What's Inspired Me Today.. :)!

The Beginning...

Today I Watched The Discovery Channel's Show "I Shouldn't Be Alive". There, They Tell About The People Who Survived After The Deadly Situations They Were Into Esp Lost Somewhere.. Today They Tell About The Linda Forney, Who In August 1975, Was Lost In Grand Canyon, USA And Struggled For 21 Days There To Find Path Out But Was Unsuccessful And Physically, Emotionally & Mentally Exhausted... But With Her Will To Survive & Determination, She Just Tried Very Hard & Managed To Live For 21 Days Without Food And All Alone.. After That She Was Found & Rescued.

What Inspired Me From Her Story...

I've Been Into Many Baseless Fears Lately & Was Sad And Stressed. But After Watching This, I Realized That Even I'm In My Air Conditioned Room With Such A Blessed Life, Was Into So Much Self Created Fears And Thinking Crap For So Long & Was Tensed.. But People Like Linda Forney Who Faced Real Challenges When They Were Into Such Deadly Situations And Managed To Survive Out of Them With Their Will Power... Then Why Can't I Just Remove All The Shit I Was Thinking (Which I Know, Were Totally False & Baseless) From My Mind & Embrace Positivity And With My God Gifted Will Power, Just Go For What I Want, Which I Know, Is Not That Tough And Difficult In Compare Of What People Like Linda, Who Just Faced Near Death. So I Must Remind Back Her Story Whenever I Feel Low.. :)

Last But Not The Least...

You Can Be Inspired By Any Thing Around You, From Little Stone To Big Mountain, The Whole Nature & Its Surrounding Are Full of Inspirations. What's Important Is, 'What Clicks You." :)!

Trip To Andaman (In Andaman & Nicobar Islands)

First Week of April of 2011, Witnessed My Trip To Andaman & Nicobar Islands (A&N).. On The Bay Of Bengal, Its A group of 394 Islands Divided Into Two Groups. Its Union Territory of India, With Capital of Port Blair..,

It Was 6 Days Trip [From 5th -10th April 2011] & Began From Bhopal With 4 Hours Direct Air Journey To Chennai And Next Day 2 Hours Flight To Port Blair From Chennai... The Aerial View of Islands When My Flight Started Approaching Port Blair, Was So Mesmerizing.. With Small Islands, Their Little Sandy Coasts , Sea And Small Ships Sailing Nearby.. Its What They Say, Is Breathtaking.. :)!

I Reached Port Blair, Small But Beautiful City.. The Hills & Bay View Make The Whole Place Lovely.. I Stayed There At Sinclair's Bay View Hotel Which Has An Amazing Sea View Location.

For Rest of The Day, It Was All About Visiting Local Places Like Anthropological Museum (Must Visit As It Gives General Idea About Andamanese & Nicobarese Tribes & Other Human Settlements Over Islands) And Cellular Jail Complex (With Its Museum).

Cellular Jail Has Its Own History, Built Up By Britishers To Give Severest Punishments To Indians (Esp Freedom Fighters) During Colonial Times.. Its A Huge Structure Which Had Seven Wings (Out of Them Three Survived Now After Natural Calamities & Japanese Attack In WW2).. This Cellular Jail Punishment (Including One On Viper Island) Were Known As "Kala Pani Ki Sazaa" Named After Black-Blue Water of Bay of Bengal! There I Attended Light & Sound Show Which Provides All Information.

Next Day On 7th April It Was Tour To Near by Places By Inter Islands Ferry,

First Ross Island. It Is A Small Island, Situated Very Near From Port Blair. It Was An Administrative Capital of Britishers During Pre-Independence Years.. There You Can See The Whole Erstwhile Glory of That Time With Ruins of Little British Colony Where They had Everything From Church, Bungalows, Club, Water Purification Plant, Park, To Cemetery.. It Was Worth-visiting Best Place For Anglophile Like Me Who Just Love Such British Legacy In India!!

