I write for IBL #3 - Experience matters, inexperienced learns!

Crowd Mania...

First and foremost, the crowd has been awesome so far. Encouraging. Enjoying. Electrifying. Out of all the badminton tournaments I've watched so far, IBL is the one having a lot of noise from the audience lounge. Be the noise is for any reason or for any side, most of the times it gives you energy to play faster. With that speed, It's up to the player if he or she reaches the win or loss. As I watch the match alone here, the same noise becomes my best companion. I thank the audience for the same.

The decider point...

As I write this line, it's another 20-20 point play between Kashyap from Banga beats and Srikanth from Awadhe Warriors in a men's singles match. Shot from Kashyap and the shuttle goes out of the court after a good rally. Umpire says that's out and Srikanth wins the first game of the match. That's the real excitement of this format of the tournament. In the normal format, when you are at match point, you can win the match or your opponent can pull it longer. But you will have your own chance to get back to the game. But with this format, when you are at match point you can either win or lose the game or match. I really hope none of the 11-11 point winners will disturb the sleep of the player on losing side. Unimaginable pain it would be if at all that happens when your team badly needs the win!

HH vs AW, MM vs BB and KDS vs HH

Hyderabad hotshots won it over the Awadhe warriors. The encouragement that Jayaram from HH and  Srikanth from AW got by their respective teams and Icon players was amazing to look at. When a player like Saina sits behind you and shouts your name with full of her voice to encourage you, leave about the result of the match you will give your best and that's what needed. 

Ivanov from Mumbai masters caused the first upset of the tournament for Kashyap from BB. For BB it was not that all, Ying beat Tine Baun in the women's singles. Another 2-2 tie ended with MM's win. Mixed doubles match is proved to be the decided for many matches so far. So the same with Delhi smashers too. Diju and Prajaktha won it for their team in another decider. An easy match for Saina from HH. She is the lady booming with all confidence at this point of time. And after her win against Sindhu she is looking even happier. Understandable too! KDS have not played Jwala. I like this girl's fire, her confidence and her body language. She is a killer both with her game and straight-talk. She must keep it up. For KDS, it was a much needed win.

Schenk, Ashwini and the women's doubles' ouster!

Juliane Schenk from Pune Pistons vs Tine Baun from Mumbai Masters was another equal header. Schenk has been one my favorite players in the world circuit. She is the lady with a lot of sportive spirit as much as I read her. She won the match against Baun in a three-gamer. Ashwini Ponnappa and Nielsen have done it again for their team in straight games. Ashwini's body smashes are my all time favorite ones by any doubles woman player. I'm still clueless why women doubles has been taken out of IBL. I'm completely against this decision. Whatever may be the reasons, I'm in no mood to get convinced at all! Women's doubles has seen a lot of historic contributions from India as well as from the world. Not sure why this was not part of IBL. It should have been!

BB vs AW, upset for Sindhu!

That's it for Srikanth for the day and for the Awadhe warriors as well. Kashyap has won it in style. The commentator kept on saying, that's called experience and it was very much convincing too. Your opponent may be racing ahead, but you never show the sign of upset and you always go for it. That's what shown by Kashyap who was deep under pressure after the first game loss. Srikanth played one of his best matches. A little more experience will improve his body language I guess. That as well reminds me another upsetter of the day, the loss of P.V. Sindhu. She is talented for her age. But she needs to improve a lot and lot when it comes to coming back to life in a losing match. Again, her body language today as well went completely down so was her game! Nothing to worry, she will learn it. Experience will make her learn everything provided she keeps up her learning mode wide open. 

One observation I'd like to share here. What I saw in Saina and Kashyap during their earlier days was that they never used to give it up. They used to put back every fight till the end. It was their personal trait I guess. For Sindhu, now she has to learn it or rather improve it. How much she will succeed in developing the same will rule her career. At the international level all you need is the will power and mental strength to win crucial ties. May be, the attention that the eighteen year old is getting these days must be taking its toll. It will settle down. May that day come so soon. 

