tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56776013590542413702024-03-17T20:03:07.735-07:00WHAT A LIFE TO BE..........musings of SeharWordweaver Wanderer Woman
Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-27006870483335116722016-03-07T01:42:00.000-08:002016-03-07T01:52:07.589-08:00SAKSHAAT 6.0 - - A Woman we love and she gives it back to haters – ANURADHA BENIWAL <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Sakshaat was
dormant for some time and I was constantly asked who is next. Call it lack of
inspiration or the life’s turnarounds; I was not interviewing any new faces for
Sakshaat. Here I am back with a girl I am in absolute love with. A national
chess player, A wanderer, travel writer and a proud Indian, she does make quite
a lot of people uncomfortable just by speaking her mind& this is what makes
her one among the many voices that are drafting a song for the new woman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">How did I
met Anu? One fine day while I was working for a development project in Bihar, I
was given a role to conceptualize and lead a state policy. As it happens, the
men who were asked to work for me (much senior than me) didn’t cooperate and
things were not falling in place. When one day I overheard two people talking
that they are not going to let a “Ladki” supervise them, I lost cool. I banged
into a very senior director’s office and just blurted out. Though I am not very
proud of the words that I used, this obvious sexism was too much to handle.
Well, I came back to my desk, logged into facebook and the first thing that I
read was Anuradha’s post about when she resigned from her job. I sent the same
to my friend and he asked “You are resigning from the project?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So the
stalking of Anuradha started on facebook and I found everything about her beautiful. Her “No Bra campaign”, her
writings, her unapologetic attitude, her travelling, her Haryanvi and her family.
We absolutely recommend reading her debut book “ Azaadimera brand” which is the
first part of “YayavariAwargi” by RajkamalPrakashan, a travelogue of modern
times, read this book for the sheer honesty and simplicity of this girl on her
endless journey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sixth interview of Sakshaat with a buddy who lives her life exactly like the
way she travels- No plans, No regrets and overcoming fears, the secret
ingredient is happiness always. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anu for “FINALLY” agreeing to be here? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">A) Yes I am!
Your love couldn’t be ignored any longer. You know, I tried! ;)</span></div>
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years, was she a rebellious teenager, did she believed in fairy tales or was
she like just another girl?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">A) I was never
a rebellious teenager. I was a docile, meek, and obedient girl. I didn’t
believe in fairy tales. I was never told any. I believed in hard work. I was
told, only if I worked hard I will be able to make a life outside the daily
“panibharna” and ‘gobarpaathna” in the gaon. I was told if I didn’t work hard I
would have to pull water here all my life! And that was enough motivation.</span></div>
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playing chess as a child and was India number 2 in my age group. In Haryana I
only played in boys, as there were no women player and I won all my age groups
starting from under 7 to under 18. I use to practice 8 to 12 hours a day and
became sub-junior national champion in 2000. I represented India in World Youth
Championship in 2001, in Spain. That was my first trip abroad. And that was my
first taste of freedom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rebellious. I wanted to be, I guess. But I was not. I was harassed in the
streets like any ordinary girl, and I walked with my head down, I kept quiet. I
only wanted a (silencer) gun at that time! But I never forgot. College (Miranda
House) gave me a lot of strength and I revisited those streets with more
confidence. I wandered in those streets again with my head held high, looking
back into each eye that stared at me, till they looked away. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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homeschooled, at any point of it did you have doubts about lagging behind the
children who were attending school regularly?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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playing chess all the time. My competition was not with regular school going
children. I competed in chess tournaments and did well. I had very little
interaction outside the chess world.</span></div>
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you is……<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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still! But I enjoy teaching it, more than I ever enjoyed playing it. I love
teaching little kids chess.</span></div>
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read Azaadi Mera Brand, we find that you were travelling just for the love of it
and not for writing a travelogue. How did you convince yourself to give a shape
to this book?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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writing a lot of facebook posts while traveling if you remember.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Rajkamal’s commissioning editor
Satyananad Nirupam came across my posts and made an offer I couldn’t refuse! It
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heartwarming appeal to stop the violence in name of Jat agitation resonated
with many and also received backlash from many harvanvis.Your say on people
saying that at one side you criticize our culture and then you preach?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A) I love
Haryana! I am very attached to my people, my gaon, my mother tounge (Haryanvi),
our songs, our food, our fields, our sitting together and laughing out loud,
our dances and our dry humor! And that is our culture. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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writing I try to smash the “nonsense” that is being imposed on us in the name
of “culture.” Female feticide is not our culture, dowry deaths are not our
culture, purdah is not our culture (if it is, it needs to be thrown out of our
culture), letting girls not study or have an independent life is not our
culture. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s time we
define what our “culture” is, and root out the evils that are shaming our
state. The shamefully skewed sex ratio shames our state and not girls wearing
jeans. The number of domestic violence and rape cases shames the state and not
women marrying out of love. We have to get this right in our heads now! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you respond when someone says that India is unsafe for women( I have often
faced this question from foreign tourists on my travels)?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lot of India solo. There was no bad incidence but one has to be always “careful”
and that takes a lot of fun away from traveling. And still Jaislamer remains my
favorite city in the world! Also because now I know how to handle “things.” I
have dealt with my samaj so much that I know what to do when, it won’t be as </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"></a><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">easy for a foreigner.</span></div>
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question is a little personal, I have admired your father. In a world where I
find most of the men driven by fear and insecurities, I find your Papa one of
the most courageous and yet unaware of it man. Tell us more about him?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">A) He is quite
something! He loves me too much and when there is so much love, there can only
be freedom. He never attached his “naak” to me. He always said, “You’re my
love, not my izzat,” you do what you like and I will always be there when you
will need me. “Tumhare kaam se tumhare izzat hai, mere kaam se meri” Your doings
can never affect mine and vise-a-versa!</span></div>
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unconditional love makes one very strong. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-26574673074062623332016-01-16T22:34:00.000-08:002016-01-16T22:43:59.187-08:00SAKSHAAT 5.0 - Sehar's tribute to Anand Bhai <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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never met? How do you say something about a person with whom you have never even
talked on phone? The world of web is one amazing world, It introduces you to some
of the most beautiful person, some crazy ones, some friends, somewhere
soulmates and why to even forget THE STALKERS.</span></div>
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very "unknown to many kind" of a platform. I took a pen name Sehar, wrote my some
of the initial posts and *PING* came a comment of “Anand Patankar”. Anand who
later became our Anand Bhai was one of the foremost reader, admirer and a
friend of Sehar. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sakshaat is a tribute today, when I first announced “Sakshaat”
column, he messaged me when I will take his interview on Sakshaat. I smiled and
said “Very soon”. He replied that may be
after he is super successful, he won’t have time. I knew that was not possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I connected through Anand Bhai on facebook, had
chats, long chats about passion, careers, travelling and so on. He loved
photography and clicked some of the most amazing portraits. Anand bhai was a
full of life person and yes he was my blog buddy, a very close one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We never felt the need to even exchange numbers,
blogs connected us, words bonded us. When Anand Bhai was associated with a
magazine for “Food photography” he told me cheerily and I was happy for him.
