tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60108731701247372372024-02-07T01:25:15.002-08:00CHERISH with HARISHA few words...a few journeys...K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.comBlogger306125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-28717992772012519272023-03-05T21:11:00.006-08:002023-03-05T21:11:35.195-08:00Collector Sahab!Delhi
Monsoon, 2012
It was July afternoon in Delhi, and the monsoons had just started entering this part of the
world. My young theatre group had begun to take shape. It had been roughly 6 months and
the group had been rehearsing well. It was near the Supreme Court area, and we spoke
about getting the group registered in this area.
It was not a long procedure to get the name registered. The name was ‘Rang-manch’ which
we wanted to go ahead with. A registration under some societies and voluntary organisation
act would make it free for us to perform in any professional auditorium in the city. It would
create a legal space in minds for ‘Rangmanch’.
My group had majorly all young people, most of which were students. I took Sahil and Neha
to roam around the courts. Sahil seemed to know some lawyer from the supreme court.
Though the lawyer was a young man like me, but he had some airs about himself. Afterall,
he was a young Supreme court lawyer. But thanks to Sahil’s old friendship, he did help us
free of cost. We took Neha as she had a good knack of paperwork.
So, on paper at least, Sahil was the secretary of the group, Neha was the treasurer of the
same and I was the founder-President of this theatre group called Rang-manch!
What was characteristic of the whole process was the Delhi rain. It was getting wet, but at
the same time, the humidity had seeped in. A new tax which the government had proposed
was the Goods and Services Tax, popularly known as GST. Though there had been a mixed
response across the country, but it was here that we had to get a stamp from the Collector’s
office. In that humid-wet weather we walked through offices of the famous area of the city,
the Income Tax Office, which was popularly known as ITO.
Thanks to Neha’s apt paperwork, we had got the major stamps, but it was just the GST
collector’s signature which was needed. Amidst heavy rain, we reached the collector’s
office. We just entered the office and the ambience had changed for us. The lighting seemed
different to us. It was visibly the collector’s office in the national capital.
Though we had successfully kept the official papers safe from the rain, but we had got
drenched in the rain.
Almost everyone sitting on the sofa was as wet as us. They seemed tired like us after
running from various offices. Almost everyone seemed wet and dirty, but it was just this old
man, who looked clean.
He was wearing a white dhoti, his hair combed neatly, with a long traditional umbrella in his
hand. And to top it all, he had a very clean tilak on his forehead. But what made him distinct
and different was the paan in his mouth.
We waited for the whole day and as our paper reached the end, the guard at the door called
us and told us to come on Monday. We were dejected.
We came to the same office twice and were sent back and were called for the third time.
But every time I noticed this old man, with the paan in his mouth, sitting there with his
hands resting on the inverted umbrella. I grew more curious.
As Neha and Sahil kept chatting with the other groups, they spoke about their status, but we
never spoke with this dhoti-clad man.
What was also interesting was that there would be chai served to all the waiting crowd in
glasses, but this man would have his chai in a white porcelain cup and saucer.
As the day and the wait ended for the day, we were called the next day. As the 3 of us took
a metro back home, we spoke of how this illiterate man sat there in the dhoti. What group
or NGO would he have been waiting for!
While the metro took us to our destination, Lajpat nagar, we just agreed that this must be
an illiterate villager applying for his own theatre group. We laughed it off and reached our
station.
The next day we got our number. We just entered the collector’s cabin, and he seemed like
an epitome of an educated collector. He looked so urban. He asked very valid questions in
great English. We answered and he signed our document. He smiled at us and said,
“The country needs young theatre activists like you. All the best guys.”
We were very happy. As we were going down the waiting hall, I just felt curious about the
dhoti-clad man. I turned around and asked him politely in Hindi, “Sir, are you also waiting
for a signature for your theatre group too?”
He was having chai in his porcelain cup. He took a sip and smiled,
“Ye jo collector saab hain na… Hamare bete hain!”
This collector you would have met right now… he is my son!
He smiled.
With so many questions, I left the office.
It continued to rain.K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-10931956397906680542022-05-11T23:57:00.009-07:002022-05-12T17:14:08.403-07:00My Time Travel!9:45 am, Jorhat.
Dulumoni ji got me my first cup of 'Laal-chai' (Black tea) and I started sipping it with ease. This is one of the few things which life in north-east has started teaching me. I am grateful!
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I have always loved reading books which take me to an era which I have always like to live. This era had always fascinated me. Though I would not imagine myself to be one of the heroes. I would imagine was during the time when the British ruled in India. I would always imagine myself as a third person, who would have a normal job during the times. I am presently reading this book:
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This third person could have been a mute spectator, in the form of a cycle rickshaw puller, or a small shop owner, who has all the time in the world to look at the things happening.
Now, as I read the book and know about the British officers establishing themselves in the Indian sub-continent, I come to the present and look at myself.
We are presently in the beautiful north-east, appointed by the government of India. I am loving the weather, loving the unexplored places, and most importantly, I am loving the people.
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It is here that I find this stunning similarity with the British officers long ago. Although the British personnel were unkind and were just acting on the British government. But I am sure, not all British officers were unkind, as the movies show.
Though the present Indian government is not as unkind like the later British governments, but I see a striking similarity between the locals (whom the Britishers referred to as 'NATIVES') and us.
I am in Assam and I love it. In fact, I have travelled to Nagaland, Meghalaya and Arunachal too and they are equally beautiful, if not more.
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I am sure in the 90's the situation with the naxalism, things were in the north-east were not as good. It is during that time, we could easily compare our condition with the British era.
Now things are as good as they could be. I also believe this is the biggest difference between the Brishers and me. As things are peaceful and happy, I need to learn the languages and admire the beauty.
Unlike the British, I need to enjoy every bit of the native life and taste the native vegetables. Afterall, this is what is beautiful.
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I need to realise that no ne, is no one's slave.
We are all equal!
I got back to sipping my lal-chai as my day began!K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-23173880014261110022022-03-08T23:04:00.003-08:002022-03-08T23:04:42.094-08:00Thank you Stranger9th March, 22.
Jorhat, 11 a.m.
Hello readers,
It has been a long time, since I uploaded my blog. I have been uploading my video blog, but I am extremely sorry that I did not gather attention to update this medium. So, talking about me,I have been pretty awesome. I wish the same for all of you too.
Today I would like to discuss this interesting concept called 'LIFE'. This is in reference to an event which happened recently.
I was at Guwahati and was having chai at a tea stall. An old man came in and I made some space for him. He sat down. The man was definitely not rich, neither was he poor. He thanked me and started sipping his chai. He sat down and asked me that was I new in the area? I nodded in a yes.
I guess this is where the conversation started. He spoke about his family and his kids and grand-children. I told her about my life too. But she said, son, we are talking about our lives as different entities but are they actually different?
I was confused. What kind of a question was this?
My life was definitely different than hers.
He continued, that the members of his life were different from mine. He continued that his parents were different from mine. I listened carefully. His body was different from mine. His mind was different from mine. I agreed as we sipped.
But what about life!
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He said that our lives are all the same. It is one entity which joined us. The animals, the birds, the plants, everything which was living, had a life same as mine.
He said that the planet and the cosmos had a life too, which was breathing on a different time zone, but was living for sure.
I found this interesting.
He said that if we harm the planet, we harm the major life which we were all sharing. He finished his chai. He said something so huge, that I could not even digest it. He paid for his chai.
He turned towards me and said, "You moved and made space for me. It made my tense life happier. Thank you for making my life easy!"
And I was left there, thinking about his beautiful definition of life.
I returned home and started feeding the birds in my balcony. At first they did not respond. But slowly, they realised that it was safe to have grains in my balcony. I made a life happier.
They made my life happier, and I am sure, we were making the bigger entity called LIFE happier.
Thank you Stranger, for making us happy!K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-17750284389611580532022-01-07T03:21:00.002-08:002022-01-07T03:21:09.820-08:00Why do I write?Writing has always been something which takes me out of this world. It is an act which is heavenly. I actually travel, sitting on the same seat.
It is only when I write, that I realize that our mind is an amazing tool. It is so vast that it can take me to any corner of the universe. It actually disconnects you from your present surroundings and takes you for a celestial travel trip.
Lately, I have been reading and traveling at the same time. These are processes which make me write more. For good writing, I need some encouragement, which these two processes provide, happily.
