Boris Gardiner - The meaning of christmas

From darkness take me unto Light.mp4 .... For #Nirbhayaspirit #16thDec2013

Deva Shree Ganesha - Official - Full song - Agneepath

The Idli Sambhar story ... an unforgettable memory

Sharing another unforgettable memory from childhood... The Idli Sambhar story.

http://madhavisood.wordpress.com/2013/12/08/the-idli-sambhar-story/

michael jackson - heal the world lyrics

Phil Collins "True Colours" ft. Lara Fabian + Lyrics

Sara Jiban Dilo Alo Subir Sen

Our Deepest Fear - Spoken By Marianne Williamson

Our Deepest Fear - Spoken By Marianne Williamson

Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes - BrainyQuote

Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes - BrainyQuote

#HappyChildren'sDay

Wishing All the Children a Very #HappyChildren'sDay..... I hope we can give our children #freshAir, #cleanwater, #greentrees, #openspaces, #goodvalues, #safety, #basichygiene, #equalopportunities and #soundeducation to each and every child.

I hope we all too can keep that child inside us and our soul too -happy, safe and loved.

Wishing All my Friends and Family a Very Happy & sparkling Diwali and a Prosperous, Peaceful and Joyous New Year.

From Darkness take me unto light.....

A Fantastic Audio Story book for Kids. Must buy for little ones.

I'm so excited to share this ...
Our very own Dugal Ma'am has come out with a wonderful Story CD for all the little ones to listen and enjoy! My daughter has been jumping and dancing all over the house today ever since she knew her favourite Class I Teacher has made a story book (that too a talking one in her own voice with music and songs)  Here's the picture. I'm sure all the School kids and parents will simply love it!  I'm rushing tomorrow and getting my copy soon .....

"Stories from the Heart" by Firoza Bharucha and Candy Dugal.

Wonderful Audio CD - 'Stories from the heart' by Firoza Bharucha and Candy Dugal .... the Best Diwali Gift or Christmas Gift or Birthday Gifts a Parent or Friend or relative could give to their little ones! Some really wonderful stories narrated by our own St. Mary's School English Teachers ( with more than 25 years of experience)

I have already booked my copy at  

The CDs are available at:

Oceanic, MG Road, Pune

Friends Library, Salunke Vihar Road, Pune.

Friends Library, Undri

Durga Ma Bhajan *Tum Vinti Suno Sab Ki*

Roger Whittaker 'Why' (+playlist)

The Wind Beneath My Wings - Roger Whittaker (+playlist)

Happy Onam!

Onam (Malayalam: ഓണം) is a Hindu festival celebrated by the people of Kerala, India.^[1] It is also the Harvest festival of Kerala with State holidays on 4 days starting from Onam Eve (Uthradom) to the 4rd Onam Day. Onam Festival falls during the Malayalam month of Chingam (Aug - Sep) and marks the commemoration of Vamana avatara of Vishnu and the subsequent homecoming of mythical King Mahabali. Onam is reminiscent of Kerala's agrarian past, as it is considered to be a harvest festival.

The festival falls during the Malayalam month of Chingam (Aug - Sep) and marks the homecoming of the mythical King Mahabali who Malayalees consider as their King. In Kerala, it is the festival celebrated with most number of cultural elements such as Vallam Kali, Pulikkali, Pookkalam, Onatthappan, Thumbi Thullal, Onavillu, Kazhchakkula, Atthachamayam etc

Happy Chuseok Harvest Festival to all.

Wishing a very Happy & Prosperous Chuseok Harvest Festival to all.
Hoping that this wonderful Korean Thanksgiving day ushers in more Peace, Happiness and abundance to all.

Happy Chuseok Harvest Festival - Korean Thanksgiving day. 

An Anthem for A Garbage Free India, tri-lingual (Bengali / Hindi / English)

Om Gan Ganpataye Namo Namah By Hemant Chauhan [Full Song] I Jai Jai Dev ...

This wonderful Bhajan of Lord Ganesha and his name invokes peace and light in one's soul ...
The Video show all the AshtaVinayak piligrimage spots in Maharasthra. I'm grateful and thankful to the divine Lord that I could visit these places some years back.
|Om Gana Ganapateyeh Namo Namah | Sri Siddhi Vinayak Namo Namah |

Ganapati Bappa Morya...

Happy Onam to all.

Wishing All my Family and friends and dear ones a Very Happy Onam! May this auspicious day usher in abundant joys, success and Prosperity to all. 

