Happy New Year!!!

Whoa. It's holiday time.
Merry Christmas to all of you!!

I sense lot of celebration in air right now!! I am already feeling it. Don't you??
From the past few days, whoever i meet, the first question they pop at me is "What plans for New year celebrations?" So this is a default question at the end of any year. This takes front seat over How-are-you-How-is-work kind of routine. Yes, it is a welcome change. But what gives me grain-of-sand amount of surprise is why should we celebrate the first day of an year?

May be the celebrations are to remind us that a new year with full of opportunities is awaiting everyone or may be to remind us one whole year has just passed by :) or may be just to party. Reasons can be infinite. I give no talk on the last option.Celebrations and parties, one great way for socialising..

But the other two, I wonder isn't everyday that we wake up a NEW day?? Aren't we gifted with lot of opportunities every single day? Why should we remind ourselves of this only on January 1? There is a lot of learning with every passing day. Who can deny that?

I believe a day when we learn something new, when we are happy, when we helped someone is worth celebrating. It takes nothing but to love all simple things in life :).

For me, January 1 is like any other day.

Nevertheless, A very Happy New year to all!!

I hope all your dreams come true in very very near future, may it be this year or in the new year to come. Wish you all happiness in the world.
Enjoy and have fun :)

A Plea, are you listening?

What better way to kick start my blog than this!!
One fine day, my friend Krishna Chaitanya and me were discussing about environmental issues and wastage of paper. That day i wanted to write something to spread a message to all and call myself a responsible citizen of Planet Earth. The result is the below write-up. I urge,plead,demand,beg all of you to try and follow the suggestion given at the end :) .Read on...

Hi, to all the esteemed members of the human race. I am your fellow being on our only home, the Earth. I come before you today to put forth my heart wrenching plea. I hope with all my heart that you can empathise with me and co-operate as you are considered to be the epitome of wisdom.

Nature, in which we are all a part, has always taken care of itself. Atleast that is all we believed for ages now. But I am afraid that it will soon turn out to be a false. The temperatures on our dearest Earth are increasing manifold day after day. Climate is changing drastically for bad. You humans are suffering from unknown diseases and infections which are never known to you before. When a flood hits, you give charities. But did you forget your ancestor’s golden words ‘Prevention is better than cure’?

I am always friendly to you. I offer all my by-products whole heartedly to you. I become a chair if you want to sit. I get moulded in the hands of an artist. I give you shelter in your tough times. I cure many of your diseases. Even though you hit me with a rock, I still offer you my children. I inhale all the harmful gases that you produce and give you back pure and fresh air. I heard many humans preaching that give back only good even to your enemy. But what are you doing to me? I offer so much to protect your life line. But you take away the life breath out of me. You kill me mercilessly and use all parts of my body for your material contentment.

Every cell in my body craves to protest against you. But I just can’t. I’m designed in that way. But you can’t take advantage of my weakness forever. Mother Nature will stand for my suffering. It is high time that you humans realised that you have disrupted nature’s age-old processes. And I warn you that every single being on Earth has to face her wrath. Who gave you the right to make us suffer for no fault of ours? Who gave you the right to kill us? Who gave you the right to make our family and friends mourn for our loss? I request all the humans to show mercy on me. Save me. Help our species grow in abundance. Spare me the honour of a natural death. By this, save yourselves, God’s unmatched creation of all species, the humans from extinction. I see many people trying to save our home. I get to learn that they are called environmentalists. I plead each and everyone of you to join them and do your best not to reap disgrace and not to show ill-respect towards the most beautiful of God’s creations.

I wish you would listen to me, for you are my best friend. Adieu.

Sorry, I forgot to tell you my name. I am THE TREE.

My attempt at writing a story(or call it whatever you want to) to spread the message ‘Save trees, Save mankind’. If you like it, Please pass it on. If you don’t like it, still okay. Either way, please do your bit to save trees.

A tip: I observe lot of people use scribble pads just for once and top of it, waste lot of space in the book. I would suggest, first write everything in pencil and for the second time, use a pen/sketch pen over it. In this way, we are saving a book. And if few thousands of us do the same, a tree is saved. As simple as that. Also recycling cost is reduced. I have been following this from my engineering. Sometimes it is worth to be called a miser :)

Aparnavalli Vyamajala

Dedicated to all those who use paper (which includes books, tissue papers etc.) thoughtfully!

Welcome...

The first post on the very first blog that i have ever created. It's a truly amazing feeling.

My blog name is inspired from Ayn Rand's 'The Fountain Head’. I am deeply fascinated by the protagonist of the novel Howard Roark, an individualistic young man with integrity.

I never wished to create a blog until i realised and experienced the power of sharing thoughts with like-minded people. The inspiration and joy it gave me, made me step into the blogging world. I share my thoughts in this place, the happenings in my small yet lovely world, my ideas and blah blah...

Hope this turns out to be a very interesting and enchanting journey and hope the writer (now a blogger!) in me pops her head out very often.

I now remember these ever inspiring lines
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go, before I sleep" :)

Welcome to my world!!