Do you speak English?

Do You Speak English?


This Girl must be having a bad holiday in France.

Mind's outdoor

Mann Ke Manjeere- One of my many all time favourite song

Very nice rendition by shubha mudgal.

Aishwarya Rai for Dummies

Book on the most beautiful girl in the world.

Look what I am upto a book on 'Aishwarya rai' and being fan for life I am writing a Dummies book on Aishwarya Rai -The mistress of spice
and here it is
I've just finished with the cover page.
keep looking out I may release a copy here very soon.
order now for a free copy

All about a Parrot 'Facts, Joke and Video'

Mystic bird

This day has been all parroty parroty for me! I got a joke and a video on parrot and heared a spritual discourse on Taithreya Upanishad which talks about a Parrot and how the parrot advices on Vedanta i.e the ultimate knowledge according to Hindu religious text.

Here goes some fact on Parrots.

• Parrot is a very general terms for the group of birds that comprise of more than 350 species. They can further be classified into two big groups (termed Familes) as True Parrots and Cockatoos.
• Parrots range in size from the pygmy of the South Pacific which is only 3½ inches long to the hyacinth macaw which is about 10 inches long.
• Parrots have a wide range of articulations. Wild parrots do not imitate. Only pets will mimic people and noises they hear.
• The best mimics are the African gray parrots, Psittacus erithacus, and the Amazons, genus Amazona.
• The thick, fleshy tongue and special voice apparatus permit a wide range of articulations, and some species can be taught to imitate the human voice.
• Alex (Pet's name) is a Parrot that has been intensely studied and its vocabulary strength is about an 100 word and appears to understand what he says and not just mimic.
• They are arboreal, feeding on seeds and fruits—except the kea (Nestor notabilis) of New Zealand, which is a scavenger in winter.
• Smaller parrots live 10 to 15 years. Larger parrots such as the macaws and cockatoos live more than 75 years.
• Parrots are not the only animals that mimic, Many birds especially the myna and the animal harbor seal are known to mimic human voice. A great amount of research ie being done on Cognition and Language using them.

And here is a Joke

A woman went to a pet shop and immediately spotted a large beautiful parrot. There was a sign on the cage that said £50.00. "Why so little," she asked the pet store owner. The owner looked at her and said, "Look, I should tell you first that this bird used to live in a house of prostitution, and sometimes it says some pretty vulgar stuff." The woman thought about this, but decided she had to have the bird anyway. She took it home and hung the bird's cage up in her living room and waited for it to say something. The bird looked around the room, then at her, and said, "New house, new madam." The woman was a bit shocked at the implication, but then thought "that's not so bad." When her two teenage daughters returned from school the bird saw them and said, "New house, new madam, new girls." The girls and the woman were a bit offended but then began to laugh about the situation. Moments later, the woman's husband Alex, came home from work. The bird looked at him and said, "Hi Alex".

And a very funny and cool video

Watch this guy (an african grey parrot) talk cool!




And this is not all.

In South of India there is a type of astrology called 'KiliJosiyam' (Parrot astrology) where the astrologer asks a parrot to draw a card from a pack containing pictures of Hindu Dieties for your name. Based on the diety, your immediate future is predicted and advice is given. This is very much like the Tarot reading that is popular today. It is an ancient way of conducting conselling for betterment.
If you would like to do some Parrot astrology – Kili Josiyam.
try this link Kili Josiyam.

And here is one Origami site to make your own Parrot.
Making your Parrot in paper art.
I wish you go Parroty parroty like me some time, for sure this is a Mystic bird.

Jack is Back - Titanic II

Titanic comes back

This is Titanic -II and how Jack Dawson ( Leonardo DiCaprio) is back from 1912!. Hope it turns out interesting.
{but where is Kate winslet ?}



Eversince Titanic I've always felt sorry not learning sketch drawing :-)

Two for a Tango ?

“The World Must Be Peopled”

Amidst this wonderful world of chaos and cacophony, there is a stream of silence flowing deep inside every ones heart. The stream for some sounds longingness, for some it sounds peace, for others divine or for the rest could be the thoughts of yesteryears and a life once lived. This stream is calm but flowing. More our attempts to get into its core, more we echo for detachment and much is the need for recluse. Being alone, I sometimes feel lonely; being lonely I could see the bliss of being alone. Detachment is peace, Withdrawal is misery. Having said this, I have a question for myself, are we humans socially dependent creatures or can we live alone and detached yet be good to oneself ?. My relations make my life, my friends make my life, yet I want to be alone in my own world, my own sphere, my own thoughts, into my own myself. Definitely the world must be peopled yet should stay I am I not for the ego but for the self.

Falling in love

Two Lives and a love

Perhaps things that almost everyone would fall in love with and let stay in memory for long would be

1. A good poetry of thorough expression
2. A good book that is intelligently written with a solid flow of narration
3. & Girls??? – may be sometime!

Today I happened to get my hands on one such love, a book ‘ Two Lives’ by Vikram Seth, from a book shop I visit regularly. It was thick with a hard cover binding. Looking at it initially, I was little hesitant to take it off the shelves as one nerve from my cerebral hemisphere impulse shot its ions that I might not find time to read it fully, but soon after ten of its neighbors disagreed, my hand grabbed it off the shelf. I had previously read Seth’s poetry. I also have a copy of ‘Mappings’ with me back home, which I brought at a seconds sale bookshop for a bargain. Though I have appreciated it, I should say I did not fall in love with it as I expected to be. Deciding that I’ll glance through this book so that at least I could acknowledge this poor guy from India, educated at Oxford and writing books for a living, I went on reading through few pages.

The book begins humbly but the way the writer had framed the events and gets the reader hooked on is a simple great! I had the same felling as reading an R.K.Narayanan’s narration after a long time. I am particularly not interested in fiction and the like although at times to get myself abreast with the knowledge of what is going on in that sphere I pop up occasionally to a few books that capture the front shelves.

I am really happy that I found this book and have told myself that I dedicate some time in my diary so I could thoroughly enjoy it to the full. Love is meant to be cherished isn’t?

Inspiring true story

A nice story depicting how a teachers non centered love could make change in a society.

Mrs Thompson stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.

Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers.

At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise. Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners... he is a joy to be around."

His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle."

His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest, and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken."

Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class."

By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and abottle that was one-quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs.Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to."

After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her "teacher's pets."

A year later, she found a note under her door from Teddy, telling her that she was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.

Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.

Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favourite teacher he had ever had in his whole life.

Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer....
The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.

The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together. They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference." Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."