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You might have seen online clocks which keep on changing related pictures after every second. Recently I saw a clock where the numbers are created by human bodies intertwined in different positions for every single digit.

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Mood: Amazed

His name needs no introduction to the world. The man with a charisma in him and his humility have further wowed fans who have never doubted the integrity, dignity and honesty of this much disciplined Blogger also carrying the load of Superstardom on his shoulders. who shares his thoughts with his fans on his blog regularly, and refers to bloggers as his extended family.

Yes I am talking about Megastar Amitabh Bachchan who has been regularly updating his blog ever since it was launched in April 2008. From movies to his arguments with the media to social issues – he has written at length on various subjects and there are some whispers that now it may be compiled into a full-fledged book.

I felt in love with him as I became the regular reader of his blog. His writings filled attitude in me. He is known for his thoroughly professional attitude. He hardly can be seen missing his schedule, he works very hard to portray each and every role he plays. Be it working in movies, Shows, Commercials. Despite his old age, he can give the youngsters a hard run. I trust he is a very good listener and organizer in the real life.

There is no doubt that Mr. Bachchan is the biggest star in the history of Indian cinema. As per a BBC Poll ranked him as the greatest actor of the millennium. Unlike most actors, he is one actor who probably, could have easily made career in literature as well. The press keeps comparing him to the actors who are far behind him, but he probably saw a way to show his class by cutting the crap and making a direct connection to his fans worldwide. I was among one of them who was not only his diehard fan but also followed the comic strip floated with name Supremo.

He has joined the blogosphere and he is displaying his sharp and scholarly views, surely a legacy of his great father. He has discovered a tool for challengers from media and S Sena’s paper which wrote mostly one-sided stuff regarding him and his family.

The recent conflicts on his blog had upset him. He was almost dragged by the people to stop blogging after a war of words on his website made him question his online presence. He revealed on his blog that he was shocked to learn of spiteful remarks made by those commenting on his posts, following a brief absence from the website. Though comment moderation could have helped him but moderation of thousands of comments on daily basis is no joke, but now it has to be observed.

But now as he received an overwhelming response of about 1280 comments (till the time I write this post) to his blog. Dipped in emotions, he has refused all reports claiming that he is bidding good-bye to the Blogosphere after expressing his anger over irresponsible comments posted on his blog. Just days after the media went buzzing with reports that superstar in a moment of fury has decided to stop blogging, Also last year when he was hospitalized in Lilavati Hospital the Bedridden Bachchan did not failed to contribute on his blog.

The real star wrote:
In Budhi Haddiyon Mein Abhi Bhi Dam Hai.
The strength still lies in these old and weary bones!

My Dear Ameeta Vachan, It has become a daily routine to visit your blog…. which says how well you are able to reach out and win our hearts. I am really inspired I shall continue to admire and read out your blogs. Thanks a ton for you decision for continuing you blog. You are really Unstoppable…

Addictions lead you to nowhere there are many kinds of addictions we are familiar to. Recently I was shared with the addiction of Betel Nut by one of my colleague. It is quite common in south eastern countries. What I have realized that there are few people who feel very proud for their addictions. These addictions seem to attach some element of royalty to their persona but the truth is something dreadful.

Betel Nut commonly known as Dakhani Supari is another name of Areca Nut or Pinang. Its chewing is believed to generate a sense of well-being, euphoria, heightened alertness, sweating, salivation, a hot sensation in the body and increased capacity to work. It also increases plasma concentrations of norepinephrine and epinephrine which means that it mainly affects the central and autonomic nervous systems.

I was not aware of this side of addiction of beetle nut and other chewing addictions. Our traditions hold betel nut and leaves in high esteem. It is considered as an after meal digestive, there was also a custom to chew Areca nut and betel leaf among lovers because of its breath-freshening and relaxant properties. According to traditional Ayurvedic medicine chewing areca nut and betel leaf is a good remedy against bad breath. Formerly it was a custom of the royalty to chew it. Kings had special attendants carrying a box with the ingredients for a good chewing session. Considered an auspicious ingredient in Hinduism, the Areca nut is still used along with betel leaf in religious ceremonies and also while honouring individuals in most of Southern Asia. The following view is of the opened jaw on operation table during surgery.

