Fruits from Thin Air

I loved Steve Jobs & still do. One of the best in the game. I read "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" in +2 & this chapter hooked me like fevicol which become a part of my life philosophy. It talks about lots of things, but passion has been hilighted here like never before. Well, why me, in fact millions of students have come across this chapter (his Stanford speech) & have been deeply influenced by this term. Ironically, this epic speech has not only opened, but it has also blocked the road for millions. How ? Let's find out. Although passion has been used multiple times in his speech, but he has never concretely defined it. That's why people have applied this term in several contexts without any ground understanding of its true meaning.  Consider the case of Rahul : an imaginary kid, who is excited about entrepreneurship. He heard the story of Mark Zuckerberg & said "I found my passion". Next day, he played a friendly cricket tournament in school ...

I am going to tell you a trend among people who are extremely centred around efficiency, productivity & stuff like that. However if you are a reader (or atleast has some connection to books of any kind) & if you have ever went over YouTube to get some book recommendation, then probably you are already aware of the trend. But hold on. Let's not get hurry. First let me share a tiny story which will make it easier for you to understand the heart of the trend.  The story goes back to early 2010's. YouTube was the hottest buzz word all over the world. Every field was going through dramatic shifts. Lots of industries decimated & lots of industries started to thrive in leaps & bounds. People left jobs & became YouTubers. A group of readers saw this as an opportunity & started talking about books over YouTube. But they didn't like calling themselves YouTubers, so they  started calling them "Booktubers". This marks the rise a whole new industry call...

This is going to be some weird fun. I bet.  However, before coming into the center of our topic, which is weird translations, I would say one thing : "Stan Lee was Brilliant. No doubt about that. The way he has woven those characters & the extent of their relatability to people around the world is simply insane." As classy his own name (STAN LEE) sounds, his characters sound equally classy when you speak them aloud.  Now if we talk about the other side of the table, which is the dark DC, their characters have their appeal as well. Saying "Flash" gives nothing short of a mini adrenaline rush. Now we will see how these flowery names sound, once translated into a different language (in this case ODIA).  So without further ado, let's jump into the center.  Marvel Characters: 1) Pimpudi Manisa  2) Kala Bagha   3) Budhiani Manisa  4) Advuta Daktara  5) Pruthalakaya  6) America ra Adhinayaka  7) Drusti Shakti  8) Bichitra Adhinayika ...

It was a beautiful day in the forest. A goat gave birth to her child. She quickly washed her child in her mouth. She was hungry. So she went ahead to arrange food. She observed her child is following her from behind. She was amazed. Then she kept moving forward searching for food. A lake blocked the road. The water current was high. She waited for a while until her child joined. Then she started crossing the river  The child was not sure whether she can cross it or not. Finally she could not hold the temptation & landed in the river. Her mother was a fierce animal. The water current was nothing for her. So she kept moving forward. But her child was timid. Her steps were shivering in cold. Then she started to swim but couldn't. Slowly water swept her farther from her mother. While she is struggling, she started to scream for help from her mother. But her voice was hardly audible in the roaring water.  After mother goat crossed the lake, she arrived on the land & looked ...

He was the last man except me who was alive. I befriended him in the river bank. That night we killed a tortoise, put it in fire & ate like an ape. I knew those men will come back to hunt him down. So i packed his stuff & told him to leave that place. He denied. I forced him. When he agreed his eyes were flooding with pain. The imminent threat of crossing the river pulled him down into grief. Alas ! There was no other way. The mid night moon was shining in full flame & its reflection upon the river was a  visual treat. As he looked beyond the river the dark mangrove trees were all he could see. He stood near the river bank for a moment, absorbed the prevailing silence around the atmosphere & jumped into the river. I was on the bank gazing my attention upon him crossing the river. 2 minutes gone. Then nothing was visible. I looked again into the water & all I could see was blood red liquid spiralling down like a tornado.

It was the most coveted event of the school : Science exhibition 2020. Students, from all over the state, mushroomed the entire park displaying projects of vivid colors. Some students were anxious, some were serious while some were with a smiley face. But what's common in everyone was the urge to explain their project to the chief guest who was about to arrive around 10 AM. Usually it's a norm to welcome the guest with garland of flowers & huge applause, but that day it didn't happen. The chief guest was late. Around 11.30 AM the guest, Mr. Das, a senior researcher from CSIR, arrived on a car & came straight to visit the stalls avoiding the formal welcoming gesture from school authorities. There were 30 stalls circled along the periphery of the park & Mr. Das along with few teachers wasted no time in starting the journey from one end.  Mr. Das being an observant & decisive researcher quickly transitioned from one stall to another. He would ask what the pr...

Who doesn't like a good story ? When you are a child you get stories from your grand parents, in your boyhood you get stories from Television & in your adolescence you are literally bombarded with Movies & TV series. I myself watched around 700 films only in engineering & I have heard people who have crossed 2000 mark too. So what's so special about stories that resonates so well with everyone despite all our differences ? Flavour. In desi language, Masala. Only a handful of people truly knew what happened to Sanjay Dutt untill "Sanju" released in theaters & whole India started googling about the Incident. I doubt even our parents knew about Titanic. But now that James Cameron directed "Titanic" with pitch perfect fictionalization, whole world knows the what, when & how related to that incident.  Nobody is a fan of Doordarshan when it comes to news. Because it only presents news but we want entertainment too. So to meet our demand news ...