With so many social networking websites, the world?s becoming smaller and
smaller. Instead of facing our cheque-book we're busy checking our facebook
and instead of listening to the sparrows tweet outside our window, we're
tweeting on twitter :)

Thats me and my joke for you. I know, kill me!

But jokes apart, if we're all resolving to do something great for ourselves
with the onset of this new year, why forget our city?! Don't mean to sound
preachy (praachi ki behan, it is joke!) but lets take up one small
initiative at a time and fix whatever we can in our city, in Mumbai. I've
begun with "Save the sparrow" initiative. Nope, we don't need sparrows in
Gujarat just because they look cute and sound sweet. We need them because
every living thing is an important part of the ecosystem and the absence of
any one leads to a perfect imbalance!

Check out this website to know why we need to save sparrows

www.sparrowshelter.org

Meanwhile, put out a bowl of water/ bajra/ broken rice for those tweety lil
things that come outside your window everyday. Even better, get a small lil
bird-house from sparrowshelter and chirp along with them.

This new year along with me, resolute to give a bird family a HOME :)

A boat trip in moon-light

Among the harms of nature, the innocent beauty of a river is the sweetest. It is a home of peace for the broken hearts. it is an invigorating tonic for the worried minds. We get fresh air, water and healthy atmosphere on the bank of river. There we fell ourselves on the lap to nature.

The scene of the “Ghat” –

With extreme delight we reached the holy Ganga’s soothing banks. Like the “Bina” of “Saraswati” our sweet Ganga lay on the loving lap of nature. The waves of the rive rolled one after another like the unrest of a girl’s heart that lost her love. For some moments we were lost in watching them. Just then a boat man was called. Instantly we took our seats.

The scene of water-

Our boat steered through the ripping currents with her splashing oars. The nature began to offer the brimming cups of the sublime beauty. The rays of the moon presented their pleasing dance on the glittering stage of water. The crystal clear water mirrored the moon which seemed to swim along our moving boat.

The scenes of the bank and the sky-

The scenes of the banks and sky were equally enthralling. There was soothing peace all round. The companions of the day were fast asleep. The tress stood like the sages lost in mediation. The moon beams pierced their dark leaves just as the arrows of lust injured a devotes heart. The moon beams pierced their dark leaves just as the arrows of lust injured a devotee’s heart. The beauty of the starry sky also overpowered us. We were lost in watching the hide and seek game of the moon and the stars behind the patches of the clouds.

Our joy reaches climax-

Among us there were a few singers too. Our fried Raju started singing a folk song. The sweet sound floated rhythmically and disappeared in distance with a echo which gave strange thrills the first song followed by another. The more he sang the more we desired. Finally al of us sang a Kawwali. The tempo reached the climax. Now we thought of returning home. Our return journey was equally pleasant. During it we ate sweets and fruits and passed the time in sweet jokes.

Never before I enjoyed an outing so much as this time. Our happiness was perfect. I still feel highly delighted when my memory opens these snaps now and then.

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever

Its loveliness increases, it will never pass into nothingness.

Many people in the world control of depression In a depression one can have lots of negative thoughts and its hard to control the mind. Depression can happen due to variety of reasons like financial problems, social problem or any other problem.Its hard to get out of depression as it affects both mind and body.Let us have a look at some tips to get out from depression.

1. Take a break from some activities-  If you are feeling depressed doing some activities take a break from them . Think of something that makes you feel good like of old friends , a old tour or anything. If possible try to change the environment you are in by going to a tour or some other place. Try to take a break from all activities that give negative feelings and try to do the activities which gives you positiveness.

2. Be active in life- Never sit ideal without doing something as when a person is ideal he thinks a lot and that can develop negative things. An active person never gets time to think more and he never feels depressed. Never give up in life it will just make you depressed try to do new activities in life and make your life cheerful.

3. Acupunture therapy- Accupunture help to remove the stress from life.There are points called acupunture points in Human body. Acupunture therapy uses these points to remove the stress from a person's life.Acupunture is one of the popular ways to remove depression from life. Acupunture is famous for treating depression as it has been successful and it has no harmful effects to a human body.

4.Try to stay fit and eat healthy food- Being over weight is also a cause of depression so try to be fit by taking healthy food and regular exercising. Try to avoid drinking alcohol or taking any drug just to remove depression from life. Its a wrong thinking that such bad things help to remove depression they are just a type of addiction which keeps on increasing. If you are fit then you are confident in life and you will have a self respect for yourself .

5. Ayurvedic treatments or Homeopathic treatments- Ayurveda uses herbal products to cure depression.Ayurveda medicines are also side effects free. Homeopathy is a good treatment for depression but it takes time to treat it.There are many homeopathic medicines which are used to cure depression.

6. Becoming a socialize person -Being socialize person is easy way to get away from depression.Having a company of people makes you laugh and feel good which makes you depressed.

Thus making goals in life, having  lot of friends,taking up a hobby, making th mind stresss free are some of the easy methods to get away depression.

All of us know the scope and usage of online shopping is increasing day by day. Some people like doing online shopping more then regular shopping done at shops or malls.During festivals there is a large amount of online shopping done by many people. Its seems day oneday internet will become a store for variety of products and that day is not far away. People of America do much more online shopping than Indians .There must be some reasons why people like doing online shopping more and let us know them.

1. No travel expenses or no time loss in travelling - One of the main benefit of doing online shopping is that one doesnt needs to spend anything on travelling or for petrol or gas. All things are available at just a single click.Malls or stores might be far away from home but pc with internet will be just at a another corner from the house. Travelling to a mall or store may take one or two hours but one can start shopping online within two minutes just switching on the pc and internet.Just online shopping saves a lot of time which one doesnt have in this busy world.

2.Availabilty of different kinds of products and ease of selection- There are large number of websites on internet having a large number of products at different prices. So one can easily choose a  suitable product at a suitable price from website he likes.

3.International products- Some people are very fond of buying products made in different countries and which can easily be dont through internet. There are a large number of websites which offer delivery worldwide. For example Indians are very much interested in buying products made in America then they might like doing online shopping more.

4. Easy payment facilities- A large options of doing payment is avilable in online shopping. One can pay through online payment like paypal, alertpay, moneybookers etc and one can also pay through credit or debit cards. There are many new payment options coming up in online shopping. The more the payment facilities the more the people who might get attracted to do online shopping.

5. No disturbance or interference- Whenever one goes to shop he will have to hear recommendations to buy this and that product from the person at the shop selling you the product. Sometimes you may be forced by a shop owner to buy a product because you took lot of time seeing the products at wastage his time and energy giving you the information but this is not the case in online shopping there is no disturbance and you can see and read reviews of as much products as you want.

6.Discounts or no tax on products - Some websites may offer special discounts if you buy a product at a particular time from their website. Some websites may not levy taxes on their products which will help to save the tax which is not possible in shopping through malls or shops.

Thus due to these reasons  and other reasons people are getting more attracted to online shopping. The convenience people get from online shopping is rarely seen in shopping in malls and shops.