I do not think I need any reason for writing. There are times when I write continuously, without a reason, and when I stop to look back, I realise that my writing is making some sense to me.
Writing, for me, is the best form of meditation. To go deeper in writing, I would always listen to a long musical track, which I would not have to change. This process would churn out words, which I believe are golden.
My recent trips have been exploring this beautiful region of the north eastern part of India. As I write this passage, I edit my latest episode of my 'Trip to Shillong'.
Editing visuals is another form of writing which challenges me as an artist. This challenge asks me to do justice to the beautiful places I visit and present it to my viewer.
I will definitely present my vlog episode, this weekend for sure. Will keep you guys posted.
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K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-75471912470369975662021-11-17T05:48:00.004-08:002021-11-17T06:02:46.335-08:00My trip back HOME!9:30 a.m., Monday.
Jorhat.
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Fourteen days had passed and we were walking back in this city, which we had left about a fortnight ago. I had been travelling all my life, but there was something which was unique about this trip. Now why was this trip important? When I look into the answer of this question, I find multiple answers.
Firstly, I had begun to settle in the north-eastern part of the country and I was loving it.
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Secondly, we were married and this was our first trip together.
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Thirdly, this was the first vacation from my job at NID, Assam, and I was really looking forward to going home.
But the most important reason being, we had survived this danger of Covid. Many people would not consider this reason that important. But with so many colleagues and relatives losing their lives, I would consider this reason to be the most important.
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With both of us getting a vaccine very recently, it was a recent good enough to take a Diwali break and celebrate the festival with our families. And the best point here was, that all our family members were excited.
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<b>SHIRDI</b>
The first three days were booked for this pilgrimage site. I was not that excited about this place, but what was interesting for me was that the whole family was going to this place. In the older days, this is how families would travel to pilgrimage sites- IN HUGE FAMILIES.
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We returned to Hyderabad and spent great family time here.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygDTMvTBfOmh8VfjN2TvjK508SZg6uqAQO8LX0QJw-gQWiYvqYIWSVpkGQqQdXYfNL8rBhWUiBqXiXdXNEkbxVYi-ZFHcP05EQHDDhsEL1p6PLFr7REkpz-qyLuQNqgfeXc31h_3Ab5xs/s2048/IMG_1572.HEIC" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiygDTMvTBfOmh8VfjN2TvjK508SZg6uqAQO8LX0QJw-gQWiYvqYIWSVpkGQqQdXYfNL8rBhWUiBqXiXdXNEkbxVYi-ZFHcP05EQHDDhsEL1p6PLFr7REkpz-qyLuQNqgfeXc31h_3Ab5xs/s320/IMG_1572.HEIC"/></a></div>
We celebrated Diwali and returned home happily. But what was interesting in this trip, is that my wife, Vartika, bought a little staue of the God she saw in Shirdi, and established in our temple. This is it for this week's post. Here is the God at home. Om Sai Ram :
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As we meet next week, here are some images from the beautiful trip :
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Hello all.
I am sure you are all doing great. I can see that the Ganpati Visarjan is around the corner. I can see that in every message I am getting from relatives back in Hyderabad. But in this very moment, we celebrated a new festival here in Assam.
Though it is not very new for the world, but it was new for me. The festival's name was 'VISHWAKARMA POOJA'. We had a pooja in NID, and I definitely saw cars, machines and every machinery getting worshipped in Jorhat. So, I got down to the big question of "WHO ExACTLY WAS VISHWAKARMA?
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As I read more about him, I figured out that Lord Vishwakarma, was the lord who created the universe. According to Hinduism, he was an architect, who created various planes of the universe. In fact he was also the son of 'VASTU'. 'Vastu-shatra' became an important study, which Indians follow to figure out 'How and where to live'. In many aspects, it is an Indian equivalent of the Chinese Feng shui.
All this was fine, but I got more interested in Vishwakarma, as I got to know about beautiful stories of the celebration of the Pooja here in Assam.
On this day, the locals decorate their vehicles, with garlands and flowers. This is celebrated in this belt of Bihar, Bengal and the east.
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As I am trying my best to experience into this region, this is how my Vespa looked like:
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That's it for this Sunday. Will catch you soon next week.K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-58621578274172008912021-09-04T18:22:00.004-07:002021-09-04T21:00:28.137-07:00Life, post wedding!8:00 a.m., Jorhat
It is a lovely Sunday morning.
Just had lovely chai with Vartika. This Sunday morning chai with Vartika, has suddenly taken a new meaning for me. I am not exaggerating. It all started very recently, when we got married, about 6 months ago.
I am a different person now, and I must share it with you people.
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So, what is interesting in this journey is that unintentionally, I am getting support from a partner who is not from my field, but is becoming a part of all the decisions I take in life.
I was all alone, all my life, but suddenly , I have a huge extended family, which fills me with lots of love and in the whole process, responsibility.
Though we are alone here in this part of the world, but we have our shares of 'hellos' and 'namaste' for the families we call, from both the respective sides.
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As I was always either too boring, or too occupied to think of doing anything new on my weekends. But now, I have a plan. A plan for the weekend. A plan to roam around the city, or explore some new area, or if nothing else, buy something new, which could not be covered in the week. In the process, I am thinking of doing something new for myself!
I have started sharing my life with my partner. I know things, which are taken care of, completely by her. I am not great with my financial decisions, so I leave them for her to decide, blindly. This is fulfilling.
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But what is interesting is that we are taking our decisions separately too, but together.
On one hand, she is watching my choice of cinema and news, and on the other hand, I am watching her choice of shows.
But the best part of the process is that we are giving a lot of space to each other. On one hand, I do not interfere in her work and in her choice of social media. At the same time, she does not question me about what kind of stuff am I reading on the internet.
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Additionally, I am trying to help her in kitchen too.
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As I said, just had a lovely chai with Vartika and we do have our plans for traveling on Sunday all set. We do have a lot of things to learn as a couple, but as of now, I am living and enjoying every moment of this new family.
That's it for this sunday. See you soon very soon.
K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-52986168014207502552021-08-23T07:56:00.003-07:002021-08-23T07:56:57.361-07:00The idea of 'Slowing Down'!6: 27 PM, JORHAT.
It is tough for me to think of what to choose as a topic for this week's blog post. The world has been moving at a brisk pace.
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From a Sri-Lankan song become a viral super hit, to a country's government falling flat, too many things have been happening at the same time. To add to this, my culture celebrated Rakshabandhan, which was another celebration, in this new, yet always welcoming placeof Assam.
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I come from the land of Buddha and Gandhi, and catching up with the happenings of the world was never my priority. More than plans of 'Ruling' the world, I have always dreamt of 'Living peacefully' in this beautiful world.
I have realised that my nation or my civilisation, gives me so many holidays (across various religions) over a month to celebrate happiness. This is what pushes me inside, and it is there, that I need to make myself content.
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I love reading and writing occasionally, but I also like challenging myself creatively. This is my war with myself. It is here that I realise, that I do not need to look outside to my contemporaries, but at my own self.
To add to this, I love traveling, which includes taking short drives on my two-wheeler and get lost in this beautiful land. Anything, which is new for me can definitely be termed as 'BEAUTIFUL'.
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This gets me down to the idea of slowing down and competing with myself. I do not need to comment on worldly affairs, but I definitely need to know what is happening on this planet.
I also realised that I don't need to run with putting up parts of my life on the social media.
So, as I continue to explore more inside, I celebrate my journey traveling inside, with putting a new episode on my you tube channel,'Travelling with Harish', very soon. It is actually making me calm.
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That is it from my side, this week. See you next week, with more sharing.
K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-47085720569991801122021-08-14T07:39:00.006-07:002021-08-14T08:03:58.419-07:00My concept of my INDIA<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGA-z9VsbtYUwsBTiOfd0Pj-wx24WdhOBgW_5Blg-A-1C6MT7HVx4pe6X56SHjZGknO55i6YAt__ohx0AIXgghxAgc1ZB3vKaZRlIqzwNMU2eexY7xvvEvQ_SmO0OmZgsQWYoYmNGnxHlN/s770/Neera+with+flag.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGA-z9VsbtYUwsBTiOfd0Pj-wx24WdhOBgW_5Blg-A-1C6MT7HVx4pe6X56SHjZGknO55i6YAt__ohx0AIXgghxAgc1ZB3vKaZRlIqzwNMU2eexY7xvvEvQ_SmO0OmZgsQWYoYmNGnxHlN/s320/Neera+with+flag.jpg"/></a></div>
(Picture: Neeraj chopra with the Indian flag in the Tokyo olympics)
8:11 pm.
