GHOST is really handsome..

 

She wide opened her mouth and sat on a chair…

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A TRIBUTE TO ALL MY IBIBOIANS…

"IBIBO - YOU GAVE ME WINGS
NOW ITS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO FLY HIGHER

AND I SWEAR, I WON’T DISAPPOINT U….."

Thanks a lot all my ibiboans…Thanks lots and lots for your support….

People who marked their presence in my LIFE… 

INKTANK - My ever loving Friend who is simply great with his very professional look and an evregreen positive attitude..

RAMESH - My first freind in IBIBO and  the one who assured me that " i am there to read if u write.."

IDLEMIND - The calm cool man who has always been a source of inspiration to me…

VIJAYRAGHAV - My most admired writer with his magnificent blogs and my dear friend. I love his poetic way of writing….

SANTOSH - THe one who nominated me for the first time…I think he is a bit serious person…His comments were very useful to me to improve my posts…And of course my dear friend..

SURYA - A loving soul, who wish to wander seeking some food for his soul…a person who seeks the extended horizon..thats what i like in him…He is my loving friend…

SONIYA,SAVITHA  & U22 - Hats off 2 you..I just love confident,powerful & loving women…I love the way they keep their identity in a very dignified way…u r just superb…Sonia di,u were always like a sister to me and i used to feel so happy after sharing my thoughts with u..:)..

 
MUKTHA - My darling friend,The one who nominated me,the one who wrote first comment for my first blog and the list goes on…What i love most in her is the feel of social responsibility …In most of her blogs i can feel the deepest desire to make this world a more wonderful place to live in…

SUGAR - As the name says SHE is my sweet friend who is really soooo sweet…

PRIYA - I don’t know what to say abt her…She is the one who cared me most when i was new to IBIBO…Thanks a lot for being with me..She is my sweet siss.. 

MIRANDA - I love her blogs,esp PHEONIX….The power in her words is what attracted me most…And i always feel happy to see her inspiring comments on my blogs with love….

NISHU  -  My inncent good friend who always cared for me…

YOHAN - My good friend with a sweet pain lying behind his words….And according to my friend Pearl- a very inspiring, happy person…

RAJA SARAVANAN - My good friend… We had some difference of opininos..May be that paved the way to know him better and to reach the conclusion that he is a wonderful person….

PEARL - I woud say "My happiness"..who holds the first place in my heart…she is my sweet freind who is with me 4 yrs,who can understand both my words and silence…..When u are there in IBIBO, i feel rejuvenated…:)

Thanks a lot my dearest ones for being with me….

Thanks a lot for my friends who used to read my blogs and who used to inspire me through their comments…

They are GURU, RASHMI, ANSYTON, AKRUTI, SUNKAN, DYAN, RAKHI, RASHI, RAJ SUKHEJA, MADHU VAMSI, RAJ, MRIDUL, RADHAKRISHNAN, VIDAWRITER, WALKER, SRIHARI, TINGTONG, DOLEZAL, VIO SNO, I2I, VINU, DURGA DAS, RAJ, SECONDCOMING, RAJIB, KHUSHI, SWAPNA, SULOCHANA, Dr RUDRAN, FLOWER, MANJULA, SNEHA, VIKRAM, M RATTA, MIDHUN, GUY….

(Forgive me if i have forgotten any names…) 

Last but not the least a sweet kiss to the one and only -TOM CAT…Because of you only i gt nominated…..;) 

 The blog I HAVE A DREAM abt TOM due to which i have been nominated by MUKTHA…

http://blogs.ibibo.com/cookurdreamz/I-HAVE-A-DREAM-46.html

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On a Cool Rainy Day….

A COOL TRIP  

Yesterday evening was a bright one for me. We decided to go to beach in our new car. I love traveling lots and am a deep admirer of sea. So my pleasure doubled, got into the car  and never forgot to occupy the window seat…

 As a hearty welcome to our journey, there was a drizzle. Wow what a feel .i can’t explain that. ..Sitting near the window, the cool breeze hugging u tight and the naughty raindrops kissing your eyez, nose and lips and finally filling you with a limitless ecstasy when one of your favorite romantic songs is being played… Indeed this world is worth living, smiling and celebrating lots and lots…Yes, this life is a GIFT..  