After Ross Island, Rest of Two Places To Be Visited, Were Viper Island (Famous for Its Jail) And North Bay Island (A Place Near Port Blair To Watch Corals & Related Things).. I Did Snorkeling Here & Saw Kinds of Corals And Water Bodies.. A Marvelous Experience

On 8th April It Was Trip To Havelock Island Via Inter Island Cruise For Almost Two Days.. Havelock Island Is Lovely Small Island Situated 55Km On The North Side of Port Blair. It is Full of Natural Beauty Just Like Rest of A&N Islands, Famous For Its While Sand Beaches & Crystal Clear Water... I Stayed At Sea Shell Resort Which Was Itself A Nice Place With Lots of Coconut Trees, Cottage Type Rooms & Its Private Beach...

The Main Attraction of Havelock Is RadhaNagar Beach Which Is Declared Best Beach In Asia By TIME Magazine In 2004.. Its A Wonderful & Best Beach I've Ever Visited In India!!

Later In The Day I Explored The Bazaar Area of Havelock And It Was Surprising To See One Small But Decent Super-Market In That Far & Remote Island. Next Day I Visited Elepant Beach Where You Can Either Reach By Jungle Trekking Or Motor Boat By Sea.. Its A Small Beach But Famous For Its Corals Watching..

In Evening I Went Back To Port Blair And Next & Final Day of 10th April, My Trip Completed With Coming Back To Bhopal via Chennai!!

Some Other Point:

-Tourism Is Generally Permitted On Andaman Group of Islands As Entry Is Restricted In Nicobar Group of Islands. Even Indians Need Special Permit To Visit Latter.. In Andaman Itself, The Standard Travel Itinerary Is The Same I Described Here.. Entry To Tribal Area is Not Permitted Either

- As India Observes One Indian Standard Time Zone, So Its Fun For Indian Like Me Who Live In The Central Part of Country, To See Sun Rise At 5:15am Due To Andaman's Eastern Position From Mainland Indian Part, (It Was Just Opposite In Compare To On My RADAR!!: My Trip To Kutch (Kachchh/Kuchchh) Where Sun Rises At 7:15Am.)

- There Is No As Such Andamanese & Nicobarese Cuisines But Sea Food Is Available Everywhere.. Vegetarians Need Not To Worry As You Can Get Your Kind of Food There Too.

- These Islands Are Famous For Water Sports & Related Activities Like Scuba Diving etc Among Tourists

- Ship Facilities Are Available To Reach Port Blair From Mainland Cities Like Kolkata, Chennai But They Usually Take Two-Three Days To Reach As Port Blair Is Approx 1o00KM Far Via Sea From Mainland India.. So Its Best To Go There Through Flights.

-Its Best To Avoid Going There In Monsoon (Rains) Months Which Starts There Early In May.

-One Better Inquire About The Check Out Time Esp At Havelock Island Resorts Where Its Around 11Am Due To Inter-Island Cruise Arrival Timing.

Andaman Region Is GORGEOUSLY Beautiful.. Everyone Esp My Fellow Indians, Must Go There... Natural Sceneries, Fine Beaches, Colonial History, Scuba Driving (& Snorkeling), etc Can Inspire You To Be There And Feel How Incredible INDIA Is!

My Trip To Kutch (Kachchh/Kuchchh)

After A While, I'm Here Again To Write About My Visit To Kutch (Kachchh/Kuchchh) Region In The State of Gujarat In India.. Gujarat, The State I Like After My Home State of Madhya Pradesh, As My Mother's From Gujarat And I Take Pride In Being Kind of Half Gujarati..! This Time I've Planned To Visit Its Western Region of Kutch. I Reached Gujarat In The First Week of March (4th March) .. I Stayed At Ahmedabad (Prominent City of Gujarat & My Mom's Home City) For One Day And Then Next Day I Proceeded To Bhuj (District Head Quarter of Kutch) With My Father.

