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I N S P I R A T I O N U N L I M I T E D

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The New Year brings with it excitement and pomp, and a desire to celebrate with aplomb!

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mism)- work on making your graph as close to exponential as possible, just as I hope that this year

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I thank my dear writers for their consistent efforts, they've been an integral part of the e-magazine

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While we are having a splendid time during the New Year's, I would like to remind you of all the

less fortunate people out there, who probably are homeless, or sick, or hungry- donate to the needy,

be it by giving a blanket to a shivering old woman who is unable to bear the cold, be it by giving a

meal to a hungry boy. And if you're in an area where you see no sorrow, donate to NGOs, so some-

where in some part of the world, somebody felt better, and the reason is you.

Wishing all the readers across the globe- and my writers, a very Happy New Year, may this year be

better than all the years you've seen in your lives!

Happy Reading. Stay inspired.

Regards,

Sandhya Nagaraj, Editor, IU e-Magazine

The world is progressing and the times running at a rocket speed. There must have been a lot of

things that went unaccomplished last year and also a list of resolutions must have gotten ready by

now for this year. So what, if you couldnt keep up to a lot of them last year, we shall start this year

with a little more determination and a new zeal and with a lot of energy. And did you say inspira-

tion?

Here we come to complete you by adding more inspiration to your life and strengthen your deter-

mination towards you goal, wishing you all a very happy new year. May all your dreams be reality.

Enjoy reading.

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.. You lose some..

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Instead of looking at what other people have, you need to look at the limited resources that you have to make sure that you make a

difference in life. Because in the end, it doesn't matter what you do not have, it is what you have and how you can use it to further

your success. You look at what you have at the time you have it and say how best you can use it. For me it is not just about satisfy-

ing your needs but also satisfying the needs of the people, trying to get different in their lives. When I was thinking about the type of

business I wanted to do (when I was in high school) the vision was to use the business the way I use it is because I don't want to

create dependent people. I do not want to be looked at as a charity organisation. I do not want to create a mindset in people that

they can get things for free. I want to give people opportunity but at the same time I want them to realise that they are benefiting from

their struggle, they are benefiting from their hard-work. So things are not given out to them. But seeing according to them they are

walking out each day. and whatever they had to achieve, in the end, achieving them. So I created what at that time I called, a self

sustaining community.

And in that I wanted to transform communities in the rural areas that was neglected, that was under served. And I said to myself,

how do I convert it into a community in which people have jobs. So what I wanted to address was unemployment, and that's when I

started a farm. Secondly, to improve health, and then I started a health centre. Again, it has a business model that brings health

closer to the people in rural areas. Thirdly, I wanted to improve education and lastly I wanted to create youth empowerment, so that

the young people do not have to leave the villages to come to cities looking for jobs. Because without jobs, they either go into drugs

or crime. So I wondered how I can empower them so that they stay in the villages, but are empowered to create businesses that will

create more employment opportunities for their other peer friends and also create development within their own home town. It has

sort of been working all now, for the past 5 years.

Q: You have been travelling 11 countries from Smaller earth. Isn't it affecting your business back home?

Yeah, it is. Most of the work I do is over the computer and it's a long process and it affects me in a number of ways. First of all, it af-

fects my business and the way they run, because there are limited resources to look after that and they have to keep getting instruc-

tions from me and reporting to me. I am not so sure whether they would do it as I would do it if I was there. So definitely that's a chal-

lenge. And it also limits the dynamism of the business, because it now takes a long time to make decisions.

They have to write to me when possibly I'm in another country, I have to keep following them. To be able to make the vision, I have

to write them and they have to wait till may be the next morning to get to know what I think about what they are doing, or to get to

know how I wanted to to be done. Secondly, there are so many things I want to implement. I cannot implement them when I'm not

there because again that, people wouldn't do exactly the way you would. It doesn't mean they are incompetent but it simply is that

way.

That way you really have to get me right. When you get an idea, there are so many things you are gonna learn and there are so

many things that you are gonna change as you go on implementing the idea. Again, I'm not saying it's that they are incompetent.

They are very competent but only I understand what I want to do, how i want to, how it should look and for that, I need to be present.

But again it's not enough to write it in message because it brings out a number of challenges. There are number of things I can't give

them from where I am because they require a number of things to do. They require documentation. They require a number of things

which I cannot do.

So being away travelling around the world limits me a lot in that way. That is for my businesses. It also affects my family life. Be-

cause If I'm at home, I can look after my family- now when my sisters need something, they have to write to me on facebook or email

me because they can't call me, because I change my number every two weeks.

It's sort of giving a problem in balancing the book. But a challenge is worth it, in the end if it all, because there's nothing about a cat-

erpillar that suggests it's gonna become a butterfly. Watch out!

My message to youngsters: A diamond doesn't shine in darkness. It needs light to shine. Self-belief is that light, flame.

Keep that flame burning, you will all shine brighter than diamonds!
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r a writer, writing itself is an environment..ting itself is a mood. Writing in itself is to

te a mood.

Jayant Kaikini



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Introduction:Jayant Kaikini is a poet, short stories author and movie songs scriptwriter in Kannada. He has bagged in many notable awards like Karnataka Sahitya Academy

award. Dr.Jayant Kaikini is regarded as one of the most significant of the younger writers in Kannada today. He is a writer of short stories, film scripts and poet-

ry, and is based in Bangalore. His poetry is characterised by subtle imagism, a minute documentation of the seemingly commonplace, a colloquial idiom and a

conscientious refusal to engage in any poeticising. He has so far published six anthologies of short stories, four books of poetry, three plays and a collection of

essays.Dr.Jayant Kaikini was born in Gokarna. His father, Gourish Kaikini, a schoolteacher, was a Kannada littrateur and mother Shanta, a social worker. After a Mas-

ters in Biochemistry from Karnataka University, Dharwad, he moved to Mumbai where he worked as a chemist for many years. He now lives in Bangalore. Apart

from Kannada Jayant is fluent in Konkani (his mother tongue), Marathi, Hindi and English.

