Let me begin with 2 wise SMSs:
Change does not happen when circumstances improve
Change happens when you decide to improve your circumstances
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A wife will always forgive and forget
But she will never let you forget that SHE had forgiven and forgotten
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Let me confess beforehand that I do not know all sides of this whole Telangana issue. However, as a common Indian, it hurts to see people asking for separate states so many years after independence. And this has set a dangerous precedent. Now any regional political force wanting a separate state can go on a hunger strike. Will the government give in every time?
And then the next disturbing question – will we finally go the USSR way?
And then the next disturbing question – will we finally go the USSR way?
Truly, I couldn’t have resisted this one. :-) Looks like the Tiger isn’t out of the Woods yet – because many of his ladies are still crawling out of the “Wood”work ;-)
A friend forwards absolute gems of Urdu poetry so you have him to thank if you like the following ones:
फिर इतने मायूस क्यों हो उसकी बेवफाई पर फ़राज़
तुम ख़ुद ही तो कहते थे के वो सबसे जुदा है
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कुछ धड़कता तो है पहलु मे मेरे रह कर
अब खुदा जाने याद है तेरी या दिल मेरा
फिर इतने मायूस क्यों हो उसकी बेवफाई पर फ़राज़
तुम ख़ुद ही तो कहते थे के वो सबसे जुदा है
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कुछ धड़कता तो है पहलु मे मेरे रह कर
अब खुदा जाने याद है तेरी या दिल मेरा
Sunday, December 6, 2009
I will sign off for today with another forwarded SMS:
क्या रखा है अपनी जिंदगीके इस अफ़सानेमे ग़ालिब
कुछ गुजरी यार बनानेमे, कुछ गुजरी यार भुलानेमे
क्या रखा है अपनी जिंदगीके इस अफ़सानेमे ग़ालिब
कुछ गुजरी यार बनानेमे, कुछ गुजरी यार भुलानेमे
Red Sand - by R. Karl Largent
To be perfectly honest, the list of the author's previous books was odd - Red Wind, Red Skies, Red Rain and Red Ice. In fact the author seems to have covered all the basic elements except Fire :-)
Still, I picked up Red Sand - by R. Karl Largent - because as usual the story at the back seemed very interesting. It begins with the discovery of a young woman's dead body. Then the Russian State Head who has come for his first-ever visit to the US is assassinated as soon as he steps out of the plane - in full view of the Secret Service guys. These events are somehow related to a trainload of state-of-the-art Russian nuclear ICBMs that are being shipped to Odessa for the disarmament program. And there is a strong possibility that whatever is on that train is not exactly state-of-the-art!
Commander T.C. Bogner doesn't have too much of time at his disposal. What he has, however, is a seemingly impossible task of stopping this train before it reaches its destination and to get a passenger off it.
If you are looking for action, you will get it in this novel set in the coldest part of what was once the USSR. And though I am not able to put my finger to the exact reason, I don't think I will reach out for another book of this author!
Still, I picked up Red Sand - by R. Karl Largent - because as usual the story at the back seemed very interesting. It begins with the discovery of a young woman's dead body. Then the Russian State Head who has come for his first-ever visit to the US is assassinated as soon as he steps out of the plane - in full view of the Secret Service guys. These events are somehow related to a trainload of state-of-the-art Russian nuclear ICBMs that are being shipped to Odessa for the disarmament program. And there is a strong possibility that whatever is on that train is not exactly state-of-the-art!
Commander T.C. Bogner doesn't have too much of time at his disposal. What he has, however, is a seemingly impossible task of stopping this train before it reaches its destination and to get a passenger off it.
If you are looking for action, you will get it in this novel set in the coldest part of what was once the USSR. And though I am not able to put my finger to the exact reason, I don't think I will reach out for another book of this author!
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