MUSIC, SOUL OF OUR LIFE…

Hello Friends,

It may sound like a very general topic and we can find almost everyone writing on this topic and the reason behind this is that music is really close to everyone’s heart…Music is true soul of everyone.. Moreover we often find almost everyone’s hobby as music…

Its beauty is that it binds everyone in its different colors…Music has every color that corresponds to the different colors of our life.. In fact different shades of life have given birth to different colors of music…

At times my mind questions about the origination of music.. We can easily observe that, music or in better term sound is created by every tiny particle on this earth…Here is one more interesting thing sound and music.. Do they differ from each other...I feel yes.. A sound that touches one’s heart is a music.. And that is the biggest difference between the two so every sound cant be a music..

We all are aware about Our Nature and its Beauty…Music is the most beautiful thing blessed to us by Nature.. A sound of a drop, rainfall, waterfall, wind, river, birds, animals etc. all belongs to Our Nature…They truly define the rhythm of our life…

There is a very unique relation of us with music and sound.. Once I was watching Discovery Channel, the program was related with the development of child in mother’s womb.. They told a very interesting fact that a baby in the mother’s womb is associated with different sounds like heart beat, water sound etc... Music is such an integral part of our life..

Moreover, we all are born singers…:) We start singing the moment we take birth i.e. making music of crying. And that first cry of a baby brings such a big smile on the face of each family member. It takes away all the pains of the mother who just went through such a large pain while delivering the baby…:) although later that same crying music becomes a headache for everyone…:) i.e. a music is no more music and just remains an irritating sound..

Our music lessons begin with the lullabies of our mom who always sing it to make us sleep.. I feel this is the reason that we still enjoy music during our bed time…Our journey with music always continues in our life.. We can find ourselves making sound on the table of our class, whistling on our favorite tune or for some other purpose ;), making different sounds out of our mouth, with the spoons and forks, with pencils, with our claps(very often in cheering up someone or some team)and the most irritating sound of our cycle or bike or car horn( although it helps us a lot but really irritates the others who listens it).. :)

We are associated with music in our daily life in the form of our mobile ring tone, our door bell, our vehicle horn, with a long playlist stored in our PC, Lappi, iPod, music player, mobile and all time favorite FM.. It is the favorite entertainment is everyone’s life..

Music is really a vast and Deep Ocean and somewhere someone is always in search of new pearls and shells…No doubt we have such a diverse range of music and will keep on having them ..

Keep enjoying the different colors of life with its corresponding music…

STORIES, A JOURNEY, A GUIDE, A COMPANION OF OUR LIFE...

Hello Friends...

Stories!! What are they..?? I think a narration of something which had already happened or something imaginary..hmmmmmm...whatever it be, but if observed carefully we ll find it so close to everyone's life...

Stories begins with our life beginning..In fact our life is itself a story...A small child mite not know the meaning of a story but his life's understanding begins with a story..His everyday, every hour is in itself a story..I remember my childhood days, whenever I used to come back from school I have so many stories to tell to my Mumma..And still I always have so many stories to talk about..

Each person in our life makes one story for us..Whether it be a friends or a stranger..Each hour each minute of a persons forms one story..Just imagine how many stories are formed in the whole world with such a vast population...No doubt we have so many story books available in the market...:)

Our Dreams are also a story and at times we get so much involved with them that we forget that those were only dreams..

From our very childhood we are told stories for each and everything..It begins with small poems, which in itself is a form of short story..Our parents and grandparents always have so many stories for us...And we come so used to them that we always feel like listening them...It is a source of entertainment for us..

We develop different feelings with the help of different stories...Stories forms the emotional basis of our life...We are told brave stories to become brave, ghost stories to create a feeling of scare in us, we are also told stories of successful persons to become like that person...Its like our life is a CLAY and the finished product depends upon the type of stories told to us..

Violent impact of stories can be seen in case of terrorists..Innocent people develops so much hatred and violence with the help of false stories told to them by their masters..Their whole life changes and they become ready to kill anyone...

