Quote: Franz Kafka

There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.: Franz Kafka

I guess the source of all evil in my heart.

Quote: Barbara Mikkelson

"Beware the pull on your heartstrings -- it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.": Barbara Mikkelson

So close to truth this saying might be for a guy :)

Quote: Kathe Kollwitz

"I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown." : Kathe Kollwitz

Eventually I would like to say and feel the same only if and only if I knew the good enough talent which I have :)

Quote : Gabriel Garcia Marquez

To all men I would say how mistaken they are when they think that they stop falling in love when they grow old, without knowing that they grow old when they stop falling in love. - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Funny indeed :)

Quote: Garth Brooks

"The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.": Garth Brooks

That I guess is a thinker speaking.

Greetings : I am no more the Rotten Apple, the Ungrateful Midget

Well I think I am inherently forgetful. So often have I been accused rightfully of forgetting important dates that it seems that I am offending someone or the other each day of the year. My peanut size memory is not receiving help from my indifference persona....either.

All I needed that someone to remind me that hey an important date is coming. Since no plan to marry so wife is out of picture :).

Alerts via mails hasn't been much of help. I see the reminder mails, delete them and forget about the reminder forever. I need something more. Something could add a personal touch and instead ensure that my wishes do gets to the receiver.

Naaah Not a genie...where am I living...not in wonderland....So Zook has come up to act on my behalf ensuring my good boy image in everyone's book.

Zook coming up with greetings has ensured a peace of mind which I would have never got. I can ensure the delivery of my personal message by searching on the kind of message and then subscribing for that alert. Let it be Birthday, Valentine Day, Christmas, Diwali, Eid, Fathers Day, Holi, Mothers Day, New Year or Rakhi it is now ensured that my loved ones do get my greeting.

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Celene Dion : Power of Love

Not many of todays female singer have the voice which can match yester-years very successful singers. More so influenced by gospel music, they had something in their voice which use to emit power. Celene Dion is one singer who in my view comes close to the one who would be able to do justice to such songs. Power of Love is one of the example of the type of singing I am talking about

Power of Love (You Tube)

The whispers in the morning
Of lovers sleeping tight
Are rolling like thunder now
As I look in your eyes

I hold on to your body
And feel each move you make
Your voice is warm and tender
A love that I could not forsake

(first chorus)
cause I am your lady
And you are my man
Whenever you reach for me
Ill do all that I can

Lost is how Im feeling lying in your arms
When the world outsides too
Much to take
That all ends when Im with you

Even though there may be times
It seems Im far away
Never wonder where I am
cause I am always by your side

(repeat first chorus)

(second chorus)
Were heading for something
Somewhere Ive never been
Sometimes I am frightened
But Im ready to learn
Of the power of love

The sound of your heart beating
Made it clear
Suddenly the feeling that I cant go on
Is light years away

I need to Wake Up: Melissa Ethridge

Was going through a few games/contest in C2W for some form of analysis of their working. And surprisingly I found this song in one of their video contest. Used as a soundtrack in the Al Gore's movie An Inconvenient Truth, a beautiful song having meaningful lyrics, having an inspirational message.

YouTube Link

Have I been sleeping?
I’ve been so still
Afraid of crumbling
Have I been careless?
Dismissing all the distant rumblings
Take me where I am supposed to be
To comprehend the things that I can’t see

Cause I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

And as a child
I danced like it was 1999
My dreams were wild
The promise of this new world
Would be mine
Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth
To listen to an inconvenient truth

That I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change

I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone

And I need to move
I need to wake up
I need to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

I want to change
I need to shake up
I need to speak out
Oh, Something’s got to break up
I’ve been asleep
And I need to wake up
Now

They are Getting what they Deserve : Part 1

I generally as a person is not so interested in debates surrounding politics or religion. I generally refrain from commenting on them cause I think forming an opinion puts a person in either side of a river having no bridge. In fact for the way I am I tend to believe that human understanding, skills and ideology are far more superior and no river is dangerous enough to restrict us in making those bridges.

Wondering then why am I going on rambling about such a topic cause some comment I heard somewhere compounded by what is happening in my country today made me think and has compelled me to write, . No I am not going to comment on the happenings all around but rather this post will keep the random rambling writing style of mine except that it would be on a sensitive topic.

It so happened that a bunch of people were discussing about Eid which was recently getting celebrated. Suddenly out of the blue a comment encompassing the thought process like "They are getting what they Deserve" came into the table. And we all know what it means. For being so educated (or shall I say literate) we are, the comment was eventually passed on as a joke. But the fact it was said and the second fact it was passed on as a joke, for the fact that because we feel guilty and take pride in such comments at the same time, the fact that no one opposed, the fact that it was an uneasy topic, and the fact all these were said or not said has been making me feel uneasy, thus the requirement of a release in my post.

Such a thing even if said in the form of joke is bound to create some doubts in the minds of people who have been, or whose known have been at the receiving end of monstrous form of such stupid statements. How intolerant have we become? I have been thinking about that statement and the followed reaction and these are the set of random thoughts swirling in my mind for a while.

I am no expert to claim that what I say is right, but the random thought process is very clear and opinionated. Don't worry these are not radical thought cause these are the very element I oppose.

Such a loose statement when made as a matter of fact from an ordinary human being and not from a radical person makes it even more scary. A radical person making these leaves no doubt to his/her listener that they should not be expecting otherwise. But an ordinary man/woman making such statements emanates the level of acceptance in the society as of today. I would go to an extent of saying that such thoughts very well makes us a part of the system which enables certain people to carry out heinous crimes on our behalf. Rather I would say its an act of washing hands and declaring ourself guilt free as we are not the direct perpetrators. But I think that we are as much guilty for letting things pass away so that we may have a enjoyable moment today. Many people may be saying such things as a direct consequence of having a loose tongue, but its scary imagining that many may not be as harmless. Many thought process if not shaped, not counseled will be a breeding haven for many a radical influences. What about the uneducated, illiterate, what about those many who are simple human beings believing in what they are told. I guess many of them must have gone through the same phase of initiation before being radicalized.

Was the statement right or wrong I don't contest but what I need to say is that the basic premise for making such statements is wrong. No matter what happens no statement or reason is justifiable for doing atrocities against any section of the society. Read this statement and think, more importantly feel the sting and then only we can realize how crude and satanic it sound. "So many people got killed cause they were ......." "So many woman got raped cause they belonged to..."....

All their fault is to belong to a different section, different sect, different religion. Isn't it...

Blaah ....who gave us the right to kill and justify ??? Pains my heart to hear such statements everyday.

What scares me what if as a society we may have started to accept a certain behavior of intolerance. As long as it does not effect me who cares. Isn't it ?? But Why?? To me its scary ?? Isnt it for You??

There several question in my mind, several thought process but I guess I need more time to shape it properly in the form of writing, so I guess there would be two more post on this topic

Quote : Bob Dylan

The slow one will later be fast
And the present now will soon be the past
The order is rapidly fading
The first one now will later be last
For the times, they are a-changin’…. (Bob Dylan)

Need I say more....

Quote - Samuel Johnson

"While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it." - Samuel Johnson

Haha..I needed this advice much before but nevertheless its for me preparing for a dark tomorrow

Quote : Foster's Law

The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders - Foster's Law

So no more regrets for not knowing your tomorrow. Is it ??