Jorhat, Assam
Tomorrow morning would not be an an ordinary morning, as it is would be the 75th independence of my nation. What is in this flag, in this national anthem which gives me goosebumps!
<b>MY IDEA OF PATRIOTISM!</b>
I have always grown up as a student who has been a good Indian citizen, at least on paper. As I grew up, this feeling of 'Patriotism' went stronger. It was perfect till I started assisting this Delhi-based documentary film-maker Mr. Amar Kanwar, that this feeling of 'Desh-bhakti' was shaken.
He comes from a school of thought, which was completely new for me. A school, which taught me to question things about my patriotism.
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During this time, I happened to meet many yougsters from regions like Kashmir and the North-east and know them in person.
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They were all battling hardships and I just questioned the fact were we all from the same India. I feel we need to work for a HUGE society which would be peaceful, in comparison with a SMALLER entity like a country.
I realised that becoming a HUMAN... would always be better than becoming an INDIAN. I need to stand up for my national anthem, but I need to question before harming someone, who is a 'stranger'.
This has been a major debate in my mind, becoming more intense all over the last few years. As I spend more time in the north east, I am beginning to meet communities, who have their own idea of 'INDIA', which would be differesnt from mine.
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The more I travel this beautiful land, I am looking forward more interesting people.
Now, I really looking forward to become an Indian, who would be a better human-being too.
That's it for this weekend. See you again, next week.
Jai Hind.K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-28598150166226503492021-08-08T22:03:00.004-07:002021-08-08T22:08:19.730-07:00The point behind my TRAVELS8:00 pm, Jorhat.
Sunday
Like every Sunday, this sunday too had started with a plan to travel to travel and explore a new place. My parents would be traveling to Hyderabad the next Sunday, so over the morning chai, we discussed where to go!
My idea of traveling had always been to enjoy the journey more than the destination. With that concept, you enjoy every moment.
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We had a rough idea to travel to Majuli Island, the largest river island on Brahmaputra. Sounded exciting! My parents, my wife and I did not want to waste time, and we started from home.
I kept telling myself, that let us not aim to reach the destination and come back, but enjoy the journey.
This is exactly my learning at NID has been. They never teach me to do the process, but to enjoy the process. Once you the process, reaching your end point loses meaning. You just live the process.
This is the problem with the present day education system. They aim at reaching the end point, that is completing the syllabus first, and not in enjoyiong the learning.
As a college professor, this has exactly my process of teaching over the years.
We packed up and left for Neemati Ghat, where we find ferries for Majuli. We got into a tempo, as it is the most local way to travel.
As we reached the beautiful ghat, we got to know the sad news that the ferry was not running, because of the lockdown. On enquiry, we found out that the services would resume after 16th.
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We were not dejected at the news. We had local 'Laal-Chai' and the local omlette. The not-so-lavish dhaba had a woman cooking and serving good food.
We came back, after the beautiful sighting of the majestic Brahmaputra. But in the journey, a new thing which I have been witnessing in Assam, is the Visual treat to the eyes.
So much of greenery, that I am going mad thinking about it.
Well that's it for this Sunday. See you soon.
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K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-76817087890346129152021-08-02T08:47:00.002-07:002021-08-02T08:47:09.317-07:00The TEA garden visit!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Assam polls 2021: Priyanka Vadra tries hand at plucking tea leaves in Biswanath - Video | Elections News – India TV" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://resize.indiatvnews.com/en/resize/newbucket/715_-/2021/03/priyankavadratea-1614670242.jpg" style="height: 253.006993006993px; margin: 0px auto; width: 450px;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Priyanka Vadra in a tea Garden in Assam</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p> 8:08 pm, Jorhat</p><p>First of all, I am really sorry for not posting my blog this Sunday. I have been busy buying, setting my new house here. But meanwhile, I along with my wife took a short trip in the city, to the world famous tea gardens.</p><p>I had always seen them in movies or television. In fact, recently I saw an image of Priyanka Vadra visiting a tea garden (image).</p><p>Jorhat is not huge city, but it is a town of a good size, where all the points of my motive, have been just around 15 to 20 minutes. That is the size of the town. </p><p>We have recently bought a two-wheeler and it has come as a boon to travel across the city. We have bought a sky-blue coloured Vespa (Pic) and we are loving taking random trips on it.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7MIZ8HNbS0tS0XAm98WtKQW4nXmnKarBSH9N1gNJOeI8ldvzc2f1Nt0D1uvFo77FuowcxbEwSWZ9hLlGz5aXcAVwguoz4qONnHMYMKG4QBmWzWQHwPUVkups4Pz1fDp8P9VHT-J_hTZR/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7MIZ8HNbS0tS0XAm98WtKQW4nXmnKarBSH9N1gNJOeI8ldvzc2f1Nt0D1uvFo77FuowcxbEwSWZ9hLlGz5aXcAVwguoz4qONnHMYMKG4QBmWzWQHwPUVkups4Pz1fDp8P9VHT-J_hTZR/" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Our new Vespa.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HhRSCmSGjvCfsHG3rcU2Aj8LSy361HciGOJl-bay1s4n2bpZ7ZZ8a8y1drnxGqnOUWkfwLXT0sSseMeLGB2OmYFxWZ_AMtwKVZAS6yOK8n1hhIJjvhdEEhMAsRk8scJ565NAn1eU66v9/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HhRSCmSGjvCfsHG3rcU2Aj8LSy361HciGOJl-bay1s4n2bpZ7ZZ8a8y1drnxGqnOUWkfwLXT0sSseMeLGB2OmYFxWZ_AMtwKVZAS6yOK8n1hhIJjvhdEEhMAsRk8scJ565NAn1eU66v9/" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Estate Entrance</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p>So this Sunday morning, we got ready and left for Cinnamara tea estate, Jorhat. It was established in the year 1850, by the British East India company. The land was owned by Maniram Dewam, who later took it from the British.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Maniram Dewan - Wikipedia" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Maniram_Dewan.jpg" style="height: 406.4px; margin: 0px auto; width: 400px;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An 1850 picture of Maniram Dewan, the owner of Cinnamora tea estate.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">As we reached the estate, I was welcomed by a huge land of green tea plants and I was blown away.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXABETs-16A03fahway80xcnn03MK1csr8_kKfSMZZyGxe1go2y7KmFUj_SfEJSwHcJRTfQIte3rnwkHS95uQcMppPlURMlHoatMAlk4q3UnegxWrC5LNeOkhwqW1JD1jzv1moVc5qI4J/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSXABETs-16A03fahway80xcnn03MK1csr8_kKfSMZZyGxe1go2y7KmFUj_SfEJSwHcJRTfQIte3rnwkHS95uQcMppPlURMlHoatMAlk4q3UnegxWrC5LNeOkhwqW1JD1jzv1moVc5qI4J/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We moved ahead and we spotted a huge water body. It was like icing on the cake.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlqbwW4xxvO1C2Ua2SNwrb7jkuKVn-jr_M-6zHkM3Jlcv3SPbWRKN61oyclYHoKZO-hnpG0UPKMwCFUBm01YrrGvFaYZGATlLcOzYxZmiX5-2f_cBkPZ1IwhvVjII_EWA0tk5OgxCRKLV/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvlqbwW4xxvO1C2Ua2SNwrb7jkuKVn-jr_M-6zHkM3Jlcv3SPbWRKN61oyclYHoKZO-hnpG0UPKMwCFUBm01YrrGvFaYZGATlLcOzYxZmiX5-2f_cBkPZ1IwhvVjII_EWA0tk5OgxCRKLV/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />We got to know that the bungalow owned by the erstwhile owner, was closed because of the Sunday. We asked that can we roam around the tea estate and the locals replied, "Why not?"</div><div>We loved every bit we spent there.</div><div>So that's it for this week. See you next week.<br /><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZakvazfzsqLypt6YPJ7XVzwTnlHEnVjTIwKPC_pB93JeQDBrnZi85xIIHOVcXQzlOLGAeDayv7AMb2bvmMiD-jc8eZofT1afNrM23afBOO8z4Zwhiqt4zwr3sG4EDAyTFIcU8k6YFgOP/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZakvazfzsqLypt6YPJ7XVzwTnlHEnVjTIwKPC_pB93JeQDBrnZi85xIIHOVcXQzlOLGAeDayv7AMb2bvmMiD-jc8eZofT1afNrM23afBOO8z4Zwhiqt4zwr3sG4EDAyTFIcU8k6YFgOP/" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My wife, Vartika, enjoying the tea garden view.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></p></div>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-5286830144207598092021-07-25T02:44:00.005-07:002021-07-25T06:14:27.323-07:00WHY DON'T WE PLAY?<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US">12:01 pm, 25<sup>th</sup> July, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Jorhat, Assam.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">It is a Sunday today and it has been a lovely day at the Olympics, for Indians till now. It seems like a day for Indian women. The day started with PV Sindhu winning her badminton match, Manika Batra came second and won her table tennins match and finally, MC Mary Kom won her boxing match. I still wait for the men’s Indian Hockey team match against Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><img alt="P.V. Sindhu Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" height="205" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/pusarla-v-sindhu-of-india-celebrate-after-defeating-akane-yamaguchi-picture-id1010783252?s=612x612" style="height: 300px; margin: 0px; width: 450.00000000000006px;" width="308" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">I have always grown up following the Olympics. It has been a phenomenon which has been tracing my life, every 4 years. