A Testimonial

Where is my destination

If not in your arms

Where is my heart

if not in my homeland

thinking I keep waiting

for the final moment

when I’ll be there

reaching my hearth

putting an end to the

long wait.

The countdown

is yet to begin

can’t help but 

wait the process is so.

Restless I get

as the long day

passes by.

Waiting for the escalations

 to wear down and finally

head to home to meet

the near and dear ones.

Now, I know what it is to part

from the homeland.

Nothing terrible

can happen than saying

goodbye to the dear ones.

But the future is near

and so is the day

I meet them again.

Here putting an end

to the testimonial

I hope to see them soon.

Mirage

The mirage of future

hails from today

the sweet memory

of yester years

enlightened with fun

and frolic.

Oh! This is what I

have been waiting

for, from the mirage

of memories of past

into the present and

then future

fading away the reality.

The day will come

putting an end to all

the questions unanswered;

decolorizing the mirage

of future, past and present

and communion with the priced happiness.

The first encounter

Painting a picture of yours

I remember the first time we met

It was like budding of flowers

Birds settling down in their nest

First rain drops on earth

It was like a complete picture

You and me; me and you that’s

The way it was meant to be

a shear luck to

have each other together

Every word starts with you

And ends with you

Me and you; you and me

That’s the way

It was meant to be

Time it was for new beginnings

And new endings

Still it is

as we go through more

and more in life

You and me; me and you

That’s the way it is meant to be.

Amazon's Kindle Fire

Are you thinking of watching a movie on weekend or catching up with your favorite TV show? If yes, then Kindle Fire is the right choice. This Amazon tablet is very appealing as goes for its HD screen giving a tough competition to the Apple’s iPad.

Buying HD over a regular one would be a wise decision although it costs $40 more than the usual model. The HD models unveiled this Thursday start at $199 for the small screen Fire models. The Kindle Fire with bigger screen is all set to make a mark in the market sometime in November.

Along the sidelines of the launch of Kindle Fire Amazon has also up graded the regular model which is now much faster than the original which came out last November.

The Kindle Fire is now in close competition with Apple’s iPad with Fire’s larger models having 8.9 inch screen with a high resolution likewise in Apple iPad.

The smaller Kindle Fire has a screen resolution of 1280/800 pixel whereas an Apple iPad has a resolution of 2048/1536. But then you have sharp picture in $199 as compared to $499 for the latest iPad which makes Kindle Fire a must buy.

Amazon has also made changes in design in its HD models. Now the speakers are on both the sides and if it is in a landscape mode like a movie screen one can watch movies in Dolby Digital sound.

The new HD model and the old Kindle Fire have a series of new features that are good but moreover the same. As per the X-Ray feature, if you tap on the screen while a movie is going on it will lead to listing of actors featuring in the scene. For more information one can even access Amazon’s movie information service IMDb.

The X-Ray feature is very popular feature on the Kindle e-reader which has been used in Fire and gives bird’s eye view to the user.

Yet another feature Amazon has offered is the ‘Immersion Reading’ that allows narration from an actor that might be appreciated by the users.

Amazon has also added a feature that controls the time spend by a child on various media. Now one can limit your child as to how much video and games they can access while making them read as much as one likes.

The USP of Kindle Fire by Amazon is the HD screen with sharp image formation which might be of interest to some looking for a reasonable buy.

A Walk to remember

Surrounded with Black forest trees is
A walk to remember
as we go hand in hand

to an unknown destination

Simply voracious it is though

with no end to the trekking

the scenic beauty

keeps us awestruck

The fresh air hits our face

making a whistling sound

the birds chirping in the nest

here we go for a walk to remember

The vineyards busy churning the vine

the black forest cake goes not for a miss

here we hail to the nature's beauty 

amidst the beautiful black forest

All in all the beauty of the black forest
makes for a walk to remember

as we go hand in hand among the shaded

green trees of black forest.

