Book Review - Encounter - By Milan Kundera - NYTimes.com

Book Review - Encounter - By Milan Kundera - NYTimes.com

Saffron is the Best

The congressmen are really bugged by the prospect of the Hindus of India uniting under the potent symbolic power of Saffron, which remains, and will always remain ,the dominant , top stripe in India's national flag, its glorious tricolour.When the congress spokesman Chidambaram uses the expression 'Saffron Terrorism' he is in effect  saying that he and his partymen are mortally afraid of what Saffron unity can do to them. All their pet tricks of wooing the privileged minorities by raising the bug-bear of Hindutva will come unhinged when the Hindus realize the nature of tricks that politicians play upon them.. Essentially, Saffron Terrorism means the fear of the Congress Party that Saffron will devour them. They feel terrorized by the prospect of Saffron unity. Chidambram and his party men know very well that the Hindus are among the most peace-loving and harmless people in the world. Raising the bogey of Saffron Terrorism is nothing but an attempt to garner the minority votes by striking terror in their hearts.You are welcome to speak out your mind. Jai Hind! Jai Bharat! Jai Ho Bharatvasi!

Does Your Language Shape How You Think? - NYTimes.com

Does Your Language Shape How You Think? - NYTimes.com

Why We Fail

Excellence and mediocrity are both present in our system but  how we use them or how often depends completely on our will. The reason why we fail in an endeavour is mainly that we allow mediocrity to rule supreme in our system and give a short shrift to Excellence. There is a certain amount of intellectual and emotional laziness within us that prevents us from exploring the full potential of our excellence. Failure is only a warning that we are not using the pool of our resourcefulness and excellence fully. Excellence always ensures success because it is the liveliest and most energetic centre of our existence. But if not regularly used, it begins to lose its sharpness and brilliance. Excellence is a matter of habit. Unless we constantly strive to excel in everything we do, excellence begins to lose its power. From excellence it begins to turn into mediocrity. Most of us feel comfortable with mediocrity because it does not demand anything from us.
Thus the basic cause of our failure is our failure to tap the full potential of Excellence within us. There is no point in blaming others or our circumstances for our failure. We should be accountable to ourselves and have a regular self-audit.. Let us continuously cultivate and nourish Excellence and failure will not be seen anywhere near us.

Excellence is Our Natural Essence

The very fact that we are born as human beings in this magnificent universe confers a special privilege upon us.A recurrent and continuous urge for Excellence is our natural condition.. It means that it is a God-given gift to all of us that we should always try to excel in everything we do. When we are lazy or when we allow mediocrity to take over our faculties, we play false to our inbuilt goodness and our natural spiritual temper. And when we are not true to ourselves, our relationship with ourselves and with the universe becomes disharmonious. Our inner excellence should always be reflected in all that we do, think or propagate.
          Why should we not celebrate the joy of living in a universe that provokes and pokes us constantly to be eternally festive in our creative endeavours? Unfortunately, the advocates of mediocrity constantly try to put roadblocks in the way of those who seek excellence as the necessary condition and ornament of their lives.Our personalities are the mirrors of Excellence - intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual.. Unless we keep awakening our faculties to the fragrance of Excellence, we shall be swamped by the stench of mediocrity and nothingness. Promise to yourself that you will never forget to chant the mantra of Excellence even for a moment and live continuously  in its brilliant aura

The best motivational quotes

SONG OF A CHILD

     I am the lightning in the sky
that strikes evil dead
     I am the sweet breeze of spring
that makes us all glad

     I am the fragrance in the flower
that makes us all enchanted
     I am the genie in the lamp
that gives us what we wanted

     I am the holy prayer
that everyone wants to sing
     I am the super genius
that lives like a king

     I am the child of destiny
born to do things great
     I am the leader of tomorrow
to set the crooked straight

     I am a gem of Bharat
glittering like a million suns
     Ready to take the golden leap
to be among the top guns
- composed by Dr. Bhagwat S. Goyal for the children of India, that is, Bharat