Two little boys, ages 8 and 10, were excessively mischievous.
They were always getting into trouble and their parents
knew all about it. If any mischief occurred in their town, the two boys were usually involved.
The boys’ mother heard that a preacher in town had been
Successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The preacher agreed, but he asked to see them individually.
So the mother sent the 8 year old first, in the morning, with the older boy to see the preacher in the afternoon.
The preacher, a huge man with a booming voice, sat the younger boy down and asked him sternly, “Do you know where God is, son?”
The boy’s mouth dropped open , but he made no response,
sitting there wide-eyed with his mouth hanging open.
So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone, “Where is God?”
Again, the boy made no attempt to answer.
The preacher raised his voice even more and shook
his finger in the boy’s face and bellowed, “Where is God?”
The boy screamed and bolted from the room, ran directly
home and dove into his closet, slamming the door behind him.
When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked,
“What happened?”
The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, “We are in BIG trouble this time,
(I just LOVE reading this next line again and again)
GOD is missing, and they think we did it!”
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Tips for filling petrol and diesel
Hi,
Very useful information to share
2 tips for filling petrol and diesel:-
Only buy or fill up your car or bike during early morning, when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks underground.. The colder the ground, the more dense the fuel. When it gets warmer, petrol expands. So, buying in the afternoon or in the evening, your litre is not exactly a litre. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature play an important role. 1 degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
Another most important tip is to fill up when your tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank the less is the air occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine.
DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS - IT IS IMPORTANT FOR AS MANY PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE OF RISING PETROL PRICES.
Very useful information to share
2 tips for filling petrol and diesel:-
Only buy or fill up your car or bike during early morning, when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks underground.. The colder the ground, the more dense the fuel. When it gets warmer, petrol expands. So, buying in the afternoon or in the evening, your litre is not exactly a litre. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature play an important role. 1 degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
Another most important tip is to fill up when your tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank the less is the air occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine.
DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS - IT IS IMPORTANT FOR AS MANY PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE OF RISING PETROL PRICES.
Where to Go During an Earthquake
Where to Go During an Earthquake
Remember that stuff about hiding under a table or standing in a doorway? Well, forget it! This is a real eye opener. It could save your life someday.
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON 'THE TRIANGLE OF LIFE'
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI ), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.
I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years, and have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.
The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene -- unnecessary.
Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them - NOT under them. This space is what I call the 'triangle of life'. The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the 'triangles' you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building.
TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
1) Most everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' when building collapse are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.
2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a bed, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.
3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on the back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.
5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.
6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!
7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different 'moment of frequency' (they swing separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not damaged.
8) Get near the outer walls of buildings or outside of them if possible - It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.
9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across them.
10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.
Spread the word and save someone's life...
The entire world is experiencing natural calamities so be prepared!
'We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly'
In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul, University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did 'duck and cover,' and ten mannequins I used in my 'triangle of life' survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions , relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover.
There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the 'triangle of life.' This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.
Subject: Save your life with "The Triangle of Life"
"Triangle of Life":
Without listening or reading, simply by looking at the following self-explanatory photos, you can learn more than in a thousand words about how to protect yourself during a major earthquake...
Remember that stuff about hiding under a table or standing in a doorway? Well, forget it! This is a real eye opener. It could save your life someday.
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON 'THE TRIANGLE OF LIFE'
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI ), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake.
I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries, and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years, and have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters.
The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under its desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene -- unnecessary.
Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them - NOT under them. This space is what I call the 'triangle of life'. The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the 'triangles' you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building.
TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
1) Most everyone who simply 'ducks and covers' when building collapse are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or cars, are crushed.
2) Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to a sofa, next to a bed, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a void next to it.
3) Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are created. Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
4) If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs, simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a sign on the back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.
5) If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next to a sofa, or large chair.
6) Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door jam falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you will be killed!
7) Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different 'moment of frequency' (they swing separately from the main part of the building). The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for safety, even when the rest of the building is not damaged.
8) Get near the outer walls of buildings or outside of them if possible - It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather than the interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the building the greater the probability that your escape route will be blocked.
9) People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims of the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they had been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars that had columns fall directly across them.
10) I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper, that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.
Spread the word and save someone's life...