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">So amidst news of Covid hitting us, came the news of Tokyo Olympics, and with it came India’s strong representation in the games. I saw it online day before. I was still digesting the news for a couple of days. But yesterday, came the big happy headline:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">‘</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;">Mirabai chanu wins a silver for India</span></b><span lang="EN-US">!’</span><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Suddenly,</span><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US">my happiness knew no limits. I read every news story about Mirabai and the happiness which followed. And then came the big question:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Why are we, as a country, not so great in sports?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">The answer is pretty simple. I will talk about it in this week’s blogpost:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt;">PRE INDEPENDENCE:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">I think the saga started long ago, when the British came to India and suddenly, the Indian kings, became slaves. Living one’s own life, was suddenly very tough for Indians. This was a time, when playing a sport was purely a luxury.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Under the British Raj, our education system became completely westernized. Becoming western is still fine, but an education system, which made us realize that we are ‘lacking’, was what the British raj aimed at. But what was scary was, that they excelled at doing so.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">The British realized that the best way to break this country’s backbone was to break its education system. All of a sudden, our gurukuls and madrasas were getting closed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Gurukul Images, Stock Photos &amp; Vectors | Shutterstock" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://image.shutterstock.com/image-illustration/april-20-2020-shri-ram-260nw-1867227703.jpg" style="height: 241.90064794816413px; margin: 0px auto; width: 400px;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Gurukul</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="madrasah | School, Education, History, &amp; Facts | Britannica" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" height="240" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR_h1v423wcAAcaXQortM0kYtqe3J2U9n_yvMjFlxfwZlTzJM5_n_g6FpXJytFPJqZkjiY&usqp=CAU" style="height: 337.5px; margin: 0px auto; width: 450px;" width="319" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A Madrasa</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Though the British left us in 1947, but they left us with about 3 generations of Indians, who believed in the <i>GORA </i>psychology of slavery.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">We did not want to teach our kids by stories or games, but by things written in their text-books. This was the time, when we started mugging up!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">And this gave rise to a completely sad system of learning, which was not ‘<i>our</i>’ way anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">The traditional gurus were replaced first by the white professors in college, which later got transformed to the brown professors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Suits aren&#39;t popular anymore. Here&#39;s why. - Vox" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/0wRAUM7tHUhzPCUhZbGtlv3TR0Q=/0x118:5257x2747/fit-in/1200x600/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19205696/GettyImages_89003739.jpg" style="height: 200px; margin: 1.3999999999999915px auto; width: 400px;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The White to Brown 'System'</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt;">1960’s and 70’s:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">This brand of teachers did not encourage the kids to learn anything beyond the books. As this mugging-up required us to spend more time with the books, the first thing which went away from the kids’ daily schedule, was SPORTS!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">In a way, we stopped learning by playing GAMES. The concept was no more a sport.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Pic: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><img src="blob:https://draft.blogger.com/7449942f-6950-4608-995f-df210eb50bde" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Though we still played sports, but the schools never encouraged kids to take it up as a profession. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">What happened was that the country was that with a humungous population, we only had a minute number of successful sportspersons. A PT Usha or a Milkha Singh were a rarity in our society. They too had struggled a lot. Afterall, after the stupid British education system, we finally had to get ourselves a ‘roti, kapda and Makaan’ first, and then think of any sports.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">There is a British theory which says that they made India a country first and they made us ‘civilized’ us. In a way, they discovered us. I agree that they did get Cinema, cricket and all the big British buildings to India. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US">I firmly believe that they did make India, but they killed Bharat!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16pt;">1990’s<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Then we entered a decade, when the country was poor and under-developed. I agree that the era of liberalisation, globalisation and privatisation had begun, but again, we were nowhere in sports. We only played on international sport: CRICKET.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><img alt="From trains to flights: Charting umpiring reforms since the 90s - Sportstar" class="rg_i Q4LuWd" data-noaft="1" height="205" jsname="Q4LuWd" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS6Cjj6sILe5Nqc2MCwSNggzJHvm68r-_KqSxP1Nt9DC3_mvdvYn0cptb4gRe-RUhKHyqg&usqp=CAU" width="221" /><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">The BCCI story:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><img src="blob:https://draft.blogger.com/28ea1028-0431-4efb-9e88-628c6ddd280a" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">It was not a government entity. It did start in 1928, as a private entity, recognized by the Madras High court then. But it was not an entity by the Government of India. It was started by the rich.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Unlike the Indian athletics federation, or the Indian Hockey federation, it started on a totally different level. It bought media in the 1980’s and 90’s and bombarded the country with its own stories.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">I do not hate cricket. But I do not like the massive attention it enjoys, in a not-so-rich country like India.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">We do watch the cricket world cup, but the fact of the matter is that only 10 to 14 countries play cricket. I do not feel they are the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18pt;">The Olympics story:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">The first time I saw Olympics was in 1996, when it took place in Atlanta. I was little. I realized how big the world is. I witnessed it on doordarshan. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">I loved watching some games then, but later those sports were replaced by cricket tournaments. I was definitely sad.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><img src="blob:https://draft.blogger.com/e2fe7be0-e4cb-43a9-b05a-504f373249fd" /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt;">MY MEDIA LEARNING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">It is only when I took up journalism in graduation that I understood the idea of TRP (Television Rating Point). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">When you watch any channel, you send its feedback rating to the channel, and the channel grows by the TRP it gets.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">I believe we should watch all cricket matches, but we as Indians, also need to watch the Olympics. Afterall, it is our countrymen representing us. And this is not about 10-14 countries. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">It is about more than 200 countries competing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><img 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style="-webkit-user-select: none; display: block; margin: auto;" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="font-size: large;">CONCLUSION</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">So every time we have the Olympics or Asiad or the Common Wealth Games happening, the television plays with full josh.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">I am sure I have started playing badminton and table tennis because of these matches. Though I do not play like a professional player, but I follow the games.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">I guess these athletes are changing we are developing as a country. But we get to know about it only if we watch them.