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अखिर क्यों विस्फोटों की भरमार क्यों है दुविधा में सरकार क्यों है आतंकी धडल्ले से आते हैं सोये पहरेदार क्यो है सबूतों को झुठलाये पाक दुश्मन झूठा मक्कार क्यों है दुश्मन तेरी मानेगा क्या ऐसा तेरा इतबार क्यों है जो अपना दोशी ना पकड सका उस अमरीका से गुहार क्यों है शेर की माँद के आगे गीदड की हुंकार क्यों है अपने दम पर भरोसा कर फैसले का इन्तजार क्यों है शराफत से ना मने दुश्मन चुप तेरी तलवार क्यों है जो करना है जल्दी करो आपस में तकरार क्यों है भारतवासियो जागो अब बेहोश बरखुरदार क्यों है

Pine Tarts

A delicious sweet that I remember being a staple in my dads and papa's houses growing up.... Here's a short cut - because who has time to make pastry crust any more??? 2 boxes pie crust 2 large cans crushed pineapple 1 cup sugar 4 egg yolks beaten Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Drain the juice off the pineapple and put in large boiling pot. Add sugar and bring to a boil. Let it boil for 5 minutes and then turn it off and let it cool. Lay two pie crusts on top of each other and cut two horizontal lines and two vertical lines into them. Seperate each section and take a fork and pinch off one side of each section. Then fill with pineapple and pinch off the rest of the edges. Do this with all the sections. Brush the egg yolk on top of the tarts. Grease a cookie sheet and place the tarts on the pan so they are not touching. Cook for about 10 - 15 minutes or until golden brown.

sabla ban jaanaa chahti hoon

सबला बन जाना चाहती हूँ तोड दिवारों से रिश्ता अपनी पहचान बनाना चाहती हूँ पँख बना कर ओडनी को आकाश में उड जाना चाहती हूं निकल बन्द सिपी से बाहर कुछ कर दिखाना चाहती हूँ पाना चाहती हूं अपना आस्तित्व अपनी पहचान बनाना चाहती हूं पढ लिख कर मन्जिल पाऊं स्वावलँबी बन जाना चाह्ती हूँ न जीऊँ किसी के रहम पर खुद सपने सजाना चाहती हूँ पुरुष की नियत नारी की नियती ये भ्रम मिटाना चाहती हूँ मैं इक अबला नारी बस सबला बन जाना चाहती हूँ

My Sister's Keeper

This is my first time contributing here and I thank Tushar for the invite. I read a lot of books when I have the time and I've reviewed a few on my own blog . I decided as my very first post, to review a book that I already have o n my blog. So here goes. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult has got to be one of the most powerful books I've ever read. No other book has made me sob like this one. No other book has made me smile like this one. No other book has felt so real (in spite of it being fiction) No other book has made me experience the wide gamut of emotions that I did whilst reading the book. So what is it about the book that makes it so special? Well, for me personally, the style of the book was awesome to start of with. Almost every character is presented in first person. How does Picoult do that? She lets each character have a say and have their voice heard in each chapter. Then of course, the story itself is a heart-wrenching one. The book is about a ...

Hi!

Well, honestly I can't figure out what to write about. So I thought let's just start as we do with a  Hi!  and go where the course takes us... Right now, I'm pretty busy, the main reason being that I have busied myself... As a second year engg. student in a pretty non-descriptive college, I don't know where I'm going and why I am going. I've been lapping up every opportunity I can to gain whatever skills I can and not knowing why. As diverse fields as  Advanced programming  and  management  at the same time!!! With my hard work, I know I'll excell at everything but the 'why' still remains unanswered. Where am I going and what am I doing??? My head feels like it's soon going to burst trying to remind me of all the things that I gotta do or should be doing in the next hour, day, week, month, year...  With an ultimate aim to be an entrepreneur, I'm still looking for the right set of people who would help me see the way. I mean, I don't want ...

