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Ya, incase you were wondering, the pic in the profile is me :) It looks different 'cause I used a software called Aftercam. Sharing below thoughts of mine of some aspects of life which makes it interesting - <b>Family</b> - Aah, my family! My cocoon of love! My tree consists of my parents, elder sis & grandparents (paternal side). Father is silent & stoic, with a temper to boot. Mum is deeply spiritual & loves watching classical dances (although she has not yet learned it). Sis is fun-loving, likes music and is a trained classical dancer. Grandpa is over 90, with his young & sharp memory intact. Grandma is the main chef at home, religiously serving the needs of our stomach day & night. A typical Malayalee grandmother. <b>Friends</b> - 1 deep friendship is better than 1000 superficial ones. I'm lucky to have some 'deepy' friends. <b>Religion/Spirituality</b> - I am a Hindu by name, mutter <b><i>Oh Jesus</b></i> the most, not much attached to religious rituals and agree with the spiritual notion that we must go beyond idol worship and embrace the borderless & imageless Divinity which is as much within us as as it is anywhere else we imagine it to be. <b>Pets</b> - I love cats & dogs, from a distance :) We used to have a pet dog Tommy, a parrot, some rabbits. Although I do not recall the incident (I was very young at the time), mother says she closed the door off all pets ever since she found me sharing food with Tommy in the same plate... <b>Music</b> - I respect it. I believe in it's power to soothe our senses and revive our souls. <b>Dance</b> - It's therapeutic too. I'm a trained classical dancer. Classical dances helps improve acting (usage of facial expressions are lot) and develops stamina. Some meditate to seek God, others dance to seek Him. <b>Cinema</b> - The 70mm screen never fail to thrill me. I love to watch performances and rate them. Cinematic bliss is such a high. <b>Dreams</b> - Fantasy land. Who writes the scripts of our dreams? Is it God? The best aspect of sleeping ! :) <b>Life beyond Earth</b>- I recall an article in which I read the famous Indian dancer Shamak Davar sharing his beliefs on aliens. He says that aliens hesitate to contact humans directly because of our violent, unpredictable nature. I'm not sure if they are a friendly race because. <b>Books & movies</b>. Today, I do not travel much beyond these two worlds.
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At the shores of Mouthshut beach...
Reviewed How Did I Discover MouthShut.com
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Hair ~Rising~ experience
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Reviewed Mangal Pandey - The Rising
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Delightful dig on Human Cloning
Reviewed The Island
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The Fabulous 4
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Reviewed The Fantastic Four
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Reviewed State of Fear - Michael Crichton
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Conversation of an unlucky lover
Reviewed Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya
Hi Manjo, watcha doing at home? Hi Dev, I’m answering your call ! Your jokes always remain in the pre-historic age, dear. Saw any movie recently? Yup. Loveread more...
Dus ways to a BLOTCHbuster !
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Reviewed Dus
It’s never easy to understand the psyche of an Indian movie-goer (yours truly included). How else do you explain the statistics below on Dus by Anubhav Sinread more...
Temptation Point !
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Reviewed Deception Point - Dan Brown
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Dear sis, I hate Sarkar...
Reviewed Sarkar
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Out of this world
Reviewed War of the Worlds
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Reviewed Mr and Mrs Smith
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Mysterious love story of Paheli
Reviewed Paheli
Hmm...what is Paheli about? hmm...let me see....hmmm..ok, ya I got it but....no wait wait.....hmmm!!! It does make the matter worse that I’ve an average unread more...
My kettle of Hollywood te@ (slurp!)
Reviewed Ten Best English Movies
Presenting below some of ’em, without any order but served with lots of luv! ~ From the Academy Award-winning director of ’’Forrest Gump’read more...
My hairy days with Dimple Kapadia !!!
Reviewed Dabur Vatika Hair Oil
Vividly recalling his harrowing nightmare involving Madhuri Dixit, Manjo promptly brushes his teeth and kisses his Pomeranian before going to bed...... Sunday nread more...
My brushes with Madhuri Dixit !!!
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Reviewed Oral B Sensitive Toothbrush
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From Kill Bill to Happy Bill :)
Reviewed Tips on How to Control Anger
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Eyes of a blessed woman
Reviewed Naina
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Reviewed Being Successful at Interviews
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For god's sake, kill what you hunt !!!
