tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38757353546556835702024-03-14T13:33:31.837+05:30The Mayflower TreeSakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03427879474443521889noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875735354655683570.post-56437506518228485662023-10-22T16:07:00.007+05:302023-10-23T10:33:29.688+05:30Earth's Date With Mars!<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">NASA scientists had
fixed up a date between the Earth and the Mars. They had told that on 14</span><sup style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">th</sup><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;">
February 2024, Earth and Mars, while orbiting around the Sun, would be in a
straight line and while doing so, would be very close to each other. Closest in
the history of universe. So, in a way, they fixed a date between Earth and Mars.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrveNLFWFE_rg2OCxVqDwAxQPshanwNqs9xn0XwiBgKMQu0oxkhLetkoPwEp8ZABXNGD11HwVxmJOjtedVTN8zmOhK5Fd5IfTMzysCF8hRAxwresaFyz4GkaaVVpIh5SHBrnw2zc0MHeiJs45RjObK57L7WkL6Cwb9Ynk21TZEK7iJksbEPxIFpR9VoI/s1024/Eand%20M.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrveNLFWFE_rg2OCxVqDwAxQPshanwNqs9xn0XwiBgKMQu0oxkhLetkoPwEp8ZABXNGD11HwVxmJOjtedVTN8zmOhK5Fd5IfTMzysCF8hRAxwresaFyz4GkaaVVpIh5SHBrnw2zc0MHeiJs45RjObK57L7WkL6Cwb9Ynk21TZEK7iJksbEPxIFpR9VoI/s320/Eand%20M.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo credit- </span></span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bluedharma/89187775" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">flickr.com</span></a></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mars was very excited.
He had always wanted to date Earth. He hadn’t had much luck finding dates and
he had attributed that to his rough, barren, and uninteresting looks. He hadn’t
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>expected that someone as pretty as earth
would agree to go on a date with him. Initially he didn’t believe, but then he
though “NASA scientists have confirmed this, so it must be true. NASA scientists
were always accurate with information.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The dry barren
personality Mars had chosen for himself contrasted the beauty and liveliness Earth
possessed. But then, opposites attract.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Opposites attract“
was true for Earth as well. She had always wanted to have male friends. She had
some female friends, like her next door neighbour Venus. But Earth had never
got along well with Venus. Envy was one of the reasons. Because Venus was hot.
With a surface temperature of 500 degree Celsius, she sure was hot. Venus was a
celebrity too. She was considered an icon of beauty and femineity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Another reason for
the dislike was that Venus was boastful. And she was spiteful towards Earth. She
always tried to put Earth down. Earth was very proud of her colour green. Venus
once said to earth, “Hey, do you know where this colour green of yours come
from? Because you are just next to me and looking at me you turn green with
envy”, and had laughed spitefully. Earth hated her.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Earth wished she
had someone whom she could call a “man-friend.” So, she was quite excited for
the date with Mars. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">She prepared
well for the date. She wore a blue and green dress. She wore snow-white hat and
matching white shoes, which incidentally were made of the icecaps of her north
and south poles. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, the date
came. 14<sup>th</sup> February 2024. Mars and Earth were running in their own
orbits. As they both took a turn around a corner they suddenly face to face
with one another, and very close.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Hi, Mars”, said
earth, smiling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Hello Earth”,
said Mars, beaming with happiness!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then Mars said, “Oh,
my my!, “You are so pretty”. Look at the colours, green, blue, husk and brown, with
a tint to orange at edges, he complimented Earth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The earth
laughed softly. She felt a little gave a friendly smile. She felt happy with
the compliments she had received. She wished Venus was there to hear this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then Earth said
to Mars, “You too are looking very handsome, Mars”. “And you are so cool.“ Minus
150 degree Celsius at the surface. That’s pretty cool!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">She continued with
her words of admiration, “Aand I love the light red suit you are wearing. Matches
well with your vibrant personality.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mars was not
used to getting complimented by the opposite gender. “Oh, you must be kidding”,
he said. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Oh, why?”, said
earth. “Do you know, at the place I come from, you are considered an icon of
masculinity”. Strong, assertive, yet composed. Visibly visible among the crowd
of planets, yet a mystique”. You must be having a lot of female fans, Mars.” Earth
asked playfully.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mars was too
awestruck with earth’s words to say anything. And for some time, both just stood
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>looking at each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Earth broke the
silence. She asked Mars something she was anxious about and was eager to know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Mars, who are
those playful kids which I see around you?” she asked.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Mars replied in lightening hurry. “Oh, you mean, Phobos and Deimos? They are my neighbour’s
kids. They like to hang around me all the time. They see me as their role mode.
I am like a big brother to them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mars paused, then
clarified again, “You know, I am single”, with an emphasis on “single”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Alright, said
earth”, happy and relieved to hear this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then it was Mars’s
turn to ask. “Earth, who is that little kid who roams around you? The one named
moon or something?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Oh, that. That
is my younger brother, Moon. He always sticks around me wherever I go. You know,
he feels lonely. Unlike your neighbour’s kids, Phobos and Deimos, who have each
other to play with, moon doesn’t have anyone to play with. So, I have to let
him have my company, you know.” Said earth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then she added “I
too am single, for the record”, “What did you assume Mars?” she asked playfully.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Oh yes, yes, I know,
I know you are single. I was just curious about the kid” said Mars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Anyway, glad to
know more about you and your family, earth.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Receiving desired
replies to the important questions asked by each of them, Earth and Mars now settled
comfortably into conversations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mars admitted,
“You know, Earth. Last time we met, perhaps in the year 2500 BC, I just
couldn’t take my eyes off you”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Don’t lie”, said
Earth. “I had seen you looking past me and stealing a look towards Venus”, making
no attempt to hide her annoyance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Earth was right.
Venus was so beautiful that no one could resist a look whenever she was visible.
Mars too ]had never lost a chance to do so whenever he flew past Venus. But
this was neither the time, nor the place to be truthful. So, he said “Oh, no, Earth.
Not at all. I have no interest in Venus. You know she seems bright but I find
you prettier. And you are so full of life.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mars was clever enough to know that although
he liked Venus too, but she was far away and long-distance relationships rarely
work. And earth was the best bet for him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Ok” said earth,
happy with the reply. Even though she knew that the reply might not be a 100% honest
one, she allowed it to cheer her up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The conversation
between them grew warmer and warmer. They talked about their work, families,
interests. Earth told that she worked in Real-estate. She had provided shelter
to trillions of species including humans and others, and was managing it well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mars told he was working on a start-up
aimed at generating oxygen and food on its surface. He wanted to make
a preferred motel for the intergalactic travellers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">They were getting
along well. But Mars wanted the date to be much more than this. He was hoping
that the date would lead to something more intimate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">So, he said, “Hey
earth, it’s obvious that we both like each other. Rather, we love each other’s
company. So, why don’t we get a little closer?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Earth smiled to acknowledge
the affection Mars expressed, but said nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mars waited for her
to respond. But She didn’t. So, he decided to say this finally. Gathering all
his courage, he asked, ”Your place or mine?”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Earth responded
with silence.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“Your place or
mine?”, Mars repeated the question.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Earth gave a shy
yet loving look towards mars, but then turned her face away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mars was
perplexed. He asked Earth, “Do you, or do you not not want this, earth? Do you
not want us to get to the next level of closeness”? Don’t lie to me, earth, I
know you want me. Then why not?” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Earth turned
back, with a little bit of sadness in her eyes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">She said softy,
“This can’t happen Mars”, and fell silent again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“But why? Why,
Earth, why?” inquired Mars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Then earth spoke.
