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For My Friend

<br /><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" trbidi="on"><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For my friend - a picture is worth a thousand words!!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMG0VFlKXAws8FvkceKudCtfQpwDmZMDK_-veCtkPzf24x7EZXj4JlKleCAwX-EHcQ-BDJCbOFRLib0WsgnCvRA4DlG0HysGG6GuCPl22AmgIwBvXuMRYPF6A7W4ns2EODuXC2GRSMmVJl/s1600/For+a+Friend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMG0VFlKXAws8FvkceKudCtfQpwDmZMDK_-veCtkPzf24x7EZXj4JlKleCAwX-EHcQ-BDJCbOFRLib0WsgnCvRA4DlG0HysGG6GuCPl22AmgIwBvXuMRYPF6A7W4ns2EODuXC2GRSMmVJl/s320/For+a+Friend.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For My Friend</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div></div>

For My Friend

For my friend - a picture is worth a thousand words!! For My Friend

Pals

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;">~~~~</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;">Among the million stars,<br />You are the best by far.<br />Whats makes you special,<br />Isn't difficult to reckon.<br /><br />You sashay in like a star, <br />A comet streaking through the sky.<br />Alluring with your grace and charm,<br />Pursuing your dreams high.<br /><br />A starlet in the bloom,<br />And fast you will vrooom.<br />Reach the dizzying heights,<br />Always being humble and polite.<br /><br />In pursuit of your dreams,  </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;">Chasing your passions.<br />May the world you win,<br />Be crowned a champion. <br /><br />As we go past the turns and bends,<br />You will always be a friend.<br />You may be away, I may be far,<br />Words these are for a special Pal. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;">~~~</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1-ThIzkXYjwTDN3Dt-9wasUR3Psuu3e_Lj9lryXnkE4MEUfjNAxoELXzOVMqZs2op2jhTkCqqRFQXSGVddYanvm2EgIwOe8ArnWepg7fXHN8mpVqOYUVPcamKDjNZJIc8kmhLToU0ZxL/s1600/Pals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Pals" border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1-ThIzkXYjwTDN3Dt-9wasUR3Psuu3e_Lj9lryXnkE4MEUfjNAxoELXzOVMqZs2op2jhTkCqqRFQXSGVddYanvm2EgIwOe8ArnWepg7fXHN8mpVqOYUVPcamKDjNZJIc8kmhLToU0ZxL/s320/Pals.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Pals" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">Pals<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>