The biggest danger involved with this addiction is a serious debilitating and progressive disease Sub Mucous Fibrosis which is a permanent thickening and hardening of the inner lining of the mouth, it causes stiffening of the oral mucosa and development of fibrous bands resulting in a restricted mouth opening. Sub Mucous fibrosis is not reversible nor is there any effective cure. The most serious aspect of this disease is its precancerous nature. In some cases the jaws need to be removed.

It involves the risk of developing oral cancer among individuals with oral sub-mucous fibrosis has been demonstrated to be very high, especially if they also use tobacco, whether in smokeless or smoking form. It has been proved that in the presence of salivary nitrates, areca nut alkaloids can form nitrosamines that are carcinogenic. There are case reports of oral cancer developing among individuals who use areca nut but do not use tobacco in any form. The following view is of the patients face after being got operated.

The symptoms of oral mucous fibrosis initially cause irritation in the mouth, which gradually leads to thickening and hardening. Gradually the mouth opening decreases till one finds it impossible to open one’s mouth at all. The tongue loses its roughness and becomes smooth and white. Taste sensation is gradually lost and ability to tolerate spicy foods diminishes.

The only way to prevent this disease is by stopping the chewing of betel nut or anything else that may cause this disease.

PS: I am thankful to my colleague who shared his personal pictures of his relative’s operation with me to spread awareness regarding this cruel addiction.

Mood: Uncomfortable

For every single fake currency note we the ordinary people of country are being cheated against our hard work which we perform daily to earn bread for our children. Every third day we see various states reporting huge seizures of fake Indian currency notes on our television screens.

This business runs parallel to our economy and directly affects us and what is more important to think is how it affects the national security. Most terrorist attack weapons deals include heavy amounts of fake currency. During some years there has been a lot of public outcry for the presence of fake currency in the country. Fake currency is no doubt present in many countries but it has gripped India badly in recent times.

The role of our neighbor country’s intelligence in printing and circulation of false currency has never been a secret, Indian agencies found that the it had been importing currency-standard printing paper and ink to their country from companies located in UK, Sweden and Switzerland to pursue its evil operations.

Is this our poor technology that allows the fakers to copy easily our country? Why it is hard to copy currency like of Australia, America, UK, is that they have superior technology. Surprised yes faking national currency has a direct co-relation with the national threat. Nothing can be executed without the support and indulgence of our own people I am not very sure about our leader’s awareness and action about the issue. Does government takes the responsibility? The answer is as usual “Trying their best”. It’s not about faking country it’s a shame for us that for some money we are staking our national security and letting down morale and hard earned money of fellow country men who are managing their livelihood with lots of difficulties.

Swami Ramdev in his recent appearance in Rajat Sharma’s ‘Janta ki Adalat’ gave suggestion to remove INR 100, 500 and 1000 currency notes from the circulation by RBI as it creates an ease in the execution of rackets of fake currency notes. Though my wallet will become fatter which currently holds a single leaf of 1000 will have to carry 20 pieces of value 50. For the ATM machines at the banks it may also become a burden with the smaller denomination notes. But who need these big bills now, everyone should use to credit/debit cards and other online transactions with internet banking with some more hack proof security. The best part will be that it will become cumbersome for the fakers to manage with smaller currency notes.

Over to you…

Mood: Cheated

As I spotted the tin roof of the house the view brought mix of reactions, it was a sense anxiety of executing something with a fright which was carrying a mark of alert. I mustered up my whole courage remembered the name of Shri Krishna and all other lords and starting observing my whole surroundings without making any movements or noise. The environment was filled with a silence along with the unusual sounds of a jungle.

The flash light of my camera kept on breaking the calmness of the place as in order to have a close observation of the site I kept on clicking one or another view. The thoughts which crossed my mind that I should had kept a note in my pocket depicting my whereabouts and intention in case of any casualty. My smirk clearly indicated that it was too late now.

I tried to comprehend the entity of whole universe to reduce or remove the impact of this little insignificant hut from my head but the truth was that I was there all alone. As I slowly started moving down towards the house I felt as if my body has started disobeying my brain. Irrespective of keeping all my efforts to keep calm my heartbeat frequency kept on rising. I managed to reach the point from where I can clearly see the house. It was an old hut with Kachchi (muddy) walls and there was no one to welcome me.