She spoke in a calm, composed voice. “This can’t happen, Mars. You and I can’t
leave our respective orbits. The moment I cross over to your orbit, or you step
into mine, strong forces of attraction, which we call gravitational forces,
will pull us together and merge us into one.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“So what? I want
to be one with you. Don’t you?” said Mars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Earth began
to explain, with sadness in her voice. “Mars! These forces of attraction are
interdependent. They also hold the solar system together. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The moment you and I meet, the balance of
forces in the solar system will get disturbed and all planets will get thrown out
of their orbits. They will either fall into the Sun, or drift away deep into the
universe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">“This is where
we need to stop Mars. We can’t be any closer than what we are now. And I think now
it’s time to say goodbye before the forces of attraction make us do something uncalled
for”, said earth, raising her hand in a good-bye gesture. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhulPMZNgGYhAcZ8uySt16hy50dZ7H4v6bOATmFQfTQVPJq1FIwaF1XUahvS9N9gY3FebWSnQ3_xSQfifuFLkjEbc7xZUgL38ZOj59e_yXz8JEJEVxM8-PcNAP8lxVvbfueFxtlUO2jEN1n4zGm5eiqLbE_LR1SpyZOvW0kZL-To4hGLoRS23KMk3XPiN0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="728" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhulPMZNgGYhAcZ8uySt16hy50dZ7H4v6bOATmFQfTQVPJq1FIwaF1XUahvS9N9gY3FebWSnQ3_xSQfifuFLkjEbc7xZUgL38ZOj59e_yXz8JEJEVxM8-PcNAP8lxVvbfueFxtlUO2jEN1n4zGm5eiqLbE_LR1SpyZOvW0kZL-To4hGLoRS23KMk3XPiN0" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo credit-<a href="https://www.pickpik.com/brown-jupiter-monde-planet-starry-sky-space-66454" target="_blank">Pickpik</a></span></span></div></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“But I will
always look up to the next date with you, Mars,” assured Earth, holding back tears,
but smiling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mars was sad
beyond imagination. He had hoped this date to be much more intimate. He was sad
it didn’t happen so. But he understood, he understood that the date on 14<sup>th</sup>
February should not be the last date for them. He wanted many more dates with
earth, and that was possible only if this date didn’t go in any other way than how
it went.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, he moved on,
continuing to move around the sun in his regular orbit. Going away from earth,
he started to hum</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> -</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i><b>“Oh God, I
don’t want to be single,<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I too want to mingle.♬<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i><b>“Oh God, pull
me out from this Blackhole of singularity”<o:p></o:p></b></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Oh God,
please please, do me this charity” 🎜🎜</span></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VXMk7oSFN98ltBmHIJiy1L5zcDATUX2cNGjxwILSb1XLtUIhhyphenhyphenN-Uxs5BRzmQXmvguNm4dmiLFerM6C06fIyOsTSC4BOJIBvPp1A4X3DBpXqKwuNqxdZIiY6diL9DTC0n7BcgzhqZ0299SzGY92dToh7qRCjnd4pEAbFoMPA_WZRBE_zRcWyB-aUpPU/s1600/planet.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1151" data-original-width="1600" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7VXMk7oSFN98ltBmHIJiy1L5zcDATUX2cNGjxwILSb1XLtUIhhyphenhyphenN-Uxs5BRzmQXmvguNm4dmiLFerM6C06fIyOsTSC4BOJIBvPp1A4X3DBpXqKwuNqxdZIiY6diL9DTC0n7BcgzhqZ0299SzGY92dToh7qRCjnd4pEAbFoMPA_WZRBE_zRcWyB-aUpPU/s320/planet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Photo credit-<a href="https://depositphotos.com/vector/vector-cartoon-funny-illustration-of-planet-smiling-happy-jupiter-in-cartoon-style-on-space-star-237233278.html" target="_blank">Depositphotos</a></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03427879474443521889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875735354655683570.post-33786675485758360282018-08-15T21:04:00.001+05:302018-08-15T21:13:21.977+05:30Sorry To Say Sorry!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Finally, a voice. “Hi, I am Rocky, your Customer Support Executive”. How may I assist you today?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> I am not able to receive or make any calls and SMS from my mobile No. 98********.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> I would be delighted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">He </span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"><b>(Mumbling):</b> Not so soon sir! </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; line-height: 24px;">(Perhaps he has a devilish smile on his face at the other end of the phone)</span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">. I am sorry to inform you that our system is not able to identify you as a customer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Why?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">He:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> I am sorry Sir. But you are not calling from the mobile No. 98******** for which you want to register a complaint. Actually you must call from the same number for which you have a complaint.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> I told you that the number is not working. I am not able to make any calls from that number. Hence I am using another phone to call you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">He:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Sorry to know that, sir. But again sorry to inform you that to get any help from us you must call us from that number only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">: (Raising my voice) Come on. How is that possible? I already told you that the number isn’t working. And this call to you now is exactly about this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">He:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Sorry to hear that Sir. But sorry to inform that as per our company policy unless you call from the same number, we can not identify you as a legitimate owner of that number.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> This is weird. How can you be so stupi…… Okay, okay. Why don’t you identify me with my details…. That mother’s maiden name thingy and all?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">He:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> I am sorry sir for the inconvenience. Now tell me your e-mail id, your Aadhaar card number., your driving license number, your father’s name, your mother’s name, your aunt’s second cousin’s name, your High school English teacher’s name… your………<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Wait, why do you want me to tell my English teacher’s name? I don’t want you to speak to her and know how poorly I had scored in Spelling and Grammar!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">He:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Sorry about that sir….. I mean your poor grades in spelling and grammar. And I am sorry to inform you that as per our policy unless you give us these details, we can’t help you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">(After a pause) “And sir, we have a special package for you where you can learn English Spelling and grammar through our unique SMS based learning program. And you will get a degree from IIN too”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> (Gritting my teeth)Damn it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me again:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Okay. Here is all the info you needed to identify me. Now please solve my problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">He:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Sorry sir for the inconvenience you are facing with your mobile number. I have registered your complaint and our back-end technical team will call you within 24 working hours to solve the problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Wait! What’s this 24 working hours? Do you mean that with 8 working hours per day the 24 working hours are actually 3 days? Will it take so long for your technical team to contact me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">He (Perhaps grinning): </span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Sorry Sir. I am sorry to inform you that it may be longer than that. Because next two days are Saturday and Sunday- non-working days for us. Then Monday is a festival-holiday. The Tuesday is our General Manager’s wife’s birthday, so all of will be at the party… Wednesday is again a festival-holiday, Thursday is our group picnic so a non-working day for us. Friday is as you know the Good Friday. Then Saturday……….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me (screaming):</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> This is madness. You mean to say that I will have to wait for next to next Thursday, a good 12 days from now before your 24 working hour period is over?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> I demand to speak to your senior.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Wait…. Are you not the same person I was talking to? See, I asked you to let me speak to your senior. Didn’t I?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">The Voice:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Yesssss Sir. But actually I have just been promoted. Looking at my splendid performance during this call, they have promoted me to a senior position </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">just now</span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">. So technically now I am the person you were wanting to speak to.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me(Despaired):</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Never mind. …… Ok just give me a complaint number.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">He:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Sorry sir, but I can’t give you any complaint number now. The complaint number will be SMSed to your mobile number 98********.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> But that number isn’t working. I am not able to get any calls or sms on it. How will I see my complaint registration number then?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">He:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Sorry Sir, but I can’t give you the compliant number. As per our procedure the complaint number will be SMSed to 98******** only.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">He (continuing):</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> …Sorry for the inconvenience sir. But don’t worry, our technical team will call you on 98******** within 24 working hours.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me (shocked):</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> What did ya say? They will call me on 98********? But the number isn’t working. And that’s what all this is about!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">He:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Sorry to hear that your number 98******** isn’t working sir. But as per our policy, our team will contact you at your number 98******** only. So please be available when they call you at this number.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me (gaining consciousness):</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Okay, okay, enough. You don’t have to be sorry for the poor services you company is providing to me. See, this isn’t personal. I am just annoyed with the services I am getting from your company.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">He:</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> Sorry Sir. Sorry to note that you do not want to hear sorry from us. Bur Sorry sir, we have been trained to tell you sorry again and again till you feel sorry for us. In fact I can say sorry in 30 different languages…. English, Kannada, Arabic, Bengali…. Which one do you prefer sir? And if you want to hear sorry in French, press ‘5’ the next time you call us, and press ‘6’ for hearing sorry in German.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">Me (Banging my head on wall):</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;"> I am sorry. I am really sorry that I made this call to Customer Care……<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03427879474443521889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875735354655683570.post-76300961906983700442016-11-04T15:32:00.001+05:302018-08-15T20:58:59.899+05:30The Tirupati Moment<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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could have easily skipped writing on this week’s prompt had I not read Ashwath’s
