tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78973590843084631582024-03-13T00:09:26.358-07:00SneharmonicArticles by Dr Sneha Gaud Sharma~S n E h A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11476784957871669380noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897359084308463158.post-278415357203261992020-05-23T07:01:00.022-07:002020-05-24T06:49:05.285-07:00About - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
mischievous boy rings a chord across time. The characters are laden with
foolish childhood acts that define fun and envy of the age.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
backdrop of the story set in the 19<sup>th</sup> century America
inhabits </span><b><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">superstition.</span></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Illiteracy ruled
various societies and science was still searching answers for so many
unexplained truths. People had the desire to understand, foresee and control
the real world and irrational beliefs prevailed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">And so
when Tom and Huck have a conversation about curing warts by a cat and
spunk-water by chanting an incantation, it doesn’t come as a surprise and makes
the story authentic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reference - </span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7897359084308463158/27841535720326199"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">https://www.academia.edu/35277094/The_Use_of_Superstition_in_The_Adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer_</span></i></b></a></span><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Twain
laid significance on the <b>simple acts of childhood</b> which could
include something as raw and uninitiated as ‘skylarking’ - a supremely
universal, quintessential childhood conduct, considered natural and healthy by
him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Twain’s
narrative has touched on </span><b><span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">racial integration</span></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> as
in the line - “<b><i>white </i></b></span><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">mulatto</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and
negro boys and girls were always there waiting their turns, resting, trading
playthings, quarelling, fighting, skylarking”</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of people of color is more a function of the characters' views than the
author's.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In his
signature style </span><b><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">philosophy</span></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, Twain has added<i> – ‘<b>Often the less there
is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.’</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">- The
wild and vivid imagination of a teenage psychology and the deeply felt young
emotions thus reproduced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">‘ <b><i>The
convulsion of delight that swept his system shook him to his foundations.’</i></b> (<i>convulsion</i> –
uncontrollable fit)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
current happenings in Sawyer’s emotional world has been live-reported by the
author so well, it is as if it has been served piping hot, right from the
psychologically fertile mind of our teenage hero. It is evident in the
following line, like in many others –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">‘This picture brought such an agony of pleasurable suffering that
he worked it over and over again in his mind and set it up in new and varied
lights, till he wore it threadbare.’’</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (When
Sawyer‘s petty quarrel with his girl-friend makes him wander alone and
contemplate his feelings in extremes. He thinks of death and the responses from
his loved ones over his dead body.) There is also the paradox of a <b>suffering
that is pleasurable</b> in Tom’s emotions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">His <b>emotional
descriptions are elaborative</b> and he has at many occasions pitted
sentiments against sentiments. For example considering pain a sacred feeling
and any feeling of delight too harsh and worldly for this pain.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“And such a luxury to him was this petting of his sorrows, that he
could not bare to have any worldly cheeriness or any grating delight intrude
upon it; it was too sacred for such contact.”</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The use
of </span><b><span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">oxymorons </span></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">like – <b>dismal
felicity</b> (bliss), the agony of <b>pleasurable suffering</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Other
expressions that I liked in the story -<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">‘prayers…for the heathen in the far islands of the sea.’</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">‘He became the centre of fascination and homage.’</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The part that I loved – </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Huckleberry’s
taking to the stage. He has been introduced after quite a few pages to let
Sawyer’s character build and take space into the hearts of his privileged
readers.</span></i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Sawyer’s soul brother and the hero of Twain’s next series - </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">‘The social pariah of the village, son of the drunkard, cordially
hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town, because he was idle and
lawless, vulgar and bad – and because all their children admired him so, and
delighted in the forbidden society and wished they dared to be like him.’</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Sawyer’s incantation he
teaches to Huck to cure his warts<b><i> – ‘barley-corn, barley-corn,
injun-meal shorts…’</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The <b>urban
dictionary </b>defines </span><b><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘injun meal’</span></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> best
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Injun was
for ‘Indians’ or the indigenous population of native Americans or earliest
Europeans who thought they had landed in India. The term was used in later
years only by children. It might not necessarily be derogatory always but can
be used in a light-hearted, if politically incorrect fashion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">For example in the sentence –<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7897359084308463158/27841535720326199" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Uh-oh</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, we are </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7897359084308463158/27841535720326199" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, serif; text-decoration-line: none;">entering</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7897359084308463158/27841535720326199" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: Times, serif; text-decoration-line: none;">Injun country</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">!</span></i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<!--[endif]--></span></i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Metaphors</span></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<!--[endif]--></span></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">‘A deluge of water and the maid’s discordant voice, drenched the
prone martyr’s remains,</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">‘The sun beamed down upon a village like a benediction’ </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">(blessing)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br />
<!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Idioms (not commonly used)</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> – </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Girded up
his loins’</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> – </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">to summon up one’s inner
resources in preparation for action.</span></i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">‘He was about to take refuse in a lie, when he saw two long tails
of yellow hair hanging down a back that he recognized by the </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">electric
sympathy of love</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">…’</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<!--[endif]--></span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">‘</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Peppering fire of giggles</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.’</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<!--[endif]--></span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Word usage</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
<!--[endif]--></span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Heathen –</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">· <b><i>of or pertaining to heathens; pagan.</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">· <b><i>Irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized.</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4"
o:spid="_x0000_i1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="*" style='width:9.75pt;height:9.75pt;
visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
<v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Sanskar\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image005.png"
o:title="*"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img alt="*" border="0" height="13" src="file:///C:/Users/Sanskar/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image006.gif" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4" width="13" /><!--[endif]--></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ' <b><i>She called us all heathens and hypocrites.'
