I am an "Indian"

As a little boy i used to ask my Grand mom about her freedom struggle experience and every time she told me the story i swear her eyes shined brighter than the sun on solstice.. She had a look of accomplishment..she had achieved something..and today i sit and wonder..what have i done for my Country?When some foreigner asks me where i am from, I proudly say " I am an Indian".. But what have i done to call myself an Indian? Yeah..I do stop my friends from littering..once in a while tech little kids to read.. but come on..that just makes me a good citizen..The country needs me..us.. We the youth have to get together and do something.. as an individual we can only make excuses(what can i do alone?) but as a group we actually do something.. Rohit told me about Indian students and youth representative to the united nations and i really liked the Idea and today i feel proud to say that, Yes! i am an active member of this group.. We all want to grow up and settle down in different countries but why not develop India instead and make people want to settle down here? we have the resources, we have the land and we have manpower..Why wait for the day when we have a literate politician in the ministry when we qualified youth can address the problems of our nation right now?? Lets do something, Lets work for a better India cause i for one want to have the same look in my eyes as my grand mom when i tell my story to my grand kids.. I SAY RUN.. Do you?? :)

We the People

India-Classified as a developing country..Developing?? but why?? why not Developed? Its been more than 50 years since our Independence..Then why is the Country still developing??Even we have big,tall and shiny buildings..we have the best medical facilities..malls..sport complex..we have everything..but then why? what could be the reason? could it be us? we the people!? well ill tell you bout a little experience that i had recently.. I was traveling by train..it was a long journey so i had ordered food..and when it comes to food, i go crazy..i ordered almost everything on the list only to realize that i cant finish it all.. I dint want to waste food.. We all would have seen those poor little kids who come and clean the train in a hope of earning some money.. so One of those kids entered my compartment..so i thought i can give away the food pack to him..I was placed in the upper birth..I called out for him..but he dint listen..so I asked the people sitting on the lower birth to call him.. and i saw something that shocked me.. literally shocked.. The lady below was about to tap him on his back and ask him to look up..when she stopped..stopped.. took a slipper and tapped him with that.. she dint want to touch him.. how sad is that? Did i just witness untouchability?? Its our mindset people.. if as a person we cant develop then how can we expect our country to develop??We have to change.. we cant sit around and blame the politicians for everything..that's the cowards way out.. we can sit and play the blame game or actually step up and do something.. the choice is ours, cause till then the country is only developing..

How cool are we to Meditate?

Its a common misconception among the Youth these days..Meditation and yoga is for losers.. Many of these so called "cool" people just refuse to acknowledge the fact that Meditation helps you gain control over your Life.. You know its funny.. A cool person is the one who is calm and willing to try out new things in life, yeah?But these so called "Cool" people just reject the idea of meditation,without even giving it a second thought.. And they call themselves cool..Yeah right.. Yes you are cool in some weird creepy parallel universe.. SO what has one to do to get these people to open their eyes and have just one look,Give meditation and yoga just one chance?Start the Belt system like judo and karate??Cause after all what's the difference between Yoga and Martial arts??They both make you strong physically and Mentally.. Then why this misconception??Just Because Yoga Originated in India??Does that make it "local"?Then why use the ZERO?Even that's local.. Meditation is the best way to relax oneself.. In this modern anxiety filled era where the youth is worried and tensed , It could be anything, starting from the performance of their favorite sports team to the Mega Mighty Exam Monster.. Just One hour of meditation will do wonders to your day! Meditation Give you an Inner strength to face any new problem in fe in a calm and sober way.. And that my friends, makes you cool!!

^_^

Do the following Images make you beautiful??

Is that extra Bottle of Mascara really that necessary??














We feel Pain..Dont they?? ---->














Whiter the teeth, better the smile..but at what cost??Are we not happy with the toothpaste we already have??
















Stuffed in cages,These Animals die a painful and lonely death..
















This Is just plain Sad..














Why do we still Buy Animal tested Products when there are Other Safe alternatives to test these products??Are we rats??No??Then how can a product tested on a rat be safe for you??Animal testing is Inhuman and what more,Its not even precise..
But what can we do??How can we help these animals??There is really nothing to it..just look for the "Not tested on Animals seal" on the product you are buying.. Thats the only way we can stop this cruelty..

Its about time we did something..Say NO to Animal Testing..

Look at the following Video released By PETA for more Information..



Note:Think the Images above are shocking??Then bite on this..The Images above are just a few of many Images available on the net..There are many more shocking images which can easily send shivers down your spine..Animal testing is inhuman and wrong..So please,please,please make sure that you DONT buy a product which was tested on animals..And if you know of any lab near your house which does Animal testing..contact me on 9962385581..

A world which is safe for animals is a world safe for everyone..

Miracle-Its Everywhere

Bruce Almighty..A timeless classic of a man who gets to be God!!I have watched the movie many a times..Laughed at the way Jim carry makes his funny faces..No matter how many times i watched that movie,I've enjoyed it..I was surfing through the channels today and i found Bruce almighty was running on Zee studio,So There I was..Watching the movie 7th time..But Today was Different..I dint Just enjoy the movie...I understood it..The Movie along with its rich Humor also conveys a deep message.."Dont Wait for Miracles to happen,Be the Miracle"...There is a scene in the movie, which I found is really very touchy...God Looks at Bruce and tells him"Miracle-Partitioning Soup is not Miracle..Its Magic..But When a single mom Struggling between two jobs manages to take her kid for football practice..Thats Miracle..When a Teenager says no to Drugs and YES to education..Thats Miracle"..Thats when it hit me...We Pray to to god almost everyday.."I want this,I want that"But is it really necessary??When feeling low..just take a walk..Help someone and feel the change in you when that person thanks you with all his heart..We see Miracles everyday but we just dont notice them..The process of Birth..Thats a miracle..The way buds blossom into beautiful flowers..Thats Miracle..Love-Which makes you do things which you thought would never be possible..Thats Miracle..The way a newborn child who does not know anything looks up at you and smiles when you call out his/her name..Thats a Miracle..Miracles are every where..So the next time you think your life is a mess..Dont wait for a miracle to happen..BE THE MIRACLE..