Pals

~~~~ Among the million stars, You are the best by far. Whats makes you special, Isn't difficult to reckon. You sashay in like a star, A...

Perplexed

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">"Don't go for the looks, it can be quite deceiving." Or so was the adage. Since time immemorial, we have been taught to never judge a person by his looks.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeEGUOgJqKEYWbnqE98db0tIW-on-QTIqo-rZGilNQDN8rhtgwfhDrWxdxhfwDyNUR9K4qWv_3W_k7pg32uq0bgFrePPJOdG-uaVgX5U5JLM-x-gqoVrG15i8E9XlunGhDmgo5d67uWOJ/s1600/Looks+Can+Be+Deceiving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Looks Can Be Deceiving" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPeEGUOgJqKEYWbnqE98db0tIW-on-QTIqo-rZGilNQDN8rhtgwfhDrWxdxhfwDyNUR9K4qWv_3W_k7pg32uq0bgFrePPJOdG-uaVgX5U5JLM-x-gqoVrG15i8E9XlunGhDmgo5d67uWOJ/s320/Looks+Can+Be+Deceiving.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Looks Can Be Deceiving" width="227" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">Looks Can Be Deceiving</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">These same words continue to rattle me everyday, as I travel from my home to office. An hour of train journey in a extra crowded first class compartment is an unlikely setting for such a thought.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">To give you a background, trains in Mumbai have two classes of compartments - first class and second class. Out of the 9 or 12 coaches, almost 75 to 80% of the coaches are second class, while the rest are first class. The distinguishing factor between them are the red or green stripes on the first class compartments.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Now comes the catch. Every day as I travel, I come across someone who possibly (forgive my judgement) may not have a first class ticket or a first class season ticket, yet has boarded the compartment (<u>almost always naively</u>). </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">I leave my judgment to my silent mind, not letting it speak aloud, and requesting the person to get down.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnHpmvV-pppQk2NtRL5iAkWLwhdWkluXEOeYqM6wUL1m0acFvDLCAmDUFxJGoprlgIKoSTi6WpcpcQ4xkCCvzwkBBi-6h7mTSh99_yNa_pnP6IV4rhTzkhwV9ymBJTVvaKR1aNckEn0m6/s1600/I+am+Perplexed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="I am Perplexed" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnHpmvV-pppQk2NtRL5iAkWLwhdWkluXEOeYqM6wUL1m0acFvDLCAmDUFxJGoprlgIKoSTi6WpcpcQ4xkCCvzwkBBi-6h7mTSh99_yNa_pnP6IV4rhTzkhwV9ymBJTVvaKR1aNckEn0m6/s1600/I+am+Perplexed.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="I am Perplexed" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">I am Perplexed</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">However, another part of my mind urges me to tell the traveler that he has mistakenly boarded the first class compartment and get down immediately, lest the Ticket Checker get hold of him. However, at this moment, the adage, which I mentioned at the beginning, comes ringing aloud and almost always wins.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">I don't say a word to him. Many similar travelers also don't say anything. Some do offer a piece of advice to the naive traveler. And if the innocent man manages to travel to his destination, with out coming across a TC, I'm happy.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">However, just a week or so back, I saw someone enter the first class compartment. I had made my judgement, yet didn't say a word. And just as the train was about to leave the platform, a TC pounced on the ignorant man, and pulled him away - possibly to fine him a precious 100 odd rupees.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">I was sad that I didn't alert the guy. If only I had, he wouldn't have been caught. Better still, he would have saved his precious money. All due to the adage.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCjIB21iM8AECCuJ7Inj7ET4rhifwZvaYdMYM__8xXhfdz7x9xRnhSicnnRRs0O0sBCQ5oAOyK-FmG9s6E6SPXa6R-BgDAkIiMLm0yRkMsAAOd_3QA1lJCj6PbtwWuaQz0hOXAdVJ1S-T/s1600/Perplexing+Situation.