We were three -  me, my hubby and my sister…They were sitting in front and i sat back alone, contented and blissful..;)..lol What to do there are times when I prefer to sit alone and used to feel something  more vague, nameless, but deeper than the usual feel. This is one among them…

“Mere hath mem thera Hath ho..Saare Jannathe mere saath ho….Tujo paas Ho..phir kya ye jaha ..tere pyaar mem  hojavuu  FANAA….”

The song from the movie which we watched together for the first time…J The time when the meaning of the words “Tere dil mem meri saasonko bana mil jaye..Tere ishq mem  mere jaan Fanaa ho jaye…” were  most thought and felt….:)

While I sat mesmerized in those words and the old sweet memories of our LOVE, watching him drive, he turned back suddenly..Haha This happened even before…In college while he walked through the corridor I used to stare at him from back and with out any reason he used to turn back immediately.…May be some magnetic waves communicating my hearts desire expressed through my eyes with his brain. Anyway I used to feel proud after that with a belief that my desires are deep and powerful…lol.

He turned back,blinked  his eyez as if I am a 1 year old baby, gave a sweet smile and turned front again…Hmmm the moments when we wish to live for a 100 more years…Yes, women need nothing more than a feel of being cared and loved…

We were eating toffees and when I was to threw its cover out, my sissy stopped me and took the cover from my hands…”Hey, we must not do that. it will cause environmental pollution…”

“HAHAHA…”I laughed out loud…But she was very serious and she put all those in a cover and put it in her bag. How fast our little ones are growing up..she is 8 yrs younger than me.. Now when she starts thinking in her own way I feel wondered..

She even contributed a piece of advice for me..”Even if the world is teasing us, we must do what we feel is right…”.Again my mouth was wide opened in wonder …

“Attitude man,attitude..”she  added..

Yup, I liked that attitude..I can feel the power to lead  and  not to follow in her words..May be that the next generation’s solution for our never ending slave mentality..If so cheers to you people…

To add oil to my bewilderment I saw a jeep in spectacular lemon yellow and green colour beside us..Haha…what a colour??  i bet no one can beat it…There were youth  inside that with their beer bottles, long hair and moving like some one has put a cockroach in their shirts with  some loud rock music blasted  inside..

When we were pretty ahead of them I turned back to see whats happening and was struck by the words written at the front of the Jeep…..It was written

“YA….ITS MY DAD’S ROAD…”

Hmmm NO COMMENTS……

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Ganeshaa-The symbol of Sanity

The ‘new found freedom’ was sweet,

When i pledged for a Spectacular Life.

To go ahead with a vision & determination,

As to be a ZORRO to my grand children.

But this hysteric world is hopless,

More are the contradictions around,

Which always stings my sanity,

Leaving me more confused each day.

People,they are born different,

Bearing different deeds with different insights,

No wonder for the conflicts between,

Making Melachonists with self-created miseries.. 

In this painful disillusionment or dejection,

I decided to Draw a picture on my golden canvas.

Well,i am not the gene to go back,

Hence resolved to find a remedy through art.

Let two small deep eyes be sketched first,

yes,the symbol of  the high concentration..

A big head to think big always and ever.. 

Two large ears to Listen more and most.. 

The words are the most futile things,

Hence small mouth to talk less…

Of course an axe is given to the hands,

To cut off the bonds of attatchment..

What about a long trunk??

The symbol of efficiency and adptabilty..

Who adapts more than a elephant??

Who fights to live even from the ice age..

Intentionally, I drew only one Tusk…

Lets keep the good and throw the bad away. 

And a rope in our hands…

To pull us towards our Happy Goals…

A big stomach to digest all good and bad..

Yes, the trick of total acceptance..

Without discrimating as right and wrong..

