Resolutions 2015

I don’t party much. So, birthday’s and New Years are just like any other day for me. But when people welcome New Year by partying, I do it by writing. Pouring my heart out for one more time. And here I am today, just having a look at the past and reliving the moments.

2014 undoubtedly has been a decent year for me. I have had enough of memories to cherish for a life time.

Let me now check with the status of my 2014 resolutions which I had written in Jan 2014.

1.    Being a published Author.

2.    Hit the courts and play tennis hard.

3.    Body fitness.

4.    Reading and writing. A lot actually.

5.    Being responsible.

6.    Meeting new people. 

7.    Finding Happiness.

A tick mark goes for the first resolution. ‘Being a Published Author’. Not an easy one though. I’m glad that my work is getting published. I can now proudly say that I am a ‘Contributing Author’ for ‘The Notebook of Romance’ a collection of short stories by Gargi Publishers.

Note: Pre-Order links will be out soon and the book will hit the stores by February 14th 2015. (Valentine’s Day Special)

2, 3 and 4 points didn’t go well. I didn’t read much in 2014. But I have written so much like never before. I kept writing thousands of words every day. And that’s my job.

Meeting new people? Yes. I met some really wonderful people in 2014. My blogger friends Gayatri Aptekar, Sachin Prabhu and a few more.

Finding Happiness? Yes. I was happy. Apart from a few disturbances, I was happy for most of the time. 1^st part of 2014 was tough for some reasons but the second one went good. Had a fabulous time with a few writing commitments.

So, my resolutions for 2015 are as follows.

1.    Discovering myself

2.    Reading.

3.    Body fitness.

4.    Writing.  

5.    Blogging.

6.    Journal maintenance.  

7.    Taking Chances. 

 Well, that’s it for 2015. I hope this will bring a lot of change in me. To keep things on fastrack this time, ‘Discovering myself’ will be initiated in the first and second weeks of Jan followed by Chennai Literature Fest and Hyderabad Literature Fest. I am really looking forward to meet some wonderful people at the fest.

It’s going to be a month of discovering myself and finding what I really wanted in life. After all, the emptiness of being unemployed after 16 good months can never be replaceable.

Finally, sometime for myself. And I call it taking chances.

So, this is what I have got for now. Now it’s your turn to pen down resolutions.

Once again wishing you all a wonderful new year.

Terrorism At It's Supreme Level

“Pakistan mourns after Taliban Peshawar School massacre.” Headlines read this way in the morning. After the Sydney seize, now it was Pakistan’s turn to experience the real face of terrorism. The only thing that crossed my mind when heard of Peshawar school attack, was like Pakistan had a bite of their own medicine.

Terrorism and Pakistan are so interconnected according to the sources. The National and International media talks about Pakistan’s govt. providing the enough of encouragement to the terrorist groups for various reasons and one doesn’t really have any idea of why the govt. does that except for their selfish needs.

But one thing to remember, not just after this incident, but having heard of serial bomb blasts in and outside Pakistan, I would like to really tell some people that Pakistan and terrorism is not just the same. Not every Pakistani is a terrorist and not every terrorist is a Pakistani. It’s important that people need to have an eye on the facts and don’t really come to a conclusion that Pakistan is a terrorist nation.

Like in India, there must have been some really wonderful people and we may not know anything about them.

Just to add enough of evidence to my point there, take the Peshawar attack. Such a heinous one from the Taliban camp. And the most horrendous thing about terrorism is that, they claim to have committed such an inhumane thing so proudly. What from the news I have read is that, Taliban’s have admitted that it was now all justified.

148 have been killed in the incident in which most of them are students. It was like the future of Pakistan has taken a nasty beat. It was almost like more than 200 families got affected with this attack.  

Support has come to Pakistan from all corners of the world. And I call it as the real face of humanity showing towards a country that doesn’t know the real meaning of humanity and governance.

It was now clear and open to everyone that Pakistan govt. has failed to provide any kind of security for the people living in there. Instead, some camps or groups are encouraging hatred and spreading it across which is not really a good sign.

The only thing that comes to my mind when I think of Terrorism for most of the time is ‘Why can’t govt. consider Terrorism as their First Priority” and work towards providing safety first to their own citizens. Providing job opportunities is something that comes only after security. To be more precise, one must be alive at least to go to work. So, it would be better if govt.’s think of providing safety first to the citizens and everything next.

My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the affected. It’s really hard to digest the fact about their kids not making to home after the school yesterday. I think people of Pakistan will at least now think of what’s happening in their country right now. It’s people who elect their leaders everywhere. So, it’s time to recheck what they really need in the long run.

India is no new to terrorism. Mumbai Terrorist attack is something that will not be forgotten so easily. It’s people who are going to take the final call.

Who knows? You may be the next victim of terrorism. So, before it gets any serious, act now.