This is my letter to the world!

This is my letter to the WorldThat never wrote to Me —

The simple News that Nature told —

With tender MajestyHer

Message is committed

To Hands I cannot see —

For love of Her —

Sweet — countrymen —

Judge tenderly — of Me

-a poem by a great poet Emily Dickinson

Abel and Cain

According to the Holy Bible and the Holy Qur'an, Cain and Abel were the first and second sons of Adam and Eve, born after the Fall of Man (the only other child of Adam and Eve to be named in the Bible was Seth)

"In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. But Abel brought the fat, fatlings, or milk as Josephus has it (the possible renderings of the consonantal Hebrew) from the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it." Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him."

- Genesis 4:3-8

It's all about Wat? ....Passion!!!

I came across an article, being passionate about what you do, today. It plays an important role, wherever you are, whatever you do, whoever you speak, wherever you go ..

"Passion is the foundation of effective communication. Dig deep to discover your core purpose, your true passion. Once you connect to it, use it as fuel to build a rapport with your audience -- recruiters, managers, employees, etc. Your presentations, pitches, speeches, and all forms of activities (non business or business) will be more engaging than ever. Nearly everyone has room to increase what I call the "passion quotient" -- the level of passion you exhibit as a speaker. The higher your passion quotient, the more likely you are to connect with people. Chris Gardner's (the pursuit of happiness guy) passion fueled his determination in the face of overwhelming odds and obstacles. Take the time to imagine where harnessing your passion can take you".


Another one:

Rather than approaching any problem from the standpoint of "I'm a square pegwhich hole should I put myself in?" Turn it around and say "I am amorphable peg and which hole would I most enjoy being in?"

Connecting the ....ts

God!....time flies so fast, this July 17, I will finish an year in DC ....seems like yesterday only, I graduated from USC and preparing to move to DC ...little nervous, somewhat excited ....fearful about "what will happen next?"

.. I enjoyed this year to the best ...met several interesting people, made good friends, not to mention about trips to NY City, Smoky Mountains, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, India, Atlantic City.

DC has it's own flavors during spring (cherry blossom festival), winter (heavy snow fall), 4th july (parade and fire works), christmas (national christmas tree), Fall (colorful trees), musesums and art galleries, night life ...attracts almost everybody to this part of the country.

..being in the software security industry, not only met geeks but also learnt how to become one ... and yes, how can I forget about yoga classes, unfinished salsa classes.During past one and half month of language classes, I realized how it feels to be a teacher ...hopefully I will be able to continue some work with association of India's development as well ...

...I had a very good reputation of being a bad reader and a terrible speaker :) ...i guess with time this glory will start fading as well ..Siddhartha, The Alchemist, The go getter, Hope for the flowers, Interpreter of maladies, The monk who sold his ferrari managed to convince their philosophies and I am happy about that :)

...well, it is a separate issue that I am still questioning some Indian immigrant families (who become my good friends now)about "Inheritence of loss" , the night long arguments with my collegues about how unfair the war on iraq is ...everyone's life worth the same irrespective of their cast, creed and 'color' ...perhaps one day somebody will understand that it takes nine months to give a birth and few seconds to take one ..

Now when I look back, i believe this one year has given enough foundations to make a strong building upon ...One thing is sure

That time will tell,
If I fail,
The brightest ring around the moon
Will darken,when I die :)

.....well, its 2:54 am in the morning, i can still write a lot but I have some plan for kayaking tomorrow...so i guess it's time to say good night? i mean good morning....I will upload the pictures tomorrow ...have a good day!