tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47942828864409738392024-03-05T03:45:10.831-08:00Free verse-IntrospectionsSpace to share introspection's about life, people, relationships ...anything, worth capturing!!Bhawanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780577398171283033noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794282886440973839.post-79762563593954175482014-09-10T10:04:00.001-07:002014-09-10T10:04:15.343-07:00How to Recruit and Retain a more Diverse Workforce<a href="http://content.wisestep.com/recruit-retain-diverse-workforce/">How to Recruit and Retain a more Diverse Workforce</a>Bhawanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780577398171283033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794282886440973839.post-5460388955889077242014-06-02T13:41:00.000-07:002014-06-04T12:17:25.169-07:00Being a MOM, sharing some tips and reality…<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: orange;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><b>“God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try.” </b></span><br style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;" /><b><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">― </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/838305.Mother_Teresa" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Mother Teresa</a></b></span></div>
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Amazed at how life changed after being a Mommy, to two
beautiful kids. I am thrilled… but feel unsure like many in my boat.. I am
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The journey from an independent working woman to a full time
Mommy has deprived me of the many abilities to have a full time career, having to not deal with routine to do things at odd hours,
or simply do nothing or anything. They were past luxuries!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This post is not about the rumblings of a Mommy, but about
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<b>Here is a list of habits I inculcated in my little ones to
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<i><b>This is a piece of my journey I will be glad to know your tips, feel free to leave your list in the comment section at the end of this post, may be we can together arrive at a better comprehensive list. Looking to learn more from you. </b></i></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">- </span><b><span style="color: orange;">Provide ample
mingling opportunity- start from as early as 1.18 years to 2 years. </span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Kids learn to manage themselves in groups this has benefits
later on when they go to school. An early start in this arena helps them learn
an important life skill- Team bonding and you can peacefully be rest assured
that your toddler will know how to survive in groups as he grows. <o:p></o:p></div>
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little one to start eating and bathing independently</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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This can be started right after potty training your young
one as by that time they start to follow instructions. This will teach them self-dependence
and in a way helps to foster good hygiene habits.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: orange;">- </span><b><span style="color: orange;">Self reading and self-play</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I started by initially reading rhymes and pictorial story
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Now I buy them interesting books and they like to explore. I
am blessed with two kids so introducing self-play was relatively easy, games
like UNO, Carom Board, the good old SNAKES & LADDER, LUDO, CHESS etc. believe me
kids love these activities. We only need to introduce them in the right way.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now this might be a little unconventional but I think it
works wonders to ask the little ones to do tasks on their own as much as
possible, things like dropping to school bus, applying paste on tooth brush, socializing
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Some might differ as we are traditionally taught to be servicing our kids, so per that standard we might be giving them a dose of extra freedom, but I believe this teaches kids to be responsible for the freedom they received
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I<b>f they commit a mistake they pay for it and learn to
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<b>Now these were some things for the kids, what about us the moms.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>It’s fine to want your dreams, to be living<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Have a mission apart from being a Mommy.</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>See my next post on</b> <b><span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><i>“So you
think you are a Mommy born to be? Are you truly connected?”</i></span><span style="color: red;"> N</span><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">ext on my blog watch this space!</span></b></div>
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Bhawanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780577398171283033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794282886440973839.post-3844458330038455592014-04-02T08:06:00.001-07:002014-04-02T08:07:45.725-07:00My Theme For the A to Z Theme Reveal Challenge...Sorry I am late!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In a big and beautiful palace.<br />
This king was strong but greedy, he always choose the wrong path in his arrogance.<br />
He secretly wanted to defeat the world and rule the planet.<br />
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Hope you would like the innocent creative venture!</div>
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I plan to post their stories, poetry and pictures, of course I get promoted to be the editor and publishing their deeds!</div>
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Have fun friends , do visit this place for regular updates!</div>
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Bhawanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780577398171283033noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794282886440973839.post-80472358575350252702014-03-17T23:40:00.001-07:002014-06-02T14:16:00.503-07:00Women seeking a career break my musings, and reality!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: start;">"How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?” </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: start;">― Anaïs Nin</span></span></span></h4>
