Sharing the Collections of Dilip Prakash

What is true love?

I can picture the day.
Rice flying, a limo pulling up to take her and me to the airport,
white clusters of flowers on the pews,
tears in my eyes, in lavender chiffon….
Oops. That’s an important part, huh?

L O V E

It’s a commonly thrown around four-letter word.
“I love macaroni and cheese.”

“I love Vanilla Ice.”
(Remember that?)

Sometimes, even an
“I love him”
or
“I love her.”
What is real love?

And is there a difference between that and the
heart-pounding adrenaline rush I feel when I see…?
You know the person I’m talking about.
That hot guy playing basketball at the gym…
the cute girl who makes eye contact as she passes by…
the friend of a friend of a friend…
maybe a best friend.
It’s that person we keep track of when he or she
is in the same room,
whose comments and actions we analyze to no end.
There are a few things love isn’t.
Love isn’t a feeling.
Although real love is often accompanied by strong feelings,
love does not equate with the sense of floating on clouds.
Unlike the type of love that movies, television,
and songs portray, people in love don’t
always feel ooey gooey around each other.
A relationship wouldn’t last long on emotions.
In fact, knowledge is the basis
of a healthy relationship.
Knowing about the other person is key.
I used to and sometimes still do
“fall in love”
with girl that I have never had a conversation with,
whether it be a movie star in the latest romantic
drama or the girl sitting behind me in a class.
I would know his name and his face,
and that was the extent of my knowledge of her.
If I were to start a relationship with her,
who knows where that would lead us!
Knowing about the person’s personality and
character are so important.
One good test is to list the qualities that attract
us to that guy or girl.
If the list is long, we know a lot
about them and like those things.
If the list is short,
we either don’t know a lot about them or
we know a lot but aren’t attracted to his or her personality.
Another important factor in a
relationship is common life goals.

If the relationship is going to be long term,
we need to be going in the same
general direction as the other person.
If his dream is to travel as an international
businessman and she wants to be a realtor in a single location,
conflict could arise.
If she wants to live in the
countryside with nature and he likes the hustle
and bustle of a big city,
there are potentially serious problems
with the direction of the couple’s lives.
Love isn’t sex.
That statement alone goes against a lot
of what the entertainment industry feeds us.
Whenever two people hook up in pop culture,
they have sex.
Without showing some of the unpleasant realities
of premarital and extramarital sex,
it is drawn up to be a wonderful,
fun recreational activity.
Sex is created for marriage–
a long-lasting commitment
between a couple.

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, “What does love mean?”
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

————————————————————————–

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore.

So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.”

Rebecca- age 8

————————————————————————–

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.

You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.”

Billy - age 4

————————————————————————–

“Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.”

Karl - age 5

————————————————————————-

“Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.”

Chrissy - age 6

————————————————————————–

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.”

Terri - age 4

————————————————————————–

“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.”

Danny - age 7

————————————————————————–

“Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more.
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss”

Emily - age 8

————————————————————————–

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.”

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)

————————————————————————–

“If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate,”

Nikka - age 6

(we need a few million more Nikka’s on this planet)

————————————————————————–

“Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.”

Noelle - age 7

————————————————————————–

“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.”

Tommy - age 6

————————————————————————–

“During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.

He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.”

Cindy - age 8

————————————————————————–

“My mommy loves me more than anybody .

You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.”

Clare - age 6

————————————————————————–

“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”

Elaine-age 5

————————————————————————–

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Brad Pitt.”

Chris - age 7

————————————————————————–

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.”

Mary Ann - age 4

————————————————————————-

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.”

Lauren - age 4

————————————————————————–

“When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” (what an image)

Karen - age 7

————————————————————————-

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.”

Jessica - age 8

————————————————————————–

And the final one — Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.