In our school also our each and every subject is a story..and when there is no story behind something, it often becomes difficult to understand it...For example, for most of the people Maths is often most boring subject cos they never find any story behind it...However, this is not the case with me, Maths has always been my favorite..:)

Not only in school, stories continues in our life for ever n ever..It never stops..At every stage of our life we will find a story of someone guiding us and defining the path in front of us..Our views, our perception, our feelings, our life everything depends on the type of stories we have heard in our life...

We are often asked about our Role Model, who is a person whose story has inspired us the most..Again a story...And there is not a single story but infinite stories which defines our lives..

Every story forms a new story...Bcos the moment in which that story is told corresponds to a new story...

Stories have also provided a medium for earning due to its best quality i.e. SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT..In fact the biggest medium...Movies, Serials, News, Cartoons everything is based on a story...thats so interesting na...

One more interesting thing is that "Everything in our life is a story"..At times our life writes a story, at other times we search a story by various means(talking,reading,watching TV etc..)

Oh how could I forget..My blogs are also a form story only...:)

Keep reading and keep enjoying....

Krishna in New Avatar!!

hello Friends,

My nephew Vishesh was recently dressed in Krishna costume..I took his picture and made a movie..He gave a new view to Krishna life...enjoying eclairs and cold drink in place of traditional maakhan and milk...

Sharing the same with you all..

You all will definitely enjoy it...

Keep rocking and enjoying...

ONE MOVE IN OUR LIFE...

Hello Friends,

Looking at my topic you all must be guessing its something related with the CHESS game..It is the most interesting Game and at many times it co-relates to our life also..But it is not the case here.. Although as a MOVE is important in a Chess Game similarly it is also important in our life game..

However, I picked up this Subject from my previous article "Biggest weakness or Greatest Strength"..It was just a small example how ONE MOVE can help us in converting our weakness into strongest strength..However ONE MOVE can do a number of wonders in our life..

Most of the success stories defines the importance of this ONE MOVE..Every success is marked by ONE MOVE of the person taken in his/her life..I feel that One Move is taking a step forward to do something in our life..In better terms, ONE MOVE is BELIEVING IN OUR DREAMS AND WORKING FOR MAKING IT REAL..The term FORWARD is most important..Bcos that helps us in continuing with our MOVE and not stopping in between or going back..Most of us suffer from few problems..Either we are not able to take the initiative for work, or if we start it, we often leave it in between and think of restarting again (i.e. going back)..However, if we always keep in mind our ONE MOVE (i.e. taking step forward) we will definitely reach the end and SUCCESS will be ours..

In our life, we often face the situations where we have to make a MOVE to decide on something..which at times proves to be rite and at other times wrong..ONE MOVE can change our whole life ...ONE MOVE can either make or break our life..We seek advice from our elders and colleagues..But the ultimate role is played by our own Intuitions..If we ll go by our Intuitions we ll always succeed..but if we ll go against it our failure is sure..

By being true to oneself we can make the best decision in any circumstances..and once the decision is made what matters is our ONE MOVE..

So, how importantly you make your ONE MOVE..??

BIGGEST WEAKNESS OR GREATEST STRENGTH....!!

Hello friends,

Our strongest weakness can be our greatest strength…We all hardly realize this fact and feel miserable about it..

I came through a very interesting story of a 10 years old small boy, who lost his left arm in a car accident..It is true example of above fact…

He wished to learn judo despite of this weakness.. The boy began his classes with an old Judo Master..He was doing extremely well there but in 3 months his master taught him only one Move..And he was quite surprised of it..So he asked his master, "Shouldn't I be learning more moves?"

His master replied, "This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you ever need to know.." Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher the boy kept training..

Several months later, the master took the boy for his first tournament..Surprising himself the boy easily won his first two matches..The third match proved to be difficult, but after sometime his opponent became impatient and charged, the boy deftly used his ONE MOVE to win the match... Still amazed by his win, the boy was now in final..

This time his opponent was much bigger, stronger and much experienced...For the time being, the boy appeared to be over matched..Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a timeout..He was about to stop the match when the master intervened and said "Let him continue"...