IBL is going well, as expected. I hope it will turn pleasingly surprising to everyone involved. Success of this tournament is important for the Indian Badminton as well as for the world's. The best competition will emerge! 

Indian Sports Awards'2013 and the story around!!!

It's sports time these days. And a feast for me. Usain Bolt's thundering performances have been inspiring the world. His second gold from the World Athletic Championships, Moscow, 2013, in 200 m men's final with the clock hitting 19.66 sec has reiterated that it's 'Bolt'. Well done! I'm eager to know the outcome of today's 4x100  m men's relay finals, the one that interests me the most out of all the track and field events. I've recently watched an you tube video showcasing the Jamaicans' relay run to win an Olympic final with a world record at London-2012. My goodness! They ran as if they were made to run. Simply superb focus and stamina. Let's see if history repeats today as well. All the very best to the team 'Bolt'. 

On the other side it's the Indian sports awards that have made me to go for an eventual awe, in a saddened  way. Sports men/women do every practice to win a medal, they shed every drop of sweat to make history, they give their best on an international stage, and they give away their best likes as well to stay focused. Every hype go around after the win. Country celebrates. News channels cash every penny. Social networking sites go crazy. Days pass on. Here comes the award selection time for the exceptional contributions in sports for the year. And the fantasy game starts. Some of the best performers get the awards without any hassle, provided the sports they play are from the list of best watching ones across the nation. The remaining best performers , at times, have to wait either for another round of awards time or in few cases for years to get their name written against the award. And I'm not one of those who takes it as 'this is India and it happens'. Hence I'm expressing my views here. 

Having been the first Indian shooter to be ranked on the top spot in the ISSF world rankings and for successfully defending the world cup title, Ranjan Sodhi is undoubtedly the best contender for this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award. But it's been almost three years that the Indian woman discus thrower Krishna Poonia won the Commonwealth games gold medal in the track and field events, the first Indian woman to achieve so and the only person to win so for India after the great Milkha Singh won it back in 1958 games. She has also stood seventh in the Olympics'2012 final. She has not yet been recognized for her efforts and wins. India has been awaiting the first Olympic individual medal in the track and field events and Girisha Hosanagara has won a silver medal at the Paralympic games 2012. Whoever agrees or disagrees, Paralympic games as well are the biggest platform for the physically challenged athletes. It's important to recognize and encourage their will and wishes, rather most important. Every other sports person who has won a medal at the Olympics has been recognized enough so far other than Girisha, who won a silver medal in the men's high jump event. 

Though there is a committee with prominent members in it to decide the award winners, it is not convincing enough when someone says that the it was one person who reached the meeting late turned everything around towards the end. If one person's views could be shown as a reason, one person should have been the committee and no one else was required. What for others were there? Was not that the job of all others to convince the whole committee with the reasons behind their choices? Making the award decision so political not just gives disgrace to the otherwise great achievements but also destroys the focus of our sports persons. Of course, they have to be strong. They have to face all. But that does not mean that their national government, that their very own country, does not recognize them. Yes, they have to be strong to face the world wide competition. But not that they have to undergo all this trauma and politics. 

It's not just for medals in Rio Olympics'2016 that India shall aim.

... To be continued!!!

One who plays the best! ... Take Home #247

The best may or not win but the one who plays the best certainly wins! Being the best is important but playing the best just when required is necessary. 

66 years of Independence...!

Happy Independence Day to all Indians!

Year after year we celebrate the Independence day at every corner of our country on 15th August. The next dawn brings back the regular responsibilities and routine. We get engaged with our own lives. We at times do not mind to know about our nation's stance on the world wide happenings, especially alongside the boarder. Once in a while when either of the surrounding countries get through our security forces and if some shoot out type happens we do read in news papers and listen in news channels. And the next dawn brings everything back as usual. 