(savage)</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5"
o:spid="_x0000_i1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="*" style='width:9.75pt;height:9.75pt;
visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
<v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Sanskar\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image005.png"
o:title="*"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img alt="*" border="0" height="13" src="file:///C:/Users/Sanskar/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image006.gif" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_5" width="13" /><!--[endif]--></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b><i>A heathen temple
(Godless temple)</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6"
o:spid="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="*" style='width:9.75pt;height:9.75pt;
visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'>
<v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Sanskar\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image005.png"
o:title="*"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img alt="*" border="0" height="13" src="file:///C:/Users/Sanskar/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image006.gif" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_6" width="13" /><!--[endif]--></span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b><i>To disappear into the cold heathen north.</i></b></span><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<!--[endif]--></span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><img height="400" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Huckleberry-finn-with-rabbit.jpg" width="271" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<!--[endif]--></span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: -.25in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Quotations</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"heathen: a benighted* creature who has the folly* to worship something that he can see and feel" [Ambrose Bierce ‘The Devil's Dictionary’]</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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<!--[endif]--></span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">*Benighted – overtaken by night or darkness, *folly – lack of good
sense.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Philosophies -</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Twain has
advocated his </span><b><span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">liberating philosophies</span></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and their satirical
inscriptions – </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">(when the minister read out the sermon)</span></i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<!--[endif]--></span></i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The minister…droned along the sermon monotonously…and yet it was
an argument that dealt in limitless fire and brimstone and thinned the predestined
elect down to a company so small as to be hardly worth the saving.”</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">It’s only human for a child to wander away from the morality of
principles burdened upon him. Tom finds recluse at this moment in a fly that he
desperately wants to hold prey.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The gap in his upper row of teeth enabled him to expectorate in a
new and admirable way. He gathered quite a following of lads. The guy who had
cut his finger was suddenly shorn of his glory.”</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Writing Style - </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- </span><span style="color: #f4a900; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b><i>Satirical,</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #f4a900; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- <b><i>vivid
imagery</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #f4a900; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">- <b><i>Careful
about diction and vernacular dialogue –</i></b></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><i><span style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“They shoot a cannon over the water and that makes him come up to
the top..and they take loaves of bread and put quicksilver (mercury) in ‘em and
set ‘em afloat, and wherever there’s anybody that’s drownded(sic), they’ll
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~S n E h A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11476784957871669380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897359084308463158.post-50205911568292075262020-05-02T08:35:00.000-07:002020-05-16T20:34:56.871-07:00Tuesdays with Morrie <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Can death be ever made into a story? A story that takes away
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One might argue that it’s the ideas of Morrie and the
philosophies of life that he has preached in this book but it is also
undeniably the style of narrative – simple and so authentic which makes it
appear like a song, as if Morrie the coach is sitting beside us and whispering
the secrets of living straight into our ears. It’s soothing and warm and so
very personal.</div>
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If Morrie’s lessons make the book what it is, it’s Mitch’s
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The author has in the entire story made the <b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">silence speak</span></b>.
From noting the gestures and ever-changing moods and expressions of his beloved
professor to capturing something as small as public expression at the Logan
airport with no air-conditioning, or Morrie’s kitchen counter having all kinds
of notes and medical instructions, he has made every effort to make the story
sound natural.</div>
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Mitch is observant. He realizes how a human touch is a
therapy for comfort.</div>
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<b><i>‘A slightest human contact was immediate joy.’<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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It’s also a moment of pride when the philosophies of the
father of our nation touches human hearts worldwide and also finds mention in
this book – </div>
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<b><i>‘Each night when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning when I wake
up, I am reborn.’ – Mahatma Gandhi<o:p></o:p></i></b><br />
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In Mitch’s own words – it’s a story of a<b><i> ‘dying man talking to living
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The novel unfolds the beauty of a teacher-student
relationship which doesn’t always need to be serious or preachy but can be
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Like when Mitch is trying to aid his professor in his
physiotherapy, he had to hit his back and Morrie says – <b><i>‘I knew you always wanted to hit
me.’</i></b></div>
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Mitch jokes along – <b><i>‘yeah, this is for that B you gave me
sophomore year!’<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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The author is curious in questioning nature with its
miracles – <b>‘how could there be life in
his beard when it was draining everywhere else?’<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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In the end the story leaves us in tears thinking how lucky
Mitch has been, wondering if we had somebody in our lives to guide us like
that, a mentor who would call us <b><i>‘Dear Player…’</i></b>!</div>
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But then Mitch still misses his coach, after his death. Were
all his questions seeking meaning of life addressed? I don’t think so as in the
end he witnesses – ‘the teaching goes on!’</div>
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If we aren’t so lucky to find one mentor in life, we can
still seek to make a community. Like <b>Michelle Obama</b> says in her speeches, how
it served her well or can learn lessons from everyone around us – friends,
parents, children, ourselves, our mistakes and life in general. <b>We just need to
listen</b>.</div>
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The story dares us asking some basic questions
involved with death – when it comes, are we ready for it? Are we living in
self-denial? What are we doing to value our life of which death is the
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The professor of Mitch’s story has a unique approach to
death. Unique it is, not because the <b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">Budhhist philosophy</span></b> that he preaches about a
bird on the shoulder reminding of death is unbeknownst but because Morrie practices
it with utmost sincerity, every single day of his life as death closes in on
him and tells us why it is important to practice it also when we are young ,
when death might not be as close. </div>
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<i>His lesson makes Mitch
ponder<b> - “I tried to see what he saw. I
tried to see time and seasons, my life passing in slow motion.”<o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
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He teaches his student how close we become to <b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">nature</span></b>
when we are dying slow, that <b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">grieving</span></b> has the healing power, how <b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">family is all
about love and support</span></b>, a firm ground we can fall back on, ‘a <b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">spiritual
security’. </span></b>The
impermanence of all things makes it important for us to practice<span style="color: #00b0f0;"> <b>detachment, </b></span>by allowing any emotion to fully
penetrate our beings and leave us detached<b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b><i>“Without love, we are all birds with broken wings”.</i></b> </div>
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and quotes <b><span style="color: #00b0f0;">Aden</span></b>
the great poet –<br />
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<b><i>“Love each other or perish.”</i></b></div>
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<b><i>And the crux Mitch draws
from the last thesis of his life with his old professor – <o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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is no such thing as ‘too-late’ in life. Morrie was changing until the day he
said good-bye.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><u>For summary of the story, refer to - <a href="https://www.ycteenmag.org/topics/elderly/Book_Review:_%3Cem%3ETuesdays_with_Morrie%3C,em%3E.html?story_id=NYC-2015-11-14">Y</a></u></i></b><i><b><a href="https://www.ycteenmag.org/topics/elderly/Book_Review:_%3Cem%3ETuesdays_with_Morrie%3C,em%3E.html?story_id=NYC-2015-11-14">Cteen</a></b></i></div>