post (Since I am very uncomfortable writing about myself or my life). Ashwath’s
post prompted me to share a similar experience I had with Tirupati and the God
presiding there. And the line in his post, ‘It’s not chivalrous to live in
denial of one’s emotional identity….” gives me courage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Aswath’s post, which is a tale of his honestly keeping his end of deal with God breaking the strings of ‘pretentious molar of false ego,’ as he calls it, mine
is a tale of my failure to keep my promise arising out of my inhibition to
shed the coolness factor, which I assume, came from my arrogance of not acknowledging my limitations in the functioning of universe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had never claimed to be an Atheist, even an agnostic. Perhaps this makes my offence
more serious than that of an atheist. In my case, it was an offence committed not
in ignorance but with full knowledge, a breach of contract.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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humans are helpless yet greedy beings, always wishing for things which are
beyond our capabilities or entitlement. I am no different. Behind the cloak of my
self-confidence and ego of self-reliance, lied my desire to turn the dice of
luck in my favour. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "euphemia" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Seeking
to be granted favours from the powers of the universe I had pledged my hair the
God who presides over Tirupati. But once favours granted, my false ego and inhibition
to accept my frailty, (to lose the coolness factor), I acted conveniently,defaulting on the promise. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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convenient breach of contract, and act of deception with someone who I thought was
too indifferent to remind me for his dues, was an act of dastardity on my part.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the time that followed, I found myself cursed with adversities beyond
the control of human means. The universal dice unfavoured me in its each and every throw. I was surrounded with troubles which although I did not expect yet knew that I did not qualify
to undeserve them either. Surrounded with situations beyond the influence of
human means or will, I experienced the futility of money, power and resources. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the convenience of being a believer, I turned to the God at Tirupati to help me sail through the circumstances no human has neither competence nor resources to cross. Finally, I accepted my
defeat and paid my dues to the God to seek forgivance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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remember having been told in my early childhood, “As you grow up, you will
start believing less in things like luck and God and more in your ability to
change things by yourself." However, the opposite happened
to me. The experience made me realize limitation of tools humans have- will-power,
money etc., and the influence the unexplained, not-fully-known alien power known as
God exercises over the universe and its laws. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03427879474443521889noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875735354655683570.post-3238371382982852832016-10-31T10:43:00.003+05:302018-08-15T20:59:23.745+05:30The Zeroth Dimension!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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was agitated. The Nobel Prize for physics had been announced and not him but
his fellow scientist Richard had won it for his theory on 5<sup>th</sup>
dimension.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was one of the most renowned physicists, just like Richard. However, given his belief that the forces of universe are evil, he was nicknamed Lucifer by the
scientist community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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he and Richard were working on <b>dimensionalism</b>, i.e. discovering dimensions beyond
the four known till then. While he was working to prove existence of 0<sup>th</sup>
dimension, Richard was researching on 5<sup>th </sup>dimension.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nobel Prize. In his theory, he had claimed that not only does the <b><i>0<sup>th</sup>
dimension</i></b> exist, but it rules over all other dimensions including the
known four- length, width, depth, and time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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both Lucifer and Richards completed and presented their research at the same
time, the world lapped up Richard’s discovery of 5<sup>th</sup> dimension with
applause and rejected Lucifer’s 0<sup>th</sup> dimension theory. The scientist
community laughingly called his 0<sup>th</sup> dimension theory a wild
imagination or a science fiction at best.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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found it hard to digest the insult. He knew he was right- the 0<sup>th-</sup>dimension really existed. A dimension which represents <b><i>nothingness</i></b>. A dimension
which supersedes all other dimensions of the universe and can destroy all of
them- including the 4<sup>th</sup> dimension called time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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logic was simple. If E = MC<sup>2</sup> is true, so should be E – MC<sup>2</sup>
= 0. It means that all the energy and mass of the universe can be converged
into <i>nothingness</i> represented by the 0 in the right hand side of the
equation.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Nobel Prize announcement was the last straw on camel’s back. Jilted, Lucifer
knew what he wanted to do. He would have to show the world in practice, and not
just in theory, that the 0<sup>th</sup> dimension existed, that he was right.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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walked through the security checks to get into the <b>Large Hadron Collider tunnel</b>. A scientist of his eminence hardy
deserved to be stopped or asked any questions at this most advance particle research
facility at Geneva. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the tunnel, different particles like Photon, Boson and Hadron were streamed continuously
and their collisions studied in order to unravel the mysteries of universe. The
research had already led the scientists to believe that there could be up to 10
dimensions and not just four as was believed earlier. What they didn’t believe
in was the 0<sup>th</sup> dimension. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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inserted in a small chip into the particle emitter tube. The tube started
emitting Photons which travelled back and forth at the speed of light through
the 27 Kilometre long tunnel. But these weren’t ordinary Photons. These were the
ones which could attain 0<sup>th</sup> dimension, and could make the
surroundings attain the same. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the tunnel, as the newer photons collided with the ones reflected back from the
end of the tunnel, they lost a dimension. First, they became two dimensional
entities, just having length and width but no depth, then they turned one –dimensional
– linear entities. And after the fourth collision, they turned into something
which had 0-dimensions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this wasn’t the end. The Photons which went into the 0<sup>th</sup> dimension, behaved like tiny balckholes spreading <i>0-dimensionism. </i>They triggered a
chain reaction where all matter surrounding them got sucked into them and vanished. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the tunnel collapsed, then the city of Geneva, followed by the Earth, Solar
System and the galaxy Milkyway. Soon the Universe started to implode, with stars, planets, black-holes and all matter rushing towards the 0-dimensional
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<b><span style="font-family: "euphemia" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Me:</span></b><span style="font-family: "euphemia" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> Why do you ask? It’s a country, a
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<b><span style="font-family: "euphemia" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He:</span></b><span style="font-family: "euphemia" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> I mean, what actually is India? I am
confused. Is it a place where guests get worshiped like God, or get raped the
first time they reveal their fair skinned legs below the skirt? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "euphemia" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Me:</span></b><span style="font-family: "euphemia" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> Huh?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "euphemia" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He:</span></b><span style="font-family: "euphemia" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> Is it the land of monks, or is it where Sunny
Leone comes from? Is it a place where celibacy is revered? Or is it a place
where people reproduce like rabbits? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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where women keep their faces hidden behind a veil, but someone recently told me that your
national dress saree allows an eyeful of their bare belly? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "euphemia" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Is it where you
get the spiciest of food, or spiciest of ladies? I mean the the ones from Bolly, Tolly, and Mollywood?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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exporter of Patanjali’s Shilajit (desi aphrodisiac)? Or is it the biggest importer of Viagra? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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where people flock to one Baba’s shop to buy everything swadesi including noodles
and chocolates? Or where everyone is looking to go UK for studies, US for work,
and for all other things, Bangkok. (Although someone recently claimed to have
visited Bangkok for Vipaasana only).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "euphemia" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Is it some sort
of concoction? (Drinking which keeps us intoxicated enough to bear the pains of
being here?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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India is a cocktail served with some Vada Pao, Patanjali peanuts, butter
chicken, and no beef.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">I never click any pics. I never carry a camera
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last time I allowed someone to take my pic was when they made my Aadhar card.
