ORANGE CITY LITERATURE FESTIVAL

Love at first sight: Is it possible? Do people really meet and in moments simply know they're meant to be? New evidence suggests: Yes, they do.

People really do report experiencing love at first sight in the instant they encounter a person. It's a strong initial attraction that could later become a relationship. One compelling counter-argument—that people have biased memories and essentially create the illusion of having fallen for each other instantly—isn't an appropriate explanation for all cases of love at first sight.

Strangers were more likely to report experiencing love at first sight with physically attractive others; in fact, one rating higher in attractiveness on the scale that the researchers used corresponded with a nine times greater likelihood that others would report that electric love-at-first-sight feeling.

A comparison of participant reports of love at first sight showed that it's typically a one-sided phenomenon; this suggests that shared instant love isn't very common. The researchers suspect, however, that one partner's intense initial experience could help shape the other person's recollection, shifting it toward a belief that he or she also experienced love at first sight.

In sum, science favors the romantics. Love at first sight actually is experienced by people, but it's not so much "love" or "passion," Instead, it's a strong pull or attraction that makes someone particularly open to the possibilities of a relationship. Love at first sight can happen multiple times, and maybe the instances where it fizzles or simply never translates into a relationship are forgotten. But when love at first sight does launch a sustained relationship, the story is a great one.

It was huge responsibility for me to confront Om Puri for his Interview. I was young, passionate journalist, I took his photo, he took mine and the romance began. While dating one day he asked me about writing his biography. That’s when the idea of book conceived but I was necessary to know him thoroughly so it took almost 12-13 years to official began writing book. Moreover I wasn’t published then it would his burden to publish the book as well. He got western exposure quite early and he maintains both promptly. He had gone through extreme poverty such as it was not conforming whether he will get next meal or not. But he kept himself consistent and learned. He did many award winning cinemas but also aware was cinema which gave you bread and butter was also important. By time films were changing and he moderated himself accordingly to fit in. He moved slowly and wisely, maintaining Indian and western cinema. He was quite famous in British cinema and British Films. People were recognizing him. He never rejected any film no matter what role was. He played many Pakistani roles. He didn’t mind it. He enjoyed Stage and loves the cinema. In book I’m not harsh but whatever I wrote was true depiction of him. He would have like it. He always advised youth to keep back up to console if anything goes wrong. He was great soul.

The question I must asked why we need Etiquette? Because Good manners define you as a person, while etiquette is what makes you socially acceptable. They help you gain respect and create a good as well as lasting impression. Manners represent your inner self, whereas etiquette is what and how you portray yourself to the public. One represents your way of acting, and the other is how you treat others. They touch every aspect of our lives, and have been ingrained in our minds since we were children.

Saying ‘Please’ and ‘Thank You’, or common courtesies like holding a door for someone, or offering your seat to an elderly or disabled person, are some basic manners that we all practice. They make you feel good. The way you behave and conduct yourself mirrors your personality. Your eye-contact, the way you greet others, and most importantly, your smile, are the first things people will notice about you. Manners define your character and influence your attitude as well as the way you treat other people, be it your superiors, peers, or inferiors. The Golden Rule states ‘Treat others the way you want them to treat you.’ Good manners and etiquette help you earn respect. Rude and offensive behavior does not go down well with anyone. And as they say, ‘respect given is respect earned’. Hence, if you treat others with respect and acknowledge them, you are most likely to be respected, trusted, and cared for. Good manners and etiquette embellish your personality. Manners, etiquette, wisdom, virtue, knowledge, and intelligence are accepted and appreciated universally. Being kind and generous towards other people, and maintaining calm and composed stature even in bad situations, helps earn respect. It is impressive behavior that will please others and help gain respect. Good manners and etiquette give constant happiness to your own self, and help gain self-respect. They constantly keep you motivated.

I had come back from studying and working abroad, and I was at that stage in my life where I was deliberating on what to do. I noticed Indian women have high-profile jobs, run successful industries and institutions and reign at the top of creative vocations. I wanted to document the most extraordinary lives of Indian women in a monumental publication. That was the starting point of 'She Walks, She Leads'. I was really fortunate on that front as most of my protagonists gladly agreed with very little persuasion, even though at the time I was an unknown, first-time author.

The precise purpose of mine for this book is to show the scale of achievement by Indian women over the past five or six decades: women who did not bow down to personal difficulties and traditional mindsets and stuck to pursuing their life’s purpose. I believe that I have stayed true to this aim and now it is up to the book to find its destiny.

I think hard on the title. I wanted it to convey the values that these women embodied. At the same time, I wanted it to have a lyrical, almost poetic sound to it. A title that would grab the reader’s attention and say just enough about the book to demand a second look. And, I think She Walks, She Leads does all that. I like the sort of alliteration-like sound it carries. And, it conveys the fact that to become a leader, to reach the pinnacle it is imperative to tread the path, irrespective of the difficulties that block the way. Each woman who decides to walk is a leader in her own right.

I was injured in the second explosion (of three), and was flung some 25 metres by the impact. I landed heavily on her legs and broke them, while shards and metal slicers that had been packed into the bomb, ripped large wounds in my body and got embedded in her.

Soon after, the survivors were carried out of the airport terminal on stretchers. I had lost most of her clothes in the “fireball-like heat” of the blast, began to shiver in the March cold. That’s when Alain Zachary, a cop with the federal police, brought a blanket to cover her up. “I tried to tell him that I wanted to call my family in India, but he didn’t speak any English. But when I started drifting in and out of consciousness, he thought I would die and tried his best to keep me awake, and alive.