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BRIDGE IN THE MOONLIT NIGHT AND OTHER STORIES - Manoj Das - Book Review<o:p></o:p></u></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The lock-down led many of us to search for good reading material available online. And though, reading and writing are the two rocky mounds I would compulsively go to when I wish to stare into the stars, or book a date with my thoughts, and with many a ‘to be read’ books already in stock (courtesy my father), I still decided to wash my hands in the flowing stream of these free reads and hopped on the bandwagon. (blame it to the word ‘free’ and the associated psychology!)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.nbtindia.gov.in/">NBT (National Book Trust)</a> along with many other sites are offering good reading material to be downloaded on their sites free of cost specially for this period - The material that definitely wasn’t on my reading list, but judging the book by its cover(rather title), I decided to indulge.<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span>I didn’t regret.<br /><br />‘The Bridge in the moonlit night…’ by Manoj Das is a collection of short stories that would easily find resonance with any native Asian. It is set in the era of diminishing British rule in India and consequently the royal culture of Raja-s and Rajmata-s; Gods, Goddesses and their innumerable demi-forms and awkward superstitions, had ruled this transitioning spell of the ever-changing face of the country – from enslavement to independence.<br /><br />But the lingering Raj-dom didn’t touch the lower cadre of its overwhelmed servants for a pretty long time it seems, who stuck to their loyalty towards their masters like the old rocky remains of royal palaces, refusing to break down even in doom, to remain a symbol of the extravaganza of the ancient rulers, to be awed and revered later by generations to come.<br /><br />One such narrative in the book is 'The Naked’, a short story of an Ex- army commando, Bhanu Singh and his turmoil within emerging out of the embarrassing order of the Rajmata that he feels obliged to obey. In a rather witty turn of events he finds empathy, submission and relief – all within a short range of time.<br /><br />The star of this country collection remains the title story – ‘The Bridge in the moonlit night’. How gullible are we in our endeavors with love not reciprocated; we are convinced that love has finally left its precious abode of a human heart and would only linger in the memory of a beautiful past.<br /><br />We often dismiss it as a soft emotion for the harder truths of life – by burying our minds in the rush and din of our vocations. This story transcends the meaning of love beyond its face value and makes even the most philosophically forward-looking, now forgetful old man into his 80s, Ashok Bhai, go soul-searching for the remains of a part of his life that had somehow dearly remained locked in his memory forever.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Morrison stood by her ideology that <span style="font-family: "book antiqua" , serif;">we all must use our unique
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~S n E h A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11476784957871669380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897359084308463158.post-62782915039665208342020-03-01T05:05:00.000-08:002020-03-01T05:06:21.609-08:00Leadership level speech - Toastmasters International.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>As I reach to the last speech of level 2 of my Innovative
Planning Learning pathway at Toastmasters Intl, here’s a sample speech of the
third part of level 2 for those who need to understand the structure and
content.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Duration</i></b>: <i>06 min. 15 secs. </i></div>
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This level requires me to discuss about my leadership style
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First, a few aspects of my leadership style - as a leader my
experience has been limited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I led a few
college projects that I hardly remember; I was the class monitor of 8<sup>th</sup>
A and yes the Whatsapp Admin of a nerdy joint family. Ah! I anchored two big
live shows; that was tough! But that’s about it.</div>
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When I got married and became a mother I realized I have to
lead a family. I have to lead my kids through learning, in forming
relationships, inculcating good habits and living a healthy happy life. And
honestly, in this context I can feel the heat of being a leader. </div>
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When they say ‘<b><i>Some Leaders are Born Women</i></b>’, they can’t be
more virtuous! Some leaders are born women. Men can challenge themselves to
become a leader, <b>but you cannot take a leader out of a woman</b>. It’s inherent to
her. She has to and she must step forward, her true self as a leader at some
point of time. She isn’t only a mother, she’s a teacher, a caretaker, the
backbone of the family, a juggler of work and home– I am a woman and a leader.
I think I better say – I am a leader who is born woman. </div>
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And did I say juggler of work and life? </div>
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<b>Balance is the fundamental of all things fighting gravity.</b> Woman,
the leader trudges every step with care or she might fall this side or that
side. That would be a big fall according to her as she stands up high on the
pedestal of her own benchmarks, in spite of being accused of missing out - on
work if she’s a homemaker or on family if she’s a working woman – on the
pedestal of a patriarchal society.</div>
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<b>I am a proud juggler</b>. I am a leader who is born woman. </div>
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A woman wants to make Hercules out of her children and also
Einstein and for that she knows she has to be a <b><i>meticulous planner</i></b>. She has to
make optimum utilization of resources – her limited energy, notwithstanding
that she’s a super-woman without a cape. </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I plan the activities
that I’ll do with my kids, the meals of the week, the creative activities, and
the books to read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I plan my lectures I
have to take up with my students. I am a strategic planner. I am a leader who
is born woman.</div>
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Coming to my favourite leader, my pick today is <b><i><u>Michelle
Obama</u></i></b>.</div>
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Michelle writes in her bestselling book <b><i>‘Becoming’</i></b> about a
lesson her mom taught when she was in first grade. A boy once punched her in
the face. Her mom spoke to that boy and then told her daughter - “Michelle, the
guy was angry and fearful but it had nothing to do with you.” This lesson came
handy to Michelle when she was campaigning for her husband. </div>
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So <b><i>lesson 3 of leadership –</i></b></div>
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<u><i><b>Not letting another person’s
actions change or influence you. Because most of the time It is not about you.</b></i></u></div>
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<b><i>Lesson 4 – </i></b></div>
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<b><i><u>Build a community.</u></i></b></div>
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She says it is important for a leader to have a community.
Here the community means a) a network of mentors that you build throughout your
work life and b) the people who support you unconditionally – they can be
anyone from your friends or family. They help you navigate the many bumps in
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Now a few leadership lessons I learnt from my <b><i>grandmom</i></b>, my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dadi</i>. My father has a humble background.
His family was financially deprived and many times he studied his school
lessons under the light of a lamppost. </div>
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Today he is at the topmost level of his field. Like him the
rest of his 7 siblings (yes my grandmom had 8 children), too are all well-settled
in their respective lives. Who made this possible? It was the leader amongst
them - their mother, my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dadi</i>. </div>
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She was a true leader who nurtured not only the lives of 9
other individuals including her husband through frugal means but also never
forgot to take care of herself! </div>
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At sharp 4 am each day,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
dadi</i> lit up the bulb of our room to get ready for her unbreakable morning
routine, doing ‘jaap’ with her rosary. She would have already taken a bath by
that time with ice cold water even in extreme winters. And the best part was
she didn’t know how to read a clock and yet every step of her routine fell into
perfect time slots unfailingly, each day!</div>
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She filled her plate with salads and loved tomatoes. Her
molars were intact at the age of 99 - the grinding teeth!</div>
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And if she hadn’t slipped in the bathroom that fateful
evening she would have lived to be a 100!</div>
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<b><i>So lesson 5 – </i></b></div>
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<b><i><u>A leader takes care of her physical and mental health. </u></i></b></div>
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My <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dadi </i>was
uneducated but her death was a celebration of her life as a leader beholding
the wisdom of having a great physical and mental health.</div>
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So let’s end it on a note to compliment the father of a
daughter. For he is a blessed man who has an <b><i>intense caregiver</i></b> by his side, he
has by his side t<b><i>he womb of the universe</i></b> that would nurture a life beyond. I am
a mother of two amazing souls whom I willingly commit to care for. I<b><i><u> am a
nurturer, a guide. I am a leader who is born woman.</u></i></b></div>
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<b><i>Time Management</i></b><br />
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“Slow it down, make it stop or else my heart is going to
pop..cause it’s too much, yeah it’s a lot to be something that I am not” – the very
famous song by <b>Australian Singer Lenka.</b></div>
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Whenever I think of time, I think of the white rabbit from
<b>Alice in Wonderland</b>, wearing a waistcoat, holding a pocket watch, and muttering
"Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" Alice then follows him down
the rabbit hole into the Wonderland. </div>
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Metaphorically we are all that white rabbit<span style="color: red;"><b> running against
time to be something that we are not.</b></span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Alice on the other hand felt she had a lot of
time. She was<span style="color: red;"><b> curious and followed her heart</b></span>. </div>
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A few days back I got a call from a friend; one of my