(And the results were discouraging enough to make me continue my aversion for the camera.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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click-button, not possessing a selfie-stick, not having the patience to operate
one, not having the will to carry a camera, and things like these help me savour
the beauty of the moment and store it forever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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blossomed chinar tree, colourful butterflies around, or tidal waves at sea, I
just stand still, breathe in the scene, savour each moment and the scene gets
etched in my memory forever. I do not prefer my eyes to be covered with lenses
of any kind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">I don’t possess a selfie-stick, not the skill to
operate one. The only sticks am good with, are fried potato sticks which I can
gobble up a hundred in a few seconds. I plan to stick to my sticky resolution
of not buying a selfie stick ever. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Come our annual vacation, and my wife ensures that our
30 Megapixel, high quality CMOS sensor, 20x optical zoom Canon is placed first
in the travel-bag before I get a chance to place my humble pair of trousers there.
She may forget to take along her toothbrush but never the camera.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">The camera occupies quite a good space in our bag. That
tiny yet mighty device is far richer in accessories than me. It has got a set
of zoom lenses, spare batteries, data cable, memory-cards, hand-stand, tripods,
carrying case and what not. Compare it with me who has got just a watch and a wallet
to call as accessories. Actually, I feel pixelled (belittled) in front of
the camera.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Then on that day
of our jungle safari, as our jeep moved closer to the tree, we suddenly noticed
a full grown Cheetah occupying the lowermost branch. His shiny skin and big, strong
body emanated grace. All lenses and a pair of eyes (mine) turned towards him. I
kept watching hypnotised, unaware of the clicking sounds around me, as he jumped off the branch gracefully and started walking majestically towards the bushes. For a moment, he turned
back and our eyes met. He maintained the eye contact for a full half minute, as
if acknowledging the appreciation in my eyes, then walked away confidently behind the bushes. Perhaps mine were the only pair of human eyes he got a chance to
make contact with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">A year after, my
wife was browsing through various folders in her laptop to locate the Cheetah
pics to show off to her visiting friend but wasn’t able to locate. Sitting beside,
I started narrating the scene beginning from the moment we first noticed him on
the tree, how he jumped off and strode gracefully, his muscular body and the calm
and confidence in his eyes. As I finished, she said, “Wow, you remember it so
well, and your narration reproduced the picture for me”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Because I saw it
with my own eyes honey, and didn’t allow the camera to see it for me. That’s
why,” I </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt", serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">said</span><span style="font-family: "bell mt", serif; font-size: 16pt;">. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">This week's prompt</span></b></div>
<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">What is it that we are running after? Isn't it time to step back and enjoy life, nature, family or anything we really love</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Running between the wickets was once my passion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The above prompt made me think............For long I have been running, running, and running........, but not between the wickets, for I have long forgotten to run for the runs.........</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">India’s World Cup victory in 1983 ignited passion for cricket in me. As I watched Kapil Dev taking that legendary catch off Vivian Richards, I vowed that I will one day play the World Cup finals by myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px;">This is the story of my passion for running between the wickets……<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03427879474443521889noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875735354655683570.post-83078264820086902732016-09-03T09:57:00.004+05:302023-10-22T16:50:25.412+05:30Don't Hate The Mask!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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tries to hide? put it in prose poem, poetry, micro-poem, haiku or anything
lyrical.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "ar cena"; font-size: 28.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Masks come in various, colour and calibre!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "ar cena"; font-size: 28.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mask on the face, mask on the eyes,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "ar cena"; font-size: 28.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If worn well, they give power abound!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "ar cena"; font-size: 28.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With a mask on face, you never feel shy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #002060; font-family: "ar cena"; font-size: 28.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I never knew, chose not to ask!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hate masks, masks aren’t sin,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03427879474443521889noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875735354655683570.post-65988777952096002282016-04-24T21:02:00.000+05:302016-08-10T17:07:11.120+05:30Hey Blogger, When Will You Stop Blogging?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It has
been 3 years since you started torturing the world with your blog. Well, if
not the world, India, or at least the Indiblogger. Don’t you think enough is
enough now?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Have you
ever considered stopping? If not, let me give you some reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;">There Is No Reason For You To Blog</span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">This is
the very first reason for you to stop blogging. Try stopping it and see what
happens. The world will continue to function as it is. The earth will continue
to revolve without any change in its axis of tilt, 23 and half degree that is!
Nothing will happen to the Sun, Moon and even that recently discovered planet Kepler
62F.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Change The World? Huh!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">You said
you started blogging to bring about a change in the world. Do reconsider. Was
it actually to bring a Flipkart voucher and Motorola G2 through Indiblogger
contests? Admit it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And now when
the purpose is over, why keep blogging? (You throw your boarding pass in the dustbin
as soon as you land at the airport. Don’t you?)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And for
your information, Indiblogger has stopped contests and Happy hours now. So,
what are you waiting for? Close the lid now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;">You Need To Express Your Creativity? Oh,
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Okay. So
you thought you are creative. Your mom and dad told you this, your third grade teacher
told you, a subordinate in your office told you, and you keep on telling yourself everyday while
seeing in the mirror. Now why do you want more and more people to tell you the
same thing again and again? Give them a
break, man! The guy at your grocery store doesn’t care about your creativity,
neither does your milkman, barber, mechanic, carpenter, boss, spouse and kids.
