Poem: It does'nt matter

You felt broken
You felt lost
You felt unworthy
Guess what ?
It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter to people
It doesn't matter to life.
All that matters is what you did to end that ongoing strife

You felt like a failure
You felt lost
You felt without hope
Afterall at every point  life isn't so dope.

But you stood there anyways,
Confused, lost and alone.
With the sole purpose of finding your home.
Days went by and so did the nights
You hung in there.
I know it wasn't a delight.

It didn't matter what you had lost
It didn't matter what you previously were
It didn't matter what you felt
All that mattered was what you had become and  with new situations how you dealt.

New level of life.
Next level of you.
I know Time flew.
All that ever matters is what you are;
What you choose to do
Your actions speak volumes of you.

You stood there, with anxiety
You stood there with fear
You stood there without knowing if the end was near.
I couldn't be more proud
That's what separates you from the crowd.

You wanted to give up
You wanted to light yourself on fire
Instead you revoked your soul with your inner desire.
You started slow but stayed long.
You felt weak at first but came out strong.
You continued without any second thoughts
With full strength you fought.

You won.
Oh you won!
Finally proving you are not a zero
For you decided to become your own Hero.

Book review : Half girlfriend

Book : Half girlfriend.
Author : Chetan Bhagat


Half girlfriend is a modern age romantic novel based on

 the unclear nature of relationship between a boy and a girl,

something more than friends but not in a relationship.

Modern age is strange because people find someone they like , fall in love but won't consider it a relationship. People need time to figure out what type their relation is. I am sure all of us has been here.


Chetan Bhagat commented, "Half girlfriend, to me, is a unique Indian phenomenon, where boys and girls are not clear about their relationship status with each other. A boy may think he is more than friends with the girl, but the girl is still not his girlfriend. Hence, I thought we needed a term like

 'Half girlfriend'. Because, in India, that is what most men get."

PLOT :

This is a story of a boy Madhav Jha coming from a rural background, taking admission in St Stephens and falling in love with a modern, rich delhi girl, Riya Somani. 

Both Riya and Madhav entered the college through sports quota. 

Both were good at basketball. They get to know each because of their game and in the process Madhav falls in love with Riya. However, He demands to get physical and Riya decides to leave. She later marries her best friend meanwhile Madhav decides to go back to Bihar and help his mother to run a school. He then happens to run into Riya and she helps him get the Bill Gates fund for his school.

She leaves faking that she has lung cancer and has about 3 months to live.

After three years,  through the revelations in her journal Madhav sets out on his journey to new New York to find the love of his life.

What I like about this book?

Well this book is quite FILMY. There is a lot of drama. There are a lot of emotions. There is a Friendzone. There are lies.There are Truth. There is 'judaai'.  There is the search for someone you love. There is the hope of finding them. There is fighting for someone you love and ofcourse a happy ending 

Well, The novel is slow at the start, the problems of coming from a rural background to a high class school are highlighted. However when he uses the words " deti hi toh de varna cut le" makes me feel a little disgusted and question the  mentality of rural people or even men.

Anyways, the books picks up its graph after the fight, it actually re-intrigues us when Riya and Madhav meet again. Also the climax is amazing. I wish real lives had such endings too.

However I find it too melodramatic at some points. I'm sure a lot of people might not.

Word by me :

Well, if romance is your genre then must read. An 'okay' story I would say.

I personally did not want to read it till I read the first half of the book.

Try your luck with it. I find the title that over hypes the book.

I would suggest an audience of 18 years up for this book.

Well, enjoy reading it.

Book Review: The Alchemist

Book : The Alchemist
Author : Paulo Coelho

Plot :

Its the story of a young shepherd, Santiago, who is disturbed by the same recurring dream. One day he decides to see a fortune teller. She interprets the dream as a prophecy and suggests him to find the treasure.
Santiago sets out on his journey to find a treasure in the pyramids of the Egypt. On his way, he meets The king of Salem, the love of his life- Fatima, an englishman and an alchemist.
Each imparting various lessons for him to learn.
The story revolves around the saying, "what you desire passionately, the universe conspires for it".

What I liked about this book ?

This book is quite thrilling. Once you are intrigued, you won't get up to do anything else.
I personally was so intrigued, I finished reading the book in 4 hours straight.
So the plot is written Allegorically. It revolves around various life lessons.

l. The law of attraction - if you desire something, the universe conspires to make it into reality.

2. Leave your comfort zone
The shepherd leaving his town to travel places to find the riches, gives us a fair idea about the risks one needs to take to achieve something.

3. Change is good
 It also gives us a fair idea about CHANGE.
Change is difficult, change is scary but finally it leads to something better, all we need to do is persevere.

4. Never give up
  Santiago hangs in there. He gets back up after facing all the downfalls.

5. Keep moving forward
 There were times when Santiago had nothing to look forward to, he was sad, he didn't know where he would end up, with all the mixed emotions He kept moving forward.

6. Have faith in your journey


There are a whole bunch of life lessons to take up from this book.