It Is 400Km Approx Far And Took Me Almost 7 Hours To Reach Bhuj By Road, Overall Roads Are In Excellent Condition. I Went Via Surendnagar & Rajkot Districts & While Entering Into The District Of Kutch, I Crossed One Little Portion of Gulf Of Kutch. Throughout Journey, I Was Watching The Development Aspect of This State, With Industries, Wide Roads And Various Business Set-Ups.

Next & First Day In Kutch, (on 6th Match) I Roamed Around In The Little But Beautiful Town of Bhuj, With Old Royal Legacy of Kutch Princly State Clearly Reflecting In Old Buildings And Palaces. Out of Them I Visited PragMahal of Kutch's Erstwhile Rulers.. Its In Italian Gothic Style.. Then In The Same Complex, There is A Section Called Aina Mahal, Which Is Full of Mirrors & All Glass Decorative Things.. (Below Is Prag Mahal Palace In Bhuj)

After Leaving Bhuj, I Proceeded To North Side of Kutch, To The Area of Great Rann Of Kutch, Its A Seasonal Marsh Land, And Full of Salt.. Actually Due To Creek Located In The West Side of it, Sea Water From Arabian Sea, Comes Into It And Due To Being Low Land Area, Water Goes Inside Upto Large Extent And Could Not Retreat Back.. And Then Sunlight Dries All left Water Gradually And What's Left Is Salty Salt... (Below Is Panorama View of Rann of Kutch)

I Went To Dhorado And Kalo Dungor, Dhorado Is A Small Village, Is Known As Gateway of Rann And From Here U Can Enter This Rann And Walk On It.. There Govt of Gujarat Promoted Tourism By Developing Resorts And Organizing Rann Festival.. Rann Festival Is Annual Celebration To Promote This Area And Every time They Organize In Different Parts of Rann Area So That It Gets Proper & Balanced Attention. Kalo Dungor Is a Small Hill Located Bit Far From Dhorado Area, Where One Can See Large View of Vast Rann From It.. (Below Is View of Rann Of Kutch From Kalo Dungor Hill)

Afternoon, I Return Back To Bhuj And Went To Sea Side At South of Kutch. I Reached To Mandvi, Place Famous For Its Calm Beaches.. Actually Here Its A Gulf Portion of Arabian Sea And Enclosed By Land From Three Side, Which Made Gulf Water Less Rough With Light Waves And You Won't Feel The Presence of Sea If You Stay Nearby! That Made It Famous Among Visitors Who Want To Enjoy Calm Sea... I Esp Visited In Mandvi, The Summer Palace (of Erstwhile Kutch Rulers) Known As Vijaya Vilas Palace (One Portion Is Converted Into Museum) And Royal Private Beach Near By Palace Which Has Sea Side Resort. I Relaxed There For While On Beach And Enjoy The Sea.... (Below Are Pics Of Mandvi Beach & Vijaya Vilas Palace)

Second & Last Day In Kutch (On 7th March) I Took Coastal Highway And Been To Various Places While Going Back To Ahmedabad, I Saw Mundra (Industrial Area And Port Town) And Gandhidham, Another Major City In Kutch... Meanwhile I Visited Anjar & Bachhau Too..

[Note: Kutch Area Witnessed A Major Earthquake of 7.7 Magnitude, In 2001, Which Destroyed Some of The Cities There... Its Impact Was Felt As Far As Ahmedabad. City of Bachhau In Kutch Was Completely Destroyed In Earthquake. But Developed Again Along With Other Affected Parts.. The Whole Earthquake Affected Kutch Progressed And There Is No Mark Of Destruction By Earthquake Remains Now]

The Unique Place I Visited Later, Was Village Named Adhoi Near Bachhau City. This Village Was Severely Effected In The EarthQuake.. But Here Govt Re-established Villagers Near By And Preserved The All Old Destroyed Buildings For Study Purpose Related To Impact of Earthquake For Specialists Who Research On It And Also For General Public Who Can Visit This Site.. For Me It Was Memorable Experience To See Such Place And Observe How Men Is Helpless In Front of Fury Of Nature. (Below Are The Pics From Same Village)

After All These Places, I Went Back To Ahmedbad via Taking Other Route of Going Through Other Gujarat's Cities Like Morbi, Wakaner, etc. In Evening I Reached To Ahmedbad.