Believe me, they have better things to do than be bothered about your
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Admit it,
when you started you thought some day you would make lots of money from it.
That didn’t happen, and you found that a plumber gets paid better than a
blogger. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Look, people
would pay up to get their leaking tap fixed rather than to read the poem you
wrote. Need I say more?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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two types of people in the world- ones who blog and ones who do. And ‘blogging’
is not ‘doing’ (mostly). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What? Did
I hear you say that you spread awareness about issues by blogging? Come on, it’s
like writing recipe of an exotic dish for the starving people of Somalia. Your blogging about Nepal Earthquake didn’t
help anyone, but you friend who donated blood, saved a life. You blogged, while
he did.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
internet is already a congested space. With millions and millions of people adding
their blogs everyday, there is hardly any storage space left in the servers of
the world for other useful things. And if you insist on knowing what is “useful”,
have the courage to hear that “everything that is not connected with your blog”
is useful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not consider freeing up some space now? And no, you won’t disappoint half the world’s
population you think comprises of your readers. Rather, you would end up giving
some rest to the bots from Estonia, Alaska, Latvia, and New Jersey who visit
your blog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on, just try it! Stop blogging now and you’ll discover a new world around you.
Keep the keyboard aside, read a book, play with your kids, smell the roses,
look at the lilies. (And do whatever you want to do, but just don’t blog about it,
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my favourite fiction and how they impacted me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Election Manifestos<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">By</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">- <b><span style="color: #0070c0;">Politicians of India, and the world</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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something like this-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Our party ***** under the leadership of
****** is committed to the upliftement of every Indian (or Ethopian or Cambodian
or Bulgarian) and lead them to a heaven called Utopia.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> <b>1970s- Garibi
Hatao (Eradicate poverty)- </b>Yes. And the authors of this fiction eradicated
their own poverty first.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1990s- Towards 21<sup>st</sup> Century- </span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Yeah, we
reached to 21<sup>st</sup> century as promised by them, though not because of
them, but despite them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Increased my vocabulary. Earlier I never knew that ‘progress’ actually means swelling
of their bank accounts. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Glorious Past Of India<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">This book
claims that the ancient India had airplanes, missiles, cure for AIDS,
television, wireless telephony, and nuclear weapons; and that too at a time when </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">the world was struggling to invent a wheel!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Oky, but what happened to the infinite knowledge we possessed? Did the aliens,
scared of India’s prowess, landed here and erased the
memory of our ancient scientists? Or were they abducted by aliens and taken to planet “Humgoo”? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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problem with this fiction is that a large number of people believe in it and
any voice of reason against it is considered “traitorous”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Glorious Future Of India<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">This book
of fiction says soon India will be a superpower. When I was in school,
they said this will happen in the year 2000. Then they said it would be in
2015. Now they say that in 2050 India will take over world’s
economy. The present superpowers USA and China will then bow before India and
beg for mercy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Oh yeah!
Looks like to turn the statement “India will become a superpower” into realty, every country like China,
or Sweden, or Brazil or Germany will have to be renamed as “India”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">How it
impacted me-</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> Made me
regret why I wasn’t born in ancient times, or why didn’t I waited to be born
till 2050! <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;">We Bring You The World Class Technology And Products<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">By-<b> <i><span style="color: #0070c0;">The Marketers<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></div>
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machine, an Air-conditioner, a hair dryer or even a shampoo. Authored by some
IIM educated marketer, this piece of fiction claims that a particular product is a revolutionary
one, invented after years of research, probably by from </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 21.3333px; line-height: 32px;">NASA</span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">When they
say ‘World Class’, they aren’t wrong. The shampoo could have been made from a toxic by-product generated during making of a detergent in USA but deported to
India due to the stringent disposal laws there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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impacted me- </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Makes me wonder
why my world class products bring me world class headaches by going boink soon!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sale - Discount up to 99%<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">By <i><span style="color: #0070c0;">The Marketers<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">This classic is from the same authors- ‘The Marketers’. The central theme of this fiction is the discount being offered </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 21.3333px; line-height: 32px;">on various good no one needs, like </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">thirty, forty, fifty, ninety , and ninetynine point nine percent. (It’s a pity that </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 21.3333px; line-height: 32px;">they couldn’t offer more than 100% discount, just because of the </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">very definition of percentage).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Upon
reading this type of fiction, my faith in humanity gets restored. Some
philanthropic guy out there is offering superb products at throwaway prices to me
instead of his brother-in-law, his friend, </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 21.3333px; line-height: 32px;">his neighbour’s wife, </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">his boss, and the boss’s sister in law.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">How it
impacted me- </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Makes me<b> </b>wonder why my house is stuffed with
goods I most often ‘forget’ to use!</span></i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">By <i><span style="color: #0070c0;">The caring and happiness spreading MNCs<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“We at **** Cola are committed the
environment and health of people. Our deep concern for the
precious resource of the earth and it's environment is deeply rooted in our
philosophy and hence we run our business in environment friendly and sustainable manner. Behind
every drop of ****Cola, is our genuine concern for your health.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And then
the authors proceed to suck the earth dry of its ground water in order to fill
millions of bottles with coloured chemicals marketed as elixir for happiness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">How it
impacted me- </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Make me
feel guilty that I am depriving myself of the ultimate happiness they sell in bottles by sticking to my
nimbu-paani and butter-milk.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Social Activism<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“We are committed to show genuine concern for
the society we live in and to our CSR polies are a means give back to the
society……bhah bhah<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Give me a
break. When you mean society, it’s some forum which provides you an opportunity
to flash your name all over the place. And when you ‘give’, you do it in full
glare of media and surrounded with flashbulbs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">How it
impacted me- </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Made me
feel guilty that I never made any donations to them but just paid my taxes fairly,
that too without any flash-bulbs around.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The Winning Speech At Beauty Pageants<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">By- <span style="color: #0070c0;">Miss India, Miss World, Miss Universe<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">"My dream is to use this title of miss
India/World/Universe bestowed on me to help the world’s poor and hungry, downtrodden
and helpless, and teach the world the virtues of sharing and caring" etc. etc.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Yeah, and
what better way to achieve this than to start dancing around in Bollywood
flicks!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">How it
impacted me- </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I attained
the divine knowledge that to help the world’s poor, you need to be a 36-24-36
figure.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And now, my most favourite one</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Oo la la la la le o, Oo la la
la la le o <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It was a holiday and I was visiting the Mirror-Maze section of the amusement park.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Walking
through the maze, I was surrounded by
multiple images of mine in the mirrors around me. They were everywhere………., in
front of me, behind me, to my right, and to my left. Then there was one above
me on the mirror attached to the ceiling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I started feeling
a bit dizzy, so I took a pause. Catching my breath I was enjoying being surrounded by my own images. They looked just like me.