Poetry

Tic tac bing bang boom

Poetry is not a rhyming spoof

It is an artiste creation

Doesn’t need any interpretation

Just go with the flow

To tantalize your creative side though

Tic tac bing bang boom

Poetry has no space for a doom

Though it can touch the gloom

In your heart

Tic tac bing bang boom

Poetry is a niche

Poetry is a haiku

Poetry can touch your heart

Make you laugh make you cry

Tic tac bing bang boom

The long wait

Scintillating beautifully marveled

She stands by the pillar

Waiting for someone special

Looking at the delicately

Decorated wrist with a watch

Longing for the special one

As if it’s been too long

Since she met him

Dazzling among the diamonds

Under a street light

Creating sparkle to the night

With only a hint of make-up

Holding on to her clutch bag

With all the glitterati.

Holding on to meet some one special

She stands there with that expression of longing

In her eyes

And it seems time has stopped here for her

While she waits for her only one.

Prelude to our love

Here i am again
with the same
old story
of ours
Yet with a new beginning
of our love story
conditioned to every probability
our love can have.

Here i am with you
with yet another
sombre free, gay and hearty
beginning to our love story
marking a new union of
love and romance
without any prelude or an end.

Dazed with mere imagination
of communion of two lovers.
Here i am with yet another poem
of our love.

Singing to the tunes and dancing to the rhythm
of our love
yes.our very own self -profound love
ignorant of the world beyond
unknown to the limit of the limitless fondness of each other.

Here i am with you amidst our love for each other.

The lost love

Rain has come to the main land

gushing its way to my homeland

swishing and swashing the vegetation

of the green mainland

O dear! i am so full of refreshing memories

of the days gone by; the yester days of

u and me

I turn to the greens of my homeland for ever enthralling

days that i left behind to come again

and energise me

Where we met last time come and serenade me

with the lost love of ours

here i wait amongst the green landscapes of my homeland. 

5 things men look for in a women

• Independent

By independent it means she has a life of her own and doesn't have to be pushed around to do things. Also, she takes care of herself. without relying on other people to get a job done.

• Loyal and honest

Loyality and being honest pays off that doesnt mean you have to be sugar coated or mourn about your difficulties infront of your man. Be straight forward and tell all in a simple and straight manner.

• Confident

The way you walk and present your self talks a lot about your confidence. To be confident feel confident to the core. Confidence is something one can't fake about it shows in the manner you carry yourself.

• Well-spoken

Mature thinking is the key to mature talks. Don't have to be sweet all the time. Just a blend of maturity with politeness or good sense of humor will swipe him off his feet.

• Practical

She should have a practical approach to tackle any thing. She should have logical know how as to how to handle things.

Just another day

A new day is here again
the bright sun is up again
Bringing life to yet another day
here i sit and think the bright side of the day

But oh! its just a part of the vicious circle of life
as we say
come my little boy
come here to me
let me embrace you with my
motherly affection
so that it makes for day full of affection

Under the bright sun we play and have fun
New friends, new place and we make
a new beginning here again.

Microsoft shows its best with Windows 8

 Microsoft has unveiled the final consumer preview of its long awaited new operating system Windows 8 an extended version of the existing Windows 7 ahead of its October release.

The preview tells what distinguishes the latest version with an all new look of blocky and a bright home page. The new Windows operating system has not only shelled out the traditional old desktop look but also offers an interface primarily for the tablets called metro.

The new Microsoft operating system is all kudos to the developers who have dished out all new features of live applications to the home screen. As per the preview, some of the applications will come in handy for the users which will keep on updating constantly thereby enabling the users to check their latest e-mails. But the end-users who want to have the usual desktop they can still have it.

The new metro is said to have a different feel as it has been developed keeping in mind the touch controls as compared to the usual mouse and keyboard controls. According to some experts it feels really good to see the smooth amalgamation of touch use with the mouse and keyboard.

