Tuesday, January 6, 2009

3. “English is a window to the Treasure Island of knowledge”

Name: Ka. Patel Dhrunalkumar Kirtikant
Class: T.Y.B.A.
  • College: N S Patel Arts College, Anand
    Sub.: “English is a window to the Treasure Island of knowledge”
    What is Treasure?
    Meaning of Treasure:
  • Two kinds of Pleasure
    Outer
    Inner
  • Knowledge is inner pleasure
  • Knowledge is Treasure
  • Words of Bacon
    “Knowledge itself is power.”

Monday, January 5, 2009

2. A Satire on a Boastful and Pompous Learned Man by Utpal Ganatra

One knows him not really,
He’s, too, unaware of him really!
They believe that they hear and see,
Believe me, it’s not so really!
Oh, innocents are few there now,
Not is he among them really!
I thought he was a man like “man”,
Wrong I thought, I feel really!
Good is it said to be praised,
Think not so now, it’s vain really!
Sold and bought the clothes may be,
Now faces too! Enough really!
’t was said, “Good name is precious”,
Few believe so, not he really!
Salute to the learned and the worthy,
Learned he is, yet not worthy really!
Pomp and show remain no more,
Mad, why, he has gone really!
Blind was Homer, without eyes,
Though he sees, is blind really!
Enough is enough, more than enough,
Too much is now, thinks he not really?

From my bitter experiences,
Utpal Ganatra, T.Y.B.A.
NALINI & ARVIND ARTS COLLEGE
VALLABH VIDYANAGAR

1. A LOVER’S PRAYER by Utpal Ganatra

The world is here, the world is there!
But lonely am I, as my love is not there!
Breathless I feel with air all around!
Raining water, flowing streams make me no sound!
Season makes me no difference, music touches me not!
My heart seeks only my love, I miss her a lot!
Dream I her saying, “I love you”!
Alas! I wake up, and the words become dew!
Senses serve me not though they are mine!
They feel the presence of hers and suddenly they shine!
Shining moon or roses red!
For me, without her, they all are dead!
“Living” am I, as a merely lifeless tool!
Just as an unwilling child sits in a school!
Cupid or Krishna, whatever may be the name!
I pray to thee, I love her, help me for the same!

Utpal Ganatra
TYBA
NALINI & ARVIND ARTS COLLEGE
VALLABH VIDYANAGAR

Monday, November 17, 2008

5. What is happiness???


In the picture, just look at their condition.. no place to sleep, still they have made some space for the cat and the dog... water pouring from the roof but still each one of them have a peaceful smile on their face...
Simply amazing!!!!!
The happiest people in the world are not those who have no problems, but those who learn to live with things that are less than perfect.

4. 10 Important Things You must do!!!


Sunday, November 16, 2008

3. Self Management


You are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Learn to accept total responsibility for yourself. If you do not manage yourself, then you are letting others have control of your Life. These tips will help "you" manage "you."Here is a list of things that help you in self management and which will in turn lead you to the path of success: -
-) Look at every new opportunity as an exciting and new-life experience.
-) Be a professional who exhibits self-confidence and self-assurance in your potential to complete any task.
-) Agree with yourself in advance that you will have a good attitude toward the upcoming task.
-) Frequently ask, "Is what I am doing right now moving me toward my goals?"-) Do it right the first time and you will not have to take time later to fix it.
-) Accept responsibility for your job successes and failures. Do not look for a scapegoat.-) Do not view things you do as a "job." View all activities as a challenge.
-) Use your subconscious mind by telling it to do what you do want. Instead of telling yourself, "I can't do that very well," say, "I can do this very well."
-) Give yourself points for completing tasks on your "to-do" list in priority order. When you reach 10 points, reward yourself.
-) Practice your personal beliefs. It may be helpful each morning to take 15 minutes to gather your thoughts and say a prayer.
-) Make a commitment to show someone a specific accomplishment on a certain date. The added urgency will help you feel motivated to have it done.
-) Practice self-determination, wanting to do it for yourself.-) Believe that you can be what you want to be.
-) Never criticize yourself as having a weakness. There is no such thing. You are only talking about a present undeveloped skill or part of yourself that if you so chose, you can change. You do not have any weakness, only untapped potential.
-) Be pleasant all the time-no matter what the situation.
-) Challenge yourself to do things differently than you have in the past. It provides new ideas and keeps you interested.
-) Talk to yourself. A self-talk using positive affirmation is something that is common among all great achievers. They convince themselves that they can accomplish their goals.
-) Create your own "motivation board" by putting up notes of things you need to do on a bulletin board or special wall space. It is an easily visible way to see what you need to work on. When an item is done, remove the note. Also keep your goals listed and pictured on your board.
-) Stay interested in what you are doing. Keep looking for what is interesting in your work. Change your perspective and look at it as someone outside your job would,
-) Establish personal incentives and rewards to help maintain your own high enthusiasm and performance level.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

2. Boy and Tree


The boy got really happy with this suggestion and he had a lot of fun playing and sitting high up, on the branches of the tree.

When he started school, he spent more time away from the tree, but one day he came back to it, and the tree was overjoyed to see its young companion, and it encouraged him to climb on, but he refused.

"My clothes are going to get dirty if I climb up on you."So the tree thought for a while, and said, "OK, bring a rope and tie it to me, and you can use my branches as a swing."

The boy liked that idea, so he did that too, and would come back every other day to sit for a while on that swing.

Whenever he used to get hot, the tree told him to rest in its shade.

As he got older, and moved on to college, times became harder on him and he ran short of food, so he went back to the tree which he had stopped visiting for a long time.

The tree recognised him immediately and welcomed him, but he was hungry and complained to the tree, "I don't have any food to eat, my stomach is cringing with hunger."

So the tree said, "Pull down my branches and take off the fruit, and fill yourself up."

The young guy didn't even hesitate, but jumped up and tore off one of the smaller branches and ate to his fill.

Over the weeks, he tore off all the branches and ate all the fruit.

After the fruits had all gone, he went away and didn't come back to the tree.

When he reached his middle ages, he came back to the tree and said to it, "I have been very successful in life.

I have earned a lot of money, I have a huge house and I have found a great wife.

Now I want to travel and see the world."

The tree was now very old, but to help its long time companion, it didn't wait, and said, "Bring a saw, cut off my trunk and make a boat. Then you will see the wonders of the world."

So again, without hesitation the man cut down the tree.

The same tree which he had played on, ate its fruit, laid in its shade; he cut it down and made a boat.

As soon as it was finished, he sailed away and wasn't seen by his people again.

One day, an old man, walked past the tree.

It hadnt recovered from the time he had cut it down. He went up to the tree, but didn't say anything.

He felt the tears coming down from his eyes.

This time the tree spoke in a faint voice, "I'm sorry. I don't have a trunk for you to climb, nor fruit for you to eat, nor branches of shade for you to lie in. All I have now are my deep roots."

The old man whispered, "That's fine. Tree roots are the best place to lie down, snuggle up and sleep after a long life."

The tree symbolizes our parents, and the boy symbolizes us.

The moral of the story is that we make use of our parents like tissue, and use them all up, and don't even give thanks, but they stay with us till the very end.