They moved exactly as I moved. If I moved to front, they moved to front. When I
moved back, they too moved back. When I laughed, they too laughed. When I
made a face, so did they too. I started entertaining myself by moving my body-parts
in various dance-like movements. I was enjoying the sight of the images
mimicking me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>Suddenly,
I felt that one particular image of mine, the one right in front of me, was a
bit different. I felt that this one wasn’t
mimicking me........</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
watched it once again, a little more attentively this time, just to make sure
that it was only my own reflection in the mirror. Yes, it looked exactly like
me, dressed in white shirt and grey trousers, and wearing the same specs. It was me undoubtabally. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Looking towards my reflection, I made a weird face, then smiled, and then removed
my specs expecting it to follow my actions……..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>But it
didn’t………</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Rather,
it kept on staring at me with serious and meaningful look.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I got a feeling of bewilderment and uneasiness in me. What this image is? Who is it?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Before
I could react, the image moved. The man quickly took out a revolver from his
pocket and put pointed straight towards my head. “Freeze,” he shouted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">So, he
wasn't my reflection, but someone real.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Raising
my hand up I asked, “Who are you? And what do you want?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“I am
you,” he replied staring straight into my eyes. </span></b><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“I am
your persona from the parallel universe,” </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Watching my puzzled looks, he went on to elaborate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“You may
not know, but a parallel universe exists which is just a replica of your own
universe, and that’s where I come from.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“My universe is a parallel universe to your
universe. Everything and everyone who is in this world, has an exact replica in the parallel universe. Like you exist in this world, and I am your
replica existing in the parallel world.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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happens in your universe happens in our universe. Every event which happens in
your world happens exactly in the same way in our world too." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is a major difference- On timescale, my universe precedes your universe by exactly
one hour,” he informed me. "It means that whatever happens in your world, happens one hour before in the parallel universe, " </b>he continues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was actually born in parallel universe exactly one hour before you were born in
your universe. And I will die exactly one hour before you die,” he explained. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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relevant in the situation, “What do you want? Why have you come here?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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looked straight into my eyes and replied, “I have come to commit suicide. I am
fed up with my life in the parallel universe and want to die. However, I can not
cease to exist as long as you are existing, so I have come here to kill you……..so
that I too would stop existing.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are the root cause of my existence,” he said without taking his eyes off from
me. “I am going to kill you now just to allow myself give up my existence.”</span></div>
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of shattering of glass. </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 150%;">Then I felt
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Soon, I was dead.</span></div>
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precede the events of this universe by one hour. This included my death also.
<b>Hence ‘his death’ took place exactly one hour before ‘my death’....</b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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again, as he died one hour before the time he met me to fire the bullet, he could not have fired the
bullet at me (A dead man can’t hold a revolver and shoot). This chain of events logically resulted into my not getting shot at and killed. So I survived. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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since I survived, he stayed alive (and didn’t die an hour before). And since he was
alive, he certainly met me and fired that killing bullet at me. This improvised
chain of events could have no other consequence than my being dead, killed by the bullet he shot. But my
death meant an even earlier death for my killer (an hour before), and so again
I escaped getting killed. But then…………………<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pushed both of us into fifth dimension. We were trapped in the fifth dimension
shuttling back and forth between events and didn’t know how to come out………<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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family searched for me everywhere but couldn’t find. They had last seen me entering
the mirror-maze. Nobody saw me coming out from there, but at the same time, they didn’t find any
trace of me inside the mirror-maze either. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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People from this world could not see the fifth dimension I had got trapped into.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://saketkblog.blogspot.in/2015/05/undo-emc2.html" target="_blank">E=MC</a><sup><a href="http://saketkblog.blogspot.in/2015/05/undo-emc2.html" target="_blank">2</a><o:p></o:p></sup></span></b></div>
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<b style="color: blue; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">A few more of my sci-fi works are <a href="http://saketkblog.blogspot.in/search/label/ScienceFiction" target="_blank">here</a></b><br />
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Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03427879474443521889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875735354655683570.post-69522365509750668532016-02-01T23:57:00.003+05:302023-10-22T16:51:27.626+05:30Cellphone In The Shrubbery!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The ringing sound seemed to be originating from
somewhere behind the shrubbery in my home garden.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ringer volume was set to maximum to make it audible from far
away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I took the call. I heard a clear and nice female voice
from the other side- “Hi, how are you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Taken aback, yet bound by the need to reciprocate the
courtesy, I replied, “I am good. Howdy?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Happy. Very happy, because I am talking to you now,”
she said with joy in her voice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I didn’t understand. I just said, “Okay, same here.
Please tell me whom you want to talk to?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Actually anyone. I want to talk to anyone who is
willing to talk to me. And today it’s you. But only if you are willing,” she said politely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I was not getting this at all. So I said, “Excuse me?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Let me explain,” she said. “Actually, I am girl who work and
stay in this town.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“And I have no one to talk to,” she continued.
“So I just toss this cellphone into random people’s houses and then call up the
number to talk to them. I had tossed this phone in your garden yesterday
evening. And see, we are talking now.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I was getting suspicious. I had been living here for more than 10 years</span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> and knew that girls in </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">this </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 28px;">moderately conservative town would not </span><span style="font-family: 'bell mt', serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">call-up strangers for a talk. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sensing my apprehension, she quickly proceeded
to explain- “Actually there is no one whom I can talk to without him or her making a judgment
about me. See, when you are talking to someone who knows you, he or she is
bound to prejudiced. You just can’t have an
unbiased, neutral conversation with someone who knows your background, your
educational qualification, your financial and social status, how good looking are
you, whether you are young or old and things like that”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“And that’s why I prefer to converse with people who
know nothing about me, and I know nothing about them-like you……” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I didn’t know what to say. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“I will neither ask for your name and nor I will reveal mine,”
she assured me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“I have my colleagues in office but I can not imagine
opening up to them as anything and everything I say will be used against me
in the game of office politics” she went on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Then there are those male colleagues of mine, who
start the flirting game at very first conversation I make with them,” her voice was contemptuous.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“And my neighbours? They suck! The ladies
there don’t have anything to ask me other than why I am staying alone in this town,
why haven’t I got married till date, if I have any boyfriend and why my parents
don’t visit me? Jesus!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“There is nothing better than conversing with total
strangers. They don’t judge you, don't try to flirt with you because they know nothing about your age or looks. I can open up and share my
secretes with them without any fear as my identity remains under wraps.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“I talk
to people and then request them to place the phone in some other person’s house
or car or bike or shopping cart. Then again I call up and talk to the next
person.” she seemed mischievously happy while revealing her modus operandi.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">There was something honest in her voice that made me believe
her. We soon started conversing. She told me how she loved to go hiking in the outskirts,
which eating places she loved to visit, why she hated to have boyfriends,
who is her enemy-number-one in office and how she is planning to rout him. She told me why she hates Facebook and Twitter
and prefers to converse live with people the way she was doing with me. She
went on and on and on. Sometimes she paused to ask me a few questions like if I
maintained my garden by myself and if I thought Idlis made better morning-breakfast than
cornflakes. Or if I ever had a pet. She complimented me on the
beautiful lawn I maintained in front of my house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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instead of throwing a cellphone in people’s house? She told me that
she didn’t want people to have her number displayed on their phones. And then I noticed that the cellphone in my hand had its caller id
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talk for about half an hour. Then perhaps it was time for her to hang up because she said,
“Will you please do me a favour? While you return from work today evening, will you please put this phone somewhere- through an open window in someone's house or car? Or in some flowerpot somewhere? Or may be in someone’s backyard?” I need to talk to
someone in the evening……”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 150%;"><b>When I started writing another story on this prompt, it went <a href="http://saketkblog.blogspot.in/2016/01/saket-calling-saket_35.html" target="_blank">paradoxical and berserk</a>.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">(Thank you </span><i><span style="background: rgb(248 , 248 , 248); color: #999999; font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.indiblogger.in/blogger/73325/"><i><span style="background: rgb(248 , 248 , 248); color: #3463b1;">Archana Kapoor</span></i></a> for such an imaginative prompt)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.indiblogger.in/indispire_topic.php?topic=102" style="color: #3463b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">You dig up a time capsule you buried years ago. Instead of memorabilia, you find a modern phone. It rings.... Complete the story! </a><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23timecapsule" style="color: #3463b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">#timecapsule</a></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Ringg-ringg,
ring-ringggg, the ringing phone caught me by surprise while I was taking a walk
in my lawn. Did Anu, my wife, dropped her phone somewhere here? Or is someone
playing a mischief.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was coming from somewhere below the ground. I took a shovel and began to dig. To my surprise, I found a time capsule with a
phone in it. The phone was still ringing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Hello. “Is
it Saket?” the voice asks. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Yes, I
am Saket,” I respond. “Who is it?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“It’s you.