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><img src="blob:https://draft.blogger.com/427481ab-3863-4e13-a02c-01e1a7761f09" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">I do not own a television set right now, but I am following the Olympics on my cellphone. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">These sports men and women do need our attention. Watch them and cheer for them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Channels to catch: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;">The live broadcast India's Olympics matches will take place on </span><b><span style="color: #202124; font-family: Arial;">Sony Sports Network</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: Arial;">. Sony TEN 1 HD/SD, Sony TEN 2 HD/SD and Sony SIX HD/SD with English commentary. Sony TEN 3 HD/SD to live telecast Tokyo Olympics 2021 with Hindi Commentary</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">I guess it is time to make India, Bharat again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Meanwhile, I get ready for the hockey match.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">See you, next Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-74348827312975797842021-07-17T23:45:00.003-07:002021-07-17T23:47:33.943-07:00The journey of the SUN!<div class="separator"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="morning nature river boat" height="405" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/8065/8246915707_2f15ec0781.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="306" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Surise at Jorhat, Assam: 4:30 am</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p> </p><p>10:05 a.m., Jorhat</p><p><br /></p><p>It was my first morning at Jorhat. In fact, it was still night, and the dawn was setting in. I just heard a lot of birds. This definitely woke me up. I got up, and went to the window to catch a glimpse of the beauty. Being an early morning person, I definitely loved it.</p><p>It has been 18 days in this town and one of the newest things I noticed here was the SUN! I could see the daylight seeping in and I was loving the moment.</p><p>It is then, that I checked my cellphone, for the time. It was 4:45 a.m.!</p><p>I could not believe it then. I had always heard stories from my childhood that in the East, the sun rises early. But I never knew that it would be so early.</p><p>Obviously, in the evenings, the sun set early too.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="0DSCN1185 Good Bye 2017 - Last Sunset of the Year 2017 … | Flickr" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" height="194" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://live.staticflickr.com/4635/39375690752_0f367c964c_b.jpg" style="height: 300px; margin: 0px auto; width: 400px;" width="258" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Jorhat sunset time: 6:30 pm</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>As a result, I have started having an early dinner and hence, I sleep at 10 p.m.<div>This is suddenly pushed me back to the childhood lessons, which said:</div><div><br /></div><h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(162, 169, 177); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: "Linux Libertine", Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;">"Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise".</span></h1><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div>This has been such a big unlearning process. I realised that my sleep solves so many things in life.</div><div>It solves hunger, work, exercise and many things related. </div><div><br /></div><div>It is my 18th day, and this is one major thing which this place is teaching me!</div><div><br /></div><div>That's it for this for this Sunday. Will catch you the next Sunday.</div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-27461033172941230092021-07-11T00:03:00.000-07:002021-07-11T00:03:01.616-07:00My Entry to the NORTH EAST<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Traveling has been in my genes since my birth. With my father being in the Army, and my mother always interested in exploring new places, I had to get that quality from my parents in <i>virasat</i>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">But I also realised that more I travel, more I learnt, so I just traveled!</span></p><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="Reason why The Travelling is important for the young People – Travel With Tour" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://travelwithtouragent.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/GettyImages-858143820.jpg" style="height: 299.8285714285714px; margin: 0px; width: 449.99999999999994px;" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">I spent a major part of my life in train journeys across India. This made me an avid traveler, and in the process, a writer. I have always treasured every journey I have taken. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sri Lanka Train Travel: Kandy To Ella Is A Breathtaking Scenic Journey" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ-i1NDEukC73C5AjVkNyklW4XVNUSdYWdGNvzWGwggLz83FYoosXXuvdEJ78zArNXYlMQ&usqp=CAU" style="height: 352.7678571428571px; margin: 0px; width: 450px;" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">So when I take an India count of all the villages, cities and states I had traveled, I realized that I had covered and stayed in the whole country, except this beautiful region of north east India.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Things to Do in Northeast India | 9 Best Things to Do in North East" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://www.swantour.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Things-to-Do-In-Northeast-India.jpg" style="height: 300px; margin: 0px; width: 449.99999999999994px;" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US">Very recently, I have shifted to the beautiful state of Assam. Jorhat was the new base and this would be my base for long. The reason was pretty simple: I got a job here, and I accepted it with my arms stretched in happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Assam Tour, Itinerary Services, Vacation Packages, Itinerary Job Work, Tour Operators, Anthropological Museum Tour Services in Malviya Nagar, New Delhi , De Travel Cooper Private Limited | ID: 7774325533" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://3.imimg.com/data3/NQ/DN/MY-11728171/assam-tour-500x500.jpg" style="height: 242.1px; margin: 0px; width: 450px;" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US">Science says that the color green is good for eyes and in the process, our health. I have grown up in Army areas all my life, but in every city, the greenery would disappear, as I would move out of the military cantonment. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US">I had always wished for a city which would be green always. To my happiness, Jorhat was that town.<o:p></o:p></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Majuli Island | book a Brahmaputra river cruise | TourGenie" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://tms.tourgenie.com/assets/images/imgblog/blogimg_Abhishek_Gurung_f426e2956639117363a8202ebfe89ef3.jpg" style="height: 300px; margin: 0px auto; width: 450px;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Manjuli Island, Jorhat<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US">Though the town is under a strict COVID lockdown right now, but I am really looking forward to life here. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Covid-19: Assam&#39;s Jorhat to go under total lockdown from July 9-15 | Business Standard News" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://bsmedia.business-standard.com/_media/bs/img/misc/2020-07/01/full/20200630143L.jpg" style="height: 266.25px; margin: 0px; width: 450px;" /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US">The best part of the region is that the sun rises early (Pretty early!) and it gets dark early too. It is amazing for my body clock. I had always imagined to sleep with the birds around, but could never manage that in other cities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="202 Assam Stock Videos, Royalty-free Assam Footage | Depositphotos®" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://st3.depositphotos.com/1017908/16117/v/600/depositphotos_161174536-stock-video-tea-garden-sunset-in-the.jpg" style="height: 253.12500000000003px; margin: 0px; width: 450.00000000000006px;" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"></p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; text-align: start;">I am beginning to do that now!<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">I have got a place to stay. I am waiting to travel more in this amazing place. Would definitely be posting more on my blog, every Sunday. Keep reading 'CHERISH with HARISH'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: medium; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US">See you next Sunday, guys.<o:p></o:p></span></p></span><span style="text-align: start;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: start;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"></p></div>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-64062665953347815742021-06-11T23:59:00.004-07:002021-06-12T00:07:03.184-07:00SIXER?<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Slow and Steady • MaThCliX®" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="http://mathclix.