Another day in paradise...

   I know where heaven is. At least am fully aware where mine is. It is not that far. It is nothing but my sweet little home. There is a solid reason behind this post being published. That reason is simple. To me heaven is a place ultimate peace overtakes the sum total of all the material comforts of the whole world. It took me this many years to find out one such place. My heaven is my home, where, my parents, brother, grandmother share happiness and dilute sorrows of any kind.

    Usually I hate people advising me. Let it be elders or youngsters. The last thing I would ever prefer to hear in whole world could be a 10 minutes free speech with a tag hanging ‘advise’.

But Last night I found myself listening to my Dad for almost an hour. He was advising me generally, like how should I take responsibilities in my work life, social life and work life and how one should shape their life and all.

    He said me “Dear son, you make money or not, go out with your friends or not, you take up all your responsibilities or not, at the end of the day, you are coming home and throw yourself in the bed, feeling the presence of eternal peace, Calmness, Comfort and security; Then you realize that, even the luxurious 5* hotel would fail to compete with your home. In the first place who would come up to compete against heaven in case of luxury and comfort??

     To me, People with whom I am living are GODS. They are not just equal to Gods. They are actually. Your parents are one of them. Nobody else in the entire universe would stand with and for you in whatever situations than your parents.  Nobody else in the world would always offer a helping hand when you need it than your siblings. Nobody else in the whole world would teach you some lessons of generations and pure love than your grand parents. The bondage between them is so strong that, even if you stay away from them, you feel they are so near.

       They all are GODS and they all are living with you. Open your eyes. See and feel your home- The heaven in earth.

 

      ‘Title courtesy’: Phil Collins

Thanks for your time

Sharath Muthirakkal

The Irresistible Chetan - New face of Indian literature

     They say Chetan Bhagat makes India read. Whatever it may be, Chetan Bhagat is the author who made me read. I have never read English novels till I picked 'Five point Someone-What not to do in IIT'. I just read the prologue and stopped only after finishing the book at a stretch. I felt fresh and cool after reading the book and soon I realized I was in love with Chetan the great, who made an idiot to read an English Novel. On the same day itself I completed ' One Night @ Call center'. My love for Chetan was multiplying and it made me read more books of other authors. Paulo Coelho, Subroto Bhagchi, Arundhathi Rai, Sasi Tharoor, Robin Sharama, Sidin Vadukut, Durjoy Dutta are few of them. But who has introduced them to me?? Mr. Chetan Bhagat The great !!
    I wonder what is working with Chetan's books, which hits the best seller always. He is the new generation marketer altogether. We studied no?, Marketing is all about delivering what people desire for, Cehtan doing exactly that, No writer in India have understood what Indians want to read, What are the demands of youngsters, What are their feelings towards the society, government, system etc. Chetan is not a purist in terms the language he use, Grammar he apply as like many other writers, Yet he make huge difference!!
    Guess what is the secret??    ' OBSERVATION' !!
 He is the greatest observer I have ever seen in the whole world. He watch objects, people, situations etc. so close that one could hardly imagine. Once in an interview a lady was literally barking at Chetan for not using standard English. Chetan replied, " dear mam', it doesn't matter what is the standard of your language as long as people loves it, and more over I am writing for the people in India and my inbox will tell you what they want and what are they looking for. If you want heavy standard, books are available in plenty . As long as Indians loves me, my standard would be this. An Indian standard !! ". A loud applause followed.
   3 Mistakes of my life and 2 states- the story of my marriage were yet again the best sellers and the promotion of these books were awesome too. Chetan has got a huge fan base across the world. Most of the teenagers in India would be owning at least one of the Bhagat books for his/her own for sure. That it self is just enough to understand the impact he already made in Indian literature arena. His latest book Revolution 2020 gonna be a revolution in both of it's selling as well as the spark it gonna create on the society. Book came in the right time, where young India were in the streets lead by Anna hasare demanding for a corruption free, equal society and a NEW INDIA. Chetan's books had been referred for many successful as well as non-successful movies. But his books never fell in the later category. 
  Chetan has inspired me, not only to read but also to write. Nobody in this world would have ever thought I could write a paragraph as my own. But he made it possible. I love you Chetan Ji :) . I dream of Chetan seeing my post and calling me. In fact you are the man who gave me the wings, Chetan.
I know a zillion thanks would not be enough.

Thank you so much Chetan...

 Looking forward for more :)

Thanks for your time
Sharath Muthirakkal

Cricket in India- A behaviour or an Attitude?

Hello People
Hope all is well.

I am a Cricket fan. Perhaps a huge fan of 'Team India'. As a normal cricket fan even I do become dull when India loos. I Jump up and down when we win matches irrespective of the format of the game; whether it is a Test match, an ODI or even a T-20 [ T-20 sucks big time, (Will share those thoughts in another post, may be next time)]. But I hardly abuse our players [Wonder why Munaf Patel is still an exception]. You won't believe if I tell you that for making India the Cricket World Champions of 2011 [ I still believe in that way, doesn't need any public agreement], I might have dropped more than 500 bucks in many prayer boxes. Yes  Rs500 was a big money for me (well still it is!). Well this post is not for boasting my cricket fantasy.

In cricket it does not take too much time to make the same fans who have had cheered for their team especially when the team is on a winning streak, to play the counter part when the team looses irrespective of whatever genuine reasons that the management could come up with. Cricketers in subcontinent especially Indian players and Pakistan players are very much aware of it. When they have returned home after being defeated by minors such as Bangladesh and Ireland in 2007 West Indies World Cup, Rotten eggs, random stones, slippers etc welcomed them.

Remember what was the reception that the victorious Team India got after winning the first ever T-20 World cup??
That is what you could always expect from a country where majority of the people believes in religion called ' Cricket' and worship Sachin, Dhoni and Dravid. One day they would take you on their shoulders and dance and on another different day, they would even like to suck your blood. Nobody has any right to scold them for the same. Because to them game cricket is more than a Game. Remember how the fans have reacted when the match fixing came up so badly and shut the door for Muhammed Azharudeen and Jadeja?. They were treated as traitors who had ditched the fellow soldiers in the war front. Whole nation went against them. But we Indians didn't stop watching cricket.

Finally Dhoni's 'Men in Blue' brought the world cup after 27 years and people across the glob watched what is the intensity of emotions, feelings etc. attached with this game. After winning The world Cup Sanjay Manjarekkar [ Former cricketer and commentator ] asked Virat Kohli : Virat what was goin in your mind while carrying Sachin Tendulkar on your shoulder?
                     Virat Kohli : For the past 20 years Sachin has been carrying the entire Indian cricket on his shoulders and we won it for him and the champion deserves it more than anyone else.

Cricket in India will never die.

Thanks for your time.
See you next time.