Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Who is the real patriot - Nehru or Subhas?

I see people sharing some pictures in the web, where the photos of Subhas Chandra Bose and Jawahar Lal Nehru are shown side by side. In the picture, Bose is wearing a military uniform, whereas Nehru is seen smoking a cigarette and the caption is 'who is the real patriot'. I wonder whether these morons are aware of the fact that Netaji started consuming alcohol when he was in exile in Europe. Let us look into the big deeds of such good people and learn from them, rather than trying to tarnish their good names, by meaninglessly gossiping about their personal habits, personal relationships, so-called illicit affairs and so on. Because, what we learn from a person defines what OUR priorities are, not what they really are!

Monday, April 15, 2013

Book Review – Manuscript Found In Accra, Paulo Coelho

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How to cook a book that one can successfully sell across the world, as one’s own work!
Name of the Dish – Manuscript Found in Accra

Name of the Chef – Paulo Coelho

Cuisine Type – Spiritual Fiction/Fantasy/History/Whatever else you want to put this into!

Ingredients – Spirituality, Religion, Mystery, History, Occult Genre, Works of Kahlil Gibran, Zen Masters, Rumi, Gnostics, Self Improvement

Recipe – First, pick the main, favorite ingredient ‘Kahlil Gibran’, a bookful. If the quantity is the size of ‘The Prophet’ much better. Then, add the ingredients of Zen, Leo Buscaglia, Rumi, Art of War, Biblical wisdom, Bhagavad Gita and Gnosticism in equal quantity. Knead the flour well for about one year. To have the onlookers (read readers) convinced about the originality of the dish, sprinkle it with the usual colors and sweeteners like alchemy, soul of the world, warriors and so on, which have started to appear like your intellectual property (!).

Once you are convinced that the bowl is full and the flour looks neatly kneaded, send it for print and get it printed, with a lot of people creating hype and making gullible readers ready to jump the bandwagon. You have a hot-selling book on hand and a shameless pride to show the world!

Happy New Year 2024!

As the first Sun of 2024 went back home, I was busy preparing my new diary and journal, packing off the old ones to their crammed space insi...