I've Been To Gujarat Umpteen Times Due To My Family Connections But It Was Only Limited To Visiting Only Ahmedabad But Only This Time I Traveled So Extensively In Gujarat. It Was Very Memorable & Exciting... And Special Part Was Visitng Rann..

(Link of Gujarat Tourism Video - Kutch)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojVT6GH0FHs

[Some Little Thing About This Trip]

-While On 5th March, Before Going For Kutch, I Took Some Time Out And Went With My Cousin, To One Historical Place Located In Outskirts of Ahmedbad City. This Place Is Called Adalaj And Its Known For Its Queen's Step Well, (Rani Ni Vav) Created By Queen Ruda In Memory of Her Husband Vaghela Chieftain, In 1455 AD.. Its Famous For Its Architectural Beauty. (Below are two pics of Queen's Step Well)

- This Time I Enjoyed Kathiawad Food Cuisines ( The Southern-Western Portion of Gujarat Is Known As Kathiawad) And Their Food Is Slightly Different From Traditional Gujarati Food Style..

- In Gujarat, If You Go In Tea Stalls, They Give U Tea With One Cup And Two Plates As Here its Tradition of Sharing Tea Between Two or More Persons You Are With..

-Kachchhi Language (of Kutch Region) More Resembles With Sindhi Language And Its Not A Sub Language of Gujarati Language, As Mostly Consider So.

-People of Gujarat Have Great Business Skills And That's Why They Are Number One In All Finance, And Stock Marketing And Other Business Related Aspects..

- In Bhuj, As Rainfalls Are Less, So If City Lake Gets Filled In Monsoon, Local Administration Declares Public Holiday..

Favorite OSHO Quotes

- Live Life Without Any Philosophy To Live By. No Philosophy Is Needed To Live Life. In Fact, The Best And Most Glorious Life IS The Life Which Is Lived Without Any Philosophy - Simply, Innocent, Spontaneous.

- Don't Judge Others And Don't be Perturbed And Disturbed By Others Judgement. You Are Alone And You Are Unique. You Never Were Before , You Never Will Be Again. You Are Beautiful. Accept it. And Whatsoever Happens, Allow It To Happen And Pass Through It.

- Life Is A River. You Can Fight Or You Can Float; Either You Can Push The River And Try To Go Against The Current Or You Can Float With The River And Go Wherever The River Leads You. Surrender Is Not Towards Somebody; Its Simply A Way Of Life.

- Open Up! Throw Your Doors And Windows Open. Let Wind And Rain And Sun Come In. Let People Enter Into You And You Enter Into People's Lives. That Is The Only Way To Becoming Aware Of The Tremendous Mystery Of Life..

- We All Cling To The Past And Because We Cling To The Past We Become Unavailable To The Present.

-I Don't Have A Single Principle For You To Follow; Just A Simple Understanding That It Is Your Life - Enjoy It, Allow It To Sing A Song In You, Allow It To Become A Dance In You. You Have Nothing Else To Do But Simply To Be Available. And Flowers Are Going To Shower On You.

-Give Life To Things That Are Beautiful, Don't Give Life To Ugly Thing. With A Small Life, With A Small Energy Source, It's Stupid To Waste It In Sadness, In Anger, In Hatred, In Jealousy. Use It In Love, In Some Creative Act, In Friendship, In Meditation.

-Be Here In This World, But Taking The Whole Thing As A Game, A Big Drama, No Longer Serious About It

-My Vision Of A Good World Is That People Will Be Individuals, Sharing Their Joy & Love Unconditionally. They Will Remain Aware Of The Constant Change In Existance.