With Best Wishes

http://www.123greetings.com/events/onam/enchanting_kerala_and_the.html

Onam (Malayalam: ഓണം) is a Hindu festival celebrated by the people of Kerala, India.^[1] It is also the Harvest festival of Kerala with State holidays on 4 days starting from Onam Eve (Uthradom) to the 4rd Onam Day. Onam Festival falls during the Malayalam month of Chingam (Aug - Sep) and marks the commemoration of Vamana avatara of Vishnu and the subsequent homecoming of mythical King Mahabali. Onam is reminiscent of Kerala's agrarian past, as it is considered to be a harvest festival.

The festival falls during the Malayalam month of Chingam (Aug - Sep) and marks the homecoming of the mythical King Mahabali who Malayalees consider as their King. In Kerala, it is the festival celebrated with most number of cultural elements such as Vallam Kali, Pulikkali, Pookkalam, Onatthappan, Thumbi Thullal, Onavillu, Kazhchakkula, Atthachamayam etc

Quest for Zero - Episode 3

The Power of Shunya - Part 1

Ganapati Bappa Moryaa!! On Auspicious Ganesha Chaturthi.

|Om Shree Ganeshaya Namah|
Ganapati Bappa Morya .... Salutations and Prayers from the depths of my soul and heart ...
O Lord Ganesha! You are truly adorable and divine... Lead us and all who come unto you with faith and devotion..
O Lord Ganesha! The God of Knowledge, Music and Goodness, Remover of Obstacles, I pray with bowed head and folded hands invoking your divine light to help me and all my nears and dears to achieve and be, all that we can be!
Ganapati Bappa please bless our motherland with your divinity ... Please make India and all Indians Rise!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyvgjtU0nZs&feature=fvwp

Humanity's Team Global Oneness Day 2013

#HowtobringtheRupeeback

Innovation, Self-reliance, Swadesh and maybe if every single Indian SELLS  at least 5g- 10g of gold BACK to the Government back... We ALL Indians, Crores of Indians could help regain the Rupee value back! 

Do you have it in You to be Proactive and bring our Nation back on track? 

Bharat humko jaan se pyara hai...

Heart Touching Video - i was emotional & cried - Dont miss to watch...

Bharat Humko Jaan Se Pyara from roja

A touching commercial that rubs the deepest part of your heart.

Yes, India will Rise!

"Yes, surely India Will Rise - just a matter of when it will happen and certainly we All Indians can make it happen by dint of sheer hard work, creative thoughts and deeds!?
I agree about the rise in character, and that's actually what I meant by 'Raising the Indian Consciousness'. It will happen when each one is conscientious and also conscious of our thoughts, words and deeds.
"Thoughts have the Power to fly and come true!"

Maybe a billion million Indian consciousness could raise their own standards, raise the bars - by raising one's own individual selves high; through conscious work for self , conscious deeds for others and conscious thoughts in prayers for inevitable growth, multi-fold progress and superb dynamics to truly Rise and shine.
India Will Rise!!  Shake off the lethargy and all the procrastination that often stunts our progress ...
Let's all raise ourselves, with the Power within and truly Rise!"
Copyright Madhavi Sood alias Madhavi Mohandas  August '2013

India will Rise!

"I hope and pray and wish India Rises ... trying to raise the Indian consciousness, Let's Rise today!
In Swami Vivekananda's oft quoted words that ring so true today, "Arise! Awake! And stop not, till your goal is reached!'      
Will We Rise!? Shall We shake off those  shackles of apathy, complacency and procrastination and really, truly rise?!!  Not just on Independence Day and Republic Day, but every day - we owe our Janamabhoomi, our Motherland.

Do you have it in you, to make a difference for our Motherland India, for fellow-Indians and for the World? .... Will you Rise and shine? " Copyright Madhavi Sood aka Madhavi Mohandas 2013

A Wish and a Prayer.

"I wish to simply fill my world with books and to be able to read them .... absorbing each one as I turn them pages, oblivious to the world .... Writing down, penning furiously, so I can complete my manuscript too.... And see my books on print, one after the other"  ... Grateful to all that comes my way, trying to make a foothold, carve a path ...With folded hands I pray, asking for courage and strength, to rise above the daily din...and then make a mark and be on my way...  Copyright Madhavi Sood alias Madhavi Mohandas 2013.

Life's all about learning to Dance in the rain...