The front wall of the house was quite repulsive as it was caught by a bunch of climbing branches which was mounting towards the door. It was creating a very ugly look of the house as if it was a face which is wedged by some disease.

Some wind touched my ears as if asking me to go back. I stood there for almost ten minutes without having any intention to go closer. I kept on clicking snaps to make the environment little lighter with an intent of a sarcastic analyzer to share with known ones. Suddenly with a strong blow of wind I heard an echo inside my ears, some one clearly whispered. The sound seemed to be quite familiar and it didn’t scared me, it went like this

“Haaah, for this No one will trust you…”

I answered to the whisper, “Even I do not trust you?” Then there was no answer to this and within no time the whole scene was covered by heavy fog. It happened so abruptly and somehow it carried some connection to this unacceptable imperceptible conversation. As soon as the visibility got poorer with fog, I realized this is the right time to get out of here safely.

Keeping my face towards the house I started stepping away from the house first six-seven steps were all right and then I slipped and somehow managed to save my camera from being broken away. It was time to move away from the spot and I didn’t even turned back until I reached some population. One thing all the way which I kept thinking every unsolved mystery gets distorted to develop into a gossip.

Though I dropped the idea of further investigation, analysis depicted all victims were simple labour class who were struggling hard to make their both ends meet with hardly any time to spread rumor and having no logic at all to answer those whispering winds. Reaching back home I didn’t shared this with anyone I tried to tackle myself in many ways thinking it was a delusion.

Mood: Curious

I always remained a non believer of ghostly tales and I neither endorsed them. Recently I heard to an interesting gossip which I heard was of a haunted house. I got curious enough to know the details of the story and the facts behind it. I came to know about this by a young female who was a house maid by proffession and belonged to that area where recently a local guy who was the Chowkidar (Watchman) turned mad who used to live alone in this house. He suddenly started talking words which carried no sense.

I decided to explore this matter and met couple of guys of the locality many showed ignorance to the matter and few told me that and was complaining that the chowkidaar was continously hearing to some strange voices in this house. Some guys mentioned that this case is not an exception and prior to this incident a couple from Bihar use to stay in this house. the husband was carpenter and his wife also illustrated the same symtoms.

My anxiety kept on increasing after meeting the each single individual. Eventually I explored a senior citizen of the area who was an ex-serviceman. Though by appearance he seemed to be quite modern but was quite cofident that there were surely some ghostly activities in the house. He openly challenged that there cannot be four cases with almost similar traits one after another in the same house. Fortunately the earlier three are now all right after vacating the house. He told me that the site is an unattented property and the propreiter being away wants to keep some caretaker in the property.

Later on after getting the connection link I recapitulated the carpenters wives face and also which reminded me that she always kept her mouth shut and never used to answer to anybody’s question not even to her children and husband. As soon as I reached in the confines of the four walls of my home My mind was in great turmoil. I knew there was only one way to find out, I had to try it all alone. By this time I was full of anxiety and energy I had almost decided to further explore the matter. The only thing which hindered me the words of the old man who warned me to stay away from the matter if I do not wish to turn mad.

The site was located in a populous area but aloof ofcourse so I requested some people to accompany me to the site but I wondered no one was curious enough and there was a mix reaction for fear and ignorance which tried to superimpose my determination.

Eventually I decided to go there all alone. On the Janmashtami holiday with Shri Krishna’s name I picked my camera and moved to the site. It was basically an old orchard with dense thick vegetation but not fruit yielding. The first glance of the orchard was very beautiful but scary too. As I moved ahead on the only thin path I found that the rain, which had been falling for some time, had made the steps quite wet and slippery.

I identified the place by spotting an unusual dry tree in the lush green sorroundings as if it was the address mark and creating a very unwelcoming and horrifying environment. I tried my best not to get excited and moved ahead ignoring this tall dead mark which was trying its level best to make me realize that it is living.

As soon as I crossed the place I found that I am on a certain height and amongst tree leaves I could spot the tin roof of the haunted house.