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Slow-and-Steady.jpeg" style="height: 225px; margin: 0px; width: 225px;" /> </p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In life, </span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">let's play ball-by-ball,</span></p><div data-block="true" data-editor="28jir" data-offset-key="70gc2-0-0" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="70gc2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="70gc2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">why hit a SIXER and get out? </span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="70gc2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="70gc2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Why?</span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="70gc2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="70gc2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="70gc2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="70gc2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">- KHS, June'21</span></div></div>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-70453739690271472762021-06-08T00:24:00.003-07:002021-06-08T00:24:39.479-07:00The Latest Trend In The YouTube Subscriber Game.<p> 8:08 pm.</p><p>Hyderabad</p><p><img alt="Free Subscribe Stock Video Footage Download 4K HD 31 Clips" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" jsaction="load:XAeZkd;" jsname="HiaYvf" src="https://media.istockphoto.com/videos/like-subscribe-ring-bell-dynamic-animation-with-shadows-video-id1137550055?b=1&k=6&m=1137550055&s=640x640&h=GutSBIRGArvBUi7-DAHSe-CI6InQNXiOVLm8mCDzxKo=" style="height: 253.125px; margin: 0px; width: 450px;" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>HOW DID I START MY CHANNEL!</b></p><p>Well well... this is a new game, which I did not know about. </p><p>I started my YouTube channel, '<b>TraveLLing with Harish</b>' (https://www.youtube.com/c/TravelingWithHarishTWH/videos), about a year ago, in the last lockdown. </p><p>I thought the channel would be about my journeys, which I would be taking. but then came the nation-wide lockdown, and with that stopped my physical traveling.</p><p>But it did open my mental traveling. With Yoga and lots of reading, I did start traveling inside spirituality, and this gave a nice push to my channel.</p><p>The growth of the channel was nice and steady. In fact, in a span of one year, I had around 300 subscribers. </p><p>What was great was that with the whole process of researching and coming up with any episode, I learnt a lot.</p><p>You tube asks us to reach the 1,000 subscriber mark to start monetisation, but I liked this slow and steady growth, both on the channel, and in life!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A RELATIVE'S CHANNEL!</b></p><p>A distant relative, Disha (name changed) also started her YouTube channel, roughly around with me. It is then, that I met an uncle, who asked me about my channel's growth. He spoke about about Disha's channel, which had a lakh subscribers. I was shocked!</p><p>The uncle said, "Harish... why doesn't your channel show results as good as Disha's?"</p><p>The question stayed in my mind from that moment. I came back from that moment, thinking about it. I did get to know about subscribers, whom I can buy with a meagre amount of about five to ten thousand rupees.</p><p>But I had never aimed to start my channel with that aim. Though I would never mind to have a million subscribers, but I would never aim to get that number.</p><p> Firstly, I am not a full-time you tuber. I run the channel for gaining and learning things, on my own. It is happening to be a great platform.</p><p>But I do want to post an episode, every week, and the best part is, I have been successful in reaching that number. </p><p>I wish I could explain all these things to that uncle, but then I look at myself and that uncle, and the only question I get is... WHY?</p><p><b>WHAT I REALISED!</b></p><p>Disha , I and the uncle are 3 very different individuals, and no one needs to explain things to each other.</p><p>To each his own. This is genuinely the latest trend in the YouTube Subscriber Game theory.</p><p>I will definitely return with a new experience.</p><p>Keep reading. keep safe !</p>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-65887234215465695732021-02-07T06:11:00.003-08:002021-02-07T06:11:50.292-08:00Why is Happiness Important?<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/5FRA4GGiOPo" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5FRA4GGiOPo/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><br /><div>A new episode of 'TRAVELLING WITH HARISH', where Harish talks about the importance of 'Happiness', with scientific facts .</div></div>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-68780127634549854992021-02-02T07:36:00.002-08:002021-02-02T07:36:19.207-08:00MY TRIP CONTINUES| Hyderabad to Chandigarh<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/_-RsW9XMn7Q" width="480"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: #181818; color: white; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In this episode, Harish travels in his first post-COVID trip from... Hyderabad to Chandigarh and shares the experience.</span></div>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-88395813535169072252021-01-19T08:40:00.001-08:002021-01-19T08:40:04.467-08:0012 HABITS THAT DAMAGE YOUR BRAIN<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://youtube.com/embed/Ll_lcc_KKZg" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ll_lcc_KKZg/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div><span style="background-color: #181818; color: white; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #181818; color: white; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have been working a lot on our physical bodies. In this episode, we look at 12 habits which damage our brain. In this episode, we talk through those interesting points.</span><div><div><ytd-comments class="style-scope ytd-watch-flexy" id="comments" style="background-color: #181818; display: block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><ytd-item-section-renderer class="style-scope ytd-comments" id="sections" initial-count="2" style="display: block;"><div class="style-scope ytd-item-section-renderer" id="header" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ytd-comments-header-renderer class="style-scope ytd-item-section-renderer" style="--paper-input-container-input-align: baseline; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: var(--comments-header-renderer-margin-bottom, 32px); margin-top: var(--comments-header-renderer-margin-top, 24px);"><br /><div class="style-scope ytd-comments-header-renderer" id="title" style="align-items: center; background: transparent; border: 0px; display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin: 0px 0px 24px; padding: 0px;"></div></ytd-comments-header-renderer></div></ytd-item-section-renderer></ytd-comments></div></div></div>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-75414939618518726702021-01-11T00:00:00.000-08:002021-01-11T00:00:21.790-08:00What EXACTLY is fasting?<iframe style="background-image:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a6nnD7DSpHY/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/a6nnD7DSpHY" frameborder="0"></iframe>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-43538813465400447122021-01-09T22:29:00.007-08:002021-01-09T22:38:27.031-08:00ARE YOU Getting the Most Out of Your Loving The City's Weather?<p>8:30 am, Sunday.</p><p>Hyderabad.</p><p>Winters in the north are cold. But I am loving the pleasantness of the winters in Hyderabad. This is a major part of so many better things for me. I will be sharing ten points of positives, the city's moderate weather is offering me.</p><p>Let's begin:</p><p><b>1. Weather is always a great thing in life, in general</b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGE7ZojpqS26IdoMKbLnlTqHiC4Yc1zKCVzNnlMg6nDZkot5djFs7ss-Af7a6RyxA5w7oH25QiJeiRcz0s7Be3G1Qg42Da6G1QtbA_isVdhNTdk8n-QcU-YrxTGsm7zmdsGQH4b4nmJmeq/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGE7ZojpqS26IdoMKbLnlTqHiC4Yc1zKCVzNnlMg6nDZkot5djFs7ss-Af7a6RyxA5w7oH25QiJeiRcz0s7Be3G1Qg42Da6G1QtbA_isVdhNTdk8n-QcU-YrxTGsm7zmdsGQH4b4nmJmeq/" width="240" /></a></b></div><b><br /></b><br /><p></p><p>Before Hyderabad, I was in New Delhi. It is known for its extreme weather. Weather is like a lovely background music tune, which influences all the things in the foreground. </p><p>At least that is what it does for me. The lovely, cosy breezy evenings are pushing me to work well. To say the least, they are pushing me to think more, and I am loving it</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATNzk3-66iHuVkaA5lOMnVbC9DGgeD-czJEIA37nkbSqWzXu_wdZx2NB9K3jpNeoXTQZonal-7QbcKBgqdEu-O46F8puLwjEs6O8fgJ3k5csQ00-CDKgQC_BgTO2MPiwqEEF0P6UPO0X8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATNzk3-66iHuVkaA5lOMnVbC9DGgeD-czJEIA37nkbSqWzXu_wdZx2NB9K3jpNeoXTQZonal-7QbcKBgqdEu-O46F8puLwjEs6O8fgJ3k5csQ00-CDKgQC_BgTO2MPiwqEEF0P6UPO0X8/" width="240" /></a></div><b>2. </b><b>Comfortable weather has improved m</b><b>y reading <br /></b><p></p><p>I was always a voracious reader. But off late, the lockdown and my abrupt shifting to this city, had taken me away from this beautiful habit. But one thing which is pushing me back to this, is again the lovely weather. The amazing Hyderabad breeze, straight from my window, wants me to travel and know more about the world. Suddenly, my reading has improved.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>3. The weather is impacting my WRITING</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVOo-tLjrycPL9i_UJOaJ803grWHgBTrAofGxeUNtOEa7xPVAHVS3UYYMFBWVZwjZYyMQ66zRV0my0iRwB_1l7_B-BQ9EL-J6JYjL1dSqf-RbTlpOFp8rjOn8HcFl8ZsliUIU6ttQC7uW/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1080" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVOo-tLjrycPL9i_UJOaJ803grWHgBTrAofGxeUNtOEa7xPVAHVS3UYYMFBWVZwjZYyMQ66zRV0my0iRwB_1l7_B-BQ9EL-J6JYjL1dSqf-RbTlpOFp8rjOn8HcFl8ZsliUIU6ttQC7uW/" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b>When I shifted my city, I was dead sure, that the new city, the new location will affect my writing style. But I was happily surprised that the amazing weather is adding to it. The most important point is the lack of 'Humidity', which is encouraging me to write and get engrossed into it. <p></p><p>I am just loving it.