Its the CAUSE, NOT the Answer

December 7, 1941..It was a day like any other..A bright Sunday morning..clear sky..it was a ordinary day for people of Hawaii..But things changed..the clear sky now turning dark,People could see large number of planes(353 to be precise) heading towards pearl harbor.. It was a surprise military strike conducted by the Japanese navy against the United states of America..The attack sank 4 U.S navy battle ships, wounded nearly 1,500 and took lives of over 2,500 people..It was an attack the world can never forget..will never forget..Cause on this day the sleeping giant woke up..what followed next was total chaos.."little boy" and "fat man" shook the world..on August 6, 1945 the "little boy" jumped on the city of Hiroshima followed by "fat man" crushing the city of Nagasaki on August 9.."little boy" and "fat man" were the two nuclear bombs dropped on the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as ordered by the U.S President Harry S. Truman.. Over 200,000 men and women lost their lives..Thousands more have died with Illness attributed to exposure to radiation released by the bombs..And when all this was happening in some corner of the sky,Mars,The god of war was smiling.. he had done his work..Before man learned to talk..man learned to fight..fight for something which was not even his..Even Today we fight these wars its just that the face of war has changed..in the earlier times the opponents would face each other bravely and fight..today One opponent attacks the other like a gut less chicken..yes..terrorism..Michel Nostradamus (born Michel de Nostredame), a 16th Century French astrologer and physician once predicted..

In the year of the new century and nine months,
From the sky will come a great King of Terror…
The sky will burn at forty-five degrees.
Fire approaches the great new city…

In the city of York there will be a great collapse,
two twin brothers torn apart by chaos
while the fortress falls the great leader will succumb
third big war will begin when the big city is burning

And it so happened that on September 11, 2001 the city of New york was under attack..
On that morning, 19 Islamist terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners.The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the building.The United States responded to the attacks by launching a "War on Terrorism", invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, who had harbored al-Qaeda terrorists, and enacting the USA PATRIOT Act.And once again the god of war was laughing..

November 26,2008 The City of Mumbai after a tiering day was shook to its very roots when 15 gunmen entered the busy capital..Hundreds of people lost their lifes..The atack lasted for 4 days..the attacks occurred in South Mumbai: at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus the Oberoi Trident, the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, the Orthodox Jewish-owned Nariman House, the Metro Cinema, and a lane behind the Times of India building and St. Xavier's College. There was also an explosion at the Mazagaon docks, in Mumbai's port area, and in a taxi at Vile Parle.

War..We have been fighting wars for a very long time..but where has all this led us to??nowhere..so why dont we give peace a chance??war has never been the answer..it has always been the "cause"..People are afraid to step out of their houses.."What if today is the day i die?"..Its not late..we can stop these wars..All we have to do is to start spreading the message of peace and love and soon we will have the god of war cornered..only to teach him to love too.. :)

hopemayfly.blogspot.com

Hi,I am Hope and I am a mayfly(a distant cousin of the dragon fly)...This is my first blog entry,But again this will also be my last..Scientists say my life expectancy is just one day..And what a day it has been..the best day of my life ^_^

I still remember the moment i opened my eyes..It was bright..the sun A big ball of fire in the sky looked down at me and i could swear it was smiling..It gave me hope{and a new name(Hope)}..I wanted to touch the sun and feel the warmth..Oh how i wished i could fly..wished?I CAN fly :) so I spread my wings and off i went to explore the beautiful world around..But before i went exploring i took a last look at the lake I was born in..and in the water I could see my reflection..I was beautiful..two giant eyes poking out of my head,No mouth..I was a masterpiece cause you see..for me beauty is not how I look from the outside but what I am in the inside[:)]..The world is so big I dint know where to start..

The trees standing tall, and the grass so green
to me all this looked like a dream..
Flower to flower i flew..
they all looked so beautiful..
red, yellow,white and blue..
just pick a color
and you would find the flower
right in front of you..

I spent the rest of the morning traveling..Everywhere i went I could see beauty..I could see..I could feel life..I was happily jumping around..Flower to Flower.. when i saw her..She was the most beautiful mayfly i had ever seen(could be because she was the ONLY mayfly i had ever seen other than me that is)..We got talking and we both fell in love..I had found my better half..The day was coming to an end..I would have never written this blog if it wasn't for those two men I overheard talking..One was saying to the other that he was in his 30's and unmarried..He said "life was too short" and he was upset that he would never get married..I smiled...too short he said..I took out my brand new pocket sony vaio logged in to blogspot and i dint even have to create a new account..I had to just log in using my gmail ID..how cool is that?* and here I am typing away..In one day i did so many things..I played..wrote a poem(the trees standing tall and bla bla bla)..found my life partner and married her(yes I am married now[:)]) and you longer living creatures say life is too short??Life is not short..Its the way you look at it..be it one day or 100 years..live in the moment and enjoy it [:)]..what is coming will come and what not..well..we dont need it do we?[;)]..So next time you want to do something but feel life is too short..just think of me..I am HOPE..

Oh dear god I almost forgot(old age does that to you[:)])..One of the worlds leading cellular networks was inspired by my lifestyle..They created an ad based on my life..I am posting the video below..please do watch it..You will love it.. enjoy.. :)




P.S:*The blogger ID you see in the Title does not exist..The "real" Author of this post put it there to make this post look more interesting(well to be frank he dint have any other better title to think of)

**Sony,google and vodafone are not paying anything to the Author to put their names in this blog..In fact the Author is afraid that they may sue him..

***But I do wish sony,Google and vodafone read this blog, appreciate the way the Author has praised them and pay him something because he is hungry and would like to buy himself a sandwich and a cup of fresh fruit juice..

**** Smile..life is beautiful and you are living it ^_^

Think it,Do it

Every man has a dream,its something we all need
but A dream remains a dream if not achieved
A vision is only a vision if not fulfilled
A mission is mere a mission if stays dormant
Take a step, move forward be bold and fervent
Easy to utter and verbalize
Becomes a power house when you internalize
Dream with action creates momentum
Act on it give yourself an ultimatum
Subconscious mind is a place to be
Where HE resides, HIS image you see
Be proud have pride, it brings dignity
Follow your heart, love & care, it is road to immortality
A man is just a man without substance
A man with substance has compliance
Death with a dream brings eternal peace
Body remains here soul you release