closest buddies since childhood. She was in town only for a day and so wanted
to see me the same day. It had been years since we last met.</div>
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I checked my schedule<span style="color: red;">, </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>made all the arrangements back home for who’s
going to watch over the kids, what we’ll be having for dinner, I ironed the
uniform, prepared for the lecture huffing and panting. And was able to make
time to see her but I promised myself that I won’t take more than two hours. </div>
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On the way, I recalled all the mischief that we did together
as kids, the fun school days, being the back benchers, being called into the
principal’s office together several times for not performing well in academics and
I realized <span style="color: red;"><b>what is the point of seeing an old friend in such a hurry</b></span>? Why can’t
I just forget about the time while I am with her.?</div>
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So I decided I won’t look at the watch and would only laugh
my heart out while I am with my friend. I did that. And it was swell! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was one of those rare <span style="color: red;"><b>moments of delight
and sheer laughter that you have when you meet an old school chum.</b></span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I walked out of
CCD, I thought I must be super late but when I saw the time i was surprised to
know that we were together for only one and a half hours!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b><i>Shefali Tsabary,</i></b> the popular psychologist says that when we are
always very conscious about time, we often forget to live in the moment and
then in the later part of our lives are caught up with diseases like
hypertension, high blood pressure and even heart attack!</div>
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for it.</span> The right interpretation of<b><i> ‘time is money</i></b>’ is to value it,
avoiding its wastage on the things that do not matter to us and not to make
ourselves appear super-busy all the time. </div>
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But the question remains –<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">How to better manage the time that
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I remember reading a story in which a professor fills a jar
of glass with golf balls and asks his students if the jar was full. He then
puts some pebbles into it and those pebbles occupy the empty spaces between the
golf balls. He asks again – <b><i>Is the jar full</i></b>? And the students say yes sir! And
he picks up some sand and inserts in the same jar. The sand fills up the void
between pebbles and the balls. </div>
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The professor goes on to say – Just like the golf balls made
the jar appear full, <b>there are things and people in our lives who matter the
most and seem to make our lives fulfilling</b>. Had I put pebbles or the sand first
into the jar, there would have been no space for the golf balls! </div>
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So while prioritizing the time, we need to <b><i>remember the golf
balls first </i></b>and make more room for them. In life they are our family, friends,
people we truly love, our mentors and our passion. The pebbles are the other
important things like our job, house, car, secondary to the golf balls.
Everything else is the sand.</div>
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So how to plan our day so we can carve out more time for our
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Here are certain ways as suggested by <b><i>Rory Vaden – The
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He says give <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">emotional
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For this he suggests a focus funnel – </div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Can I eliminate this task</i></b>?</span> The more things that we say no to
today the more time we create for tomorrow.</div>
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Most of the time we spend with our ‘to do’ list, we need to
ask what we should not be doing. Perfection is not when nothing more can be
added but when nothing more can be taken away from our ‘to do’ list.</div>
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Rory calls it significance calculation – how significant is
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“Automation to your tasks is what compounding interest is to
your money. For example there’s something called online bill pay that can pay
your bills automatically but for that you have to set it up.</div>
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Compound interest takes money and makes it into more money,
automation takes time and makes it into more time.”</div>
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The third part of focus funnel - If I cannot automate it, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">can I
delegate it</i></b>? Can I teach someone how to do that particular task for me?
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If none of these works, then you ask yourself – if it has to
be done by me, does it need to be done now? But if can be done later and it’s
not majorly contributing to your LT goal, then <b><i>‘procrastinate it on purpose’.</i></b></div>
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Procrastinating is not a good habit. But a<b> thoughtful
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So give more time to your golf balls, <b><span style="font-size: large;">live in the moment </span></b>and
use the concept of <b><span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>focus funnel</u></i></span></b> that is – either <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>eliminate, automate, delegate or procrastinate
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Also, there are hundreds of ‘to do’ list management mobile
applications to help you cope up with the management of time but I would prefer
going by the traditional methods, as I think we are already too obsessed with
those screens to be spending some extra
time over them.</div>
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It would be a better
idea to go a bit vintage with your humble diary, white boards or bullet
journals - marking out the dates and adding the tasks into it with your own
hands. It would also give some respite to your precious eyes and neck!</div>
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But of course if you are someone who has to deal with insane
lists of tit-bits, important appointments and meets then there are certain apps
that are doing well in the market that I personally liked – </div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Remember the milk app - </span><o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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This simple virtual assistant allows you to:</div>
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due dates for everything you need to do today, tomorrow, this week, or any
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There is also an option of smart lists that is created on
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Rescue Time</b> –</span>
which is an automatic productivity tracker and also the <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Forest – focus</span></b> app.</div>
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Thomas Frank suggests – <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Todoist
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Kidsstoppress</span></b> is
another great app for kids, their food planning and for getting great tips like
how to handle a fussy eater or what to pack for a holiday.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Evernote</span></b> is
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British Raj that patriotism was truly ubiquitous. Today the ideologies stand
inter-mingled. We have nationalism, secularism, liberal mindedness,
anti-feudalism, the right-wing, left-wing and what not! But the fundamental
feeling of being in love and faithful to the country is misconstrued and almost
absent.</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>India has always stood
for peace. It had conquered the 200 years of British Raj through one of the
greatest influences of all times - Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the
nation. </b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>The worldwide Satyagrah
movement and non-violence promoted peace. Our country stands for these virtues.
So when there’s a war cry, it’s a temporary euphoria, an emotional
vulnerability that we are exhibiting to the world that’s anything but
patriotism.</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>Charles De
Gaulle, French army officer and statesman who led the French Resistance
against Nazi Germany in World War II</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b> puts it,
"Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when
hate for people other than your own comes first." </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Here’s to glorious,
gorgeous, deliciously united <i>Akhand Bharat </i>that stands for peace and not war!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">My first
introduction to humour as a child was the jokes my mom used to read out from
champak to me and my sister..<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Then I grew up
a little, I teased my sister all the time…<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Once I gifted
her a greeting card saying, 'happy birthday my SWEETHEART LITTLE SIS'..and down
on the card I wrote a note in brackets ('you know what mom told that me you were
an accident..hahaha') and she didn’t speak to me for two days..though I got
reprimanded for it, I truly enjoyed it and even she did eventually; getting
teased..Today I think that it is the best relationship I have ever had with
anyone..My sister is far away and I miss her like an idiot misses a point!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Wikipedia
defines these two perspectives of humour we all have experienced with precision
– <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Humour is, it
says – the quality of being amusing</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Two – a state
of mind..<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">So it works
inside- out..<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">The term humour also has its roots in the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks, which taught that the
balance of fluids in the human body, known as humours, controlled human health
and emotion. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">It’s backed by
hundreds of researches that people with a strong sense of humour were found to
live longer in spite of illness, especially cardiovascular disease and
infection..<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Some people
think that humour is encoded in their dna..researches say humour is encoded in
all of our systems but then we have to learn to use it..how? I’ll tell you..<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">British prime
minister Margret Thatcher was very rude with her colleagues. Media too
criticized her behavior urging her to be more empathetic but it only offended her.