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NuLXwpZC2gWZ928oxInJrGXir7UCGlvFSWPagNTxJE3-SFMBxtDTenotccVS-GLR1loOlkcgv5ojnxFb3BMFamp4YjbUowkOnrVyhHVQfcZ48ASQ1Guu93B2Z_tr4vHrf2oG-ryiNaR-/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NuLXwpZC2gWZ928oxInJrGXir7UCGlvFSWPagNTxJE3-SFMBxtDTenotccVS-GLR1loOlkcgv5ojnxFb3BMFamp4YjbUowkOnrVyhHVQfcZ48ASQ1Guu93B2Z_tr4vHrf2oG-ryiNaR-/" width="320" /></a></div><b>4. Creating an mazing thinking space<br /></b><p></p><p>I have been a writer and all my work revolves around thinking and creating new things around me. I have always needed a positive weather, so that I come up with positive things around me. </p><p>This is exactly the weather is doing for me. I have come from a freezing weather, so when people around tell me that it is very cold for them, I just <b> </b>smile and enjoy the pleasantness of the winters. I am also glad that I do not have to wear 3 layers of woollen clothes.</p><p>So, this giving me an amazing, open space to think, and thus, it is creating all the positive things around me.</p><p>When a recent survey said that 'Hyderabad' is the best city to live in, I just realised the reason for it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSG-R788gqmr_tUoX-H3BgMl5K7itRi1sHGvvofgbQgttN7fCdZcYiJ5WzAiXYoU96Ov4YAi5B9aJbeazX766Bxr_gzk4RGc_seP7EA3tUjlwbekm9yc4cpp7SrAVqX0zov2BLwY8DO9o/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="1024" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSG-R788gqmr_tUoX-H3BgMl5K7itRi1sHGvvofgbQgttN7fCdZcYiJ5WzAiXYoU96Ov4YAi5B9aJbeazX766Bxr_gzk4RGc_seP7EA3tUjlwbekm9yc4cpp7SrAVqX0zov2BLwY8DO9o/" width="320" /></a></div><b>5. The lovely weather is encouraging me to do work more<br /></b><p></p><p>When you are in a good weather, you feel like working more, being more productive. You know you are not freezing and are not lazy, or you are not sweating like a pig, which is turning you away from work.</p><p>But this city is actually asking me to re-look at my everyday to-do lists, which were never completed in my previous cities.</p><p>And the best part is, that I am more productive and am not competing with anyone. This gives me an amazing sense of peace. </p><p>Wow!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xPC8WbxszCdo2CbyvsdqlPbIgJBqyP3a4nh4cS3nGm7v1fjoTIxtfCl0NJyyfpaew-u14MkyAZ1awvZUgP2RHwFDR0wxI1g-dsvZMIKrY59dQG40x4hMhef2spi8xDuso-Z5zAOaKxLI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="760" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xPC8WbxszCdo2CbyvsdqlPbIgJBqyP3a4nh4cS3nGm7v1fjoTIxtfCl0NJyyfpaew-u14MkyAZ1awvZUgP2RHwFDR0wxI1g-dsvZMIKrY59dQG40x4hMhef2spi8xDuso-Z5zAOaKxLI/" width="320" /></a></div>6. <b>Making my new episode every week, positively<br /></b><p></p><p>As my readers know it pretty well, that I started with my youtube channel, during the nation-wide lockdown. I had just told myself that whatsoever happens, I have to upload an episode, every week. But somehow, I guess the peaceful weather is helping me get into that zone and work on the next episode every week.</p><p>Earlier I thought that this might be happening because of my shift to Hyderabad and it's peaceful weather. But I am sure, looking at my growing interest in making my episodes, I think the youtube channel is inspiring me to travel around, and come up with more short films on my thoughts. </p><p>Again, loving it!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggn1l2IzAAf5DF4o_NkSAuW-7h3wScNF1MuPlbtrjBxjeZNkIVVWFxruoWeqochHtSMdEXmjDG9RfGmMSZnbAaxqBeIPKmy-O17nBbtLHrWqT0a5HiPJL-37mPiW4hjYjuD096oEurFBzB/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="600" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggn1l2IzAAf5DF4o_NkSAuW-7h3wScNF1MuPlbtrjBxjeZNkIVVWFxruoWeqochHtSMdEXmjDG9RfGmMSZnbAaxqBeIPKmy-O17nBbtLHrWqT0a5HiPJL-37mPiW4hjYjuD096oEurFBzB/w347-h182/image.png" width="347" /></a></div><b>7. The weather is making me get into research<br /></b><p></p><p>The whole process of 'Researching' about the new topic every week for my episode, is teaching me so many things. I have always believed that when you have an amazing weather around you, you suddenly have so much of more time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to this comfortable weather, I am enjoying the whole process of researching.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQffQq2JBLEXovuD6U_hFVDLIlD_fEvri8fLyIwYg8Uivn0HufPhbeztoTJy96RE9j7NX_ns_KO62GOi1wXyIQLVo7ZpJPQXAkXtd749Ks1muTTp4jMdpXniGBOICnntdHPsgGdOl-d2wg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="271" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQffQq2JBLEXovuD6U_hFVDLIlD_fEvri8fLyIwYg8Uivn0HufPhbeztoTJy96RE9j7NX_ns_KO62GOi1wXyIQLVo7ZpJPQXAkXtd749Ks1muTTp4jMdpXniGBOICnntdHPsgGdOl-d2wg/" width="320" /></a></div><b>8. My worldly knowledge is suddenly improving<br /></b><p></p><p>This is a sub-conscious thing which is happening. This might not be completely because of the weather, but it does play an important part in it. I guess a major reason might be the travelling and the generated curiosity. Hyderabad is a city which was always the vacation city for me, as I would always come here for <i>Chhutti.<b> </b></i></p><p>But this time, I am a citizen here and I am getting to know more about this city. As I get to speak in the local language more, I get to know the local culture more. I am getting to know more about the regions and the Telengana culture more. </p><p>I also loved the Telengana food in my recent Kazipet food. So I am opening myself to accept the city and travel around more, and to travel well, you definitely need awesome weather.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>9. Eating healthy food thanks to the weather</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4D_P32BWTPof_VtAAPVnzsegn1BjVYUPXobhfwD8pXro214rAZz7xcuU-QVYEGuXCgbSYqCCtdmn61qf_fFzYa3T-6dFa-hucLWQ1-vjv-zulmrZN6kTVjxAbWke2zFSS-Wr4QARpGI9/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4D_P32BWTPof_VtAAPVnzsegn1BjVYUPXobhfwD8pXro214rAZz7xcuU-QVYEGuXCgbSYqCCtdmn61qf_fFzYa3T-6dFa-hucLWQ1-vjv-zulmrZN6kTVjxAbWke2zFSS-Wr4QARpGI9/" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p>I have been meditating for quite some time, but a good weather has suddenly pushed me into a good daily schedule everyday. Though I am fighting to get into it everyday, but usually, I feel hungry at the right times.</p><p>Another great positive for a good weather.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Uploading: 371712 of 4703912 bytes uploaded." border="0" class="placeholder" height="240" id="d14687eb484ce" src="https://www.blogger.com/img/transparent.gif" style="background-color: #d8d8d8; background-image: url('https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/i/materialiconsextended/insert_photo/v6/grey600-24dp/1x/baseline_insert_photo_grey600_24dp.png'); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; opacity: 0.6;" width="320" /></div><b>10. Sleeping well because of the weather<br /></b><p></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>To end this interesting list of points, I realisesd that my readers should realise that when I do everything correctly during the day, I have to sleep well too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to the weather, I am loving the sleep I am getting everyday.</p><p>I will comeback with my next write up next week.</p><p>Have a great week.</p><p>Stay safe. Stay happy :)</p><p><br /></p>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-5077388387849396732021-01-01T02:01:00.000-08:002021-01-01T02:01:03.516-08:00THE WORST ADVICE YOU COULD EVER GET ABOUT A NEW YEAR, A NEW JOURNEY<p> Hyderabad,</p><p> January 1, 2021.</p><p>7:30 am</p><p>First of all, I would like to wish all my readers a happy 2021. It is the early hours of 2021, a year which is turning out to be a 'major year' in my life. But how? Let's try dissecting this term.</p><p>Talking about all the advices which have come my way, in 2020, I have realised that the word 'Advice' is a misnomer and has to be very carefully handled.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>THE IDEA OF ADVICES</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>We all know this fact that 2020 has been sad and negative and all those things. And with this thought process, came the strong advices to me that I had to follow about COVID. Most of the advices about health have been good and helpful. Be it the new word 'Mask' or the newer term, 'Social-Distancing'.</p><p>But looking at the circumstances, I have definitely lost some dear ones this year, and hence, they have taught me a lot. In this case, advices were not spoken by a human being, but 'ordered' by the celestial power ruling us. A power which has always guided me to take all my major decisions. This power has always made me intuitive.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>HOW DID THEY BEGIN</b></p><p><b>THE FIRST DEATH</b></p><p>It was early January, 2020, and we were enjoying the winters in Gurgaon. I got the news of <i>Malathi Badamma</i> fighting her final battle. She was my mother's eldest sister, and more than a sister, she was a mother to her. I was shaken by the news that why was all this happening. Mom had left for Hyderabad. Obviously, she left all of us. </p><p>I was suddenly reminded of the fact that, life had to end some time, and my parents too would be gone some day. </p><p>The worst part was that I could not do anything about. Just a mute spectator. