BEAUTIFUL HEART

One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect.

There was not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen.The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart.

Suddenly, an old man appeared at the front of the crowd and said, "Why your heart is not nearly as beautiful as mine."

The crowd and the young man looked at the old man's heart. It was beating strongly but full of scars, it had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn't fit quite right and there were several jagged edges. In fact, in some placesthere were deep gouges where whole pieces were missing.

The people stared -- how can he say his heart is more beautiful, they thought? The young man looked at the old man's heart and saw its state and laughed.

"You must be joking," he said. "Compare your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars and tears."

"Yes," said the old man, "Yours is perfect looking but I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to whom I have given my love - I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart which fits into the empty place in my heart, but because the pieces aren't exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of the love we shared. "Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn't returned a piece of his heart to me. These are the  empty gouges -- giving love is taking a chance.

Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, reminding me of the love I have for these people too, and I hope someday they may return and fill the space I have waiting. So now do you see what true beauty is?"

The young man stood silently with tears running down his cheeks. He walked up to the old man  reached into his perfect young and beautiful heart, and ripped a piece out. He offered it to the old man with trembling hands. The old man took his offering, placed it in his heart and then took a piece from his old scarred heart and placed it in the wound in the young man's heart. It fit, but not perfectly, as there were some jagged edges. The young man looked at his heart, not perfect anymore but more beautiful than ever, since love from the old man's heart flowed into his. They embraced and walked away side by side.

~ The End~

FAV SONG.....

There's a song that's inside of my soul. 
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again 
I'm awake in the infinite cold. 
But you sing to me over and over and over again. 

So, I lay my head back down. 
And I lift my hands and pray 
To be only yours, I pray, to be only yours 
I know now you're my only hope. 

Sing to me the song of the stars. 
Of your galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again. 
When it feels like my dreams are so far 
Sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again. 

So I lay my head back down. 
And I lift my hands and pray 
To be only yours, I pray, to be only yours 
I know now, you're my only hope. 

I give you my destiny. 
I'm giving you all of me. 
I want your symphony, singing in all that I am 
At the top of my lungs, I'm giving it back. 

So I lay my head back down. 
And I lift my hands and pray 
To be only yours, I pray, to be only yours 
I pray, to be only yours 
I know now you're my only hope. 

hmmmmm, hmmmmm, oooooh

(ONLY HOPE... featuring Mandy Moore..in A Walk To Remember)

ADULTERATED FOOD ITEMS POSE HEALTH RISK….. BE AWARE!!!

Rampant adulteration in food items continue to pose a serious threat to the consumers’ nutritional needs.

The crisis has deepened in the absence of adequate consumer awareness programmes and even legal safeguards.

 The department of food technology and quality control (DFTQC) – the only state mechanism that is entrusted with the responsibility to check the menace- maintained that of the items checked by the department in the past year or so, an alarming 25 % were found to be adulterated.

Checks were conducted in markets, supermarkets and manufacturing units in the Kathmandu valley.

“Of the 1,000 samples tested, 200 were found to be adulterated,” said Pramod Koirala, senior food researcher, DFTQC.

The department’s annual progress report revealed that edible oil, processed milk and milk products topped the list, accounting for 88% and 78% of adulteration respectively.

Similarly, 50% of bottled water and soft drinks that are available in the market are of sub-standard quality. While tests conducted on samples such as ghee, mustard oil, soy-oil, sunflower oil, vegetable ghee, pickle, tomato ketchup, ice cream, orange squash, lemon squash, chilly sauce, bread biscuits, honey, instant noodles also threw up a disturbing trend. All these commodities failed to pass the quality test.

“Coliform bacteria were found in milk products and bottled water. While the oils and pickles contained high level of peroxide and preservatives like benzoic acids. No wonder many people are suffering from renal failure, heart condition and cancer. Children are particularly vulnerable since they consume ice-cream in large quantities,” said Dr Kumar Thapa, an epidemiologist.