For he well deserved it. He had some exhibitions too for which he invited me. I
was busy, we all are always busy until the things we should have said to a
person turn into obituary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beautiful photograph of me and he said he would love to. Anand bhai, you will
be missed. Every time I will write a blog post, a familiar memory will cross my
mind, of a smiling Anand bhai with his flattering comments on my writing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I was asked to pen down a memoir for a blogging challenge, i was wondering what to write and suddenly Facebook popped up a memory, memory of 16 december 2014, the day when in Peshawar school children were brutally murdered, a day when we were ashamed to call ourselves human.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So for #Blogchatter weekly challenge on memoirs, i am writing a poem on the #PeshawarAttack.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Never ever forget the small coffins. </span><br />
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सुबह उठते ही कहा था तुझसे अम्मी<br />
आज स्कूल नहीं जाऊंगा<br />
बहुत ठण्ड है , थोड़ी देर और सोऊंगा<br />
अलसाई आँखों को मलते<br />
हाँथ में तुमने टूथब्रश क्यूँ पकडाया था<br />
मुझे स्कूल भेजने के बदले<br />
तूने मेरा फेवरेट टिफ़िन बनाया था<br />
अम्मी ने बालों को फेरते हुए कहा था<br />
इस जन्मदिन तुझे नया बस्ता दिलवायेंगे<br />
और पापा ने डांट कर कहा था<br />
बस छूटी तो हम स्कूल छोड़ने नहीं जायेंगे<br />
अभी कल ही तो माँ ने नया ब्लेज़र बनवाया था<br />
और पापा ने न्यू ईयर पर कराची का प्रोग्राम बनाया था<br />
और आज़ छोटे ताबूतों से निकला मेरा एक मासूम सवाल<br />
कि टीचर ने कभी T for Terrorist तो नहीं पढ़ाया था<br />
माँ मैं अब कभी वापस नहीं आऊंगा<br />
उस सुबह की आखिरी हंसी में रह जाऊंगा<br />
पापा से कहना मेरे स्कूल ना आयें<br />
तू देख नहीं पाएगी उन्हें मेरा ताबूत उठाये<br />
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-40666540500386593972015-12-15T07:31:00.000-08:002015-12-15T07:32:49.185-08:00BOOK REVIEW: BOLTU .........By Debaprasad Mukherjee<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Boltu is a debut novel by Debaprasad Mukherjee. A story of friendship, relationships, struggle to survive and remain victorious where the protagonist Boltu transforms himself from a rougue element to a responsible citizen through the driver of Love, care and hard work.<br />
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Boltu, the protagonist, lives though different stages and emotions while growing up to be a young man. The neglected teenage in a huge family of so many brothers and sisters, quickly gets addicted to the darker side of life. In the turmoil he faces the malevolent truth of his life…<br />
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But, the boy is a dreamer. He still wants to make a name for him but is confused about his goal. In one episode after another, the reader is led into the increasingly desperate plight of Boltu and his enduring effort to overcome it. Finally his integrity and stick-to-it-iveness pay-offs through the respect he earns, the self-esteem he builds, and the knowledge that he could accomplish anything by calling on his inner strength. In this inspiring book, the author provides readers with the insight to put them on the path to discover the inner strength to empower themselves, no matter how great the challenge, no matter how impossible the obstacles.<br />
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<b><i>Why you should read Boltu?</i></b><br />
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In his debut novel, the author has retained his own identity through his narrative crisp. His hold over the local terrain, local lifestyle comes through his living and working in those areas and he perfectly draws characters around the same. The distinctive literary style of arranging plots, creating suspense and developing the characters mesmerize the reader. It is a literary journey with the author where Boltu markes a milestone.<br />
Read Boltu because it is a book out of the normalcy of life around us, Of love, betrayal, money power and selfless service. There are hundreds of Boltu around us everyday striving hard to make a meaning out of life and the author holds the tight grasp all through the narrative which intrigues the reader about what will happen next.<br />
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Excellent presentation by the publishing house “Petals Publishers” including the cover design makes this book a must read.<br />
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<b><i> Reviewer Rating - 4.5/5 stars.</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Buy this book at </i></b>:<br />
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http://www.infibeam.com/Books/*/9789385440038.html<br />
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http://www.amazon.in/Boltu-Debaprasad-Mukherjee/dp/9385440039/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1450189893&sr=8-1&keywords=boltu<br />
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Debaprasad Mukherjee surely has long way to go.!</div>
Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-42856159297003012472015-12-02T12:14:00.004-08:002015-12-02T12:16:39.691-08:00A MINI SUN WITH A CLOUD<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So the war between the zones is on. When it comes to zones and their respective cities, the city that came to my mind instantly was dilli.</div>
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Delhites love their food, their street food in particular and the way Delhi has unlimited "the famous ones" to savour, this city is a foodie's delight</div>
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Chandni Chowk, often called the food capital of India, is famous for its street food. The variety consists of snacks, especially chaat.</div>
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As you walk along the narrow bylanes of this city , tread softly. Every wall has a history behind, every chowk has a story to tell. Every yesterday is replete with events. The city has lived through wars and rise and fall of the great empires.</div>
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British architects Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker were responsible for the construction of New Delhi as Britain's new imperial capital of India. The challenge they faced was to produce an architecture that successfully combined local traditions with a statement of colonial power. New Delhi's urban plan, with its emphasis on wide, straight roadways radiating like the spokes of a wheel from major imperial landmarks, was a direct expression of British control.</div>
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Because of its geographical location, its dilliwallas are an impressive blend of tradition and intellect. They are known to welcome modern ideas, they protest any injustice,are modern not just in their style but in their outlook too.People belonging to various religious sects, castes and lingual groups live together, eat together and party together. </div>
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Dilliwallahs rush to their workplace in the morning and return to enjoy their hearts out in bustling malls and colourful bazaars with their loved ones. Late night parties, media goof-ups, fashion fiestas, luxury..and all these blended perfectly with a sincere effort to preserve their rich culture.The best example of connect is that Delhi portrays a positive kaleidoscope of myriad religions, who dwell in perfect harmony.</div>
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So this is what makes my city- Dilli, a truly great city. And does it not remind of the tata motors and their excellence in "Design", "Connect" and "Drive ". </div>
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-46574406500265666852015-11-28T11:45:00.002-08:002015-11-28T11:47:40.690-08:00Death…….And some wandering thoughts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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belonged to the millions of Indians who spent a major part of life in foreign countries
doing a blue collared job sending back money to their family, remittances to
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wed off their sons and daughters, buy a land back in India and retire. And who
does not makes plans, We all do, knowing fully well one single thing at that
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story for my novel, novel based on the people like my Chacha, their lives in
the foreign lands, their loneliness, their struggle, their songs, their
longings and Chacha ji was my only source. I made plans and plans but alas the
plans always came with a later tag. Sometimes career stared in my blank face,
sometimes nothing came up but I never planned to execute my plan of going to my
paternal village, making my chachaji speak and taking notes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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People won’t smile, they won’t breathe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mend a mistake, to undo a wrong, to say the unsaid, to cry over a failed exam,
to curse over a relationship gone wrong, to even say a goodbye.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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money with family (Believe me, if it was possible my dad would have traded all
of his life’s earnings for his younger brother).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have come out of tears, if it touched you anywhere, go say a “Thank you” to any
one person who ever cared for you selflessly. That way share our grief, our
pain and this difficult time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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child health displaying the logo of “Swasthya Bihar, Samridhha Bihar.” Be it in the heart of bustling </span><i style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">golambar chowk</i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> of Patna, the rusty lanes
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once considered under the “BIMARU” states and was creeping on the path of
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from the development partners the health service delivery was improving in Bihar.
And we could see the thirst for high visibility for the improved service
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strengthen the systems, we had to help the government to give shape to their
aspiration. We visualized it in the form of a Social campaign brand.... and as
we work in the field of health – I thought, let that one social campaign brand
be the <b>‘Health Initiatives campaign’</b>
in Bihar to start with.” Said Victor Kalyan Ghoshe ( Senior Advisor,
Communication, SRU), he continued, “and we figured it was all about ‘a<b> </b><i>new</i><b> </b><i>Bihar-
which was developing’,</i> But as mentioned the core of our idea was different – we still believed through a hidden layer below the <i>Brand promise</i> if we could <i>shape
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and maintain the ‘service delivery’ in a way that will help the future prosperity of Bihar to sustain (lower Maternal Mortality Ratio & Infant
Mortality Rate, higher rate of Routine Immunization, effective Family Planning
etc.). <b>In a word we wanted to create a social dynamics through a strategic brand campaign – where the service delivery
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only one which phonetically had the right zing as it was coined with a key word
with two syllable phrase, viz-a-viz the others which had four syllables. We knew
the third campaign name option was destined to be the winner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 115%;"> We were right – but we didn’t know that within a few days
this idea will be all over Bihar....making its mark on all the leading news
papers, on all the stationeries of concerned government agency (State Health
Society, Bihar), Radio and television. And within a couple of months-the
state government would start using the brand for departments other than the
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its first dissemination that the Govt revamped and reprinted all its stationary
including the SHSB letterheads, envelops and Cover files (which is the highest
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an interactive social brand development in health sector, many sub- brands were
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massive scale, often resulting in damage to the quality of the land.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Deforestation has
many negative effects on the environment. The most dramatic impact is a loss of
habitat for millions of species. Seventy percent of Earth’s land animals and
plants live in forests, and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys
their homes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Deforestation also drives climate change. Forest soils are
moist, but without protection from sun-blocking tree cover they quickly dry
out. Trees also help perpetuate the water cycle by returning water vapor back
into the atmosphere. Without trees to fill these roles, many former forest
lands can quickly become barren deserts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy,
which blocks the sun’s rays during the day and holds in heat at night. This
disruption leads to more extreme temperatures swings that can be harmful to
plants and animals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Trees also play a critical role in absorbing the greenhouse
gases that fuel global warming. Fewer forests means larger amounts of
greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere—and increased speed and severity of
global warming.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The task of environmental protection is a universal
responsibility of all of us. Al little but significant contribution to the
cause is by planting new trees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecom service
providers and Grow-Trees.com, the exclusive Indian Planting Partner for United
Nation’s Environment Program’s Billion Tree Campaign, have taken up extensive
tree plantation drive for a greener India. Phase 1 and2 of their joint project is
already completed to </span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">improve the wildlife corridor between Kanha - Pench wildlife
reserves by planting 200,000 trees on 200 hectares of forest land. Launched in
August 2014, this project will by next year have a total of 300,000 trees
planted over 300 hectares of forest land between Kanha Tiger Sanctuary in
Madhya Pradesh and Pench in Maharashtra.</span></span></div>
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successful completion of Phase 1 and 2 was formally announced by Manish Kumar,
Business Head – Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Vodafone India and </span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mr.
