Rising Thoughts

2012-02-01T03:47:00.001-08:00

Ignoring a problem is not a solution
But ignoring a solution is a problem

2012-01-30T04:29:00.001-08:00

Hope is the dope of life

2012-01-18T23:04:00.001-08:00

If you can bear the heat, be a shade to those who can't .

2011-12-18T23:28:00.000-08:00

Get addicted to life

2011-09-30T13:20:00.001-07:00

Regret if you lost, not if you surrendered.

2011-09-16T05:16:00.001-07:00

if opportunity does not knock on your door, go ahead and knock on its door.

2011-07-19T02:41:00.000-07:00

Its not what you want that is important, but what you are doing to get what you want.

2011-06-10T08:49:00.001-07:00

Every failure should either reshape the path or reshape the goal.

2011-01-27T01:46:00.000-08:00

Difficulty is a veil behind which opportunity loves to hide.

2011-01-03T22:52:00.001-08:00

Failure hates people who can smile at it.

2010-11-15T05:14:00.000-08:00

Opportunity and difficulty are two sides of the same coin.

2010-10-29T10:49:00.001-07:00

Your destiny is a mirror of your beliefs.

2010-10-16T20:59:00.000-07:00

Most miracles are the result of untiring persistence

2010-10-13T11:17:00.001-07:00

Don't compromise on what can be improved.

2010-09-29T11:46:00.001-07:00

To know your weakness is a strength in itself.

2010-09-26T11:28:00.001-07:00

Let every day become an unforgettable experience, not just a memory.

2010-09-17T04:38:00.001-07:00

The strength of an obstacle is defined by your weakness

2010-09-16T01:11:00.001-07:00

Its easier to control the anger than repair the damage it can cause

2010-09-14T02:07:00.000-07:00

Don't look for shadows in the dark.

2010-08-30T20:46:00.001-07:00

Set the goals not the limits

2010-08-26T07:56:00.001-07:00

Don't regret the fall, but regret the reason of the fall.

2010-08-25T02:09:00.001-07:00

Act if you don't want to react
React if you don't want to repent
Repent If you don't want repeat.

2010-08-17T07:33:00.000-07:00

In the noise of complaints, you might not hear the knock of oppurtunity

2010-08-10T10:20:00.001-07:00

Be very scared,of being scared.

2010-08-03T01:01:00.000-07:00

How you say it is more important than what you say......

2010-07-19T10:14:00.001-07:00

Anger is like rain.
Right amount, Right place, Right time and you will reap plenty.
But a little more,a little less, a little mistimed and you will repent plenty

2010-07-10T01:08:00.001-07:00

Live in the present and leave the past
Don't leave the present and live in the past...

2010-07-08T04:01:00.000-07:00

Mistakes are like books, they don't teach anything until you read and learn yourselves.

2010-07-06T22:59:00.001-07:00

Its the actions, not the thoughts that will bring about the results.

2010-07-05T05:20:00.000-07:00

If your propellers have the power, it doesn't really matter if you are going with or against the tide

2010-06-30T04:13:00.000-07:00

In every failure is hidden the secret of success

2010-06-25T03:17:00.000-07:00

Its the performance that is remembered more than the result

2010-06-25T02:35:00.001-07:00

Fix the destination not the route

2010-06-22T21:44:00.001-07:00

Heights are scary only when you look down

2010-06-22T03:13:00.001-07:00

Imagination is the manure on which creativity grows

2010-06-20T00:51:00.001-07:00

The strings of life vibrate at the frequency of your thoughts

2010-06-19T03:06:00.001-07:00

Stop thinking whether the glass is half full or half empty, figure out how can you refill it.

2010-06-16T01:07:00.001-07:00

Obstacles are just illusions, just like a mirage. They exist only as long as you look at them.

2010-06-09T11:41:00.001-07:00

If you use the tombstones of past as milestones for future, you will reach only graveyards.

2010-06-05T08:18:00.001-07:00

walk at your own pace only if you are not in a race.....

2010-06-04T10:22:00.001-07:00

wake up and start dreaming

One serving of........

2010-06-03T02:02:00.000-07:00

Imagine if world was a restaurant, god its chef and the items in the menu would be the emotions.
What would be the most often ordered item ?

I think it would be anger. The most expensive and the most harmful item of the menu and yet the most ordered item.

God would probably be tired of cooking this dish again and again, and yet he himself can not have it can he ?

The more you eat this dish the more it harms your health, you don't enjoy your meal and you make the others who are eating with you also suffer because the dish is so special that even the aroma of it can cause health problems.