Falling

I am Falling..I am falling even as i type this post..With every passing day i am falling deeper and deeper..I am falling into a tunnel so dark and deep,I dont know where ill land..With every passing minute i find my self deeper and deeper..Its dark in here..I see no light..On the tunnel walls i see pictures..really dark pictures..They have a story to tell..of death..of deception and greed..of how this tunnel is growing..growing so deep..I am falling and i see..A man cheating his own company and relapsing the world economy ..As I fall deeper the pictures get darker..I now see planes..planes dropping bombs on a city..I see death..Death is hovering over the city to pick up the men women and children killed..In the next picture i see politicians acting like kids..They care for no one..all they want is money..just to add a little extra money in their pockets i see them importing defective planes..Planes which have taken life's of so many pilots..I see a little 8 year old boy shooting his teacher and classmates..at a tender age of ten i see them doing drugs..I am falling..wait..I see a dot..a white dot...the tiny dot looks like a bright star in this dark and deep tunnel..With whatever strength left in me i am moving closer to the dot..Its a picture..a little picture..just like the dark pictures i saw before..except this little dot is different..I see a little girl..i see her helping an old lady cross a street..I touch the tiny dot..I am falling no more..There is a new world behind that dot..A world so pleasant i feel like singing..but how do i get in?the dot is too small..I am pulling it and stretching it..but its of no use..The dark pictures around are too strong..no...I dont belong in this dark tunnel..I must find another white dot..maybe i can find one which is bigger..Contemplated I am looking around..one more..yes..I can see one more..I can see a man teaching a little boy some math..But again i cant enter this dot..its too small..arghhhh..what do i do??what can i do??only if i could connect this dot with the dot i saw before..hmmm..can i do that??let me see..yes..it worked..I can..the dot dots have connected and made a bigger hole..a hole which will take me to a better world..and for the first time i see..I see hope...I must find more of these dots..At last..I have done it..I see a picture..big enough for me..I can read a word on this picture which reads Humanity..I can crawl out of this tunnel now..I am free..I can see brightness all around and I can feel the peace..I want to lie down under a tree..but i wont..I have to do something good..help an injured animal or give a poor child some food..Its my turn now..My turn to create white bright dots in the dark tunnel i just got out of..there are people still trapped in that tunnel and I want to help them get out..because just like them even i was falling..Falling deep..

Its a beautiful world

Yesterday Night reminded me of those times when i was out all night..Drives on the ECR it used to be so much fun..I used to drive and Nisha used to sit right beside me and when ever a car came near us she used sit on my head and make me race that person..It used to be fun..100KMPH,150,180 dint scare me and neither did it scare Nisha..Just the empty road and the sweet sound of Engine..But Back then I never did really enjoy the surroundings..It was just plain speed..But at last..Things changed..no more night time drives..Life started to take an U turn from fun Lane to Boredom..Yesterday after a really long time I was Out in the All night..there are time when you just cant sleep..and at times like these a single Idea can sound so much appealing..A looooooong drive..The moon was not full but it was Beautiful..The Air cold..and my car..Not in a condition to be driven..A big crack in my windshield caused by a stone with fell of a building under construction next to my apartments(Have been planing to give it for servicing for ages now..but something just keeps coming up)..The Idea of a Long drive was too appealing(I besides I just could not sleep..Had to drop my friend at 4 for his I.V)..So now my only option was Bike..SO there I was Awake when the World around me was enjoying a sweet slumber..I dint want to go alone so woke my friend up..She was happy to come..Once upon a Time I used to go out on Long Drive with her 24/7..SO picked her up and Made my way towards ECR..There was noting in front of me but the empty road ahead..100KMPH Was hardly a speed which could slow me down..I was enjoying the Cold air which was hitting against my face..The sound It created along with the sound of my Bike's engine was a sweet Melody in itself..The world Around me was silent..I could only a few people standing at Tea stalls and drinking Tea..The Sky was Dark, the Bright Stars and the Moon Looked like shining Crystals In the sky..The drive along East coast was amazing..At 3:30 I dropped Neha Back at her place and made my way back to my apartments..It was time to Drop My friend at his stop..I called up my other friend to see if he was awake..he was..so asked him to come along as well..So at 4:30 I dropped my friend at his stop and was talking to him till his bus came..The World around had started waking up..It was 5 in the morning and the Birds had woken up..They started singing..The the trees turning Green once again were looking fresh..So me and my other friend Decided to go to the beach..It was still dark when we got there..And all around I could see people jogging or doing Yoga..6 years in chennai and I had never once seen the sunrise..So today things were going to change..I was not going anywhere..So we sat down near the water..The waves hitting against the shore..By 6 the the sky started turning bright..and the sea now had a light shade of orange..The fisher folks were ready to set sail..The world once sleeping had now woken up and was looking forward at a new and beautiful day..Full of Hopes and wishes..At last at 7 I saw it..I finally saw the sunrise..It was beautiful..Bright orange ball of fire rising from the distant horizon..The early morning light refreshed me..Everything around was so pleasant..I got back home at 8..and started typing this post..Trust me..I found it very difficult to type all this cause words just cant describe the true beauty of the great outdoors..But one thing I CAN type without any effort..No matter Night or morning..Its a beautiful world out there..So go Enjoy it.. :)

The Boy who "Helps" live

Harry Potter the Boy who lived..Harry Potter series is one of the best selling book series of the modern age..Books so well written that people of any age group can read and enjoy the book..The whole Harry potter affair has become a craze..you can go about selling twigs by just calling it a wand..add the name Harry potter to anything and it will sell faster that you can spell sell..And the latest book from Harry potter series to hit the market is The Tales of Beedle the Bard..the book..well..the book is..frivolous,abhorrent,a total waste of time(well not really..the book is so small that it hardly takes you 10 minutes to finish it) and the book can bore anyone pallid..The book has just 5 stories out of which the fifth story is a repeat..There are notes by Albus Dumbledore which are very useful if you live in an imaginative world which is filled with witches and wizards..of course its a book for children but come on its a book written by J.K Rowling..I expected it to be fun for everyone..So my message for all those people who dont own a copy of the book..BUY IT..no..No mistake in my typing..Buy it..


The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a book of children's stories by British author J. K. Rowling. It purports to be the storybook of the same name mentioned in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last book of the Harry Potter series.

The book was originally produced in a limited edition of only seven copies, each handwritten and illustrated by J. K. Rowling. One of them was offered for auction in late 2007 and was expected to sell for £50,000 ($103,000); ultimately it was bought for £1.95 million ($3.98 million) by Amazon.com, making the selling price the highest achieved at auction for a modern literary manuscript. The money earned at the auction of the book was donated to The Children's Voice charity campaign.

