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239 days ago
Today was 31st March . A day when when thousands of accountants rush to file IT returns for their clients. I happened to accompany my father for the same for the first time. It shook me when I realised the amount of money our government hoards every year in the name of taxes. (One website said, the governement had collected roughly 3 trillions worth of taxes as on Mar17 2009. And in case you are wondering, 3 trillion is 3,00,000 crore!!!) Millions of us pay back our hard earned money to the governemnt with the hope that we will eventually benefit out of it. The country will benefit out of it. We will be able to lead better lives, organised lives, developed lives. Not only us, but others will also get the benefit of the development the government hopefully will bring about with this collected money. In the middle of hundreds of people trying to file returns before the deadline, I felt lost. I felt amazed. 'Imagine the amount of money' was the only thought running my mind. Tons and ...
250 days ago
Will Smith does it again. The way he makes every character real and believable is truly unbelievable! Seven Pounds is a story of how Tim Thomas gives himself up in order to repent for what was a unfortunate mistake in the past. Seven people die because of him. So he gives, or rather donates, his life to seven other people who need and deserve it. Truly touching and infact, a not-so-believable tale that would make anyone's heart cry out! Long after the movie, i kept wondering- A person can have a kind heart. Many people do. And those very people also do make mistakes like anyone else. But do these kind hearts feel such immense guilt for such long time? Maybe they do. Maybe mine would also feel guilt for a long time (Well, not hinting at the kindness of my heart, but still...). If the repercussions of the mistake are unforgivable, maybe the guilt would hold on forever. And maybe one would take steps to make whatever amends possible. BUT, can any heart be so kind and so ...
254 days ago
She was at her usual time-pass place. One of her many favourites. She could sit there and read, listen to music, think, or do just nothing. And no one would come to bother her. For sometime atleast. So this time too she went there, with no intentions of spending half her day there, but ended up doing just that. When she was happily busy, doing nothing and thinking about no thing in particular.. ouch ...a red ant bit her! The adjacent tiled wall had a series of them to offer. Hundreds of military disciplined ants were seemingly on a walk down the wall. Fascinated, the girl kept looking at them. Amazing how they can go on and on without any apparent stoppage or obstacle. The girl had read somewhere that if you rub off the path that these ants take, they tend to run helter skelter, not knowing where to go. So the jobless girl set her mind to do just that. She rubbed a portion of the strictly followed path with a finger. But leh..this wouldnt have any magical effect on the ...
278 days ago
This four letter word is something i have come to dread these days.... It is an emotion/feeling/thing that is so deadly/dangerous/exhilarating/kicking that it really makes life either miserable or completely blissful. It can devastate you or simply make your life. When i see people hopeful...it scares me. Coz it reminds me of the many thousand hopes bubbling inside me. They are hopes of further happiness, hopes of further achievement, hopes of a better situation, hopes of a MAGICAL world! Maybe some of these are downright stupid and unwarranted. But all cant be. Some people live their entire life in hope and even die with it. Some people abandon hopes in the guise of 'practicality'. But one thing i have learnt is that Hope can help one survive. It can make the going easier. It can help the person in a bitter phase of life really cheer up and discover the postitives of life. It can make you realise that everything around you can turn out the way you want it to, only if you work ...
338 days ago
What does life ask for..? Nothing much..but a small amount of dedication and a little bit of hardwork. Add a little common sense and positive attitude you have a great life in hand... What does it take for me to understand this little piece of wisdom??? When i know from past experiences in life that i need a little more dedication in life...what is stopping me. Why can't i learn from my past mistakes?? am i that dumb?? or is it that i dont really give a shit how my life turns up..will i continue making the same mistakes over and over??? I really am going to change now....lets see how much i can do...if i cant get a little more dedicated...a little more serious...a little more mature..i dont really deserve a lot of things in life... OATH of the day...taken for the lifetime..-WHATEVER you do...do it with utmost dedication and honesty...and if you then dont accomplish what you had set out to do..abandon it...coz then you will never be able to... Thats the lesson i have ...