That's nothing wrong or different from how it is in any other country, I guess. Every country needs every type of person and professionals who take forward the nation in all aspects. Who ensure the nation stand tall and prove on the world's stage. All fields and professions are important so as the women, who do provide the necessary support to their families and that too unconditionally. So as the job of the Indian defense forces. A very important one for the country, rather the top most. They live and die for their country, only for their country at instances. It's very important that we acknowledge their every sacrifice. It is as well important that we acknowledge their sacrifices by doing our jobs sincerely. After all, their job is let us live our lives. And why not we live lives by putting in all efforts! 

Salute and many thanks to the Indian Defense Forces. The then leaders ensured our country's Independence and these heroes have been taking forward the responsibility. I as well salute all leaders fought India's Independence struggle. 

I dedicate this post to all those officers and sailors who have lost their lives in the SindhuRakshak tragedy. May a lot strength and love bestow on their families. 

Believe in your dreams... Take Home #246

Believe in your dreams how ever crazy they be! They bring joy when come true; they keep you high rest of the time. And that helps you live the reality with far better enthusiasm. 

PS: Provided you are aware of your job at hand!

I write for IBL #2 - It must also be about keeping the nation united

It's just the half way through the second day and we have been through the excitement already. There has been a 20-20 winning shot, couple of 11 point deciders, Jwala-Ashwini and Saina-Sindhu ties and last as well as the rarest of the rare, Gopi Chand into the mike in the commentators box. Now, that's IBL for you. You follow it and you get the joy of the game.

Pune Pistons Vs Delhi Smashers...

Pune Pistons and Delhi Smashers had been through a near nail-biter yesterday night. Beginning match was the highlight of all. The mixed doubles tie went till the third and the decider game. Couple of Ashwini's smashers and Jwala's placements stole my sleep at almost mid-night. Pune Pistons won the maiden set yesterday. Congratulations to them. 

Commentary department...

Game apart, commentary is one department I'm sure the organizers/sponsors/telecasters would concentrate upon. There is a result already bringing in two male commentators for today's matches. There have been enough female badminton former players/ex-coaches. I'd love to hear at least couple of them in the days to come. The Delhi crowd is seen encouraging and enjoying. A good and right sign. Hope they would continue to do so. All players need at some moments are applauds. They can change the results and it has been proved at number of occasions across the different sports. Delhi guys, keep it up!

Saina Vs Sindhu...

I learnt couple of days back that the Saina vs Sindhu is scheduled to happen on the Independence day. I've been waiting for the same since then and even more wait has been there from this morning. You wait long in front of an open door to see if anyone come there, someone's foot steps are heard suddenly, your heart lit up and the door shuts! Some what the same happened to me before the start of this match. The power-cut. Pune's Thursday special! Thoughts boomed around my mind. some good wishes too. Such as "there shall come a day when there is a Saina-Sindhu tie and the power is never cut intentionally", like the way it happens when India play a crucial match in the country's most watched sport. Well, the fan started running as well as the LEDs on the set-top box. I quickly turned the channel ON and the play had been going on already. 

Though I was excited to watch the match, I knew what I wanted the result to be. The Saina's win. No partiality or side-taking. I thought, if Sindhu won today, a lot other thing would go around than about the IBL itself. And that would definitely prove bad for both these young players. Hence I wanted such result and yes Saina won it with the head to head first game and a single sided second one. 

Saina will now be more conscious anyway knowing her opponent's capabilities and Sindhu will, I think, work more on her mental strength and never-die attitude. From the last two matches I watched of Sindhu, I can state that her body language suggests her opponents if she is trying to win it or play it. That's where Sindhu's game becomes a open door for anyone to get through. Gopi Chand would have already started working on it. And Saina, she is a warrior, a fighter soul. For today's game, it was undoubtedly Saina who was carrying the pressure as her opponent and the stunning teenager won the world's bronze by beating couple of top Chinese players in a row. Not just that, Saina herself was going through a tough phase of her career these days. Her metal ability has won the match for her as well as for the Hyderabad Hotshots. 

Not just about winning matches, it must also be about keeping the nation united...

