Aspirations

I am leaving for the academy day after tomorrow .....As of now am excited, bit anxious ,bit Nostalgic.....Finally the "TRUE JOURNEY" begins..Since last few days I am really blessed to experience  the love and blessings that all my family members and especially my grandparents are bestowing me with..Its an amazing feeling to see that "happiness" in their eyes...and in the process am being pampered with delicious delicacies from NANNI's(my maternal grandmother's kitchen) each day...Each day each wish of their's make me feel that i have to shoulder my responsibilities nicely come what may! But today got one of the most beautiful BEST WISHES GREETINGS one could think of getting on starting  a fresh new sojorn. An old tribal lady has been coming to our home for some days now  and i have known her since like just a week ....and today when she got to know that am leaving for training ...she told me"didi acche se kaam seekh kar jaldi se ache se  Kaam kijiy

It is almost time to pack my bags for “that one dream journey to a dream destination LBSNAA,Mussoorie”. Ahh!finally THAT moment is here….that journey for which I had always dreamt of …time to see “LIVE” the academy!!!!!!Ever since I made up my mind for UPSC , LBSNAA’s  (Google Image pics) were all that adorned my room walls, my PC/Laptop screen page and   THAT one picture of LBSNAA Gate  gave me true enthusiasm to keep moving ahead!!!!I remember the low points and frustrating evenings during the preparation phase of CSE (when everything seemed so weired,grey and my mind used to tell me “Bas karo abb nahi hoga”!!) ,I used to login on Fb to have a glimpse of LBSNAA pictures of fellow friends and seniors undertaking training there……ohhh!How  desperately  I used to wish that I was there next year and then jolted myself out of that chair with a determination to get a picture clicked of myself in same locations next year no matter what and to give my best to my preparations!!!!Everything

HAPPY  66th BIRTHDAY   INDIA –A birthday Message from Indians !! May   God   bless   you   with   Happiness and Success Happiness-  ( After all in 1750 AD you were the happiest country in the world(according to certain computations of Happiness Index in Economic History)and hopefully you would soon lead the tally of Gross Happiness Index gifted to you by your neighbor country ,Burma. Success Economic   Success (“Reflect a bit on your glorious history-You were the  world's largest economy during the years 1 AD and 1000 AD.Your share of world income collapsed from 26.6% in 1700 then became almost equal to Europe’s share of 23.3% at that time, to as low as 3.8% in 1952. Indeed, at the beginning of the 20th Century, “the brightest jewel in the British Crown” was the poorest country in the world in terms of per capita income.”Since then , you have come a long way and   wish that you return  to 18th Century glorious days and much more in present perspective!!!! You were cons

I will be sharing the important links that i come across relating to GS and more specifically relating to my optionals Economics and Anthropology .Hope this helps.Following are some links relevant for anthropology! http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/most-complete-pre-human-skeleton-discovered-scientists-377732.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18825901 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/tribals-have-right-to-live-near-wildlife-sanctuaries-supreme-court/articleshow/15594130.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mother-of-Sanskrit-and-related-languages-was-spoken-by-Turkish-farmers-says-new-study/articleshow/15633438.cms

She was a little girl from a small city. She was  small in size but had big dreams in her eyes…..She was introvert and happy in her own sweet world. Her life oscillated between the school and the home. For her   this  was the meaning of LIFE and she was pretty happy with small yet beautiful things in it..be it discussing about a fellow classmate, sharing tiffin and at times chocolates…for her the teachers of school were the ideal…to whom she looked upto …..However, whenever she heard about big cities like New Delhi, London et al  …she was drifted in her own world of beliefs…in spite of the fact that she had been to some of these cities ..but her perception was very different…she would paint her own beautiful picture about the same…Tall high rise buildings, heavy traffic and smart people. She saw her city as opposed to this a very small, serene place where you could enjoy true niceties of life. As a little girl she could not understand the” paradox of cities “…It was not her fault ..

Rendezvous with the “Gateway to the Northeast” The curious side of me very often makes  me excited to explore an idea called INDIA much more …to witness the beauty of the country being unleashed before your eyes..Northeast of India has been one part of this subcontinent which I always wanted to explore. Last weekend , I got an opportunity to explore and visit Assam(the gateway to the Northeast) and Meghalaya.  As a kid I remember seeing the map of the country and trying hard to remember the capital city’s of these seven sisters of NE(I must admit though I could cram up all the ancient history books without saying “uff”..but i would never be able to remember the names of capitals of these states and would end up mixing them all!!!) Only capital city name which I could remember nicely out of these 7 states was that of  “Guwahati”…since then I wished to visit the place and after almost decades I indeed visited the city.Before leaving for Assam , I was having a faint idea about the p