Indeed, I too believe and have known now from my own personal experiences too that  "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass ... it's about learning to dance in the rain! - Quoted by Vivian Greene"

Another  Poem    :  Dancing in the Rain -  24th July'13.       

So many choices and options to choose from.

 Sometimes Life's simply a long roller coaster ride. 

Yet, I am tested, each time and every time.

Taking in all, the happy, the sad and even the unpleasant, in stride.

The rising and the falling of it all.

The growing pangs, those banters, all those questions...

Wanting, wishing and hoping to grow up overnight!

Knowing and learning, the wrong from right!

Why wait for another day to pass through ?

When joys and smiles come from hugs too!

Let me today dance in the rain!

Forgetting all worries, cares and pain.

Outstretched arms, raised now high.
Letting those raindrops fall.

Drenched my soul with joy and laughter.

So the smiles stays on long after... 

Dancing in the rain, oblivious to the storm.

Moving, turning, reaching out to my soul.

Effervescent, bubbling music - still dancing on.

Prayers in my heart, painting rainbows until I'm gone.

Copyright Madhavi Sood alias Madhavi Mohandas July'2013. All Rights Reserved

In gratitude On Guru Purnima

"In deep gratitude to all my Gurus, all my Teachers, my Doctors me who have inspired me, guided me in so many ways and to all those known and unknown people who have inspired with their words and deed, by just being there... Happy GuruPurnima... 

What are we, without a guiding light?  

Without one who shows us sometimes the way. 

One who so silently, yet firmly stay with us in prayers and thoughts..." 

          Copyright Madhavi Sood alias Madhavi Mohandas, July 2013.

On Retrospect. #PrayersforIndians #RiseInIndianConsciousness

"My heart and soul weeps and burns in anguish and sorrow for all the little ones who lost their lives, bearing the brunt of sheer negligence and apathy of those who could have done, but did not take care! Why ? Why so much apathy and callousness?
Its high time that the Indian Consciousness Rises to shake itself out of its own reverie, buried beneath wraps of materialism and short term maladies... To Rise Above and reach out to other Fellow Indians and pull them out of the doldrums... Rise and Reach out, making a positive mark upon the world - so our heads don't hang in shame but we can face our own selves squarely and with pride say, "Yes, I am Proud to be Indian! And I'm blessed to be born here in wonderful India !"  Let our Good deeds speak and may we all strive to be!

A Silent Prayer for all those souls, may they rest in peace... And Praying for #RiseInIndianConsciousness"

Copyright Madhavi Sood alias Madhavi Mohandas 2013. Author of 'From the Silence Within'

sadda dil vi tu [ABCD] Full Song Video

Any Body Can Dance (ABCD) - Sadda Dil Vi Tu (Ga Ga Ga Ganpati) Official ...

Praying for the #victimsofbadrinath and #kedarnathflashfloodsvictims

Link to the latest News on Kedarnath and Badrinath shrines rescue work..
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/All-pilgrims-rescued-from-Kedarnath-focus-shifts-to-Badrinath-and-Harsil/articleshow/20734070.cms

I hope and pray that all efforts of the Army, Airforce and Paramilitary forces and that of the Government, NGO's and People's prayers brings back some semblance of normalcy to these holy piligrimage spots....
Though it may take quite some time yet to recover back but I hope the prayers of a million billion citizens from India and the World over reaches above and to all those who survived.... and to the souls of those departed and their bereaved families ....
My heart grieves silently and my mind meditates in prayer whilst the tears roll down as I see the pictures and videos of such a grave calamity and I cannot help but type this down....

Ganesh Atharvashirsha By Anuradha Paudwal I Ganesh Stuti

Atma-Shatakam by Adi Shankaracharya Prayers for all

Ganpati Atharvashirsha Prayers for all at the #Uttarakhand disaster

Praying for all .... Prayers for all the survivors and victims of the natural disaster at Uttarakhand .... Hope we all learn from this and not take Nature for granted...
Plundering, cutting forests, breaking the mountains can sometimes spell disasters.... yet we don't learn ! Wonder why ? ?
My heart goes out to all those innocent people and the tourists who were there, yet I'm angered greatly at the way the hills and mountains have been cut and concretised.... Would or could such a man induced be averted, if they were less erosion and down sizing of hills??
A food for thought for the town planners who have constructed concrete structures so heavy that even the hills slopes got eroded with heavy down pours .... ?

