Open Letter to POLLUTION : #BachonKiMannKiBaat

Pollution is what we are hearing everywhere and kids are most affected by this. It is taking toll on their routine outdoor activities. The feelings of little musketeers are expressed below in poetic form that encapsulates #BachonKiMannKiBaat. It is very painful to see your children and their friends in tears when Children’s Day was declared a holiday in schools of Delhi-NCR due to alarming levels of air pollution. Though children forget things easily, this pollution is leaving a permanent mark in their lives. We all need to strive for better future for our children with effective measures.

Oh! Pollution you have been voted number one

No, not in our favorites but in list of hated ones

you have taken away bundled stuff from us

be it outdoor plays or celebrations, all in a complete mess.

Book Review : A Useful Death by Sriram Chellapilla

I am thankful to WritersMelon for sending us the copy of book ‘A Useful Death’ by Sriram Chellapilla. Book Review is analytical and honest in all terms, where I present thoughts of this book. Let’s start with the cover of the book and then the plot and pace of the story.

Book Cover: Title in the plain text with white colored font with a man standing in front of big TV screens makes sure that readers get a glimpse that the plot is set with news media being one of the centric players in the story.

A Useful Death Story Plot: A girl named Priya, who was an aspiring actress and ex-university student, commits a suicide. Her death raises questions to the link up with her probable costar Anil and the enquires about her missing laptop and smartphone makes the police to think that this is more than murder. An investigation agency is called upon and Partha one of the member of the team takes the case with lot of persuasion from Anil’s film star family.

·      Partha, leads the case with conviction that Anil is innocent and then series of truth starts disclosing infront of him.

·      Will Partha make real culprit go behind the bars or does he feels the stardom pressure on his case?

·      Does a single student named Varaprasad decision to keep Priya secrets to him will land with right news channel?

Such questions will make you stick to the book for longer.

4 Festive Mantras for Glowing Diwali

Everyone in the house is busy with their to-do lists in festive season, be it shopping, cleaning, rearranging and decorating house and many more tasks to be completed with the biggest festival of the year, Diwali. For me festivals are the time to enjoy the togetherness and be with family & friends who make you sparkle from within too.

But many times people become so busy with the preparations that they forget to enjoy the festival proceedings and concentrate more on the tasks being performed on time. In this post I share with you all 4 festive Diwali mantras that can help you enjoy Diwali with an ample time spared to you to relish the essence of Diwali.

When can NIRVANA be Enjoyed: कैसे भोगे मोह से छूटने का आनंद

It is often said “मोह से मुक्त हो जाये तो मोक्ष की ओर पहला कदम बढ़ा लिया” that is if you leave all the desires then you are step closer to Nirvana. But when can person enjoy Niravana is the biggest question.

Can it be achieved overnight?

Can it make person feel more content?

When can person be out of wishes circle? 

The below hindi poetry states the various situations where a person doesn’t understand the loop of desires and wishes and how the same situations help him/her to attain a gateway of Niravana.

जग में जो भी आया , निरस्तर चला जा रहा;

कहाँ मंज़िल कहाँ ठिकाना, हर जवाब से अंजाना |

जब नहीं समझता सब मोह है, सब माया है!

Book Review: Nobody's Child by Kanchana Banerjeee

It has been long time that I had read a mystery thriller book and when Writermelon posted review opportunity of this book, I immediately picked this one. Let’s see the review how good the mystery held my attention.

Book Title: 

Nobody’s Child by Kanchana Banerjee grips attentions of the reader from the title. It has lot to convey and opens many doors to the readers to guess right from the first page.

Book Cover: 

A girl eyes is what one observes on the cover and behind the title one can see the mouth covered with a fingers. Cover reveals that this is a story of a girl in captive and indeed it is. So cover justifies with the plot.

Story Line: 

A girl named Asavri wins a singing competition and is apple pie of a nation with her sweet voice, now she is an household name. She meets an accident immediately after contest and she is declared dead. Her close friend Avniel publishes a book named ‘I’m Nobody’s Child’ and gains popularity.

6 Ways to be part of SWACHH BHARAT Campaign

“I will not let anyone to walk through my mind with their dirty feet”- quote by Mahatma Gandhi has a lot to convey. On 150^th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, we are in the nation that was built with tons of hard work & sacrifices of many people.

Pure heart and mind with positive approach is certainly strong enough to drive away negativity and can always welcome new constructive changes. Mahatma Gandhi's words left a significant impact on us are so much alive in our hearts. He always taught to start doing things without wasting time and set an example for others, and mentioned, “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”. He did what others thought and said while others were thinking; his thoughts brought a change in our country.

In view of bringing cleanliness part of nation, “Swachh Bharat” campaign was started on 2^nd October 2014, birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Let us explore more about the campaign and how this will benefit our nation.

What is Swachh Bharat Campaign?

Swachh means 'purity' in all essence and aspects. It is a drive 
initiated by Indian Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, to fulfill a long desired dream of Gandhi Ji to see India clean and Green. It is a drive which focuses on garbage management, Sanitation and self cleanliness. 

The message is very clearly conveyed to all the citizens of the country by a very inspiring slogan "A step towards clean India". It clearly conveys to contribute every single bit towards building a nation where every citizen enjoys equal privilege and healthy lifestyle.

How can we be part of the Swachh Bharat Campaign?

“A clean mind maketh a clean environment.”

Whenever we visit foreign countries we are awestruck by their clean surroundings and we too keep very much care and follow the rules. But usually returning to our motherland we don’t do that.

What is that which is stopping us? Ever pondered?

So what needs to be done on primary basis?

It’s YOUR TURN NOW: Are you carrying KINDNESS in your pocket?

“Kindness is a perennial virtue, share it and it grows more”

You help someone and in reply what you get is precious as diamond the soothing smile the compassion essayed from the eyes. Yes one kindness act and you are so welled up in your emotion quotient.

We bumped about Your Turn Now (YTN) on Anupama Dalmia facebook page Beyond the box which had the contest to narrate your kindness act.

For few days we started pondering what kindness acts we had done in recent times, few flashed but we didn’t find them worth mentioning, again we started to jot down kindness acts but again they were not reaching our benchmark.

But Rushabh Turakhia says, “no kindness act is small, but maybe we all need gentle reminders to be kind”. This thought inspired us and we were drifted towards this campaign furthermore found out some amazing facts about this initiative and about founder Rushabh Turakhia. Let me share with you all about this movement.

Book Review : City of Nine Gates by Pankaj Rajput

City of Nine Gates by Pankaj Rajput with sub title ‘What did those sages realize that we still haven’t ‘ published by Notion Press is a profound book, lets see in detail what kind of realization author talks about in the title and what kind of gates we are going to unravel in this book.

Book Title: City Of Nine Gates

Book Cover: The cover is simple and clean without revealing much about the story line.