In an introduction to Dots and Lines, an English translation of Kaikinis short stories, critic C.N. Ramachandran writes, To understand Jayants works, we have

to situate him in the literary context of the last two decades of the 20th century. During that period, there arose a group of writers who consciously differed

from both the earlier Modernist writers (called Navya in Kannada) and those contemporaneous to them, the Writers of Protest (called Bandaya in Kannada)

and Dalit writers. They did not subscribe to any particular philosophical or political system of thinking be it Existentialism of the Modernists or the Leftist ideo-

logies of the Dalit and Protest writers. On the other hand, what they wished to do was to select precise and authentic details of daily life and organise them in

such a way as to culminate in a particular experience . . . Generally, their style was comic-ironic; and the language they used was the spoken language of day-to-

day life. They were neither idealists nor cynics; they just wished to observe the life around them generally mediocre to register all the fleeting details that

marked an ordinary mans daily routine, and lead up to an experience rich in connotations. Jayant was a major figure in this group of writers who, loosely, can

be called post-modernist.

Source: Wikipedia

Jayant Kaikini(JK): I started writing in my college days, during my MSc.

in Bio technology. I took part in inter college competitions, I used to

write short stories and poetry. I wrote for a local Kannada magazine

called "Sudha". I believed that girls will read and get impressed, but

that never was the case as none of them ever bought that magazine

(he laughs).

In Dharwad, when I was studying, I got a real good atmosphere to

write. The environment was very vibrant. Sir Bendre and few other

creative people were there. It was indeed a great experience. After

that I went to Bombay. It was a different environment altogether. I

started working for Procter & Gamble. 23 years in Bombay, and yet all

through, I was a part of Kannada literature because writing is some-

thing that was in practice always - Not for the film industry, that hap-

pened recently. There were many people who were writing in Kannada

then, and reading Kannada. I have almost published around fifteenbooks before I came to Bengaluru!

I still don't feel I am a part of the industry, I feel I am a writer. So

whenever somebody comes to me asking to write for something, I just

do that. Not that I write only for the industry, I keep writing otherwise

also now and then. For ETV channel, I made a series about Kuvempu,

Sir Bendre, Shivaram Karanth and Rajkumar, where I interviewed

people who have personally interacted with them.

When I write a poem it's a different feeling. When I write fiction that's a

different thing. It is not complementary.

In Mumbai there is a Kannada newspaper that has circulation of 20000

daily. In Bombay region, there are at least 28000 people who purchase

Kannada newspaper daily. Bombay is a real metropolitan city. Till the

time people stop asking about caste, creed etc., they can never come

forward- And that is exactly what I like about Mumbai. In 23 years of

time, I haven't found a single person who asked my caste or any of my

personal details. They really mean it when they say we treat men andwomen equally. My mother used to love to come to Bombay. Like how

in vacation we used visit Gokarna, she used to come to Mumbai and

stay for 20-25 days like that. She felt liberated!


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Q: How did you come to film industry?

JK: Entering this field professionally was basically because of Mr. Yograj

Bhat, as he was a fan of my writing. When he was in his 11th, he had readan article of mine in one of the dailies (that was 20 years ago). It was of twopages and he told it to me by heart) He recited the same in front of me. Hedid that to impress me, and I was impressed. Because for any writer, whensomebody comes to you and recites something that you had written 20years ago, you feel good. Then I thought he is genuinely interested in mywrite ups, and agreed to write a song. I had never written a song before.'Anisutide' was my first attempt. But before that I had worked as a scriptwriter for a Shivraj Kumar's movie-'Chigurida kanasu'. But 'Mungaru male'was the first important activity as a writer.

The Literature field is very vibrant. I am different, though. There is some-thing called as history of literature. I have never tried to be a part of it. I al-ways have tried to be a part of history of humans. The moment you think ofbeing a part of the history of literature, there are various things that youneed to be a part of. There are various bodies involved, awards etc. Youneed to be a part of various revolutionary things. That is not the basic pur-pose of writing. The purpose of writing is to intensely experience life that

God has given in the human context and try to share it with others that is it.The more I write, the more I evolve. Writing is a mode of thought for me.See we don't think deeply while walking.. we think about the next scheduleor maximum about the next day's schedule honestly. For a writer, writing isa way of thinking. For a poet, writing a poem is his way of thinking. So thatis why when I write it's a question of my thought process, so I like it, that'smy enjoyment. Since I was in Mumbai for 23 years, I was never a part ofmany moments that happened here. Mumbai was a liberated space for mewhich gave space for my thoughts. Because there people believe in thework is worship principle. People should have a working experience at leastonce in their life time.

Even today if you take an auto rickshaw, if the meter reads 48, they take 48only. They will give you Rs.2 back to you. Because end of the day, theyknow that we all are here to work and earn and they value every single ru-pee. The whole of Mumbai is like one factory and all are workers over there.Different uniforms for different designations. End of the day you go homeand remove the uniform. That's how the feeling is. All are treated equally,

the feeling is immensely satisfying.

Q: I have seen many writers who expect an exclusive environment to write.How is it for you?