Wondering what to make out of all this yet cannot help but say a silent prayer - for peace, for people and for nature to be restored back in balance...

Colonial Cousins "Krishna nee Begane baaroo .." Hariharan

Sharing my Guest blog post on MyLifePuzzle.com

This is the link to my Guest Blog post on MyLifePuzzle.com
http://www.mylifepuzzle.com/2013/05/29/every-dream-comes-true/

Thanks for reading it :)
Truly every Dream can come true .... when we put it into Action !
Best Wishes

Amu to emu no uta Pippo's song New - A wonderful soul-stirring Japanese song

In deep gratitude to my Creator....

In deep gratitude to the divine energy for all the ups and the downs and all those waves that sometimes rocked my ship and sometimes made it go adrift, swept ashore at times and yet I am happy that I am alive !  :)

Thank you O divine energy, radiant Light for guiding me all the way through, and being with me always and at all times. 

Sharing an article - Music versus Colors - Prabha Swaminathan

This is the link to my wonderful friend and Artist, who has explored the concept of Music and Colours and the Divine energy within all of us, emanating from the same Source we know and worship in all its forms

Music versus Colors - Prabha Swaminathan

Sharing a guest blog article on Mylifepuzzle.com

Sharing the link to my article
 http://www.mylifepuzzle.com/2013/05/29/every-dream-comes-true/

Shree Ganesha Atharvesheesha and Shree Ganesha Aarti.

I love singing and listening to the Shree Ganenesha Athavasheesh ( listening to it always gives me peace, energy and fills me with more hope)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdHjthIyB3s

And The Ganesh Aarti sung with fervour and  faith brings in abundant joy, peace and happiness and good health, each time and every time ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVmqprdO7d8

ATHARVASHIRSHA

My Guest Blog post on Book Repository blog

Do Read my Guest blog post with Faiza Iqbal Butt on her Repository of books blog.

http://bookrepository.blogspot.com/2013/05/guest-post-by-madhavi-sood.html

Shree Ganesha Atharva Sheersha - Lata Mangeshkar

On the Auspicious day of Akshaye Trititya invoking and praying to the Lord Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, the benevolent one, the God of Knowledge to spread love, light and joy to all those who pray to you with hearts filled with hope and faith ..... OM Gana Ganapateyeh Namah !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdHjthIyB3s

#Everyday#Earthday

A page from my daughter's project work book  .... #EverydayisEarthday

The Earth is Our responsibility - another page from her Project book :) 

(She insisted and cut and stuck the pictures and wrote all by herself .... wish  we could all do more to save the earth)

Gulmohars in bloom in our backyard

Took these pictures of the Gulmohar flowers in our backyard.. The red flowers of the Gulmohar tree.... the more hot it gets, the more these beautiful red colours are seen splashed on the tree branches with the incessant coo-ing of the cuckoo and so many birds outside :) Spring is mid way heading into a really hot summer and hoping for the rains especially in the monsoons ..

Colonial Cousins : Krishna Nee Bega Baro With Lyrics

One of my favourite inspiring songs .... now also my prayer  ..
#PrayersforPeace #Prayersformankind #Prayersforchildren

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Quy2RhefKT0

Ram Siya Ram (HQ, eng-sub) - Geet Gaata Chal

O Protector of All ! O Divine ! Please save humanity today ....
#Prayersforhumanity #Prayersforall  #PrayersforConsciousness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW6UW-BC1pE

dua (prayer) - Lab pe aati hai dua...

#PrayersforPeace #Prayersforgoodness #PrayersforIndia #Prayersforsafeworld

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvBd_F-Fn3w

Madhavi Sood -Author of "From the Silence Within" Book of Poems Vol1: Teri Hai Zameen from The Burning Train

#PrayingforIndia #PrayingforPeace #PrayingforSafety #PrayingforUniverse
Madhavi Sood -Author of "From the Silence Within" Book of Poems Vol1: Teri Hai Zameen from The Burning Train

Atma-Shatakam by Adi Shankaracharya

Om Chidanandroopam Shivoham Shivoham ...

I used to hear these mantras while recovering and still hear them when I need solace from this maddening world .... I find peace after hearing it and my heart and soul knows that all will be well.

Though I don't know the exact translation of this powerful shloka ...

The shlokas themselves very soothing. embalming the spirit and soul ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTJyjxLwtcU

I'm hearing them again and rediscovering my self once again.... 