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the midst of a successful career, really busy making it work for me, suddenly I
had to pause unexpectedly, I was pregnant…expecting our first child, that did
not bother me and all seemed fine until I noticed things were changing around
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were getting fewer and there were not many new projects in my kitty. I
was still performing like before but my boss’s perception of me and my abilities
had changed. Not liking this I tried to fight but it was a hidden gun pointed
at my face; needless to say I did not survive the bullet.<span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think many would relate to my story. We may be creating
welfare policies at corporate levels but they will be ineffective useless
pieces of paper until we change the mindset. </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wondered why was it me, stepping
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">We
have been taught to be responsible for child support, elderly care etc. As little girls
it was imbibed in our upbringing to forego personal goals for a successful
family. I now beg to differ, we should not do anything that we do not want to as
this causes deep sorrow and further results in lot of emotional discord, the basics
here are simple, I asked myself can I make others happy if I am not being so
deep within? </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The answer is a big no, it’s OK to be
living for yourself ladies, without any guilt!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">What
stops us from including our partners in child support? The old school of thought
that a good wife will do it all by herself. I think we must seek their help
from the early days so they get to understand and both partners in a family get
some breathing space for living. It’s not a crime it’s OK. We learn the tricks
after becoming a mother so can they?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here
is an interesting list of rules by oprah winfrey- <a href="http://indianhomemaker.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/some-happy-relationship-rules-add-yours/" target="_blank">building happy relationships.</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is
not gender specific I have come across many women managers saying they would not like
to promote or hire somebody who is pregnant or has young kids. Once your secret is revealed things
begin to change plans for bigger roles, promotion, on site visits etc. suddenly
disappear.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> This is also not a culture specific trend it’s a global phenomenon affecting many women. It was
nice to see so much buzz about it in the virtual world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was
thrilled to read this post and would be so glad if such a thing is accepted and
practiced <b><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jobs/10629926/Mothers-should-get-a-six-year-career-break-says-FTSE-100-chairman.html" target="_blank">Mothers should get a six-yearcareer break, says FTSE 100 chairman</a>, </b>yet another post on similar lines<b> </b>An<b><span style="color: #0032a1;"> </span></b>interesting
read <b><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-business/10568531/Union-boss-TUC-Frances-OGrady-Jobs-market-is-bias-against-all-women-from-the-outset.html" target="_blank">First female union chief: 'Jobsmarket is bias against all women from the outset'</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I could
clearly see, I was being set up for an unsuccessful return after my maternity but fighting was difficult and
surprisingly other women folks were watching discreetly no body choose to voice
with me, probably it worked for them but we failed as a society, I feel. It did
give me a purpose though, I chose to write read and research about my state.</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">During
my time out and a successful return, I did a few things that all women must
consider:</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large; text-indent: -0.25in;">- </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><b>Keep in touch - network with colleagues and friends</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This
is important as you would not want your image frozen in time, making a comeback
difficult for you later. People might be able to help with useful information
once you are ready.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: large;">- </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><b>Polish your core skills</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This
is really critical as it will help in building confidence and you will have
pointers to explain what you did during the break. While planning a comeback
this is the most difficult part, prospective employers would want to know why
they should hire you after a break are your skills updated. </span><br />
<i style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">- </span>Identify creative ventures</b></span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I
choose to explore my writing skills and started a few <u><a href="http://nodesoflife.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">blogs, </a></u>this helped in two ways I research so knowledge quotient
is not degraded and creating literal stuff skill quotient is in place. There are other
options as well like writing a book in your field of profession, doing
freelance work, voluntary works etc.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><b>- </b><b>Connect with like-minded people</b></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Believe
me during my research to write about this I was amazed to find several women in my boat. This made me feel better and this collaboration helps
build a support system, knowledge sharing and at the end you feel better.I connected with a few and here I am writing with a mission.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>- </b><b>Upgrade your skills </b></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>consider
further education/Certifications </b></span></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While
planning my first career break I was finding it hard to get past the initial
resume screening rounds, I was rejected without a second glance. Then I found
out I need to upgrade so I did my post-graduation and it worked helped.
