Monday, February 8, 2010
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Friday, February 5, 2010
Twilight at Barapani-Meghalaya
Barapani also known as Umiam Lake is between Guwahati(86 kms)and Shillong (16 Kms), the capitals of two north-eastern states of Assam and Meghalaya. A picturesque place for its idyllic beauty with the backdrop of rolling hills, green meadow, cool sparkling streams and winding roads is amazing. Had been travelling through this place since early eighties but took this snap during September 2008 in the twilight hours on my way down to Guwahati from Shillong.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
fishout of water.
The memories are still vivid how my father made enough money throuhg Panchgram Cement cement factory as a Civil contrator. But my Paa's a man with his Own euphoric fantasies. Very hot tampered with red big eyes. He started practicing extraordinary ways(Easiest but deadliest) to made mone to achieve the 7 '0' mark.But things had not gone the way as he thought & exactly within one year lost all his savings. I started my schooling that time.Paa had tried many other ways like business, but couldn't make the things as it was before. He started drinking to subsidr his frustration.
Now I would like to introduce my mother who besides those discomfort brought up her 3 childrens undef her own care. She is a woman of strong ethical values though never tried to overbored it on us. I really greatful to mother for giving us the chan
A Fish Out of Water
I don't know how many of you can relate to this, but I've always felt like a fish out of water. I'm always that odd person out, who just doesn't quite belong in the picture. Looking back I now see how awkward I have always been, and in an odd kind of way it was a choice I made and not something that I was forsaken to like some kind of sentence. Perhaps there is a novelty in standing out and defying the masses, and although I have felt alienated at times I don't think I have it in me conform to a mold that I don't understand.
I don't even know where to begin describing how I never quite fit in. In University I landed the perfect part-time job as a Private tutor. It became a real passion of mine as I moved up in ranks as the top Tutor in my Locality(Lumding ,Assam), Teaching other people, and realizing in myself something I never knew I had in me. I had discovered an extrovertedness that seemed to come so naturally that the confidence in me lasted for years as I graduated with my BSc and embarked on my first career in the real world. I had somehow managed to convince these Logicalbigwigs that an Maths major like me was capable of succeeding in the IT Sector as soon as I reached Delhi.
Looking back I realize how happy I am now even though I still struggle with fitting in. It is an odd phenomenon being an Noirth East Indian in an environment that preaches diversity, and yet is filled with minorities who feel trapped by the stigma of their backgrounds. It is an unspoken rule that if one wanted to move up at work, one had to be fully assimilated. No accents, and no rice in the lunch room.
Monday, December 28, 2009
4 Steps To Mending A Broken Heart
Do you ever wonder why it hurts so much when love is lost?
The art of romance is to give your heart without fear. When it breaks, you become lost with only pieces that remain. It’s a journey of rediscovery and reassembly, as your hands bleed with each piece.
To mend a broken heart is a process of healing, while emotional wounds are akin to physical. Some say it’s best to keep busy, but at the end, the hurt remains. Rid the poisons that linger, instead of using a temporary fix. It’s about standing tall, even when the world crumbles before your eyes.
Step One
Cut all forms of communication. It gives a sense of connection, and getting over requires its removal.
Rid yourself from physical memories, items that were significant.
Take drastic measures because you have to be ruthless in determination. Make it an instinct by doing what’s necessary without involving your mind with consequences that don’t exist.
This is disownment. If the phone rings, hang up. If again, do the same. No matter how many times, hang up, or even better, block. Block all known e-mail addresses as well. If you receive e-mails from another account, delete them immediately, emptying the trash altogether and so on. This also goes for online communities. If they come through snail mail, burn without opening.
You have to take action without giving yourself the chance to think.
Step Two
Think logically. Instead of listening to your heart, listen to your mind. Find reasons and make the choice to believe them. Write them down.
Deny yourself the hope that lingers with the logical reasons you’ve found and listed. Use them to refocus your hopes.
Stop trying. Choose, because choices are set in stone. There’s a lot less room to back out.
Time helps nothing. It only provides opportunities to prioritize. What we choose to do with it makes all the difference.
Step Three
If you’re unable to eat or sleep, acknowledge the difference between inability and unwillingness. Force yourself to take care of basic needs.
Take food as you would medication. If you’re eating too much, portion meals and get rid of junk. If you can’t sleep, close your eyes. If you’re not concentrating, think later.
Don’t give yourself the luxury of self-pity.
