I am the master of my fate
I am the captain of my soul
. ..........Mandela

so much within... Yet so far from it.
un manifested it is... Discovery is on.
unidentification is the step...
knowing that my ignorance is limitless ,
is awakening to me...


let the journey continue...
there is no reaching or settling...somewhere
it's about the process.. N Consistency...


peace n joy to be cherished for...
being useful n effective is the benchmark for this life.........

where am I
what am I.
who am I
what I am gonna be..
who is there for me...

LifeDream

Search for your dream of life.

Once you find your dream of life,

Live that dream every single day in your life.

Work for it until you reach there..

More than this, what else can be life.

Dream is what defines your life.

walk 🚶 alone. It's your journey.
but don't make yourself feel lonely.


share love ❤ and affection with your near and dear.


they may be there with you with some part of "your" journey. But throughout the journey it's only you for you.


it is doubtful if there is any arriving in this journey.
there can be milestones and targets which you may achieved.


but the most important thing about the life journey is about the life & journey itself. The process of life & journey that makes you better with each mile you cross. It's the smiles you create on your own chin as well as on those whom you meet.


be happy be balanced be living be ease
life is a great journey enjoy it every moment.

that was one phase.


leaving with lots of hope.
going to the battle all alone.


right now it is do or die.
the struggle is on for life.


there is one and only one goal.
its the war against yourself, for all.


do it. Win it. Get it. You are worth it.

The power of me is the best of me
there is something so true to my basic nature as a human to keep up the perseverance all the time. Despite of the battle we face each day in our lives triggered by both internal and external factors.. There is yet something that seeks for the best we have dreamt for.


this has been happening to me all through my life. Be it in personal front, in being good with others or being good at something.


infact we see that happening in many peoples lives.
the sad are sad because they didn't get what they want. They are sad until they focus on the goal. But it is the process that makes it all different. We have paid our dues to get what we want with the smart plan and approach with right attitude and hard work, we will most most probably get it. It's because of the inherent talent and skill that got nurtured and well developed with in us with the hard work.


aim for it. Dream for it. Plan for it. Work it. You will get it. It gets less crowded as get closer and closer to the top. .. ...

dhanak


if you have a dream no one can stop you from achieving it as long as your efforts are genuine.


as long as you have a charming smile and a joyful personality it doesn't matter what you have and don't. Even if you are challenged visually.. No one can stop you from enjoying every moment of life..


company you have and the companionship is all what matters and makes the difference. Their presence is your strength..
and their life is your dream..


nature has it's beauty across the landscape..
especially that's the culture and aesthetics of our motherland..
be it in dry lands desert and sand dunes of Rajasthan or any other place.. Beauty lies in the eyes of the viewer 😃 👀 ✋


renew the hopes.. Strengthen the belief.. Keep on going ahead with your efforts ..just focus on the goal as you are on the path to achieve your dream 😃 a t b... All the best 😊

Everything else seems just silly.
The contrast of working at Macau vs Manohar Thane,
gave a new insight to me.

Somewhere deep within, the calling is resonating.
The Dejavu is rising from memories within.

I resolve to join the force. I resolve to work for my country. I resolve to work for the betterment of those individuals, whose face i can see in the mirror of Gandhiji's Talisman.

I cannot thank you enough. So, I won't. But earning a credit to join the wheel of revolution is what i consider a tribute. Not only to you. But to many milestone figures in the path and to the "thathagatas" - Gandhiji, Kalamji, Ambedkar.....

you are just a woman.
the force called marriage
has acted upon you.
ageing was the strength of such force.


society cannot bear you any longer..if you have grown old enough.


once married, womanhood is bestowed upon you.


life has taken a new turn.. !
got excited?? Oh but wait.....


do you ever have known that there is an end of road on this turn for you??


to the biggest surprise, you no longer can steer through..


may be you have few life sailing experiences which can aid the journey...


but don't you forget that you are nothing but just a woman!!


let the man lead.. Your role is to accept.. Quitely..


the family you are from has given you off..
but I know you still are not clear if the new family.. Supposed to be of yours. Has still accepted you or not..


oh woman.. This may look confusing and unclear.. But don't forget that you are just a woman! And life is so for you.. Because you're a woman.. Just a woman!!!!

be strong, be bold...

Achievements in life do not come easily.
Be hard as a rock. Be strong as a tide.
Let no emotions overpower you.
Let no one else derail your thoughts.
Believe in only one thing.
That itself will take you to far reaching heights.
You are in trouble if you think you have time..
Every tiny step counts..
Be alert. Be wise. Be smart.
Winners are different.
Only Winning matters.
Priority is only the duty.
It does not matter if you are all alone.
The going matters. Keep going.
Get closer to the destination all prepared.
You can do it. You can do it. I know it.

Driving on India's roads: one of the basic and first places to improve our lives is making drive on the road disciplined.


isn't it my basic right?
can I file a pil?
felt very strongly today to do so


we are talking of women empowerment.
but isn't that road discpline, traffic, public infrastructure callousness is affecting it.


a new mom only gets 12 weeks off from work on maternity benefits.


if she resumes her work post that, and spends 3 hours in commute.. For about 15km distance to and fro .. Is it justified


is this state giving her right to life, motherhood and work?????

BOOKS

I’ve ordered them in two categories to keep it simple: The first 78 books are nonfiction and the rest is fiction (that ratio is also how my full library looks like). I’ve sorted them alphabetically—I find it impossible to make a top 100 because every book in unique in its own way.

The below links are to Goodreads (not affiliated) so you can check the description and reviews. I’ve also added several quotes from books that capture the book’s message.

I hope you’ll discover at least 10 books that you decide to read—and that they may improve your life.

