Khoobsurti Ki Surat

Khoobsurti Ki Bhi Koi Surat Hogi, Woh Surat Se Bhi Khoobsurat Ho Tum...
Tujhe Dekhke Sab Jeene Lage Hai, Zindagi Jeene Ka Muhurat Ho Tum...

My First IndiBlogger Meet in Mumbai

The excitement ended on Saturday Feb 16 2013 at #OttoInfinito G, Block, Raheja Towers Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East) Mumbai 40005 1India.

I reached the venue and registered at the counter outside the restaurant. Many fellow bloggers were roaming around. As I registered, I had been welcomed with the drink, soft one. Around at 3:10pm we got into an upscale restaurant with beautiful ambience. The meeting started with some funny vocals and screams. 

Then we all have been told to connect with all fellow bloggers with the signatures. We all introduce ourselves and got signatures from all. Then, along with the food, HP marketing head started his presentation about the laptop that contains the free and legal #ConnectedMusic, which is a really cool feature.

I enjoyed some of the songs played by HP team, chosen by some of the bloggers. It was a quite nice experience. And then some contests and some give away followed.

The introduction of restaurant Otto Infinito was begun. Chief Chef introduced and talked about the history of Italian food.
  
Mean time during the HP presentation and contest and Otto Infinito Introduction, the food was constantly being served to everyone.

At the end, a T shirt from #IndiBlogger team, a headphone from HP #ConnectedMusic had been distributed to all.

Finally, after group photo, we departed with the smile and sweet memories.
It was a warm experience. 

Love Is In The Air

Wishing You Very Romantic Valentine’s Day…
February has long been celebrated as a festival of love across the world.  The symbols of LOVE – candies, flowers, gifts - are exchanged between loved ones. Parties, dinners, plays, and entertainment are organized for the celebration. For this day, writers, poets, and thinkers have said a lot about LOVE.

Let’s try to understand some of their rare views and the significance of the feeling called LOVE.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
-Lao Tzu

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
-Anais Nin

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward in the same direction.
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
-Helen Keller

Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.
-Joan Crawford

If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything.
-Marilyn Monroe

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
-Tom Robbins

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.
-Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

When love is not madness it is not love.
-Pedro Calderón de la Barca

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
-Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.
-Candace Bushnell (Sex and the City)

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
-Albert Einstein

True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning.
-Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle

Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
-Mother Teresa

Where there is love there is life.
-Mahatma Gandhi

And finally…
You need solid guts to love someone.
-Ananth Vitlani

Love means to think good for others, to feel good for others, and to do good for others. Love means to give away without any expectation.

Love has different meanings, different shapes, different sizes, different colors, different nature, and different feelings. Love is very complex. More you know less you learn, less you know more you feel. It is enough to know that LOVE is LOVE, nothing more and nothing less. Period.

Love spans throughout every aspect of the life and it’s up to all of us how we celebrate LOVE!?  The  ultimate objective is to put a little smile on somebody’s lips.:)

The Generation Steps In

Liebster Award - Thank you

Thank you so much Kavya Venktesh for nominating me.

I have no idea what this award means but your appreciation made me happy. I am really delighted and excited to receive this award, a beautiful pink logo. Thank you so much to all behind this award.

Liebster Award is used to highlight smaller, lesser known blogs, blogs that have less than 200 followers. Liebster (the word means kindest, dearest, beloved, cute, endearing in German) is an award that you accept with an intention of paying it forward. 

While accepting the award you have to:

1. Post 11 things about yourself
2. Answer 11 questions set by the nominator
3. Choose 11 deserving bloggers meeting the criteria
4. Set 11 questions for them.
5. Inform the nominee by commenting on one of their posts.

You are not obligated to accept the award to send it forward. This is just a way to get a word out about new blogs that your followers may not know.

1. POST 11 THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF  

1. I love myself. 
2. I love all forms of art: Music, Painting, Singing, Dancing, Crafting, Poetry and much more
3. I work more than 60 hours a week.
4. I'm scared of Dogs. 
5. I spend at least one hour in the kitchen. 
6. I want to be New York Times Best Seller.
7. My laptop is my best friend 
8. I like Daal Rice and Chicken Kabab.
9. Khajoor is my favorite sweet.
10. I do Breathing-Meditation for 30 minutes every day
11. I started writing at the age of about 20. 
12. I am photogenic, on certain angle. 

