A tale of Paithan

                                       A tale of Paithan

This story is written as an entry in the Write India contest by Times of India, under the Genre Historical Fiction based on the history available about the 17th century paithan city. The story is developed from the preface given by Amish Tripathi- author of the Shiva Trilogy.

Close to the city of Paithan, in a small village called Sauviragram, which lay along the banks of the great river Godavari, lived a woman named Ilaa. Being cotton farmers, her family was well to do, but not among the richest in their area. It was the harvest season, and cotton had to be picked from the plants. The wholesalers and traders from Paithan would be arriving in just a few weeks, carrying gold and goods for barter. They would exchange what they carried for the cotton that the farmers grew. The bales of cotton had to be ready in time! Work was at its peak! But Ilaa was not to be found in the fields. She wasn’t working. Instead, she was sitting by the banks of the great river Godavari.

‘I am sick of this!’ she grunted loudly.

50 most positive one liners

                                   50 most positive one liners

1. Have a firm handshake.

2. Look people in the eye.
3. Sing in the shower.
4. Own a great stereo system.
5. If in a fight, hit first and hit hard.

6. Keep secrets.

confessions of an IT employee :D

                                                 confessions of an IT employee :D

Friends i came across this confession in one of the pages i have liked on Facebook..... do give it a read and the two replied comments.... its worth a read

                              Women empowerment 

       A cause for growing number of divorce                                  

Women empowerment is a subject which is in prime focus in the contemporary world. Be it social or political scenario, it is greatly emphasized upon. If we go by the literal meaning of it then we can say that Women empowerment is a social responsibility that the governments all over the world have, to work towards making women who are discriminated and treated inferior to men, to be treated equally by providing them jobs , training them in different fields of work , making them skilled human resource and giving them equal power in voicing their opinions for/against the functioning/policies of the state,which will all eventually make them self-sufficient and independent individuals so that they need not live as second class citizens  and slaves to men and victims to patriarchal guidelines.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN

                    THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN

It’s a natural human tendency to perceptionalize a thing according to his comfort. We see a thing, analyze it and make a view about it that pleases us. Whenever we come across that thing in future, we view it again the same way. If there is even a minimum chance of our views being wrong, we console ourselves that it can’t be. But as every coin has two face, so everything and situation have too. But we tend to ignore the ideas that contradict our views.