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The Book Steve Jobs Loved all his life

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Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda(real name Mukunda Lal Ghosh). This book been introduced by my friend some ten years back, saying it has changed her life. Now, reasonably well known book even among younger generation this book been in print since 1946. Content living this long (there are time when popularity also is not the sign of success or failure) itself is indication that something is good on this book. I tried myself and the backdrop is that its the spiritual pursuits of people during the authors period in India(1893-1952). People who have lived without food(energy via sunlight), and all different unbelievable sorts of spiritual dimensions is been told. The reason the book being popular in West is that author has tried explain Indian spiritual things in rational/scientific way. Needless to say it also explores on yoga, gravitation and all aspects of spirituality. On the downside people might complain the book is of fantasy stuff and pseudo scientific. Any way...

hey Ram(Feb18-2000) - A retro

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The films major instance Direct Action Day (16 August 1946-announced by the Muslim League Council to show the strength of Muslim feelings both to British and Congress, sort of a bandh) event shown in moview is a good effort to depict the killing of around 4000 people on that day(the overall killing happened due to partition riots is estimated to be 2lakh approximately(could be even between 2 Lakh to 20 Lakh and stands next to holocaust which cost around 1 crore lives app)) is an shocking information to know for political outsiders like me to understand what India has gone through as a nation. The amount of research gone into this movie is evident(definitely that which is not included might even be more valuable).  Even though this movie is a historical fiction, doesnt mean its only for old timers and history buffs. Infact not training the mind to take this sort of movie was one of the reason the film might have failed to reach its deserved acclaim(but indeed was...

A Simple Tamil poem

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மாதா  பிதா  குரு  தெய்வத்திற்கு  முன்  வருபவள்  (பண்டிதர்கள்  மன்னிக்க !!) shoot the kuruvi பாடலின்  இரண்டாம்  வரியின்  சொல்ல  பட்ட  மகத்தான காரியத்தை  செய்பவள் கனவுகள், வருத்தங்கள் - வெற்றி , தோல்வி  என்ன  எல்லாம்  தருபவள் சில  சமயம்  அவள்  பூவா   கரும்பா  என்று  குழப்புபவள் பூ  என்று  நினைத்தாள்  கரும்பாக  மாறி  என்  பல்லை   உடைத்தவள் கரும்பென்று  நினைத்து  பொழுது  பூவாக  மாறி  என்னை  ஏமாற்றியதும்  உண்டு பல  சமயம் நீ  ஆசிரியை , தண்டனையும்  பாராட்டும்  மாறி  மாறி உண்டு  அடிக்கடி  காட்சி  பிழை  - கருத்து  பிழை  கொடுப்பவள் நீ  கொஞ்சம்  கரார்  பேர்வழி  தான்  ஆனால்  யாரிடிமும்  ஓரவஞ்சனை காட்டதவள் அனால்  எப்பொழுதும்  நீ  உண்மையே  பேசுபவள் அதனால்  உன்  பெயர்  நிஜம் உன்னை  தி...

Song of the Little Road(1955) - A review on (Un)parallel movie

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Off late i have stopped writing about films because my perspective has progressed that films are not an essential and valuable service, apart from non outdoor entertainment provided which is required to have healthy mind. Also, films are one sided and not two way as people on screen and behind keep exhibiting their talent and we the viewers have no participation (example in sports-Tennis or Chess is two sided). But recently got inspired to come back into my favorite arena-(parallel) movies(commonly/colloquially known as non song movies, award cinema, art film, documentary, slow movies, elite film festival audience movie) after getting inspired from a  TV show accidentally i watched while changing channel, where ace Indian film director Mani Ratnam told that his favorite personality is Satyajit Ray(a veteran with Oscar and Bharat Ratna to his credit). While saying there was a special spark in his eyes. Then i came back to this movie called Pather Panchali - Song of the...

On Creativity- The God of (Un)Important things

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Had you admired  a microprocessor inventor, a chef, a mechanic who puts his creativity in his work. With concentration and passion your complete soul and being put in any activity is creativity only. Creativity is god of unimportant things. A creator makes it important by their humanity, a compassionate response indeed. Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and student are located in the same individual.The difference between human and chimpanzee is only 1.6 gene,rest of the 98.4 gene are similar.obvious one unique thing is creativity.We need lateral thinking to improve in life,thinking vertically is only proceeding in sequence arrested by a logic,whereas  a lateral thinking is a combination of intuition,creativity,imagination.Instead of digging the same hole deeper,we can dig different holes.But its just like a reverse gear in car,use when appropriate. Intuition is like observing a rare unnoticed particular part of jam packed ...

ON start UP - Shaped by History and Defined by Future

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Start-up is a seed meant for growth. Entrepreneur is modernized term of business man and as like startup is also modernized term of small company or shop by which shedding taboo of unimportant, contempt and representing positive promise. These modern words  indicate the soul hope passion on their future. Most companies gets started on the philosophy of why not and constantly challenges their being behind and defending going ahead. The point to point focus and progress on main track putting aside overheads cost / infrastructure and support expenses is the crucial and deciding factor. The company running on the trust of investors where patiently pulling it of from full red to all green,i.e., waiting for profitability and profitable to extent of covering up previous losses on investment,sharing profit and also enabling investment for future. The very concept of foundation , team work(too lonely when you have a dream without a team) will be realized in this arena and even a simple ...

ON DREAM - Revisited and Redefined

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This term everyone  might have heard from big talk and  from wanna be big people. You could have observed people around atleast having one dream even if you don't have one-to complete Ph.d, to win a cup / award, to start a start-up, expand your business/career, to be a film/Music director etc. Anything cannot be dream as the one valued and efforted for is what  stands out. Some gets  fancied by the very fact that we can dream and tend to dissolve into which isnt may be the best thing to do. Dream is ambition in disguise, I would say ambition visualized. Visuals are deeply seated which enables to believe intuitively. A picture is equivalent to thousand words,said to be a Napolean's quote.A dream consists of various points and the final ribbon moment of a marathon runner. We need to effort for the first point and so that we could move on so forth. Everybody can imagine,the easiest in life, may be that's why it is the least bothered in human life (thats why i had wri...