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Perplexing Situation" border="0" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCjIB21iM8AECCuJ7Inj7ET4rhifwZvaYdMYM__8xXhfdz7x9xRnhSicnnRRs0O0sBCQ5oAOyK-FmG9s6E6SPXa6R-BgDAkIiMLm0yRkMsAAOd_3QA1lJCj6PbtwWuaQz0hOXAdVJ1S-T/s320/Perplexing+Situation.png" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Perplexing Situation" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">Perplexing Situation</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">A few days back, another traveler was the recipient of a similar advice from a fellow traveler. Offended by his remark, that he shouldn't be in the first class compartment, the guy replied - that he was here because he had the ticket to travel first class. The man who offered advice was speechless.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Such contradictory incidents have left me more perplexed. And I am not able to make up my mind on what should I do if a similar incident occurs again.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Silence is Golden. No. Never go by the looks. Maybe Yes. What to do next? I don't have an answer.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">What is you recommendation?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWLjqnEICrTsX75HnTmxHGuMbwfhaGM305VBGJ-pqMds5O8DNkrZxfAr7cFeghen5lDARzm84UVQ04UBwYz8evylmfH9ks4oW7A9P2Vm-5VIhGFh3wB-er7Xjq3hd2jQaIIGZnLIG0s1X/s1600/Perplexed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Perplexed" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWLjqnEICrTsX75HnTmxHGuMbwfhaGM305VBGJ-pqMds5O8DNkrZxfAr7cFeghen5lDARzm84UVQ04UBwYz8evylmfH9ks4oW7A9P2Vm-5VIhGFh3wB-er7Xjq3hd2jQaIIGZnLIG0s1X/s1600/Perplexed.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Perplexed" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Perplexed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">P.S. I can at least conclude one thing. If we can educate people so that they can make their own judicious decisions (like in the situations described), my confusion would be solved.</div>

Perplexed

"Don't go for the looks, it can be quite deceiving." Or so was the adage. Since time immemorial, we have been taught to never ...

Forget Me

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">She asked me to forget her. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">I knew the she would say so one day. Little did I know that the day would arrive so soon. I was disappointed. "Hugely" would not do justice as an apt adverb. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">It was half past midnight and a very likely setting for such a request.  Hidden under the guise of darkness, with just a hint of reflected brightness, she made this unimpassioned appeal. Sitting a thousand miles across me.  </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">She added that parting is a way of life. She asked me to bury her memories in the vagaries of time. But when memories are an integral part of you, what can you bury? Memories or you yourself? </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">She wanted to move ahead, to win her life.  And to move ahead, you need to leave someone or something behind. In this case, I was the one who would be left behind. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Was it incidental that I was explaining and advocating this concept of leaving behind to someone, just a day before. Doesn't life have a beautiful way of teaching lessons?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">I was happy that she was winning. However, a tinge of sadness added to my happiness. Was I sad because I was the one who was left behind? Or was I jealous? Or did I just fear losing someone with whom I was comfortable?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Until we meet again was not an option. Never say never again would probably be just a empty thought. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">The world goes around the sun everyday. Nothing would change this fact. But what would happen if the sun which made your nights bright didn't rise? </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">It would be terribly missed. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjouZ9wcB4gl6uxoeNdaaxkxZys4fQSRSc72CjN4khHUrBUCSp9E7coHuooY-C0BeGEiVc20vruvOYKRZmxK9YWYJ96o6lnERS3Del0O9DCp-3Kil2CFSegiq1V8zytlnupvwBUcv1GgQZE/s1600/Forget+Me+Not.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Forget Me" border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjouZ9wcB4gl6uxoeNdaaxkxZys4fQSRSc72CjN4khHUrBUCSp9E7coHuooY-C0BeGEiVc20vruvOYKRZmxK9YWYJ96o6lnERS3Del0O9DCp-3Kil2CFSegiq1V8zytlnupvwBUcv1GgQZE/s320/Forget+Me+Not.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Forget Me" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Forget Me - Not<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>