Then a comedy show using puppets called Spitting image started on tv and it
showed the prime-minister as a psychopath, whacking her naughty colleagues with
a stick..Obviously this wasn’t how Margret Thatcher actually behaved but it was
a tenfold exaggeration about a real and painful truth about her. The prime
minister saw the show and could then see the point, was able to laugh at
herself and she acknowledged that she needed to change her behavior with her
colleagues..<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">We too can use
this tactic of humour which can be a little exaggerated to bring about change
in someone’s behavior.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">I can give the
example of Saikiran (indian comedian) who would make fun of his own dark complexion..like he talks
about his mother who is obsessed with her son’s dark skin and would desperately
try all sort of remedies to make him look fairer, like she would spend more
money on almond milk to rub on his skin than on buffalo milk to feed him. She
had also pasted a Michael Jackson pic on the wall saying – if his mother can do
it. I can do it too!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">That’s how
exaggeration or hyperbole works with humour as a satire!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">So humour is
just a way to express your perspective in your own unique way..<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">It keeps the
conversations easy and light hearted..it improves our health<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Who doesn’t
want to be hilarious and smart?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Here are the
tips offered by alpha m – a humourist..first tip of being funny - if somebody thinks that your joke was not
funny..it could be just that they have a different sense of humour..or it could
mean that your joke was actually not funny, maybe out of context..<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Pewdiepie has
millions of subscribers but there are people who do not find him funny..So
don’t get disheartened cuz you can still have fans!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Second tip – <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #984806; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 128;">Watch more
comedy and take a note about timing and delivery..be more with people who are humorous..yeah
humour is contagious and you are going to release more endorphins!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><b>Another great tip to develop a good sense of humour is to
look for humour in everyday situations..the other day I got a glass of warm
milk for my son..and he asked me to make it warmer..and I was about to lose my
temper when he said, "<i>lo aap bhi garam ho gaye</i>!" And it made my anger disappear
in seconds!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><b>So that’s what we can
do to have more fun in life with the seasoning of wit or comedy …the famous
French cartoonist George Walinski said – </b></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #783f04;">"Humor is the shortest road from one
person to another.."</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">It was my audition in Times Now, the TV news channel (yes!
The echo-chamber of Arnab. The audition was for news anchoring. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I had a friend who helped me pitch my audition. She was
somehow super-confident about my performance; probably even more than I was myself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I reached the office in Lower Parel in Mumbai ..it looked
like a humble entry what with a reasonably sized wooden door and an areca palm
plant welcoming on its side. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Quite contrary to the entry, the reception was
chaotic. People ran haywire giving the feel of a news house. <span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I was asked to wait till the time my friend went inside to
call the BC – the bureau chief. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">The camera rolled..take 1..cut..take 2..cut..take 3 cut! It was a hat-trick! I did not speak a word..my friend nervously walked up to me and
said “hey what’s wrong…don’t ruin it please..there are people dying to sit
where you’re sitting right now..”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I gave another take and as the Teleprompter rolled, I moved
my lips and spoke..but I stammered, I fumbled and I ruined it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">When I was walking back with my friend we didn’t speak..she
just said as if to console..”but you have a very good screen presence”..i felt
sorry.. for her more than I felt for myself because she had to go back inside
hiding her face..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">8 tears since..I’ll tell you how l remember this small incidence
very clearly..obviously one who gets embarrassed so badly would remember it but
I have another reason..my diary..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Back home, I took out a diary and sat to analyse what really
went wrong.. was the situation too intimidating? was it that I didn’t deserve
to be there? Definitely not. I wrote a lot that afternoon and I concluded that a
situation cannot define me..what happened has happened and the only solution is
moving on..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">It was writing it down in my journal that helped me move
forward..a habit that I developed in school, lost in college and resumed after
this episode..i get up and I write into my diary every single day since then..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">That gift of this simple habit helped me sail
through the times when I gave 20 more auditions in the next 15 days finally
landing up in a national channel as a host called Care World TV with not very
great TRPs but a great learning platform..the network that I made is still
helping me..the gift helped me when I got married in a huge joint family of 20
people with a common kitchen, it helped when I was seeing someone very close battling
through brain cancer and most important of all it makes me lead every single
day ahead with a preparation, a mindset with balance! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">My diary is a place where I speak to myself..i express
gratitude and reiterate, I write down my worries, guilt and regrets..my diary
is my altar ego and my best companion..and I make sure I keep it out of reach
of my mum-in-law..:)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I highly suggest you to please embrace this habit and while
it might not change your life but it would definitely keep things easy on your
heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The bereaved, specially the ones who have seen someone extremely loved, inch closer to death till the doom, develop a diffrent gratitude for every little thing..i mean, unless someone is dying evetything else is 'good enough', 'can be dealt with'..this strength is our empowerment, our discovery against the dark days!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">God answers.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: perpetua, serif; line-height: normal;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Feminism like true love empowers and
liberates..</span></span></span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2e2f; font-family: "perpetua" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 23.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The neo-feminism or the 'femenazi-wave' places
women against women.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2e2f; font-family: "perpetua" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 23.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> It's not about some women who choose to
attend seminars and meetings, also go to the gym and never miss son's
tournaments and saying they are the real feminists over women who CHOOSE to
stay at home or even those who CHOOSE to settle for a blue collar job. And by
the way, as Barkha Dutt puts it, misogyny is truly one thing that is
gender-neutral!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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divisive society on farcical parameters like these because if it is a matter of
choice, then it is simply that - a matter of choice! <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2e2f; font-family: "perpetua" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 23.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Feminism is not about division, it is about
making world one, it's not about being judgmental or showing pity - within or
outside one's gender- but about respect and equality.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2e2f; font-family: "perpetua" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 23.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And so it becomes imperative to take our
thoughts back to the original wisdom of the term.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2e2f; font-family: "perpetua" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 23.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Feminism as we have known it, allows to choose
and gives power to own up those choices..<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2e2f; font-family: "perpetua" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 23.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And so it doesn't belittle any decision fully
owned by its woman, doesn't question her opting for a marriage format or
career, gives her the freedom to idealise, stamps modernism in her creative
approach of processing the decisions. Just like it doesn't question men. So
it's not even women vs. men.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2e2f; font-family: "perpetua" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 23.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As Chimamanda Adichie, the famous Nigerian