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPl62uP0E86jlJdJmKk_lnkh90hKTANIyz2EPbD4FNCsAJBRsLYDR-fOX-l0uXxC9q5S99AoaSqB5iSbkRgEDhz96E6YyFkvkXuJA46gRI0iZ-Mxm0B-ffsUAThY63HtCDec6KTw0k2k0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1200" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPl62uP0E86jlJdJmKk_lnkh90hKTANIyz2EPbD4FNCsAJBRsLYDR-fOX-l0uXxC9q5S99AoaSqB5iSbkRgEDhz96E6YyFkvkXuJA46gRI0iZ-Mxm0B-ffsUAThY63HtCDec6KTw0k2k0/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><b> THE SECOND DEATH</b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGTwHWGRhU9H-DgjhSB5C7kWpM47Jn6Couzhyphenhyphen4dBYzyZxVBYn-zgQSs08e7q2tiMAmG6xYiMPujAWHxa_OIomC1JqBV9nDS-pKSjbHyN0XiKjHcAt3_EeRsFb8Pm_TqkmMUrvCJwQBVPA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1200" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGTwHWGRhU9H-DgjhSB5C7kWpM47Jn6Couzhyphenhyphen4dBYzyZxVBYn-zgQSs08e7q2tiMAmG6xYiMPujAWHxa_OIomC1JqBV9nDS-pKSjbHyN0XiKjHcAt3_EeRsFb8Pm_TqkmMUrvCJwQBVPA/" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p>It was getting cold in Delhi. I had gone and met my <i>Bade mama </i>(my elder maternal uncle). He had been diagnosed with cancer about two years ago. He was losing weight at an alarming rate. An uncle who was so jolly about eating and feeding us food, had suddenly lost apetite. I was sad. I was also sad for his family, which was so close to me.</p><p>But very soon, he left us. Again, I realised that, I could not do any thing. The power up above was so strong.</p><p>Amidst all this, a new disease was spreading. There have been older cases of SARS or Anthrax or Ebola. But I thought, that this disease would also be treated and not touch us. But COVID was different.</p><p>It was picking up in India, and spreading quite fearfully.</p><p>The lockdown had hit us. Meanwhile, my bade mama's son's wedding came up. I was happy that this good news would take the family to a happy distraction. We were still digesting this sadness, and with this happy news.</p><p>But that very night, we got the news that the groom's maternal uncle lost his life to a heart attack. Another big shock for the whole family.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>THE THIRD DEATH</b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTEAD6LZRnRXaSTDTzIQFWBCTaBSiYbIQU0KTvvP9Yk-ELm5vjUzxlBT6i05Ygh-u2Zn0AjO8wRAVqley2akAfvOVFNS5b_2YkUW2s-UcYwAOXQgWuu-h468OXzj-pZAUOQl6LuR9rMMc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTEAD6LZRnRXaSTDTzIQFWBCTaBSiYbIQU0KTvvP9Yk-ELm5vjUzxlBT6i05Ygh-u2Zn0AjO8wRAVqley2akAfvOVFNS5b_2YkUW2s-UcYwAOXQgWuu-h468OXzj-pZAUOQl6LuR9rMMc/" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p>The lockdown had cancelled all my travel plans and all my classes in some colleges. I was suddenly stuck home. So, I had to start a new plan for myself. It is in this phase, that I started recording my youtube channel: </p><p>https://www.youtube.com/c/TravelingWithHarishTWH/videos</p><p><br /></p><p>This new set of episodes was driving some interest and I got the news that my<i> Chhote Mama </i>(younger maternal uncle) had been diagnosed with COVID. I too thought, that he is a very strong man, both physically and mentally, and he will definitely fight back.</p><p>But suddenly, he was admitted in the ICU. We had no idea what to do. My <i>chhote mama </i> had been very close to my mother. And very soon, we were flying from Delhi to Hyderabad. </p><p>And again, we could not do anything. We lost him.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUTsqCVQLClkku_srD3OkzXevl1vDVgrd7mwsvMrXUiiLDYfxcrea9mBv2cXBVArtmsimNlgZlqMhBOkQsrd7oafm39keB6OCuKzDlz0CeLX0BLQ_dgo7Hd0Sd3AmN1TmmG0MsoZ18vfr/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUTsqCVQLClkku_srD3OkzXevl1vDVgrd7mwsvMrXUiiLDYfxcrea9mBv2cXBVArtmsimNlgZlqMhBOkQsrd7oafm39keB6OCuKzDlz0CeLX0BLQ_dgo7Hd0Sd3AmN1TmmG0MsoZ18vfr/" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>This shook me and my family that why are saving and planning for the future. This is when we thought of packing our bags and took the big decision of moving back home to Hyderabad!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>THE BIG MOVE</b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCU54fiTiKvTk-8bhGBy7wa9TEihYFQS3-QjHzZ2Bimrrtw70zKNRsmFHwrMxvarC4EF8RwuXMmKjfbzi13DyCJyOPkaG0LKdZkBaBtQSZ_0CiHeqTMyLwU8an-7NH8aLhjNsxIpYbR8W9/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1024" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCU54fiTiKvTk-8bhGBy7wa9TEihYFQS3-QjHzZ2Bimrrtw70zKNRsmFHwrMxvarC4EF8RwuXMmKjfbzi13DyCJyOPkaG0LKdZkBaBtQSZ_0CiHeqTMyLwU8an-7NH8aLhjNsxIpYbR8W9/" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p>With the Indian Army being a big reason for it, and we had always been changing base. Even after my father getting retired from the army, my parents and I kept travelling towns and cities, to explore. But 2020, forced us to take the most dangerous, most critical journeys of our lives.</p><p>- The first one was to take my Bade mama's dead body in a hospital in Noida. It was when the Lockdown was at its peak. He had no one to offer him a shoulder. I got emotional. All the state borders were closed and driving a vehicle was not allowed.</p><p>We took permission, crossed the Haryana to Delhi border, drove through Delhi and then, crossed the Delhi to UP border. Another advice which people asked us not to cross our homes. Back then, everyone was so scared of the virus, but we had to reach and collect bade mama's dead body.</p><p>I remember stories of him coming to meet my mother on his motor-bike when she was pregnant. We had to pay back and go. Our vehicle crossed borders and I thanked all the Gods for letting us do it!</p><p><br /></p><p>- The second one one was when we took the flight to Hyderabad. Though we could not save Chhote mama, even after all our efforts, but we got an idea that we need to come back and give support to my aunt, who was clearly devastated. We were suddenly, FAMILY.</p><p>- The third and the biggest one was the big shift from Delhi to Hyderabad. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>HYDERABAD</b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR66FBwq1Hm9qzccUtCpJcKhUMJ89TkllXrFKo5Jl41278aI52BFcNBi-0U2si-e69ppjleaTtdaLV-VAw5bFt_i09GJnO25aomaJsm231mPn7cVS8S5AaVMUmGZXtrS-fn9Kwa_bUSoDr/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR66FBwq1Hm9qzccUtCpJcKhUMJ89TkllXrFKo5Jl41278aI52BFcNBi-0U2si-e69ppjleaTtdaLV-VAw5bFt_i09GJnO25aomaJsm231mPn7cVS8S5AaVMUmGZXtrS-fn9Kwa_bUSoDr/" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><br /></b><p></p><p>It was always my <i>chhutti-city</i> or my vacation city, but I had never lived in this city. But I just shifted here, and it is turning out to be beautiful. I am loving the moderate weather. I am trying to explore more of its unknown roads and I am definitely loving.</p><p>Some great news stories have been coming my way, which are refreshing. Some great news would be coming up, which made me a strong individual</p><p>So, thank you so much for reading this.</p><p>And as far as advices go, if you think you are right for doing another right, to someone else, fight the world and ignore that advice.</p><p>That would be my advice.</p><p>So happy 2021 again.</p><p>Stay safe... Stay Strong.</p><p>Will catch you next week.</p><p>Cheers.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-44733964552763868512020-12-28T23:47:00.001-08:002020-12-28T23:47:33.208-08:00Why you Shouldn't watch Television!<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/ipin_oqn818" width="480"></iframe><div>A new episode :)</div>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-73271982635303996692020-12-12T08:45:00.001-08:002020-12-12T08:45:34.368-08:00GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS- Guntur<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/MJvbcZQtkqo" style="background-image: url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MJvbcZQtkqo/hqdefault.jpg);" width="480"></iframe><div>A new episode :)<br /><br /></div>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010873170124737237.post-77287484099431625622020-11-22T05:55:00.003-08:002020-11-22T05:56:25.339-08:00THE DAILY ME: My 6 year long research behind 'Project-ME' !<div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Hyderabad.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">7:30 pm.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I have been lucky to be a part of this community, which is giving me so much of love, watching this film. I thought, Why don't I tell you more stuff about this film.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The year was 2014. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I wanted to make a film on my origin, which had loads of doubts. It consisted multiple dilemmas and confusions, which needed to be solved. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">I had this huge doubt since my childhood. I talked like the Hyderabadi Muslims (in hyderabadi/Dakhani/ Apan Jaath), but we were not them.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">We cooked and ate like the Telugus, and we knew their language too, but we were not them, either.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">So ideally, I was this confused south Indian, with a North Indian surname.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">The research of this documentary took 6 years, and I finished and uploaded the film.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Again, I would like to thank every foreigner freind of mine too, who is watching this film of mine and liking it.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Have a look. :)</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C1yQEElMVZY" width="320" youtube-src-id="C1yQEElMVZY"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>K Harish Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041730024197738022noreply@blogger.com0