Forget Me

She asked me to forget her. I knew the she would say so one day. Little did I know that the day would arrive so soon. I was disappointed. ...

For Your Eyes Only

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;">Moving away from words, a blog post which speaks only through some visuals.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtq0LAL1Wjo9gaDLL0qVE_zrTDdMhboS59s9gFJjoPWvbQhTNP7WtR5Xx00F7A7dep0aVyQdBeruF1CNyXcQ3QorNQ2VCS2aUCwb4Tticnpw0kLOMdDfU9RSyLdnBvA6JuNxihxJGFW2NC/s1600/A+Rainy+Day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Rains At Work" border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtq0LAL1Wjo9gaDLL0qVE_zrTDdMhboS59s9gFJjoPWvbQhTNP7WtR5Xx00F7A7dep0aVyQdBeruF1CNyXcQ3QorNQ2VCS2aUCwb4Tticnpw0kLOMdDfU9RSyLdnBvA6JuNxihxJGFW2NC/s320/A+Rainy+Day.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="A Rainy Day" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Rainy Day</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q4gQM7O7i6NNf_WBRBuU3lViJO8KP8JT7Qy2CVyi-V4zayO_BmHtTPry_NGPkq_D0aUSMSY4T8VWyUUi5octmGxebAfB1ihB05YIXd5EhbtXfgCpyLJ09pWjZXn4Y47SDGd59RnloJB4/s1600/Battle+Against+Corruption.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Battle Against Corruption" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q4gQM7O7i6NNf_WBRBuU3lViJO8KP8JT7Qy2CVyi-V4zayO_BmHtTPry_NGPkq_D0aUSMSY4T8VWyUUi5octmGxebAfB1ihB05YIXd5EhbtXfgCpyLJ09pWjZXn4Y47SDGd59RnloJB4/s320/Battle+Against+Corruption.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Corruption" width="237" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Battle Against Corruption</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchcvH2XA9CQnqVV_jdMDmIuQ-QgZ08DgmR2sM9q8bdirls3CBYA25JfcQgGHGi4ez0iIrA9TVkfttj6kfyZ7caVPsI00UMy6h3drYkXCr0dqRzN-yZSKtMm6qzHJWKuFImhCjdIwsvcXi/s1600/Saturday+Night+Fever.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSHdBQpWM5zNwOP0BkAW013L6s-vxe8po1OF0I3C5DKV2GdruazjAY_sBXlP8rKD3tCHbBTA3ao80N8An9YZViqNROdMh2EpIGgW10SneHMF18NJH0yN9Wfv78XbZ0BhK-NaBSI5qP0Gv/s1600/Merry+Go+Round.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Candice Swanepoel" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSHdBQpWM5zNwOP0BkAW013L6s-vxe8po1OF0I3C5DKV2GdruazjAY_sBXlP8rKD3tCHbBTA3ao80N8An9YZViqNROdMh2EpIGgW10SneHMF18NJH0yN9Wfv78XbZ0BhK-NaBSI5qP0Gv/s320/Merry+Go+Round.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Merry Go Round" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">Merry Go Round</td></tr></tbody></table><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchcvH2XA9CQnqVV_jdMDmIuQ-QgZ08DgmR2sM9q8bdirls3CBYA25JfcQgGHGi4ez0iIrA9TVkfttj6kfyZ7caVPsI00UMy6h3drYkXCr0dqRzN-yZSKtMm6qzHJWKuFImhCjdIwsvcXi/s1600/Saturday+Night+Fever.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Saturday Night Fever" border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchcvH2XA9CQnqVV_jdMDmIuQ-QgZ08DgmR2sM9q8bdirls3CBYA25JfcQgGHGi4ez0iIrA9TVkfttj6kfyZ7caVPsI00UMy6h3drYkXCr0dqRzN-yZSKtMm6qzHJWKuFImhCjdIwsvcXi/s320/Saturday+Night+Fever.png" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Dance with a Polar Bear" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Saturday Night Fever</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtq0LAL1Wjo9gaDLL0qVE_zrTDdMhboS59s9gFJjoPWvbQhTNP7WtR5Xx00F7A7dep0aVyQdBeruF1CNyXcQ3QorNQ2VCS2aUCwb4Tticnpw0kLOMdDfU9RSyLdnBvA6JuNxihxJGFW2NC/s1600/A+Rainy+Day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtq0LAL1Wjo9gaDLL0qVE_zrTDdMhboS59s9gFJjoPWvbQhTNP7WtR5Xx00F7A7dep0aVyQdBeruF1CNyXcQ3QorNQ2VCS2aUCwb4Tticnpw0kLOMdDfU9RSyLdnBvA6JuNxihxJGFW2NC/s1600/A+Rainy+Day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxMeDH5M7OlS6vhLJGLDlWyplmium5KH-5l70ZNA_sx5mul-VwU7HHLFt7IpWSAr5yELapn9z6c5wb-_fwt4qsAiGPlrqjo4CB3Q-TIuQfXAmeMBI3Pc82hIrS_gBNV5QP0q5lkgUJip6/s1600/Wah+Taj+1960s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The Taj Mahal" border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxMeDH5M7OlS6vhLJGLDlWyplmium5KH-5l70ZNA_sx5mul-VwU7HHLFt7IpWSAr5yELapn9z6c5wb-_fwt4qsAiGPlrqjo4CB3Q-TIuQfXAmeMBI3Pc82hIrS_gBNV5QP0q5lkgUJip6/s320/Wah+Taj+1960s.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="The Taj Mahal" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wah Taj in 1960s</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;"> </span>

