Sometimes when you feel things are not going according to your plans, that doesn’t reflect that you fail in your planning aptitude but it just asks you to place some adjustments in your plans. Why don’t you think about placing adjustments and readjustments in your plans instead of replacing them altogether?
Billions of human beings living on the earth must be different from each other in a number of aspects. And how would not they be? They all are born in different environments, survived in different atmospheres, having different socio-economic backgrounds, even lived different lives.
With all the newness in thoughts in this very new year, I was all prepared to follow some new paths from the very beginning of January month. Having celebrated the New Year 2012 with my friends in Delhi, soon I headed towards Varanasi. I needed some rest at home before I came back in Delhi to explore new career opportunities.
The New Year comes with all the newness in all respects – from the movement of the clock to the changing of calendar – but what is actually new about a new year. Is it the time and date? Yes definitely. But what else is new? Are the air, water, atmosphere, environment, world, earth and universe all new in a new year?
Once someone asked me an extremely puzzling question – What would have I done if I had been the Prime Minister of India for a day? If I were the Prime Minister for a day, how interesting it sounds. Isn’t it? But how difficult it is to think about and how challenging it would be been if it becomes a reality. India is one of the fastest growing countries in the world.
Sometimes I think what was the most thrilling wish for me, when I was a kid? Simply, I was waiting to grow up. Growing up was the best thing I could imagine.I never knew what the struggles of life were all about.As other child, I also used to think growing up is more fun, having its own advantages.
I knew that already, this month will be a comparatively small month for me in terms of work as I was set to visit Varanasi, my home town, at the beginning of the last week. As always, I was excited to come here but at the same time I was tired of my routine life in the national capital.
Lamhi, the village which became the witness of the birth of legendary Hindi author Munsi Prem Chand. The village looks just like an ordinary Indian village but became extraordinary due to the name of Premchand who was born here on 31st July, 1880. He died in 1936 and his wife lived here till her death in 1976.
Sometimes you find yourself In low mood, sad or depressed without any reason or due to many reasons and after even a lot of pondering, you are not sure about the actual reason behind it. But one thing you are sure is you are in low mood, sad or depressed. Again, only after a gap of three months, I have managed to write the blogpost.
A team of students from Archaeology Department, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), is excavating in Akatha village, near Paharia, Varanasi to find out its probable connection with Sarnath. The team has been excavating in this village for a few days now.
It was a pretty cold day when we were roaming near the confluence of river Ganga and Varuna in the holy city of Varanasi. We spent a day in Sarnath. One of the major attractions of the place, a Buddha temple is situated just a stone throw from the first crossing of Sarnath.
The Foundation claims to people the path of freedom, which always remain inside human but people tend to search it all over the world maybe since their birth. The city branch of the Study Centre of Krishnamurti Foundation is situated at Raj Ghat in Varanasi.
The Manmandir Observatory, situated at Manmandir Ghat of the river Ganga in Varanasi, looks as big and old as the other structures of the ancient Varanasi. This observatory was constructed by the remarkable monarch of Jaipur Maharaja Sewai Jai Singh.
The definition of one of the ancient cities, Varanasi, is incomplete if we don’t talk about the ghats here. Varanasi is known as the city of eighty-four ghats. Every ghat contains a distinctive feature and history within itself.
Varanasi has given many legendary names to Indian classical music world. Bismillah Khan and Kishan Maharaj are some of the household names, who gave new heights to classical music all over the world. We talked to some of the music gallery owners in Varanasi and they gave us insights on people affection for the legends of their own city, and also for their legendary work.
Ice cream is one of the most appealing cool treat for hot days. In piercing hot summer, people of Varanasi prefer a diet which gives them the coolest feeling. There may be a number of options available in this traditional city, like lassi, thandai, sharbat and kulfi.
Mall culture paints new portrait of new age changing Varanasi. Big and attractive malls are seeping through the city by leaps and bounds. Youth of the city is so captivated by the mall phenomenon that they don’t find any other place most suitable to hang out.
Here is ‘Life ka Mantra’, ‘It’s Hot’, ‘Jhoomo Jam ke Jhoomo’! Youth of the city is almost mad about these slogans. A number of boys and girls can be seen putting on earphones into their ear, while driving vehicle, walking on foot, chatting with friends in parks or cafes, strolling through the malls, working on desks or studying in libraries or even in classrooms.
I have never wanted to do long gaps between two blogposts since I started writing my blog. I always tried to write at least one blogpost a month and continue to do it today too. I wrote my last blog in the end March and now am writing this one in the end April after a month.
After entire day of working in office, it was the time to pick up our luggage and leave the office as the bus had arrived outside. Close to the office, where buses were waiting, was a South Indian restaurant, a good one, where we were taken to have our dinner.
The award for ‘the most refreshing experience of the month’ goes to ‘Convocation 2011’ of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Convocation invitation came this month and took us far from the hectic daily schedule of our professional life. Having been invited from BHU to attend convocation 2011, we started to arrange everything for that.
Varanasi, popularly known as Banaras, is considered as one of the ancient cities in the world. The mesmerizing city is situated on the bank of river Ganga in North India. Comprising of 84 ghats and innumerable temples, this city is known for its religiosity, culture and diversity.
Most of times in our life, we, the crazy creatures of this great universe, are engaged in doing silly things in our own world. One ma.us things to be done, every day. It’s interesting but it’s ridiculous that one fails to manage some time exclusively for oneself
The first month of every year starts with a newness and a freshness in your ideas but as the time passes, you feel that the new and the fresh is only the calendar of new month, other things are as usual as they were a few days back. If you analyze the first month of the year 2011, for an instance, you will feel the depth of the words said above.
The 1st year of the second decade of the 21st century is leaving the center-stage of the great time. The last page of calendar 2010 will be removed after a few more movements of two hands take place in the clockwise direction. At this moment what is occupying my mind are the thoughts of innumerable moments and unforgettable memories.
It’s all about choosing the right path in life. A thought that often stresses me out is, if I am moving in the right direction. As soon as this question arises, life appears to present an appropriate answer. Yes, that’s true. You keep being tensed in questions like what is going to happen, where we are up to, when will this all be done?
I believe in opened-eye dreams and closed-eye realities. I have seen a dream and I am very serious about getting it realized. Its realization is on the way. I am not sure if it is the right direction that I have obtained for my mission. The direction of the way towards your dream is often guided by the reality. So, my dream also is moving towards the direction navigated by reality.
How tough it would be to stay apart from your home town, you never know in the earlier days of living at a new place. Because in those earlier days you are happy with viewing the new sights, meeting new, not really new, people and taking new experiences. The situations you have been put in are also new.
I know, a long-long time it takes to get everything on boat when you are at a new place. But anxiety to have them sorted out soon, remains with you all the while since the beginning. Still a relief is that a beginning has been made at least though in a slow motion.
A big dream cannot materialize in a sudden or overnight. A big dream can materialize only when a set number of phases are crossed upon and after years of efforts. While some of such phases are related to my study days, many are those will be acquainted with me in my career.