Bikrant Tiwary, CEO,Grow-Trees.com, at a special press meet organised in
Jabalpur. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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facilitate habitat connectivity in tiger breeding areas. In addition, we will
also create livelihood opportunities for local communities, enable
reforestation and offset carbon
footprint every year for 3-years.”</span><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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create about 25,000 workdays of direct jobs mainly for women and tribals
inhabiting the area in addition to supporting several allied livelihood
generating activities such as farming, fruit and honey gathering etc. on a
sustained basis. The site is in Sijhora Range and would be jointly protected by
three villages- Majhipur, Jogisoda and Chandiya. A variety of trees, including
Karani, Harra, Baheda, Bamboo, Khamer, Ladiya, Mango and Amla, that are
local to the region will be planted. Saplings of these were grown in the
special nurseries funded by Grow-Trees.com. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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HAS BENEFITS FOR YOU TOO.YOU WILL BE:</span></strong><span style="font-family: "bookman old style" , serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><br style="text-align: start;" />
<strong style="outline: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">* Investing in a
sustainable future</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"><span style="text-align: start;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">– profits are no longer the only bottom line for
companies. Investing in the future of our planet is an integral part of the
triple bottom line for businesses</span></span><br style="text-align: start;" />
<strong style="outline: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; font-family: "bookman old style" , "serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">* Investing in a
better future for South Africa</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;"><span style="text-align: start;"> </span></span><span style="background: white;">–
education is key in SA’s ongoing development. Investing in schools and making
them more conducive to learning is an investment in the country’s future</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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and http://www.grow-trees.com/ . You get
an e-certificate for reducing carbon footprint and can celebrate any life occasion
with Grow Trees ………….how cool is that!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Recently twitter saw an
ugly spat between actrtess Ameesha Patel and actor Kushal tondon . r</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">ecalling what happened would not be pleasant, but still for
the sake of readers, let's run through what happened. The duo had separately
gone to watch a movie in a theater hall in Juhu when Tandon found that Ameesha
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Tandon approached her (not figuring who she was in the dark) and asked her to
respect the national anthem. The rest is history with Ameesha getting back with
abusive statements on Twitter, calling him 'asshole' and 'jackass' and
explaining her '<span style="color: red;">girly problem at that time of the month'</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: #1c2022; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://twitter.com/ameesha_patel"><b>ameesha patel</b> </a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #1c2022; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I waited for the film to start so
I cud address my GirLY problem in the bathroom. Didn't know that kushal wud
make it a national issue<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c2022; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://twitter.com/ameesha_patel"><b>ameesha patel</b> <o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #1c2022; font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Men like him who have forced a
woman 2 speak about her intimate girly problems are jerks .. He is a shame to
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<span style="color: #1c2022; font-family: Book Antiqua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">A gold </span><span style="font-size: 24px;">medalist</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> in economics, a
known actress , a person who can do those raunchy, double meaning item songs
and yet you have to call the “Menstruation” a “Girly Problem”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Johnson & Johnson, failed to sell, not because there wasn’t demand for the
product but because advertising for sanitary products was thought improper and
so no one even knew they existed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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campaigns are going on, advocacy is at its peak in the world to call a
period simply a period not some girly
problem, red friend, that time of the month, an aunt visiting . Do you even
realize that this naming is bercause of shaming. Shame of accepting that you are
menstruating. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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why don’t you bring out a biology book and read about it. And by educated ,
elite women like you failing to call it by its name you are pushing back the
whole movement of breaking taboos around periods.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that so much embarrassment, awkwardness, and shame surround a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 18pt;"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/australian-open-2015-heather-watsons-revelation-is-turning-point-for-a-oncetaboo-subject-9994027.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; text-decoration: none;">natural bodily function</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span></span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #281e1e; font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif; font-size: 18pt;">experienced by half the population at some point in their
lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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consequences of ‘the menstrual taboo’ are felt not just by individuals but by
communities and economies as a whole. Over half of girls in East Africa miss
important schooling during menstruation because they can’t access pads or the
information they need about their own bodies and a recent study in Bangladesh
found that 73 per cent of female factory workers were missing 6 days of work a
month during menstruation</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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not the problem of our culture to be specific. When you call it “Girly Problem”
, you add the embarrassment to the long list of cultural-specific
“sequestration rituals, around menstruating women. In Italy, women aren’t meant
to make pasta sauce if they’re at that time of the month. In Nepal, women have
to sleep in a cattle shed overnight and they aren’t allowed to cook when
they’re on their period, so for four days a month the man will take over the
cooking. “Until very recently in the UK people believed that dough wouldn’t
rise if a woman tried to make bread while menstruating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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taboo around menstruation is much more than speaking out. Its biological, its
normal and it is associated with Menstrual hygiene it is an opportunity for the
global community to say to disadvantaged girls and young women, ‘You Matter.
Period.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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do not use the world “Girly Problem”……..Period.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-30819883893415316862015-09-03T09:00:00.001-07:002015-09-03T09:00:16.226-07:00TEN HEART WRENCHING IMAGES THAT WILL PUT US TO SHAME.........AYLAN IS NOT ALONE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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stop thinking about Aylan Kurdi and the collective horror his cold image of being washed ashore generates .We as a
human being fail when we see such tragic picture of a 3 year old boy washed
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Thousands are making the journey from Turkey to Greece’s easternmost islands
each day. The majority are Syrians fleeing the war in their homeland. Others
are from Afghanistan or Iraq. So far this year, the number of them crossing the
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people uprooted from their homes by war and persecution in 2014 was larger than
in any year The rapidly escalating figures reflect a world of renewed conflict,
with wars in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe driving families and
individuals from their homes in desperate flights for safety. But the systems
for managing those flows are breaking down, with countries and aid agencies<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/new-migration-crisis-overwhelms-european-refugee-system/2015/04/21/3ab83470-e45c-11e4-ae0f-f8c46aa8c3a4_story.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; zoom: 1;"><span style="color: #2e6d9d; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">unable to handle the strain</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>as an average of nearly 45,000 people
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: "Century Schoolbook","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Credits- acelebrationofwomen.org , rescue.org, dailystar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-12728848838608123012015-06-30T00:12:00.001-07:002015-06-30T00:33:21.901-07:00One Unforgettable trip..................GO GOA!!!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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of hard work ,an escape from the thing called competition, performance ,results etc
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handling not some little kids but grown up adults who every passing minute
wanted to do something different from the group Amid Aantakshari, dumbshall
act, mimicry our journey proceeded disturbing our fellow travelers when cards
start world comes to a halt and non players (yeah it was me) look as the most
foolish ones .The train journey was a roller coaster one with swords drawn out
on the movie names ,enmity feeling which can beat India Pakistan , the ever so
pathetic train ka khana ,some facebookites updating every single second and
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attitude that strikes you the point you deboard the train as we reached ,I was
enlightened that “What happens in goa ,stays in goa”(does it remind you of some
other place?? Forget it…………J ).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for a serene, quiet place, beaches that remind you of a distant island ,a
romantic sojourn then South Goa is what you are looking for. The day had
already ended when we reached so we just sat on the beach talking, dreaming
There is something about beaches that make you dream, dream not of
materialistic gains but something deep ,something spiritual.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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up the earliest we were late (we means the three girls-Nova, Prema and me)
Finally on being threatened that we would be left behind we rushed secret is we
always were late because………ha ha ha u actually believed I will split out beans
of our girls talks, no way</span></span><br />
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dance and fevicol types item songs and here was Gaurav Agrawal,he never sat on
a seat for a minute ,always dancing its people like them who never let the
dancing mood die down The church is marvellous, visit it not for the story of a
miracle called St Francis and his 400 year old body but for beautiful gothic
architecture ,don’t rush, absorb the intricacies of architecture ,its lovely
Agauda fort was next stop ,initially used as a water tank the age old walls
face sea and I could find some guides telling tourists about the movies being
shot there ,we can never come out of bollywood the continuity ,the walls with
small windows make Agauda Fort so splendid as if it challenges Sea, questions
its mightiness and still stands tall.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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actually began I was very terrified about the banana ride and the prospect of
being thrown into the mid sea and these friends of mine assured that they will
save me if I drown The person standing at the edge of banana
was holding my life jacket and I thought he was such a saint to support me
suddenly I saw God in him Mid sea he held my jacket and threw me into sea and
took the steamer with the rest of the people along I was like WTF !This demon
actually left me here, well life jackets were there and Sid and Vishal
screaming that keep cycling and yes inspite of that demon ,I was alive we went
deep into sea later for an hour and I know I was a headache by being a non
swimmer and always ending up coughing salt water after every wave, my friends
never thought of leaving me and made sure someone or the other was always
around to hold if I lost balance…..Love you doston for that<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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were left behind as we were late after changing and the bus headed to cruise as
the tickets were pre booked (We here again refers to the three of us) we called
,bus waited midway and when we reached we could feel whispering and angry eyes
penetrating us and then again friends made
us feel that”Ho jata hai” nothing to worry ,making us laugh which we did not
until we said sorry to sir. While everyone assured us that nothing to
be sad ,sir made it real being the sweetest person .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a group wanted to explore casinos, we wanted to go to Disco ,someone wanted to
have a lone time at the beach and the day dawns ,we all took a boat ride to