I mean it’s me. Actually it’s me, but it’s you too,” the voice from the other
side said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I was
confused. “What? Tell me again please?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The voice
responded, “Look, actually I am calling from the past. It’s the year 1992 now
and I am your old self. I mean I am Saket, your good-self, at the age of 16
years using a future-phone to call you. So it’s your own 16-year-old-self
talking to you now.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Nothing
made sense to me. I rubbed my ears.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He sensed
my confusion, hence proceeded to clarify, “Look, someone gave me this phone
today saying that it’s a <b>‘future-phone’,
</b>a phone which can be used to make calls in the future. This phone allows me
to talk to anyone from the future. And I thought who else would be the best to
talk to but my own future self. I dialled the year 2016 and now it’s me i.e. your
16-year-old-self talking to you- the 40-year-old Saket,” he explained hastily.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">This was
something weird, but still made some sense. I was on line with my old
16-year-old-self from the year 1992. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“OK,” I
said. “Nice to connect with you, I mean me, or you. But tell me, what do you want to talk ?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a pause. He cleared his throat and then said, “Actually I want to ask you a few things. A few questions.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“As 40-year-old
you definitely have a lot of things to tell to me,” he was polite and courteous.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“For me, learning
from my 40-year-old-self now itself can be useful,” he explained. “This way, I may avoid some mistakes I might be pois</span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%;">ed to commit."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“And by sharing </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">your wisdom</span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%;">with me will actually
benefit you. My avoiding mistakes and doing things right will result in a better and more
successful life for no one but you,” he showed me the carrot.</span></div>
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hands spontaneously went behind my own back to pat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Thank
you. Actually, I want to ask you three questions,”<o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">he said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>“What do you think is the secret of success?</b></span>” he popped the first question.</span></div>
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few second, then replied, “Well, buddy, I can tell you for sure, there
are only two things which determine your success- Luck and hard-work.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He seemed
perplexed. “I thought you would tell me that it’s only hard-work!” “That’s what
everyone around me says- my teachers, my father, and all those authors who
write inspirational books,” he protested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“I too would
have said so had I been 16,” I replied.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He waited
for me to explain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Look,” Try
to think <b>in a larger context</b>.” “Luck
dictates where you were born- whether you were born to rich parents in USA, or
to poor ones in Somalia. This factor alone greatly determines whether as a 20-year-old,
you would enroll in a university or slog in a field as an illiterate labourer.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Just be
grateful that you were born to parents who have put you in the best school in
the town. The education you are getting now is equipping you with skills you need to earn money and be successful. I don’t think you did something great to
be born in this family. Did you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“The authors
of inspirational books who write-off the role of luck in success, are giving
themselves more credit than they actually deserve. Ask them, if they were born
as an undernourished baby in Somalia, would they still be writing
books?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“I hope
you understand my point.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“But let me tell you that while you have no
control over luck, you have full control on the hard-work part” </span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I hurried
to tell him.<b> </b>So don’t bother about
luck and just concentrate on work ing hard. This is the best gift you can give to
yourself.”<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The he
asked the second question- <span style="color: blue;"><b>“What is the secret of happiness?”</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Simple.
Only two things – health, and money in that order. And when I say health and money, it's yours as well as your family's. </span><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%;">Don’t get fooled by guys preaching that love,
spirituality, selfless service etc. etc. bring happiness. No. It’s just
health and money. Period. If you have these two, all other things follow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He felt
surprised yet contented with my replies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The he asked
his third question, a bit hesitantly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>“How to
impress girls?” “I mean what it takes to make them fall for you?”</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I pondered
for a while, then said, “Out of all, this one took me longest to figure out than anything else.” “I am glad you asked.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Confidence
is the thing a woman looks for in a man,” I told.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Confidence
may be natural, or can be acquired, or can be faked”. “In whatever way it is,
it’s the best aphrodisiac for women.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Having
said that, I hurried to add something more. “Hey you, I mean hey me. I still haven’t
completed answering this question”. “I haven’t yet told you the most important
part of it.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">He asked,
“And what is that….?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Don’t chase women. Never ever chase women.