Step Four
Let yourself cry. Understand it’s simply another way to express feelings and emotions that overflow. Do anything possible to express yourself, through tears, writing, music, etc. Remember the importance of faith.
Remember that crying isn’t a sign of weakness. Letting your heart out is a crucial step. Why not hurt once and for all and be done with it, instead of continuously?
Talk to friends and family. Allow them to be your support system. There’s no shame in asking for help.
Provide yourself the unreturned love. However much it hurts, you’ll always remain your own best friend. It’s your responsibility to take initiative.
With getting over someone, you have to be real. Freedom is to continue without focusing on the past. We can neither erase nor avoid the inevitable sorrow. It’s a part of life. We must endure no matter how impossible it seems. Walk through to become a stronger person.
Never let the pain exist in vain. That someone is the reason you’re in pain, but it still doesn’t take away your responsibility. You’re worth every effort. Deal with it, not because you can or should, but that you have to.
Realize that even if you’re seemingly denied of it, closure comes from within. When you free yourself from the boundaries of relying on external sources, then and only then will you become more. To understand what it means to believe in yourself, acknowledging that you’re capable.
It’s hard, but possibility outweighs the impossible. It’s about doing whatever it takes, being resourceful with everything you have; the strength and courage you conjure. Love yourself more because the choice is always yours.
Reader, how did you mend your broken heart?
Friday, December 18, 2009
Assamese Cuisine
Assamese food is mainly based on rice and fish. For dessert, or for those with a sweet tooth, there is a wide range in "pithas" (cakes).
Rice is the staple diet in Assam and is eaten in various forms throughout the day. The Assamese eat a huge variety of rice-based breakfast cereals with milk, yoghurt or thick creamakhoi (puffed rice), chira (chura), muri, komal chaul (a specially processed rice which doesn’t require cooking but just an hour’s soak in cold water) and hurum to name but a few. Normally jaggery or sugar is added but for those who prefer savoury items, salt can be added. Also there are the various kinds of pitha that are prepared from rice powder.
Authentic Assamese cuisine is bland and yet very delicious. Very little oil is used and practically no spices. All Assamese people are non-vegetarian. Chicken is taboo in orthodox families and there are some, who may not eat meat. But it’s difficult to find anyone who does not eat fish and duck’s eggs. Mustard oil is used for cooking and occasionally clarified butter or ghee.
NORTH EAST INDIA: WHY ARE WE SO NEGLECTED?
Good evening friendss !!!!!!!
I Would like to share some of my opinions on North East India & trying to put some argumentative weight on the real life prosperity of the region, uplifting of the standard of living in rural north east. I want to discuss some points that may help the policy makers to reduce the conflicting tensions those prevail in these areas for the last two decades that had almost crippled the state's development.
Other than these issues I would like to jolt down my opinions regarding contemporary issues. But the primary focus of this blog would be North East and it’s over all growth to contribute more actively in the socio-political uplift of the country. There is one more issue, the issue of insurgency which is really important enough to be presented in this platform to generate some awareness about the issues of insurgency that prevailed in these portion of India over a couple of decades now. The oldest insurgency in these areas could be traced back to the periods of British Raj in the hill area of the Nagaland. When Nagaland was annexed into the British Empire, Nagas vehemently protested against imperialism, but British Government played a dirty trick, they planned to divide Nagaland to suppress the Naga Uprising. Soon, Nagaland was divided into three parts, and a part was merged with Burma. The territory division was an old ploy of British imperialism around the world, like they did to Korean peninsula. When Assam was divided and seven distinct states were created in the line of ethnicity, the seed of insurgency was already sowed.
Chronic deprivation of basic amenities is an issue that acts as a hotbed for the birth of insurgency. Although, Assam is rich in mineral but yet the standard of living did not rise appreciably. The poorer sections of these areas are continuing their BPL status. A fully developed, business competitive market economy is a dream that must be fulfilled at any cost. We the North-eastern Indians can not afford to be backward in a world of wireless connectivity.
Key area where investment as well as solid planning are required is basic infrastructure segment like power, road connectivity, surface transportation system. Northeast is connected to the rest of India through a narrow piece of land known as “Siliguri corridor”. If for any reason like natural calamities or terrorist attack, the road gets blocked, the entire region would become cut off from rest of India.
From the security aspects also it is very risky to connect a region of strategic importance like Arunachal Pradesh through a corridor that can be easily blocked.
Bikramjit