For Your Eyes Only

Moving away from words, a blog post which speaks only through some visuals. A Rainy Day Battle Against Corruption Merry Go Round Saturday Ni...

Time Travel

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Time Travel is on my mind this weekend.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">~~</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Its Thursday evening. You are waiting eagerly for the weekend to come up, but it's still one day away. How about fast forwarding your weekly vacation? </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">All that you need to do is some time travel. The place to be is Dubai. The weekend has already started.  </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Come Friday evening and India is where you would want to be. In a sense of Déjà-Vu, the weekend is starting again. Two weekends a week. Isn't that exciting?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Flash forward to Sunday evening. If Monday morning blues are giving you early jitters, how about a travel across to California? The sun is yet to rise across the vast Pacific and a beautiful Sunday awaits you. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">And as Monday morning comes by, travel back to India. The sun has just set and the moon is rising across the horizon. And yes, one working day is already done. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Surprisingly, it is just 3 more days for the long weekend!!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">~~</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSp1GTNfZ6cS_pfOWxst_TZJzu05irW_UnQcYqONTwYQBE5bi-6mHGoAFQ9MQisKBmmiXws8nAyUskqkWVB_m5x7lPd6OipvTFkTiLGD4-jjA0_Ov_T1jbcTyNkB6vLnsJEVcyKCLcsPpM/s1600/Time+Travel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Time Travel" border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSp1GTNfZ6cS_pfOWxst_TZJzu05irW_UnQcYqONTwYQBE5bi-6mHGoAFQ9MQisKBmmiXws8nAyUskqkWVB_m5x7lPd6OipvTFkTiLGD4-jjA0_Ov_T1jbcTyNkB6vLnsJEVcyKCLcsPpM/s320/Time+Travel.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Time Travel" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time Travel</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">P.S. Wouldn't you love this time travel?</div><div><br /></div>

Time Travel

Time Travel is on my mind this weekend. ~~ Its Thursday evening. You are waiting eagerly for the weekend to come up, but it's still one ...

My Princess

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~~~</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the moon sets,<br />And the orange sun rises.<br />It's as if we have just met,<br />I am thankful, Your Highness.<br /><br />Brighter than a spark,<br />Lively is my girl.<br />On a journey long, lets embark, <br />As our dreams we unfurl.<br /><br />With you I feel content,<br />Sharing my thoughts heartfelt.<br />Do you feel complete,<br />As our ideas meet?<br /><br />Its you I admire,<br />Its you I aspire.<br />Whats a spark, if not a fire,<br />You are my sapphire.<br /><br />Proud of your wins,<br />Are we lost twins?<br />Let's fly as free birds,<br />Traveling far and upwards.<br /><br />Charming is my gal,<br />Enamoring me with her wit.<br />My best friend by far,<br />Threads we are closely knit.<br /><br />The canvas of our life,<br />Welcomes us with a million shades.<br />Color me vivid, be my Picasso<br />My Darling, My Princess.  </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~~~</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQNyfe6KdOrSc9cHqfunIkYDB1FURUDZOM2RvdUujxszgZL6utVo4XsM65aI0Ojmfy9mejZzX-M_fG8Oaz9xmlZ49Zqs2fF9XYa13IADBMsoKjtx_l9JOc3GNoli09LJrtsgEiH_VOcQj/s1600/My+Princess.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="My Princess Kate Middleton" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQNyfe6KdOrSc9cHqfunIkYDB1FURUDZOM2RvdUujxszgZL6utVo4XsM65aI0Ojmfy9mejZzX-M_fG8Oaz9xmlZ49Zqs2fF9XYa13IADBMsoKjtx_l9JOc3GNoli09LJrtsgEiH_VOcQj/s320/My+Princess.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="My Princess Kate Middleton" width="231" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Princess<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>

My Princess

