There is something special about birthdays. It makes us king\queen for a day. But there is a strange monotonousity about this special feeling..

So this time, I have decided to add a pinch of exotic spices to this special feeling. :)

:::::To Myself:::::
1. I will enjoy life more than before...
2. I will crib less than before...

:::::To all my friends:::::
3. I will give more than before...
4. I will expect less than before...

:::::To my family:::::
5. I will finally think about growing up more than before...
6. I will trouble them with my demands less than before...

:::::To my Love:::::
7. I will understand more than before...
8. I will cry less than before...

:::::To all:::::
9. I will love more than before...
10. I will hate less than before...


-Amen!

Dear Friends,

I am looking forward to read good novels. I want your valuable suggestions as to which one should I add to my "to-be-read" list... along with a short synopsis, please.
Is there any pattern that you follow before choosing a book to read... Which genres attract you more, and why? What are your favorite books, and why?

Nostalgia

I never had knack for reading till the time I started my graduation. During my college days, I chanced upon a book called - "Men are from mars and Women are from venus"... It was the topic of the day almost every alternate day. I wondered why? Then, a friend lend me that book and I read it... Yes I started it with a non-fiction.. yeah I agree, it was related to love and romance... indirectly. :P

Anyways, that was my bit.. but it made me fall in love with "Learning new words".. I became an addict to the dictionary and I made my own dictionary... That's how my love for reading started... and then MS crept in.. and rest all is history. :)

So, let's get going and discuss our love for books, genres, writers, writing style, why do you read, why you love reading.... I know I am repeating myself... but that is to make sure that I get loads of experience here from my favorite writers, friends and critics....

Few months back, I wrote a DP ( http://www.mouthshut.com/diary
/ejfhmurom/MindHeart ) in a hurry. I did not even get time to read the comments or give a thought about whatever I wrote. It was about Heart and Mind...

Now, when I was heading towards disillusionment, I got a chance to re-read that post of mine and all the comments there.. There was one comment as given below and in it I got all the answers I was seeking..

"That is a good thought for the day and more...Brain send a signal to the heart of a cell. If the cell obey the order, the cell has to die immediately. If it don’t obey the order, it will kill the body including the cell in turn. Each moment is a moment of sacrifice for mind. For brain it is like a war fighting for survival. Overall, life is beautiful with all its complexities...." - Paul
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I also came across an article on internet when I googled 'Heart and Mind' and given below is an extract from the same:

So some people lose the mind and get caught up in the heart. Others forget about the heart and become wrapped up in the mind. Neither way is good. The point is to get the soul to express itself in the heart by reaching through the mind.
http://www.chabad.org/library/
article_cdo/aid/292391/jewish/M
ind-Over-Heart.htm
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Sometimes you have to stop thinking so much and go where your heart takes you... But you should know where to draw a line. Heart can go berserk sometimes.

Today I have realized that all the problems in the world exist because of giving too much importance to either of them - heart or mind.. To remain in complete control and lead a peaceful life one has to have a perfect balance between the two...

Don't know what really happened in the last few months.. As the mind got occupied with different things, a different life was being embraced by it, in its gleam, the mind, lost itself in the heart's land. There was no escape. The mind was ruefully occupied with whatever heart advised.. The heart then gave it a nod and it became a slave to it.

This had to stop somewhere. So like they say everything happens for a reason.. there was something good behind all this.. A realisation.. one of its kind.. the kinds we have once in our lifetime..

But what with this realisation? How to go ahead with it once u have realised. Heart has become so very powerful now. How to have it back to its roots?

Some of the quotations I came across and are on my mind these days:

This September… Maybe I will find the courage to let go of everything that is mine and everything that hurts me. Maybe I will search for a shady tree with golden leaves, lie down on the green grass, sigh and close my eyes, listening to a half-forgotten melody of hope which dances on the autumn breeze. -- Sujata (Faerie)

So some people lose the mind and get caught up in the heart. Others forget about the heart and become wrapped up in the mind. Neither way is good. The point is to get the soul to express itself in the heart by reaching through the mind. --Internet

Heart and Mind need to be in sync. Whenever this balance breaks Life forgets its meaniung... --A Friend

Life seems to be an optimization problem where one has to maximize the happiness with the given constraints which one cannot change. --A Friend

It was that time of the Day when everthing looked gay and happy.. when kids returned back to home from play grounds, when people rushed towards their home after a hectic day at office, when housewives are done with their gossiping sessions, cooking and are all set to don the role of a lover and a giver..
Yes.. it is that time of the Day when the family comes together after completing their daily chores..

During one such blissful evening, we all were watching TV. As usual, there was a terrorist on the TV. The media has outdone themselves this time by being able to cover the terrorist's activities LIVE... It was flashing on the screen.. in big bold letters...