novelist and an international voice for feminism feels that the ultimate goal
of feminism is to become redundant and to reach to a world where nobody needs
to be labeled a feminist, a world which is gender equal! <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2e2f; font-family: "perpetua" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 23.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of
Scotland chose to challenge all the assumptions made about her 'cold and
calculative' decision of not having children in order to pursue her political
career. And though she feels there's nothing wrong for a woman to choose career
over family, she chose to declare the actual reason (which was
miscarriage) so people understand that women can have varied reasons for not
having kids and not just career!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2e2f; font-family: "perpetua" , "serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 23.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Justin Trudeau always promotes teaching young
boys to respect women and about gender equality as starting early helps. This
is particularly important for once the male ego takes over it is difficult to
shed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div>
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~S n E h A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11476784957871669380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897359084308463158.post-55365379791589388652017-01-14T22:21:00.001-08:002017-01-14T22:21:11.028-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It’s not in the materialistic, <br />demand-of-the-moment, <br />worldly coffee that causes to experience spirituality..<br />it’s in every sip of it that is savored and made rich with experience..<br />it’s in that one look at the sky and smiling at the prospect of a rain <br />before entering a Rolls Royce..<br />It’s in the glances exchanged of a bride and the groom of a lavish wedding..<br />It’s in every simple, laughable, crazy, <br />moronic, child-like, present, <br />intangible thing in life of materialism that we suspect spirituality.<br /></div>
~S n E h A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11476784957871669380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897359084308463158.post-48127861070581706782017-01-09T07:00:00.000-08:002017-04-24T22:20:25.722-07:00#FairnessCreamsRacist<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Totally with NDTV for its decision of one year now not to
broadcast fairness cream adverts </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">…</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, I too agree that the thought at work behind the
fairness cream is racist..</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">#FairnessCreamsRacist</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Years back on a personal chat with Alyque Padamsee for his </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fair and Lovely</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> campaign when I objected
to its theme, his stand seemed practical as per the statistics but even then I couldn’t
comprehend how media’s role as a responsible institute can be overlooked.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It really can’t get away with promoting
prejudices in the name of marketing strategy of endorsing a product. The very
fundamental concept behind birthing such a product itself is ethically flawed.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The British raj has long been over..but the obsession over a
fairer skin tone is just an inkling of the mark the rule has had over us! But both
the society and the media as a part of the society need to understand that we’ve
come a long way out of the shadows since then and already created a global
identity..</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mass media has the potential to define the popular culture
and change the mindsets of millions but it has also long been associated with
trading prejudices.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Obviously enough, the sector has to grow economically and
sponsorship plays an important role for its commerce and so does the marketing
gimmick but we cannot overrule the ethical objection. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Statistics might say that a good number of population
associate beauty with a fairer skin but do the media intellectuals need to fuel
the notion? Can’t the right strategy be to promote the original color of the
skin and the products as tan removing ointments, because that’s exactly what
they do?</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have never taken anything said about my skin tone as a
compliment and I am not being modest.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The obsession of beauty that is skin deep has long been overturned by
Asian women and even men for that matter.. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadly there’s a good lot which still loves to judge people
by the color of the skin and the media would play the culprit to propagate this
attitude if the content stays unfiltered ethically.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it’s not about intolerance; it’s about being a
responsible and morally appropriate public institute.</span></span></div>
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~S n E h A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11476784957871669380noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897359084308463158.post-60460432734254479782016-12-10T00:04:00.003-08:002016-12-10T00:13:51.827-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">So these little ninjas can be extremely good life coaches..like the real
authentic ones..they teach you to push the envelopes, try patience some
more, manage time better, boomerang your ego back on you, show you the
mirror of your forgotten self! Children are your true mentors..</span></div>
~S n E h A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11476784957871669380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897359084308463158.post-22750820554443125692016-11-19T23:32:00.003-08:002016-12-10T00:01:15.083-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If a comedian is a threat to our country, I wonder where our
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He’s been roasted by politicians, fans, followers and
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As for the legends, they are at a level of maturity where
such puny things hardly matter .<br />
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But yes, our icons must come out and speak in defense of the issue with real dignity..as Tunku Vardarajan says in the article to "The Wire", Thin-skinned icons are more dangerous than bumptious comedians."<br />
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We have bigger objectives to fulfill and no time to spare
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~S n E h A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11476784957871669380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897359084308463158.post-44329537399042757202016-04-17T13:04:00.001-07:002016-04-17T13:04:58.881-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ki and Ka - <br />
R Balki did it again! Very sensibily written film..straightforward and convincing dialogues...<br />
Deals with the fundamental psychological tussle between the
bread-earners and the homemakers of the society... pity, the reviewers
condemned the film so much..it is certainly not for the 'masala'
brigade..<br /> Kept the contextual maturity of the characters intact till the end<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> ! Totally vouch for - "its an art to make a home" ..housewives, take a bow!!</span></div>
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हम सभी की कहानी - <br />
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ये जो लोग बुरे दिखाई देते है..ये लोग नहीं संकेत है..ज़माने के होने का..नज़र का टीका है अच्छी घटनाओ पर का..ये भी एक रंग है..<br />
कुदरत के संतुलन का प्रतीक.. तुलनात्मकता का भी ..तभी तोः कह पाते है हम - कोई कम अच्छा, कोई इनसे भी बुरा, कोई बहुत अच्छा!..<br />
ये हमे अपना ध्यान केंद्रित करना सीखाते है..उपेक्षा करना सीखाते है..<br />
ये वो लोग है जो परिस्थितियों से बंधे हुए है.. <br />
ये हमे अपनी सोच का परिचय देते है..जिसका असर यदि इनके व्यवसाय पे नहीं तोः इनके संबंधों पे, संबंधों पे नहीं तोः इनकी अगली पीढ़ी की परवरिश पे..उस पर भी नहीं तोः इनकी सेहत पर दिखाई देता है..ये उदाहरण है बुरी सोच के अंजाम का..<br />
ये लोग नहीं संकेत है..ऐसे लोगों का जीवन में होना अनिवार्य है..<br />
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इन्हे मेरा नमस्कार!</div>
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They called her rain. </div>
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She emoted every time she felt. </div>
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In her dance she hid her madness, her sorrow, her love.</div>
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To one, it was her joy..to another, it was her whim. But she
expressed, every time she was touched. Only the earth knew.</div>
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They called her rain.</div>
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And NO BODY could ever tell her tears from her laughter. She
was the ever so beautiful..RAIN!</div>
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Grief is a litmus test for our relationships.Certain hands
extend for help.. howsoever inexplicable, It’s a tendency to expect for help
during troubled times. From the trusted ones, even from the ones you once
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And then there are those with godly attributes who would emerge out of nowhere and go all out
to help you. Totally inexplicable! They seem like demi-Gods and Goddesses.