honeymoon island ,At the middle of the sea was carnatic music with Akshara
Damle and when we returned a big wave splashed over all the plans made a night
before ,after discussions, road safety ,distance issues, girls safety each and
every plan was headed towards a no (he he) and evening was spent in biking
,trying local cuisine, buying cashews and Mallikarjun Temple (Krishna – mere
ghar waale bolenge tu Mathura se Goa mandir dekhne gaya hai………;-) and
here came the shocker of the day-Silent disco now I really want to know who
came up with this idea ,Dance is a community feeling, to celebrate joy, togetherness
,happiness or just to enjoy ,Keeping headphones on and dancing is something I
could not understand and so did others When we perform classical ,it’s said
that you have to make the audience believe that he/she is actually Radha and is
longing for love and then this silent disco-something very individualistic,
very isolated and very silent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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morning for I knew I will miss the beach ,the splashing sound of waves the
most when I reach back to hustle of Delhi and sitting there clicking pictures
of couples who were trying after every failed attempt of self clicking, I
observed something that I would carry with myself back” A Russian Father and
his 2 year old son at the beach, waves come,the boy falls and he puts his hand
towards father but the father does not hold, the child walks on hands and legs
,again the wave comes and he fells The father stands there just saying get up
and finally the child stands on two feet ,again to be splashed by a wave and again
trying ,Father never ever holding his hand and only boosting verbally
“……………….so on the southern most end of Goa at sunrise ,I got life’s little
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exchanging numbers and in the process of one or the other person getting down
in between at their home towns,almost everyone got down ,hugged, waved goodbye ,promised
to stay in touch ,This made me believe that we may have missed visiting a
casino or a beach but we did not miss making new friends<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nothing seemed to rhyme<br />
To write something for you all<br />
I think it will take time<br />
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Because when you have friends<br />
That are very hard to find<br />
There's so much to say<br />
Because you make everything alright<br />
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So I will tell you right now<br />
exactly what I need to say<br />
To show you how much I appreciate<br />
You all being there everyday<br />
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You're worth more than anyone<br />
even a million pounds<br />
Because you always know what to say<br />
When I am feeling down<br />
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You made me smile big smiles<br />
And my days so very bright<br />
And when I was sad</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Schoolbook","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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I sometimes wish I could explain<br />
How much you all mean to me<br />
But its just not possible<br />
To list a billion things<br />
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So I just wanted to say<br />
I love you so so much<br />
And I hope you never leave me<br />
promise to stay in touch........</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Century Schoolbook","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-19249864108644161672015-06-21T22:50:00.000-07:002015-06-21T22:50:33.543-07:00Go Hug your DADDY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background: white; color: #141823; font-family: "Century Schoolbook","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal;">In the mad rush to everything big , we forget life’s little
joys – the joy of a bear hug.I look back on father’s day and miss my dad , being
away from family for a long time I miss the little joys that filled our
childhood. I miss dad when I see a father taking his daughter to park, I miss
dad when I see a child throwing tantrums for another ice cream, I want to wrap my
arms around my father when I feel low and devastated because I know only he has
that magic wand that would make my problems disappear. I want to hug my dad
when my driver speaks of working overtime to ensure a good future of his son
and I remember my dad working day and night and never saying a no to all our
stupid demands. I have been a daddy’s girl , a self declared daddy’s girl when
my applications for outings went to mom through dad (I want to hug you dad for
always convincing maa for the same ) , for never questioning my decision to
take up writing as a career over medical .Today when someone appreciates me of
the woman I am , I know its my dad and only my dad behind this , so I want to
hug him and say him thank you for making me what I am today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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कहूँ या </span></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Daddy’s Girl</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></span></div>
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-73425844869102625752015-06-20T02:06:00.001-07:002015-06-20T02:06:34.326-07:00Fighting the everyday blues..............The Ambi Pur way<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When it comes to odours I remember an incident
which I would like to narrate. It happened such we, a group of 15 friends used to take a whole day physics tution
classes from a teacher just before our
board exams .One day it was Sunday and we were writing tests, suddenly a bad
smell crept in. Everyone of us had a nauseating feeling, it was so strong a
smell. Suddenly sir came in and happily told us that a relative from Bangladesh
had visited them and she was cooking a fish delicacy where fish was soaked
overnight in yoghurt, his happy foodie expression showed that he didn’t care
about the smell. But we did, it was bad but no one had the guts to say this to
a strict sir.After a while when this odour became unbearable a boy stood up and
said “ </span><span lang="HI" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">सर</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">! </span><span lang="HI" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">इस बदबू में मछली
पकने तक दो –चार लोग मर जायेंगे “(</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">a few people would
die till your fish dish is prepared).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Well the class was called off and the moral of the
story is –bad odours of home may seem bearable to you but they surely are one pushing factor for
guests. So let me take you to the world of bad odours of home (Keep your
handkerchief on nose).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The most common cause of bad
smell and in most of the cases the originator of the smell is unaware of the
torture he/she unleashes on others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Grand Ma said- Put kapoor in your
socks, some people even apply deodorant on their feet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The School of Smelly to smiley - Spray Ambi Pur if you plan to wash these
genocidal stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Shoes <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Some homes should have a warning
sign in front because the different
smelly shoes stacked together can make you puke out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Grand Ma said- Put teabags
overnight <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The School of Smelly to smiley –
How about a sash of Ambi Pur to make your guests smile.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bathrooms<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ok, we all have witnessed the
horror of horribly smelling bathrooms when some guests ,relative or any family
member comes out of it, the urge to call a fire brigade is so strong but then
we have to fight that odour. Doors are closed ,windows of washroom are opened
and all attempts are made to not let that smell creep in our living area. Alas!
It does and be equipped with our weapon called Ambi Pur to fight it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Utensils<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You had a party at home which
crossed pass midnight and you are too lazy to do the utensils. You wake up to a
tragic news that your maid has taken a sick leave today. You are late for
office so postpone the washing part for evening and when you reach home after a
taxing day you are welcomed not only with unwashed cutlery but also a strange
smell of stale food all over. Before you put on that apron and ask your hubby
to help ,spray Ambi Pur to ease the task.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and the dampness that ensues<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ok ,I love rains ,they all make
us romantic, we wish for drives,dance ,full on fat fried foods but with all
those Aaww moments rains bring with them the odour of damp walls, seelan
,clothes that refuse to dry spoiling the moment. You can always fight the
odours and then take care of the rest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sinks that are clogged or pipes
that fail to succumb to the power of drain it give the most excruciatingly bad
smell. Plumber seems like a God’s avatar in those dire times of need and do you
realize what tortures us the most till the most revered plumber knocks the
door, it’s the smell .Use ambi pur because it makes the odour disappear like it
never was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that always comes for rescue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-68083766525847366902015-06-10T02:38:00.000-07:002015-06-10T02:42:56.455-07:00BEING SINGLE BY CHOICE.............IS NOT A CHOICE AT ALL<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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women who text me “Hey whatsup! Looking good yaar! Aur bata shaadi kab kar rahi
hai, you are crossing the age dear”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and the movie too ( Even the Aishwarya Rai starrer hindi version was kind of
ok), the movie which deals with marriage and happily ever after theory. This
theory has been fed, forced fed to us since generations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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whatsapp, we chat, facebook , growing out of the sunny side of Pride
&Prejudice phase and though their beautifully photoshopped pictures may say
that the metaphorical happiness is actually there. Being together is a bliss and
motherhood a blessing but strangely the same species with whom you hanged out
as free birds don the cap of a blackmailer from “There would be no one around
to take care of you” to counselor you don’t need “At right age , you should be
settled”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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how many centuries may pass. In India being single by choice is not a choice at
all, single may be one who is unmarried, divorced, widowed and let’s not blame
any social hierarchy or patriarchal mindset for it ,it’s the females around you
and the serial conspiracy to make you one of their own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the hell other than we can challenge the notion of a perfect body, perfect
shape, perfect color, perfect job and perfect age to marry, to bear child…….etc.
This mad race of all things perfect is started by a woman and the
one cheering you up are your girlfriends who have already finished the race.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to share- share everything from white and black ,to the gloomy blues to sunny
yellow . Children are the ultimate stress buster, their talks, no nonsense love
,their growing up everything is so lively. I love them, my nieces make my life a permanent
smiley.I look up to having that companion, to a marriage that is a like chilling out with a buddy to even a child some day, i just don't look up to this constant pricking by the happily married double XX chromosomes 24*7.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Recently I talked to a woman whom I admired for
her spontaneous personality and the 10 minute talk that followed she gave me
advices about marriageable age, how to balance career with marriage and also
the month in which I should get married for a decent 9.6 minutes.Women who are on the
other side of fence eager to increase their number are the ones who say unpleasant
things to the ones who are happily independent, to the ones who are not able to
bear child. It is a sad remnant of sexism in its another ugly form when a women’s
worth is calculated on the scores of her ability to keep her marriage happy and
her ability to bear child at the right age.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I love you girls ,I love your </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Facebook</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> and </span><span style="font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">Instagram</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> pictures of being “happily married” ,just don’t let your centuries
old reflexes of “being perfect” judge other’s lives. Everyone has its own taste
of sugar in the coffee or may be someone hates coffee too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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author of “Bill Warrington’s Last Chance” a moving story of a Bill’s struggle
with a diagnosis that will lead him to loose all the memories he has collected,
his efforts to keep his falling family together and through his journey full of
hiccups, the readers feel the Bill within or someone they knew. Somewhere we
all resemble Warrington family when you put down the book and that is the power
of writing. ( go order your copy, you can not miss this wonderful novel. You can order at:</span><br />
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standing beside a river in wintertime. Ice floes drifted slowly downstream.