The entire world is experiencing natural calamities so be prepared!
'We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly'
In 1996 we made a film, which proved my survival methodology to be correct. The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul, University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did 'duck and cover,' and ten mannequins I used in my 'triangle of life' survival method. After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions , relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover.
There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the 'triangle of life.' This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in the USA , Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.
Subject: Save your life with "The Triangle of Life"
"Triangle of Life":
Without listening or reading, simply by looking at the following self-explanatory photos, you can learn more than in a thousand words about how to protect yourself during a major earthquake...
Friday, March 25, 2011
MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY.
Germany is a highly industrialised country. It produces top brands like Benz, BMW, Siemens etc. The nuclear reactor pump is made in a small town in this country. In such a country, many will think its people lead a luxurious life. At least that was my impression before my study trip.
When I arrived at Hamburg, my colleagues who work in Hamburg arranged a welcome party for me in a restaurant. As we walked into the restaurant, we noticed that a lot of tables were empty. There was a table where a young couple was having their meal. There were only two dishes and two cans of beer on the table. I wondered if such simple meal could be romantic, and whether the girl will leave this stingy guy.
There were a few old ladies on another table. When a dish is served, the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would finish every bit of the food on their plates.We did not pay much attention to them, as we were looking forward to the dishes we ordered. As we were hungry, our local colleague ordered more food for us. As the restaurant was quiet, the food came quite fast. Since there were other activities arranged for us, we did not spend much time dining. When we left, there was still about one third of unconsumed food on the table. When we were leaving the restaurant, we heard someone calling us. We noticed the old ladies in the restaurant were talking about us to the restaurant owner. When they spoke to us in English, we understood that they were unhappy about us wasting so much food. We immediately felt that they were really being too busybody.
"We paid for our food, it is none of your business how much food we left behind," my colleague Gui told the old ladies. The old ladies were furious. One of them immediately took her hand phone out and made a call to someone. After a while, a man in uniform claimed to be an officer from the Social Security organization arrived. Upon knowing what the dispute was, he issued us a 50 Mark fine.
We all kept quiet. The local colleague took out a 50 Mark note and repeatedly apologized to the officer.
The officer told us in a stern voice, "ORDER WHAT YOU CAN CONSUME, MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THEWORLD WHO ARE FACING SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES. YOU HAVE NO REASON TOWASTE RESOURCES.´”
Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our hearts. The mindset of people of this rich country put all of us to shame. WE REALLY NEED TO REFLECT ON THIS. We are from country which is not very rich in resources. To save face, we order large quantity and also waste food when we give others a treat.
THIS LESSON TAUGHT US A LESSON TO THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT CHANGING OUR BAD HABITS.
My colleague Photostatted the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. All of us kept it and pasted on our wall to remind us that we shall never be wasteful.
When I arrived at Hamburg, my colleagues who work in Hamburg arranged a welcome party for me in a restaurant. As we walked into the restaurant, we noticed that a lot of tables were empty. There was a table where a young couple was having their meal. There were only two dishes and two cans of beer on the table. I wondered if such simple meal could be romantic, and whether the girl will leave this stingy guy.
There were a few old ladies on another table. When a dish is served, the waiter would distribute the food for them, and they would finish every bit of the food on their plates.We did not pay much attention to them, as we were looking forward to the dishes we ordered. As we were hungry, our local colleague ordered more food for us. As the restaurant was quiet, the food came quite fast. Since there were other activities arranged for us, we did not spend much time dining. When we left, there was still about one third of unconsumed food on the table. When we were leaving the restaurant, we heard someone calling us. We noticed the old ladies in the restaurant were talking about us to the restaurant owner. When they spoke to us in English, we understood that they were unhappy about us wasting so much food. We immediately felt that they were really being too busybody.
"We paid for our food, it is none of your business how much food we left behind," my colleague Gui told the old ladies. The old ladies were furious. One of them immediately took her hand phone out and made a call to someone. After a while, a man in uniform claimed to be an officer from the Social Security organization arrived. Upon knowing what the dispute was, he issued us a 50 Mark fine.
We all kept quiet. The local colleague took out a 50 Mark note and repeatedly apologized to the officer.
