The Secret June 19, 2008
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Ask – Believe – Receive
Yes this is secret to happiness, wealth, love and all you wanted in your life according to this book by Rhonda Byrne. Yeah, this is a three step process to get all those things you ever dreamt and desired. Rhonda Byrne and many happy, healthy and wealthy folks (in her book) like her have reiterated zillion times that this is the only secret to life. Law of Attraction forms the basis for her book and all the people she named in the book claim that it works in your favor if you use the way she said and these people did.
In Alchemist Paulo Coelho said the same thing with amazing play of words and poetry. I loved it to the core. But primary difference between a Brazilian and his Australian counter part is putting in effort, the hard work, the endeavor and the exertion. Paulo says follow your dreams. Do what it takes to achieve what you want, and you have always dreamt. The whole universe will work towards achieving that for you.
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Scapegoat of Indian Media – Orkut June 20, 2007
Posted by Ken in after thoughts on articles, complaints, opinion.Tags: News, opinion, Review, View
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Lately Orkut is being consistently finding space in world of lurid Indian news and media. Idle political leaders and party workers, heads of religious groups, and news papers/ channels have made Orkut scapegoat to gain TRPs, attention and highlight in media. People, not having great idea about Orkut, always think of it as devilry Internet phenomenon and spoiling the Indian youth. The kind of news stories floating in media will definitely raise eye brows of traditional Indian parent. Stories of girls facing abuse, people blackmailed, hate communities against India, political leaders and parties, and religion make people think that it is definitely some evil of modern day technology.
can we be wiser than our parents May 29, 2007
Posted by Ken in after thoughts on articles, opinion.Tags: discussion, Experience, Expression, life, opinion, View
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This is not my new post. It is just paragraph I lifted (or wanted to share with all) from an great essay by Paul Graham. The original essay is on very different subject and has title “Why Not Not To Start A Start Up“
The parents who want you to be a doctor may simply not realize how much things have changed. Would they be that unhappy if you were Steve Jobs instead? So I think the way to deal with your parents’ opinions about what you should do is to treat them like feature requests. Even if your only goal is to please them, the way to do that is not simply to give them what they ask for. Instead think about why they’re asking for something, and see if there’s a better way to give them what they need.
Note: People who do not know Steve Jobs; can think of Bill Gates, Laxmi Mittal or Warren Buffet.
The hope lives on in the quest of lie !! October 20, 2006
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Here is some part of Interview by Prem Panikar and other with Farhan and Javed Akhtar. Reference of Hrithik’s comment was made over Farhan, while worked together on Lakshya. Farhan is exactly one day older then Hrithik, here is what he has to say about it.
The point Hrithik was making was that you have a firm grasp of the medium and two, that you know exactly what you want and who can give it to you, and you will not settle for less. What is it about your formative years that gave you this grasp, this control? How did it happen that in terms of cinema you are way ahead of your years?
Farhan: When I was young, I used to lie a lot, and I used to really believe my lies. There were very few people who could see through my lies -:) my Pa was one of the few.
Javed: Creative people are liars by nature.
Farhan: Right. And I was extremely addicted to my lies; I would make sure that people believed it. At the end of the day, film to some extent is about you creating a lie you want the audience to believe, and how good you are as a creator depends on how good you are at making people believe the lies you tell them. So I guess that thing about lying when I was growing up was my training ground. I’ve stopped doing that otherwise, now I channel all my lying into my movies.
Anyway, it is least important here what Hrithik said, but the reason what Farhan gave for his genious over his craft and how is he able to create those masterpieces.
I would die to be such liar, the chores and monotouns world of secured job and career has ruined the creativity of an individual. At least this place of Worpress gives me some space to try my hand over words and placing them creatively, so far I have not created wonders, but one day I will surely do. The hope lives on, and the world lives by hope. The hope lives on in the quest of lie.
vande mataram !! bande mein tha dum !! vande mataram !! September 19, 2006
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Making way for new Ghandhi march .. .. .. .. - Dilip Raote (If you are not able to read the article let me know.)
Check the link, very ineresting article to read. It is not daily that I get chance to read such sensible and creative things.
I am going to write my after thoughts. Till then you can read the article and throw your opinion.
Here I go…
It is not that I come across such creative and out-of-the-box-thinking type articles daily in newspaper or magazines. When I say creative, I do not really mean decorate with ribbons and tapes, but author has touched India’s current affairs from many dimensions while keeping the Ghandhian thoughts as ruler. It is not easy, at least for me, to write on the same subject from two different tangents at the same time. (more…)