Over the last three-and-a-half years, I had painstakingly traced all the people who helped me. The family, however, seems incomplete without the mystery man. “I want to thank him, of course, but I also worry about him. The tragedy that we survived has left us all with varying degrees of hurt and PTSD. When I speak to my Belgian friends, we discuss the incident, and it helps us each to recover a little bit more. It was the hardest thing for the local rescuers. I’m told the country has never experienced such a devastating incident since World War II.

In the last few years, I’ve managed to personally thank all the people who saved me that day: rescuers, doctors and hospital staff, and even the crew who shifted me by helicopter to another hospital.

Human is nothing but an animal. When child popped out mother’s womb it is animal. Only Genes have been slightly manipulated, but it is animal. Every cultural aspect in the world is inspired by nature. Not to go far long, in our Vedas, Nature is worshiped as it feeds and nurtures us. It might be due to fear or love but it did. Ancient people left Natural imprints through paintings and poetries. That’s the origin of literature. Everything is inspired by nature. If nature is destroyed, there will be no literature. Politian urges us to protect nature that’s why we are doing it. But children must start thinking independently and act accordingly. We don’t have to be collaborator. We must raise an alarm when Nature is in danger. Good Literature always comes out at the best time or the worst time and when not when same things happening every day. Social media is a beast and people try to control it. If anybody tries to curb social media, they are going to fail. We must live life in such a way that people shouldn’t believe in lie spread about us. Nature is self-repairing as our cuts get heal by time. We must give time to Nature to rejuvenate to take its actual shape. We must do what we enjoy.

Empathy is the ability to ‘feel with' another person, to identity with them and sense what they're experiencing. It's sometimes seen as the ability to ‘read' other people's emotions, or the ability to imagine what they're feeling, by ‘putting yourself in their shoes.' In other words, empathy is seen as a cognitive ability, along the same lines as the ability to imagine future scenarios or to solve problems based on previous experience. Without empathy, people tend to go about life without considering how other people feel or what they may be thinking. Each of us has differing perspectives. We all experience moods, pain and hurt, joy and sadness. And we are so limited when we only see our own perspective. Without taking a moment to assess another, it is easy to make assumptions and jump to conclusions. This often leads to misunderstandings, bad feelings, conflict, poor morale, and even divorce. People do not feel heard or understood. When we think of the word humanity, perhaps we don’t just think about the beautiful aspects people are capable of bringing to fruition, but we may also think of the terrible qualities that arise out of the darkest corners of some people’s hearts. Life lessons should teach us to remain humble. Life lessons should teach us that it’s okay to struggle, its okay to cry. It should not teach us that it’s okay to act cruelly to others or let our spite and egos get the best of us. We must practice empathy, kindness, patience, and humility every day. That is the importance of humanity.

Talking to a reporter should be like dealing with a cop. Keep it light, but don't try to be funny. While humor often helps to relax a tense situation, joking with a reporter is not always a good idea. That great quip of yours might not seem as clever when quoted out of context.

Remember, the reporter is looking for you to "make news"–which could mean losing your temper or saying something controversial.

Forget everything you've seen in all of those movies about talking off-the-record with a muckraking reporter. Everything you say could be on the record, even if the reporter says otherwise; terms like "on background" and "off-the-record" are not legally binding.

The reporter does not need your permission to write or print anything you say, so don't share anything you wouldn't want to see on the web.

The reporter isn't the only one who can ask questions. Get as much information as you can about the complaint or issue the reporter is calling about. Listen and take notes, but don't try to argue the merits of the case right away. Let the reporter ask her questions.

Answer what you can, but don't feel the need to respond to everything right away. It is not unreasonable to request a day or two to look into the situation or gather information. That gap between conversation and deadline also gives you an opportunity to deal with, say, a customer complaint. By the time you get back with the reporter, the problem may no longer exist.

Contrary to what most people will say, Spirituality is Spirituality - profit or no profit. The society has become so money oriented that it is not possible to live while giving the spiritual message and not earning out of it. There was a time when Spiritual message was spread just for the joy of giving and that is still the case today. The only difference is that previously Spiritual Masters didn't need to ask for something, even kings were their disciples and hence no need for money. However, nowadays everyone has to earn his own bread so even masters have to sell Spirituality and trust me - Enlightened ones are not a slave of mind. If they need to earn out of it, they will earn and if they do not need Money, they will simply spread the message. So what I am trying to say is that Spirituality is slowly becoming a profit making venture but even in this there exist Awakened ones who indeed sell stuff to make a living. In today's world, this is no benchmark of real vs false Spirituality as money has become a basic requirement for making a living. Spirituality sets its own benchmarks as it is not some old dead mindset of doing things in a specific way and but a science of doing with Awareness what is required Here Now. If the need of the hour is to earn from it, that will be done.

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar is known to all. But we know very little about him, which does not portray the true picture of Dr. Ambedkar. Baba Saheb Ambedkar is still known as the Messiah of a particular caste or a community. The struggle of his life began fighting for the rights of dalit community, but he never constrained himself confined to the same community. His struggle for the equality, liberty and fraternity of a particular country ended up with the same concern for the entire world. Probably this is that hidden part of Ambedkars portrait which very few have been able to see. Ambedkar made efforts to implement and accomplish his dream. The example he had set, of building a strong nation in favor of every person, no matter of any caste or creed; will always remain an inspiration for generations to come. He proved to be the true architect of building the nation for the underprivileged and disadvantaged ‘Bharat’ rather than the rich, luxuriant, corrupt, inhuman and exploitative 'India'. Considering this, I will not be wrong if I say that only Ambedkar has the right to be called the ‘Father of the Nation’.  In his entire life Baba Sahib Ambedkar saw many dreams which had great concern for majority of the population. His dreams were the reflections of aspirations of Dalits, children, youth, workers and women of the country. His dreams were related to the social, economic, political and cultural development of India. Till the last moment of his life, Ambedkar consistently made efforts totransform these dreams into reality.