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As the remarkable year of 2010 is ending, we hope the coming decade brings in more positives than negatives. With this wish, I wish heartiest happy new year to all. Here are some of the beautiful new year greetings I found on Google; I hope you'll love them and I wish all good wishes come true. And finally, ] Let's this year make 1+1= 11 Happy New Year, Happy as ever, Kalpesh Bhatt

Well, finally the monster of election -as I had called it in my last post- has gone off from our area for the time being. It has gone to deep sleep for sometime like Kumbhkarn and will awake when the Gram Panchayat elections do commence. This election was a clean sweeper. The steam roller of BJP has almost crushed Congress out of it. Anyway, today I am here not to talk of all that stuff. I want to draw your attention towards one trivial thing all of us have used but not noticed or even not brought to notice of people concerned for that matter. We have been put to election duties every time. This was my 8th election duty. And; since my first acquaintance with this national duty, I have observed it; so this time, I am putting it for others to view. Every time, when we are deployed on duty, I have seen that Election Commission provides us with a tobacco tin to use it as a container to hold the indelible ink bottle on sand filled in the tin. Now I wonder how come the EC be so careless abou...

We live in a country which is obsessed with the monster called election. Almost every year, we are thrown into the atmosphere of 'Lubhavani' election. One or the other election comes by and the gangs of bastardly robbers become active to seduce people to turn as active voters even though they are unable to provide them with water. Election is good for the health of democracy but now I feel it is better for the health of politicians. Elections are expensive and the outcome of it is even more expensive as the elected members mostly indulge themselves in making money by hook or crook without caring for national interest. In the glittering lights of Navratri, and over night running garbas, we are thrown once again into dirt of election. 'Sthanik swaraj' election is on the trot and imminent. The very unknown and less visible faces of politicians have automatically turned visible and more importantly caring. They think and reason for the betterment of people (secretly theirs...

India is really an incredible country! One would find magnificent colours of life spread all around. People mend their ways out of even uneven and bouncing tracks of life. Here life is at its best. This is a picture that I took just a day back on the road while, as a part of my routine commute, I was travelling from Savarkundla to Nesdi to my school. I saw these people going for their work in the farm. The rider was the farm owner who was taking all the ladies to his farm for labour work which is called "dadi" in gujarati which means a day's work. I was amazed by the idea and the capacity of the vehicle. I think Hero Honda can even use this pic for promoting their successful bike Splendor; which the rider in the pic is riding. Can u count HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE GO? Well, to be precise they are exactly nine, yes, 9 - three on the bike and 6 on the cart. I have heard that Ratan Tata had got the idea of making cheap and useful car 'Nano' after watching 3 common p...

Every nation has a right to show case its cultural heritage, affluence, and enriched present before the world. Every nation has a right to invite the world to its doorstep and let the world have glimpses of the nation’s progress and development. Every nation has a right to hold international events and bring her national pride to the international level. Every nation wows to astonish the world by manifesting her integrity, strength, vision, multidimensional existence and glittering extravagant capability to hold high magnitude extravaganza. And for such pleasure and pride every nation wishes to hold international mega events. India, being no exception, is going to hold an international mega sports event- the Commonwealth Games-2010. Delhi, being the venue, is under preparation for the event. We all know this and; are yet to know many more things beside our national pride. Wait, the Games are to be held in October itself and still a lot of works is unfinished. And to add more to it, th...

In rain drain situation in the nation, comes a news from our(?) government about the price hike in Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene and LPG. When the whole nation is awaiting some good shower that can soothe people's soul and life, such sizzling hot news has been released from 'Aam aadmi ki Sarkar' to burn aam aadmi along with sustaining summer heat. In a major decision to bring petroleum products in line with market rates, the government today freed petrol from all pricing controls. Oil Secretary S Sundareshan announced after the meeting of the Empowered Group of Ministers. And now Diesel will be Rs.2 costlier, Petrol Rs.3.73, kerosene Rs.3 and LPG Rs.35. As said by him, The move will help boost profits of state-run oil firms that have been losing revenue from government-set lower prices. But what about the common man's home? Will it be able to sustain the inhabitants' common life to bare minimum possible? Moreover, today the dearness(wait, wait, wait, how come is it de...

Rut aa gayi re rut chha gayi re... I hummed this song from the film Earth. Beautiful composition by Rehman (my fav muz composer) and high pitched voice of Sukhvinder have made one of the most lovable rain songs of Indian cinema. Monsoon is favourite season of many in this rain starving(am I being extremist?) nation. Rain has always inspired Indian poets right from Kalidas in Meghdutam to Ramesh Parekh in Varsad bhinjave . Children to elders, birds to animals, lovers to farmers all set of living beings love the rain whole heartedly. Rain soothes, rain mesmerises, rain drains, rain trains, rain gains and rain even pains. Rain has worked miracles for years together. Love flows in veins with rain water flowing in streets. Rain awakens the soul and blesses utmost pleasure. When the beautiful rain is imminent, we can't wait to have the first embrace with the most awaited season in this part of the world. I feel overwhelmed seeing dark clouds in the sky. Wordsworth had said: My heart lea...