-The Intelligent Person Will Go On Inward First. Before Going Anywhere Else, He Will Go Into His Own Being; That Is The First Thing. Only When You Have Known Yourself Can You Go Anywhere Else. Then Wherever You Go, You Will Carry Blissfulness Around You.

-The Moment You Start Seeing Life As Non-Serious & Playful, The Entire Burden In Your Heart Disappears. The Fear of Death, Life & Love Also Disappears. One Can Fly In The Open Sky. Zen's Greatest Contribution Is To Give You An Alternative To The Serious Man.

-Just Look Yourself, You Can Only Be Yourself. There Is No Possibility That You Can Be Anybody Else. You Can Enjoy It & Bloom Or You Can Wither Away If You Condemn it.

-Friendship Has Coolness In IT. Love Has Heat, Hence It Goes High, Low; Sometimes Everything Is Beautiful And Sometimes Everything Is Ugly. Love Changes, Friendship Has A More Eternal Quality To It; It Doesn't Change. Let Love Be The First Step And Friendship The Climax.

-Be Grateful To Existence; Enjoy The Beautiful Life That Surrounds You. love - Because Tomorrow Is Not Certain. Don't Postpone Anything Beautiful For Tomorrow. Live Intensely, Live Totally, Here & Now.

- Freedom Is The Very Criterion That Tests Whether Love Is Real Or Not. If Love Destroys Freedom Then Its Not Worthwhile. It Is Something Else Masquerading As Love, Pretending To Be Love. The Deeper You Go In Love, The More Free You Become.

- Comparison Is A Foolish Attitude, Because Each Person Is Unique And Incomparable. Once This Understanding Settles In You, Jealously Disappears. You Are Just Yourself: Nobody Has Ever Been Like You, And Nobody Will Ever Be And You Need Not Be Like Anybody Else, Either.

- Drop The Mind! Stop Thinking! Become More Aware! See The Trees And Listen To The Birds, With No Screens of Thoughts Hindering The Path, Meet Directly! Truth Is Immediate, Radiant, Here Now. It Is Not That Truth Has To Be Discovered - Only You Have To Become Aware. Truth Is Already Here.

- The Moment You Can Say To God, "I'm Perfect As I'm Happy As I'm" This Is What In The East Call Shraddha - Trust; Then You Have Accepted Yourself And In Accepting Yourself You Have Accepted Your Creator. Denying Yourself You Deny Your Creator.

- Everything Is Available, Has Been Available Always; You Have Never Missed It. But Just Because Of Your Seeking Of The Future, Of The Goal, You Can't Look. The Truth Surrounds You, You Exist In It. These Trees, These Winds Blowing, These Clouds Moving, The Sky, You, And I - That is What God is.

Still Waitin'

Witness of Whole History Of This Case Which Was Now Getting To Its Final Result.. I Was There Whole Time In The Moments Of Happiness And Sadness.. I Was There To Provide My Shoulders To Cry, To Share All Those Little Reasons Of Instant Hopes, Cheeriness And Getting Inspired.. Why I Wasn't Now In The Picture.. Why I'm LEFT Out.. Though That Person Was Always Significant And I Knew About My Status But I Did Hold Some Value, Value of Sharing That Final's Result News. Because I'm The One Who Could Actually Reciprocate That Excitement.. I Was Whole Time Supporting Through This On/Off Relationship.. Now I'm Don't See Myself..

Whole Matrix of Relationship Has Been Changed Now. Those Who Weren't Talking, Now Having Best of Relationship, Those Who Promised To Stay Together Are Gone In Their Own Directions. I Still Remember All Those Times Which Are Now Part Of Nostalgia Of That Particular Period. Where Friendship Got Evolved...

2009 Was The Year.. We Had Last Of Proper Communication.. After Than Communication Gap Started Taking Place.. I'm Now Sick Of This Term "Communication Gap", It Ruined Few Of My Best Relationships..