~~~~ As the moon sets, And the orange sun rises. It's as if we have just met, I am thankful, Your Highness. Brighter than a spark, Livel...

FDI In Retail

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Evolution is my favorite word these days. I find myself justifying changes, right from technological progress to social changes and behavioral improvements under the garb of evolution. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If there is anything constant, it is Change. And as with all evolution, it is all for the better. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then why not FDI in Retail? (If you have missed the bus, it's the hottest potato in India at the moment).</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9a5dtZaKxX-WBDRU178QFCeJoQN8VLsT50MBaOFo4_xyLayTlHlZ1x5R72gw2cQanBtakNoReECO0ri4_NPhItkjDEk02OIDqHZWv3ObBuMFhQy5aLqMq_NySzp7NueOlh80hnHNY_5g/s1600/FDI+in+Retail.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB9a5dtZaKxX-WBDRU178QFCeJoQN8VLsT50MBaOFo4_xyLayTlHlZ1x5R72gw2cQanBtakNoReECO0ri4_NPhItkjDEk02OIDqHZWv3ObBuMFhQy5aLqMq_NySzp7NueOlh80hnHNY_5g/s320/FDI+in+Retail.jpeg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FDI in Retail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Government of India has announced FDI in Retail Business. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What exactly is FDI? FDI stands for Foreign Direct Investment. FDI allows organizations located in one country to make a direct productive investment in another country.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tell this to a pessimist and he would say - "OK. Here they come, to exploit my country. All they want is to take advantage of the my resources and market for their own benefit." </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But business was never a one way street. No one does business for the benefit of someone else. Business is done with the aim of making a profit in respectable conditions. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FDI in retail too would allow the sellers to make some kind of profit, but would also ensure significant benefit for the nation and its people.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This major policy change has some interesting and subtle highlights.</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The country would welcome retail businesses from across the world to set shop in India. However, an approval will be needed from the State, based on the city where the shop needs to be setup.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">100% FDI is allowed in Single Brand Retail. These include retail outlets which sell stuff belonging to a single brand (e.g. Nike)</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">51% FDI is allowed in Multi Brand Retail. These include retail outlets which sell stuff belonging to multiple brand (e.g. WalMart)</span></li></ul></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Such retail outlets can be setup only in those cities which have a population of 1 Million (10 Lakhs).</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If a particular state or union territory does not have any city with a populace of more than a million, then the retail outlets can be setup in the cities preferable to the state. The largest city is recommended in such cases.</span></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">100% FDI in single brand retail would need 30% local sourcing. It means that 30% of the resources needed for the business need to come from India itself.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">50% of the FDI has to be invested in "back-end infrastructure". This includes investment made towards manufacturing, processing, storage, packaging, quality control, distribution, logistics and its like.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What has the GOI done with these changes?</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has welcomed international businesses to set shop in India. Such investment would mean that India would have some new capital inflow.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The rules would ensure that there are some infrastructure improvements in the hinterland of India. The ultimate producers are expected to benefit.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ultimate consumers are expected to benefit due to these changes, with world class products being made available to them.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, every change has opponents. The band of opponents for FDI in Retail is led by a certain Mamata Banerjee. </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplZvNGhXYtSV_t2xEKVw6o3Swb8rcr3joDakx975ST7gPe4VsX8LmJd5h17Jqz8-DqX9gi1SS2YpsauWadM4maIWNvIfrltP172Tmyk3-PEFJWg1Ici6folQ9Vk5hnXQIVBzaDRs1Tm5M/s1600/FDI+in+India.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplZvNGhXYtSV_t2xEKVw6o3Swb8rcr3joDakx975ST7gPe4VsX8LmJd5h17Jqz8-DqX9gi1SS2YpsauWadM4maIWNvIfrltP172Tmyk3-PEFJWg1Ici6folQ9Vk5hnXQIVBzaDRs1Tm5M/s320/FDI+in+India.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FDI in India</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Chief Minister of West Bengal, with her myopic vision, and only 19 Members of Parliament (which is less than 4% of total India's MPs in the Lok Sabha) intends to derail this big ticket reform. I truly hope that she does not succeed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have a few examples of how Foreign Investment in Indian industries have improved the quality of the Indian life.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let us take the example of automobile industry. Till the 1990s, the only cars you would have heard of were Premier Padmini and Ambassador, from Premier and Hindustan Motors respectively. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then came Suzuki. Tying up with Maruti, it has produced one iconic brand after another. Do you think you will ever forget the pocket size Maruti 800? Then came the biggies - Ford, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota et al. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have you heard anyone complain why these big guys are in India? The very politicians who complain that FDI is bad are seen traveling  in these flashy cars. Jayalalitha, another politician who is an opponent of FDI, is seen traveling in a Mercedes. So much for opposition for FDI!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If these guys were not welcome to India, we would have been travelling in the Ambassador. And we would have to wait for 2-3 years to get the cars delivered after an order. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And if you think that cars are for the slightly better off people, let me take the example of mobile phones. (FDI in communication).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For long, India had only one vendor for phones - the state run BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited). With its inherent public company nature, the organization found it difficult to serve the communication needs of modern India. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When the Indian market was opened, the likes of Hutchison Essar, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance etc setup shop in India. They improved the quality of land line and wireless communication in India. </span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXMtbSSrzjOic5tIiU7fbYmCNCi4NxO4lKAkFSSPZbDdm9Ox_t8BeZUTSGZHfXgzE4ufYYBYAAQbftUwO6qYmUDSrP0fqJrBeWGvnqTQBQFKAq_9E-w5ldG_xXm_xsvKenmsT4CP90XXA/s1600/FDI+in+Communication.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXMtbSSrzjOic5tIiU7fbYmCNCi4NxO4lKAkFSSPZbDdm9Ox_t8BeZUTSGZHfXgzE4ufYYBYAAQbftUwO6qYmUDSrP0fqJrBeWGvnqTQBQFKAq_9E-w5ldG_xXm_xsvKenmsT4CP90XXA/s320/FDI+in+Communication.png" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FDI in Communication</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The price of communication have dropped significantly and has made the usage of mobile phone affordable. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just a few days back, the news papers said that the country had a Billion cell phone connections.  What do these numbers mean? India has a population of 1.2 Billion. And you have 1 Billion mobile phone connections. Isn't it awesome? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The technology has made usage of cell phones economical and put them in the reach of the common man. If these guys were not welcome to setup shop in India, you and me would be struggling to get a land line connection. And yes, Apple would not have done business - who would have a cell phone after all?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Net in net, what do all these examples signify? </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FDI in retail would not be completely bad. Yes, the retail kirana vendors would face challenges from the big guns. However, they would also be driven to innovate and serve the consumers in a different and better manner.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And as history has proven, such changes would ultimately rev up the economy and make the lives of people simpler and better.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Economics, after all, is not a simple science. The relation between cause and effect cannot be easily identified and cannot be completely estimated. However, I can only hope that FDI in retail would translate into effective results in the coming decade. Fingers Crossed!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After all, it is an <u>Evolution</u>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIQ0ROJfhP6xO8ZfYfqEdRMh6o-W0KYGZUNIUldepRdePWRxxc_txRNCK2Hgj3Kq7UHaVN9TyWB-bbR5sH5fPGtjGFuunndi6B0EcdpRvAi6sLZ3BpwgarobOveTqKSGej3Ovaug0SWdR/s1600/FDI+is+Welcome.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIQ0ROJfhP6xO8ZfYfqEdRMh6o-W0KYGZUNIUldepRdePWRxxc_txRNCK2Hgj3Kq7UHaVN9TyWB-bbR5sH5fPGtjGFuunndi6B0EcdpRvAi6sLZ3BpwgarobOveTqKSGej3Ovaug0SWdR/s320/FDI+is+Welcome.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FDI is Welcome</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P.S. I await the day when Mamata Banerjee and her ilk realize that opposition to FDI in Retail was a big mistake.</span></div></div>