JK: See for a writer, writing itself is an environment.. writing itself is a mood.Writing in itself is to create a mood. In Mumbai, while travelling in local met-ro and in many such situations I used to write. We were in a small room of10 by 10. I married my colleague, Smita. Ours is a love marriage. We havelived in a very small place. Today when we see that we feel, I wonder howdid lived there, how we brought up our children to the schooling stage there.But we never felt that. Why I am sharing this is, because when you live sucha small space, we always try to create some mental space by writing, artetc. So that is why I never demanded for a good environment to write assuch. Nor did my writing wait for any good mood. Whenever you ask suchquestions to writers, they start lying. They mostly try to create an image justto show the world how different they are from others. I think the moment onethinks that I am different from others he lost the worldly connection. Be-

cause it only comes to you when you have connection with others. Themoment you think that I know better than others, you have lost it. I only pitysuch people. When you are with others and you are with the human chain,then only you can understand the mysteries of life.

Q: What do you have to say about the people who are willing to jump intothe literature field and opt it for living, leaving their main stream jobs?

JK: I left Bombay because my factory closed down. I came here and was anadvisor for Etv channel. Then I had to leave as they wanted to place me inHyderabad. But I wanted come to Bangalore. So then I had nothing to do asI had started to live by writing. At that time it was my wife who really sup-ported me. If it was someone else, they would have forced me to go back to8 to 5 job. It was a difficult time. It was really difficult for me to leave writing.It was difficult to live on writing. Forget about butter, it was difficult

to earn bread only. The Writer is the least paid and the last paid here. Soearning was a tough thing. It was a major decision for me to leave job. Butwhen you say I am a writer.. I write poetry, fiction and all that. I can't guar-

antee that it will be sold in the market unlike English, Malayalam, Bengaliand few other languages. Especially in Kannada, you hardly find readerswho purchase books and read. There are people who go to restaurantsand in the amount that you leave for waiters there, you can buy two Kan-nada books. People spend Rs.2000 on buying shoes, jeans, etc. But ifthey have to pay hundred rupees for a book, they step back. They don'tbuy it. People mistake reading to reading newspapers. It is not reading atall. It is just a medium to prevail the connection with the world. It can't giveyou a space for thought. In some places, I really am happy to see youthholding books in their hand.

There are so many people who don't dare commenting on articles on sci-ence, history and subjects like that. It demands a lot of knowledge and re-search. But, everyone tries to poke their nose into literature. Criticising it inall the ways possible. That is not fair in entirety. Ultimately, the purpose ofwriting is something else. To see life deeply and to evolve. Because wethought it ends at the saying of Darwin- Monkeys to human- No it doesn'tstop there. Evolving is still a process. If I am doing something in my field, If

you are doing something in your field, it is the collective mind on the planetwhich is evolving through you and me. I should not take credit for that.That is why I say if some writers get good price for their book, I tell themthat it is the price you got for your work and not for you. Then it will helpyou when you don't achieve the price expected. If my work hasn't got itsprice, I need to reason it out and analyse the ways of improvement. Youcan sit and think to work better. But on the other side, when you start tak-ing its worth to be yours, when your work doesn't get a good price, you willnot be able to handle it.

Evolving process is on. It's always trying for excellence. For example,when a player gets a gold medal in Olympics, he doesn't stop it there. Heaims higher- to beat his previous record. He continues his practice. Heraises his bar and gives his heart out to surpass the same. It is not just himsurpassing. But he is stretching the entire humanity with him. So when awriter is writing, he is stretching the entire human mind with him. Singerslike Kishore, players like Sachin Tendulkar- Every day is a new game forhim. He is stretching the human spirit.

Insecurities are very interesting and very romantic when you are alone.You can enjoy it in a different way when you are a bachelor. But once youhave a family, you have children in the schooling age and then suddenlyyou have a situation where in you don't know what to do. That's a verytesting time. Luckily for me, I didn't have to worry so much because thingscame in my way. The moment my company got shut down in Mumbai, Igot some ad agency working. At that time, got a call from etv people thatwe want you to an advisor for our channel. So after an year I left the job.When I left that, Vijaya Karnataka people called me and told that we aremaking a magazine called as 'Bhavana', be an editor. So I edited it for twoyears, then that also stopped. Then I got some script writing work that I didfor six months. Eventually, etv people asked me to interview people. I in-terviewed celebrities every day.

If we sit telling I don't want to do this job and etc., you will never learnthings. Push yourself and you will learn new things. You may not want todo something, or you may not be trained to do one thing.. but the mind is a

complex one, you can do anything, if you want to.

I remember a lady Bengali poet of 75 years age. One of the top poets inBengali. She was our neigbhour in Mumbai. This is a 15 years old story Iam sharing. One day she came in search of me telling- "I heard there's ayoung Kannada poet here and I want to meet him." In the conversationwith her, I got to know that she wrote her first ever poem when she was55. That was very inspiring. There's no age limit to desire andachieve anything. I have seen many telling that my turn isover at 45 and they live for 30 years saying the same.

Keep the child like quality in you, till your very last day- anexcellent example for this would be Dr.RajKumar- an actorin the Kannada industry, who told his kidnapper Veerappan,that the last thing he wanted to do before getting released,was to touch his huge moustache! Keep the child alive andawake within you. You will go far!

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Patricia Carrigan is a very

enthusiastic young writer.

Her novel Antiserum was

published while she was

16 years old and a Junior

in High School. Currently

Patricia is a college stu-

dent, while writing Antise-

rum Part II, she is also il-

lustrating, The Rising and

a childrens book of

rhyme.! She is also work-

ing as a fashion consultant

and marketing her book

on her own. As a Student

Ambassador for People toPeople, she was able to

reach out to new cultures

and could make new

friends across the globe.