1. Meditations by Aurelius, Marcus
   “You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
2. Predictably Irrational by Ariely, Dan
   “Individuals are honest only to the extent that suits them (including their desire to please others)”
3. Contagious by Berger, Jonah
4. Losing My Virginity by Branson, Richard
5. Screw It, Let’s Do It: Lessons In Life by Branson, Richard
   “Whatever your goal is you will never succeed unless you let go of your fears and fly.”
6. The Charge by Burchard, Brendon
7. Quiet by Cain, Susan
   “There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.”
8. In Cold Blood by Capote, Truman
9. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Carnegie, Dale
10. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Carnegie, Dale
11. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Cialdini, Robert B.
    “A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do.”
12. The Richest Man in Babylon by Clason, George S.
13. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Covey, Stephen R.
14. Flow: The Psychology of Happiness by Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
15. The Essays of Warren Buffet Lessons for Investors and Managers by Cunningham, Lawrence A.
16. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Currey, Mason
17. The Selfish Gene by Dawkins, Richard
    “We are survival machines — robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.”
18. Managing Oneself by Drucker, Peter F.
19. The Power of Habit by Duhigg, Charles
20. The Lessons of History by Durant, Will
21. Discourses and Selected Writings by Epictetus
    “It is a universal law — have no illusion — that every creature alive is attached to nothing so much as to its own self-interest.”
22. Four Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss
23. Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury
24. The Diary of a Young Girl by Frank, Anne
25. Man’s Search for Meaning by Frankl, Viktor E.
    “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”
26. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Franklin, Benjamin
27. Civilization and Its Discontents by Freud, Sigmund
    “Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”
28. The Story of My Experiments With Truth by Gandhi, Mahatma
29. Stumbling on Happiness by Gilbert, Daniel
30. The Tipping Point by Gladwell, Malcolm
31. Purple Cow by Godin, Seth
32. The Intelligent Investor by Graham, Benjamin
33. Mastery by Greene, Robert
34. The 48 Laws of Power by Greene, Robert
35. A Brief History of Time by Hawking, Stephen
    “The universe doesn’t allow perfection.”
36. Made to Stick by Heath, Chip and Dan Heath
37. A Moveable Feast by Hemingway, Ernest
38. Kon-Tiki by Heyerdahl, Thor
39. The Obstacle Is the Way by Holiday, Ryan
    “There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.”
40. A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by Irvine, William
41. Steve Jobs by Isaacson, Walter
42. Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success by Jackson, Phil
43. Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Jeffers, Susan
44. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Kahneman, Daniel
45. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller — “Knowledge is love and light and vision.”
46. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Kiyosaki, Robert T.
    “Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.”
47. Steal Like an Artist by Kleon, Austin
48. Into the Wild by Krakauer, Jon
49. The Story of the Human Body by Lieberman, Daniel E.
50. Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect by Lieberman, Matthew D.
51. The Prince by Machiavelli, Niccolò
52. The Greatest Salesman in the World by Mandino, Og
53. Born to Run by McDougall, Christopher
54. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by McKeown, Greg
    “Remember that if you don’t prioritize your life someone else will.”
55. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Morris, Edmund
56. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Murakami, Haruki
57. How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds by Nightingale, Earl
58. Confessions of an Advertising Man by Ogilvy, David
59. The War of Art by Pressfield, Steven
    “Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one rule of thumb: the more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.”
60. Spark by Ratey, John J.
61. King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero by Remnick, David
62. The Four Agreements by Ruiz, Miguel
63. The Magic of Thinking Big by Schwartz, David J.
64. Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Schwarzenegger, Arnold
65. Letters from a Stoic by Seneca
66. On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
    “It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. … The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.”
67. Start with Why by Sinek, Simon
68. Pimp: The Story of My Life by Slim, Iceberg
69. The Elements of Style by Strunk Jr., William
70. Walden by Thoreau, Henry David
    “Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
71. The Power of Now by Tolle, Eckhart
72. The Art of War by Tzu, Sun
73. Sam Walton: Made In America by Walton, Sam
74. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol by Warhol, Andy
    “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
75. When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead: by Weintraub, Jerry
76. The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are by Wright, Robert
77. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by X, Malcolm
78. Fahrenheit 451 by Bradbury, Ray
    “Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.”
79. Post Office by Bukowski, Charles
80. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Carver, Raymond
81. Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
82. American Psycho by Ellis, Bret Easton
    “All it comes down to is this: I feel like shit but look great.”
83. Invisible Man by Ellison, Ralph
84. Ask the Dust by Fante, John
    “You are nobody, and I might have been somebody, and the road to each of us is love.”
85. The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
86. The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway, Ernest
    “But man is not made for defeat,” he said. “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
87. Brave New World by Huxley, Aldous
88. On the Road by Kerouac, Jack
89. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Kesey, Ken
90. Bright Lights, Big City by McInerney, Jay
91. Utopia by More, Thomas
    “A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.”
92. 1984 by Orwell, George
93. Animal Farm by Orwell, George
94. Fight Club by Palahniuk, Chuck
95. The Catcher in the Rye by Salinger, J.D.
96. Death with Interruptions by Saramago, José
    “One cannot be too careful with words, they change their minds just as people do.”
97. What Makes Sammy Run? by Schulberg, Budd
98. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Thompson, Hunter S.
99. Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut, Kurt
    “And so it goes…”
100. The Time Machine by Wells, H.G.

I can’t guarantee you’ll find every book on this list appealing. Like I said before: Only read books you’re passionate about. But make sure you’re always reading. And whether you read these books now, or in 10 years, I hope that you will enjoy them as much as I did.

Enjoy!

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