Needless to say I landed a job.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><b>- </b><b>Keep up your confidence</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My
mind doubted my abilities as being at home had its adverse effects I had lost
my confidence. It might sound silly but it worked I dressed like I am going to
work and would hunt for jobs, I imagined myself working, made my friends take
mock interviews and may be fooled my brain but I gained confidence.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>- </b><b>Seek support when you need</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Once
I decided to get back it was difficult to get a break, after struggling alone
for a few months, I connected with friends asked them to help. It worked. Now that
being said we need to be judicious about whom you seek help from as it will
work negatively on your self-esteem if you face rejection or no support from
friends. </span><br />
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<b><i>Here is more <a href="http://nodesoflife.blogspot.in/p/about-me.html" target="_blank">about</a></i><i> me to douse your
curiosity!</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I am a mother to two, HR professional turned poet, writer, blogger. </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I
took a career break in 2008 after my first child , proud to say successfully
broke the unemployed edge and returned to work but then had to take another
break after just 10 months of being employed want to know why,</i> <i>read my next post
on my <a href="http://mind-spec.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">blog!</a> <span style="color: red;">Is it enough to get a job to bounce back after a break?</span></i></b></span><br />
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There is another aspect worth mentioning, while planning to bounce back I am sure many,
like I did, wonder if they are neglecting their responsibilities, is it worth
it and if the time is right or when should we plan a return?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I realized after
much introspection that the answer to all these is simple, no we are not
neglecting anything and the time is right when you are ready. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Children go to
school does that mean they are neglecting you, husbands go to work so should
you if you want to, we all have dreams and we should go after them freely. <span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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not let social pressures come in our way towards reaching our dreams, Are
social pressures stopping you? <a href="http://b2b.meetplango.com/2013/03/are-societal-pressures-stopping-you/" target="_blank">Here is an interest read about how to beat it</a>?<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In my
quest to share and support other women in my boat, here is my top return to work
support resources and some interesting posts from around the globe. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>May be this can pep you up, help you gear for the
fight -landing a great job!</b></span></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Browse through the list and click on whatever
works for you to read - learn and win!</span></b></i></div>
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<li><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>I re-launch</b><b> is a </b></span><b style="background-color: black;"><a href="http://www.irelaunch.com/success-stories" target="_blank">site dedicated to help women</a> at global level providing support to women to bounce back after a career
break.</b></span></li>
<li><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="background-color: black;"> <a href="http://grownandflown.com/back-to-work-irelaunch/" target="_blank">10 Expert Tips on Going Back to Work</a> by lisa Heffmen</b></span></li>
<li><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="background-color: black;"> <a href="http://grownandflown.com/returning-to-work-after-a-career-break/" target="_blank">Returning to Work After a Career Break: The GOOD News</a></b></span></li>
<li><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><a href="http://www.womensweb.in/articles/5-tips-to-improve-your-resume-after-a-career-break/" style="text-indent: -0.25in;" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">How to write your resume after a career break for women</span></a></span></b></li>
<li><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><a href="http://www.ekya.org/" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Help Women Succeed - Non-Profit
helping women in India</span></a></span></b></li>
<li><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; word-wrap: break-word;"> <a href="http://www.tatasecondcareer.com/faqs.aspx%E2%80%8E" target="_blank">TATA – Second Career </a></span><a href="http://www.tatasecondcareer.com/faqs.aspx%E2%80%8E" target="_blank"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Internship Programme for</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><em style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Women</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-indent: -0.25in;">:</span></a><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="word-wrap: break-word;"> </span></span></span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> <a href="http://www.areuthewoman.com/careerbychoice/CBC_Life.aspx" target="_blank">HUL Launches 'Career by Choice' for women in India</a> </span></b></li>
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<i><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dr. Malissa Clark an assistant professor of
psychology and women’s studies at the University of Georgia, is leading an
online study to learn more about women’s career breaks’<br />I
urge all women to take a few moments and participate, raise your voice shout
out, ...yes I know it’s conducted by University of Georgia,.... so what? </span></i><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i style="background-color: black;"><br /></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are living in a virtual world no boundaries global edge, data speaks louder
than words. Let your voice be heard. There are no boundaries!</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>I can't stop writing on this here is my poetry, how can I finish something without my famous touch :-)</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b style="background-color: black;">A bird</b></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>seeking </b></i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>liberty</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Chose to speak</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>inner words revolutionary</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>might be contradictory</b></i><i><b>!</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>My deeds </b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>may be </b></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>out of ordinary!</b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: orange;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span>