Windows 8 supports flash which differentiates tablets from an i-pad and also has a feature of ‘do not track’ private setting for the web browsers. The all new feature of ‘do not track’ is a step forward to give consumers a choice in browsing and tracking.

On the whole, it seems from the preview that Microsoft’s Windows 8 is all set to give a tough  competition to Apple and Google in the world of tablets.

Samsung Galaxy S3 review

The successor of S2 is here the new Samsung Galaxy S3 has all the reasons to get the lime light. The new Samsung s3 smartphone has all the features that an android must have.

Much ahead of its key competitor apple’s new iPhone which is soon to be released in third quarter; Samsung Galaxy S3 has impressed everyone with its user friendly tracker that identifies the eye movement and enables the phone to be on a luminated mode while in use.

The S3 runs on an android operating system with a much bigger AMOLED display screen of 4.8 inches with a resolution of 1280x780 pixel than that of its arch rival apple’s iphone 4s with a display of 3.5 inches.

The new Samsung Galaxy S3 is available in two variants of marble white and pebble blue. The S3 has three versions of 16GB, 32GB & 64 GB. The price for 16GB is 584 Euros approximately. The S3 will hit the Indian market on 31 May with a price of Rs. 42,500 approximately.

Though the look of S3 seems to be plastic the device is super light with a weight of 133gms and 8.6 mm thickness.

The Samsung’s new android boasts of an 8 mega pixel camera in the rear along with flash and zero shutter lag. On the other hand, the front camera possesses face recognition related options.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 has a quad-core micro-processor with a RAM of 1GB.

Last but not the least, the smartphone has a unique feature called S beam which is useful in transfer of files upto 1GB to another S3 without wi-fi or internet.

The most sought after smartphone Galaxy S3 has already made 9 million mark plus which makes it worthy enough to lay hands on.

Rupee falls to an all time low

Rupee falls tremendously to a record low followed by RBI’s cautious role towards the current market situation market situation. While traders too under play as regards to the current scenario maintained by the market.

Amidst vulnerable situation in the European market and global risk from euro zone  and India’s bad policy implementation and deficit the rupee touched level of 56 as against dollar.

On a yearly average rupee falls greater than 5 percent to dollar making it the worst performing currency in the Asian subcontinent. Since its last high in February rupee has fallen by 13 percent.

However, as per the traders a stop gap arrangement has been made by the RBI by keeping a low profile in selling the dollar.

While central bank has an alternative to sell dollars to the oil importers it is crucial for RBI to intervene in order to save rupee from a steep fall. It is the sixth day when rupee has seen a fall yet again leading RBI to rescue it.

Major damage has been made by the unstoppable demand of dollar by the oil importers and some other companies. Whereas, on the other hand central bank has taken several major steps to stop rupee from a tremendous fall such as raising the rate of deposits for the NRI’s and also asking exporters to convert the currency to rupees. Though, both the measures have failed to make much impact.

 

Are you my best friend?

  

A friend in need is a friend indeed; the cliche saying defining a friend needs to be redefined. So, who is your friend or best friend? Let’s give it a reality check that who is just a friend and who is your best friend. Some feel a friend is a friend what’s the need to type cast a friend. But somewhere down the line as year passes by you will see only one or few who continue to be there for you no matter what happens.

Of course, a relative or your parents are there with unconditional love and support. But I am talking about the stranger may be who sat beside you on the very first day of your school and continues to be there beside you unconditionally. Relatives are by birth with you but a friend is by choice. I might have exaggerated defining a best friend but a choicest friend is only one before whom you can unveil yourself to.

Friendship with school mates, college mates, colleagues shapes up with the course of time. Some relations develop with time and makes it one of the best while some fade away with due course of time.

At times it takes a full life cycle to realise who your best mate is. According to me, a best friend is an amalgamation of all the features present in any other relationship. 

I feel by the end of this writing that name must have come to your mind of the unique and best friend in your life. 