The book was published for the general public on 4 December 2008, with the proceeds going to the Children's High Level Group

The Tales of Beedle the Bard
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The book costs somewhere around 700 bucks..but thats not much is it??30% of the cash earned by the sales of the book goes to The Children's Voice charity campaign..

More than 1 million children live in large residential institutions across Europe.Contrary to popular belief,most of them are not orphans,but are in care because their families are poor,disabled or from ethnic minorities.Many of these children have disabilities and handicaps,but often remain without any health or educational interventions.In some cases that do not receive life's basic,such as adequate food.Almost always they are without human or emotional contact and simulation.

To change the life of institutionalised and marginalised children,and try to make sure that no future generation suffers in this way,J K Rowling and Baroness Nicholson set up the Children's High Level Group(CHLG) charity in 2005.

There is so much we can do to help these kids and buying this book can be the first step if you haven't started already..And besides,When people around you are talking about this book, you wont sit there dumb nodding your head in a Goofy way...The Book has already sold Millions of copies across the world..So the boy who lived is now Helping these children live..And we have the power to join his team and spread the Magic...

The sound of muzic

Music videos...every day we see a release of a music Video..and 90% of these Videos make no sense at all but still manage to top the charts..The remaining 10% well they are songs with some meaning behind them..so here are three of my favorite songs..the video followed by lyrics..enjoy..

Lift by poets of the fall



Lift lyrics

Times when I just can't
Bring myself to say it loud
'Fraid that what I'll say comes out somehow awry

That is when it seems
We move in circles day to day
Twist the drama of the play to get us by

And it feels like fear
Like I'll disappear
Gets so hard to steer
Yet I go on
Do we need debate
When it seems too late
Like I bleed but wait
Like nothing's wrong

You lift my spirit, take me higher, make me fly,
Touch the moon up in the sky, when you are mine
You lift me higher, take my spirit, make it fly,
Where all new wonders will appear

Like the other day
I thought you won't be coming back
I came to realize my lackluster dreams

And among the schemes
And all the tricks we try to play
Only dreams will hold their sway and defy

When it feels like fear...
Like I'll disappear
Gets so hard to steer
Yet I go on
Do we need debate
When it seems too late
Like I bleed but wait
Like nothing's wrong

You lift my spirit, take me higher, make me fly,
Touch the moon up in the sky, when you are mine
You lift me higher, take my spirit, make it fly,
Where all new wonders will appear, oooohhhh

You lift my spirit, take me higher, make me fly,
Touch the moon up in the sky, when you are mine
You lift me higher, take my spirit, make it fly,
Where all new wonders will appear

Take me high
Make me fly

How to save a life(Grey's Anatomy version) by The fray



The Fray - How To Save A Life lyrics

Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
You begin to wonder why you came

CHORUS:
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you

CHORUS:
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

CHORUS:
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

CHORUS:
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life

CHORUS:
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

CHORUS:
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life


Bad day by Daniel Powter

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Bad day Lyrics

Where is the moment we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to gray
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' on

You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee you go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces every time
And I don't need no carryin' on

Because you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Will you need a blue sky holiday?
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carryin' on

You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day

(Oooh.. a holiday..)

Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know
That you could be well oh that strong
And I'm not wrong

(yeah...)

So where is the passion when you need it the most
Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You've seen what you like
And how does it feel for one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Something Different

Different-what does it mean??you open up a dictionary and it says "different:partly or totally unlike in nature, form, or quality..It is something you dont come across in your Daily life..And even if you do,its something which you least expect..Snow in Chennai would be different,India winning the soccer World cup(now that would be a surprise),Different..There are many Different things happening all around us..But we are too busy with our Same routine life to notice..Some of these Different things are good like a Movie(Slumdog millionaire) with majority of the cast being Indian getting Nominated for ten Oscar awards and there are Different things Happening which are bad like the Mumbai Attacks..A little Difference can Affect your life so much..and sometimes even change the way you look at things and people..I am talking about something which you least expect but when it happens it touches your heart..I have come across such incidences..and I would like to share 5 such incidences with you..I want this post to be Something Different.. :)