The second most ordered would be I think lust. May be in the recent years the requirements of lust might have shot up.
Is lust as harmful as anger is i think it can be, but the problem with the lust is it harms the people around more than who is eating it. More often than not, it would harm the person sitting right next to you on the table, so I think its kind of worse than anger.

Chef's special would be care and concern not directed only towards the people sitting right next to you but towards every one, and am sure it would be the least ordered. How often do we come across people who would be ready to help some one with no strings attached.
Even if we help, we expect some thing back, or expect help back, which should ideally not be the case.

And then there is the most famous dish of all, which people order but have no idea how to take it.
Love is so specially and carefully prepared by god that we actually have to go to the kitchen and get it ourselves. Because god prepares it customized for each one of us and the best part, god give it for free.
Though we order it happily most of us don't realize that it needs to be enjoyed, every bit of it needs to be relished and most of all it has to be shared with some one. The moment you decide to eat it alone you will only find an empty plate in front of you.

So next time you decide to order, remember the most expensive is not the most delicious and you are not the only one in the restaurant.

Can I have a serving of critic please :-)

Puffing to death

2010-05-31T07:50:00.000-07:00

Had Just finished having my tea, it was a nice evening with cool breeze, and was walking back when two students handed me a pamplet.

Written boldly on it was "NO SMOKING DAY" on Monday 31st may 2010.

Inside the pamplet were a few really interesting facts on advantages of not smoking.

What happens to your body if you stop smoking right now ?

In 20 minutes your blood pressure will return to normal, in 18 hours the carbon monoxide level in your blod stream will drop by half and oxygen levels will return to normal.

and lot more similar positive facts on what will happen if one stops smoking.

I felt that was very nice way of making people realize the advantages of not smoking. Its always the positive aspects of any thing that have lasting effects than only telling the negative aspects.

To think of, smokers are like steam engines. If you ever seen one, steam engines always keeps blowing smoke out of its chimney, just as a smoker keeps puffins smoke out of his mouth.

A steam engine hoots a lot(well all engines do), just as smokers cough a lot.

A steam engine travels towards its destination, the smokers are travelling towards their own death.

A steam engine takes along with it a lot of bogies, smokers take with them all the non smokers making them smoke passively.

All the steam engine has to do to stop is apply break, and all the smokers have to do to stop their journey to death is quit smoking.

So all smokers, stop chugging along hooting and puffing to death.
Hit the breaks now, you will surely stop, and you will also prevent the bogies from suffering too.

2010-05-28T05:42:00.001-07:00

The most obvious is often the most elusive.....

2010-04-26T23:09:00.001-07:00

If you are patiently right, it will pay
If you are patiently wrong, you will pay.....

2010-04-24T22:50:00.001-07:00

My jobs done ... Bail out.....
My jobs done ... stick around and help out....

What do you do ?

Referre

2010-04-21T02:13:00.000-07:00

Ever wondered why there are not referees blowing whistles in the game of life....
Guess that is because there are no rules in this game, it need not be fair, everyone plays it their own way, you can call nothing a foul. :-).......

2010-04-16T00:35:00.001-07:00

Predictability is the essence of boredom

2010-04-12T11:34:00.000-07:00

Light is meant to illuminate, don't use it to blind yourself.

2010-04-08T00:01:00.001-07:00

Its imperfect to expect perfection.

Quotes from Rbindranath Tagore

2010-04-02T09:49:00.000-07:00

A few quotes i liked from the book "Omnibus IV" Rabindranath Tagore

He alone sees truly who sees all beings as himself

Don't be worried about the waves, worry about the leaks in your boat

Let our faith in real be not overcome by the lure of unreal,Let come to us what is good and not what is not what we desire. Let us bow our heads to the good,to the supreme good.

Praise is reward; it can be measured against the work you render;but love is above all rewards; it is measureless.

2010-03-24T02:56:00.001-07:00

Should change always be driven by necessity ?

2010-03-03T04:41:00.001-08:00

Assumptions about any thing are extremely dangerous......

2010-02-27T02:49:00.001-08:00

If you could stop time for five seconds...... how would you know how long is five seconds.... ;-)

2010-02-23T05:42:00.001-08:00

The power of brain is unrivaled, underestimate it at your own risk......

2010-02-20T01:11:00.000-08:00

If you think you can't do it......Surprise yourself... its real fun

2010-02-09T03:47:00.001-08:00

forgive if you can not forget
forget if you can not forgive

2010-02-05T06:52:00.001-08:00

If you can't reason it.... its irrelevant.....

Drowned.....