FDI In Retail

Evolution is my favorite word these days. I find myself justifying changes, right from technological progress to social changes and behavior...

Library

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My dream - a Library.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7DksArxUkAGS6sg1JAxd95_7rqNkyRtrRXtvPgIu7eUTqstk1-9qD6QVFYVFD3UK4Op3dXDFReqMbXx5mH1yIrruA3DDerma_hyphenhyphengr7jMzVTwH8DoOOz9zyG0ymGyiPR_LXzFSHrwR5BA/s1600/My+Dream+-+A+Library.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7DksArxUkAGS6sg1JAxd95_7rqNkyRtrRXtvPgIu7eUTqstk1-9qD6QVFYVFD3UK4Op3dXDFReqMbXx5mH1yIrruA3DDerma_hyphenhyphengr7jMzVTwH8DoOOz9zyG0ymGyiPR_LXzFSHrwR5BA/s320/My+Dream+-+A+Library.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My Dream - A Library</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And a few memorable quotes from the books which I have read over the years.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I swear to devote my life to the destruction of piracy, greed, cruelty, and injustice, in all their forms, and my sons and their sons shall follow me".</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~ Phantom</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Elementary my dear Watson"</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~ Sherlock Holmes</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~ Harry Potter</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~ To Kill a Mockingbird</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~ To Kill a Mockingbird</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others"</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"There is no place like home."</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"I was looking for the key for years But the door was always open"<br />~~ The White Tiger</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P.S. Wish to read a nice long interesting story. It has been some months since I read one.</span></div>

Library

My dream - a Library. My Dream - A Library And a few memorable quotes from the books which I have read over the years. "I swear to de...