Ok lets start with Food..Yummmm...I love food and i gobble up any thing you keep in front of me..so what better way to start than talking about Food??There are many Different cuisines..There Is Indian,continental,Mexican,Italian,Chinese....Ah Chinese..When we think of Chinese we Imagine fried snakes,cockroaches and god know what else..Chinese cuisine..Perfect for meat eaters..no vegan can enjoy eating in china and Enjoy a meal in an Chinese restaurant thinking what if my crackling spinach is fried in meat oil or oyster sauce(Oyster sauce is a major sauce in all Chinese dishes)??You see the word Veg and Chinese just dont go well together..Thats what I thought till the time I went to a restaurant called flower drum..Its a Chinese restaurant in Egmore which is pure veg..Yes..you heard me..P.U.R.E V.E.G...I looked at the menu and on the front page in bold letters was the notice"We dont use oyster sauce and Our dishes may not taste like the dishes you eat in other places"..I just could not believe it..this place was like no other Chinese place..this place was Different.. Anyways Talking about Restaurants..How do people go to a Restaurant??A silly question i know but come on..you dint expect me to ask it..so that makes it Different..Yeah back to the question..how do people get to Restaurant or any other destination??In Cars or bikes yeah??but what if you dont have one?We use the bus service or trains..But what if there is a strike?what do we do then??we prefer walking rather than catching an auto..In a place like Chennai Going in an auto would be like telling a robber where you hide all your money..Auto drivers..we all hate arguing with them.. They are scoundrels and rude scoundrels to top it..So this leads me to my second Incident..It was a fine Sunday morning..and like any other Sunday morning my mom wakes me up and asks me to get a few things for her from the market..I am in the market waiting for the vegetable vendor to deal with other customers who were woken up(by moms or wives) before me and got to the shop before I even got off the bed..SO there I am standing and looking in every direction..At a fair distance I See an auto driver drinking tea in a small shop..nothing different in that..The driver has almost finished his tea when a dog comes near him and starts wagging his tail..I was pretty sure that the auto driver would pick up a stone and start pelting the dog with it..what else is expected from the "rude" and "arrogant" cheater??SO there i WAS..ready to go and yell at the Auto driver for his misdeed..but to my surprise the sight i saw was completely different..The Auto driver bought a Packet of biscuits and started feeding the dog..The beast had suddenly turned beautiful..It was because of the actions of some that i had come to a conclusion that all auto drivers are rude and care for no one..I always wanted to to see these Rude Auto drivers behind bars..that would teach them a lesson..Behind bars..Jail...Police..corruption..bribe..Wow..Its a perfect chain..the word police and bribe is a match made in heaven..No wonder they have such a big belly..Santa looks like a starving old man in front of the cops..But taking in account the auto drivers story..is every police officer the same??So here my friends is Incidence number 3..I was driving back home from my friends house one day..I got to the Gemini flyover area and got caught in the traffic..ok so there i was again..stuck in a place and looking in every direction(Yeah i do that a lot)..On the left i saw two cars parked and the drivers of each car arguing with one another and a police man in the middle trying to sort out things..in middle of this heated argument the phone of one of the drivers started ringing and so he left the other driver and the cop.. So making most of the situation the other driver offered bribe to the cop and said that it was his mistake but he dint want to admit it to the other driver,he asked the cop to put the full blame on the driver who was by now almost done with his phone conversation..but the police denied the bribe and put a case against the driver for reckless driving and attempt to bribe.. For the first time I saw a cop do something right..he could have taken the bribe from this reckless driver but he dint..Reckless drivers..There is no shortage of reckless drivers in Chennai..and it seriously gets on my nerves when some reckless driver cuts in front of you..its almost as if he/she appears out of no where..My encounter with a "Reckless driver" is incident number four..I was driving back home at around 9 in the night..I was near park Sheraton(A major 5 star hotel in Chennai)when a "reckless driver" came out of park Sheraton and cut in front of me..the roads were narrow so there was no chance for me to overtake him..so i was following him..this car in front of me was the only hurdle in between me and free road..Anyways what could i do??I was happy as long as that guy kept moving..but at last..my happiness was short lived..the "Reckless Driver" suddenly stopped..right in middle of the road..I was frustrated.. "rich son of a gun" i thought..The guy just got out of his car and started running towards his right..drunk maybe??so i started honking..honk...honk..hon...I stopped..To my surprise the man did this to help an old lady to cross the road..after helping her across he looked at me apologized sat in his car and drove away..I was touched..Form that day onwards whenever i see any old person i stop the car or bike(not in middle of the road) and help that person..Just because someone is rich does not mean he is snobbish..Ahhh..but these rich people what a life they have..exotic food everyday,dressed up in Armani..driving fancy sports cars..and foreign trips almost every month.. trips..Its not just Indian who go abroad..Indian Tourism has grown and many foreigners these days come to India and marvel at all the Indian wonders..So Here I am finally at Incident number five..And one of my most favorite memories..I was walking to my friends house..a foreigner dude was walking in front of me with a book in his hand..a few minutes later I saw the foreigner dude sit on a footpath right beside two street dwelling kids and teach them how to read..awestruck.. i was awestruck..And it got me thinking..If some foreigner dude can do something like this for Indian kids..Then why cant we??We were blessed to have all the facilities..so why dont we make use of what we have learn t and pass on the knowledge??Why go around searching for such differences when you yourself can be the difference the world needs??So lets take these five stories into account and do Something Different.. :)

A New Look!

For days now I was not happy with my Blog presentation..My blog is called Cognizance which has a very deep meaning cognizance is the awakening,knowing we exist..cognizance is the soul..But the theme installed on my blog was that of a gadget,An I-phone rather..The little time I found in my hands I used it to post something(or ahem..play games)..so I picked the first fancy looking theme..But I-phone and Cognizance??you surely cant call this"rab ne bana di jodi"..SO yesterday when I logged into blogger..I had a Motive..I wanted to change the way my blog looked..Ok cognizance..I knew for sure that even if I searched for 7 days straight i would not find any theme which was even close to Cognizance..So I decided that an abstract theme would be perfect..after all.. the soul does not have a shape,a size or a color..So at 10:pm I started my quest to find that perfect theme..I came across many blog template but they were nothing like what i wanted..I searched and searched..I found a few and downloaded em..but once applied they were "yuck"..At 11:30 pm I got off the net..I had to go out(friends birthday)..You know..12:00 am...anyways I got back home at 1:15 am and logged into blogger again..and In the next tab.. my search for that perfect template was on..Finally I came across a template called Colorepaper..Its a pretty good template but again I was just 80% happy with it..so I got back to searching..and at last i came across the theme which is currently applied..I was In love..and when you are in love with something..you want it..no matter what..so I download it..but to my horror..it was a big folder with images labeled..background,side bar, bla bla bla...and a readme file..I opened the file and read its contents..I was supposed to upload these images on some photo sharing site and using the URL.. edit the Java script on blogger..JJJ AAA VVV AAA Scriiiiptttt..the word kept ringing in my head..I dint know the head or tail of java script..What was I to do??search for another theme??but it was already 2:30 am and besides I was In love..how could I reject this theme just because it was challenging to apply..sweetest fruits are always at the top of the tree..Ok so first I created an account on photobucket.com(I had one but forgot the ID and password)..Uploaded the images and google searched "how to apply blogger themes?"..But for some strange reason no one faced the problem i faced..every site i went to told me in simple words..download a template and upload it in blogger...no site said any thing about how to upload a puzzle onto blogger..so i went back to google search and typed"how to edit Java script/HTML in blogger"..”Blistering barnacles!!!”..I had finally found the answer..so I got back to blogger and started editing the script..after a few failed attempts i managed to get the theme applied..all this was happening at 3:30 am...I visited my blog..the theme was perfect but incomplete..A logo..a logo is what i wanted..at 3:45 am..crazy..but true.. I clicked on the newly installed Photoshop cs4 icon on my desktop...Its been a long time since i used photoshop..and CS4..its nothing like the other photoshop versions..but i wanted a logo and I was going to create one..I looked around..made sure no one was around..and started experimenting.."Oh!! what does this button do??"...after a lot of random button clicking I had my logo..I uploaded it on blogger and 4:37 am My blog had a New look..A look with which i was satisfied..A look which is not going to be changed for a very loooooong time...

lemme know what you think?
Cheers! ^_^

Dreams..!