2010-01-31T01:10:00.000-08:00

Some thoughts are so deep that the crowd around seems to drown out. Who is sitting around,what are they speaking becomes totally irrelevant.
What kind of thoughts bring about this effect ? Happy thoughts, thoughts of moments we have enjoyed beyond words, or the worries about future?
I guess both do.... happiness and worries both have the potential to drown out the world around.

Too less

2010-01-18T00:00:00.001-08:00

Calls missed not returned, messages not replied to. Mails still to be replied.
Friends not spoken to from months..... are 24 hrs really so small?

Reality check....

2010-01-14T06:01:00.000-08:00

The sun has set, it rained, I guess pretty heavily. I don't know either of them.
Because the room has been lit with artifical light from morning and the sound from the outside world hardly enters in. The only sound, other than us talking,that is heard most is the whir of the computer and fingers typing on the key boards.
In the world of artificial light, artificial weather, artifical sounds, artificial intelligence hope our hearts will stay real.....

2010-01-07T04:58:00.000-08:00

Success in past does not gaurntee success in future, one has to perform better than the rest every time to succeed.

2010-01-06T21:27:00.001-08:00

Don't stop yourself when you don't have to. It takes a lot to accelerate again.

2 States -- Chetan Bhagat

2010-01-04T04:55:00.000-08:00

2 states is a hilarious account of the love and marriage between a guy from Punjab and girl from Chennai, 2 states of India. The novel brings out the cultural differences between Chennai and Punjab beautifully. The differences have been portrayed in a very funny way and don't really hurt any sentiments.

The novel also shows that how the next generation is ready to break the shackles of these differences and are ready to explore beyond their own worlds.

All Indians should read the novel just for the sheer delight of the way Chetan brings out the flavour of two states of India and to learn how to handle the situation in case your girlfriend is from some other state.

All non Indians should read the novel to realize the diversity the great country has in it.

A perfect desi novel.

Welcome.....

2009-12-31T19:38:00.000-08:00

Every thing new brings with it a lot of changes. Changes that could be good, great or ugly. Some thing new has just dawned on the world.
It is still yawning and waking up, but with every movement it makes, its asking, so what should the change be this time?
Change the world in us or the world outside us ?

2009-12-26T20:25:00.003-08:00

Its wise to know what to hold on to and what to let go off....

2009-12-22T04:51:00.001-08:00

In life intentions don't matter, but result does.

Decided it or Did it

2009-12-17T07:29:00.000-08:00

In the inagural talk of the Manipal BoP summit 09 one of the speaker made a very interesting point. He asked a question to the audience,

5 frogs are floating in a pond on a log, and 4 of them decide to jump of the log.
How many frogs are left on the log?

Well the answer is 5, because the 4 frogs only decided, they actually did not jump.
I guess a lot of us do that in our lifes, we decide we will do some thing and then stop at that.
Year end is probably is the one time when that happens most, resolutions are made, decisions are taken,.... I will study more this year, I will keep my family happy this year, I will apply for higher studies this year, I will change my job this year, I will quit smoking this year, I will join Gym this year....... so on and so forth.
All of them decisions to do some thing just as the frogs did. But most of us never take the next step of doing what we decide, and I feel that is where is difference lies between people who achieve their goals in life and people who don't.

Don't decide to do it..... DO IT.

2009-12-14T06:46:00.001-08:00

Freedom to speak does not give you the freedom to hurt.

2009-12-13T04:49:00.000-08:00

Its drifting, like a leaf fallen from a tree.
Fighting to stay afloat, not to fall, but fight seems to be in vain.
It is as if some one is pushing it down, an invisible force that can not be
controlled.
The fight has stopped, the eyes have lost the battle , the sleep shall take over
and the battle ground, the mind, shall rest in peazzzzzz............

2009-12-11T07:37:00.001-08:00

In life there are no mistakes, only lessons.
-- The monk who sold his Ferrari

2009-12-08T23:53:00.000-08:00

see because you might not hear,hear because you might not see.
Feel because its the only thing you can believe.

Negative to Positive

2009-10-11T01:42:00.000-07:00

Walking home I happen to cross a bar everyday. A friday or a saturday it is spilling with people.

A little ahead is a pub, again the same story as with the bars. Young guys and girls were walking in and some with cigarette in their hands were enjoying their weekend(Their definition of enjoyment) outside.

Looking at all of them a thought crossed my mind, why is it that every one of is so easily attracted to negative things in life. Everything that is negative seems so easy to get addicted to and so difficult to get away from, ever wondered why?

I am wondering today.

Why is it so difficult to get addicted to not smoking, not drinking, not getting jealous of others,not cheating the ones who love us and so many other negative things in every day life. But on the other hand it is equally easy to get addicted to any of these. I wonder why.