Soon after the match resumed his opponent made a critical mistake..he dropped his guard..Instantly boy used his MOVE to pin him...the boy won the match and the tournament...He was the CHAMPION...

The boy still amazed by his win, asked his Master " How did I won the match with only ONE MOVE"

Master answered..You won because of two things..First, you have mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of Judo..And second, the only known defense for that MOVE is for your opponent to grasp your LEFT ARM...

The boy's biggest weakness had become his greatest strength.....

We never realize the fact that “if we properly work on our weaknesses it can prove to be the greatest strength for us”..

We are always running for what we have not received instead of being strengthening our strength by strength. Isn't it....?.

Keep reading and enjoy HAPPINESS & JOY............!!

An IDEA can change ur Life, ......But,a Girl Can change Ur IDEA..... !!

THE ONLY CONSTANT THING IN LIFE IS CHANGE...!!

hello friends,

"The only constant thing in life is change"... now a days, I find this quotation used everywhere...whether it be a movie, any TV show or newspaper article. Everywhere I encounter this quotation so thought of choosing it this time. Does it really has so much significance to be used everywhere..

What is change?? This is the first ques which arises. I think something which is different from the earlier in a particular respect..

Since our childhood, we find a number of changes in our life if we closely observe it.. Our thinking pattern changes, our goals changes, our environment changes, our circle changes, our talk changes, our responsibilities changes, our overlook changes, our dressing style changes, our frequency of doing things changes, our government changes, our boss changes etc. etc.. Even each day is different than the previous one.. Each passing year in our school changes our class from 1 to 2 to 3 and so on and similarly our teachers and course.. Some of us also change our school so our colleagues also changes and our friend's list keep on increasing.. Our role in life also keeps changing from a child to a son/daughter to a father/mother to a grand father/grand mother and so on.. And on professional level also from student to an employee to employer and so on..

Change is something which is desired by us always.. If we observe, we can find ourselves saying "LETS DO SO AND SO FOR A CHANGE"...Like, for a change we love to try out new items in our food menu, for a change we love go for a long drives, we love to change our wardrobes from time to time, we choose to go for a holiday for a change from our homely environment, we always look for new ways of entertainment..

Change is a human nature and we always require it from time to time.. But as we grow up we start restricting ourselves to the changes in our life.. And this restriction keeps on increasing as one grows up.. It is very commonly observed in old people.. They love to live their life on a preset pattern.. They often forget the fact that Change is the process of life and at times it was the most desirous thing in their life..

At many times it really becomes difficult to adapt to a change.. Especially when we are emotionally attached to something.. At that time, our need for change vanishes and we feel its so easy to say this thing( that change is the constant thing in life) but so difficult to accept it.. We also see it as a great excuse given by someone.. But change always proves to be a process of life..

If we look at our life, we will really find "CHANGE AS THE ONLY CONSTANT THING IN OUR LIFE".. It is need of change that has brought us to the world we are living in today.. And it is the only thing which aspires us to move ahead in life..

It is such an irony that we always work for a Change in our life..Every person has a COMMON GOAL in their life and that is TO CHANGE SOMETHING IN THEIR LIFE...or we can say the CONSTANT GOAL IN ONE'S LIFE IS CHANGE...

Wooooooh..I was thinking of its significance.. And here our whole life work on the funda of CHANGE.. :)

Who holds our remote control??

Hello Friends,


Once I was reading a book and I came through a very beautiful fact..So thought of sharing with you all..

Very often we get disturbed by someone’s comment or someone’s actions.. If someone says something good about us we feel extremely happy but if he says something bad we get disturbed…its instantaneous.. it’s a human nature..at times it has such a major impact on us... we get so much disturbed that everything gets affected... it takes much of time to come out of it..at times our reactions are so spontaneous and harsh that we regret afterwards...I have also faced a number of such situations in my life..

Doesnt it sounds like someone else is having the remote control of our mind..he/she changes our mood with the help of their words and actions..its so easy for them to control us..

We are most affected by those persons to whom we strongly like or dislike..If we like a person and he says us something its easy to come out of it...But someone to whom we strongly dislike affects us much more in comparison to former..