Dreams..Everyone has a dream..as a child we dream we had all the candy in the world..as we grow up our dreams start changing..We dream of a day without homework or better, aliens abduction your teacher and dropping her off on a distant planet..then there comes a stage in our life when we  dream of becoming something some day..A doctor,an engineer, a cricketer,an actor or a soldier who just enters enemy territory and sweeps out all the foes in one shot..but how many of us follow our dreams??we get lost in the opinions of society..what everyone is doing we want to do the same..play it safe..and then we sit and start dreaming again..but this time your boss is abducted by the aliens..Then there are few people who dream of a better nation..They call it a vision..but again there are only a few who work for the cause and the rest sitting in their office and dreaming..Whats happened to "where there is a will there is a way"?why do we give up half way through??why do we care of what others think??We have seen a dream and we know its beautiful then why let someone else tell you that the our dream is useless and it will never work out for us..If bill gates had not followed his dreams we would still be using a code based computer..If the wright brothers had not followed their dreams we would still be dreaming of flying like a bird..Gandhiji dreamt of a free India and today we walk the road without worrying of some white guy coming upto you and making you clean his shoes..if Sri sri Ravi Shankar had not dreamt of peace all around the world then would we have an Art of living??Its not difficult to fulfill a dream..all we have to do is remain focused and give your best..I came across this video on youtube called "Kiwi"..Its a small story of a kiwi bird who had a dream..it wanted to fly..just watch the video..you will love it..

I just love this video..its so simple but it teaches you so much..I think it time we followed our dream rather than just having one..and "Fly"...fly like the kiwi...

Conversation with god

Ok I know my blog has too many poems but I cant help it..i just love writing poems.. :)

Here is another one..I just closed my heart and the words started to flow on their own..So this is a poem from my heart with no help from my brain at all.. ^_^

In the distance

I could see,

a soul was walking

towards me.

As it came near

it grabbed my hand,

and took me on a journey

to a foreign land.

A land so twisted

I wanted to scream,

I wanted to wakeup

wishing this to be just a dream

But nothing I did seemed to help,

the soul took me deeper and deeper

it took me to an abandoned house,

where I believe people once dwelled

there was broken furniture all around,

blood on the walls and on the ground

as I entered a room I was shocked,

in a bloody cradle,i saw a teddy with its head chopped off.

I stood there aghast

I was blank as a rock,

who could do such a thing?

If not for devil himself.

With tears in my eyes

and with little courage left inside

I dared to ask the soul,

what evil has sent this family to the other side?

With questions running in my head,

without waiting for an answer I asked again,

what horrid place have you brought me to?

What I see, do you see it too?

Calm as a spring time breeze

the soul looked at me and said,

this my child,

is the future of mankind.

What?I was shocked,

tell me who are thee I asked

I know you are not just a soul,

you are something much more

I am the sun,the soul replied

I am the moon,I am a flower in its full bloom,

I am Buddha,I am Ram,I am Jesus and Allah,

I my child,I am God

This must all look so queer,

you may wonder why I got you here,

but its just not you,I have come in everyone's vision,

and showed them how this world was moving towards destruction.

For ages now,

men have fought over me,

claiming my one name is grater than the other,

and have landed themselves in this catastrophe,

You go to temples and churches in search of me,

you search for me in every part,

but why don't you just close your eyes and look inside,

I am present in every heart.

I wanted to ask so much more,

but at last,I found myself on the bedroom floor,

was this just another dream?

Or was this the harsh reality?

War is not the answer we seek,

its meditation, which will lead us to peace,

so,now every time I close my eyes and look inside,

I find God sitting right beside.

Willing

Human life so often seems to be a pendulum between willfulness and willingness.  Slight and huge difference.  Will-full is that place where I am sure of what should be done.  I am an expert, I am full of confident knowledge and experience and therefore it follows that you all should listen to me and acknowledge my righteousness.  It rarely works.

Willingness is that empty mind of surrender and listening.  That place where I am open to hear you, not tell you about me.  It is a place where fear has no grip, and love makes life like teflon and we all slide and giggle as if on a glorious hill of snow.

Mindful of compassion and doing no harm are good markers on the path, good walking sticks to take with me.  At the same time I reach for the hand of the person next to me, the Lord next to me and like wonderful ever-present parents, they lift me up and swing me in complete joy.

The Big Joy in Small Things

A glass of  lassi in Navratna Le Royal Meridien Chennai costs around 105 bucks..you have India s top chefs working their ass off to make that one perfect glass of lassi..Then the glass is 

decorated and brought to you..you take a sip and you are like.."Umm,Nice..but not what I was looking for"...A glass of lassi in anna lassi shop(A small shop near Richie street) costs 11 bucks..You have just one guy who turns on his traditional lassi machine to make you a glass of lassi..Then the glass is tossed at you..You take a sip and you are like..".....".. speechless..The Lassi is so amazing that you cant leave the place without having another glass..amazing..it has the most authentic taste of lassi..And to top that the guy adds a little homemade makkhan in your glass..yummmm...Its a very small shop but the food Items they serve are outta this world..Kachori,samosa,pattis,gulab jamun,rabdi and many more things..one bite will take you on a trip to the flavors of the north..Roadside junk..thats what people call it..I tell someone that I ate in taj and that person is like.."wow..You should take me also there once" but when I tell the same person about this roadside shop..his face drops..he gives me a nasty look and walks away..Why don't people understand that small places like these can give you pleasures that no big place can.. Its fun to eat roadside..Its fun to eat with your hands rather than looking at some waiter who would be happy to spit in your food if given a chance..Roadside..I just love that word..I feel like using it again and again..People say life is short..but to me life is big..and we should make use of this big life and enjoy these smaller things in life rather than living a routine life..bunk your college or work one day and go for a drive..just you and yourself..go to places you have never been before..eat the hot pagodas they sell on the beach..go to a village(there are many villages near chennai)and teach the kids there the importance of ABCD(ABCD..again is a small thing to us but means a lot to that kid)..Gift the children there a small 2 rupees pencil and a 10 rupees book and see the priceless smile on their faces..These small actions can make a big difference..And thats why with a big smile on my face and a anna lassi shop kotcori in my hand I name this post..The Big joy in small things.. ^_^

ok I am Typing in the smallest of fonts avilable on blogger(its a shame..yahoo has smaller) yet I am pretty sure that you are reading this part of my post with more concentration than the part above..yeah??Thats my point..Just start enjoying the smaller things in life..and Have a big smile on your face.. 