These are the avatars who surface suddenly and before you realise it’s them,
they are already in your saviour list! </div>
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He keeps you blessed with his divinity! It is scattered
secretly in various forms of life and it shines through with overpowering light
whenever needed. Just like as a passerby, sometimes the flowers make you feel
they are smiling at you, sometimes it’s the rain-drops cooling it out and
sometimes it is a simple touch from a loved one that does the trick! Albeit you
should be caught by the divinity awake and alert!</div>
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~S n E h A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11476784957871669380noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897359084308463158.post-84322989059156228552010-12-03T00:26:00.000-08:002015-02-12T21:36:38.766-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcxzh-gUeIZo3K70X0fWMnVC0Lmne7aEEQuCL4pBwGQzN-cWS7AWcZ8qCMvg0GmLUyHYl9K_2txPFIIxieCN5jz7MJMg0rvT38EvtVlJ4F22WGo_MgBVnNGDXabjv9sM-DtP73EUhRVM/s1600/The+goodness+triumphs+again.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcxzh-gUeIZo3K70X0fWMnVC0Lmne7aEEQuCL4pBwGQzN-cWS7AWcZ8qCMvg0GmLUyHYl9K_2txPFIIxieCN5jz7MJMg0rvT38EvtVlJ4F22WGo_MgBVnNGDXabjv9sM-DtP73EUhRVM/s400/The+goodness+triumphs+again.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546752903805479234" border="0" /></a>The goodness triumphs again - TOI Indore Plus October, 2010<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvGPhv7_aD3qYVm5_AZLaoYxNItO5lA-J9brraWnOYDnNDZJEUvWbItlwxpNiwR61rXBPJ7j1dF4GM1iEQ3IPmSwtndFpUV9Cgf1Isc2fYqiz99f10WM7b3hAU8sE8R_VEUuTOXrsjF8/s1600/Discover+Your+Style+Quotieint.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvGPhv7_aD3qYVm5_AZLaoYxNItO5lA-J9brraWnOYDnNDZJEUvWbItlwxpNiwR61rXBPJ7j1dF4GM1iEQ3IPmSwtndFpUV9Cgf1Isc2fYqiz99f10WM7b3hAU8sE8R_VEUuTOXrsjF8/s400/Discover+Your+Style+Quotieint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546752519401264306" border="0" />Discover your style quotient - TOI Indore Plus October, 2010</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuS_eBSgLEyyIB7nERDOPdDVemeeuoJHoEjK41CW9LXbqfVImEXBP2Mne8ZcXToz_swDbOVsjYGUsgIetv8HuUnH42XlWyMDD-RSousR_f6iViF_gR6FNg84NCGolQAYmzsK5CjNC2PGk/s1600/City+on+the+development+path.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuS_eBSgLEyyIB7nERDOPdDVemeeuoJHoEjK41CW9LXbqfVImEXBP2Mne8ZcXToz_swDbOVsjYGUsgIetv8HuUnH42XlWyMDD-RSousR_f6iViF_gR6FNg84NCGolQAYmzsK5CjNC2PGk/s400/City+on+the+development+path.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546413125376272226" border="0" /></a>City on the development path<br /><br />A few of my articles published in the past month with Times of India's Indore Plus.~S n E h A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11476784957871669380noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897359084308463158.post-12236957396236920902010-10-11T02:07:00.001-07:002015-02-12T21:36:38.663-08:00IT'S BIG BOSS ALL THE WAY!<b><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span></b><br /><p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>Imagine yourself in a wild run through murderous jungles, leading a deadly gang of 14 dacoits, hiding from the eyes continuously chasing you and you’re still moving on. I guess you are already gritting your teeth! <span> </span></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>And now switch to another gang of 14, not dacoits but our own celebrities in a jungle of conversations and unexpected state of affairs, only the jungle is more beautiful, posh and urbane! </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>Seema Parihar, the new contestant for BIG BOSS Season 4, must have been going through the same transformation as several murders and trials later (she is still under trial for certain cases though) she walks on the red carpet of the house of Big Boss.</b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>To add to the sparks and flashes of the starry house, we had 13 other known faces, some for their talent and praise and others for being the bad boys of bolly and telly-world both…well, the Big-Boss never skips this balancing act in his <i>‘adda’.</i></b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>But one thing is good for sure. Like the previous ones, this time too, the cynosure of all eyes is the host, none other than the Bollywood hunk Salman Khan, who opened the season by welcoming all the fourteen guests or ‘<i>housemates</i>’ as they would call it. </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>But would the contestants this time, combining actors, advocate, thieves and dacoits, be able to sustain the audience’s attention like the previous seasons did? Or this time it is going to be a li’l different with a different combination of participants or lesser known faces? </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>We did a small survey to find out what Indorians thought about it.</b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>“Why not? People have always liked the show. Earlier too the participants were a combination of good and bad. And that is how it must be. We would be too bored if there are all good people in the house. I think this time too the show would rock as always.” Opined 36 year old Shilpa Mehta, Insurance agent by profession and a TV buff too. </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>Well, that taken but what is it this time that would keep the ball rolling for the audience?</b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>“It’s the format itself. Reality TV has become so popular in India that people hardly prefer watching other formats. It is a blend of emotions, drama, and suspense. You get served everything in one plate and that too LIVE! As for Big Boss, it’s something like the feeling I get when I go out with my colleagues on a business trip. You are living, though temporarily, with strangers day and night accommodating their good and bad habits and behavior under one roof. So it’s a real-life situation to which you connect better.” <span> </span>Says 29 year old Sanskar Sharma, Director, Indore Indira Institute of Management Studies.</b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>So it’s not only women but men too who are ardent followers of the show. But let’s find out what do the most loyal telly-watchers, the housewives think about it.</b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>“Though I don’t follow the show hard and fast, but it’s the fact that the whole family watches it together, gives more pleasure to me.” </b><b>Confesses Mrs. Meenakshi Gaud, homemaker. </b><b>Sweet that was!<br /></b></p><p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b><br /></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><b>But some replies were not so sweet:<span> <br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><b><span> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><b>"It's weird how these kinds of shows turn dacoits and hooligans into celebrities. I mean how could they deserve to get so much of publicity and attention as participants of a National TV game show? And to top it all, they make big bucks in the process! What impact would this have on the younger members of the society?" Regrets Siddharth Kumar, Director- Marketing, 9 n 10 Productions.</b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>“As for the TRPs, every show, every format has had its ups and downs. There’s always a saturation point with the audience. And though this show has clicked well all this while with the people, it might take quite some time to reach that level of saturation, maybe another 2-3 seasons. After all, people like to live into the real world but they even like to fantasise.” Concludes Dr. R. A. Sharma, businessman.</b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b> </b></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><b>Well, let’s see how soon the saturation point arrives, but till then it’s just Big Boss all the way!</b></p><p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></p>~S n E h A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11476784957871669380noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897359084308463158.post-2560549091618125262010-03-15T00:48:00.001-07:002015-02-12T21:36:38.679-08:00There's a monkey in each one of us..Boman Irani<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuX6YbCL0uc9ymYkKHOn1nze4LCKiy1XADbdEmXXQqdrLJtb-WmdmWbJB-Sah-hizi5xzIk0q-t46AL6lmLX4OzQjJQuToFWT92T1DmQ4qthRo-qpkc8fMv3gXc-PaO-6QU_YxM7mwls/s1600-h/PB020374.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBuX6YbCL0uc9ymYkKHOn1nze4LCKiy1XADbdEmXXQqdrLJtb-WmdmWbJB-Sah-hizi5xzIk0q-t46AL6lmLX4OzQjJQuToFWT92T1DmQ4qthRo-qpkc8fMv3gXc-PaO-6QU_YxM7mwls/s320/PB020374.