"Many a time I have lost my self ...

Many a time I have found my self in the silent swaying of the cool summer breeze,

In the silent whisper of a bud and the dancing leaves... 

In the gurgling of a little baby and the joyful laughter of children....

I have found my self in the twittering of birds merrily singing, perched atop trees...

I have found my self in the breaking a new dawn. 

I have found my self in the promise of a new morn.

In Prayers and in Silence I have found my self again ...

Copyright Madhavi Sood alias Madhavi Mohandas 2013.

OM NAMAH SHIVAYA MANTRA

| Om Namah Shivaya |  Praying with bowed head and a heart filled with gratitude...
Praying for your Light to shine in all of us ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2DDmdKhIc4

Gayatri Mantra

A Universal Prayer .... For Good health, for intellect, for the goodness to prevail - each time and every time...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDnamSM3Z3s

Wishing, praying for the light to shine !!
The light that is there in all of us - praying that it always shines like beacons across the world filling it with abundant love, joy and light!

O ShaktiMaa ! You, who protects one and all, I pray in all humility for you to encompass all in your radiance ...

Hanuman_Returns-Hanuman Chalisa[Child Voice]]

Jai Hanuman ! O Lord Protect All Children .... all people ..... Let the Light shine on All.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSJqKL2L8Fc

Sri Ganapati Atharvasheersham

OM! Praying Prayers ... Praying .....  Prayers can many a miracle make ...
O Lord Ganesha! Please help those who come to you in faith and with pure hearts....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo8PFx5OeJ0

On Earth Day - support ban of plastic carry bags #banplasticbags

Please Support a Ban on Plastic Carryout Bags


Single-use plastic bags represent one of the greatest environmental catastrophes of our generation.
It is estimated that 60% -80% of all debris in the ocean is land-based plastic. Plastics take hundreds of years to break down at sea and most types are not ever truly biodegrade.

Plastic bags are so aerodynamic that even when properly disposed off, they can still blow away and become litter. They easily escape from garbage trucks, landfills, boats, and often average consumers' hands. Not only a visible eyesore, plastic bags are dangerous to wildlife. They are often mistaken for food by marine mammals and seabirds. The United Nations estimates that plastic bags kill 1 billion animals per year. These animals suffer a painful death as the plastic wraps around their intestines or they choke to death.

Countries that have banned or restricted them include: China,  Israel, Belgium, Italy, Ireland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Thailand, several states in India, three states and territories of Australia, Paris, Mexico City, Rajasthan (India), Sikkim (India), Taiwan, Singapore, Bangladesh, Malawi, Germany, Sweden, Paris, Mexico City, and three states/territories of Australia.

Please support a ban on plastic carryout bags ....

( Portions of this taken as it is from the site www.sierraclub.org ) Do Visit the site as well.

Save the Earth .... #OnEarthDay

On Earth Day today 22nd Apr'2013.
When the World will rise to protect Nature, protect the Seas, Nurture Nature and All Children and all the people around- keeping the Environment safe, healthy and sustainable ..... Indeed Each Day will be celebrated as Earth Day!  Can you make a vow, a silent promise to Take care of the Earth ? Would You ? Can You ? Will You ?

Hoping to raise consciousness through prayers and meditation,  my poems and writing .....

Wishing to Cycle myself to better health and saving the Earth in my own small ways... 

If we all stop to think of ways to Save the Earth and the Environment in small, certain ways  ; indeed it would add sum up in Saving this already shrivelled and pained Mother Earth....

(These are my views and steps, would love to hear from you and any more ideas to join in Saving Our Earth. So do pen down, oops key in and write back - would greatly appreciate it :) )

Ways to Save the Environment -

1)  Save Water 

2) Create less Pollution

3) Prevent Pollution - so much has already been said about all this.

 All I want to add to it is just this, "If you can simply walk or cycle nearby; do so. :) 

 If car pool is safe -  go ahead start one!! If you can brush your teeth using mugs of water instead of a full open running tap, do so! And don't worry, your face and teeth will sparkle all the same and that too with a halo on your head- because of the bit you tried to do to save water.