Some of Patricias many

passions include nature,

animals (especially bears),

art and photography.

Shes known for spreading

hugs and smiles through-

out her social media, sup-

porting her friends and

colleagues along the way.

There is no stopping her

once she sets a goal, until

she achieves it.

San Francisco


Patricia Carrigan | Page7

Its that time again everyone! The holiday season has begun!Well, I feel that the holiday season started earlier this season, andIm not just saying that. Im only saying that because I also work attwo different retail jobs inside the local mall and it is VERY noticea-ble when the seasonal decorations come out of storage. I had toadmit, it was a little comical when I saw the red and green draperyand the wreaths hanging from the ceilings in the mall a coupleweeks before Halloween.

Having Christmas decorations up before Halloween? I think thatskind of pushing it, but having Christmas decorations up aroundThanksgiving? Now, thats something I could relate with. All my life Iwas around people who loved putting up crazy Christmas lights anddecorating the house with miniature village sets that sat on pillowstuffing to make it look like snow, and my family ALWAYS playsChristmas music all day on Thanksgiving. It keeps us moving Iguess. Although, I really have been taking pride in how my twin andI put up the Christmas decorations for the past couple of years. I feellike weve really been stepping it up. Its a silly thing but its our sillything and we like making the house look cool for the people thatdrive by.

But last year was a completely different story! You see, originally,we decorate the porch with our LED color lights that wrap aroundthe porch posts, then wed change the color to a white LED light toline the roof top, and then wed go along the side of the lawn and gothrough the bushes and plants and even cover the bigger ones witha light net before we wrapped a string of lights up and around one ofthe trees by the sidewalk. And just for an extra bit of fun we wouldplug in our white metal deer as well as an inflatable snow globe that

had a penguin wearing a scarf and a hat who played in the snowthat the globe blew into it.

And, like I said, my sister and I were VERY proud of our work, butwhat we noticed is that the day after we finished all of our work, ourneighbor, who had done the same decorations consecutively overthe past five or so years, added another inflatable snow globe thathad a carousel in it! So what did we do? We went out and bought afew more strings of lights that we used to light up the plants on theopposite side of our driveway. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ourneighbor goes and puts up MORE lights in his yard!

My sister and I were surprised! And so as a final strike, we pulledout the big kahuna an eleven foot tall inflatable reindeer that tiltshis head from side to side!! HES HUGE!!! And hes very difficult tonot see! My sister and I feel that we won that decoration war and weare currently in the midst of putting together the decorations for thisyear. We will be having the big ol reindeer and the penguin in thesnow globe as well as a brand new inflatable! (Heres a hint: Hestwelve feet tall and loves milk and cookies!)

I hope all of you guys have fun this holiday season and that it fillsyou with as much happiness as it does me just to smell thee fall airand think of family. I hope you find inspiration decorating the house,playing in the snow (or just the cold weather, like me!),maybe youuse this time to spread the love by doing charity work or just enjoyhanging out with people that you love! I know I am!

Happy Holidays from California!!!



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Jody Lebel | Page8

Jody Lebel: Following

sixteen years as a travel

agent (more travel than

money) Jody Lebel

switched gears, re-

turned to school and

became a court reporter

(more money than trav-

el). She swapped jetting

off to fun and exotic

locations for reporting

the cases of murderers,

rapists, and thieves who

are, by the way, almostnever in a good mood.

Being assigned to the

chief judge in Broward

County exposed her to a

wide spectrum of cases.

Positive that in a past

life she was a writer (or

possibly a dancehall girl)

Jody has always incorpo-

rated writing in her life.

She created murder

mystery nights for her

travel agency and wrote

travel articles for local

magazines.

1) What's at stake? When everything goes well it makes for a dullread. Have your character want something and then make it almostimpossible for him/her to get it. Or make the reader care about

something and then threaten it. It doesn't have to be a life or deathsituation. It can be as simple as a teenage girl who finally got thenerve to ask a boy to the school dance, and then when she getshome her father tells her she can't go.

2) Or else. If the hero doesn't figure out the solution, what will hap-pen? For example if the detective doesn't find the killer, the nextvictim may be his own daughter. The "or else" dynamic must happenin the first part of the book, usually the first 50 pages. Knowing the"or else" consequences will keep readers on the edge of their seatsas they race through the book to find out how the hero solves theproblem, which of course should be complicated and take manyturns.

3) The ticking clock. A countdown creates suspense. Time is run-ning out. Hurry up. The police must find the bomb within 24 hours'or else' the school will be blown to bits with all the kids inside. Keep-ing the time frame short heightens the suspense.

4) Make something stand in the way. If it's too easy, your readerwon't care about the story. The bomb squad rushes to the school,ready to snatch the explosives and dunk them in a tank to safelydetonate only to find the bomb is strapped to little girl.

5) Increase the tempo. Long drawn out paragraphs are not sus-penseful. Shorter paragraphs and terse dialogue read faster, caus-ing the eye to move quickly, a psychological trick that raises thereader's heart rate. Pages will be turned at a fast pace resulting inbreathless anticipation of what's going to happen.

6) Misdirection. Offer a thread of information but let the reader fig-ure out if it's valuable or not. Uncertainty is the life blood of sus-pense. The longer you keep the reader guessing, the more investedin the story they become. Don't bury the information, making it al-most impossible to figure out the plot line. Dole tidbits out in small

tasty pieces that could move the story in more than one direction.These little bits of info don't have to be earth shattering. Maybe hesaid he'd pick her up in a blue car and shows up in a red one. Why

did he do that? Whose car is that? Maybe it's nothing. Maybe hejust borrowed his brother's car that day. Or maybe it's a clue towhere he's been.