2. ANSWER 11 QUESTIONS SET BY NOMINATOR

1. What made you start your blog? 
     I am a creative person and blogging is the easiest way to express myself.
2. What would make you stop blogging?   
    It can be slow due to other responsibilities but I am not going to stop blogging.
3. Who is your favorite Blogger?  
    I never thought about it.
4. Which, according to you, is your best post till now?  
    Mera Naam Kavita Hai.
5. Who was the first person you told about your blog?  
    I am sorry I don’t remember.
6. Who was your first blog follower? 
    I am sorry I don’t know. 
7. How long do you usually take to write a post?  
    From couple of hours to couple of days.
8. Are you concerned about page view counts? 
    Yes, I do.
9. Does having less than 200 followers matter to you? 
    Not at All.
10. What is the best part of blogging?  
    You can express yourself.
11. Do you encourage others to start blogging? 
    Yes, I do. I encourage few people

3. CHOOSE 11 DESERVING BLOGGERS MEETING THE CRITERIA

And the Award winners are.....

Renu Sethi  :  http://day-to-daystories.blogspot.in/

Sebin Jose  :  http://www.labstrikes.blogspot.in/

Farzaad Minoo  :  http://www.careernurturer.com/

Mousumi Saha  :  http://www.successstories.co.in/

Sulagna Dasgupta  :  http://www.loveinindia.co.in/

Upasana  :  http://myblawghh.blogspot.in/

Surya Murali  :  http://www.myworldinthreedimensions.blogspot.in/

Afshan  :  http://afshan-shaik.blogspot.in/

Nabanita  :  http://nabanita-blacknwhite.blogspot.in/

Meenakshi Singh : http://meenakshimsingh.blogspot.in/

Manali Shah : http://nothingintellectual.wordpress.com/

4. SET 11 QUESTIONS FOR THEM

Hi Friends, I hope this Award brings a smile on your face just like it did to my bored Friday face. Take time to read about this award and continue the tradition. Happy Blogging..!!!!

1. Why do you blog?
2. At what age you started writing?
3. About What subject you write?
4. When do you write?
5. What you don’t like in blogging?
6. Do your family members read your blog?
7. What do your family members think about your Blog?
8. How many blogger friends you have?
9. How did blogging help you?
10. What is your writing Goal?
11. Give me an honest opinion about MY blog : http://ananthvitlani.blogspot.in

5. AND FINALLY..... INFORM THE NOMINEE BY COMMENTING ON ONE OF 
    THEIR POSTS

Thank you so much

Falling In Love Is Easy, Standing In Love Is Difficult

Since ages, love has been remained the integral part of our existence.  However, with the time, loving and being loved turned out to be a bit complex.

Today, love is stimulated by the waves of infatuation. By creating artificial personality and putting a little extra effort, one can compel others to fall in love. But as and when the real persona of an individual surfaces, it makes us upset, love starts disappointing, and then the situation makes difficult to stand in love.

The reason: we all are carrying the bundle of expectations on our heads, a package of dreams in our eyes, and views in our hands. And on the top of it, our self-esteem (or ego) doesn’t allow to give up anything.

Even, amid this condition, there is a hope. By practicing few behavioral basics, one can stand in love truly.

Surrender:
The first and foremost step we have to take is to surrender. Get a rid of our self-centered attitude. Throw away the selfish views. Get all negative aspects out of your life. Obviously, it seems difficult; but not impossible.

Conversation:
Talk. Talk. Talk to resolve the crisis, not to accuse. Blaming your partner will worsen the situation. Positive conversation will carve the way out into the path of resolution.

Understand:
You have been walking on the way for a long time thinking about only yourself. Now you have to understand your partner. Try to figure out what your partner is looking for out of the relationship.

Compromise:
When reaching to the conclusion, avoid sticking to your guns. Confrontation at all times worsens the situation and takes you back to the square. If you compromise, your partner will also follow you.

Giveaway:
Give Away! Keep on giving away. Don’t expect anything in return while you give away. If both of the partners try to give something away to each other without any expectation, both of the partners will get more or less what they are looking for.

Have Patience:
Patience is a weapon that always compels others to realize.  As this change over of personality takes time, don’t rush. Rush will stop the process of change over.

And finally… You’re not going to get the life ever again. With due respect to each other, understand and love your partner at your best. Love is the only element that keeps your life healthy, happy, and worth living.