Congratulations Saina, Cheers Sindhu! With full of my heart I hope these two players will unite the nation and certainly do not divide. There have been the contemporary rivals who have at many occasions left a tough choice for Indians by ending up in all such controversies. I really want to see these two girls turn all the around and be the faces of women-ism with generosity, competitiveness and support for each other. Responsibility will have to be shared by their coach too! It's not just about bringing up many players, coaching is also about keeping them all together as much as one can! I wish Gopi Sir all the very best to achieve so.

IBL gives many chances for other forces to play their part in inducing any possible negative kind of rivalry among players, especially the iconic ones. 'Forces' include the media, team management and sponsors etc. We being the audience certainly cannot stop all that but as an audience we must cheer for the game, for the togetherness of the players. I've just seen a poster by someone from the crowd by crossing a player's name and putting on the name of the other player. That's no good. 

Well, that's quite common and sports men/women are made to go through all this. I wish a lot strength to all the players to stay united and keep the nation united.

I write for IBL #1 - India's Another Sports League!

Indian Badminton League (IBL) is taken off today and is expected to prove to be the best ever platform for the Indian shuttlers to prove themselves before their home crowd. As far as the foreign shuttlers are concerned, it might appear just as if any other series to begin with but as the matches go on, they would get to know the Indian badminton supporters and media more. 

Saina, Kashyap, Chetan Anand, Ashwini, Jwala and of course Gopi Chand have been the players who made the world look at Indian Badminton in the recent years after the heroic feats of Mr. Prakash Padukone back in 1970-80's. The new addition to this successful Indian player league is none other than the P.V. Sindhu, the world badminton championship bronze medalist and the youngest ever Arjuna awardee from the game. With her stunning performance at the worlds'13, she has not just won the medal, award etc but also won the crores of Indian hearts in the span of just two matches! Of course, that was not about two matches but about the hard work involved in the back ground and that too since years. 

Well, all these players have been the different faces of the game in India. Now with the inaugural IBL would mean a lot more than a tournament for every player/coach and audience as well. I really hope for a success of this tournament. And why not I hope! India is made of many other sports and sports personalities apart from the ones who often come into lime light be it a win or a loss. No, nothing against anyone. It's just about bringing up the nation's capabilities to the world stage such that India will be a sports hub one day. I'm sure everyone who is directly or indirectly involved in this league will put their best efforts to establish themselves strong enough. 

At the moment I'm not interested in choosing out any of the teams. I'd first like to get into the league before I raise my thumb for any team. This time, I'd not like to go by the city name! 

May the best win!

The game-changer instinct!

Be humble in success. 

Be gracious in defeat. 

Arise, aspire, and develop,

The game-changer instinct!

Ray of hope @ Indian Badminton

It has been almost a year since my last writing on badminton, my another favorite sport after Cricket and Tennis. An year passed by after the first ever Indian badminton player stood proudly on the Olympic podium. There is every reason to recollect those wonderful moments and as well to celebrate. Adding to that, the recent historic wins recorded by the Indian players, Kashyap and Sindhu, have reasoned it out beautifully why the Indian game watchers have to look for more tournaments to held across the globe. 

Before moving on, I congratulate Kashyap and Sindhu for their inspiring victories over the players ranked well ahead to them. 

Saina Nehwal is undoubtedly the one player who has made the world look at the Indian badminton. The duo, Gopi Chand and Saina have assured India of a great future of the sport. Her medal from the Olympics has already inspired many young lads to hold the racket. The recent victories of Indian players have made sure that there is a lot than Saina-Gopi Chand, Jwala-Ashwini-Diju, and that there are other players too, that there are Sindhu and Kashyap too. 

Back in 2001 when I met Pullela Gopi Chand during a felicitation ceremony held at our school grounds with regards to his All England Championship win, I never expected he would bring so many more victories home. He could not be more successful on world stage later to his 2001 All England's win but he has been successful than any other Indian player in giving back to the game. Having been the youngest ever chief badminton coach for India, the way he has been bringing up the young players is inspiring and mind blowing. His academy is the champion making factory so far for the Indian Badminton without a second argument. His dedication and consistency are the back bones for India's success in the recent times. 