Spring Yearning

Oh my dear,

the spring is here

I stand by the window

Looking for you

As you pass by the meadows.

I hear the wind blowing

Swishing and swashing

the wind chime ringing.

The rainbow colored tulips

Are so refreshing

And when I think of

you and me

Walking hand in hand

Among the tulips

It gives immense pleasure

And joy of the yester year

We have been together.

Oh my dear,

come to me

I stand here waiting for you

As you pass by the meadows. 

A DERELICT VILLA

Villa it was!

But now “a derelict one”.

The cobwebs have burnt the fireplace

where once we all had our place to rest.

The taste of a plum-cake,

The stuffiness of the kitchen place.

Vessels all broken and abandoned

To left for the rats to rest on.

Here, is where the soul pants

for the long- long spans of

summers, autumns and springs we had.

The mourning of the running old waterfall

Is all we can hear now; where the chatter- batter

Of the kids used to put the house on alert.

Villa it was, villa it was

What a villa it was!

It seems like a crematorium of

Memories to cherish upon,

The hay days of our life are gone.

Reminiscent of innocence,

Now- a- haunted house,

To taunt our lovely past.

Then came the fiery night,

bombed with an explosion,

robbed off the glory of the villa.

Villa it is, villa it is now,

“a derelict villa”!

Beauty tips for daily care

1. Dry skin is common during a rough weather. If you have dry skin apply fresh aloe vera gel. This will leave your skin soft and supple and relieve the skin from dryness.


2. Always air dry your hair first and then blow dry. Blow drying the wet hair will cause damage so avoid doing so.


3. Avoid using conditioner on your scalp because this will give your scalp a flat look.


4.To have a no smudge look, use a nude eye pencil as close as possible to your lash line and then cover it with an eye liner. But remember to keep your eyes as simple and natural as possible.


5. If your hair are taking too long to grow include high protein food to your diet like eggs, soy products, meat, pulses, seeds and dairy products.

6. To give a natural look to your blush use liquid gel based blush instead of powder blush. The cream based blush gives a warm look instead of that artificial blush.


7. Here is a way out if you want well groomed pair of  eye brows. Just pluck those extras under the ridge and keep them bushy towards the starting of the brows.


8. Make it a practise to use sunscreen and now all the more as summers are approaching.


9.  Roll back to those rollers after gently drying with towel. The Velcro rollers will make the hair less frizzy and help you get those curls and add volume to your stresses.


10. If you are using hair color make sure to give variant shades instead of using the same shade for roots and tips. Using variants will give a natural look to the hair color.

Aakash tablet

The upgraded Aakash II will be launched in April with no increase in price. The cheapest  tablet in the world will be distributed by Datawind with better screen and high speed with a longer battery backup.

The Aakash II will have a high capacity touchscreen, 3200m HZ battery back up with three hour long usage time. Other specifications include 700 MHz Cortex A8 processor.


One lakh tablets were targeted for higher technical institutions for better technical feedback and some tablets are being  proposed for school students too.


Aakash II is being proposed for empowerment of students once the production requirements are met the same would be finalised too.

National Science Day

National Science Day is celebrated on 28th February to commemorate the discovery of Raman effect by Dr. C.V Raman on 28th February, 1928. He was awarded a Nobel prize for his discovery in 1930. Since, then this day is marked to honour the scientists for their remarkable contributions and dedication. Science has played a very important role in transforming society there by accelerating the pace of development. The advancement in science and technology is an inspiration for many to study and excel in the field of science and technology.

The theme for National Science Day 2012 is "Clean Energy Options and Nuclear Safety". Every year a theme is decided for National Science Day in order to focus on issues related to science. The activities organized on this occasion brings in the issues of great concern.

Your suggestions concerning the theme ''Clean Energy Options and Nuclear Safety'' for National Science Day 2012 are welcome and can be posted on the blog fodder page.