The officer told us in a stern voice, "ORDER WHAT YOU CAN CONSUME, MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THEWORLD WHO ARE FACING SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES. YOU HAVE NO REASON TOWASTE RESOURCES.´”
Our face turned red. We all agreed with him in our hearts. The mindset of people of this rich country put all of us to shame. WE REALLY NEED TO REFLECT ON THIS. We are from country which is not very rich in resources. To save face, we order large quantity and also waste food when we give others a treat.
THIS LESSON TAUGHT US A LESSON TO THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT CHANGING OUR BAD HABITS.
My colleague Photostatted the fine ticket and gave a copy to each of us as a souvenir. All of us kept it and pasted on our wall to remind us that we shall never be wasteful.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
love never fades, it only changes its shades
VIJAY _ ARYA _ MIDHU
love never fades, it only changes its shades. . .
11th December 2010
The sun was playing hide and seek. The wind was chilly cold, it was 8 in the morning. She was sleeping by my side in the bed. I had switched on the light and she tried to cover her face with the blanket, but she can’t. As she hates to cover her face while sleeping.
I switched off the light and her face seems to relax and a sweet smile appears on her face in that deep sleep, saying thank you to me. I slowly take out my SLR and try to capture her smile
It looked the same as it was 5 years back.
11th December 2005
I still remember the day, it was 11th of December 2005. It was a Sunday. We were on our first outing after “our union as one in this world”(bole to honeymoon tha :D:D:D). We were in the valley of KASHMIR.
Looking out of the glassed window. The whole earth was clad with white innocent snow.
The snow resembled the smile of a small kid with a innocent smile, touching my soul and making me feel like going out and dance in it. Kashmir is so good and so peaceful in December(now don’t remind me of terror seeking groups, I am just speaking of the valley).
My room had a room heater, I could do anything but just to sulk in the warm cozy blanket was so good.
The room was filled with the essence of Hot elachi chai. I don’t drink tea but that’s her favorite, her morning starts with a hot elachi chai. She was lying next to me in the warm cozy bed, trying to pull the blanket up and cover her face as I have switched on the light in the room. This was the first time I noticed that she doesn’t like to cover her face while sleeping.
Time passed on and I knew her more and more. That elachi chai of hers is her favorite which she calls pyala and my favorite was my morning kiss which she calls pyar ka pyala.
Now I knew she hates to cover her face while sleeping and I loved that part of her sleep.
Her face is never covered with the blanket which gives me the pleasure of looking at her anytime.
I have seen the world in her face, I have seen her smile in her dreams and loved her even more by every day.
Sometimes I see wrinkles on her forehead, I know she is tensed in her dreams and I would just shake her a bit to shatter such a dream which disturbs her peaceful night.
My lappys desktops are filled with her pics with a sweet innocent smile which she portrays while she is dreaming a sweet dream, thanks to my SLR
I know her very well, she likes magenta color and would fight with me when I would say its pink.
She likes elachi tea early morning, her pyala.
She loves wearing pink but often picks up a blue dress as I love her in blue.
She always chooses my happiness before hers.
She cries like a kid while seeing some romantic movie.
She holds a special aroma of herself which mesmerizes me every day.
She gets confused with numbers while calculating for anything and would need my help, for which I always get a kiss.
I still remember our first fight, she went out and bought herself a calculator so that she won’t have any problem with calculation and won’t have to kiss me for her calculation problems.
While on the weekend drive she will tell me every minute “its reverse ABC, Accelerator Brake Clutch”, as she would get confused which foot to place where and my heart would take a extra beat knowing that she is confused with the pedals, risking both our lives, but she won’t let me drive on the weekends.
She is scared to death when it comes to needles and injection and would run away or fight with the doctor if I am not around to hold her and cool her down.
She loves puppies but hates when they pee inside the house. And as I am well mannered and I only use the bathrooms I am her puppy.
She would play with me on a Sunday morning when I would be dying to catch some more sleep(sahi kah hai jisne bhi kaha hai, shadii ke baad ladka kutta ho jata hai ;), but I LOVE to be her puppy).
I love the way she cuddles me like a mom cuddles a small baby.
She sometimes forgets the recipe of what she is cooking and would scratch her head with the salt box in her hand standing in front of the gas stove.
She loves animation movies.
She has big eyes, which become even more beautiful when she applies kajal.