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>I choose</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>to be a woman</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>of dignity </b></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>respecting my integrity!</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">By Bhawana Bhowmik</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Also read <i>'<a href="http://nodesoflife.blogspot.in/2013/05/the-piranha-in-me.html" target="_blank">The Piranha in me.</a></i>'..'<a href="http://nodesoflife.blogspot.in/2013/04/womens-identity.html" target="_blank"><i>Women s identity</i>'</a>... '<a href="http://nodesoflife.blogspot.in/2013/05/i-am-pickled-jalapeno.html" target="_blank"><i>I am pickled jalapeno</i>'</a>..my other <a href="http://nodesoflife.blogspot.in/" target="_blank"><i>poetry posts</i></a> on this subject!</b></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="background-color: black; color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” </span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">― </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6765.Virginia_Woolf" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Virginia Woolf</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">, </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1315615" style="text-decoration: none;">A Room of One's Own</a></span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="background-color: black; color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.” </span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">― </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/575321.Brigham_Young" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Brigham Young</a></span></i></b></div>
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Lime is the flavor of life<br />
changes taste dramatically!<br />
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Mixed with sweet it's sweet<br />
mixed with salt it's salty<br />
just like the flavors of life<br />
emotions define our being<br />
sad mixed with anything is agony<br />
joy is pestilent, a touch changes everything!<br />
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Translucent color,mystic<br />
half revealed-just like life<br />
Symbolizing Vigor in our dreams<br />
changing side scenes- reality<br />
Lime is the flavor of life!<br />
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Scent is subtle refreshing<br />
touch is soft ,touch it gently.<br />
Lime is the flavor of life!!<br />
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Lime truly is the flavor of life, alone it is sour extreme. I can only dare you to taste.<br />
Mixed with various things it changes taste and is nice refreshing. My favorite flavor is lime.<br />
<a href="http://www.breezerindia.com/" target="_blank">Bacardi</a> has come up with quite a few but I would always go for my lime :-)<br />
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Bhawanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780577398171283033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794282886440973839.post-44609079445884413282013-07-05T12:56:00.000-07:002013-07-05T13:52:40.508-07:00Who are the rapidly evolving Indie Author's?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="text-align: left;">I first read this word on a </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/112914005290632069728" style="text-align: left;">Google+ community post</a><span style="text-align: left;">, being new to the jargon's of the publishing world I imagined it to mean an author from India LOL, ......truly my ignorance! </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Not convinced and secretly convinced about the bizarreness of my definition I finally hit Google search and wow the new world was reveled!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">I researched and stumbled upon few very interesting facts about the so called "Indie Author".</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">I am sure there are people out there wondering like I did, hence sharing my insights, maybe it will help the beginners like me!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Know the world of the new and rapidly evolving Indies through my eyes!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Author's, many of us would eventually anyways fall in this category.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b style="line-height: 19.1875px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Indie</span></a></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.1875px;"> is a </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.176136016845703px;">short-form</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> of "independence" or "independent"; it may refer to the fields of literature, Art etc., however for the sake of this post let us talk only about "The Indie Author", in my </span></span><span style="line-height: 19.176136016845703px;">opinion</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> it can mean any of the following categories of writers:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.1875px;">- </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.176136016845703px;">Debut</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> writers who take the self publishing route, and manage all the activities associated with publishing on their own like <a href="http://bubblecow.net/editing-your-own-book-the-top-ten-tips/" target="_blank">Editing</a>, <a href="http://www.thepassivevoice.com/05/2013/10-proofreading-tips-for-self-publishers/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ThePassiveVoice+%28The+Passive+Voice%29" target="_blank">proofreading</a>, <a href="http://nailyournovel.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/how-to-get-a-great-cover-design-when-you-dont-know-what-it-should-be/" target="_blank">cover design</a>, </span></span><a href="http://kristenstieffel.com/owning-your-isbn/" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.1875px;" target="_blank">buying/owning the ISBN</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">, <a href="http://savvybookwriters.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/how-to-organize-printing-or-print-on-demand/" target="_blank">Printing</a>, <a href="http://www.indiebookmarketingcommunity.com/marketer/book-marketing-quiz-can-you-spot-the-authors-mistakes/" target="_blank">Sales and Marketing</a>, <a href="http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/05/a-checklist-of-basic-promotion-materials-for-indie-authors/" target="_blank">Book Promotions</a>, <a href="http://www.bookmarket.com/distributors.htm" target="_blank">Book </a></span></span><span style="line-height: 19.176136016845703px;"><a href="http://www.bookmarket.com/distributors.htm">Distribution</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_book_distributors"> </a>etc.They have the option to hire experts to do some of these activities, but they are </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.176136016845703px;">independent -</span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.1875px;"> Indie and choose their own course!