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| The Humble Path |
| 2008-08-10 00:11:00 |
Humility, a term widely used but hardly followed. As the years go by the term is getting further and further away from its true meaning.Here, I am not referring to the kind shown by the celebrities in their interviews or in the award ceremonies or the one shown by us in our day to day conversations, when we don’t mean what we are saying. We do it so as to be politically correct and it doesn’t require much effort.True humility can not be achieved by our efforts alone, however hard we may try....
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| My First Voyage |
| 2008-07-04 10:19:00 |
After completing my training at T. S. Rajendra at Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), I joined as an apprentice in Shipping Corporation of India in the winter of 1982. I remember there were four of us from that class of '82, who had joined M.V. Kalidas, berthed at Indira Docks in Mumbai. It was around nine in the evening. We were asked to go on deck the moment we boarded, so as to get the hang of...
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| Memories from Childhood |
| 2008-05-28 06:05:00 |
The memories of childhood linger on with us however far we have traveled on the path of life. It appears as if everything happened just yesterday.
As a young kid I used to love the rainy season, which we call ‘The Monsoons”. I still love the rains. It is the time when the frogs from the neighborhood pond, used to have a field day. I used to love the croaking sound, in the dark nights while slowly...
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| Humor 360 - Part 2 |
| 2008-05-09 00:24:00 |
The grin that follows, the funny side of life, is always a welcome break from the supposedly serious matters which we pursue on a daily basis.
I remember a time when I was training on board T.S. Rajendra at Mumbai. An instructor had this peculiar habit of talking in plurals, so much so that we started calling him Mr. Sharma(s). He was great in his subject which was seamanship but not so much in...
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| Total Surrender |
| 2008-05-02 01:27:00 |
Total surrender? To whom? You might ask. To a fellow human being who happens to be your loved one. No, I don’t imply that at all. Here the total surrender is to the one who created you and me. The Almighty Lord.
But why? And the answer to that is that all our happiness that we have been searching for, ever since we were born, lie in this domain. Unfortunately, we never looked up here, for...
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| A Day in the Life of a First Mate |
| 2008-04-24 07:52:00 |
The day of a First Mate or the Chief Mate as he is commonly known, begins at 0400 at sea. I arrange to be woken up at twenty minutes to four. After taking over watch from the second mate, who keeps the midnight to four watch, I head for a cup of tea. The cadet, who gets his training under my supervision, usually makes it unless he is too busy with something.
The planning starts the moment I am...
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| Humor 360 |
| 2008-04-17 06:04:00 |
Life is full of humor. A funny incident here and a one liner there. It is medicine for the stress we encounter each day. So let me start right away with some serious humor, part experienced myself and part forwarded.
Years ago, as a second mate aboard a tanker, I had my wife join me on board. She came in Livorno, Italy. As it happened to be hours away from Pisa with it’s famous tower, we decided...
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| My Valley View |
| 2008-04-09 06:19:00 |
The kitchen, as I make the morning tea, in our first floor house, is my first contact with Mother Nature. The early morning darkness just giving way to the first rays of light. The park, across the road is alive with birds chirping in their own characteristic sounds. Its music to the ears. As if God has unleashed a musical extravaganza.
As the day grows, the outline of Bottle Brush tree starts...
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| Starry Nights |
| 2008-04-01 01:14:00 |
The view of the sky on a clear night is one of my favorites. The zillion stars embedded in the firmament. Oh! Could anything be more romantic than that? I take a peek each day after dusk to check on them as if some of them might go missing. I can never forget to check on Sirius, the brightest of them all or the famous groups like The Orion and The Great Bear. Some days it is the Cassiopeia and on...
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| Yog, The Essence of Life |
| 2008-03-25 01:47:00 |
Yog (mistakenly spelled Yoga) is the art or call it science of linking oneself to Him. It literally means union. Union with what? Union with your creator. It was practiced by the ancient Rishis and Munnis of India during their search for Him. It ain’t just the physical movements, it is made out to be, especially in its exported versions. Some guys have gone as far as even patenting the style. And...
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| My First Ever Blog Post |
| 2008-02-26 07:43:00 |
!! ओम पर्माताने नमः !!Hi!
This is going to be a weblog where I would post my thoughts on days, I must. It would be, as the title indicates, about life and would cover an allround 360 degree view. It would be at times serious while not so at others. Oftentimes humorous and sometimes on a plane higher than we are usually accustomed to. As I work aboard Merchant Vessels, I would be able to write...
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| First Life 360 Blog Directory |
| 2008-02-15 23:36:00 |
If you are a blog owner and wish to exchange links, please leave your blog URL and e-mail address in the comments section. The comment will not be published and hence your e-mail, will at no time, be in public domain. I will visit your blog and then add you in the directory below as well as in the "We Are Linked" sidebar drop down box.Thanks.
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