7) Crank up the sensory volume. You can heighten the sense ofmenace in everyday objects. The clatter of garbage cans in a darkalley. A burned out light bulb. A smashed glass on an otherwisepristine kitchen floor. The sound of breathing in a dark room whenthe heroine believes she is alone.

8) Slow the scene at the dark moment. Let's take the woman inthe above paragraph who hears breathing when she thinks she'salone. If we just have her snap on the light, the suspense islost. Let the reader in on her thoughts as she sits there fro-zen. Have her hands turn clammy. Have the fear render her unableto reach for the phone next to the bed. Is she holding her breath? Ifyou write this scene correctly your readers will be holding theirs.

9) Modulate the suspense. Building suspense takes time. Sceneafter scene of menace and fear given in a rapid-fire pace will loseyour reader. Pause a bit and give everyone a chance tobreathe. Reveal something that at first glance appears to be men-acing but is something ordinary. In the case of the woman in thedark room hearing breathing, let it be her large dog that was sup-posed to be in the garage but he nudged open the door and snuck into lay by her bed. Another way to insert a pause in the suspense isto have a character crack a joke. Humor eases the tension andgives the reader a break. Then continue to ratchet up the suspensein future scenes. Don't let your reader fall completely off the hook.10) Foreshadowing. Creating harmless suspense is a good way toforeshadow more sinister events. The next time the woman hearsbreathing at night, she's not as fearful -- until she turns on the light tofind a masked man with a large knife hovering over her.

South Florida



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Mohan BN | Page9

Mohan BNis a very pas-

sionate Inspirational

speaker. His key quality

is that he is a

multilingual person.

He has worked as soft-

ware professional and

has experience in sales

and marketing, business

and training. He is an

ardent daily blogger andinvolved in the field of

health & fitness and

bodybuilding. He is a

hardcore networker and

a multifaceted

individual.

Life always posts challenges that keep changing our paths.Sometimes we almost feel that we are moving astray from thepath to our goals. More than the feeling, we would be actuallymoving away from our goals. With different situations arise dif-ferent needs. To fulfill these needs we need to rather we areforced to perform actions that may be completely unrelatedcompared to what we wanted to work on in order to fulfill ourdreams. I had written in one of my previous blogs that we haveto work to fulfill our basic necessities and until these are ful-filled we have no option other than to work that fulfills these.

In this process of struggling to make sure that we are able tosustain a decent living many of our dreams just get coveredwith thoughts of struggle and probably by the time we evenrecollect as to what our dreams of the past were, years wouldhave passed by. All that remains is a regret of having lost thetime and the energy. Not just the feeling of loss but also the

philosophy of not being able to achieve all that one imaginescreeps into one's experience which shall be passed on

to future generations. So in order to prevent further damagelet's look at some techniques that can help us out to getaway from losing all our dreams. The simple technique is tokeep your dreams alive. Make sure you make a point to re-visit your dreams as often as possible. As I mentioned inone of the recent blogs that just a thought can move thingsforward the mere reminding yourself of your dreams cantake you in the path towards them.

Just don't lose hope on your dreams at any point. Dreamsalso have life in them. They contain the future of yours inthem. So when you don't remember them, you are justpushing them away from you and your life. As we forgetthose people with whom we would have lost contact likewisewe forget the dreams which we don't keep alive with us. Somake sure that you don't kill your dreams by forgetting thembut keep them alive.

India



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A social entrepreneur,

Rheana John is

an environmentalist, a

poet, and the current

treasurer of the Oldest

Christian Student Organi-

zation, guiding others in

Worship, Study and Ser-

vice combined with office

hours. She spends more

time to enjoy every

weekend with variety of

sports such as darts, bil-liards, bowling, and ice-

skating. Shes brought up

in Dubai. She did her en-

gineering from NITK and

now pursuing Masters in

IBM from Heriot -Watt

University

shining through the branches .To see such a beautiful sight hebought a fir tree home, told his children that it reminded him ofJesus who left the star of heaven to come to earth on Christmas,that the fir tree shape were pointing towards heaven. Thus theydecorated it with candles tied to celebrate the birth of Christ.

However the first documented use of Christmas tree is in North-ern Europe in Riga, the capital of Latvia. Where there is a plaquethat is engraved "The First New Years Tree in Riga in 1510", ineight languages. By 1840 history records, Prince Albert giftingQueen Victoria's a Christmas tree which was set up in WindsorCastle. In 1848, drawing of "The Queen's Christmas tree at Wind-sor Castle" was published in the Illustrated London News, 1848making it popular in UK and US. Now, all we have to wait for isSanta to give us presents!

Today, as the message spreads across, this tree shows that evenin the heart of winter, when everything is dry and the trees haveno leaves, it is still green and so a tree which symbolizes life. Andthis life has a name - Jesus Christ." Let this Christmas fill us allwith new spirit, life and hope for a wonderful new year ahead.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and A Happy New year!

God Bless us all!

O Christmas tree, O Christmas treeThy leaves are so unchanging,

Not only green when summer's here

But also when its cold and drear is the famous traditionalGerman song associated with the Christmas tree sung as aChristmas Carol.

When Christmas is near and most of us celebrating must havedecorated our homes with Christmas tree adorned with hangingcrystal balls, goodies, stockings and candies, let me throw light onhow it came to existence.

Legend says St. Boniface who is known for converting manyGermans to Christians came across a group of Pagans worship-ping an oak tree. Seeing this, St. Boniface cut down the tree inanger. And what sprouted up was a fir tree from the roots of theoak tree. This was taken as a sign from God, they decorated itwith candles and ever since then it became a universal ChristianSymbol.