Your nose was running. Your dog, panting by your side, As you stood there,
watching the river, an imperative communicated itself to you. You were being
told to pay attention. You, the designated witness, special little teen-age
omniscient you, wearing tennis shoes out in the snow, against your mother’s
orders. Just then the sun came out from behind the clouds, revealing that every
twig on every tree was encased in ice. The entire world a crystal chandelier
that might shatter if you made a sound, so you didn’t. And the beauty of the
world at that moment, the majestic advance of ice in the river, so like the
progress of the thoughts inside your head, overwhelmed you, filling you with
one desire and one desire only, which was to go home immediately and write
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>"My dad worked from home and woke up every morning before sunrise to turn on his computer.Even though he ran his own business, my dad was never too busy for a hug, to give us advice or to edit our papers for school.When we were very little, my Dad would tell my brother and me stories before we went to bed.They were tales he made up on the spot about little kids our age,flying deer and mischievous leprechauns. may be this was how i first fell in love with storytelling.</i></span><br />
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>I grew up wanting to be just like my Dad. Now that i am also a writer, i still send my Dad stories and pitch letters for editing. He is never too busy to correct my commas."</i></span><br />
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how could I refuse one so committed to the health of children? I admire you and
your work. Thank you for inviting me here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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reading. I thought it would be the coolest thing in the world to someday write
a book. I used to write short stories that my father would encourage me to read
to my family at the dinner table. I have eight siblings. I don’t know if my
brothers and sisters enjoyed the stories—I suspect not—but my father ruled with
an iron fist so they had to stay and listen. I would like to now apologize to
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announcing to my mother, at the age of six, that someday I was going to be a
“published author.” Little did I know that it would take nearly fifty years and
three unpublished novels before I finally realized that dream.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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But I do remember a couple of times when others, whose opinion I respected,
encouraged me. For example, in sixth grade I wrote an essay that caught the
attention of my teacher. She suggested that I attend a creative writing class
over the summer. Going to summer school was not my idea of a good time—but I
took the class and loved it. Much later, during my last year of college, I took
a writing course with a professor who was also an ex-literary agent and
published novelist. In one of her novels that I asked her to sign (I love
collecting author signatures!), she wrote that she had every confidence that
one day she would be asking me for my signature on one of my novels. She passed
away before that could happen, but her inscription and encouragement continue
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inspired, inspired from any experience, inspired from eavesdropping, inspired
from grandma’s tales………Do you believe that a work of fiction can be a fiction
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Last Chance,” one of the things that I was most excited about it was that it
was, in my estimation, absolutely a pure fiction. It deals with dementia, and
nobody in my family, other than my grandmother who had it for a short time
before she died, suffered from this cruel disease. But after the book was
published and I started doing reading at libraries and bookstores, some of the
passages I selected to read made it clear to me that I relied on my past more
than I thought. Even if the situations are different, there’s no escaping the
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of a neighbor I met when my wife, Joanne, and I moved into our house 30 years
ago. He was an older man who had, two weeks earlier, lost his wife. He was a
gruff but kind-at-heart sort of guy who was reluctant to accept help from
me—even as the house he had built with his own hands as a wedding gift to his
wife sort of crumbled down around him. I was hopeful but not entirely confident
the novel would be published. In fact, it was rejected by more than 50 literary
agents. In fact, the road to publication was via a writing contest. No one was
more surprised that I won it than I was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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human being I have interacted with, a person who can be your best buddy.
Writing may be a loner’s job but the people who love you are behind every great
piece of art. Tell us about these people in your life that make you such a warm
and affectionate person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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accurate descriptors of my true personality, but I thank you. I credit my
mother with any empathetic characteristics I may have inherited, and my father
for my stubborn determination—which I definitely inherited. They are both gone,
but remain a very real presence to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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behind me and inspire me are, first and foremost is my wife, Joanne. Nearly
thirty years ago, when I told her that I had just quit my job (and steady
paycheck) to become a freelance writer, she was just two weeks away from
delivering our first child. I was in Chicago on a business trip at the time.
Instead of questioning my sanity or hiring a divorce lawyer, she said, “Okay. Come
on home, then.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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continue to motivate me. They provide encouragement when needed and a (verbal)
kick-in-the-butt when warranted. They are excellent readers and have provided
me with insightful feedback on my work. I’m incredibly proud of both of them,
and work hard in hopes that they’ll be proud of me and what I write.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Roth, John Updike, Richard Russo, Margaret Atwood… I could go on. I do love
reading debut novels. I pick books that are more character-driven than
plot-driven. I find relationships fascinating: how they develop, how things go
awry, and how (and if) they are resolved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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copy of Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Interpreter of Maladies,” which I loved. Other Indian
writers I’ve read and admire include Aravid Adiga, Amitav Ghosh, and Arundhati
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those skinny, scruffy backpackers wandering around India. I traveled mainly in
the north—Amritsar, Delhi, Varanasi, and Calcutta. I also spent two memorable
weeks on a houseboat on Dal Lake in Srinigar, up in Jammu and Kashmir. I loved
the time I spent in India. The people were warm and friendly. The food didn’t
always agree with me, though—hence the two weeks on a houseboat, recovering
from an intestinal situation I’ll refrain from describing. My system has since
adapted, though. One of my favorite local restaurants is Indian. I’ve gotten
very daring with the spice levels—I’m up to a six on a ten-point scale!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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around, there are two schools of thought occupying the centre stage of debate,
while one group of writers find them distracting, there are others who are
doing it for a wider reach and think that it is a boon for writers. Which
School of thought you fall in?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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media is a great way to re-connect and stay in touch with friends and family.
It’s also been a great way to meet new friends—such as a certain physician in
India. On a professional level, however, I have found it to be terribly
distracting. I don’t blame the media; I blame myself<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>. I
need to get more disciplined about when and how often I check in. (I have
several computer programs designed to keep me off of social media during my
writing hours.) I’m also not very good at using social media to promote my
book. I think this is common among writers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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competition. <br />
On a serious note: Don’t give up. It took me decades to get published. It
probably won’t take you as long.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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writer and an amazing person. Lastly any words for the “Sakshat” column on my
blog where I write about people who have taken a road less travelled and who
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-40762852678019300282015-05-31T23:34:00.001-07:002015-05-31T23:35:56.063-07:00Without even saying a goodbye<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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but you don’t get what you dreamt just because you had no money? What if life
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destiny and another turn into Anand Kumar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Super inspiring story of a Super Man in flesh and blood , a Super Santa for the
poor kids who gives wings to their dreams of getting into the most prestigious
institution of India, the Super Amazing founder of Super 30 – <i>ANAND KUMAR.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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among the dusty lanes of Patna, Bihar. After a little struggle we finally reach
a narrow lane and there is Anand Kumar, smiling and greeting us. He takes us to
his classroom where a few kids are sitting on benches solving questions. The
classroom is creaking, it’s terrible heat and comfort is nowhere in sight, I
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a Nobel prize for India. Anuj whose father works as a helper in a shop wants to
pursue research in Physical sciences. Rajeev,Rohit , Neeraj , Kundan ,Anuj – everyone’s story is
the same ,coming from a background that limits their dreams they all want to
fly in higher skies and they know that they will, they have their “Anand Sir”
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lower rung employee he was but a very supportive father. He used to buy old
books from the footpath about great personalities for Anand. It had a very
positive impact on Anand’s life. The young Anand wanted to be like Ramanujam ,
Aryabhatt or Thomas Edison. Science became his interest and yes his addiction
too. One day Anand ,who was just a schoolboy got hold of a science magazine
called “ Vigyan Pragati” , it had a regular column called “</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";">हम सुझायें ,आप बनाएं “(</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We
suggest, You create). Anand was hooked to this idea of making scientific
models. He craved for more of this activity, so he started visiting repair
houses , work shops and learnt how to repair transistor, radio etc. His love to
create models badly affected his studies and he barely managed to pass his
class 8<sup>th</sup> exams. That day the mechanic on whose shop he used to
spend the whole day said to him “Your craziness will lead you to end up being a
mechanic only”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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attention to his studies, his mathematics teacher in Class 9<sup>th</sup> Mr.
Ranendra Kumar Sinha developed in him a love for mathematics, which later in
life would define Anand’s future. He took up Mathematics honors study and while
he was in his second year, one of his mathematical theories got published in
“Mathematical Hazard” journal. In his undergraduate days his 4-5 papers were
already published in international journals. Seeing his extraordinary talent
,his guru D.P. Verma , HOD, Mathematics Division, Patna University asked him to
apply for Cambridge for his post graduation. Needless to say Anand was selected
to Cambridge for his masters. At this point of
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October 1994. Coming from an extremely poor background and having secured a
partial scholarship for Cambridge, Anand knocked every door possible for help.
He met many politicians, even the leading dailies like Hindustaan and Times of
India carried out long articles on him asking for support but all in vain. With
few months left to join, his Cambridge dream seemed drifting away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1994, it was pouring heavily, the slum area that he lived in was waterlogged.
He and his father were sitting and discussing about how to arrange money for
his overseas travel and suddenly Anand’s father got a heart arrest and he
passed away sitting in front of him. Unable to sense that his father has
actually passed away, he ran towards the home of a compounder and brought him
home. The compounder on examining pulse knew that his father has gone was
unable to tell the same to Anand. He suggested him to be taken to PMCH( Patna
Medical College and Hospital ). With no vehicle there , a fruit vendor gave him
his hand cart and on a hand cart amid a heavy downpour Anand took his father’s
body to PMCH along with around 200 people of the slum. On reaching PMCH ,the
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to pick up the broken pieces. The first thing that came up before him was a
compensatory job at his father’s place because of his untimely demise. Anand </span><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">didn't</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> want to for which he got support from his brave mother who asked his
sons to continue their studies. His mother used to prepare “Papad” (a salty
snack ) and then both the brothers in evening went in the city to sell those.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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did not give up. His brother suggested him to take up tuitions and he started
teaching mathematics to two kids, gradually the number went up to 36. Not very
particular about the fees that his students were giving Anand enjoyed teaching.