She is full of life, yupieeeeeeeeeeee, I am too lucky to have her as my life
Two years later we were expecting a angel in our life.
It was 11th December 2007.
She was in admitted in the hospital and the doctor said that in few minutes the angel would be life
I was sitting outside the OT and thinking of names, I had thought of Midhu for my daughter and she had thought of Karan for her son.
Lets see who will be born.
11th December 2007
Doctor came out rushing to me and said “the situation has gone critical and we can save only one of them, for the other it will be a risk. Whom you want the baby or the mother” I couldn’t say a word I was in a shock and someone from either o four families or friends, I don’t know who, said “save the baby”
The doctor started to move back to the OT when I shouted at the top of my voice ”NO” and everyone there rouse to their feet, people whispering stopped their whispers, the doctor stood still
And everyone anticipated what I was gonna say next and I said it, ”Save her, save my ARYA, I want her, you can take a chance with the baby, but save my wife, my ARYA”
Doctor smiled back into the room and all my dreams were shattered in a second.
I knew my ARYA will help me get over this if anything happens to the baby, but she has loved the baby more than me, who will support her.
And I knew that moment, I just can break at that moment, I have to stand by my ARYA when she needs me the most.
Time stood still like a summer noon with out any wind making me feel uncomfortable to even breathe. All I had was hope to support me nothing else seemed real, my world has blasted into small fragments of pain, sorrow and fear which was trying to suffocate me from all directions.
It was then I heard my angel cry, a cry which cleared all the grey clouds around me and joy filled in every where around me.
I can not be more happy in my life than that moment, when doctor saved my Arya and also succeeded to save my angel.
The doctor came out after some time and handed us the baby, she was an angel.
Hurray my wish was fulfilled, she was a daughter my MIdhu was born that day and not her Karan.
Every one in the family started to compare her features with some or the other one, but I was sure of those eyes. Those big eyes, those lovely eyes were of my Arya.
Every one held a smile as big as their heart, then the doctor permitted me to go in and speak to my Arya.
My mom held my MIdhu in her hands, while I walked into the OT.
I was on cloud 9, we were gonna share the biggest happiness of our life ever since we met.
But I could sense lot of blood in the OT, she has lost lot of blood in the operation, all my happiness seemed to fade.
She was there on the bed, she had so many pipes and needles running in through her body, she hates and fears injection but she bared all this for our Angel.
She held a smile that could strengthen me enough to fight the whole world with my last breath, but then I can see the pain that hid behind her smile.
She kept that smile while I was no more able to with stand the site of hers in that way, i moved close and sat beside her.
I could not speak a word but yet we spoke a million words. I could feel her pain, my body shivered for a moment and a tear rolled down my cheeck on to her hand.
Her smile changed a bit and i read her eyes, she asked me to lean forward, she took all her strength and rose a bit a kissed on my forehead.
For that one second I cursed her, cursed her like hell, why the hell does she care for me so much.
Why the hell does she care for my happiness so much.
I read her heart very well and I knew it that very moment and couldn't control myself. She has taken the decision.
Even before the doctor came to me I knew that she has asked the doctor to save the child risking her own life.
She didn't even think for once what will happen to me if anything happens to her.
A million thoughts ran through my mind, was she safe or not and when i turned to the doctor all she said was "I am sorry, it was her decision".
I will never forgive that doctor, i ll never forgive you my love life my world my ARYA.
In that last moment my Arya spoke to me "Happy na u have ur midhu now, and dont worry Vijay i ll always be there with you, I ll be your midhu if not your Arya anymore.
You remember Vijay when we eloped and I told you that my dad would cry a lot and you used to make fun of me.
Don't worry, ur Midhu wont elope with any guy, because I know you will be her friend first a father later.
promise ME THAT YOU WILL TAKE HER TO THE ICEREAM PARLOR THAT WE VISIT LATE NIGHT
promise ME THAT YOU WILL TEACH HER HOW TO DRIVE THE WAY YOU DID TO ME
promise ME………..
she took a lot of promise and left me for this life
I still don’t know why I am live
I still don’t know how I ll take care of my Midhu who is also my Arya now
Three years later
11th December 2010
I am at Kashmir, fulfilling one of her promises and living one of my best moments of life.
Loving to know the fact that she is just not my sweet little angel Midhu, she is my Arya too. As she too hates to cover her face while asleep.