Yet another story says, during the 16th century the German

preacher Martin Luther was the first person to bring the Christmastree to his home. On the night before Christmas while he waswalking through the forest, looking into the sky he saw stars

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Karen Olson Johnson | Page11

Presently, he had nowhere to stay and had not eaten in quite a

while. Charles gave him his coffee and doughnut and the last fivebucks he had in his wallet.

I asked Charles how he knew that this guys story was true. Hesaid it was apparent by what he saw in him. What did he see thatwas apparent? What did he see that was unapparent to his co-worker? One man reached out and established a connection. Theother man did not. Do we see what we want to see? Is it a matter ofperception whether the vision we construct or the connection weshare is apparent to some and is unapparent to others? What per-ceived reality do we live in?

These questions and their answers inform and transform our verymatterright down to the core. These questions also define ourworld on a micro and macro level. How can we be so out of touchwith each others needs? Are we making collective judgments abou tthose needs which are ultimately defining the kind of world we livein? The inspiration to respond as Charles did is only one minor

thought, one small decision away from what could have been forthis man a harsh reality of indifference. What did Charles inspira-tion and response do for this man?

A bigger question may be this. In what way was the worldchanged with the step from a reality apparent to one person, whichwas bridged by inspiration to connect to another person?

How do we rely on our perceptive capabilities to determine the

choices we make in life? When we perceive the world around usand within us, how do we respond to the information and the situa-tions we find ourselves in, day in and day out? As these capabilitiesseem to differ among us, we ask ourselves the question, Why aresome people in touch with others feelings and needs, and someothers among us so out of touch? Perhaps an answer to this que s-tion can be found in this true story.

On a very dark and cold winter morning, my husband, Charles, wason his way to work at 5:30 AM. This kind of winter cold sends theshivers into your boots and your frozen breath forms miniature ici-cles on your moustache hairs. He and his fellow worker, who wasdriving, stopped their truck at a gas/petrol station. This was theirroutine almost every morningdrive close to the work site and thenstop for a warm cup of coffee and some pastry.

On one particularly frigid morning, the station they stopped at wasvery brightly lit up and looking to be a beacon of warmth. They

rushed in out of the cold and purchased their morning fare. Step-ping back into the freezing air outside, the two men were greetedby a huge, muscular, tattooed man walking up to them fromthe alley next to the store. My husbands coworker turnedand hurried into the warm truck and locked the doorsbehind him. Meanwhile, Charles greeted the man with,Morning. The stranger responded with the same andthen a conversation ensued. Seems this man had justgotten out of prison. He showed Charles his prisonrelease papers.

Karen Olson Johnson is a

scientist, educator, envi-

ronmentalist and speak-

er. She is the author of

two books, Common

Sense for Common Good

and From Where I See It,

both available at Ama-

zon.com. Karen is the co-

host of Food Freedom

Radio on AM 950 in

Minneapolis/Saint Paul

Minnesota, USA. Go to

foodfreedomradio.com

and/or am950radio.com

to listen.

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Carlyle Labuschagne | Page12

the year. Be thankful for the opportunity and challenges that cameour way to prove to ourselves I can do this!

Its that time of the year we get a few moments to breathe and takein the world around us. Here in South Africa, its summer during thetime of Christmas and New Year. We spend a few weeks at thepool, going on holiday, eating lots of fruits, and catching up onthose moments we had pushed aside because of work and stress.We get to be with family, get to know them all over again. And thenfinally start getting ready for the new challenges a new year willbring us.

Here is to wishing everyone across the globe a blessed New Year,and always remember that you are the constructor of your own des-tiny. So lift your glasses in cheers to making your dreams cometrue.

New Years can mean different things for many people across theglobe. To me as a young parent it is time to sit back and appreciatehow much we have accomplished as new parents during the year.,

or how my husband and I made it together another year. My eyeswell up when I look at my kids, I mean really get the chance to lookat how much they had grown in the past year. How tall they are get-ting, how close they are to outrunning their Mom, or be able toshow me new things. I measure our years progress by the littlethings like that. My eldest is almost a senior, he knows how toread, write, do math, and he has learnt plenty of tricks to wrap Momand Dad around his little fingers. My youngest son is going to bigschool, I never thought of the day would affect me so, and he islearning to handle himself in the pool. You get the chance to reflecton how quickly it all truly went past, appreciate what still lay ahead.Be grateful for the health and prosperity bestowed upon us during

Untie yourself from the routineDo something new.. Learn something

more..Visitwww.iuquotes.com

Stay inspired!!!

Carlyle Lives and works

in Johannesburg, South

Africa. Her Debut novel

The Broken Destiny is a

Science Fiction, Urban

fantasy, dystopian ad-

venture set on Planet

Poseidon to be released

this Fall (US). Available

through Amazon and

Barnes and Nobles (in-ternational). She is a

mother of two young

boys, works as a PR and

Marketing Consultant by

day and writes by any

other time Married her

high school sweetheart.

She be-lieves in love and

that dreams do come

true. Car-lyle has written

since the age of twelve.

Her hopes and dreams

are to inspire and make a

difference in this world.

She supports many char-

ities and monthly dona-tions to Greenpeace

South Africa


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Jason P Stadtlander | Page13

Yeah. A woman .. . No, she replied groggily.Whats your name? the man asked.Elaine. Who are you? she asked.My name is Mark. Im an EMT. Were taking you to the hospital. Doyou know what day it is?Yeah its . . . Tuesday.Good. And the date? Mark asked.December eighth, I think.Good. Just rest.The womanwho was she?I dont know about a woman. A man called 911. He saw you lyingon the ground outside his house.