We never realized we had given so much of powers in others hand..At home we always fight for the Remote control of TV with our siblings and the one who owns it rules over the TV..

So how come we can give our mind remote control in someone else's hand atleast to that person for whom we hardly care...Getting affected by a person means we give so much importance to that person and his actions..and one thing is for sure we never wanna give importance to the person to whom we dislike or we hardly care... So if we realise this fact we can control our reactions and save us from getting hurt..

This fact has really helped me a lot in overcoming a number of situations in my life..I used to be very emotional but now I know who controls of my REMOTE CONTROL.. :)

What about you guys...???

TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STARS!!

TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STARS ,

HOW I WONDER WHAT YOU ARE…

UP ABOVE THE WORLD SO HIGH,

LIKE A DIAMOND IN THE SKY..

TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STARS,

A PART OF EVERYONE’S LIFE YOU ARE..

EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE YOU IN LIFE,

OH THEY FORGET YOU ARE THERE IN THE SKY..

AS WE GROW UP, WE WANT TO BE A STAR,

WANT TO TWINKLE IN THE FIELD WE ARE..

SOMETIMES WE TWINKLE SOMETIMES WE FAIL,

OH OUR LIFE IS SIMILAR TO YOUR CASE..

A CLOUD CAN COME AND HIDE UR SHINE,

BUT IT CAN NEVER TAKE AWAY UR SMILE,

AS IT PASSES WE AGAIN SEE UR SMILE,

IS OUR CASE SIMILAR TO YOUR LINE..

SMILE, AND GET BACK A SMILE,

THIS IS THE WAY YOU WORK IN YOUR LIFE..

EVERYONE LOVES TO SEE UR SMILE,

OH THAT IS THE REASON YOU ARE EVERYONE’S LIKE…

IN THE 24 HOURS OF THE DAY,

YOU SHINE FOR FEW HOURS OF THE DAY…

BUT WHEN YOU SHINE YOU BRIGHTEN UP THE SKY,

THAT IS THE TRUTH OF EVERYONE’S LIFE…

WE LIVE A LIFE SIMILAR TO YOURS,

I FEEL SO GREAT GOT TO KNOW..

NOW I UNDERSTAND Y R WE SO ATTACHED,

YOU PORTRAY ME AND I PORTRAY THOU..

Our childhood begins with the shweet poem of TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STARS!! Its the first poem on which we also learn to dance or act...This is the poem which one never forgets in his/her life and it forms a relation between the stars and the person from their very childhood...mere twinkling of stars bring smile on every child's face and in this way we form a relation with the stars..we start talking to them and get reply also by their tickling..n then the journey begins with the stars in our life…in schools teachers appreciates our work by giving stars in our notebook..3 stars are considered to be the best and every child is crazy about getting them..as we move ahead we get the recognition like star of the class, star of the school, star of the college, star employee, star company and so on..our lives are full of stars everywhere… I feel every person’s life must have a story related with the stars...

Similar is the case with me also..my journey with stars also begin in the same way thru poem, getting starts in copies and then getting a star badge if we stood among top 5 in our class..I also love to watch stars for hours and hours since my childhood...I also have a strange relation with them..I got more interested in them when i learn about our Universe in my class 9th syllabus..i started searching the various constellations in the sky..and then began talking wth them..I spend hours in my balcony or on terrace watching and talking to them..they gave all the answers to my questions and takes away all the worries..it used to be such a great time..i had also seen moving stars in the sky daily..it was more of a wait for the moving star that compels me to spend such a long time with them...

There is also so much about the shooting stars n making a wish from them...and our wishes coming true..i also got to learn one theory..its really funny but really satisfying to keep our belief alive..it tells that whenever any star shoots out it shows a person is going from earth to heaven..so if u make a wish that person is on that shooting star and he ll carry ur wishes directly to the god and god will fulfill them....ha ha ha...so funny na...