And making life a celebration of true experiences…

A mouse is chosen for the ride,

And never letting the mouse to initiate a ride.. 

Symbolising our endless desires,

And the necessity for keeping it under control..

Madhaka -the rewards of Sadahna,

And Prasaada -which is at the feet,

All portrayed in golden colour,

On my evergreen campus of life.. 

Are u familiar with my piece of art…

Its a wake up call to my despondency..

A clear solution for the Dilemma -

How to Live in a world of contradictions?? 

Lets call him GANAPATHI..

The Lord of Masses……

And who is he??…….

He is refined Me…..

See the Prasaada at his feet..

Yes,my friend The world is at ur feet…

Stop bewildering at this creative expression..

Its u my dear-ur eternal,immanant inner self…

Wht abt a better awareness and a better Life??

Lets follow the path of Vigneshwara

To Suck the whole essence of a golden Aura

And to sieze the ultimate SupermanHood…. 

JAI GANESHA…

WISHING ALL MY DEAREST IBIBOIANS AN INTELLIGENT MEANINGFUL 

AND PEACEFUL LIVES FILLED WITH UNBRIDLLED ENERGY,

 EXHILLARATION AND UNLIMITED HAPPINESS…..

(copyright:Nakshathraa)

(Image:Oil Painted by Nakshathraa) 

 (Zorro -the man with a mask on his black horse was my first crush and still keeping on inspiring me silently..;)..)

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I HAVE A DREAM…

(copyright:Nakshathraa )

(image:Googled)

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High Tech Koolies…

July 1st

Again a hectic Tuesday…I got my appraisal papers today. I was not happy with the appraisal as the hike in the salary was not up to my expectations. My manager asked "Are you happy with the appraisal?" He knows I am not .I smiled sarcastically .He tried to convince me. He said "Raj this time we didn’t have much profit because of the recession in US and the fall in dollar value….But we will give you a good hike next year". He knows I am not convinced. He is a doll in the hands of management team and did his job as he was asked to do..so no need of showering my anger upon him…I took my papers and came out. So did my collegues….

Our company being a Financial BPO got more business than the previous year because of this recession and the successive cost cutting steps taken by US company by outsourcing its work to India. The fall in the dollar rate indeed had some effect in the profit. Still they made good money. Almost all the IT & ITES companies across India used recession as a weapon to minimize the hike in salary to their employees.

I returned home and my wife asked “Hey what happened? You seem to be upset. Aren’t u feeling well.” I was not in a mood to explain everything to her and closed the conversation saying "Headache…Gonna sleep please dont disturb for some time". She understood my mood and brought a cup of coffee and said "have it and take rest". I drank the coffee and went to bed.

I remember the words "Pleasure is often a visitant, but pain clings cruelly to us.."I was the most sincere man in the work. Working even for continuous double shifts was not a problem for me since I enjoyed doing my job. Not only that I respect my manager and he was a mentor, friend and like a brother to me….I had a false understanding that my growth is also assured, when I spent days and nights for the company…I felt special when they assign some critical tasks to me. But at the time of salary hike i am just one among many…..I asked myself “Is money the problem?”..Yup money matters …but what stings more is a silent feel of betrayal that clings hard…

I didn’t feel sleepy. If a  slow down in US economy had this impact in India,Imagine what will happen if US collapse like Soviet?….All the IT companies in India will become abandoned Concrete structures…Lakhs of youngsters will lose thier jobs.Cities like Chennai,Bangalore,Kochi,Pune,Hyderabad & Gurgeon will become mummies or mute spectators who exist just because of their past glories.

Thousands of other business men depending on the spending power of these IT professionals will loose their business. All the malls, eateries,multiplexs will be forced to shutdown.Local people who make their living by renting their house to these IT people will have to find other source of income. Credit card companies who had given their money for credit to these fellows will face huge loss…..What about the mental agony???Most of the middle class families had debted even their houses to get an educational loan for their children. Most of the IT professionals are investing their money on apartments to get a tax exemption. How will they pay back these loans…This can shaken our societies to the root…lots and lots more will happen to make this small country a mayhem..