The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman’s yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,

“Nothing, I just helped him cry”

“A true friend is someone who reaches your hand and touches your heart…”

  MOST HAPPENING CITY “HYDERABAD”………….. I N D I A

Charminar

Falaknuma palace

Chowmahalla palace

Kilwat Palace

Purani haveli (The Picture you are seeing is the longest Wardrobe in the Whole world.The sixth nizam never used to wear a dress twice )

High Court

Himayat Sagar

NTR Gardens

Osmania Hospital

Osmania University

Qutubshahi Tombs

Ramoji Film city

Salarjung Museum

Shilpa Ramam

Toyland

And Finally the One and Only
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Hyderabadi biryani

Tell me how many people in INDIA know that Hyderabad has:
1)   The IMAX Theatre with Worlds Largest screen and the only true 3D screen in INDIA
2) Asia ’s biggest and one of the Worlds’ biggest and best Convention centres ‘HICC’

7) Hyderabad is leading in Hospitality Tourism, now trying to lead also in Echo Tourism

Hyderabad is the best place to start any new retail business or Mall: This was from a study on how Malls are fuelling sales in India and the max amount of Sales happened in the Malls in Hyderabad despite the huge number of very big malls in Delhi and Mumbai..  Many biggest of the kind malls are being constructed here. You can also see, Reliance group, Tata’s, Heritage group and many more venturing their first retail units starting from Hyderabad !
9) Hyderabad is the only place where complete restructuring is happening by even demolishing lot of buildings within the city! Delhi is the other only City, which followed this model.
10) In fact Infosys has planned its world’s Largest Campus near to Shamshabad Airport in an area of 500acres of land! However its pending.. It may take of soon. Else some other campus would come up there.
11) Fab City would be the Ultimate answer for the Electronic and chip making industry from India !      
12) How many know about ISB    
13) IIT is being setup now in Hyderabad .
14) Birla has already setup Bits in Hyderabad
15) Country’s largest number of Colleges for Engineering Medicines and largest number of Universities are in AP!
16) Just the colleges in and around Hyderabad produce much more Engineering graduates than any other city in INDIA !
17) Country’s most expensive Residential Only venture has started in Hyderabad , with 250 villas where each Villa will be in 1 Acre of land and at the cost of Rs.14crores each! Why only in Hyderabad ? Because people are ready to buy and live there
18) The most connected city in INDIA with highest Teledensity
…..and lot more like this!

1. 1. Contrary to popular belief, a swallowed chewing gum doesn’t stay in the gut. It will pass through the system and be excreted.
2. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
3. The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each others shoulders.
4. Earth is traveling through space at 660,000 miles per hour.
5. In 1643, the British Parliament officially abolished the celebration of Christmas.
7. Santa’s Reindeers are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen.
8. In 1875 the director of the US patent office resigned. He said that there was nothing left to invent.
9. The Channel between England and France grows about 300 millimeters each year.
10. The average person’s field of vision encompasses a 200-degree wide angle.
11. Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all people will write their own name.
12. On average, a person has two million sweat glands.
13. Grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.
14. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
15. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
16. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.
17. 97% of the earth’s water is undrinkable.
18. The Earth gets heavier each day by tons, as meteoric dust settles on it.
19. All babies are color blind when they are born.
20. Babies’ eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
21. 14 million people were killed in World War I, 20 million died in flu epidemic in the years that followed.
22. There are more than 40,000 characters in the Chinese script.
23. Vision requires more brain power than the other four senses.
24. On average, men are 40% muscle and 15% fat; women are 23% muscle and 25% fat.
25. There are no public toilets in Peru.
26. Urine and tears have the same basic ingredients.
27. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.
28. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
29. Historically, a blue ribbon has been awarded for first prize.
30. The motto of M-G-M movie studios is Art for Art’s Sake.
31. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named “Volney”.
32. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
33. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
34. The Mercedes-Benz motto is ‘Das Beste oder Nichts’ meaning ‘the best or nothing’.
35. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
37. There are more Rolls Royce cars in Hong Kong than anywhere else in the world.
38. X-ray technology has shown there are 3 different versions of the Mona Lisa under the visible one.
39. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
40. It takes only about 8 minutes for the Space Shuttle to accelerate to a speed of more than 27,359 km/hour.
41. Hydroponics is the technique by which plants are grown in water without soil.
42. Time magazine named the computer its “Man of the Year” in 1982.
43. Chewing on gum while cutting onions can help a person from producing tears.
44. Your left lung is smaller in size than your right lung, it is like that in order to make room for your heart.
45. Until babies are six months old, they can breathe and swallow at the same time.
46. Male human brains are about 10 percent heavier than female brains.
47. Before 1800 there were no separately designed shoes for right and left feet.
48. The glossy look to lipstick comes from fish scales, which are iridescent.
49. To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it, and if it sounds hollow then it is ripe.
50. Honey is used as a center for golf balls and in antifreeze mixtures.
51. The original name for the butterfly was ‘flutterby’.
52. Your body weight is lower at 9 A.M. than at any other time of the day.

