Lure for the west

Something that is not new is this....Lure for the west..........but how do you explain the cause which stimulates this lure? Just finished reading an article by Jay Dubashi which might go someway in explaining a few minute points as to the secret of the lure......after all these points do add up and make people often take revolutionary decisions....any way......here's the link........

http://www.valueresearchonline.com/story/storyview.asp?str=10618

Know "Know".......now Know this

Am not quite sure about the source of this.........just wanted to share with all ............

I know that I know,
My actions and words show that I know.
You know that I know,
And now you want to know what I know.

But why should I let you be in the know?
You appreciate me for what I know.
And I know when you know what I know,
Your appreciation will wither not grow.

It took so much of me to know,
Now suddenly, you want to get at what I know,
Without appreciating the one who knows.
Why should I let you be in the know?

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Touching read - Train to Pakistan

That is how I feel about the book "Train to Pakistan". Had heard about it for long without ever getting my hands on it, until a moment of foolish indiscretion from my friend presented me with the opportunity.

And ran through the whole book with say four hours and did enjoy it. Although one would miss the panache, flair and elegance in the writing (I certainly did!), still its a book with a lot of imagination, and truth in it. Can think of it as a painting of the real scenario during those Independence days.

The characters have also been depicted well, most notable are the magistrate Hukum Chand and the budmash Juggu, Juggut Singh. Hukum Chand's tender love for Haseena Begum matured as the plot progresses while Juggu is portrayed as the saviour of a great disaster. The blissful insouciance of Juggu is evident when he talks with some-Iqbal-some at the Chundunnager police station. How coolly he talks about committing and indulging in the world's greatest sport, his views on the European Community is too narrow and limited only to his own view. The communal harmony in the village of Mano Majra is warm but so are the adverse circumstances.

For me the best piece in the prose is the following, not sure about the original source whoever may the possibilities be including the author,

Not forever does the bulbul sing
In balmy shades of bowers,
Not forever lasts the spring
Nor ever blossom flowers,
Not forever reigneth joy,
Sets the Sun on days of bliss,
Friendships not forever last,
They know not life, who know not this.

Enjoy the truth in this rather than crib at the superficial pessimistic theme of this writing.

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Thoughts.....

have got nothing much to do yet, finding it hard to get adjusted to the new environment out over here (where?). am missing everything out there in pune, am missing every single second i had spent out over there, with my friends, family, colleagues and all. am thinking of penning down my experiences out over there. am really still a bit sceptical about my own writing abilities but lets see. i would love to write down something more in the wodehouse style. but from where and how do i start and how long will i be able to continue? how big and how detailed do i try to make it? questions, already a lot of questions and God knows how many more am i going to face. but surely i am going to give it a try. just have patience and wish me luck.