Elaine was taken to the hospital where a few tests were performedand the doctor decided he wanted to monitor her for the day. Herparents sat by her side, only stepping out at three that afternoon toget a bite to eat downstairs.

Lying there, Elaine drifted off to sleep but awoke suddenly to a rus-tling noise. She opened her eyes to see the woman she had seenearlier at the accident, stepping around the corner of her hospitalroom leaving. Elaine looked down at her bed and noticed her charmbracelet in her closed hand; the same bracelet that had fallen offduring her bike accident.

A few seconds later her parents walked through the door. Whowas that? Elaine asked.

Who was who? Your father and I have been out in the hall for afew minutes by the nurse station. We didnt see anyone, Hermother replied.

A woman. She was wearing a long dressshe just left.Sweetie, no one has come or gone from your room in the last fewminutes that weve seen.

Elaine looked down again at the bracelet in her hand. A new charmnow hung among the others on the delicate chaina golden angel.

A newspaper slapped the door and landed on the porch with thenormal thud. Elaine turned her bike around and headed down thedriveway in the cool early morning toward the next house. Thudthe next newspaper landed squarely where she threw it. She had asaddle bag over her, the front was half full of newspapers and theback had yet to be emptied, weighing heavily on her.

Elaine had gotten the newspaper route five months ago to earnsome extra money and save up for the iPod touch she had beenwanting. She was also planning to do some shoveling once thesnow started to fall. At the moment she was finding great joy in thecrisp late fall air. There was no snow on the ground, but the smell ofwinter was abundant.

Looking toward the next house, she failed to see the skateboardramp that a child had left along the sidewalk, and her bikes fronttire caught the lip on the side of the ramp. Elaine was thrust overthe handlebars so fast she didnt have time to think. She put her

hand out to catch her fall, but landed hard on her shoulder and herhead slammed into the ramp. Despite the protection of her helmet,Elaines vision began to blur and she could feel herself losing con-sciousness. Just before she passed out, she saw a woman walkingtoward her in a long dress or nightgown. The woman had long darkhair and reached out for her just as Elaines vision filled with whiteand she became unconscious.

As consciousness returned, Elaine heard sirens in the distance.Slowly, she opened her eyes and saw a man looking down at her;there was a bright light on the ceiling above. She tried to sit up andlook around but couldnt move herhead.

Dont move. We have your head stabilized for the trip. Youre in anambulance, the man said.

Suddenly Elaines head hurt badly and a tear rolled down hercheek.

Do you know what happened? he asked.

Jason P Stadtlander is a

native of Ohio who cur-

rently lives in northern

Massachusetts with his

family. He has been writ-

ing since he was in sixth

grade when he wrote

"Loss of Innocence, a

short story about a teddy

bear that is alive but

slowly deteriorates as his

owner and lifelong com-

panion grows up and los-

es his imagination. It was

at this point in his life

that Jason knew he

wanted to write. He en-

joyed the magic of being

able to create a unique

world full of new realities

in his mindone that

nobody had ever seen

before. Since then, Jason

has written over 150

short stories and is cur-

rently working on two

novels.

Northern Massachusetts



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Dr. Peter Lind | Page14

The point is that you must know how the other systems of yourbody are functioning.

Potentially Deadly Mistake #2

Not Understanding That Inflamma-tion In Your Body Makes Type II Diabetes Worse

Inflammation causes you to make more cortisol. High cortisol willmake you insulin resistant. Now, the question that must be an-swered if youre going to feel better is...

Where is the inflammation coming from?The two most common causes of inflammation are from food sensi-tivities and hidden infections in your stomach and intestines. Foodsensitivities mean that your immune system has decided that some-thing you are eating is an invader.

Many people have bacterial overgrowths, yeast overgrowths, andparasites but dont notice any GI symptoms. This is why you canwalk around with these things living in you for years.

Food sensitivities and GI infections cause your immune system to

flare up, inflammation increases... cortisol increases... more insulinresistant = fatigue, no energy, weight gain, low libido, high bloodpressure... the whole ball of wax.

Potentially Deadly Mistake #3--Thinking Type II Diabetes Is Genetic

Now obviously, you could have been born with a predisposition fordeveloping diabetes. But, your environment what you do to your-self, and what happens to you is what really determines whetheror not you develop Type II Diabetes.

Most important is finding the cause for high blood sugar, insulin re-sistance, and type II diabetes; because treating the wrong thing is awaste of time and money.

You must find out what your body is doing and how it is dysfunc-tional. Only then can you develop a logical, systemic plan to im-prove your health, not just lower blood sugar.

You may think this doesnt apply to you, but listen, one out of threepeople in the U.S. will develop diabetes! We have been brain-washed to think that getting diabetes is a natural, normal process of

aging and that you can continue living the way you have alwayslived, just now with diabetes.

NO! Diabetes is a self-inflicted health catastrophe that has beenaccepted in our society as an inevitable process. You can find adoctor who will be more than happy to give you a drug so you cancontinue your life without EVER talking to you about the causes of itor what you can do to turn your health around.

Here are 3 important health concepts MUST know if you want toavoid diabetes; and if you have diabetes you have even more con-cern to understand these points.

There are very real factors that can be making your Type II Diabe-tes worse...

Potentially Deadly Mistake #1--Thinking Your Pancreas Is The OnlyOrgan Involved In Keeping Your Blood Sugar Normal.

Your major organs actually involved in blood sugar control are: liv-er, pancreas, adrenal glands, and your thyroid gland.