We are working like a back office to the Developed countries..Lets think about the work we are doing here..We do transcriptions which are just the conversions of their voice data to  a digital format.Then BPOs..What are they doing??Again an assistance for their work.. BPOs literally do all the clerical works for US and UK companies…Then we develop softwares…For whom???For the companies ,hospitals and other firms to help them to make their work more easier…This is how the Indians invest their valuable time..

Have you ever wondered what the people in those countries do,while we do all their work????Well,they invest their precious time in Research,Development and in the engineering of new products and weapons…And again the products they launch find the best market in India since they had already increased the purchasing power of Indians.Again they use their time wisely to train their people in arts and sports to mark their presence in the world while a land of more than 100 crore people had to get satisfied with 3 Olympians.. (Hats off to China)..So what do we have finally????Nothing but a total instability…

We have IT people everywhere..The youth has become more financially independant..All are doing BTech in IT,computers or MCA…Yet why don’t we have an Operating System  of our own like Windows..Is it because we lag behind in quality??Nahhh…We can see proud Indian faces in the Cream of Microsoft,NASA and all other world’s top organisations..We are ready to be an employee but dare not to be an employer…Do you know that we make all the spare parts for German BENZ???Its just being assembled at GERMANY…They can pay 125 Indians with the amount they have to Pay to a German…So thats our attraction-"Cheap Labour" and we are wholeheartedly ready to be the labourers or even slaves…But dare not to think like a leader…So what is that we lack…"A WILL & Some COURAGE…And also a neat administrative system to support us…"

Well have u observed a "Koolie "???He is the person in the railway station who would help us to carry our luggages. He is the most hard working man,but earns the least money.We,the IT people are nothing more than "Hightech Koolies"…

We use our brain.We invest years for knowledge..We have proved to be the Masters…Yet we are Koolies…WHY?????????I know there are millions of answers like the ineffiency of our economy..But the more dependant we are,the more is our instability and the most is our insecurity..how can we forget that the best defence is being STRONG ….Isn’t it our duty to defend our country?????? Its high time to think about it……

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MY MAGIC BOTTLE…

 

A thick liquid with a glee..
If attitude thickens the quality,
Then glee belongs to those,
Who dare to explore the depths.

My hallucinations starts now and here,
Within the boundaries of my magic bottle.
The crazy liquid sweetened my tounge,
And huged my teeth like an eccerntric lover.

 
Victory always favours the brave,
The cowards had to die and perish.
The waves soared high and high
To kiss my sexy brain..
And mersmerized the neurons,
By reciting some  hypnotic mantras.

 I felt a shock wave deep inside,
My Consiousness trembled ,diminished
And finally disappeared elegantly,
Leaving the Silence again,
To consume my existence……………..

 

I  heard a faint sound near me "No problem..the tonic is sedative that’s why..let her sleep well…"

I slept ..i slept for hours forgeting everything..forgeting my existence as a whole..But the song continues to linger my senses….."Radha ki ankhioyon se neend churayi..shaam murari…."

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Depression-The silent Epidemic

Are you aware of this silent Epidemic-"DEPRESSION" ..?????You may feel them irritating and egoistic.Sometimes we too outburst to hide our mistakes,don’t we??They do it since they fear to be rejected.The rate of people affected by this epidemic is rating up 20% each year..

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BLOG ON LOVE FOR IBIBO IDOL CONTEST

Hi my dearest ibibo friends,

As per the rules,Let me introduce myself to you first and then my blog "I am in Love"…..

"Who am i?"

I am Nakshathraa - a Happy Blogger………………..

Well thats just my name. I love my name and pray to god daily to give me stength and opportunity to bring light to the lives of all ,whom i know. My policy of life is as follows….

 " FOLLOW THE OMENS……………..
BELIEVE IN YOUR INSTINCTS………..
NEVER EVER COMPRAMISE WITH YOUR DREAMS……
WORK OUTRAGEOUSLY TO CHASE  YOUR DESIRES…..
WORSHIP YOUR ECSTACIES…. 