If you have stored water and not used it for a long time... please, please don't empty it into the sink.... maybe those little plants and shrubs, trees could use an extra helping (gasp, gurgle) of water from you (And you're on the way to a bigger halo around your head!! :) 

Collect all the rain water possible while it rains and you could put good use to it later in cleaning, swabbing and washing your cars, bikes, cycles or even floors !! Just do it, save them precious drops of water ....   Save it now !! "   

If you are not sitting in the kitchen, please switch off that extra light. Perhaps use less wattage, less powered electric light. If you have little ones then maybe putting a zero bulb in the hall way could do the trick (the ones that consume less power!) and you could have fun playing 'space games' or any games that your little ones cook up along with you !! I did that with my little one and believe me it was loads of fun filled laughter, tickling and then followed by stories on stars, planets and the universe....

My husband and me put up stickers of planets, stars, space ships on the ceiling roof of our cosy bed room and we would count the stars and doze of to sleep!! (actually most of the times I was the one who knocked off, while she was asking me, "Mamma what comes after 99?" - this was when she was just two yrs old! :) 

How to beat the heat without the AC or Cooler !!!  Very elementary and simple Watson!  Just store a bucket of water for some time (maybe an hour before you bathe) and then the water gets really chilletoo. d, have a nice Cool cold water with it ... if possible open all the doors, windows of your room (of course, ensure you put on a mosquito repellant ) and then also if possible hang a wet towel or two in the same room. Hey presto! You have the effect of an Air Conditioner or a Cooler (in terms of the elements of physics - good ventillation, great circulation of air across the rooms..... but all this depends to a good extent on the wind and whether its blowing outside ..)

4) Of course, usage of alternative sources of electricity viz. Solar panelled water coolers, heaters, electric supply and using Wind energy. 

Can we all work towards clean, green energy - harnessing the Sun and Wind apart from conventional hydroelectricity and chemical battery operated generators etc. Street lamps could also be powered by Solar energy panels.

5) Make sure the water in the rivers are not polluted by industrial effluents. If you see it, report it !!

6) Start using cloth, jute or paper bags for shopping - Ban the use of plastic bags that cause a lot of pollution. Using recyclable material will save the earth for generations to come...

A Page from my daughter's Project work note book :) 

Thanks for reading, in case I missed on any vital points, please do add-on to this too. Look forward to hearing from you. I would greatly appreciate and treasure your Comments / Views / Ideas :) 

Demanding Safety, Justice and Eradication of Rape!! Can we join hands to #StopRapeNow ?

In a Land where the girl child is worshipped as a Goddess, whose feet are washed and revered more than ever during the Navratri Festivals all across India.... The recent brutal rape of a 5yr old girl near Delhi- makes me very pained, deeply anguished and angered at the same time!
I too am a Mother and wish for the safety of all children girls and boys. More Law and Order needs to be enforced, even if it means a death penalty to the accused Rapist, life imprisonment of those Authorities who did not do their duty - and severest of punishment to those Police officials (juniors and seniors alike) who shirked from doing what they could have ..

At this point, I am aggrieved and worried at the way justice is being meted out...  Are children, women and men truly going to be safe?  Do the Police need to be more vigilant if not empathetic towards such cases and not go slapping Protesters?
Wondering why, why do we have to always Protest, is it not enough that those who are the ones who are meant and duty-bound and have taken the oath to protect - are balking and want for doing the same?
Why, Is it so difficult to simply dispense one's duties well enough? 
Is it so much that we cannot hear the pleas, cries of those who are injured, raped or hurt - and where is our #Humanity, #humaneness gone ? Did the little girl who was ill-treated, raped, brutually tortured (and barely five years old)  not have #human rights to Live a normal, wonderful childhood?
What if it was one of those Rapists / Police Authorities child? Would they have been so slack ? Would they have tried to hush up their own too?

Stop RAPE NOW! 
Stop the minds that go astray.... Punish those that act brutually thus, or a part of protecting the Rapists, or who have been slack; setting an example that 'RAPE is a PUNISHABLE OFFENCE! BEWARE!  STOP RAPE!  PUNISH THE GUILTY! PUNISH THE COMPLACENT!!

Satyamev Jayate - Child Sexual Abuse - Part 4

Must Watch..... Share....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwu95zim5jQ

Ek School Banana Hai [Full Song] (HQ) With Lyrics - Chillar Party

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd2VTTw_7t0

Behla Do - Chillar Party.flv

Are We safe ? speechless, aghast at what's happening in the society .... Can WE ALL MAKE A SAFE SOCIETY ? Can we make it safe for all our Children ? PLEASE STOP RAPE!! STOP RAPE NOW!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24nqoClrLFM

PLEASE STOP RAPE!! STOP RAPE NOW!!