The Perfect Kill

-Denis R. Soreng

It was late in the evening when I entered Howrah Station .It was teeming with office workers returning home after a typically tiring day at work. I didn’t look forward to the prospect of returning home to my husband. The love between us had died years ago. Our marriage had been transformed into a dead corpse buried deep beneath a pile of painful memories. The bits and pieces of pleasure I derived from my daily existence were my only source of sustenance. My husband had accused me of being mentally deranged. But only I know better. He should have thought of a better reason than that to get rid of me.

I hauled my self into a train standing nearby. Finding a seat lying vacant I gleefully slid into it. After having exhausted myself at work securing a place to ease my legs was a welcome relief. The scene inside the train was disquieting. The train being the last one on that particular route, it wasn’t long before the compartment was bursting to the full with people. They jostled and fought with each other in a desperate attempt to keep from falling off.

June is the hottest month in Kolkata; it’s when the when the summers are at the peak of their torment. The sweltering heat conspired with the intolerable humidity to beat the lives out of the commuters. The stench from the garbage rotting on the rail tracks combined with the nauseating smell of human sweat to pervade the whole atmosphere. I felt like vomiting. I subconsciously swallowed the spittle that formed in my throat. In despair, I stared up at the ceiling for comfort. A solitary fan hung up there in a state of eternal rest, hideously shrouded in spider webs. I closed my eyes in a bid to rest my mind. Slowly I allowed myself to fall into a labored slumber.

When I awoke the train had traveled far into the countryside. The seat next to mine was occupied by a pretty nymphet. She had a concerned look on her face. The object of her anxiety was seated right opposite to us. He was the most loathsome, horrid specimen of mankind I had ever seen. He evidently appeared to be a village goon of some reputation. His bloodshot eyes were planted firmly on the girl. She squirmed uncomfortably in her seat under his leering looks. The redness of his eyes was indicative of the fact that he had soaked himself in liquor far exceeding socially acceptable limits.

The girl’s nervousness was infectious. I looked around the compartment. It was completely vacant except for the three of us. I began to grow uneasy. The girl pressed my hand and held up a piece of newspaper for my inspection. She pointed towards a front-page news report. It was on a sensational serial killer who had been haunting Kolkatans for the past couple of weeks. Six young girls had been murdered in different parts of the city. They were discovered with their throats brutally slit open. The killings had been executed with such meticulous efficiency that the murder scenes were totally devoid of any clues. The police were baffled. The report went on to draw parallels with the legendary ‘Stoneman’ who had terrorized Calcutta in the early 90’s and whose identity was yet to be ascertained. The report was undeniably scary and chilling to the bone.

The girl had visibly paled. She motioned with her eyes indicating to me that she considered the man sitting opposite to be a prime suspect. The girl was badly scared and I must admit I was pretty worried myself. Suddenly the train slowed as it approached an oncoming station. I was contemplating the feasibility of getting off the train, well before my intended destination, when the man himself stood up. To my utter surprise and immense joy he hopped off the train as it came to a screeching halt. The girl looked at me and both of us let out a huge sigh of relief. The tension having been released, she began to giggle. I caught up with her silly laughter and soon both of us were laughing away in abandon.

With a rude jerk the train started moving. Soon it was speeding across vast open countryside at a furious pace. Her jangled nerves having been calmed, the girl had begun to doze in her seat. As I looked at her I wondered just how naïve and unsuspecting young girls can be. I slipped my hand inside my handbag and firmly gripped the kitchen knife I always carried. I felt a strange numbness in my fingers but it had to be done. Besides she had an exceedingly beautiful neck. Such a pity!

1) U can study and get any certificates. But u cannot get ur death certificate

2) U may have AIRTEL or BSNL connection but when u sneeze u ll say HUTCH

3 ) U can bcome an engineer if u study in engineering college. U cannot bcom a president if u studies in Presidency College

4 ) U can expect a BUS from a BUS stop … u cannot expect a FULL from FULL stop

5) A mechanical engineer can bcom a mechanic but a software engineer cannot bcom a software

6 ) U can find tea in teacup. But cannot find world in world cup

7) U can find keys in Keyboard but u cannot find mother in motherboard.