Puzzled Dreams

                                        A Walk to Remember - Nicholas Sparks      A beautiful love story about a teenage couple. It shows how Love can Happen. It shows that there aren't any preconditions for love. There is no criteria for that so and so characteristics of two persons should meet and that they must gel with each other well. Nothing. Love just Happens. That's what the book explains. But it is a sad story, and realizing the true value of love, is what it does. It nearly brought me to tears. First time for me, by a book.

The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini Recently read this book. A wonderful work with blending of emotions. The story was interesting in the way it moved on from childhood to future life of the central character. It explains a lot about life in Afghanistan, though it is way back in the 80s, but still many times I felt really sorry for the life there. In a creation of fiction, it doesn't seem to be safe at all, so in reality, it would be worse.Would suggest anyone to read through it. The story is a definite example of the fact that, we do commit mistakes in our lives, and that there are chances to rectify them as well.

This time, I am writing nothing new. Nothing not-known-to-anyone things. But today I am writing about something which is very well known! Yup. I am talking about the most talked about things in our country today. The C-word. It was around 2 months back that we all felt that we saw a savior in Anna Hazare with his determined desire to bring the Lokpal Bill into it's existence. But before we try to bring all the top-honchos to book, it is important that we do come across the various moments of unusualness which exist in our daily lives. We all usually tend to have a strange affection towards getting things done easily. Jumping up front in a queue, getting a favor from someone to get something done, its considered all so normal. Actually, that's the sole emotional reason, or rather the root of favors. The concept of having contacts must not be the means to get cranky about getting things done in a jiffy. So as long as that sense of accepted-easiness remains etched in the mi...

The curiosity of mankind with finding Life on another planet has always been there. Various scientific expeditions, telescopes roaming all over the outer space, various researches going on. And often there are reports all over stating that there are life supporting planets many light years away from our own. Considering the philosophical side of it. Suppose if we do come across such a world, where life exists. We as a life form called HUMANS, existing on this third planet of the solar system called Earth. We have our own definitions for things that exist. It was around 5 or 6 years ago that the planet Pluto was deprived of its "planet" status. And there are various things as well, which we define for our own sensibilities. As humans, we are supposed to co-exist with all the fellow living beings on the Earth. But that's not what is happening. Just wonder, that one day, we do discover that there is a life-existing planet other than ours, and there is a life-form as well...

Here it is ! India had moved on from the enthralling World Cup win, and was beginning to move on with the enjoyment. But then came the annual money-churning machine of India - The IPL. And this time, with the teams coming fresh after newly roped in auction "commodities" (sorry, players), and many teams coming with a new look with sparkling jerseys. And another change from the previous 3 versions of the IPL was that, there were two more teams in addition to the league this time. The Pune Warriors India and the Kochi Tuskers Kerala. So the vacation bandwagon has a different timing, With a couple of players opting the IPL over their national boards, there is certainly the controversy that the players are preferring the IPL because of the higher paycheck. Not necessarily. Because since it also is a shorter format, it doesn't require the tough amount of fitness required for the longer formats of the game. Justified enough, but still isn't that much as compared to the p...

YES ! The month long celebration of the greatest event in the cricketing world, has come to an end. And for the whole nation of 1.2 billion ending it on a smiling note ! INDIA wrapped up the ICC World Cup 2011, as the winning side. And then again, proved that the favorites tag, wasn't just a tag! The journey began way back around 49-days back, on February 19th. The first match was between two of the hosting nations, India vs Bangladesh. And that match was a Sehwag blitzkrieg. 175 runs in the opening match. It was a pure indication that the journey of triumph had begun! Sehwag's rollicking 175 against Bangladesh Then, it was a thrilling passage through the group stages for the Men in Blue throughout the tournament. With all the cricket fans, expecting to watch the Little Master perform out of bounds and win, in his sixth time at the global event, the expectations were high. Dhoni & Co. had a task at hand, and that was a very different one. Though the Indian team were ...

Yup. The time is here again ! The biggest sporting event of Cricket is here. And this time it's here in the sub-continent, that is going to be the witness of all the hot sporting action and events. The 10th edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup is being jointly held by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, beginning from 19th February. With 14 participating teams, some of which only come into the picture of the World Cup, will be in the race for the coveted title of the World Champions. And this time, it makes all the more interesting because, experts say that such an open World Cup is being held after a long time. There are more than one team that are being taken in as the favorites to win the cup and also the team statistics and their performances also cement these views. And this time, there is a slight change in the format of the game too. Earlier versions of the game had featured the Super Six or Super Eight stage after the League match stages. But this time, it has been changed...