We men have better things to do in life than chase women.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%;">“Rather than chasing women, chase money, chase
fame and social status. Or chase some passion, like climb a mountain, invent
something new, find a cure for some disease, learn some art, excel in some
sport………. "</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%;">"And let me tell you, even women have better things to do in life than deal with guys chasing them with a </span><span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">rose</span><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 150%;"> in hand,” </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;">I finished sharing my wisdom with my 16-year-old-self</span><b style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">My
16-year-old-self thanked me profusely before bidding goodbye and hanging up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I was
left wondering if the call was for real or an illusion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">But as I
looked back on my life, I believed that the call was for real. Looking at the way I had lived my life, I was
sure that my 16-year-old self had not only conversed with me but had followed most of the advices, if not all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I buried the
phone where it was. Its purpose was over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">But as I
was walking back into the house, I paused, came back and dug-out the phone again.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Holding
the phone in my hand, I proceeded to make a call to my 60-year-old self……. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
had quite a few questions in mind…………….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 36px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Read a mysterious story on the same prompt <span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://saketkblog.blogspot.in/2016/02/cellphone-in-shrubbery.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">(Thank you </span><i><span style="background: #f8f8f8; color: #999999; font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.indiblogger.in/blogger/73325/"><i><span style="background: #f8f8f8; color: #3463b1;">Archana Kapoor</span></i></a> for
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<a href="https://www.indiblogger.in/indispire_topic.php?topic=102" style="color: #3463b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">You dig up a time capsule you buried years ago. Instead of memorabilia, you find a modern phone. It rings.... Complete the story! </a><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23timecapsule" style="color: #3463b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">#timecapsule</a></h3>
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Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03427879474443521889noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875735354655683570.post-54260763788026850432015-12-25T11:18:00.002+05:302016-01-14T14:55:34.234+05:30My Passion With The Bat, And The Ball......<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="https://www.indiblogger.in/indispire_topic.php?topic=97" style="color: #3463b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">What is that one passion which you would love to restart in your life again?</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23lostpassion" style="color: #3463b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">#lostpassion</a></h3>
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Posted by <a href="https://www.indiblogger.in/blogger/51165/" style="color: #3463b1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Shwetabh Mathur</a> under Hobbies<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">India’s
World Cup victory in 1983 ignited passion for cricket in me. As I watched Kapil
Dev taking that legendary catch off Vivian Richards, I vowed that I will one
day play the World Cup finals by myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 150%;">This is
the story of my passion, lost and found again a few years down the line……<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I saw that match,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 150%;">That wonderful catch,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Which sent Viv Richards out,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In that all important bout…..<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I saw him hold the cup,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And got shivers,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 150%;">We played day and night,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 150%;">But when I grew,<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It was entirely a different
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 150%;">will fetch you your bread”…….<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Pen is mightier than the bat, I
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<b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Bell MT",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Which was my true call…….<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "bell mt" , serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">The below is a lyrical narrative
of my journey towards the Blogland. I have mentioned some of the wonderful blogs
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">जब </span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Blogland <span lang="HI">की ओर चला</span>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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छोड़ चला....</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">..</span><span style="background: black; border: 1pt none black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 0pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0cm;"></span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75"
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">जो </span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Mayflower<span lang="HI"> </span>Tree <span lang="HI">कहलाई</span>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">एक </span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.anitaexplorer.com/" target="_blank">Miracle</a><span lang="HI"> वहीं मिला तब <sup>(1</sup></span></span><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">)</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">एक द्वीप तो
ऐसा पाया</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">जिसमें थी <a href="http://isharethese.com/">चित्रों</a> की छाया <sup>(</sup></span><sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">2</span></sup><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">)</span></sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">चलचित्रों की
छवि थी उसमें</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">,<span lang="HI"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.numerounity.com/" target="_blank">Numerounity</a> <span lang="HI">लिखा था जिसमे <sup>(</sup></span><sup>3</sup></span><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">)</span></sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">मैं किस्सों
का सौदागर</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">जब </span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Blogland <span lang="HI">की ओर चला</span>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">सागर की छाती
पर दौड़ा</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">धरती का आँचल
छोड़ चला....</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">..</span><span style="background: black; border: 1pt none black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 0pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0cm;"></span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5"
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">छंद</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">,<span lang="HI"> पद्य</span>,<span lang="HI"> कविता के बोल</span>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.sarusinghal.com/" target="_blank">सारू</a> की दुनिया थी गोल <sup>(</sup></span><sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">4</span></sup><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">)</span></sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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तट पर जाके</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">सब </span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.fashionoire.com/" target="_blank">Fashionire</a><span lang="HI"> की दुनिया में झांकें
<sup>(</sup></span><sup>5</sup></span><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">)</span></sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">घूम के देखा
ये जग सारा</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.frommywindowseat.com/" target="_blank">Window Seat</a> <span lang="HI">से मिला नज़ारा
<sup>(</sup></span><sup>6</sup></span><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">)</span></sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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की माया</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.jagoinvestor.com/" target="_blank">Jago<span lang="HI"> </span>Investor</a><span lang="HI"> ने मुझे समझाया <sup>(</sup></span><sup>7</sup></span><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">)</span></sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">मैं किस्सों
का सौदागर</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">सागर की छाती
पर दौड़ा</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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छोड़ चला....</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">..</span><span style="background: black; border: 1pt none black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 0pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0cm;"></span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6"
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<a href="http://www.purba-ray.com/" target="_blank">पूर्ब</a> किनारे</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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के फव्वारे <sup>(</sup></span><sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">8</span></sup><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">)</span></sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">टपकी लार और
मन ललचाया <sup>(</sup></span><sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">9</span></sup><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">)</span></sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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सब कारें <sup>(</sup></span><sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">10</span></sup><sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">)</span></sup><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">मैं किस्सों
का सौदागर</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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पर दौड़ा</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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छोड़ चला....</span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%;">..</span><span style="background: black; border: 1pt none black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 0pt; line-height: 200%; padding: 0cm;"></span><span style="font-family: "mangal" , serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_7"
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Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03427879474443521889noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875735354655683570.post-61029125728062475582015-11-13T12:30:00.007+05:302016-01-18T20:17:31.033+05:30The Lines Which Moved Me!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sakethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03427879474443521889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875735354655683570.post-91801962385872995182015-10-22T21:45:00.000+05:302016-04-02T14:59:43.486+05:30रोटी !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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glass-cabins. It’s the food over which wars are fought. It’s the food over
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<span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As usual, I fell asleep with the book resting on my chest. It happens every night. When I wish to get some sleep, I get a book with me to bed. A good book makes me forget my stress, relaxes my mind and the sleeps sets in quickly. A bad, boring book brings the sleep even faster.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I was deep into my sleep when suddenly I found myself walking; walking in my dream to a building looking like a library. The board in the front said ‘Your Library’. “That’s a weird name for a library,” I thought, and entered through a big glass door.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I walked to the biggest shelf and stood there. A shelf full of slim hardcover books, with smooth and colorful prints. I took out one. A chill went down my spine. This was the same book of rhymes which I had possessed and read in my kindergarten. My very own book with my name scribbled on it in shaky handwriting on the front page. I opened the first page. The words ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star…’ stared at me. All in large coloured font. The page was full with pictures of stars- some printed and some drawn by me with my own hands, some with pencil and some with crayons. I had made a smiling face in some of the stars with a pencil, may be on a particular day when I was too happy upon being praised by my teacher. I checked on some other books. One was ‘Alphabet-Book’, another ‘Numbers-Book’ and another was full with sketches for me to colour. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I started reading again ‘Jingle bells…’ and ‘twinkle twinkle’ with joy in my voice till I reached up to last page.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Ideally, there has to be “nothing” beyond the point where universe ends. But h</span><span style="font-family: 'Maiandra GD', sans-serif; font-size: 19.0909px; line-height: 28.1818px;">ow can there be something called “nothing”</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">? </span><span style="font-family: 'Maiandra GD', sans-serif; font-size: 19.0909px; line-height: 28.1818px;">What is “nothing”?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">“If I drill a hole through the boundary of the universe, where would the drill go into? Where would it come out?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">I have a weird desire to flow along the bloodstream inside my own body, in form of a microbe (bacterium). May be one day, using some miracle of science, I can make my alter ego incarnated as a bacterium which then will enter into my own body. My tiny microbial form will travel through and explore my body while my original form of body continues to live. The microbial form of me will communicate with my original form’s brain to convey and register its experience (travelogue) as it travels through my body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">My microbial form could enter into my body through the bronchial opening in the same way the streptococci do, and then hop into the blood-stream at the first opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Everyone wants to travel to past, but my idea is different. I don’t want to go to the times of kings and queens, or to stone age or to the dinosaurs era for that matter. I want to travel to just one place, to my kindergarten school, as a three year old tiny kid.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">I wish to relive those moments of anxiety when my mother dropped me to the classroom in the mornings, and the moments of ecstasy when I saw her waiting for me at the classroom door in the evenings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">I wish to see my kindergarten teacher again, hear her words of appreciation for having shaped my ‘As and Bs’ well, and mock reprimand for not being able to write ‘Q’ correctly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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