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449580438316782898" border="0" /></a><br /><span><span><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span>It was a jam-packed conference hall with various eminent personalities of Madhya Pradesh; prestigious educationists, social-workers, industrialists and film critics, all waiting impatiently to see, listen to and relish the celebrity radiations so close to them. The radiations of the the fair-haired boy of the filmy set, the face of versatility in the new era of cinema with a message - our very own Virus from 3 Idiots. And we never thought viruses can be so sweet, did we?</span></span><br /><br /><span><span><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1073750139 0 0 159 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:10.0pt; margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> Be it Rancho, the rebel, always questioning things and believing that learning is more than just the usual mode of education or be it the hilarious welcome speech delivered by Chatur, the film 3 IDIOTS with the genius combination of Rajkumar Hirani , Aamir Khan and the team has for sure woven magic on screen. And with his lisp act getting all the right nuances, Boman Irani who played Viru Sahasrabuddhe, the dedicated but strict professor in the film, added just the right mixes of spice unfailingly.</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>And so to subdue the irresistible desire of knowing behind-the-scene stories and engaging in a full-fledged discussion over the film, <a href="http://indoreindira.com/">The Indore Indira Group </a>invited the professor himself amongst us - Mr. Viru Sahasrabuddhe in his original avatar of Mr. Boman Irani, along with the who's who of the city to join the discussion LIVE with him in the college premises on 13th of March, 2010. </span></span><br /><br /><span><span>Working his way in the hall, the 6 feet tall Boman, brought a joyous smile to everybody's face.. There was an expression of calmness and satisfaction on his face, which i guess is very <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsi"><span style="font-style: italic;">Parsi</span></a>. </span></span><br /><br /><span><span>After a formal introduction of the guest, the session started with the Q n A..</span></span><br /><br /><span><span>And Boman was very humble and polite in his approach.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Here are a few interesting questions with their even more interesting replies - </span><br /><br />The first question came from the CEO of the institute -<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">" Whilst the film emphasizes the importance of learning as a never-ending process, was it important for the film to end up on a note where the protagonist becomes a rich guy with the girl he loves beside her? If the hero ended up being a school-teacher in a village, wouldn't the film have gone down well with the audience?"</span><br /><br />Boman didn't take long to answer that. He seemed to be very clear in his mind about the concept..quite obviously so, being a part of such critically acclaimed sensible cinema..<br /><br />He said that the message of the film was to motivate the students to work harder with a strong desire to learn, to innovate and discover new possibilities within oneself. it's only when the focus is on learning and not winning that one becomes an achiever. The commercial success would follow automatically..<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Q - How was it working with Mr. Amir Khan? We've heard that he's a perfectionist..is that true?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What did you learn from him as an actor and as a human-being?</span><br /><br />Nobody is perfect, he said. But improvising is not a bad idea either. He elaborated by narrating an incidence when after the pack-up for the film, he got a call from the crew asking him to come back to the sets for a retake of the scene where <span style="font-style: italic;">Virus</span> beats <span style="font-style: italic;">Rancho</span> with his umbrella inside the hostel room..As Amir was not satisfied with the shot he wanted a retake. Boman came all the way from Banglore, initially taking the whole thing as a prank.<br /><br />He concluded saying that "the perfect thing about Amir is the fact that he never thinks he's perfect! He's always eager to learn, to improvise and he never escapes from doing so. And that is what i learnt from Amir as an actor and as a human-being".<br /><br />The audience gave an emphatic applaud.<br /><br />The Q n A proceeded -<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Q - Was it necessary to show the students drinking and peeing in the film?</span><br /><br />The giggling heard from amongst the younger crowd as a crescendo rose to a hearty laughter..Boman smiled as he playfully acted out to leave the hall but later came back to the podium to answer the question with an honest, but not without a blend of maturity, reply.<br /><br />He said that the film had a bigger motive, a greater issue to deal with and so it had to take the support of negativity, only to overcome it later. <span style="font-style: italic;">Raju Rastogi </span>as an emotional character gets himself into a mess and tries to deal with it. He wanted to undo everything. When he fails, he tries to commit suicide. He suffers a lot. And then there's this new Raju Rastogi, the refined one, more aware of himself, more confident. So, if we see the journey of Raju's character, we realise that his misconduct got him into trouble and then he struggled to get out of it. It's all a part of storytelling. You have to show the negative aspect to bring forth the positive one, so to maintain the balance.<br /><br /><br />The next one was more of a compliment than a query -<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"After watching your characters in Munnabhai and 3 idiots, we've kinda started liking the villains too..there's a certain sympathy that has grown somewhere within for the negative characters like these..you've acted so well.."</span><br /><br />Boman expressed his gratitude for the compliment but then again playfully asked the people sitting in the audience, whoever liked the villains (or the antagonists as he would call the character in a negative role) to show up to a psychiatrist..<br /><br />But then he said, we also tend to sympathize with the villains in the end, when he gives up all of his negativity, because there's a <span style="font-style: italic;">Viru Sahasrabuddhe or a Dr. Asthana or a Lucky Singh</span>, (the negative characters played by him) in all of us. And so when we see them on the screen surrendering to positivity, we feel relieved.<br /><br />He also praised the filmmakers like Rajkumar Hirani, who very skillfully plan the characters adding a reason to every action they undertake be it the laughter of <span style="font-style: italic;">Dr. Asthana</span> in <span style="font-style: italic;">Munnabhai MBBS </span>or the design of the practical <span class="normal">conniving person who wants to usurp a mansion like the <span style="font-style: italic;">Lucky Singh </span>of <span style="font-style: italic;">Lage Raho</span>...</span><br /><br /><br />Or like the scene where <span style="font-style: italic;">Virus</span> drops the egg in the initial speech in the encounter with the first year batch of students - symbolic of breaking the dreams, the individuality of a human being, even before the start of his physical existence is marked on the calendar. How the path he would want to choose by himself, is pre-decided by others while he is still in his mother's womb..the scene, Boman said, balanced itself out when his own grandchild, kicks while still in his mother's womb, suggesting that he might become a good footballer and not necessarily an engineer or a doctor, breaking the stereotypical culture of the family..<br /><br />Another compliment came from a biology teacher who wanted to thank him as a representative of the film fraternity for the support it gives to the people to make a greater impact, like the film did for the school and college teachers..<span style="font-weight: bold;">.She said that teachers at schools and colleges have a hard time counseling the students and letting them discover their hidden self..These days, she said, it is important to counsel the parents too, who forcibly drag the children on the pathways of the dreams that they themselves could not fulfill..</span><br /><br />Boman made a disagreement to her statement and re-instilled the confidence in the teachers for the teachers, he said, have a much greater impact on students than cinema and it's wrong to underestimate their potential.<br /><br />It was a nice one and a half hour session with the man enlightening us with not only the film nuances but with the description of his struggle-full life and the success that followed in his own pleasing style.<br /><br />The in-between lighter moments where he was asking everyone to loosen up the neckties, made the <span style="font-style: italic;">mahaul</span> light and entertaining...<br /><br />I loved the one-liner he concluded the session with -<br /><br />"There's monkey in each one of us.."<br /><br /><br /></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>~S n E h A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/11476784957871669380noreply@blogger.com5