As i grew up i found so many inferences drawn with stars everywhere...i started noticing its use everywhere..anyone who is at the top is a star..every person who leaves this world also becomes a star... we are always told "to aim for sky even if u miss it u ll land among the stars"...every success story is a star story..

The biggest irony is “everyone aspires to become a star in their life which they ultimately become when they die”

Stars play such an important role in everyone's life..isnt it..what i really like best about them is they always brings smile on my face whenever i see them..they are so beautiful..a clear sky with full of stars is one of the best experience in one's life...

Lets know our country leaders!! -(part II)

SHRI PRANAB MUKHERJEE

Shri Pranab Mukherjee is once again nominated to cabinet as the MINISTER OF FINANCE to 15th Loksabha...lets know more about him...

PRANAB MUKHERJEE, 74 years old, born December, 1935
at Mirati, Kirnahar, District Birbhum (West Bengal) India.

His Educational Qualifications: M.A (History), M.A (Political Science) LL.B, D. Ltt.(Honoris Causa), educated at Vidyasagar College, Suri Calcutta University, West Bengal.

Profession Teacher, Journalist and Author.

He is married to Smt. Suvra Mukherjee and has
two sons and one daughter.

His Father was a freedom fighter, was imprisoned for more than 10 years, participated in all Congress movements from 1920, was a member of AICC, and West Bengal Legislative Council (1952-64), President, District Congress Committee, Birbhum (WB).

Position held in Union

(i) Deputy Minister, Industrial Development Govt. from February, 1973 to January, 1974.
(ii) Deputy Minister, Shipping and Transport from January, 1974 to October, 1974.
(iii) Minister of State for Finance from October, 1974 to December, 1975.
(iv) Minister of Revenue and Banking (Independent Charge) from December, 1975 to March, 1977.
(v) Cabinet Minister of Commerce and Steel & Mines from January, 1980 to January, 1982.
(vi) Cabinet Minister of Finance from January, 1982 to December, 1984 with additional charge of Ministry of Commerce and Supply, September to December 31, 1984.
(vii) Depurty Chairman, Planning Commission, June 1991 to May, 1996.
(viii) Cabinet Minister of Commerce from January 1993 to February, 1995.
(ix) Cabinet Minister of External Affairs from February, 1995 to May, 1996.
(x) Cabinet Minister of Defence, from 22nd May, 2004.

In Parliament

(i) Elected to Rajya Sabha July, 1969.
(ii) Re-elected to Rajya Sabha 1975, 1981,1993 and 1999. Elected to 14th Lok Sabha on 13th May, 2004 and again to 15th Lok Sabha.
(iii) Deputy Leader, Congress Party in Rajya Sabha 1978-80.
(iv) Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha 1980-1985.
(v) 1996 onwards
(a) Member, Business Advisory Committee
(b) Member, Committee on Privileges.
(c) Member, Committee on Rules.
(vi) Member, Consultative Committee for External Affairs 1996-99.
(vii) Chairman, Department- related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests 1997.
(viii) Chairman, Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, June 1998 onwards.
(ix) Leader of the House, Lok Sabha, June, 2004 till date.

In Congress Party

(i) Member, Congress Working Committee (the highest policy making body of Indian National Congress) from 27th January, 1978 to 18th January, 1986 and again from 10th August, 1997 till date.
(ii) President, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee 1985 and from August, 2000 till date.
(iii) Member, Central Parliamentary Board, AICC 1978-1986.
(iv) Treasurer, All India Congress Committee, 1978-1979.
(v) Treasurer, Congress(I) Party in Parliament 1978-1979.
(vi) Chairman, Economic Advisory Cell, AICC. 1987-1989.
(vii) Chairman, Campaign Committee of AICC for conducting National Elections to Parliament in 1984, 1991, 1996 and 1998.
(viii) General Secretary, AICC 1998-1999.
(ix) Chairman, Central Election Coordination Committee, AICC from 28th June, 1999 onwards.
(x) Member, Central Election Committee, AICC from 12th December, 2001 onwards.

In International Organisations

Member:

(I) Board of Governors –

(a) International Monetary Fund 1982-1985.
(b) World Bank, 1982-1985
(c) Asian Development Bank, 1982-1985
(d) African Development Bank, 1982-1985.