Mood: Uncomfortable

To be continued…

Krishna Janmashtami, one of the most popular festivals in India celebrates birth of Sri Krishna. Functions and prayer meetings are organised by Hindus to share the glory of their beloved God, Lord Krishna. The festival of Janmashtami is considered a very pious day by Hindus. People perform elaborate poojas during the festival and keep day long fast.

Lot of bhajan singing, hymn chanting and poojas are performed on this day. The main objective of Lord Krishna’s birth was to free Mother Earth from the wickedness of demons. Playing an important part in Mahabharata (legendary battle in Kurukshetra) and propagating the theory of bhakti and good karma were other important objectives.

The jannmashatami fast is also known as the fast of having different special meal which you can clearly depict from my Phalhaar serving dish. This often consists of sago (saboodana), singhara atta chappati, potatoes and salad. It may also include sweet potatoes, colocasia (arvi), kachalu, select vegetables and nuts. Many friends and especially younger family members these fasts as an excuse to treat on delicious ‘phalahar’ dishes. The time of breaking the fast may vary, this is so, because the time of performing pooja also differs from place to place. While some devotees choose to perform pooja at midnight and break fast, others perform pooja in the evening and have food.

Traditionally the hindu community celebrates the Janmashtami with long parades / marches accompanied by chants, music and festive mood along the city roads.

I found this Bhajna to be perfect for the occasion.

To learn more visit Krishna Janmashtami Link

Mood: Festive

After watching couple of episodes of Sach Ka Saamna I realized that there is no learning from this program. Telling truth all the time can take you and your known ones to a very embarrassing situation. I found that the objective of the program is to ridicule the participants who approach the show in hope of a good amount of money. All the participants seem to be in dire need of money but unfortunately one lie and you are out.

When speaking truth does not involve any harm then one should speak truth without a hesitation. But when sometimes telling a lie becomes a better option you should not tell the truth. If we remove the illusionary ethics we’ll find that there is hardly any difference between a lie & truth. There are no moral principles involved in it, to tell a lie requires courage equally as we do in case of truth.

In our society the human values seem to depend upon truth, we are taught to speak truth from our childhood. I trust telling a truth always is not good and important rather it is mechanical; furthermore no one can afford to speak truth always. A truth may sometime take life and a lie can turn a lifer saver.

Reputed and needy people come on the television show and tell their private truths with their proud heads upward in front of their children, parents, spouse and society thinking that their folks will respect for this. On the contrary when these people reach back home without money, all the promises by their folks to forgive them are ignored in a moment and they become the target of one and all. They are forced to lead their rest of life with insult and humiliation.

Are you meticulous? Are you innovative? Are you passionate? Are you successful?

The best way to communicate passion is to have your works speak for you. They will only do it when you’ve justified your passion. For all of us there are only 24 hours in a day but some people accomplish more than others. Why? Make your fellows want to tell others how passionate you really are and let their passion speak for you. In the path of your life to become a key person small insignificant things matter a lot. The wisdom which one possess for doing any cause is eternal and one can’t comprehend the mechanism behind it.

Whenever I ask the above listed three questions to myself, I nod smilingly. I can’t say I don’t waste time at all, that’s not possible, but i’m being able to be more disciplinate and do first things first, despite of the comfort zone alarms here and there. It took me a lot of discipline and will power to do and i’ll have to keep that for life. When I look back to some of the challenges which I have taken seriously I was able to rise like a phoenix.

Where does the problem lie? There are so many aspects which I have not taken seriously. This might be due to blurred vision or poor organising skills.

Possible Solution: The proven time management strategies is A daily “To Do” list which provides a consistent place for notes.

What is holding me back? In daily agenda of my to do list I have listed some morning workouts for myself to get back into the shape but all seems to be in vain. Recently my routine check up revealed that my cholesterol and triglyceride count is on the higher side. The biggest problem

We not have to be what we already are but we have to remember what we want to become. Applause for one minute walk on the stage hides the pains of lot of struggle behind that prize memento. Every success has a price and if you are ready to pay it then no one can stop you. Every success takes some time it is up to you whether you are patient and willing for it or not.

I hope my confessions bring some wisdom to work harder.