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Found this outside a shop in Palam Vyaapar Kendra, Palam Vihar, Gurgaon, Haryana.

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Too Much Comfort Becomes Uncomfortable, And Too Much Discomfort Is Always Uncomfortable. So, Give Out Some Comfort From Too Much Comfort To People Living In Too Much Discomfort So That Everyone Becomes Comfortable. 

Today I felt India's population with it's poverty, and this time not vicariously.

 I heartily thank Alka Bua  for her valuable contributions. And my sincere thanks to Ankur Tyagi Sir, for his promise and support.

I went with a big rucksack, full of clothes, with a feeling of adequacy. But the rucksack was empty within 30 minutes. If anyone of you guys reading my blog have any piece of not-in-use warm clothes, either hand it over to me and I'll distribute them on your behalf, or take out a weekend, and you guys, yourself collect clothes from your respective communities and provide our brothers and sisters some warmth.

  'Provide and support them with some warm clothes and make their winter pleasant' This is my very kind request to all you people.    

City Centre

I met these kids outside M.G. Road Metro Station. Begging is their part time job, as they do it only on Saturdays. They asked me for some warm clothes, as it is December with an approaching harsh winter, and these shivering lads and girls have little on their bodies to abate their frigidity. They told me that I can meet them next Saturday, between 1900hrs-2000hrs, outside the M.G. Road Metro Station. 'Provide and support them with some warm clothes and make their winter pleasant' This is my very kind request to all you people. I am going to these kids next Saturday. 

A Daily Plan For The Inner Journey To Be From Darkness Towards Light.

Check your balance sheet daily before going to sleep. By balance sheet, I mean to say, bifurcate the daily activities you are performing in two categories. Is it towards destruction or construction? If it is towards the destructive or the constructive? Whether it is towards demolition or creation? After preparing the daily balance sheet of your daily activities, with a rational mind try to analyze the balance sheet you have come up with. Assimilate if the current balance sheet that you hold will lead you higher or is it going to take you further down slope. If latter is the case check the activities which are pulling you down from your true being; what you could be, what you are right now, and what you are becoming. Identify the activities which will help you towards the could, and will mold your becoming towards creation and not destruction. Work on an action plan action plan accordingly which will help you in focusing your energy on the latter type of activities, in order to increase the frequency of occurrence of such activities. Put some efforts to de-focus yourself from the former type of activities which are there to pull down your being from becoming. If I start practicing this daily I'll be able to draw the self, the spirit, the mind, from darkness towards light, instead to letting it run from darkness towards more darkness.

The real philosopher is not the one who only theorizes, philosophizes life, but the one who explores it, with rationality and objectivity. The real philosopher is the one who lives a life of an explorer, philosopher, and not merely pretends or projects himself/herself as one. Don't just try to look like a spiritual person, but try to be one.        

What Makes A Relationship Between A Man And A Woman Toxic?

I started pondering over this subject as I came across Part II, Chapter I of Family Happiness By Leo Tolstoy. I am no expert on relationships. To be honest,  I never had any real relationship. I then thought 'what the hell! I'll anyway punctuate my thoughts in writing.

So assimilating all the vicarious experiences I had through people, books (mostly books) I think it is the very foundations of a relationship that turns it into some sort of toxic and acerbic disharmony between a man and a woman. In isolation we are in constant tussle with our-own-selves; a constant battle is going on inside. And we think and feel it is something or someone which or whom is accounted or attributed to or for, outside. So when a man or a woman goes for a fornicating relationship, they tend to put all their expectations on the very relationship, expecting it to strike a harmony in their lives, which otherwise seems impossible.  That very expectation in my opinion is the root cause of all acerbity and toxicity. If we don't give relationship such a great importance; of which it is so unworthy anyways; and dwell in our own hobbies and interests along with the relationship, giving equal importance and emphasis to every aspect of life, a relationship will turn out to be more harmonious and balanced.

Having said that I would like to add that a relationship will not only be harmonious and balanced one, but it'll also help each individual to grow and be magnanimous in their own domain.

A relationship between a man and a woman knows no boundaries. It has the power to take one down to the gaping abyss of darkness or lift one up to the zenith of total freedom, bliss and peace. Relationships give one some sort of perspective, but a fornicating relationship between a man and a woman gives one a totally unique perspective in a different dimension altogether. It is upon us how to make use of that unique perspective to our own advantage. Are we looking to explore the deep dark abyss of life or are we looking to touch pinnacles of light, bliss and freedom, through the kaleidoscope of that unique perspective (of which I have no first hand experience though) which we acquire from a relationship?  This question stands its total validity in my mind and thoughts.

Now the question arises, how to make use of a perspective which is so great and unique that it seems larger than life itself? First we have to understand that whatever we come across or encounter; nevertheless how great or grandiose it may appear or seem on the first instance is not that great and grandiose, when compared to life itself. Everything is just another part of life and not the other way around. If we understand this in mind and in heart then the possibility of basing all our hopes and expectations on 'the relationship' reduces to an abysmal zero. And when it comes to 'giving equal importance to every aspects in our lives'; we need to be more aware and create a conscientiousness in our minds. It need not to be two equals two. it can be three is approximated to two. Approximations are more radical and pragmatic when it comes down to real life (I hope you get the idea).

People talk about giving space and freedom whenever this topic is being touched upon. In my opinion these are just byproducts; given you start a relationship being aware, conscientious and basing it on close to zero expectation, knowing very well that it is not larger than life; space and freedom befalls on its own accord.

Footnote : Since the author of this piece of shit has no real life experience about a man-woman or woman-man relationship; kindly give him that benefit of doubt which he deserves. And feel free to share your own thoughts and views in the comments section below. Cheers!  

Goodbye Sachin Tendulkar

Image Courtesy : www.thankyousachin.com

In the world of cricket and a country full of cricket lovers, Sachin Tendulkar is not only a name, but a living legend and an inspiration to many. Yesterday was a day when this celebrated cricketer took his departure from all the formats of the game (Since cricket has many formats, One-Day, Test Cricket, and now 20-20 Cricket). I was expecting that the newspapers, social media websites like facebook, twitter will all be unanimously, singing the chorus 'Saaachinnn...Sachin'. And I was not at all disappointed. But I am sure many people across the nation will be disappointed and will be left in tears when this demi-god retired from the game which has it's monopoly in India.

Was I disappointed hearing this news?

Maybe, at first. I liked cricket, played it till high school, but lately fell in love with other sports more than what I had for cricket. That gave me the opportunity to look at cricket in a different perspective and light. I have no current liking or affability towards Cricket. I find that, the format of the game requires the least physical fitness and with only a bunch of nation participating in world tournaments, there is no real competition as compared to other sports like soccer, tennis, or basketball. So reading the reactions of the people of India, on social media like twitter or facebook, under hashtag ThankYouSachin, #ThankYouSachin, I became a little more optimistic. Some people wrote that the game (Cricket) would never be the same without you (Sachin), some said "Life se ek question to khatam hua, Sachin ne kitne banaye." (There is one question that will never be asked again "How much runs did Sachin score).

Reading so much today in newspapers or on social media, one thing is clear that the popularity of this game is no longer going to be the same as it was from 1989 till yesterday. Many people are not going to follow this game as ardently as they were before. There is no one at present moment as big as Sachin Tendulkar, so our younger generation will have more options, in terms of following someone. I will say that; this day in the history of sports will be coined as the day when cricket gave way for other sports to flourish in India. So I #ThankYouSachin and hope in next 4-5 years we qualify in Soccer World Cup, and get more and more gold medals in Olympics.