"for some things there are no U-turns in life, neither it is possible to put a reverse gear and take a step back".

Mumbai: 26th November, 2008

I found this picture (A policeman gives water to an injured child at a hospital in Mumbai after the city came under serial attacks)on Indian Express and was very much touched by it. Is it a world worth living? Where is the nation going? Are we really a developing or developed nation, probably true, because violence is surely a sign :-(

कल और आज...

बदला न अपने आप को जो थे वही रहे,
मिलते रहे सभी से मगर अजनबी रहे.

दुनिया ना जीत पाओ तो हारों ना खुद को तुम,
थोडी बहोत तो झहन में नाराज़गी रहे.

अपनी तरह सभी को भी किसी कि तलाश थी,
हम जिसके भी करीब रहे दूर ही रहे.

गुजरो जो बाग़ से तो दुआ मांगते चलो,
जिसमे खिले हैं फूल वह डाली हरी रहे.

Paulo Coelho

I have recently picked up the interest to read Paulo Coelho. I searched for his blog on internet and found something beautiful. Here it goes:

Memory and Salt
Paulo Coelho (August 31, 2007)

"I arrive in Madrid at eight o’clock in the morning. I will only be here a few hours, so it’s not worth phoning friends and arranging to see them. I decide to go for a walk alone in my favourite places, and I end up sitting smoking a cigarette on a bench in the Retiro Park.

‘You look miles away,’ says an old man, joining me on the bench.

‘Oh, I’m here,’ I say, ‘but I’m sitting on this same bench with a painter friend of mine, Anastasio Ranchal, twelve years ago in 1986. We are both watching my wife, Christina, who has had a bit too much to drink and is trying to dance the flamenco.’

‘Enjoy your memories,’ says the old man. ‘But don’t forget that memory is like salt: the right amount brings out the flavour in food, too much ruins it. If you live in the past all the time, you’ll find yourself with no present to remember.’ "

Myself

Hi,

I was thinking to create a blog from a long long time, but just kept thinking until today. Today i needed to talk, to communicate to somebody and then my blog came into being. Hopefully, it will help me discover myself, and share my burden when I am lost/lonely, and also share my happiness.