"Enjoy Terrorism from your home... We bring you LIVE telecast of the events..."

A terrorist was running and the police was chasing him. This was shocking enough to see that the terrorist is passing down a familiar lane... There is a park which looks like just the one at the corner of our home... what?? The terrorist was here.. just round the corner..
Our pulses started racing and we all increased the volume of the TV so that we can get maximum out of this event.. One of its kind.. may be we might not witness such thing ever in the future...

The feel was over after some time.. We all went away to sleep.. I was sitting in my Study thinking deep about that terrorist.. The way he was running.. it was nothing different from the way we run.. or probably like the atheletes.. whatever.. he was running and we saw him live..

I heard a voice in the closet.. I opened it and saw that there was that terrorist... He was all sweaty and breathless... My eyes were wide open.. I was afraid.. and then that terrorist came out.. He looked like a small kid.. A very small kid who doesn't even know what is right and what is wrong.. He kept on uttering some words like someone taught him all that...

Why the Police was trying to kill him then??... He was a kid who was running for his life.. who was doing something which he was taught..

Is the only solution lies in killing him, telecasting him and questioning him...??
Can there be a solution lik.. re-teaching him... if there is any such word in english, that is..


......and then I woke up...

:)

Today is my hubby's (Mahesh Bansal) birthday... Last time I posted a DP inviting ideas from all you lovely people and believe me I have picked up quite a many ideas from the creative pool... I am not gonna tell which ones.. :P

Here is a Token of Thanks to all those who took efforts and wielded their creative minds towards this love-quest of mine... I Love YOU All....

Now, here goes My Idea... yes kuch to original hona chahiye na... (otherwise he will say it's all what people suggested, where is the original Nidhi style wish...).. But to implement my idea I need your support.. It won't be possible without you...

Here is the link to his Orkut Profile...

http://www
.orkut.com/Main#Profile.aspx?rl
=bgp&uid=110085070223524049
79

(PLEASE REMOVE THE SPACES, IF ANY, AFTER THE LINK OPENS IN THE ADDRESS BAR and the link will work)
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http://www.orkut.com/Main#Profi
le.aspx?rl=bgp&uid=11008507
022352404979

I beseech you all to flood "Birthday Messages" in here... and with whatever you send... make sure you prefix it with -

"Nidhi loves you so much.. Here's on her request..."




Kaisa laga mera idea? :)

Guys and gals,

I am planning to give 30 gifts to my hubby on his 30th birthday (20th July)....

Please give me ideas.....

Many Thanks!!

:)

NOTE: This is a follow up post from....
http://www.mouthshut.com/diary
/jcibummlo/Fiction-anyone


Once upon a time.....
How much do we love this line.... How very well do we identify with this line... This one line which is so very simple on its face-value, could turn into a story of lifetime... Coz all stories start like this.... and how do they end? I don't know... U tell me...

Yup! That's the idea... I will first page of a story... It would be a short paragraph. And then would request all the fiction-enthusiasts to write the concluding part.

Rules are simple:
1. This is a short story. Being comprehensive and precise is the key to win.
2. The concluding part shall come as a seperate DP and the link for the same shall be given here as a comment.

Here goes the story:
I saw a butterfly fluttering her wings but she cannot fly. What isstopping her from flying? Does someone tamperred with her wings or hasshe antagonized the Air? Whatever the reason is... one thing is forsure that her life is doomed.. Who is to be blamed for that? Probablyno one.. Like all good things, it also has to end some day..

Thosecolorful days of her life when she would flutter from one flower to theother.. those sweet sights she encountered... Looking back on thosedays, she realizes that she was not happy even then. She always cravedfor someone to share the fun she is having.. Her fun and her happinesswas incomplete without that elusive someone.. And thats how her dreamfor that elusive someone materialized.

With this dream entering in her life, she found a new happiness.... a new world where there are no adversities.. but only possibilities...

Cindrella, Phantom, Tom and Jerry, Shin-chan, Chacha Choudhary, Billu, Pinki, Calvin, Sholey, Titanic, Harry Potter.........

What is commonn with all these?

These are all fiction... Fictional characters or fiction stories are so much a part of everyone's life that we are not even aware of it. We all love fiction. In some form or the other.. Story telling is one thing which every parent is used to and everybody has grown up listening to stories... And when it comes to types of stories.. Words fail us... Coz there are as many types of stories as number of human beings...

Given a short paragraph... each one of us will come out of our own version to complete the story..

So lets do it... How do u like this idea? Anybody out there.... to take a deep plunge with me into the fictional world?? Lemme know.. Then shall shoot out what's on my mind..

:)

When reality bites then why has God made Mornings? Mornings marks the end of a dream....

Thoguhts ayone???