Each of these has specific actions in the presence or absence ofsugar in your system. They each need to be tested and evaluated.If one of these organs is not functioning correctly, it can make bloodsugar go up or down. If any one of these organs/glands is ignored,youre just going to continue to get worse.

A simple fasting blood sugar test just measures your sugar levels.You must know that your triglycerides and other fatty acid markersare absolutely needed to determine your progress of insulin re-sistance. Glycolated hemoglobin is another blood chemistry markerthat is very valuable in determining and managing your progress. Asalivary hormone test that checks your rhythm of cortisol is valuablein determining adrenal function. Cortisol increases blood sugar pro-duction in your liver. Cortisol is also a major stress hormone. If you

are in constant stress you have high blood sugar and high cortisollevels. Your stress may be contributing to your diabetes.

Dr Peter Lind is the

author of 3 books on

health, one novel, and

hundreds of wellness

articles. His clinical

specialty is in physical,

nutritional, and emo-

tional stress. He has

designed for you a

free course

http://www.stresshed

ge.com/stress-

course.html">Stress

Management Course

Oregon, USA



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Poetry Section | Page15


I was dead for a while,

But now i am fine,

I lived many moments in that second,

that instance is a "lime",

I clutched solemn in "residence"

But yes.. I am fine..

I paltered ,

I added up,

But that was seldom at times,

I gazed at raw ways

to unturn their life-sight,

I allowed for propriety

and yes...I am fine...

I acted under delirium,

to surge this life above humdrum,

not costing me very high,

but landed me under risks at times,

But yet "fun" is at its height,

yes...I am enjoying my life...

I walked tip-toe with sparkling stars,

But waved it in the next sight,

I dated with "chandni nights"

to capture some moments of divine,

I walked through "BLUE" hies,

But yes. .I am fine...!!

Yes!I am fine..

2012. All Rights Reserved | If you have articles to contribute mail them to us at [email protected] | January 2013 Edition | Page 15

Nikhil Jain who is also

known as Little poet NJ,

is a very young and tal-

ented poet from India.

He loves experimentingnew things. Giving life

to every situation

through his poems is his

passion. He says age

should not be an obsta-

cle to achieve big things

in life. His poems are

been pub-lished in many

sites online.

Nikita Aggarwal is a

young passionate writ-er

from India. She is pursu-

ing her Bachelors degree

in commerce from Delhi

University. She is also an

ardent daily blogger. She

writes regularly for IU e-

Magazine for both Hindi

and English lan-guages.

She is also known for her

spectac-ular Hindi arti-

cles.

India

India

An Inspiring Act, Life!

Man plays different roles,

and every day, a new chapter

begins with flights and falls;

No place for tired ones, while

Victory or Defeat doesn't matter,

No excuses and argues speak

than our efforts shout greater;

Mistakes are not our weakness

In fact, keys for being strong,

Remember to never surrender

We find roles to act long;

Believe in yourself, friend

you'll succeed, bet!

Work hard with greater efforts

you can change your fate;

The challenges we meet

On this stage are difficulties,

Why to fear? Step up, Pal..

Our actions will make them freeze;

The Writer's on our side

Don't lose hope, Never!

Right thing for right part

Such his act goes on forever.

LifeAn inspiring act


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Poetry Section | Page16


Twinkle twinkle litter star is no more a mystery for me

Because now I know the reality

And now I know that the stars, no matter how much

they glitter and shine

But they can never make our life aligned

Because they can shine but they cant move

Shooting stars is not a wonder for me now

Because I know that if a star will shoot it can even de-

stroy a massive piece of land

So I never dare to have my wish and build a grave on

sand

For those who live on a place where my wishes will fall

and destroy

Barbie is no more my ideal because I know that a real

girl is far better than a doll

And now I know how to bat and how to bowl

Glass house, reflected mirrors is not my destiny

Because I know a small stone can break them

Reaching up in the sky is not what I want

Because I know that I will disperse on day in this ground

when I will face my death

Wish for Million dollars or zillion dollars is not better

than a thousand rupee note in my pocket

Because I know that I have it

And I will spend it on things I want

I will try best to get best

But if not then I will make it myself best

If not best then a little good or better

I no more wish for a prince charming because I believe

the man who is made for me will be a charming for me

I do not go for ideal anymore because I know that my

real life if I try will someday turn out be ideal for me

My real life

Zoha Khalid, also known

as ZOHA Zee Kay; a girl

from Pakistan, just com-

pleted with her bache-

lors in Zoology and

Botany. Besides that she

is an entrepreneur by

profession, a Blogger as

hobbyist , poetess by

passion, an aspiring

journalist and photogra-

pher. Also has worked in

many international pro-

jects. M.D. at her very

own lifestyle blog

http://eviexclusive.com/.

Let go of anger,

because it will always put you in danger

Let go of your cribbing nature,

because it will do you no good now and in the future

Let go of your ego,

because it is always difficult to see the people you love go

Let go all the hurt and pain,

otherwise it will always remain in your heart has a stain

Let go of bitterness,

because to lead a beautiful life you only require tenderness

Let go of all the lies,

because the success it assures will never let you fly high

Let go of all the confusion,

it will never help you to achieve your ambition

Let go of the wickedness

and build relations of genuineness

Let go of all the greed,

because a selfish heart finds no peace

Let go of ME,

for there is always strength in the WE

Let go of unfaithfulness,

for only the faithful in heart will touch the heart of the lord.

Let go of all the evil,

its the best way to stay happy now and ever..

Let goSonal Lobo is a 23year

old young lecturer in

Krupanidhi degree col-lege. She is deeply inter-

ested and has a great

passion towards Crea-

tive writing and music.

PakistanIndia

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