(ii) Chairman, Group 24 (a Ministerial group attached to IMF and World Bank) 1984.

(iii) Presided over SAARC Council of Ministers Conference, May 1995 and November 1995.

Foreign Delegations

Leader of Indian Delegations to:

(i) Colombo Plan Finance Ministers Conference, Singapore 1975 and Colombo 1976.
(ii) Commonwealth Finance Ministers Conference, 1982, 1983 and1984.
(iii) Annual General Meeting of World Bank and IMF in 1982, 1983 and 1984.
(iv) Annual General Meeting of Asian Development Bank, 1982, 1983 and 1984.
(v) Ministerial Conference of WTO, Marrakesh in 1994.
(vi) UN General Assembly in 1994 and 1995.
(vii) Social Summit at Copenhagen in 1995.
(viii) 40th Anniversary of Asian Conference, Bandug 1995.
(ix) Conference of Commonwealth Heads of Governments(CHOGAM), Auckland 1996.
(x) Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference at Carte-Ghana, 1995.

Honors and Distinctions conferred

(i) Rated as one of the best five Finance Ministers of the world for the year 1984 according to a survey of Euro Money, journal published from New York.
(ii) Conferred Best Parliamentarian Award for 1997.
(iii) His leadership in the Ministry of Finance and other Economic Ministries was well acclaimed, nationally and internationaly. He was considered as the key figure in formulating economic policies of the nation for a long term. Under his stewardship India earned the distinction of not withdrawing the last installment of IMF loan to the extent of Us$1.1 billion. He was considered as ranking Minister and presided over the Cabinet meeting of the Union in the absence of the Prime Minister during 1980-1985.

Social and Cultural Activities

(i) President, Nikhil Bharat Banga Sahitya Sammelan, 1995-2001.
(ii) Chairman, Planning Board, Asiatic Society, Kolkata from 1984 to 1986 and 1992-1996.
(iii) Trustee, Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, 1984-1990.
(iv) Trustee, Bidhan Memorial Trust, Kolkata since 1998.

Book Published

(i) Midterm Poll –1969
(ii) Beyond Survival: Emerging Dimensions of Indian Economy – 1984
(iii) Off the Track –1987
(iv) Saga of Struggle and Sacrifice –1992
(v) Challenges Before the Nation (on Indian National Congress)- 1992.


What say friends...Our country is in right hands or not?? I feel IT is...

A Lovely Morning for all!!

Good morning Friends,

A lovely quotation to start our day...In first reading it sounds good but at times it doesnt sounds practically possible..Its all because we take it very litely and feel its a very common thing..However if we really work on each and every line we can see its wonders in our life..If we follow it religiously it will result in total freedom to live..And freedom brings happiness and enjoyment..

At many times we dont even know what makes us happy...by doing what we can really feel happy..I feel something which satisfy us and we really enjoy the time doing it, is something which make us feel happy..however many times after doing something we really regret for doing it cos someone else leaves us an impression that what we did was wrong..at that time we forget that we really enjoyed doing it and feel regret cos someone else conception empower us to feel regretful..Now we know this fact, so we can save ourselves from others empowering us with their conception and can live freely..

However, one thing I really find difficult i.e. "to be with someone who makes you smile"..Its not always possible to be with someone who makes us smile..However, if we think in opposite way, it can be possible to make someone else smile by being with that person and there by making us also smile... :)

Laugh as much as we breathe..woooo thats a difficult task..But i feel if we keep repeating this line in our mind we can come out of many difficult situations easily and can always find new ways out..

Loving as long as we live..I feel this is the best thing to do..As it brings the bonding with everyone we love and we never let us feel alone in our life..Moreover it takes away all the negative feelings from us as love is the purest feeling in the world...

I feel now its easy for me to implement this quotation in my life...And also very interesting to practice it...Friends pls share your opinion also on this quotation so that we all can achieve the freedom and happiness in our lives...

Keep smiling and keep rocking!! Keep enjoying your freedom... :)