New Books to look out for...

Hi Thr..
Long long time i hv been here.
Hooked up u see. To Clg and i seem to hv started enjoying the new Blog of mine.
Well but ofcourse the Literature i can't forget.

Well i seem to have a nice thought of books i have offlate held on or am planning to...
Let me tell a few ..
1. I recently read this Jeffery Archer book named "As the Crow Flies". It may not be as high the Kane and Abel trilogy but boy it sure was absorbing. Nice and inspiring. Set in early 1900's and stretches upto 1970's. Its a story of Charlie Trumper. This ever so confident and really likeable character. How from being a costermonger he sets up to make the largest Supermarket or Grocery store as he puts it in the world.

2.My sister gifted me this really illustrative and classic epic "Illiad" on my birthday. Well it sure is a classic epic mostly in semi poetry and prose form. More so because the name Homer associates himself as the creator. To be precise, this epic is considered as one greatest epics. The movie 'Troy' depicts only a superficial insight into it. Achilles, the main character along with Helen, Hector and ofcourse Paris. This .. This really amazing book is worth reading. (May ask for patience early on but my Goodness once it picks up it sure is a Roller Coaster.)

3. The third one is a nice self relating book named, "The One minuter manager". This one is written by a famous writer Dr. Spencer Johnson and Mr. Kenneth Blanchard. It is short, Inspiring, practical enough and relatable to all. It gives an insight into how important our time and thinking is, the way and approach to our tasks and the importance one shoes to someone else's time.

Look along... Just a some these are. Do pop up with ur responses and suggestions u hv for me to read.
Cheers.

The Car Festival

The day of the car festival was drawing near. So the queen said to the king,"What about having a look at the chariot?" The King said,"Yes, Let us go." Out came the horses from the stables and then the elephants; Peacock-winged palanquins proceeded in a row, and then came the lined up soldiers and sentinels with spearsin their hands. Servants and maid-servants followed in groups behind them. There was only one person who stayed behind. His job was to choose broomsticks for the palace. The headman came and asked him kindly,"What about you? Wouldn't you like to come too?" Humbly he excused himself saying,"No, I don't think I can go." The news came to the ears of the king that all had accoompanied him except the one poor wretched man. The King took pity on him and said to his minister,"Give him a call as we pass by." He lived by the wayside. When the elephant arrived there, the minister called out to him."O, you unfortunate one, come and join us to see the deity in the car."

With folded hands he replied,"How could I go so far? Have I even the power to reach up to His doorsteps?"
The minister replied," Why should you be afraid, you will go with the king?"
He answered,"That's dangerous! Can such a king's path ever be mine?"
The minister asked,"What hope have you then for your future? How will you ever have the chance of seeing His chariot?"
He answered," I think I will- God comes to my door in His chariot."
The minister laughed and said,"I see no marks of His chariot anywhere near the door!"
The pitiable one replied,"His chariot leaves no marks behind."
The minister asked,"How could that be?"
The wretched one replied," He comes in His flower chariot."
Minister asked," But where is His chariot?"

The poor unfortunate one pointed out to the two flowers which were in full bloom on either side of his door.

~~~~~~~~~~~~ This story is written by Shri Rabindranath Tagore.

Books You Must READ before you DIE... !!! (Part 1)

Hi...
Through my readings and observations and all those nonsensical thoughts i have come to one conclusion ....
You need to have an insight into your true-self in life.. No not to screw.. Its not that I am talking of some reincarnation of some of your earlier life or any Spirituo-pseudo-Intellectuo concept !!

It helps us to live calmly.. coordially.. consciously with reverance to the environment.

For that i would suggest you some books you must read according to me before you die. !!

Its starts something like this...
BOOK 1 -- THE LOVE STORY (1970)
This book by Erich Wolf Segal is a classic in its way. The author brings about an emotional, sensitive and yet a very straight forward story. It has been cultured on the 75mm screen several times in diff forms including in Bollywood. But i would suggest reading the book. Brings out the feel much more.
"Love means never having to say you're sorry." This is the famous dialogue from the novel.

So why am i suggesting this book?? The author hasnt paid me for publicity, neither am i doing some boasting about my reading habits.

"For Love is the Beginning of Knowledge as Fire is of light.. "

21st Century Girl. Does such a specimen exist !!!

“Hey friends look, My God, she really looks so pretty…. !! "She Blushes..."”
20 Years ago..
“Hey man just look at her, she’s damn sexy!!! "She walks on ... confidently"”
Now..
That’s the difference today about gals and girls.

Let me say something about today’s young woman. She wears Tshirts, shorts, shirts and fashionable clothes alongside dresses and sarees. If there is a Sita then also a Sally, If Gayatri can weave clothes for a living, there is also a gayatri who can walk on the ramp. There is a sheetal studying for JEE classes late nights and at the same time there is Himadri going out along with two boys at the same time. Today we have role models like Kiran Bedi, Sonia Gandhi, Indira Gandhi as power women. But we also applaud the girl in school who stood up against child marriage. We support those victims of inhumanity who stand up for justice.We cheer Sania and Sharapova alongside Sachin and Federer. She is a teacher, a politician, an actress, sportswomen, a bureaucrat, an administrator, a ceo and a housewife. Women make or mar organizations or Governments as we see in US or India or anywhere.

You see them in temples as well as puffing hookahs, from hosting a cultural event to being a highlight in a reality show, from reciting hymns to slang words, from mehndi to tattoos and body piercing, the girl today has evolved. They have started thinking different from their ancestors. I asked a female friend of mine about her take on what or who is the woman to search or give an example of, she gave a nice reply, “I think the common "woman" the one who walks on the streets are the ones to look up to....”. They have modified the saying “The responsibility of a man is to lead his family and that of woman to form it.”

I remember seeing the cartoon “The Powerpuff girls”, where the fate and well being of the town was in the hands of 3 small girls with superhuman powers. It gave an stupendous example of girl power and free thinking of the society towards girls. The movie “Chak de!” shows a real time situation with the girls, the system and the belief of people towards them. But we also see the courage and determination of new generation throughout. I believe its not about the transformation that has been but the realization of potential and the way the society looks towards them that has given them confidence.

My sister two years younger to me has left home to study out of station because she wanted to opt for humanities as a career option. Sonali, a girl in B.Com college performs regular drama shows and also travels abroad for seasonal shows alongwith the troop as she loves this art. 'Khabar Lahariya' is a fortnightly newspaper and news channel in chitrakoot district of UP run by few domestic self empowered women. This area like many areas suffers from caste system, epidemics, low literacy, etc. They travel across the jungle, sometimes political unstable areas and many times at the dead of night. This has and will prove to be as an inspiration for all. These are but of the many examples what today’s girl stand for. In the Indian outsourcing statistics, presently the number of girls opting to pursue higher studies outside is increasing annually by more than 10%. Recently in Patan in Gujarat a very big scandal on sexual abuse on girls was splashed. The victims came out bravely against the injustice done.
Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no
one will say, "She doesn't have what it takes." They will say, "Women don't
have what it takes.
-- Clare Boothe Luce

Today’s girl is free, from the social bondages, she not only thinks of the marriage at the roads end. She looks up to the sky to fly, to take up the challenge thrown by the nation. Today she is draped into the multiethnic role of society, she is a polymath and a polytheist. She provokes the male, dares him in almost all disciplines.
Finally I conclude by quoting,
“A girls mouth, winter rain and market forces are never to be trusted. But whether you like it or not times have come that they will control our lives.
Girls were and will be the root cause of all problems, but times have come when they have started solving them.
From experience you conclude one and the only thing about girls, you just cant ignore them ”