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">- Writers/Authors who choose the vanity publishing houses to publish their books. Since these are small </span><span style="line-height: 19.176136016845703px;">independent</span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> publishing houses they are Indie.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">- Authors/Writers who are published by the traditional top six Publishing Houses, but their books are now out of print choose this course to make the content </span><span style="line-height: 19.176136016845703px;">available</span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> on Kindle/Nook etc. E-book formats.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">- Authors who have published one or two books through the traditional publishers, and later choose to go the independent route. (This is done since the indies get to keep better profit </span><span style="line-height: 19.176136016845703px;">margin</span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> from their book sales, also since they manage most of the publishing activities on </span><span style="line-height: 19.176136016845703px;">their</span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> own they cut on costs, their are no middle men to eat up on the </span><span style="line-height: 19.176136016845703px;">margin</span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> cost.) quite a few advantages in contrast to the </span><span style="line-height: 19.176136016845703px;">traditional</span><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"> path.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; line-height: 19.176136016845703px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There is quite a bit of debate all over the publishing world about </span></span><span style="color: orange; line-height: 19.176136016845703px;">"who the Indie is?"</span><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.176136016845703px;">, the above is my gathering from researching</span><span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.176136016845703px;">, It would be great to hear, </span><i style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.176136016845703px;"><b><span style="color: #e69138;">what you think about the 'Indie Author'?.</span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 19.176136016845703px;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: inherit;"><i><b><u>Few interesting recent facts about the Indie Publishing arena:</u></b></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/16/penguin-self-publishing" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>-Penguin announce their own self-publishing arms</b></span></i></a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.97443199157715px;">This discovery genuinely amazed me, I wondered: why would Penguin want to do this? It sounded crazy, but then I </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.97443199157715px;">realized</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.97443199157715px;"> that the paradigm shift from Traditional to the Indie route is </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.97443199157715px;">immensely</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.97443199157715px;"> evident in the publishing world. The Indie advantages seem to be overtaking the traditional publishing good charms. It in a way is a question of survival in the digital world, this I feel is where the Indie writer dominates.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<i><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: black; color: orange; line-height: 21.97443199157715px;">- <u><a href="http://tobecomeawriter.com/indie-authors-who-is-an-indie-author/" target="_blank">Are there doors that are closed for an Indie Author?</a></u></span></span></b></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 21.97443199157715px;">In my research one aspect that was evident is the fact that as an Independent Author we do not have all the doors open for us. Sad but true many writing organisations do not consider you to be a true Author if you are only self published. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.97443199157715px;">We cannot be nominated for an Edgar and many other such literary </span><span style="line-height: 21.97443199157715px;">honors!</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: orange;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.97443199157715px;">This can be debated hence,</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.97443199157715px;"> I would be glad to hear what you think?</span></span></i></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.97443199157715px;">My </span></span><span style="line-height: 21.97443199157715px;">bottom line</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21.97443199157715px;"> after this research is that it ultimately boils down to your aspirations as a writer, if you want the awards and do not care about other things like freedom of expression etc. then Indie route is not for you.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 21.97443199157715px;">There are authors who simply want to write good books and get them out there for people to read they do not really care much about the literary credits. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 21.97443199157715px;">They are content, being truly Indies!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 21.97443199157715px;">It is an authors pick ultimately!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #e06666; line-height: 21.97443199157715px;"><i><b>'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'- Hilaire Belloc</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I looked around and found that there is a bit of suffering in all that is around, wondering about quantifying it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">There is misery all around so is the </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">opportunity</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> to evolve, grow, but the blind belief, ego</span><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">centric</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">approach</span><span style="line-height: 18px;">.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> Most people ignore what is so evident universally, </span><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">available</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> source of growth learning. We have created a society where talking about our pain is looked</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> down upon. Those who are brave enough to say they are </span><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">battling with something, are thought of as naive, weak, immature and many such adjectives. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">Haunted by cruel memories of a past deed, an impulsive act or anything are treated differently under varied judgments passed secretly.