Acrophobia

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Acrophobia - A morbid fear of great heights.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am plagued by it. And these men didn't care a bit about it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"></div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQC9O3qeND3QX2Sq1j11mzUp9HspB6xRLL2TxoYnP5BxrbNiWNQMdbkzbOoxfUeqWCfsfisnX5fv-j6-QKJaPEYE6-4IZ6VC0YD8CjJh60InyPw-MbdyIomuwSek0Bvg1IxEo6NCR_vV5/s1600/Acrophobia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Acrophobia" border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQC9O3qeND3QX2Sq1j11mzUp9HspB6xRLL2TxoYnP5BxrbNiWNQMdbkzbOoxfUeqWCfsfisnX5fv-j6-QKJaPEYE6-4IZ6VC0YD8CjJh60InyPw-MbdyIomuwSek0Bvg1IxEo6NCR_vV5/s320/Acrophobia.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Acrophobia" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Acrophobia</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hats off to them for putting their life on the line, to build an iconic structure - The Rockefeller Center in New York City.</span></div>

Acrophobia

Acrophobia - A morbid fear of great heights. I am plagued by it. And these men didn't care a bit about it. Acrophobia Hats off to them f...

Magical You

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~~~</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being with You,<br />Would I need magic?<br />A lady that you are mystic,<br />By God's grace, we did click.<br /><br />In the absence of magic,<br />All I need is you.<br />To make me feel happy n' nice,<br />I just crave for you. <br /><br />Completing my life simple,<br />Coloring it with shades of autumn.<br />You and me maybe two dear,<br />I wish us to be one. <br /><br />Our life is a canvas vast,<br />You make us sail in full mast.<br />Let us win the world as one, <br />With you, it could be done.<br /><br />Let us weave dreams, <br />Sharing moments priceless.<br />Cherish our small wins,  </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sharing love boundless.<br /><br />With you, I feel anew,<br />You color my life in multiple hues.<br />Sparkling my mornings, you're my dew,<br />Be mine forever, oh Magical You.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~~~</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKPDumX_1aH-FJGXuPrxDsaq8uMMr4BczlL_UpEvuzgIQUwSF4kfKxMOb9z4vRsvqoC_tWcfUjhBq5CK7f9HTqeykNkVWrfJnTwMoUh-4PFj3lHB2BjpHQXK378ELhN1013XmZ9xBXe_u/s1600/Magical+You.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Magical You" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDKPDumX_1aH-FJGXuPrxDsaq8uMMr4BczlL_UpEvuzgIQUwSF4kfKxMOb9z4vRsvqoC_tWcfUjhBq5CK7f9HTqeykNkVWrfJnTwMoUh-4PFj3lHB2BjpHQXK378ELhN1013XmZ9xBXe_u/s320/Magical+You.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Magical You" width="231" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Magical You</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P.S. For a Magical Miss.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

Magical You

~~~~ Being with You, Would I need magic? A lady that you are mystic, By God's grace, we did click. In the absence of magic, All I need i...

The Bridge

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She asked herself, "How long was the bridge between admiration and love?"<br /><br />After days of pondering, and after lots of nerve wracking moments, the answer was evident. The distance was long. Yet it was short.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was in her mind. The Bridge was Her Mind. The Bridge <u>is</u> Her Mind.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFEtpVgHfq182E_23iLEY1du9nKYzy5VPlHt-fz9PF2JUCxmfDKycbaxldgdPLPV1RQ6SR6259TPWasHr-ZAPuozlLp7vtW8GewwlUOKsIDu5qqs9vT4zi-DvBzKNe09k4x9ZatWbZJIP/s1600/The+Bridge+was+Her+Mind.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Yami Gautam" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFEtpVgHfq182E_23iLEY1du9nKYzy5VPlHt-fz9PF2JUCxmfDKycbaxldgdPLPV1RQ6SR6259TPWasHr-ZAPuozlLp7vtW8GewwlUOKsIDu5qqs9vT4zi-DvBzKNe09k4x9ZatWbZJIP/s320/The+Bridge+was+Her+Mind.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Yami Gautam" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Bridge was Her Mind</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P.S. Could it get any more conflicting? It won't. Just conquer the mind.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

The Bridge

She asked herself, "How long was the bridge between admiration and love?" After days of pondering, and after lots of nerve wrackin...

Fairy Tale - Town Scene Blogger Template

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Fairy Tale - Town Scene Blogger Template

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