Koirala pleaded helpless-ness at the state of affairs claiming his department was not empowered to bring the culprits to book.

Ram Chandra Simkhada, consumer lawyer and secretary of Consumer’s Right Protection Forum, advocated mass campaign of anti-adulteration and formulation of stricter laws to curb growing menace.

source:  S.C Acharya, Kathmandu post, june 12, 09

TEREE SANG... a review !

A well known comedy personnel of Bollywood, Satish Kaushik brought a fresh package of kidult love story called “Teree Sang” to this past weeks . The movie is really a nicest move to modernization featuring two new faces to indi-film world. Being fresher Sheena Shahabadi (playing Mahi’s character in movie) and Rushlan Mumtaz (in Kabir ) have shown a greater potentiality to the acting. They were fabulous despite Tere Sang being their first movie. The story is based on teenage love story but the major issue that movie deals about is the “Teenage pregnancy” which is rampant and increasing exponentially not only in western countries but also globally.

The movie has every part of commercialism from drama to sweet romance, comedy to issues over serious matter. Moreover, the ending and the moral that this movie provide is AWESOME which make the movie a complete family bonanza. The innocent and charming Sheena along with cute rebellious and clueless Rushlan the story have attempt to present something fresh to bolly-freakers . rajat kapoor and neena gupta fill the intense acting wheres Mr.Kaushik along with Sushmita mukharjee following nice timing of comedy gives the extra charming to it. Well the movie is complete PAISA WASOOL .

About music, it is FANTABULOUS and is already popular among the youngsters. Sachin and jigar have really done all the justice to this young movie with their beautiful creation. Each song is great and they hold a strong point to like the movie.

If you are still figuring out, Just go guyz and enjoy the fresh movie…

It must be for inspiration .....

It must be for inspiration that you created the heavens,

the earth, the sky, the sea

I look at the stars and I am contented that there is peace,

a calmness right into my soul

It must be for inspiration that you created man,

his heart, his soul, his spirit

I look at how he goes about his life and there is wonder,

how you have made us so wise

It must be for inspiration that you have brought people together,

they court, they join their lives, they grow old

I look at how they have fulfilled their dreams in the eyes of their kids,

it brings a special longing in my heart to have my dreams fulfilled too

It must be for inspiration that I met you at this time,

I was busy, was lonely, was caught up

I look at how God has allowed circumstances to turn,

after sometime there was spark that cannot be denied

It must be for inspiration that i have met you and you are such

a pleasant gift at the right time

I look at my busy days and you give me delight each day,

I am inspired, I'm happy, I am blessed

Looking at you, I don't know yet the purpose,

for now I'm thinking it must be for inspiration.

REASON TO SMILE.....

 HOw can one smile such sweet smiles, 

When one is so saddened by sorrows for miles, 
How can I smile the same smiles, 
When life brings me nothing but tears, 

I wondered for so long, 
What reason you had to smile that long, 
To keep smiling though troubles come, 
And still remain sweet and silently overcome, 

It's such a mystery to me, 
Your smiles from heaven with glee, 
I adore and yet envy thee, 
But I'd rather you smile those at me, 

I feel happy when I see you smile, 
Even if I'm sad and lonely, 
Your smiles bring me somewhere, 
I don't even know where, 

But it was you, 
You gave me the reason to smile, 
To smile with no reason, 
To smile for a smile, 

I guess life is just like that, 
We need not a reason to smile, 
For a smile is the reason itself, 
To rejoice and open-heartedly give thanks, 

I learned to smile because of you, 
Because your smiles bring me joy when blue, 
It proves how well and powerful, 
A simple sweet smile can become so beautiful, 

Smile for the sake of a smile, 
Smile for the sake of happiness, 
Smile for the sake of life, 
Smile because of hope left in life, 

Smile my friends, 
Smile for me my Love, 
Smile those same sweet smiles, 
Smile so the world can be a peaceful dove...