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Humanity ignoring an omnipresent fact- Suffering, it is all around, every body's </span><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">life is an </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">example. Entire human race has a spiritual eternal learning to take and evolve into better beings. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">This is the meaning of life anyways. Evolution learning reaching higher ground from where we are or were is not possible without grief. All learning is </span><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">difficult</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> even the most ordinary skills are learnt with great </span><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">difficulty</span><span style="line-height: 18px;">. Who then said that learning to live life is going to be any easy.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Does it help in anything, to be so restrained, bordered in sharing </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_909108628">melancholy</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">There should be no </span><span style="line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">judgments</span><span style="line-height: 18px;">, right or wrong equations. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; line-height: 18px;">What happens in one person's life is unique to them. Watching somebody Else's life, there simply is not enough view to judge. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">We must create a sacred world where non is demeaned for their sufferings, none for their wrong or right doing. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Cause everything is relative to time and a moment alone. After that time is gone the relativity is lost we only arrive at conclusions. A learning evolution </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 17.99715805053711px;">spirituality</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">. <a href="http://nodesoflife.blogspot.in/2013/05/the-plethora-of-suffering.html">The plethora of suffering</a> is yet an unsolved mystery, we are pondering to reveal the secrecy.</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/if-grief-for-grief-can-touch-thee/" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">If Grief for Grief can touch thee</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> by Emily Jane Bronte</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: #ea9999;"><i>None would survive for eternity,<br />Maybe, footprints will!<br />Let me make you know me,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;"><i> through how I lived!!<br /> </i></span></div>
There are not many who achieved their complete potential per their perseverance and found contentment complete bliss- living solace.<br />
why we feel compelled to do things we would not choose-otherwise??<br />
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Haunted by this very question I searched myself and this write up is the resultant.<br />
History has it written all over that great personalities were not built by choice alone they were meant to be- it was destiny. Reading this sentence it seems fundamentally wrong as we wrongly perceive that destiny is what we achieve easily.<br />
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Mahatma Gandhi did not think or choose to be the father of such a huge nation, driving an unheard movement, revolution. Brought so much change but it was not his choosing, he merely chose to go by the flow of situations and do the right thing in that moment. Personalities are made unintentionally. Who would choose misery willingly? He actually wanted to be a barrister, went out of country for higher studies, but landed being a revolutionist.<br />
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The course of our life is not defined by us at all, it is other things surrounding-situations making us.<br />
Numerous times we reach a cross road capable of changing us for ever- there after.Do we genuinely get to choose?<br />
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My answer to this was-NO because the variables would leave no option but to make us choose what is to be chosen, seems difficult most times. We are driven by an unseen hand taking us where we ought to reach.Call it fate, destiny, Karma but it's there so imbibing on to our life's footprints.<br />
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Day by day minute by minute we are making history for what we see today right now in this moment will become a memory in the next moment. We all know this but how ironic it is that still we feel this is no reason to be the best we can be, to give each moment the best we can offer.<br />
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I am haunted sometimes with the reality that all I do is history for people who are yet to be. If we do not live each moment to the best of our standards we will be embedded in history with our weakness- faulty.<br />
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People who are great are great because they make the most of each moment. Not knowing their place in what is to come later, to illustrate this let us go back to the example of Mahatma Gandhi, he did not know the place and affect of his doing he was simply compelled to act.<br />
It would be impossible to act if we know what it would mean tomorrow. We might be intimidated.<br />
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Another question that comes to me is are we that important to be noted, the answer is may be not that important to this moment right here but, surely a piece of a bigger picture which will reveal when this time is history. All pieces fall back in place- evolve.<br />
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We would be the center stage for what we created, hence all that we do each moment all the choices that we make or are compelled to make will make the tomorrow for us- our future image.<br />
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In my younger years I believed that a man is the sum total of all the choices he has made, but today after walking a little further on life's road I know for certain that our choices are not ours alone to be made, they are time, situation and circumstance bound .So I feel the best a man can do is accept the course with a smiling face.<br />
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The question is not about all the choices it is about the choice of accepting the course happily or choosing to fight it. I guess it is the ultimate question of all our lives. How we choose to be.<br />
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The thing about seeking truth is amusing we are happy when we don't know the complete truth about things and sad very sad the minute it is revealed. Mystery is lost.<br />
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what makes us sad, is it the fact that the truth about things is not what we perceived it to be or we did not want it in the first place.Either ways the choice is ours to make as it seems but is it really !!<br />