Word by me : 

Well, I would suggest an audience of 17 years and above to read this book.
It really sends chills down my spine with its thrill.
Also, it has a lot of lessons to take. Being brave,courageous, fearless, being a few of them.
 This book surely motivates you to leave your comfort zone and strive to be something better, someone better.

The day I fell.

The day I fell, I wish I could yell,
I didn't know how to get up
I didn't know how to move
Everything went numb.
I got stuck.
Stuck Into what I call 'The zone' where you have to travel alone..
The more I stayed there, the more I sunk,

I sunk into memories,
memories of me,
Of what I was, what I wanted and what I had become.
It filled me with fear and resentment
It hurt,
it was lonely as hell,
oh I wish I could yell..
The more I stayed there,
the more I sunk.

I lost my smile;
I lost my dignity and  my worth ,
Everyday It took a part of me,
everyday I lost something new,
The 'me' I thought I was, was no longer there,
I searched for myself everywhere..
In places I most visited, in sites I most loved, in books I most read,
I was meant to be no where..
I stayed there longer, with no soul, unhealthy body and mind
To everything else, I had turned blind.

My ship sank.
So I learnt to swim,
found the shore.
Explored new lands, wishing everything was in my hands.
I felt hollow,
Many new truths I still couldn't swallow.

Until one day,
I don't know what changed. I asked myself;
How long was I going to be stuck here?
Forever? Hopeless and desolated?
Is this what I was?
Suddenly, I felt empowered.
I found myself filled with willpower.
I found my confidence,
I found my purpose,
I laughed, life - aren't you a circus?

I built a new ship, set the sails high.
It was time I bid the zone a goodbye.
On my last walk there,
I found my soul, resting near a river,
The river of hope.
My body as healthy as new, no wonder time flew.
Estacy filled my veins.
Indeed a medicine to all my pain.
I asked my soul, "where had she been?"
"I never left," she replied,
"I was waiting for you to find me,
besides hope I reside."

I was built anew.
With pieces of a new puzzle.
Oh they made my soul dance, waiting for the new 'me' to be given a chance.
The loss I felt earlier were the parts of me I longer needed.
I laughed on remembering, back then how I pleaded.
I looked for myself everywhere
I forgot to look within.
Funny how It's true,
Salvation lies within.
Salvation lies within.

Book review: The secret

Book : The Secret.

Author : Rhonda Byrne

What this book is about?

Who doesn't want to be successful?
you do, don't you?
Well if you dream big you need to act big.

THIS BOOK IS THE REAL DEAL FOR YOU.
This book gives you techniques to properly channelize your energy towards your goals.

It covers various aspects such as attracting money, relationships. health and the most important - you.

It basically revolves around the limitless power of our mind - The law of attraction.

How to use it for our personal gains.

What I liked about this book?

First of all its quite REAL, nothing from a different world.

The writing is precise and impacting. It was so impacting that I didn't wanna stop reading it.

The book is motivation in itself. This book also enumerates a lot of real life examples which makes it quite legit. The techniques it shares are easy to follow. It reminds us time and again about the endless power of our mind. 

Word by me :
This book is the MOTHER of all other motivating books.

Well, if you are an ambitious person or someone who is constantly low because of the ups and downs in life, you need to read this book. You'll learn to direct your energy towards the positive. I myself have followed these techniques as I am someone who feels lost time and again and needs a push every now and then. I would urge you to read it and most importantly USE it. If I can change my life, so can you.

What is it about writing..

I don't know what is it about writing that I keep coming back to it.
I first started writing, ofcourse writing 'seriously' if you would call it, around 3 years ago. I was depressed I had so many emotions running in my mind. I was a moderately expressive person back then.
Depression because I had started taking everything too seriously.
So depression first started the addiction.
Then It moved on to writing for magazines, or even writing my hosting scripts.
I wrote when I was heartbroken
I wrote when I was in love
I wrote for the person I loved
I wrote for my family.
And now I am back at square one. Starting again from the stratch,
With my addiction - writing.
I know it's going to be my let out.
What's yours?

Book review: The immortals of meluha

Name: The immortals of Meluha.
Writer : Amish
Genre: Fiction
published in : 2010

Plot:

It is the first book of the Shiva trilogy
1. The immortals of Meluha
2. The secret of the Nagas
3. The oath of the vayuputras

It is the story of an ordinary Tibetan man whom the legend turned into a God -The Neelkanth.
The story revolves in The Indus valley civilization around 1900BC. The inhabitants called this the - land of Meluha, created by Lord Ram.
The two empires of Suryavanshi ( descendants of the Sun)
and the Chandravanshi ( descendants of the Moon)  are constantly at each other's necks. The Chandravanshis are aided by the Nagas. In the midst of such circumstances Shiva finds himself falling for Sati, thus the beginning of an Epic Love story.

What I liked about this book?

I like the plot development. The writer basically keeps us all so involved that it's difficult to stop reading. Also, imagining the story is quite easy, so we hardly forget the previous chapters.
The unveiling of the simple truths of life for shiva to understand, is quite a thing here , portrayed in differently intriguing ways.

Word by me :

I totally would recommend this book for the age group 17 and above.
It's an amazing book. Also it has many good virtues to give. Totally a good time investment.
It's a must read.