the middle of the ocean full of sharks?? Did anybody care to get himself clicked with the funny and ugly faces in a party of gorgeous and sophisticated people?? Did anybody ever get a chance to race with a school of fishes in their own territory 100 meters deep onto the ocean bed?? Did you ever dance for the whole night in your true form without acknowledging who else is watching you, despite of the fact that you have to hit your work place early in the morning?? Has anybody ever felt breathlessness while sky diving from 15000 ft surpassing the snow clad Alps Mountains?? I believe many have not; I also believe many would call it crazy. I agree, this indeed is crazy but just remember that, it is only these craz

Live a story worth telling...!!: The HUNT : “Yours is a strange and self-obsessed generation who just can’t get over your personal ego to believe in something. Above all, you take ...

“Yours is a strange and self-obsessed generation who just can’t get over your personal ego to believe in something. Above all, you take pride in hurting the sentiments of your elders, showing your angst and disbelief against the conventional wisdom”, that is my mother at her rhetoric best. Unfortunately, I could not understand her as she could never understand me. There are millions of parents having the same complaints from their kids. I can’t comment on all of them as I would be too naive and unaware of their feelings. But in my case, I can say that the chasm is not built based on our contrasting beliefs but on the contrary this is a gap between “blind beliefs” and “Questions”. Those who raise the questions and speak their minds can’t be politically correct always. I always say that Human brain confuses; now I also think that the brain is wired in such a way that it understands only polar positions. Anything in between, it finds it difficult to understand. We have given the

Only you can do this all I found an astonishing place far away from my home, travelled thousands of miles right there in Livingstone. The river Zambezi, placed there on the landscapes just right, And the grand Victoria falls showing me their passion and might. I see the river upside down hanging from that bungee rope, All faces smiling, all eyes beaming; it certainly is the abode of Hope. A small but audacious bird chirping and sitting on the Hippo’s back, And I clicked the moment timeously standing from the river cruise’s deck. The sunset over the river displaying the spectrum of color and shade And I, watching the phenomenon spellbound; wondering, how He made. Crossing the Victoria bridge right through the rainbows, While hearing the thundering sound of the falls coming from very close. That lonely tree still holding its grip on the edges of the fall, O almighty, you and only you can do this a

Dare to be your true self Standing on the beautiful landscapes of the Mount Entoto in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, I gazed at the sky and yelled at him; “why the results are not always as per the expectations”…..comes back the voice; “Calm down my son, because it just doesn’t matter”. I am surprised, where the voice came from…..is it from the sky? Is it the God himself? Oh, It’s from my inside….amazing, someone always within me, yet so indiscoverable… I asked him, who are you?? The voice came back, I am your friend, the one you never had faith on; I am the origin of everything, you never acknowledged; I am the creator, you never believed on…… “Why do you talk to me then?” I asked. “For the same reason, I talked with Arjuna during the epic of Mahabharata; he had wisdom to understand but yet he was confused; he was capable yet he lacked self-belief; he knew he was wrong yet he questioned to gain the better understanding. You question my presence too; I had no

I feel the God Today, after the last crazy 5 days, I laid back and relaxed in my bed watching my little babies asleep. The calmness on their faces made me skip my breath again and again. Suddenly, I slipped into a trans state where I could find a connection with some unseen force. The sudden impulse of energy made me forget all the troubles and I was at complete peace with myself. No more concerns of the business, no more thoughts of another travel, the team meetings just faded away and the new upcoming project just took the back seat. What was it…..I asked myself. The same mind, body and the soul which were craving for a sleep for last so many days are just rejuvenated and are probably ready to take up another challenge with greater vigor. Whenever, I wish to think something deeply, I start writing. The writing gives me newer horizons to think and makes it easier for me to dig in deeply of any matter. So, I started……. Life is crazy, we all know. It’s unpredictability some

It’s a tricky and contentious subject, I chose to write upon. I am sure it will invite a lot of favor as well as critic from the readers. Well, my objective anyhow was to stimulate a chain of thoughts in your minds. This morning, the newspaper was abuzz with the news of Mr Azim Premji joining the Gates-Buffet charitable trust as the 1 st Indian, where he vows to give away a major part of his wealth for philanthropy. Being such a rich man, he still drives a Toyota Corolla, prefers to not to stay in 5-star hotels and leads a very normal life devoid of any frills. I always remember what the great Warren Buffet once said, “If you want to be rich, stop acting rich”. These are a few of those rare exemplary moments which have the potential to be a phenomenon. But unfortunately, in the world we witness today, even such novel ideas don’t have many takers. Please don’t assume that I am a profound philanthropist anyway but I certainly and firmly believe in the fact that un-necessary s

The defining moment 26 th Jan, 2013, I realized the most important lesson of my life; “Life is very precious”, you know why….because the almighty wants you to live. You must be wondering that how can I say it this way, the way as if I had a word with the God tet-e-tete. Well, the experience was not much less than that either. Let me take some mental notes of the incidence and then start sharing, it’s not that one can forget such an incidence ever in his life, it’s that so much happened so soon, I need to really work hard to recollect everything. Well, so it starts with my 2 nd lesson of board surfing today morning. It’s a wet, windy yet a warm day and I looked forward to increase my time standing and balancing on the board right there riding on a high wave. The first hour went like crazy and I was beginning to believe that I am so natural at this sport. The increasing confidence was slowly but surely taking me in deeper and more dangerous waters. The point to note here