Reviewed The Hunted
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Unveiling the ancient Afghan beauty
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Reviewed Shine
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Hi ya farookh.....love is for everyone for ever. I'm off to my neighbour's house to express my brotherly affection to his daughter... Tomrw I'll be sharing the same with my always cheerful lady colleagues. life is bliss :) seriously, I've been in categories 1,3,6,7 and 9. warm regards Manoj
To My Friends Who Are....
Hi Vasudev, Paul, Dev and Zahid Thank you friends.... Ya, there is something here for everybody. This is like a ready reckoner for me. If something goes wrong with ma love life, I know now which category to flip to and find ma solution :) regards Manoj
To My Friends Who Are........... SINGLE Love is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you just let it fly, it will come to you when you least expect it. Love can make you happy but often it hurts, but love’s only special when you give it to someone who is real read more...
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Hi Aakshat Inspiring to say the least....can we with hands on be able to do with our legs what she can do without'em? How we understimate ourselves at times..... regards Manoj
The most amazing mom
(Updated Mar 28, 2008)
There’s this couple who decided to take a walk in the park after a nice dinner. As they are walking, they heard the sound that goes, "Quak, Quak, Quak". The lady goes, " That must be a chicken!". The guy knowing that its not, goes," No, that’s a duck!". The lady goes, "NO!!! That’s read more...
Hi Aakshat Best! be smart in our decisions while work as hard as possible. So in other words, think smart and then work hard....this is the best combo truly. regards Manoj
~ Try Something Different ~
When we first read the following story, we had just begun teaching a course called "The Million Dollar Forum," a course designed to teach people to accelerate their income up to levels of a million dollars a year or more. Early on we discovered people get locked into a rut of tryirg harder without t read more...
Hi Aakshat I still remember a ’’train the trainer’’ workshop I attended some time ago before I became an english lang trainer. I was doing a presentation in front of a class of trainers. At the end, the coach told me, ’’How many times should I tell you to move around the class while training the peo read more...
Are You Strong Enough To Handle Critics?
Hi Aakshat as usual...words that fill the heart. But as always, implementation counts. Time for me to do it atleast for one hour! regards Manoj
Let's do it 'Just for Today'
Thanks a bunch Aakshat, Lovesreading and Dev Aaskhat – “bang on target” observation by yourself again. I definitely need a third party to wake me up frm my idle thoughts and grab me by my collar so that I can plough again to achieve my dreams. Virginia was marvellous. She’s also an inspiration for t read more...
Everyone Has A Dream
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes shor read more...
Virginia Satir (shown in above pic) She (26 June 1916 - 10 September 1988) was a noted American author and psychotherapist, known especially for her approach to family therapy. Her most well-known books are Conjoint Family Therapy, 1964, Peoplemaking, 1972, and The New Peoplemaking, 1988. regards read more...
Some years ago I took on an assignment in a southern county to work with people on public welfare. What I wanted to do was show that everybody has the capacity to be self-sufficient and all we have to do is to activate them. I asked the county to pick a group of people who were on public welfare, pe read more...
hi Aakshat beautiful analysis by ya... I too wonder. Where would Rick Little be if Dr Mawby said No? Would he have been one helluva shattered man and jumped off a cliff? Nah...he's too gutsy for that. I think he would have probably given up that dream and gone back to college or get a job to feed read more...
~ Rick Little's Quest - II ~
hi Aakshat I too have no idea with the -2 stuff. When did mouthshut go reverse :-? regards Manoj
~ Rick Little's Quest ~
Hi all.... the pic above is of Rick Little - the extraordinarily persistent man....
Thank u friends-Harjeet, Paul, Pras, Ips & Aak We, in India, have an influential magazine started a few years ago that is gradually changing lives - Life Positive. So many transformational articles in this mag. Pras - long time friend....But I've stopped writing reviews. I just post an articl read more...
The Master's Touch
(Updated Mar 24, 2008)
contd.... Proposal after proposal was sent out and rejected. Finally, after the 155th grant proposal had been turned down, all of Rick’s support began to crumble. Rick’s parents were begging him to go back to college and Ken Greene, an educator who had left his job to help Rick write pro read more...
At 5 am, Rick Little fell asleep at the wheel of his car, hurtled over a ten-foot embankment and crashed into a tree. He spent the next six months in traction with a broken back. Rick found himself with a lot of time to think deeply about his life—something for which the thirteen years of his educat read more...
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