Infidelity

I've never really understood infidelity. being the principalistic kind, it never made sense to me but then i have realized in due course of time, right or wrong for whatever reasons; infidelity is not that rare it happens every now and then, most relations suffer these phases when one of them cheats on the other. what i want to ask is when a person cheats on his/her spouse doesn't one weigh the consequences? i mean a marriage of many years can break, a relationship can fall apart, if there are kids they get affected and what about the whole world who jeers, laughs and looks on, being specially harsh on the one who was being cheated on? Suppose the person who had cheated on his/her spouse, is being confronted by the issue? how should that person react, according to you ? should the person confess and ask for forgiveness or should the person just avoid the whole issue hoping it will die down? If your friends are faced with this problem, [where you are the third party and you are ...

New Year Wishes

Dear Friends, The Year 2008, had been a special one for Jagruti , as it took off from 1st of July, 2008. And now as we enter this new year, I wish to share few words with all of you. The blog Jagruti , is regarded by many as one of the finest blogs I created. I do not know whether this is true or not, but I certainly know that this is a good blog, and the whole credit goes to the wonderful people associated with it. Sid, Karthik , Alvia , Pankhuri , Richa ....... the list goes on and on. I have some special plans for Jagruti , in this new year, but lets see some developments of 2008. Since the inception of this blog we already have around 53 members and around 100 posts, which according to my judgment is a good start for the blog. For brief period of time, I had decided to leave Jagruti and let some one else take the realms of this blog in his/her hands. The plan had certain flaws and had to be get ridden off. Also some administrators were appointed and subsequently re...

Da Fiasco la Pasta

The other day, my younger cousin called me up. I learnt she has an ascending interest in cooking. She told me "Di, I've tried Pasta, come over to taste, I think its good." I being a foodie, on learning abt Pasta, (yuuuuuuummmmmmmm) n having a special corner for Italian, juz wanted to fly and reach there and gulp the pasta n feel it melting inside my mouth... I kindda ran to her place (read: drove my mini truck- they call Indica the mini truck ;) ), dumping my (window) shopping in between. ;D And she termed tht debacle "Pasta".... Disappointment, discontentment, disgruntlement!!!!! Macaroni cooked in d.e.s.i. Chinese style, with a load of Soya Sauce.... Taste me to theek hi tha.. But when one is expecting Italian, and gets served with Chinese, toh ruing is toh apparent.. The base macaroni undoubtedly is Italian, but if we cook it the way we like it, we cant call it Italian dish. I have another frnd, who like me, is vy fond of Italian food, and cooks it we...

World..through my eyes...

I am just Seventeen. An adolescent. I do not wish to grow up faster and be an adult. My parents do!! My teachers want me to grow up even faster, finish my studies and earn for myself. My parents want me to be successful. Every parent wants that for the child. My elder brother wants me to be a better human being than him. My friends want me to accompany them in every other get-together! My boyfriend wants me to call him everyday and spend more time with him. What do I want?? What are my expectations from myself?? Do I exist only to live for people who care about me?? As I logged in to my dashboard, I was clear, I had to post in Jagruti. But what I'm going to write about was still doubtful!! So I played some songs, sipped through my flavored hot milk and recalled whatever I did at school today!! I am not any other adolescent trying to prove her point in a public forum, that teenagers are not understood by anyone. Well, I disagree with that. My mom understands me, so does my brothe...

Code to Zero

Code to Zero is a wonderful book by Ken follet. Certainly a nice read. With lot of action, suspense, betrayal and all. This is a combination of everything. Though the story is based around the CIA spy work and the story time is during the early days of cold war, it has almost all the necessities to grab a reader's attention. And till the end, we will feel the thrill of a real spy story. Though it's a fiction work, there are striking resemblances with the real world.

Jane Eyre

Such is providence. It shockingly surprises me that I should pursue another one of the Bronte sisters for the sake of a pleasurable read, and Jane Eyre is not only that. Charlotte Bronte, the eldest of the Bronte sisters has glorified up the whole text through her undying feminist perspectives and brilliant phrasing. The beginning of Jane Eyre may seem rather hazy and mundane, but as the multidimensional story progresses, readers cant afford to place it down, even if it is for a mediocre cause of curiosity. The book, portrays the sketchy life a young girl Jane who in her early years is ostracized from her aunt's family, but is forced to be plagued by them, for none share the blood of her her ancestors than them. The aunt feels that Jane is a cumbersome, contemptuous, boorish, rude and selfish brat who speaks like a grown lady. Though it seems like a cliched plot, Bronte denies any opportunity for the reader to predict what can transpire. The intricately, or rather gruesomely d...