One fine day a boy called Abhishek came to him and requested for coaching, unable
to pay the meager fees too, he promised to pay him back whenever his farmer
father would dig out potatoes. Amazed at his zeal Anand went after him to look
for how was he managing to stay in Patna, to which he saw that Abhishek was
living in a crumpled place below stairs of an advocate’s home of which he was a
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of the most deserving and poor students who were denied opportunities and
training them for IIT entrance. Anand generated finances by his other tuitions and
his mother Jayanti Devi cooked food for the 30 students.Anand took care of
everything for these students ,tutored them, fed them, took care and made them
to work hard. From 13 out of 30 students making to the IIT in 2003 the super 30
gave an astounding performance of 30 out of 30 in 2008,it still continues year
after year………………and the rest is history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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different meanings for different people. For a poor person it may mean
employment , for a man with values ,it may mean sanskaar and for a communist it
may mean a right.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">,weakness or adversities. It’s a strongest medium
to fight , fight back problems, to fight back struggles and to fight back any
obstacle that life throws your way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2005, one of my student’s father was murdered
at high court premises,the boy called Shyam ratan took up a pistol to take
revenge from the murderer. I told to him that the biggest revenge that you can
take is to study properly and create that roof for his family that the murderer
has taken away. He is doing well now and I believe he took his revenge through
education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ME – </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What do you think
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The imbalance between the costly private schools and the government schools
with scant resources should end. This huge gap should end,education is for all
and it should be made for all – Equal and nothing less than that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ME – </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Any time in life do
you sit back and think that you could have done better, published many papers,
may be an Abel prize one day, more money? Any regrets on giving back to society
when the society had failed you in your times of need?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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When 200 -300 people came with me to PMCH just to support me during my father’s
death , I realized that a poor may not have money but he does helps. And I am
very contempt with my life. I have the
greatest treasure one can get – it’s the respect ,respect of my students,
respect of society, respect of people like you who come to write a blog on me. </span></div>
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don’t accept any kind of donations for Super 30? How do you manage then? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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whatever I earn from my other tuitions<span style="color: red;"> </span>for Super
30.We have started an online class for 1 rs a class ,a book is being written on
me to be published by Random house and penguin ,I am planning to use the
royalty from it again for Super 30.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Chief Minister of Bihar Mr. Nitish Kumar has
asked me endless number of times” Do you need any money anand?” I smile and I refuse,
he is a great man and he wants to help me but I am quite sure that we won’t
ever take any donation from anyone for Super 30.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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course less than Mathematics?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wanted to learn music but now retired to be a good listener, I enjoy table and
violin and make it a point to keep me distressed through music<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and your admirers would like to know about Mrs. Anand Kumar? Was it a love or
an arranged marriage? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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smile and totally avoiding using the word love marriage……..that was the cutest
expression on his face ) My wife Ritu Rashmi, it was not an arranged marriage.
We liked each other and decided to marry ( SEE, I told you he said Liked </span>:-) <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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inter caste marriage but with the help of Abhyanand ( A police officer earlier
associated with Super 30 ) ,they agreed and we got married.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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related to Super 30. I am not mincing words when I say that I could not have
imagined for a better wife. She is a pillar of support in my life, she manages
everything for me and even cooks’ food for the Super 30 students if helper is
not around. She could have a great career in any country of her choice but she
chose to be with me, in Bihar supporting me in my work and believing in my
vision. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wife.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ANAND- </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am planning
to make this bigger so that no child is denied opportunity just because of lack
of resources. I have just started online classes and in future , I want to open
up a model school in every district where students are just students , not poor
or rich.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">ME – </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If a movie is made on
your life ,who would you want to be playing Anand Kumar?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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planning a movie on me , he has come over a few times and has casted Ranbir
Kapoor in it. So I think it is already in loop<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your father had been around today ,would he have been happy with your decision
to start Super 30 and not pursuing your higher studies at Cambridge?</span></div>
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sentimental Anand, it was hard for him to speak) This question was never asked
to me. My father was god to me, people remember god in their ups and downs,I remember
my father. He was always ready to help anyone in his time for need not for
name, not for credit but just because he was a good human being. My oldest
memories of him go back to the time when I was a kid and we both used to wake
up at 6 in the morning. He made two cups of tea and over tea we discussed,
discussed everything from politics to society and after that he used to say me “Pranaam
( a kind of greeting someone out of respect ) , a pranaam because I was so well read and had
views on everything and he adored that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In those years the department that my father
worked in distributed a suit’s clothing and a torch among his employees every
two years. In 1994 when I got admission into Cambridge, he went to tailor and
got a suit stitched for me enthusiastically. That same year he left us. </span></div>
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upon us and is proud of Super 30.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for sharing the story of being Super 30’s Anand Kumar for us, the story that I would
always carry in my heart. Any words for the “Sakshat” column on blog bringing out positive stories from all across
the world.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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this initiative, This is each one of us responsibility to spread positive news,
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-44522546304569549282015-05-07T01:30:00.002-07:002015-05-07T01:30:54.239-07:00साक्षात : MEET A WOMAN WHO ROCKS ON WHEELS: DEEPA MALIK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">Sakshat has been my brain child and what better than to start it with a
woman who is a rockstar, who has brought that attitude to a wheel chair, a
woman I adore,admire and love. In a long talk that took two hours I got my dose
of motivation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-language: HI;">Meet Deepa Malik- An athlete, Arjuna Award winner, Biker, motivational
speaker. </span><span style="background: white; color: #17365d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: text2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Deepa is on a
Mission- Ability Beyond Disability for past 14 years. She is an international
sports person and medalist. The first woman paraplegic biker and car rallyist.
She is the first to represent the country at international level in her
category of disability. With 13 International medals she and a world ranking she does not needs an introduction.</span></div>
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also holds 4 Limca Records(Adventure) for being the only paraplegic women in
the world to have driven the nine high altitude passes in nine days on the
highest road of the world; The Leh Laddakh highway. She swam across the river
Yamuna against the current at Allahabad.</span></div>
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not make much of a difference to her kickass attitude ,she is a PARAPLEGIC.</span><span style="background: white; color: #686868; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.</span><span lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #002060; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it feels wonderful when you realize that I have touched your heart and I am
capable of being written about just by being what I am.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">DEEPA</span></b><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> : I define
myself as a mother the most ,being a mother to two of the most wonderful
daughters gives me strength to be what I am. I could not even think about
complaining, grinning or feeling low because more than the fear of a long
battle that lay ahead, I was always thinking about bringing up my two little
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because of my upbringing, the positive environment I grew up in, the
unconditional support and love of husband while he was fighting a war on
borders that were my pillars of strength during my post surgery phase. My
family never sat back and made me feel that something wrong has happened. From
the day one we were only looking for solutions,that way the melodrama was
avoided and positivity crept in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wheels ,but tell us about the Deepa before the wheels ,the one who was a kid
,An Army brat and a dreamy eyed girl?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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managed to be what I was earlier post my surgery too and I think that is what
makes me stand apart. I never gave up on anything or took some easier paths
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Deepa before wheels and now there is a happier deepa on wheels. Deepa loved
fashion being a girl and man I love it this day too .She used to love driving
as a brat and yes it still has not stopped. Deepa as far as I remember loved
adventure sports ,was a sports person , was crazy about outdoor holidays and
not even a bit of that has changed ,I am the happiest person on bike ,I am
always on toes for any holiday ,I never get tired of travelling and yes I take
my sports seriously ,very seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Looking towards a
larger picture while I was coming to terms with me being on a wheelchair, I
thought the attitude of a fun person on wheelchair was missing in our country
and the fun person in me filled up that void. Yes I proudly say that a
wheelchair has channelized my efforts towards disabled, towards parasports
,towards my country. Being an achiever on wheelchair has helped me to
contribute to many, many people like me, be a voice for the disabled, participate
in policy making by Planning Commission. I broke stereotypes, I took up the
fields which were a no no to even women, forget the disabled. The best part of
this journey was I broke many barriers just by being what I always was – a
Rockstar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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flavour of romance) : OH! It was a crazy love story. We met on roads. I was
training for the basketball and cricket team of Rajasthan and had a habit of
going on jogging early morning. There I saw a very athletic man running for his
cross country. And then I could spot him on roads with his bike, we eventually
started going on bike rides. One day I asked him for driving his bike as my
father didn’t allow me to ride bike, he replied “ I will give you my bike only
if you agree to marry me”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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being married to my man was we allowed each other to pursue our hobbies,
passion and develop our passions too. Like he loves fishing and I find it bore
but I go on fishing with him for the love of his company and on the other hand
he hates parties but happily accompanies me to my events and social gatherings.
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modern day women from urban background approach me and ask “You travel so much,
often you are away from home for records, bike rallies, drives with mostly men.
