Trials and Tribulations by Fire

I know I have deserted you. I fled. I know. I am sorry. I truly am. Dear blog, Here I am, with some thoughts and a promise that I will write to you regularly. Now now don't be so angry, after all I am your kin. We have been together in all the crests and troughs. Come on, smile now. :-) Today is Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day A day when lovers express their love for each other by sending flowers, cards, and confectionery. This holiday has been named after two Early Christian martyrs, called as Valentines . This holiday became associated wuth 'romantic love' in the High Middle Ages. Read about the period here . The February festivities link A certain Professor alleges that Geoffrey Chaucer, known for his work, The Canterbury Tales, was the reason behind the romanticizing of St. Valentine's Day. Its believed that the Catholic Church had recognized three martyrs as Valentines. They were: Valentine of Rome Valentine of Terni and a Valentine who was martyred

A charming face, dimpled smile, and a disarming manner. Saw one of his movies the other day and fell for his charms. This guy has some great acting genes. He has taken off where Bobby Deol or Sunny couldnot reach. Bobby succeeded in swaying the ladies for a short period but then became stereotyped. And vanished. Abhay, on the other hand does not resort to any such gimmicks and depends on plain talent. The talent to make you cry and move you. "Socha Na Tha" is one such story where Abhay plays a super-rich boy in love with a Catholic girl, Karen. But fate has other plans for him. He meets and falls in love with Aditi (Ayesha). He doesnot realize that he does not love Karen but is simply infatuated by her. Whereas he feels deeply bonded to Aditi. The love story is sachharine sweet, enough to up your sugar levels. But its worth a watch. No violence, no baddy. No villain. Just a plain boy-meets-girl story, which can happen to anyone. Abhay Deol certainly has potential to become a

I stumbled onto a website which had this piece of news. This was so shocking, I researched some more and found the same story splashed across many websites. This is truly one of the most shocking piece I have read. I wanted to put it on my blog. GALVESTON, Texas - A woman believed to be the mother of a 2-year-old whose body was found in Galveston Bay told police she and the girl’s stepfather beat and tortured the child to death, court documents show. The details, in a statement Kimberly Dawn Trenor gave to police, paint a chilling picture of the last days of the girl investigators called “Baby Grace” as they worked for weeks to learn her identity. Investigators are awaiting DNA test results but said Monday they are “fairly confident” that the body a fisherman found in a plastic box Oct. 29 is that of Riley Ann Sawyers. Trenor, 19, and her husband, Royce Clyde Zeigler II, were in custody on charges of hurting the girl. “It was a few weeks ago I held up this little shoe and asked, ’Who i

I found this image on the net. An amazing collection of wishes to do before the guy dies. There are 110 things to do in the list. Read through, some are amazing: {Click on the image to enlarge.}

SPEAKING TREE Good And Evil Are Relative Concepts Discourse: SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR Evil has no absolute existence of its own . The Bhagavad Gita says: " The good will never perish; evil can never exist ".Evil doesn't exist as a separate entity; it is only an appearance. As such, it has only a relative, not absolute, existence. Just as darkness does not have an existence; it is not an entity or a substance but only a lack of light. In the same way, evil is simply lack of goodness. Moreover, according to the Puranas, even the demons finally merge into God: Ravana dies and merges into Rama. This approach avoids the dilemma about evil and the omnipresence of God. Most religions are of the view that God is Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient. If God is Omnipresent, then there is no place for evil to exist outside God. If you recognise separate existence for evil, then you have to forgo God's Omnipresence. If evil is another power that is outside, or challenging God's

Koi na koi chahiye, understanding karne wala. Life has become a BIG game of understanding. Next time, I say,"I understand" I feel like kicking my butt myself. I understand that I have to be subservient, and not nod my head sideways and throw open my feelings and emote unnecessarily. Is it true that PMS is making me write all this? But I feel a bit better after puking on my blog. I know people who will read it (if anybody does) will feel bad, some of them would.Sorry folks. I am down in the dumps. Too low. Hate males. Dont want to see another man in the next 100 years. Ok. Going to sleep now. Tchao. Bon Soiree .

How I wish there would be one person who can understand and care for me. Love me even if I am angry, sullen, and depressed. Why am I the unfortunate one, always? Why can't love find my way? Am i so bad. Maybe. How money changes perspective, isnt it? Money makes world go round. It makes friends of total strangers. And friends turn their backs if you become a pauper. Maybe my redemption would come soon. How I wish people I lost return to me. How I wish I had not done so many mistakes in life. How I wish.

3rd Eye and many other consultants made me famous overnight. Believe me. Before I could blink my eye, I started getting calls, e-mails, and messages from people I had forgotten, existed. Suddenly, everybody wanted a piece of me. The poor unknown me. Hah! The lure of easy money (Looks like that to the outside world!) Am sure Hannah would agree with me. Anyway, I have been swamped with calls and messages from 'friends' and others, who never even bothered to greet me or chat with me. What prompted me to write this blog was an e-mail from a lady who had received a call from some consultant, and who wanted to verify the feasibility of quitting her current job and joining the Bank. She didnt even bother with polite talk, she immediately jumped to the matter. (I was so surprised to see her e-mail, I fell outta my chair!) She wanted to know if it were worth the effort to take time off and forward her CV to the consultant. I clicked the Delete button. I knew what will happen anyway. Our

Yagnas are the ancient method of enriching the subtle. They also purify the individual and the collective consciousness.Yagna have three aspects: Deva Puja: Acknowledging and honoring the Divine in all the forms. Sangatikarana: Hastening the process of evolution by bringing together all the elements and people in creation. Dana: Sharing and giving what one has been blessed with.

Ganesha Chaturthi: I have had another belief since childhood. I never see the Moon on Ganesh Chaturthi day. My granny used to say, If I see the Moon on this day, I will have one full year of extreme bad luck. Well, for 2 years, I determinedly saw the Moon and fell into all sorts of trouble, had a disastrous life. Not to say that people who do not see the Moon had a fantabulous life that year, but every year, during this day, I make sure I do not see the Moon. Interestingly, the Moon, which plays hide and seek every other day appears in its full glory and seems very close to earth too! Lo! That's unfair, ain't it? I want to have a nice year, why should it be ruined by the mere sight of a stupid planet! Guess the intelligent God had some idea when he cursed Mr. Moon thus. ok. For the uninitiated, here goes the lore. On a Chaturthi day, our Ganesha was going from house to house eating all he could and stuffing himself with kozhakattais and sweets . As a result, his tummy grew b