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I am compelled by the scenario good ugly bad.Good would be the ideal and matches exactly to what we imagined, ugly would be different but acceptable and bad is completely opposite to our perceptions and seems not acceptable. But that often is the hand of fate bringing us closer to destiny.<br />
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The only choice that really is ours to make is weather to be happy or to be sad. All else is beyond reach, combined human destiny!!<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Sailing o'er life's solenm main,</span></div>
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<span style="color: #eeeeee;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">"</span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A voice said, Look me in the stars<br />And tell me truly, men of earth,<br />If all the soul-and-body scars<br />Were not too much to pay for birth.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">" - Robert Frost</span></i></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Life grows with time like a molecule becomes a child and a child an adult and an adult then dies. has so many forms and there is definitely a great deal happening in the universe I feel, for all this energy and so much change there has to be a cause. A question asked many a times by humanity the </span><span style="line-height: 19px;">purpose</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> of all things </span><span style="line-height: 19px;">existing</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;"> the meaning of suffering.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">Sometimes it feels what matters is me and that is it but the next minute the picture changes, shows that I matter to the cosmos. The greatest thing about greatness is that it does not know it's extent huge or small or else it will seize to be.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">Nu ten did not know the greatness of the discovery of gravity and it changed the future of mankind. Galileo did not comprehend the effects of his theories but he knew he was right.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">So I feel greatness is not you or me it is time, beyond all of us. Small deeds we are capable of performing are holding immense power to change a lot of things!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">There definitely is a greater cause to where we are in our lives. We are just a connecting loop in the huge chain of events happening all around us. And only when we become history should the complete picture be revealed until then there is no cause to fight change, let us just flow.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">Life is for sure certainty; each soul has a destiny and a mission to fulfill. There is absolutely no need to ponder and fight the destiny by desiring things which might not be in your destiny. So I quit desiring and begin to live each moment like it is. Like it is meant to be, for the greater picture will reveal my place in eternity. But a sacrifice done today will lay light on lot of things so let us just be. Letting go of what is , is important to embrace what is yet to be.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” </b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">― </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/838305.Mother_Teresa" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Mother Teresa</a></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” </b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">― </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20105.Joseph_Campbell" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">Joseph Campbell</a></b></span><br />
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Bhawanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780577398171283033noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794282886440973839.post-57577376204007062272013-05-12T14:02:00.000-07:002013-05-15T10:28:13.132-07:00RIGHT OR WRONG????<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">“We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.”<br />― Philip Pullman </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">Is this not the basic question we all must ask ourselves before deeds are done Ideally we should. The purpose of all education and fostering is to help us understand wright vs wrong, morally, socially, culturally. This debate exists at every place.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">The sound of conscious is a constant struggle between the two logic’s right and wrong. And the answer is circumstantial, what seems right today can change another day and in a different set up.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;"><i> </i>A given deed can seem right in a particular set up and could be deemed out-rightly wrong in another situation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">How ironic it is that almost all times the logic to be wrong seems lucrative then to be right. Easier is to take the corrupt route and get everything, we want but the cost we pay is huge. I feel a deed is right if it benefits somebody, morality always is not the straight answer to being right. Responses are situational.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">Making money can be a classic example, the objective is to be self-sufficient, but the means acquired to achieve them are crucial for ultimate satisfaction. Wealth alone is not enough.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">We need balanced existence having family, social support, hobbies , spirituality etc. Together they make us complete. If one focuses only on the desire to be wealthy and ignores the rest he will be agonized, not living a worth it life!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">On our journey to achieve things we desire if a wrong deed is done, harming somebody morally, economically or physically it will surface tomorrow, haunting us. It seems easy from the point of authority, position and power bestowed upon us from a situation to seek quicker gains by misusing these. There is a cost in being righteous and a penalty for being corrupt. The cost of being right is rewarded in long run karmic-ally. I believe in Karma.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">It astounds me, often we are confronted by our past mistakes, yet the charm to take the easy course remains. Sad but true we posses no power to undo the past, the only thing that remains is to face the present.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">I wish that we learn to question ourselves “Right or wrong”?I was asked this by my 3 year old in innocent words” Mamma what is right and wrong?”<br />I was silent and thought what to say to a toddler. Societies communities are struggling to figure out.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #eeeeee;">I could just manage saying right is right and wrong is wrong.</span></div>
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