Complement

Here's another one by Mohan Chandran

I liked this thought of his and so here it is for you to think through....

Though I think some healthy competition adds to the spice of life :-) provided it remains healthy and doesn't become a case of Abhimaan (self-pride / ego) as shown in the Hindi movie of Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan.

Love,
Aparna

Futile

Life is
Futile
If you
Don't
Know
How to
Smile....

Sorrows
Will be
Plenty
But you
Should
Learn to be
Happy for a
While, even
If it means
Every once
In a while....
By letting go
Of all the
Bile and
Wile....

In the
Miles and
Miles of
Life's arduous
Journey, see
If you can
Traverse every
Single mile without
Using any guile as
A step or a stile....

Then when
You look
Back at life
When you
Are senile
Life will not
Rile you,
Nor will it
Revile you
For being
A puerile
Juvenile
Instead
Smile back
At you and
Share your
Smile....

Cigarettes

Today I read this cigarette news and I thought that I must share it with you and if possible, you can also share this cigarette news with people that you know are smokers and you would like them to give up smoking.

Cigarettes Produce Invisible Chemical Emissions Even After They've Been Extinguished

https://www.sciencealert.com/cigarettes-produce-invisible-chemical-emissions-even-after-they-ve-been-extinguished?perpetual=yes&limitstart=1

Cigarettes aren't just toxic when they're being smoked. Even when the butts are scrunched up and cold, new research has found that they continue to emit harmful compounds in the air.

It's estimated that more than five trillion butts are produced worldwide every year, and many of these don't get fully extinguished or thrown away properly, causing ground pollution as cigarette butts are not biodegradable.

If this news helps even one person to give up smoking, it's really worth sharing.....

Have a healthy 2020.

Best Wishes,
~ Aparna ~

Some

Some people
Just keep
Writing....

Nobody
Reads
Their
Writing

But they
Still keep
Writing for
Their sheer

Love of
Writing....

Programs

Found this one by Mohan Chandran

I liked it and so here it is for you and see if you agree as I do.

Regards
Aparna

Breeze

She's so
Gentle as
The breeze

He's so
Brash as
The storm

Perhaps
That is
How it is
Meant to be

Perhaps
That is
The norm

For how
Can you
Appreciate
The breeze
If you don't
See the storm


(Themed on Opposites)

Garam Hawa - 1973

Have you seen this movie?

The other day, on YouTube, I saw this movie. It was very poignant, showing the post-partition plight of Muslims in India.

It is supposed to be Farooq Sheikh's first movie (his debut role) and Balraj Sahni's last movie (he died before the movie was released).

Some other well-known actors in this movie are Jamal Hashmi (father of the actresses Farah and Tabu), A.K. Hangal, Jalal Agha and Yunus Parvez.

It also has Gita Siddharth Kak (wife of Siddharth Kak, the producer and presenter of the 1990s popular Television show Surabhi). Gita recently passed away on 14th Dec 2019.

Shaukat Kaifi (wife of the noted Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi and mother of the famous actress Shabana Azmi) who left this world on 22nd Nov 2019, also plays a pivotal role in this movie.

This captivating film won 3 Filmfare awards in 1975 for Best Dialogue, Best Screenplay and Best Story.

It's really worth a watch. So if and when you have the time, please see. It runs for 2 hours and 10 mins and there are no Ads in this movie. Because it is on YouTube, you can always watch in parts (with pause and play) if you don't have the time to sit thru the whole two hours.

That's all my sharing for now.

Take Care,
Yours, AC