The Big Day

Remember the days when we go for shopping and these little kids come up to you with ear buds or packets of pocket calenders and say"vangiko sir..anj ruppa da.."and we in return look at them and say"kash illa tambi munnadi po"..and after saying this we walk away with the kids right behind us giving their best..persuading us in every possible way to get us to buy whatever they are selling..Its not like we don't want to help them but 20 kids every 5 minutes come and surround you..It gets annoying..so now ou all will be wondering why in the name of lord am i talking bout these Vendor Kids(wow cool name..sounds like a super hero..Vendor Kid)..anyways..yeah..The only reason is that..I was "Vendor Kid" yesterday(01/28/2009)..and so was the rest of the Yes!+ gang..We were all given 50 Guruji calender each and asked to sell em at the venue..The task Seemed pretty simple..come on how hard was it going to be to sell 50 calender of Guruji??It seemed as easy as selling Hot pancakes..But It was not..I reached the venue at 2:15 or so..Arpeet and Niranjan were already there..so we set up a Yes!+  stall..no exactly set up but we kept our bags on the tables of one of the stall and "reserved" it..Then we got talking and explored the venue till the the time arpeet remembered that we had no Yes!+ registration forms...we me and arpeet went to a browsing center(with hardly 15kbps speed) and took a print out of the form..got it xerox ed and returned to the venue to watch Niranjan catch hold of all Yes!+ members asking them to get busy and start selling the calenders..well me being my normal lazy self went behind the registration desk and told Niranjan that I had to set up the Yes!+ video..I gave my 100% to start the video..took my time..Opened it with every possible media player on my notebook..was "fine tuning the sound"..Did every possible thing to stay under the shade and avoid the sun with 50 calenders in my hand..Things were going according to my plan..Niranjan dint ask me to sell the calenders thinking I was busy..I was happy..Till the point Guilt took over me..Everyone was selling their share of calender and me just sitting and doing nothing..All the money earned by sell the calender was going to go for a noble cause and it pricked to know that I was doing nothing for the cause..so I went up to Niranjan and asked to give me my roll of 50 calenders..I was ready..I took the calenders ditermind to sell them all..I went up to people and started asking them..At first It seemed weird..you know walking up to people and asking them to buy calenders..But that was my job and I had to do it..So Here I was standing on the road getting hold of some random person and telling " Excuse me sir,Guruji calender,Rs 20 only" and In return getting looks from people..It was almost as if I could read their thoughts"My God!! Look at these Vendor Kids..They now know English"..Disappointed but still determined i continued my work..I went to the location which I thought was perfect only to find the MOP gang standing their and selling their share of 50 calender..and there I was lost in thoughts again"Thats it..no calender sales for you buddy..why would anyone buy calenders from you when a bunch of cute girls were selling the same calenders right beside you..People would obviously prefer these girls over some crazy looking guy?(yeah my hair was a total mess yesterday)"But I was tired and dint want to walk again..so I stood there asking people the girls missed if they would like to buy a guruji calender..I got all kind of answers.."No beta..I already have may calenders in my house,Ill buy one on my way back home,No thank you,Keep up the great work,no calender but which way is the venue??"after 2 hours of asking  I managed to sell 15 calenders..which I thought was the best I could do..so went up to niranjan told him I sold 15 and handed him the 300 hundred bucks...The program had already started..There were kids singing something..then there was someone talking something in tamil(something because I cant understand tamil that good so dont know what he was talking about)..so I went back to selling my calenders..People were getting restless..but at around 7:30 Guruji entered the venue and the atmosphere just turned clam..Everything was peaceful..I felt this wonderful feeling growing inside me..So I kept down my bag of 35 calender and sat down listening to guruji talk..Guruji s voice is like magic..It relaxes you but at the same time gives you so much energy you start thinking you can go carry a elephant on your shoulders..the talks and the meditation went on for around 2 hours..and the time just seemed to fly by..25 minutes of meditation felt like just 2 minutes with my eyes closed..truly amazing..The Q & A had English and Tamil questions.. and there was this one question that grabbed my attention.."Guruji there is so much corruption in the Indian politics..why don't you start a AOL party?together we can clean this corruption.."to which guruji replied that the youth has to join hands and do something for the Indian Politics..Which to me seemed like the perfect Idea..Then Guruji asked everyone to do seva attest once a month and see the difference it makes..guruji started the satsang at 9..Only 2 songs were played cause it was getting late..People started walking out towards the end of the program..which I thought was rude..cant you people wait for another ten minutes??Is it so important to reach home by 9:30??..anyways..So there I was back to my "Vendor Kid role"..Have you noticed that after guruji s Talks You don't feel like talking..you just want to remain silent..so I just stood there with one open calender...not saying a word...But to my surprise..People came up to me this time..they bought 5, 4 ,3 as many calenders they could..and in the next 10 minutes I sold 67 calenders..I returned the money to Niranjan and stated helping Amit with his calenders..It was so much fun..We were yelling.."calenders...guruji calenders..only 20 bucks..get your calender today.."...we managed to sell 10 calenders..the venue was pretty much empty by then so there was no point in walking around anymore..so amit handed over his remaining calenders and cash to Niranjan..and we got talking..It was so much fun..Met many new people..well not new to yes!+ but new to me..Then i Met Dr.Tarun bedi ^_^..and we got talking..the whole hindi gang got together and we were talking for hours..at 10:45 we decided it was time for us to move..At distance i saw Tarun bhiya and ankita arguing with a auto guy in hindi..so I went up there and started bargaining in the little tamil that I knew..It was of no use..so we decided to go to the main road and catch an auto..I had come on my bike so tarun bhiya asked me to drop ankita and he went home by bus..at got back home at 12:30..Tired and with a feeling of accomplishment..It was such a memorable day..Yesterday Truly Was a BIG DAY....

*I am Sorry for my bad Tamil Grammar..