Every one who does any thing negative also knows it is not good for him or her. Every one who smokes knows very well that what he/she is doing today will make him/her ill tommorow but still they seem to be unable to stop themselves. Medically we call it addiction, our body gets used to the chemicals and wants more and more of it. But then why can't our ever so powerful brain control us, doesn't the same thing apply to every thing negative that we do.

The answer to this probably lies with in us, lies in the way we look at things. The only way to negate a negative thought is by a postive thought, that is what I believe.

What do we see printed in bold letters on the cigarette packs ? "SMOKING IS INJURIOUS TO HEALTH", is that a very positive statement ? We read that and understand that smoking will not be good for us, our brain only registers one more negative thought. Imagine if wrote this on the packs "NOT SMOKING WILL KEEP YOU HAPPY". Is that a positive statement ? I think it is.

Every one wants to be happy, now our brain can understand it is missing some thing good by smoking, and probabaly it will help us in getting away from the negative habit of smoking.

Every thing in life is similar, we always concentrate on negaitve aspects of doing things, but not on positive aspects of not doing the same things. The more positive we can think more we can keep ourselve away from the negative things.

Think Positive stay happy :-)

2009-07-17T03:34:00.000-07:00

Flowers at Lal Bagh Flower Show

2009-07-17T03:27:00.001-07:00

Flowers at Lal Bagh Flower Show

Shalimar the Clown by Salman rushdie

2008-12-30T01:36:00.001-08:00

The novel deals with revenge,of a kashmiri husband Shalimar, for the betrayal by his wife.
The characters have been pictured really well,Mr Rushdie's writing brings the characters to life like none other. Though the language is very poetic it grips the reader right till the end.
Mr Rushdie depicts really well how our thoughts and feelings trigger every action that we take.
The poetic language can be little difficult to understand at times, but it srue is worth the trouble.

2007-12-02T03:44:00.000-08:00

2007-12-02T03:27:00.000-08:00

5. JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL BY RICHARD BACH.

2007-06-11T10:20:00.001-07:00

Setting the example of a seagull named Jonathan Livingston, who brakes the rules of the flock to discover and excel his passion for flying, Richard Bach conveys that we are limited by only our thoughts. Our capabilities are only what we think we can achieve. Illustrated by beautiful pictures taken by Russell Munson the book can surely inspire you to believe that you can achieve any thing that you can dream of.

4. UP AND DOWN IN THE DALES BY GERVASE PHINN

2007-06-11T10:07:00.000-07:00

Narrating the life of Gervase Phinn, a school inspector living at the dales. Gervase Phinn uses a very humorous language to tell his adventures in different schools as an inspector. But the story cannot keep the reader glued for long, as it lacks any kind of suspense or a specific story to look for any kind of ending. But Gervase Phinn himself being the principal of inspector of schools explains the issues and situations faced by inspectors very well. On the whole a good light read

NOTES TO MYSELF BY HUGH PRATHER

2007-03-09T11:20:00.000-08:00

The book in short is about nothing and everything. The author has just penned his thoughts about different situations in life. He has tried to explain that the situations in life are just the way we perceive it rather they actually being good or bad, and how we can be completely content and happy in life just by looking at things in a different way. It will surely make you sit back and think about yourself and your own reactions to situations that you come across everyday. It’s a Perfect book to read on a rainy day with a hot cup of tea.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY JANE AUSTEN

2007-03-04T03:48:00.000-08:00

Revolving around Mr Bennet’s daughters their relationships and marriage the author, Jane Austen has used wonderful language to depict the emotions and the situations. With just the right mixture of humor and satire the book is a great read on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Though the story builds at quite a slow pace in the beginning it just adds to the fun as the events catch pace.
Apt to the title the story depicts how our Pride and Prejudices can influence our views towards some one in completely unjustified direction.
Trivia: The book was originally called as “First Impressions” but was abandoned when one more author by Mrs. Holford published a novel with the same name.

1. WINGS OF FIRE BY Mr. A.P.J ABDUL KALAM AZAD

2007-02-13T11:04:00.000-08:00

A great book about how a boy from a small village rockted to the heights of Indian Space research and with him also took the Indian Space research to new heights. Indian Space really seems to have grown with Mr. Kalam and we really should be great full to him for where our space science stands today. The best part of the book is he has remembered everyone who has played a part in his life and projects. Real Big people like Prof Sarabhai to Simple engineers whom we have never heard of but have played vital roles in various projects of ISRO, DRDO etc.
One book every Indian Should read to know what India has achieved in such a short span of time after independence and to realize what we can achieve if we focus our efforts in the right direction.