Having said that about the coach, I have no intentions in downsizing the efforts of the players who have recorded stunning victories in the recent past. Coach can add certain technical tips, form disciplinary rules, and plan punishing workouts etc. But at the end of the day, it's players who have to adopt themselves to all those that their coach put on them. Players have to at times surrender themselves to their coaches without saying a word back. This needs not just the interest of the coach but a tremendous will power and respect from the players. Be it Saina Nehwal, Kashyap or Sindhu, or for that matter any other successful player to shine in future, it would take hell lot of self control and surrendering nature to the game. 

Hats off to all these guys and girls for letting the world notice them in their earlier ages of career. What matters henceforth is the consistency in game plans, wins and focus towards the game. I wish them all the very best for their successful careers. Media and brands must also support them by highlighting them to the point. Nothing more, nothing less. Unfortunately, we do not often see such support from either media or sponsors, i.e. just to the point. But there is scope of improvement every where and a ray of hope. Let's see how it moves on. 

Once again, wishing Sindhu, the new teenage sensation from India, congratulations for being assured of a medal at the world championships and all the best for the upcoming match. 

Respect... Take Home #245

Respect, but do not get lost in it too much that you keep quiet where otherwise you would question the decisions/happenings. 

Friend, you are the one!

In the moments of Joy,

In the moments of sorrow,

In the moments of setback,

In the moments of triumph,

You are the one!

You are the one,

Making the laughter of joy,

Shedding the tears of  sorrow,

Patting the back in setback,

Sharing the fruits of triumph.

Friends fill colors in life. Friends bring smiles to the moments. In need, in pain, they be the ones to support, to encourage. They play a major role in keeping our spirits high always. More than anything else, they give the moral support, which is much needed to keep a person's confidence levels on constant note. Keeping apart what a friend is and does for you, it's important that you be the friend, to share and care your friends as well. 

The best way to win a friend is to be a friend.

Wish and will... Take Home #244

Along with the strong wish to come into limelight, have strong will to face the rejection and criticism. You can never achieve all; you can never satisfy all.           

The 'key' in defeat... Take Home #243

Giving it fully matters and is important. Outcome is important but does not matter too much. Life opens a lot doors of opportunities and often the key lies in the form of defeat.  

Five years and on...

What else could be a better topic for the day? Five years back, same day, I along with few other aspiring young engineers joined the organization that I work for. It's been a beautiful journey since then, undoubtedly.

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When in college, you aspire for a good job, salary and weekend parties. When in initial days of work, you look every where to learn everything. As few days get consumed in understanding the whole intention, what for you are in a job or in that organization etc, some more days go with mugging up the hierarchy. Though you spend days put together at initial stages, you may hardly understand the ocean-like structure/happenings and especially the responsibilities to come. That's not something very different that occurs only to you. Unfortunately, it appears that way. The free time and the weekend outings etc of the initial days let the pressure stay away from you. But as the years pass on, you get conscious.

Experience brings the exposure, provided you are open to look here and there apart from the path that you are supposed to look at. Drawing strict and thick borders for yourself, especially in work, can work against you as the years of experience get increased. While you get involved deep into your work, looking around helps and at times makes you realize that you are not alone under the radar and eventually reduces the pressure as well. It also makes you realize of your strengths and improvement areas. After all, life is all about learning and growing not just older but experienced. 

It's not just work that fills one's career or professional life. Neither it's just learning. To enjoy the other fruits of professional life, one must be as a good friend and not just as a colleague. All who can support you the most are your colleagues not just at toughest of the tough times but also at all the times when you need a lighter moment to your otherwise routine workout. Gossiping can be the best stress buster at times! Well, don't spread out the words until and unless you are too sure to be said. Might not be possible always, but ensure it as along as you can. Participate in off-the-work activities, group activities. They do not just give you another experience, they also ensure you a well deserved break at times.  

Spend time for yourself too. Make friends. Enjoy.

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Wishing my friends, colleagues who joined along with me and equally completed five years. Hearty congratulations and best wishes for the years to come.