Are you allowed to do that”. I am amazed because in my marital life we were
never ever down to allowing something. If he is not there and away because of
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always makes me up and smiling, whenever I talk of retirement, he says “The
best is yet to come.” When I was operated for the tumor at RR Hospital of
Indian Army, my soldier was out there in Kargil fighting the Indo- Pak War. I
just managed to talk to him before surgery on a satellite phone for a few
minutes, I said to him “ I won’t be able to walk again.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This one line gave
me strength, strength to fight the battle of survival at a hospital which was
full of war casualties. The best thing about Bikram was he never ,never ever
made me feel ugly with this body and this is what I truly called a pure form of
romance because during disability one doesn’t accept his/her body that make you
emotionally depressed. Bikram always made me feel beautiful, he still does.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had any role model while growing up. I was never a copycat; I always wanted to
be me. My journey has always been to imbibe the best that I see around, for
instance the Aaya, the woman who used to clean my bed when was in hospital was
my role model because she cleaned everyone’s crap. My parents always said</span><span lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"> “सर पर बर्फ और मुँह में चीनी”</span><span lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #181818; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">which is keep your cool and be polite and I have always
followed this mantra .It works wonders for me .In fact any quote, poem , greeting
card, story that has something to teach acts as a role model for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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idolized my parents; I owe a lot to them. I would not have been a Deepa I am if
he was not my dad and she was not my mom. My mom has not won any medal but she
does her work with perfection. So anyone who works honestly and to the best of
his/her capabilities, they can be my role model.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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my husband there at Kargil where death and destruction was dancing around, the
first thought was being there and being alive, rehabilitation was not even a thought
then.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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accepting the fact that I won’t be able to walk again I realized that in India
we have a system where everybody knows the extent of damage except the patient.
But the doctor that treated me said “Sab theek ho jayega is a wrong term Deepa,
you have to have a plan.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hospital where there were war heroes. I thought to myself that I just have a
tumor and right there at the borders young boys of 19,21 and 25 years old are
attaining martyrdom. I could not be emotionally devastated in an environment
that was so inspiring as an Indian.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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worst sex ratio but on the other hand Haryana has the best sports policy in
country. The love for sports in that state is so encouraging. I got a hero’s
welcome when I returned back with a medal, my wheelchair was kept on an open
jeep and almost everyone from my village-men , women and children were out on
the streets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of experiences where I felt the obvious favoritism for a male child, for
instance when a woman asked me “ “bachhe
kitne hain”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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one or two incidents, I never felt any bias. Haryana is particularly supportive
of para sports. The administration, the government everyone is so supportive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of support from Haryana that if I take a rebirth as a sportsperson I want to be
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Of the numerous accolades achieved, which one is the closest to your heart?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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: The closest one to my heart is definitely the Gada or the mace given to me by
Khap Panchayat ,the same Khap that is notorious for being patriarchal. And Gada
truly symbolizes my journey from Ability to disability and then to Infinite
ability. This is a journey of acceptance, a journey of breaking stereotypes, a n
sum up what Deepa is “ Gada for displaying ultimate power in the ring of life.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Arjuna Award at Rashtrapati Bhawan,
all the four men in my life – My Father , My father in law, My Brother & My
Husband: all were there in audience not because of their uniforms but to
support me . These men in my home are safeguarding National Flag and I have
made the National Flag go up 13 times in my life. I am working shoulder to
shoulder with them and believe me the feeling is amazing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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– Recently one of my juniors posted a status of an event where he and his wife
posed with Mary kom writing” Mary kom
was lucky enough to pose with me and wife ,Aaila Lucky hai saali”. Furious over
the update ,I wanted to ask you Is being a sportswoman in India different from
a sportsman?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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First of all I want to say that this is a very cheap thing to say, that too
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lifestyle. I firmly believe that sporting culture does not come from a huge
population but a floating population of the country. We have to “Say yes to
Sports.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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toilets or some infrastructure here and there, the financing is only to the big
league games and rarely to individuals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sportsperson,not a man or woman. After all the hurdles, family support helps us
overcome the lack of organizational support but if we work with the full
commitment and are successful ,collateral and automatic recognition comes in.
There it is where Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom are loved & respected by every Indian
as he/she loves their cricket team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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: The condition of Para Sports in country is pathetic. As I speak to you our federation
has been derecognized from International Paralympic Committee which is worrying
athletes as Indian open Para games are round the corner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not have infrastructure , no training modules . The most important change that I
want to see is Para sports being treated as a mainstream sport, we all are
working as hard as any other support and we deserve to be treated as same. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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: With your daughter stepping into your shoes ,how does it feel?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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OH ! It’s an amazing feeling. She made me believe that the motivational talks i
give, the attitude that I talk about if someone believes in them and imbibes
those they will write their own success stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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will you bring up your daughters with this condition”, I feel i have done a
great job. With her choice to start “Wheeling Happiness” ,she has made me a
proud mother.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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: Last but certainly the important? What is your idea of being a woman? How do
you wish your society to be for HERoes? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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: My idea of being a woman is a person who maintains a balance between work, family
and passion, play all her roles with full efficiency and not compete with men
but rather collaborate with men.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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an individual as men and women. It’s high time we stop overdoing with feminism
and work hand in hand to be a good human being and to make our country proud.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a life, carries the generation forward, binds two families together and is the
first teacher to her child. You better be a good teacher.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Thank you so much mam,I am not only obliged and honored but the fan girl inside
me (Your one big admirer) is jumping with joy. Any </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Bookman Old Style"; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Bookman Old Style";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">word for the blog?</span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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read it with an open, blank mind. A cup of coffee that is already full will
spill over if we add more coffee to it, reading
should be just like that. I have never stopped learning .i learnt to live with
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for the new initiative in your blog that brings such stories before world.Love <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-79755801172096847112015-05-06T22:14:00.000-07:002015-05-06T22:14:46.485-07:00A DESI INNOVATION IN BIHAR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been working on my Sakshaat column since last three-four days but found something really interesting to share today in Bihar so this short and a quick post.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today when i took a rickshaw to office i found it cooler than other days, a happy me peeped outside but a burning heat welcomed me. I looked at the rickshaw that i was sitting in and yo ..........found a desi innovation .This rickshaw wallah had put up a bamboo superstructure from the rear end of rickshaw going upwards over his head and ending in the front handle. To this bamboo structure was tied a cotton bed sheet like a tent, before i sat in this man sprinkled a water on bamboo structure and yes by capillary action the cotton sheet absorbed it and gave a cooling effect. That is not all ,he even has a polythene sheet rolled up in corners which can open up and stretched if it rains .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now this is what i call a real JUGAAD. Who said innovations occur only in labs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">P.S- He was too shy to pose and one reason for this unclear pic is it was horribly hot outside when i stepped down from Jitendra's AC compartment.</span></div>
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-77948552108895265082015-05-02T10:58:00.003-07:002015-05-02T11:04:37.999-07:00I STAND WITH NEPAL......<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #2c2a26; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">P.S.- Nepal needs us ,donate generously to Prime Minister National Relief fund at </span><span style="color: #2c2a26; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 27.6000003814697px;">https://pmnrf.gov.in/ </span></span><span style="color: #2c2a26; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">because facing a disaster is difficult but the recovery is way more painful.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">Pashmina Ghaley, 10, left, and her friend Ramina Bhujel, 10, stand together in the destroyed village of Balua. The village is near the epicenter of Saturday's massive earthquake, in the Gorkha District of Nepal,Courtesy-Huffington post<br /><br /><br /></span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">This post is a part of <a href="http://blog.blogadda.com/category/write-over-the-weekend-wow" style="color: #b85b5a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Write Over the Weekend">Write Over the Weekend</a>, an initiative for <a href="http://www.blogadda.com/" style="color: #b85b5a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Indian Bloggers">Indian Bloggers</a> by BlogAdda.</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></span></td></tr>
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-28435161897376324282015-04-29T05:11:00.000-07:002015-04-29T05:16:05.149-07:00अखिल भारतीय हिंदी OR कथा समारोह <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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भारतीय हिंदी कथा समारोह का आयोजन हुआ</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> इससे पहले कि आप यह टोके कि हिंदी और कथा के बीच
