A very brief review on Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Basically there is a seagull, Jonathan who believes a seagull is for more than eating dead fish head and flying only for search of it.

He believes there is more to flying, finding freedom in flying and believing that a seagull has more to life unlike what the flock has always preached him and the other gulls.

So the book intends to teach us to be like Jonathan, finding more meaning to life, getting out of the comfort zone, the power of dreaming and fulfilling the dreams as well.

Overall it's a nice book which can be completed in a very short sitting.

Poems

My recent love affair has been with poems. Happened to lay my hands on the book NINETY SEVEN POEMS from Penguin publications at Crossword, Pune which is collection of poems from Ninety seven poets. Each one of them has a different color.

Then I was introduced to some other poets other than those in the book.The most favorite among the contemporary poets has been undoubtedly Lang Leav. She is amazing. Every poem of hers is like a hidden treasure. You really don't know what's hidden in them until you find one.
Leaving one of them for the readers.

The most valuable thing for me is...

... Freedom...To be yourself, to have your likes and dislikes, to eat what you like, to wear what you feel comfortable, to express, to follow your heart...And yeah you learn it's value only when you don't have it...

Something from the old drafts

MY TRYST WITH THE AUDIOBOOKS

draft dated 6th January 2019

As I have mentioned in my bio I’m a very embryonic reader. I have read few books and I still read, but I’m far away from something called a voracious reader. Lately I have committed myself to be a consistent reader (someone who reads everyday come what may) and set reading goals and achieve them.

I have so far been successful in doing so. If not a paperback, I atleast login to my Kindle and read during lunchtime at the office. This has not only served the purpose of reading but also is great stress reliever break.

Audio books are very popular among readers worldwide. For me it was a new concept. I haven’t had a chance of getting an experience of an audio book. Recently I have had one such experience. I downloaded and ‘read’ ( read listened) the book ‘The Scion of Ikshvaku’.

I would say audible books are a boon to people who have a very busy schedule but still want to be in touch with reading, and want to know the contents of the book. Even thought it doesnt give the ‘tangible’ effect of the book, I think audible books work fine when it comes to self help books or narration kind of books.

Whatever be the format, books (reading) are something which help all your senses and so go ahead and make 2019, a year of reading!!!

...Reminiscing from old memories

Ganesh Chathurthi Post

A new post..on Ganesh Chathurthi...
Past few days have been worst..terrible...such that I had lost the hope to live...
Today on this day after introspection I find whatever happened to me was because of my reactions to the situations..people won't change for me...neither do I have to change for people...only thing that can and should be changed is my reaction to situations and happenings around me...
Today on this day I promise myself not to be impulsive...not to react...especially to people who don't matter much...
Thank you Ganeshji for the lesson...
Wish you all a very Happy Ganesh Chathurthi..☺
P.S.: Reading Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski.

Happened to come across this image the other day. Really how changed is life after social media has entered to this levels.

Facebook has come with 'n' options of updating what you are eating, thinking, reading, drinking, watching, feeling, making, celebrating, remembering, getting and what not....

Some combinations status which made write this post altogether......

1. XXXX is -- getting some fresh air 

2. XXXX is -- making connections 

3. XXXX is -- making noise (status by a 8 yr old kid)

4. XXXX is -- celebrating something

5. XXXX is -- looking at the sky

I happened to visit a cyber crime lecture wherein the lecturer told us an incident about how a girl from a high profile family always updated her status on a social networking site. Few notorious people with fake profile became her friends and kept following her profile. 

After a few days, she updated her status of a family trip to a hill station. Subsequently she kept on updating her status of the trip, when they left for the trip, what are they doing there, who is accompanying with them...These notorious people after getting all information robbed the house..and they made it big.

When the case was investigated it came to light that root cause of this incident was her updates which let them know about whereabouts of the family. This is the level at which social media has harmed our lives. Its high time that we do not make our private life, public. 

A note to end this post: read more, travel, work, love, make friends, and don't update this on social media. :P

To be or not to be...Visas questioned?

I have never aspired to go abroad and study or work...I don't know why it didn't appeal me or may be my family background was not such that they would encourage me to go abroad and study and settle down there...And it so happened that I stepped into NON-IT education streams and the chances lowered down...I don't have any plus or minus feelings about the same...

However today I went through a post which talked about H4 dependent visas and H1B visas of their spouses. Married women talked about how they worked while they were in  India and talked about how talented they were, and how they have rich experience of working especially in IT companies and how they are dependent on their spouse since they are married and went to The US to settle with their spouse. They talked how difficult it is in The US to survive with one earning person in the family. Many women said that they are getting treated for depression as they no longer feel they have a life, and have to ask their spouse for every little need of theirs to be fulfilled.

Women need to think twice before they marry someone who is working with H1B visa. They need to be aware that they will be getting a dependent visa. They cannot earn, own or even open a bank account without their husband permits to do so. They need to understand that their role there will be only to cook, raise kids and be a good homemaker. All this needs to be understood before they marry and go off...You don't get a chance to regret it later. And if you are comfortable with everything that comes 'free' with H4 visa: aunties in India will say arre Sharma ji ki beti US mein settle hai, friends will envy all your profile pics on FB and whatsapp where you will flaunt snowfall or parks, and ofcourse parents will feel proud ki humari beti ko humne engineer banaya aur dhumdham se shadi kar di...then the choice is yours.

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