Making impressions...

Power of different leaders becomes evident at different point of times. Showing power and making inspiring impression are two different sides of a single game. As long as you are one of the spectators of the game, you understand the victory as a win and loss as a defeat. Once you start playing the game, you will actually understand how to read the win-loss statement and their practical definitions. Power lies in a victory. But 'making impressions' could lie in a win as well as in a loss.  

Movie: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' is an inspirational biopic, produced and directed by one of the bollywood's finest directors, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Prasoon Joshi's carefully written script does take the story and the emotions deep into you. 

Milkha Singh, India's most successful athlete in the track and field events, needs no introduction. An Olympian he is, a proud one indeed. Being the best Indian runner among his contemporaries, he has been inspiring the generations in choosing their run. His achievements and glory are truly out of hard work and commitment. For any champion, its important that he or she must set targets. In the history, the targets have defined the champions. The target that Milkha Singh had set for himself was to break the world record in 400 m run, who later successfully changed it down. Changing records isn't that easy and if there is any doubt about it in any corner of anyone's mind, the way this film depicts Milkha Singh's punishing workout and practice, waves off the same. 

For all of us as an audience his runs, records, wins and glory are important things to look at. Not just that, they give us enough inspiration to strive for the best in the work we do, whatever the field it may be. But for the director, and if I'm not wrong, for Mr. Milkha Singh himself, running the movie around his 1960 Olympics loss was important. For director it's for keeping his audience to their seats and for Milkha Singh, it's to let the world know him, his past and his pain from his personal life. All in all, it was a good move and brave attempt by the director. 

For the stereo types of Indian cinema to get through the audience, either you must show the hero's win at the end if it's a fiction. And if at all you want to show the hero's defeat, you must dare to do an according biopic or at least you must attach a tag saying that the film is based on real incidents. Unless you do that you are not accepted to show a hero's defeat. This movie revolves around the hero's biggest losses of his career, perhaps of his life. I really hope the reason for the defeat shown was not a typical cinema stunt. Well, none of us know it. Better believe that it was not fake. 

After watching the movie I thought the movie wandered around his Olympic defeat leaving out all of his greatest achievements. But later, once it got sink in, I realized the importance of looking at the movie with winner's eyes. It depicts the making of a champion, an all time great runner of India. 

If a movie can bring stardom to an artist, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag is one such movie for Farhan Akhtar. If he was not considered in star's list earlier to this film, it was the last time to happen. What a man! What an artist he is! and what a runner as well. Farhan has done an unexpectedly great job as Milkha Singh. You can easily understand his efforts that he put in to make himself appearing as India's finest athlete ever lived. He did not act as a runner, he actually ran. And the best part is that you can actually sense it. 

I'm damn sure, Farhan Akhtar will be one of the best competitors for all award races this year. I hope he will win plenty. Well done Farhan and all the best. Also, I will support Divya Dutta for a best performance in a supporting actress' role.

Being a basic follower of sports, I'd been dying to watch this biopic. After watching it, my desire to watch many of such biopics of sports men and women is increased. As the next one is already on the sets, i.e. the movie based on Marry Kom's life, my best wishes are with the team of the film and Priyanka Chopra, a versatile actress among her contemporaries, who is playing the leading lady role.

Hope India cinema will continue to honor our legends through many more biopics. 

Those moments, in rain!

Remembering those moments,

With you under the rain shower,

Forgetting the pain, and every else,

Making it a touch wood, for life.

As the droplets run down,

Hearts warm up from within.

As the world escapes slowly,

Just you and I remain, closely.

Every step we made,

In need of oneness,

In search of happiness,

Resulted in the togetherness.

Beautiful ever those times are.

Memorable ever those moments are,

Times and moments of being with you,

You make my time, you make me.

A daily dose of exercise!

This is to spread the word a doctor had told me couple of years back!