Letting me get lost in her innocence and overloading my SLR with her one in a million, million pics.
When Life takes a complete U turn.
When life goes upside down.
When u are all alone in the middle of nowhere.
Its then U find that, there is someone whom you love more than anyone else you ever loved in this world.
love never fades, it only changes its shades. . .
love never fades, it only changes its shades. . .
11th December 2010
The sun was playing hide and seek. The wind was chilly cold, it was 8 in the morning. She was sleeping by my side in the bed. I had switched on the light and she tried to cover her face with the blanket, but she can’t. As she hates to cover her face while sleeping.
I switched off the light and her face seems to relax and a sweet smile appears on her face in that deep sleep, saying thank you to me. I slowly take out my SLR and try to capture her smile
It looked the same as it was 5 years back.
11th December 2005
I still remember the day, it was 11th of December 2005. It was a Sunday. We were on our first outing after “our union as one in this world”(bole to honeymoon tha :D:D:D). We were in the valley of KASHMIR.
Looking out of the glassed window. The whole earth was clad with white innocent snow.
The snow resembled the smile of a small kid with a innocent smile, touching my soul and making me feel like going out and dance in it. Kashmir is so good and so peaceful in December(now don’t remind me of terror seeking groups, I am just speaking of the valley).
My room had a room heater, I could do anything but just to sulk in the warm cozy blanket was so good.
The room was filled with the essence of Hot elachi chai. I don’t drink tea but that’s her favorite, her morning starts with a hot elachi chai. She was lying next to me in the warm cozy bed, trying to pull the blanket up and cover her face as I have switched on the light in the room. This was the first time I noticed that she doesn’t like to cover her face while sleeping.
Time passed on and I knew her more and more. That elachi chai of hers is her favorite which she calls pyala and my favorite was my morning kiss which she calls pyar ka pyala.
Now I knew she hates to cover her face while sleeping and I loved that part of her sleep.
Her face is never covered with the blanket which gives me the pleasure of looking at her anytime.
I have seen the world in her face, I have seen her smile in her dreams and loved her even more by every day.
Sometimes I see wrinkles on her forehead, I know she is tensed in her dreams and I would just shake her a bit to shatter such a dream which disturbs her peaceful night.
My lappys desktops are filled with her pics with a sweet innocent smile which she portrays while she is dreaming a sweet dream, thanks to my SLR
I know her very well, she likes magenta color and would fight with me when I would say its pink.
She likes elachi tea early morning, her pyala.
She loves wearing pink but often picks up a blue dress as I love her in blue.
She always chooses my happiness before hers.
She cries like a kid while seeing some romantic movie.
She holds a special aroma of herself which mesmerizes me every day.
She gets confused with numbers while calculating for anything and would need my help, for which I always get a kiss.
I still remember our first fight, she went out and bought herself a calculator so that she won’t have any problem with calculation and won’t have to kiss me for her calculation problems.
While on the weekend drive she will tell me every minute “its reverse ABC, Accelerator Brake Clutch”, as she would get confused which foot to place where and my heart would take a extra beat knowing that she is confused with the pedals, risking both our lives, but she won’t let me drive on the weekends.
She is scared to death when it comes to needles and injection and would run away or fight with the doctor if I am not around to hold her and cool her down.
She loves puppies but hates when they pee inside the house. And as I am well mannered and I only use the bathrooms I am her puppy.
She would play with me on a Sunday morning when I would be dying to catch some more sleep(sahi kah hai jisne bhi kaha hai, shadii ke baad ladka kutta ho jata hai ;), but I LOVE to be her puppy).
I love the way she cuddles me like a mom cuddles a small baby.
She sometimes forgets the recipe of what she is cooking and would scratch her head with the salt box in her hand standing in front of the gas stove.
She loves animation movies.
She has big eyes, which become even more beautiful when she applies kajal.
She is full of life, yupieeeeeeeeeeee, I am too lucky to have her as my life
Two years later we were expecting a angel in our life.
It was 11th December 2007.
She was in admitted in the hospital and the doctor said that in few minutes the angel would be life
I was sitting outside the OT and thinking of names, I had thought of Midhu for my daughter and she had thought of Karan for her son.
Lets see who will be born.