Though Due To This Public Place Of Blogs And My Not Writing Down Whole Thing Elaborately Made Me To Write This Brief Blog But Ulitmately I Would Still Wish Of Having Again In Touch And Still Waiting of Getting Informed By .....!!

By The Way Still Writing This "Sad" Blog Made Me Smile Even Because While Writing It, The Various Spent Days & Hours Were Running In My Mind Like Film And It Has Even Some Happy Ones Too (And Nice Slow Songs Playing In Background) Which "Caused" Me Smiling!! I May Hope Optimistically, I Think. I Will Always Wish You The Best.

North Korea Frm d Eyes of Indian "Armchair" Foreign Affairs Specialist

Just Came To Know About North Koran Firing On South Koran Island... This Made Me To Write About What I Feel About North Korea, Which I Kept On Thinking From Few Days.. Everyone Knows About Korean War And How The Present Scenario of North & South Korea Formed.. A Big Difference Between Them Is North One Is Communist And South One Is Capitalist.. North Korea Out of Its Staunch Communism Is Facing Various Problems Inside It, Which Often Not Get Space In Newspapers Due To Its "Closed" Nature Of Not Allowing Anyone To Find Out What's Actually Happening.. South Korea, On The Contrary, Is Coming To Known As One Of The Developed Nation Out Of Its Capitalist Economy.. It Has So Many MNCs Working In Various Sectors And Mainly People Getting So Many Benefits Out Of This Prosperity...

North Korea, I Often Wonder How's Life Within Its Boundaries.. How People Live In Such Atmosphere Where You're Not Allowed To Speak Your Mind, You're Not Allowed To Raise Questions Over National Governance, You're Not Allowed To Know What's Happening Around You And In The World Due To Strong Media Censor, You've Only Government Run Media Sources Which Are Highly Biased.. All These Factors May Attribute To Typical Communism System.. But In Today's "Too Much Information" World, How Do North Koreans Feel..?

Obviously By Some Illegal And "Underground" Sources, North Koreans Must Have Known About South Koreans' Prosperities..? North Koreans Must Be Getting Brainwashed By Its "Government" So That They Can't Protest Or Raise Their View. Fact!

I Remember One Documentary Regarding North Koreans, I Watched On TV.. There Was One Doctor Got Rare Opportunity To Have Eye Camp At North Korea.. After The Operations Done, Those Who Got Benefit From It, Rather Saying One Or Two Words Of Gratitude To Doctor, Kept On Thanking Their "Head Of Government" For "Giving" Them This "Benefit" And Were Saying In Return They Will Work More And Efficiently At Their Respective Work Places To "Contribute" More In "Developing North Korea"... And Also Some "Responsible" Government's Officers Were There To "Observe" Whole Camp And Its Working.. So Obviously, Why Those Poor North Koreans Would Get Themselves Into Troubles By Not "Properly" Acknowledging Their "Favorite" Leader For This "Help'..

North Korean's Top Leaders Get Support From China And China- USA Differences Also Cover Korean Issue!! South Korea Is Especially Interested In North-South Unification.. But What Will Be The Consequences.. As Per My Observations, It'll Be Highly Against Of China's Interests. China, Who Wants To Have Its Communist Ally's Position Intact, Would Get "Alone" If This Unification Happens.. Though North Korean "Autocratic Government" May Not Want This Unification, As Why Would They Give Up Such A Autocratic Grip Over Country So Easily.. But They May Allow Some Freedom From Restrictions Of North-South Koreans Mingling.. But Any Such Steps Can Lead To Further Things Which Can "Someday" Result Into Unification. Its Possible.. But If This Happens, Obviously South Part Of Peninsula Will Get Leverage Over North Due To Its Economic And Political Strongness And Automatically U.S. Will Come In The Picture.. Why Would China Risk It By Already Having Some U.S. Allies In That Areas Like South Korea And Japan.. So Definitely It'll Try To Jeopardize The Process, If It Takes Place.

For Now, We Can Expect Status Quo With Mild Tensions Between Them And No Drastic Changes In North Korea's Perception!