"If you do not spare at least half an hour in a day for yourself for exercising, you are not living for yourself at all"

Exercise is the most important routine we must have in our day to day life. By saying that I do want to confess that even I hide behind plenty of reasons, laziness tops the list though, to skip the daily exercise. Feeling like not doing it, skipping it thinking of the pain here and there and no one knows if its really pain, thinking that the day has gone with physical exercise at work etc are some of my famous reasons for not exercising. Knowing all these does not change the motive. But understanding the importance of exercising can do so. If not anything else, when I used to exercise regularly, it used to open two doors for me: one, I could eat more what I like. And two, I used feel confident that I would be less prone to illness. 

It's been almost a year that I stopped doing this daily routine at home. Well, i must confess. This one year has been the tough time of my work life and personal life during which I needed the exercise the most! I can't get back the days. But I can certainly change the time to come. I've decided to give it a shot every day. Let me see how much I'd succeed in keeping it up.

Keeping my routine apart, it's important for everyone. starting from earlier ages to the old ages, one shall have some physical form of exercise which he or she shall do religiously. More than that, spending time to oneself gives immense interest in one's own life. This is applicable for women the most. Who, by nature and by the kind of routine they carry, are bound to do work for their family. Studies say that keeping time for oneself always creates a kind of satisfaction that helps in supporting others/family in a better way. I fully agree to that and I experienced the same as well. It's utmost important that we from internally feel that we live for ourselves too. That's the motive. That's the work force. That's the tonic for anyone to be energetic and complacent in what they do.

Friends, do exercise. And also along with that, spend time to do the things for yourself, doing which you feel like you have given importance to yourself at least for sometime. This will help in efficiently spending time for our own people too. 

Tough times make you tougher... Take Home #242

Tough times make you tougher. Thank them and also thank the people who knowingly or unknowingly create them for you. Just hang on and keep up your spirit to crack the difficult times. Confidence will build up as well as the dealing capability. 

Happiness ever after...

Relationships are not just made of people. They are made of sacrifices and adjustments too. Never try to prove to your partner all that you have been doing for him or her until and unless, by your heart, you feel that you cannot hold it any more and helpless. You may not be aware of what he or she must have been doing for you.

In case one bursts out, the other shall hold back for the moment to let the wall fall completely such that the relationship builds itself back . All it needs is knowing each other. And later comes the forgiving, adjustment and happiness ever after.

Success-mantra... Take Home #241

You never know how long you can be part of any game. But as long as you are and you can, try to ensure that the game is played fair. 

This might not be a winning-mantra always but this is a success-mantra. 

Its the matter of understanding...!

Understanding things half-way is more dangerous than not understanding the things.

But, neither does that mean that one should not try to understand nor that not understanding things is incorrect. Most of the times, we shall go by the conscience, as we all can stuck mid way through our wish to understand the things completely because of many reasons. All one can or shall do is to be more conscious in our try and hold it tight forgetting the fatigue until we can. Humanly impossible it could be, sometimes. But every time, humans can forgive each other, help each other and move forward towards success together.

Mr. Modi, all the best

After a long time, I feel like I've been thinking about Indian politics these days again. Also, I feel like wishing a politician for his or his team's success. I'm not wary of the statistics. But somewhere from the corner of my mind and heart, I feel like supporting a political party for their PM candidate. As the rupee value is going down and down every hour, we, Indians certainly  need a PM who is not just a brainy, but also a gutsy and charming. Being a citizen and as an amateur writer of politics, I frankly do not know what else must be written on this topic here. I just wish Mr. Narendra Modi and his team a hearty all the best. Looking forward for his charm to work out at India level as well. I'm at the moment surely not taking any side. But just wish and hope that he and his ideas work out. Well, new faces are always welcomed. Hope he does utilize it. 

Do not fear... Take Home #240

Though we need not fear in life for anything, being humans we all succumb to fear at times. Remember, where you can achieve something by not fearing, do not fear. At least, resist the fear and enjoy the fruits.

Learn and Grow... Take Home #239

Two things we strive for in life are learning and growing. The later has limits and the former has no limits. Whereas both are important, at different point of times one of them shall be taken on priority.