11th December 2007
Doctor came out rushing to me and said “the situation has gone critical and we can save only one of them, for the other it will be a risk. Whom you want the baby or the mother” I couldn’t say a word I was in a shock and someone from either o four families or friends, I don’t know who, said “save the baby”
The doctor started to move back to the OT when I shouted at the top of my voice ”NO” and everyone there rouse to their feet, people whispering stopped their whispers, the doctor stood still
And everyone anticipated what I was gonna say next and I said it, ”Save her, save my ARYA, I want her, you can take a chance with the baby, but save my wife, my ARYA”
Doctor smiled back into the room and all my dreams were shattered in a second.
I knew my ARYA will help me get over this if anything happens to the baby, but she has loved the baby more than me, who will support her.
And I knew that moment, I just can break at that moment, I have to stand by my ARYA when she needs me the most.
Time stood still like a summer noon with out any wind making me feel uncomfortable to even breathe. All I had was hope to support me nothing else seemed real, my world has blasted into small fragments of pain, sorrow and fear which was trying to suffocate me from all directions.
It was then I heard my angel cry, a cry which cleared all the grey clouds around me and joy filled in every where around me.
I can not be more happy in my life than that moment, when doctor saved my Arya and also succeeded to save my angel.
The doctor came out after some time and handed us the baby, she was an angel.
Hurray my wish was fulfilled, she was a daughter my MIdhu was born that day and not her Karan.
Every one in the family started to compare her features with some or the other one, but I was sure of those eyes. Those big eyes, those lovely eyes were of my Arya.
Every one held a smile as big as their heart, then the doctor permitted me to go in and speak to my Arya.
My mom held my MIdhu in her hands, while I walked into the OT.
I was on cloud 9, we were gonna share the biggest happiness of our life ever since we met.
But I could sense lot of blood in the OT, she has lost lot of blood in the operation, all my happiness seemed to fade.
She was there on the bed, she had so many pipes and needles running in through her body, she hates and fears injection but she bared all this for our Angel.
She held a smile that could strengthen me enough to fight the whole world with my last breath, but then I can see the pain that hid behind her smile.
She kept that smile while I was no more able to with stand the site of hers in that way, i moved close and sat beside her.
I could not speak a word but yet we spoke a million words. I could feel her pain, my body shivered for a moment and a tear rolled down my cheeck on to her hand.
Her smile changed a bit and i read her eyes, she asked me to lean forward, she took all her strength and rose a bit a kissed on my forehead.
For that one second I cursed her, cursed her like hell, why the hell does she care for me so much.
Why the hell does she care for my happiness so much.
I read her heart very well and I knew it that very moment and couldn't control myself. She has taken the decision.
Even before the doctor came to me I knew that she has asked the doctor to save the child risking her own life.
She didn't even think for once what will happen to me if anything happens to her.
A million thoughts ran through my mind, was she safe or not and when i turned to the doctor all she said was "I am sorry, it was her decision".
I will never forgive that doctor, i ll never forgive you my love life my world my ARYA.
In that last moment my Arya spoke to me "Happy na u have ur midhu now, and dont worry Vijay i ll always be there with you, I ll be your midhu if not your Arya anymore.
You remember Vijay when we eloped and I told you that my dad would cry a lot and you used to make fun of me.
Don't worry, ur Midhu wont elope with any guy, because I know you will be her friend first a father later.
promise ME THAT YOU WILL TAKE HER TO THE ICEREAM PARLOR THAT WE VISIT LATE NIGHT
promise ME THAT YOU WILL TEACH HER HOW TO DRIVE THE WAY YOU DID TO ME
promise ME………..
she took a lot of promise and left me for this life
I still don’t know why I am live
I still don’t know how I ll take care of my Midhu who is also my Arya now
Three years later
11th December 2010
I am at Kashmir, fulfilling one of her promises and living one of my best moments of life.
Loving to know the fact that she is just not my sweet little angel Midhu, she is my Arya too. As she too hates to cover her face while asleep.
Letting me get lost in her innocence and overloading my SLR with her one in a million, million pics.
When Life takes a complete U turn.
When life goes upside down.
When u are all alone in the middle of nowhere.
Its then U find that, there is someone whom you love more than anyone else you ever loved in this world.
love never fades, it only changes its shades. . .
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