Wherabouts...

There has been absolutely no action on TTTW in the last few months.

Reasons are life, schedules, boredom, writer's block, nose block, trips, weddings, boy friends, girl friends, recession, unemployment so on and so forth. I am suffering with a bad block. It's probably the lack of inspiration or maybe it's just certain amount of frustration.

But writing is important.
I have this realization everyday. But I can't do much...
Manavi suffers from a disease called "MediA" and she has absolutely no time. The Dawg suffers from a block, some mind games and certain peace issues.

There is this something very interesting that I found in one of the twitter posts. Please go ahead and read it...
279 days to overnight success!

http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/overnight-success/

It's a 79 page free e book with a lot of useful links. If you plan to make your career out of your Internet writing, it is definitely worth a read. Stories of success are always worth reading. I derive a lot of inspiration from them.

For instance, The White Tiger...I picked it up...only cuz it spoke about the journey of a big entrepreneur based in Bangalore. The story offered nothing about entrepreneurship. It was a fast and interesting read. The poverty factor of our country has become the X-factor over the book shelves.

More coming on TTTW...after all we are a surprise package!

Which book are you guys reading today?

I just finished Chetan Bhagat's latest. It is called "The 3 mistakes of my life" and it is his third book. I never though very highly of "Five point someone", I am one of the people who enjoyed the call center one much more. Well moving on, I feel Chetan should start writing scripts for bollywood movies. His stories are extremely gripping, however the endings are usually hurried and very melodramatic. The good thing is, they are always happy! I believe in happy endings...


If I ever met him, I think we will have a good chat.
Nevertheless, I have finished all his books in a day flat.... so I hold high opinions about him.

In all the three books, the characters come alive and you actually start feeling for them.

So this one is definitely my recommendation.

Completely off the topic....

A very interesting thing...that my dad told me was about his rendezvous with an old friend at the Mumbai airport. This man owns a book store at the airport. And has introduced my dad to several authors over the years....

They became good friends...en route!

My dad has stopped travelling like before, so this time when he landed at the airport. He saw that the airport was under construction and the his favorite shop wasn't there. He was sad and decided to grab some coffee. Just next to the coffee stand, was a small new bookshop with the name changed. When he entered the store...he met his friend. They were glad and this time he introduced my dad to this "The Ghost" by Robert Harris.


I didn't wanna give a review on it, but just highly recommend it.


And then there's the book I read this weekend "The Secret"
A best seller and even has a movie on it. However, it gives all the funda's of life that we are all aware of. We do understand the difference between right and wrong. Sometimes, we apply it and sometimes we don't. I wish I could make money stating the obvious. I was never born with a golden spoon. So things would come hard to me.

By the way, the book's cover is brilliant.... "Kabhi naye packet mein beche...tumko cheez puraani"

:-)

Kudos to the cover designer!

Delhi has lovely weather today. I just took a stroll with my good friends....
Enjoy the unlucky Tuesday!

Games people play

I had a thought.

Yesterday after about 2o years of my not-so short-when-you-live-it life,I bore witness to chess.
It's really hard for someone like me to play since I dont catch on to the rules and remember how much a bishop can move in which direction.

While I gave the word 'diagonal' a whole new meaning,i saw a connection between my new found love for bejewelled,long lost chess and well,what leads to love.

It's all the same you see.If you view everything as a game you have to win,you concentrate on winning.Translating this to life and lovw,no I dont think men are good enough to be won,but it's a whole new kick when they do is taken up by you.

So it depends on what move you make.Don't just think of the immediate consequences,but think of the next two moves.Be subtle,and most importantly,if you're doing really well,hide the smirk.

It is long after that the particular guy will care for you,no matter what you are so soon.It might eventually lead to that,but you gotta play it well for him to notice you first and eventually like you.Not for what you are,but what you show.

And so you play,for kicks,for attention,for love.Most of the times,most of these guys are not worth the trouble.

Then why do people play the games they do?

I shall give you this example.I know of the two books namely "The Secret" by rhonda byrne and
"The Alchemist" by Paul Coelho are the best sellers around the world.Not saying it out loud,they are self-help books with stories revolving around shephards and what not.

I don't claim to have read them,but I have a lot about these books.

The moral of the stories are that positive thinking can take you a long way.Think of what you desire and you shall get it.The universe will conspire and help you attain what you want.

The new ways of the world have already had an effect on me.Far from this,I don't think I have more than two positive thoughts in a day.These include hunger and wanting to quit my job.

Now thats positive.

With cut throat competition and filthy people at work,verchanging company,different friends at different places,the romantic past and present,you're bound to have trust issues,various genres of insecurity and a whole amount of cynicism.

Now if you were to narrate me a story of a shephard who pursues a dream of searching of pyramids for treasure, eventually fulfills it.

I mean,come on.

So what's my point?My point is,that in a way,we all play a game...to be better at work,no to be seen as the best employee and get a raise, to make a guy fall in love with you,to spend a happy life with lots of money,clothes and someone to hold your hand when you're scared at night(anacondas really scare me).

So we all need a gyan,just not from a shephard's mouth but maybe from a twenty something girl who has a boss she hates,loves designer clothes,considers her friends her soulmates and eventually gets what she deserves.Dump the alchemist and try humor and well,love in a twisted form in `Almost Single' by Advaitha Kala.

So lets continue playing