STOP RAPE!  PLEASE STOP RAPE!
Why are these people who commit such barbarism not being nabbed, punished severely? When will the Authorities and People in Power STOP Rape from happening ? Will the Law alone help? Can WE change mindsets and make the childhood of ALL children safe ?  Seeking Answers, Justice and hoping that our kids remain safe.... Women and Men too move safely and know that the Police would do their duties and nab these criminals who are worse than animals... Will those officials not doing their duty be punished too as an example ? Can We? Will WE STOP RAPE!

                                          Do we have a duty as a Society ? Can we move to STOP RAPE?

Reliving the innocence of childhood days through the Movie and song 'Chillar Party'

Simply love this song and movie 'Chillar party'..... reliving the joys and innocence of childhood through this song and movie I just watched with my daughter! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxjCcPx2FSk

Seeds of Freedom - Must Watch and hear

The Seed is the part of the plant that carries a young baby plant inside it, waiting to sprout and grow into a sapling, then a plant .... Why Play with Nature and Seeds ?

Must Watch and hear it ..... For Seed Freedom ..............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-bK8X2s1kI

My Global Conversations with Neale Donald Walsch for Peace

Here's the Link of my Global Conversation with Neale Donald Walsch for Peace ..

http://www.theglobalconversation.com/blog/?p=4554#comment-847360351

http://www.theglobalconversation.com/blog/?p=4554#comment-848424496


Peace is needed to survive and for Life !
Peace can happen when there's no strife !
Peace !! Harmony !! Inner Peace !!

Happy Gudi Padwa !!! My Guest Blog with Karen Ingalls (Author of 'Outshine' - An Ovarian Cancer Memoir)

Wishing You All a Very Happy Gudi Padwah (A Happy New Year) and hope it ushers in good health, success, happiness and prosperity and New beginnings to you.

I feel deeply humbled and honored to share the link to my Guest Blog about my book with Karen Ingalls, who I had the privilege to meet and became my pen friend (blogger friend)...
Karen Ingalls is  a wonderful person, a true spirit and a survivor who beat Ovarian Cancer and still is ever so optimistic and shining in spirit.
She is a renowned writer and the Author of  'Outshine' - An Ovarian Cancer Memoir,  a book that tells about her long battle with Ovarian Cancer and of her painful journey and how she overcame it with positive spirit....  

So here it is the Guest Blog about my book 'From the Silence Within'  ....

http://outshineovariancancer.blogspot.in/2013/04/from-silence-within.html?showComment=1365700245970#c8919228798123664055

Please Do Read on,  Like / Share ... 
Thanks for spreading the word ......

Happy Gudi Padwa ... ushering in New tidings, New Beginnings ...

Happy New Year wishes to All.. ....  Happy Gudi Padwa wishes to all my family and friends - far and near and all those I hold dear ..... May the New Year usher in a lot of Peace, Happiness, Good health and Success and Prosperity for all of us....

My Guest blog with Karen Ingalls about my book 'From the Silence Within'

Wishing You All a Very Happy Gudi Padwah (A Happy New Year) and hope it ushers in good health, success, happiness and prosperity and New beginnings to you.

I feel deeply humbled and honored to share the link to my Guest Blog about my book with Karen Ingalls, who I had the privilege to meet and became my pen friend (blogger friend)...
Karen Ingalls is  a wonderful person, a true spirit and a survivor who beat Ovarian Cancer and still is ever so optimistic and shining in spirit.
Karen Ingalls is a renowned writer and the Author of  'Outshine'- An Ovarian Cancer Memoir, a book that tells about her long battle with Ovarian Cancer and of her painful journey and how she overcame it with positive spirit....

So here it is the Guest Blog about my book 'From the Silence Within'  ....

http://outshineovariancancer.blogspot.in/2013/04/from-silence-within.html?showComment=1365700245970#c8919228798123664055

Please Do Read on,  Like / Share ...
Thanks for spreading the word ......

The simple joys of Life open up a whole Universe of happiness.

" The Simple joys of Life open up a whole Universe of happiness."

I was reminded of my own childhood days when we would run out and play under the Sun without a clue of how long we had played outside instead of being glued to the Television watching Cartoons or playing virtual video games... (though I have nothing against either of it, excepting the fact of the time well-spent or ill spent during holidays... )
I remember My Dad taking us every night for an after dinner stroll as he slowly introduced us to stars, pointing them out. It was always a time of great bonding, talking about the whole day with me and my brother and his own day's work or worries that he would share with us.
We had great fun, I recollect now so vividly while both of us tried locating the Great bear, the Casseopia (its the constellation shaped like a 'W') , the Belt of Orion and the Pole star.

