Sunday, July 24, 2011

Cleaning the River Ganga - Possibilities in Politics

//New teacher

Digvijay Singh better watch out. Uma Bharti has now decided to mentor none other than Rahul Gandhi. There are whispers that the sadhvi has decided voluntarily to shower her pearls of wisdom on the young Congress gen-sec. During her recent meeting with Sonia Gandhi, ostensibly to garner support for the ‘Clean Ganga Campaign’, Bharti regaled one and all by recounting her excellent rapport with the former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi. The Gandhis and Bharti may be placed on opposite ends of the political spectrum but that has not stopped Bharti from maintaining cordial ties with 10 Janpath. But what are Bharti’s lessons for Rahul? If the grapevine is to be believed, Bharti wants Rahul not to waste his time trying to revive his party in Uttar Pradesh as the Congress does not have a bright future in this populous state. Instead, Rahul, Bharti believes, should spend his time reading good books. It remains to be seen whether the diligent student takes Bharti’s lessons seriously.//

This is what I read in The Telegraph today. I felt kind of touched. Touched because,the participants involved had carried themselves in a dignified manner and interacted without any rancor., usually associated with meetings of the politically opposite parties. What we see daily on the TV , wherein silly remarks are made about each other was absent.

I liked that. This may be beginning, hope that this is carried over to other occasions too. Hope that the young leaders form political parties are able to work together without blaming each other, on matters of national importance.

May be I am imagining things, but I feel good. Atleast for now.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Breathtaking - Alaska

Alaska... Land far far away.. made famous on the news/TLC by Sarah Palin.

Sitting in Hyderabad one can't even imagine the weather or the amount of ice and wind.

I dont think I will be going to visit Alaska anytime soon.., but I could so some Arm chair travelling

And what I found in my Inbox is this link

If you want to see awesome pictures of unseen places, below the surface,

Go ahead.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/inside-glacier-caves-17-photos

I loved them.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Perspective

I was down and out after a heated argument with family. I know I was hurt and it felt like end of everything. Meanwhile, I too refuge in the internet and I fould this article which gave me a lot of encouragement.

"THE LATE Viktor Frankl, a psychiatrist and survivor of Hitler’s concentration camps, often helped his patients gain perspective, and when he successfully did this, it changed their lives. When you know how to gain perspective, your life will be changed, and you’ll be better able to help others.

For example, because Frankl knew how to gain perspective, he was able to help an elderly and severely depressed man who came to him for therapy. The man’s wife had died and she had meant more to him than anything in the world.

How could Frankl help this man gain some perspective on such a tragic event? “What would have happened,” Frankl asked the man, “if you had died first, and your wife would have survived you?”

The man answered: “Oh, for her this would have been terrible; how she would have suffered!” The man was beginning to gain a new perspective, wasn’t he?

“You see,” said Frankl, “such a suffering has been spared her, and it is you who have spared her this suffering; but now, you have to pay for it by surviving and mourning her.”

The man didn’t say anything. He shook Dr. Frankl’s hand and calmly left. He’d gained an entirely different perspective on his situation in an instant.

Frankl wrote, “Suffering ceases to be suffering in some way at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.”

from http://www.youmeworks.com/how-to-gain-perspective.html

I felt good after reading and contemplating.

Friday, July 08, 2011

Cheating Indian Bridegrooms - Dowry Harassment

Cheater, Fraud, Dowry seeker, what to name these guys , who are into marriage business. For their vanity and good life they spoil good girls' lives. What to withe them
Theya re all over India, This case is from UP/Bangalore. But there are cases from Hyderabad , Mumbai and other places.

What to with them?

Kindly help , if you come across information.
http://chitranshicase.blogspot.com/2011/07/help-us-find-them.html?showComment=1310063864574#c5616328294208407081