**For those Of you who dont Know Tarun Bhaiya..Get To Know him..amazing guy

Lets cook-I(Cottage Cheese Pie)

"Hungry...very hungry..must eat something"That was my condition yesterday..I was very hungry but had nothing to eat..so I decided to pull up my sleeves and cook something for myself..and the dish turned out pretty well...so thought I should share the Recipe..Cooking has always been  my passion..so ill be posting more of my recipes..nah.."experiments" here on my blog.. ^_^

Ok so coming back to yesterday..as I said before..I was very hungry, mum was out and the Saarang tickets had left a big hole in my wallet..so I started scanning my kitchen for something That I could use for cooking...after 3 minutes of scaning I found...Nothing..And when hungry those 3 minutes can feel like an eternity..ok..I was really irritated..so I was like ok fine..I guess its Diet for me today(which I really dont need or ill disappear).Disappointed I turned on the TV..The whole world to me looked like this place filled with big nasty fat people who get to EAT..you know Its amazing..whenever you are in a bad mood and you decide to watch the TV to lift your mood..There Is nothing on..nothing..ok at this point you will be like.."how can there be nothing?"..My answer..those pathetic good for nothing Hindi soaps are Nothing to me..Junk..its like I am looking at a Blank TV screen..Anyways..I was really tired as well so I turned off the TV and was ready to go to  bed when the bell rang..And to my surprise..My grocery guy was at the door with...DuH..Grocery..so I just pulled the bag from his hands,Paid him and started scaning the bad..at last..found something...cottage cheese(not the chunks but the cream)..At that point I was tired no more..My Stomach was providing my body with this immence ammount of energy which could keep me awake for hours..My stomach was motivated..So it was Cooking time..ok so here is the list of all the ingridients you will need to make a cottage cheese pie..

1 1/2 cups Creamed cottage cheese

4 tbl melted butter

1/2 cup sugar

1 tbl flour

1/2 cup raisins

1/2 cups chopped nuts

1 lemon ring(grated)

1/4 cup milk

1 tbl baking powder

How to cook :

Press the cheese through a sieve 2 times.
Add the butter, sugar,salt,flour,lemon rind,chopped raisins,nuts,baking soda and milk.
Stir well.
Fold into cheese mixture.
Bake in moderately hot oven (400 degrees) for 30 minutes or until browned and firm.

Finally..One bite And I was Alive once again..The pie turned out amazing..or just ordinary and tasted good because I was really Hungry.. but one thing .. It was surely better tasting than the towel that I was planing to eat.. ^_^

Happy Cooking

The Right Path!!

I was lost

In the ocean of thoughts

I dint know what to do

People killed

people drowned

there was pain and suffering

all around

I wanted to yell,

I wanted to shout,

All I wanted  was,

to reach out

But my personal life kept

getting in my way,

I could help,or study hard

and become a big man one day

I was lost

In the ocean of thoughts

I dint know what to do

But one fine day

I came across this holy saint,

Sri Sri was his name

His words of wisdom

filled my heart with joy

and that was the day,

I opened my eyes

How can I live a normal life

when a bus was blown to pieces in the night

enough is enough,I had made up my mind

It was time for me to do,What was right

I did SEVA and SADHANA everyday

And its because of this,

I feel proud to say,

"YES!I am the youth of today"

A date with myself

1st december..Its the day when we sleep all day..The only thing running or head is "i must not sleep.must stay awake at 12..and...call..bla bla bla...I must call bla before bla calls me up to wish me.." and then we call up our friends and make plans to go to a place where we can party all night get drunk and make complete fools of ourselfs..ah..Newyear..well even i do the same..but not on this newyear..this newyear was different..the clock struck 12..there were no phone calls..No one called me up to wish me..i dint call up anyone to wish em..Its because this newyears eve i was in silence..The only person i wished this year was myself..and it was amazing..21 years of my life i have lived with myself but not once have i wished myself..So when i did wish myself this year..i felt this bonding with my innerself I felt this strength within..a part of me i dint know..the silent me..this newyear was different..no partying,no boozing..nothing...Yet it was the best newyear..This newyear..I was in the Art of leaving ashram in banglore..I was doing the yes!+ advance course..If any of you have done the Yes!+ course and think that its the best thing that you can do..then think again cause its the second best, yes!+ advance course is the best thing you can do or rather gift yourself..When i first reached the ashram i was like.."my god where am i?What have i done?Why did i register for this course?dont tell me ill be spending my newyear in here".My room was around 4 km away from the main ashram it was a jungle..There was no hot water and i was in banglore for crying out loud..I was pretty sure that i was going to freeze myself to death..so on the very first day which was "supposed" to be a free day i went to the city to meet my friends..I came back at around 8 in the night..and when i went to the reception..i got yelled at..the course had already started and i missed out the first session which was by Bawa..I dint know Bawa then so i was like..big deal..on 28th our course started..and that was the first time i saw dinesh bhaiya..My god he was amazing..all the sessions with him were just plain amazing..he took the course so the whole course was amazing :) ME..I am the kind of guy who cant sit in a place for more that 10 min and guess what,I sat and meditated for 2 and half hours and trust me when i  say this..i actually had an out of body experience..I saw things which  happend miles away from me or on the very next day..and every detail matched..I even did a reasearch on this when i got back to chennai..I saw this guy fall off a ship..this i saw on 31st..read the news article below..

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Carnival: Employee fell overboard on accident; search continues

Alan Schmadtke | OrlandoSentinel.com Staff

7:53 PM EST, January 1, 2009

The Coast Guard is continuing to search for an employee of Carnival Corp. Lines who fell off one of its cruise ships Thursday shortly after ringing in the New Year.

The man, who has not been identified but who Carnival acknowledged as an off-duty member of its entertainment staff, accidently tumbled off the cruise ship Sensation and into the Atlantic Ocean about 12:50 a.m., 20 miles east of Vero Beach.

Eyewitnesses reported to the Coast Guard that it was a clear accident.

Coast Guard helicopters and patrol boats have searched nearly 1,000 square miles of water and were moving their search in a northerly direction, guard spokesman James Harless told the Orlando Sentinel.

The Sensation helped with the search shortly after the accident, then returned to port. It docked at Port Canaveral about 10 a.m. following a four-day cruise to the Bahamas.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the young man at this time as well as with his friends and family," a Carnival spokesperson told CFN 13.

Based in Miami, Carnival is the world's biggest cruise line.

I even read the name Carnival written on the ship..I dont have enough words to describe my experience..anyways moving on..we had satsangs every evening and guess who was at the satsang singing and rocking the night?Vikram Hazra A.K.A Vikram bhaiya..he is the best..it was the icing on the cake..ok moving on I think it was on 1st of jan that we broke our silence..and my god..everyone started shouting and screeming..its was fun..I made many new friends form different parts of the country and the world..There was the scottish guy who thought us the scottish version or ringa ringa roses..it was fun.. 

My whole experience in the ashram was fun..Oh and then the sessions with Bawa..my god..they were fun..could not stop laughing..Its now I regret..why did i miss the first session? And on the day that i had to leave..I was upset..I dint want to leave that place..I dint mind waking up at 4 and having a cold water bath..its was fun really..kept me fresh all day..so anyways..to all those people who have not done the advance course..DO IT..