 &   LIVE LIKE A KING………"

I love people with a smiling face.A smile costs nothing but trust me it gives you many more things than you have  ever imagined.. I always felt a powerful aura to those people and they keeps me inspired and motivated…

 I am an admirer of BEAUTY,ART & WONDERFUL PEOPLE…Great works of Maestros are my turned ons and  i bow whole heartedly only before those who  work outrageously to explore their hidden potential..I love people living for a cause and i hate noone in this world..

"I am more than i appear to be..All the world’s strength and power resides in me.." - My slogan to charge myself ,written by The one and only Robin Sharma..

"If you have the deepest desire,universe will conspire to get you the same" - This encourages me to live each day as if it were the last, written by Paulo Coehlo…

I think now iam familiar to you… Oh i forgot one thing,my AMBITION…simple..

    "ITS TO LIVE  A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE…. ;-)"

IBIBO has changed my world.There was a time when i sat alone at home and when i was in the beginning stage of depression.Since i joined here i feel highly energetic.I began to think more to make a better blog.I love the spirit of ibiboians who constantly encouraged me to continue writing.Now i feel proud to say that i am a member of IBIBO.

"IBIBO- U GAVE ME WINGS …..

& I OFFER YOU A BETTER PARTICIPATIN IN RETURN… "

If u too love me as i love u,plz be with me for this contest

as i am with u……….

I AM IN LOVE 

Once i told him" I wanna be your sweetest pain that clings and burns rather than a cool,pleasant feel"

He replied "Thats what i like in u" 

 When i joined a reputed college in Tamil Nadu to do my Masters, i have never expected that LOVE will knock my door, so that my dreams are flowered…

Ours is an old college with long corridors.I loved to walk through them with my friend(Precious Pearl) while the wind comforts us.I stopped suddenly one day hearing a strange discussion on a strange topic "GHOSTS". A young handsome guy with his dominating body language and a spark in his eyes was leading with a series of points like ghost images,aura & kirlian photography..Wonderful style of presentation and coordination of ideas.I use to admire people who do extempore speeches..After the discussion he came out of the class,waved his hand towards my friend and walked away without even noticing me…Even thgough it was a great insult to my beauty;-) i forgave him when she told that he possess a huge collection of books…

 I talked to him for the first time, with the only intention of getting an access to his book collection.But slowly,  without any intentional attempt, we became friends. I felt comfortable with him since i can talk to him on anything under the sun.He is a man of vast knowledge and he is the man who taught me the importance of a smiling face.

Wildness is his greatest flavour..I wonder how aggressive is he for acquiring knowledge..Basically i am a vey lazy person and seldom invests enough time for studying..But he was doing many certifications,and at the same time reading lots of general books….Those moments were great..cinemas..canteens..libraries..music..fun..dance…paintings…fests..tours.

We celebrated life………….We were happy souls

Gradually I felt a change in me…I became more beauty consious ,especially when i  meet him.. Even a short glance of him used to make many butterflies in my stomach…It was  a time when heart beats were too fast,when i wish to be more beautiful & more enchanting…And it was then i understood the futility of words when i always failed to express what i felt..He has not told me any majestic words..But in his presence he made me feel that "Iam precious."

On his birthday,i gifted him with a book by name"The Prophet" by Khahil Gibran.On the first page,i wrote "On your 25th birthday….luv and prayers,……". I didn’t write my name.He asked me why?Actually i was not able to fill that dots.I told to myself.."I wanna be something more than  that spoken word.I wanna be a feel..his most ecstatic feel .."

"Oh yeah….I WAS IN LOVE………

U filled me with the Elixir Of Life…..

Which had slowly turned out to be a Drug…

Without which i will be mad & lost 4 ever ………….."

 We loved each other,but never expressed our love.I agree with Keats "Those unheard melodies were indeed sweeter than those heard… "One day we went to an internet cafe to download one job application. He opened a matrimony site and took a girl’s photo and told me that she is the girl whom he is gonna marry.I wasn’t shocked.It was like a numbness.i looked into his eyes without any emotion but with a wound somewhere inside.