मैंने OR क्यूँ लगाया है तो मेरा यह मानना है कि यह OR आ गया है हिंदी और साहित्य
के बीच. इस समारोह में समाज के हर हिस्से को छूती कहानियां पढ़ी गयीं ,गाँव की
पगडंडियों ,कस्बों से निकलकर अपार्टमेंट के बेडरूम तक पहुँच गयी कहानियां ,छोटे
स्केच में बड़ी तस्वीर दिखाती यह कहानियां</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: "Mangal","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> आज जब पुराना होने का सीधा अर्थ है आउटडेटिड हो
जाना तब भी हिंदी कहानी की कोई बात “</span><span style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">'<span lang="HI">तेरी
कुड़माई हो गई</span>?'<span lang="HI"> (उसने कहा था , चंद्रधर शर्मा गुलेरी )के
बिना पूरी नहीं होती. कथा समारोह शुरू हुआ सरस्वती सम्मान से पुरस्कृत गोविन्द
मिश्र की कहानी “फांस” से ,कहानी बुन्देलखंडी के तड़के लगी दो चोरों की कहानी थी
जिनको शहर की हवा लग कर भी नहीं लगी थी ,गाँव एक फांस की तरह आज भी उनके ह्रदय में
था ,जो फंसा भी था और चुभता भी ,यह फांस उन लोगों के शहरातु और घाघ बनने के बीच में
अड़ा था. जब पलट कर पीछे दर्शक दीर्घा को देखा तो एक फांस मुझ में भी रह गयी जो इस
ब्लॉग का शक्ल अख्तियार कर रही</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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,प्रो. असगर वजाहत ,अखिलेश जैसे दिग्गज कहानीकार और उनकी समीक्षा करते आलोचक हर
कोई दिखा यहाँ ,और दर्शक दीर्घा में बैठे थे साहित्य के विद्यार्थी और साहित्य के
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साहित्यकार बनने को इच्छुक लोग .आज हिंदी or कथा, हिंदी or कविता , हिंदी or उपन्यास
, हिंदी or बेस्टसेलर ...............एक बहुत बड़ा </span><span style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“<span lang="HI">OR” आ गया है हिंदी और उसके साहित्य के बीच में .यहाँ प्रश्न उदासीनता का नहीं
है ,प्रश्न ना जानने का है और इसी ना जानने की वजह से हिंदी के उस विरासत से वंचित होने की है जिस पर समय
की गर्त पड़ गयी है</span></span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">। सचमुच</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">आज हमारे
समाज में साहित्य कुल मिलाकर हाशिये पर ही है और साहित्यकार</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">, </span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">कुल मिलाकर अपनी ही रची एक छोटी-सी दुनिया में सिमटते लग रहे
हैं ,विडम्बना यह भी है कि यह स्थिति किसी को चिंतित नहीं कर रही।</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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को उनकी साहित्यिक समझ और “फांस” कहानी पर की गयी समीक्षा से खासा प्रभावित यह
डॉक्टर साहेब कहते हैं “सर्वेश्वर दयाल सक्सेना से पारिवारिक सम्बन्ध थे हमारे
,यूँ तो मेरी शिक्षा दीक्षा हिंदी मध्यम में हुई ,और लिखता मैं भी हूँ पर हिंदी
में comfortable नहीं हूँ ,अच्छा लगा देखकर की यंग लोग भी हिंदी को पढ़ते और जानते
हैं”.मैं भाषायी डिबेट में नहीं पड़ना चाहती पर यह comfortable शब्द बहुत खुबसूरत
ढंग से हिंदी भाषा को लेकर हमारे अवचेतन में मौजूद हीनता को ढक देता है।</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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रचनाकार चार्ल्स डिकेन्स की जन्मस्थली है रोचेस्टर। दो सौ साल हो चुके डिकेन्स को
दिवंगत हुए। पर आज भी इस शहर के लोग अपने महान रचनाकार के प्रति कृतज्ञता-ज्ञापन
के लिए हर साल उनके जन्मदिन पर तीन दिन का जश्न मनाते हैं। तीन दिन का जश्न !!! और
हम एक विराट साहित्यिक सम्पदा को बस यूँ ही जाने दे देते हैं और हर साहित्यिक
समारोह जो कि एक उत्सव होना चाहिए था “just another literary meet” बनकर रह जाता
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अभिव्यक्ति का माध्यम नहीं है ,यह हमारी अस्मिता का प्रश्न भी है</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> ऐसा नहीं है कि पढ़ा नहीं जा रहा है
,लिटरेचर फेस्टिवल्स में पैर रखने की जगह नहीं होती ,फ्लिप्कार्ट और अमेज़न मल्टी
बिलियन डॉलर की लागत से किताबें बेच रहे हैं तो फिर हिंदी को ही एक अदद बेस्ट सेलर
क्यूँ नहीं मिल रहा ? हिंदी को भी यह समझना होगा कि बाज़ार अब नियम लिख रहा है और
इन्टरनेट है सबसे बड़ी साहित्यिक पत्रिका</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">।</span><span lang="HI" style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> भूमंडलीकरण की ट्रेन जब निकली तो हिंदी
भाषा की गाड़ी छूट गयी ,बहुत देर से हिंदी को यह समझ में आया कि अब चर्चाएं कॉफ़ी
हाउस में नहीं होती ,अब पत्रिकाएँ आपको नेशनल हीरो नहीं बनाती और अगर संचार क्रांति
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दिन रविन्द्र कालिया जी और ममता जी को दिल्ली निकलना था, उनसे मिलने को उत्सुक मैं
भागती दौड़ती वहां पहुंची ,मैंने आयोजकों में से एक जो तीन दिन से विभाग की ओर से
पूरे कार्यक्रम की कमान संभाले हुए थे ,उनसे पूछा “ममता जी एअरपोर्ट के लिया निकल
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जीवन में साहित्य के संस्कारों के लिए जगह बने। यह जगह हमें बनानी पड़ेगी।क्यूंकि हिंदी सिर्फ हमारे राष्ट्र की भाषा नहीं है ,वह एक बेमिसाल साहित्यिक सम्पदा की धनी भाषा है ,हमारे ऐतिहासिक विरासत की अनुगूंज का स्वर है और सबसे ज़रूरी यह नाम ,जाति,वर्ण,वर्ग और क्षेत्र के कहीं ऊपर हमारी पहचान है</span><span style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 18.6666660308838px; line-height: 21.4666652679443px;">।</span><span style="font-family: Mangal, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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Seharhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704630604208644921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5677601359054241370.post-61636547498744154702015-04-02T05:12:00.001-07:002015-04-02T05:12:21.357-07:00Dil Waali Diwali …….<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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missing home , The reason being with the exams around the corner I was in Delhi
,busy studying but badly missing home .</span></div>
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home and we came out with a plan ,plan to celebrate diwali at an old age home .
So we contributed money, bought sweets, blankets ,got some food for around 200
people and on the morning of diwali we went to a help home for the mentally
retarded, old people who have been disowned from their families.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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,away from home ,their sons and daughters abandoned them ,some were suffering
from Alzheimers and could not remember their address and the saddest part was
some pretended to not remember because ythey knew they were unwelcome at home
,a burden who would be an extra espenditure in this age where prices are
reaching sky limits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We sat ,heard them ,just listened to them and they
spoke ,spoke about their youthful days ,their partners who were long dead not
even for a second cursing their children –That’s what a Father and mother is
,we could realize only if we be one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We played games ,ate together ,distributed
blankets and took their blessings. One of the best diwali I had because I gave
an ear to men and women who were failed by their own loved ones ,I gave an ear
to their dil ki baat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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day ,you won’t realize how great it feels ,how satisfying the whole feeling of
listening to someone’s dil ki baat ,it makes you a better human being and isn’t
it the most important thing after all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Who do you turn to, to forgive your sin?</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">When you cried your lonely tears,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Who will be there to fight your fears?</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">And when it feels like no one would understand,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Who was there to hold your hand?</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">There are people whom you can't replace,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">They're the ones who gave you your face.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">They'll love you through thick and thin,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">They show you the light from deep within.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">And if by chance, you happen to die,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">They'll be the ones who will really cry.</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">You see, my friend, there's no one who can love
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<span style="background: white;">Than your very own parents, that's for sure.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Always remember that this is true,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">That wherever you go, your parents will be there
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and leave as men and women. A journey of five year in which we all were
companions ,where we form groups ,where we learn together ,where we create
friendships ,where we fall in love and yes where we raise misunderstandings.
Exactly the same happened with us , we had been together for years ,best
buddies in first year ,misunderstandings crept in second year ,it was carried
on till 2 more years . we stared empty glances ,avoiding each other and also
hooting sometimes .</span><br />
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uncomfortable , a feeling of emptiness started sinking in ,our juniors had
arranged a grand goodbye for us ,slam books were filled ,they were big cards
amid the noise of dhol and nagada .We the dance crazy ones started dancing on
dhol together ,the whole batch and suddenly it crept in that we won’t be able
to say each other again . All the fights, all the misunderstandings ,the
enemity seemed meaningless ,the boundaries of groups started blurted out. I
knew this was it ,I won’t get a second chance to say my “Dil Ki baat”.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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used to swear by each other’s friendship and today we could not stand an eye to
eye to each other. I went to him and said “ I don’t know who was wrong and who
was right ,I just know that I had some great memories with you . for all the
crazy and fun filled times we spent ,I am sorry and from here on let’s say
goodbye as friends”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We hugged ,hugged and cried ,cried for a long time
wiping away all the time we were acting as foes .Looking around we saw many
crying faces ,people saying sorry , apologies exchanged and tears of joy ,tears
of the feeling that why we could not say a little sorry , a small” dil ki baat”
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never ,25<sup>th</sup> nov 2009 will be one of the most memorable days of my
life because that day I saw a whole batch of doctors ,100 of them sharing their
dil ki baat and making the day etched as a day to remember.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">You helped me laugh<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
<span style="background: white;">you dried my tears<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">because of you I have no fears</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Together we live<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">together we grow</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">teaching each other what we must know</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">You came in my life and I was blessed<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">I love you friend<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">you are the best</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">Release my hand and say good-bye<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">please my friend don't you cry</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">I promise you this it's not the end<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">'cause like I said you're my friend</span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="outline: 0px;">”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am participating
in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAJsD6XNUrs" target="_blank" title="#DilKiDeal"><span style="background: white; color: #b85b5a; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">#DilKiDealOnSnapdeal</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">activity at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.blogadda.com/" target="_blank" title="BlogAdda"><span style="background: white; color: #b85b5a; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">BlogAdda</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">in association with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.snapdeal.com/" target="_blank" title="SnapDeal"><span style="background: white; color: #b85b5a; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">SnapDeal</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #333333;">.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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