He would encourage us to read (and even does so now) and find out more about the Stars, the Milky way and the Comets and and showed us so many constellations to me and my brother as we walked alongside with him... We would be forever asking him questions, as he would patiently answer us back, as we walked together on either side holding his hands.

I still remember holding his fingers and now look on fondly myself as my daughter scampers off almost jumping to get her bear-hug from her Grandad now and walk alongside him as he now answers her umpteen questions and listens to all her little fairy stories with ever rising wonder....


Truly, its the simple things and little incidents that sum up to make a life filled with joy !!
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On Miracles and Prayers ....

Sometimes when we pray with a grateful heart, 

even the most unlikely of circumstance becomes a miracle .... 

Copyright Madhavi Sood alias Madhavi Mohandas 2013.

 (The colourful cartoon picture is drawn by my little daughter )

Hanuman Chalisa New by Udit Narayan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OMGktVrioc

O Lord Hanuman! Just as you leapt and crossed the mighty ocean in one giant leap with inherent faith in the Lord Rama in your heart, I pray with bowed head and folded palms to always be in my heart and give me the strength to bear all that Life offers me at all times, with a smile on my lips and ever rising gratitude .... Please help me and all those who call out your name .... please hear my prayers and stay in my heart and soul forever ....

Michael Jackson - Heal The World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWf-eARnf6U

I have been humming and singing this song .....  Heal the World by Michael Jackson who created so many dreams through his songs ....
There are people dying if you care enough for the living .... Make a better place for You and for Me ....
Make a better place for the entire human race .... save the world for our children.............

Free Willy - You'll Be In My Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOP2tygkcpE

Michael Jackson - Free Willy (will you be there) video from movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJMPTmbOvR0

MICHAEL JACKSON - HEAL THE WORLD -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMAGcn0SeVk

michael jackson heal the world lyrics

Save the World for our Children ........  make a better place .... For You and for Me .... love this song by MJ !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUnz4Bu0m9s

Excerpts of my poem 'Crossroads' ....from my book 'From the Silence Within'

A small excerpt from my poem 'Crossroads' for you ......
Which path to choose and take??
Should I give it all up -
 For what my heart truly yearns?
Or push my head ahead.
And let the heart bleed.
So that I too reach where others have long gone reached?

Or should I just close my eyes.
And let my heart and soul wander.
Move tracing paths and doing;
What none has moved …
‘To Be or Not to Be’ and ‘To Do or Not to Do’ are still questions
Yet unanswered, when, each reaches Life’s Crossroads …

Copyright Madhavi Sood alias Madhavi Mohandas 2012.
All Rights Reserved.
Published in my book 'From the Silence Within'

Excerpts of my poem 'Dare to Dream' ....

If I could dream a thousand dreams.And work hard to make them true.Onto far horizons and green valleys I will fly.If today, I give my best shot, my ardent try.....

Today I dream, I dare to dream.Of impossibles that say, I am possible someday.On the wings of my maiden flight.Heaven let me dare to dream, with my goal in sight.Copyright Madhavi Sood alias Madhavi Mohandas 2012.All Rights Reserved. Published in my book 'From the Silence Within'

Some wonderful quotes ....

Some Wonderful Quotes :
"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. 
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." - Lao Tzu

"Don't wait around for your life to happen to you. 

Find something that makes you happy and do it. Everything else is just background 
noise." - George Mason

"Jump in boots and all, bite off more than you can chew then chew like hell." - Natalie Ledwell  

 (Thank you so much for triggering off my imagination to reply to you and also put this blog post.) 

" If I could dream a thousand dreams.

And work hard to make them true.

Onto far horizons and green valleys I will fly.

If today, I give my best shot, my ardent try.....

Today I dream, I dare to dream.

Of impossibles that say, I am possible someday.

On the wings of my maiden flight.

Heaven let me dare to dream, with my goal in sight."

Copyright Madhavi Sood alias Madhavi Mohandas 2012.

All Rights Reserved. Published in my book 'From the Silence Within'

Available in paper back cover via Amazon, Tower, uRead, Landmarkonthenet, Crossword.in sites.