"Do u believe in arranged marriages" He asked..

"No" a quick reply from me.

"Me too"..I stared at him with a question in my eyes.

"If u marry me, i will be the happiest person in this world".

I was speechless and i just smiled and he knew that it concludes a world of meaning in it… 

Now one year after our marriage..When he lye next to me sleeping,i used to think about these old moments..Its my hobby to watch his face when he sleep  and to imagine what all are going inside him at this stage,i mean in a sub-concious state.. May be some magnetic vibrations are produced around him that vibrate according to his dreams….

"I wish to be an iron board….

To stick on to that field…………..

& leave not till the time……………….

He desires an exit from me………………….

Oh yeah, I am in Love………………………………..." 

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3050 A.D-A TIME TRAVEL

 “Promise yourself to live your life as a revolution and not just a process of evolution…………..”

 These are the words of Anthony J. D’Angelo  who is the author of many Inspirational Books.

  And what about EVOLUTION???Isn’t it a wonder??Have a look at this interesting pic.

We have indeed travelled a long way to be what we are now and still the journey continues so that super humans are evolved.But during this journey we have left many things back..Have you ever thought about this???

Well , iam talking about the vestigial organs…Wikipedia describes Vestigiality as homologous characters of organisms which have lost all or most of their original function in a species through evolution. Organs showing vestigiality are called the vestigial organs..

Vestigial organs were once highly essential ones in the smooth functioning of the body.But as the time goes on and when the lifestyle changes ,their uses are reduced and slowly they became dormant or simply disappeard. Let us have a look at some of them…

TAIL 

Do we have a tail?Nope ,but our ancestors had.Earlier when they lived in the forests the tail helped them for easy movement in the woods.But when they become more civilized and when they moved on to their more comfortable destinations called " HOME",tails become unnecessray and they slowly disappeared.

But we do have an inner tail..It is called the coccyx or the tail bone.Various muscles attached to the tail bone are important for facilitating bowel and labor movements, supporting internal organs, and keeping the anus closed.

 APPENDIX 

The appendix is a small, finger-sized structure, found at the end of our small caecum and located near the beginning of the large intestine.As we know its primary function was to digest the green pigment (cellulose) at the earlier times.But as the man moved to cooked food,it also became a vestigial organ.

It plays a role even now.It is rich in lymphoid tissue, meaning that it acts as a filter and removes bacteria and protects the intestines from infection. Antibodies are also made there.The premature removal of the appendix during childhood may permit leukemia and other related forms of cancer to develop.

PINEAL GLAND
 

It  is  located in the geometric center of  the cranium .The pineal gland is a flat, cone-shaped organ about the size of a pea.It produces  Melatonin,which has a simple chemical structure, but  plays a decisive role in bodily functions, monitoring the work of the glands and organs, and regulating hormone production.

It has  a spiritual version too.."THE THIRD EYE"(may be the topic of my next blog) .It has been considered as the seat of soul.The gland when activated becomes the line of communication to higher planes.It is the way for achieving super natural powers.

These are some of our vestigial organs that were once the essential ones and due to the inactivity reduced in size and function. 

Have you ever thought about the future(3050)????Let me give you an imaginary script about that …..

Robos will take the role of man and humans will become super humans.Smart robos will have the artificial intelligence and will be capable enough even to sense your senses.When you feel like standing,a robo will come and make you stand.You don’t even have to say that.They will sense it automatically.Thus you will talk less(A good change indeed).And as this function is reduced the size of the mouth will be reduced.

What about hands and legs? Are they gonna do anything??No way..Rest ,Rest and rest ..Your servant is not the present old aunty  but the  smart robo.So don’t even think about work. You will live a kingly life.Automatically the stength and size of your arms and legs will be reduced..

Then food??It is easy to take the necessary stuff as capsules..your robo can give you that..I wonder how are we gonna teach our robo the skills of cooking..;-) 

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