Tuesday 26 January 2016

Fitness should be considered priority

We always accuse ourselves for staying occupied in something or the other. During student life, we blame the education, during job life we blame our job and personal tasks. There lies an absolute truth against the fact that the competition in today's world is at peak at everything sums up to the theory of survival of the fittest. This goes on to say that we all have to be hard and smart workers in order to remain competitive and stay focused. But at the same point of time, its always admirable to get involved into few external activities which are something different from our daily task. Varying from person to person according to their choices and preferences, people chose their own hobby and interests. But there is an activity which i feel everyone should work upon, be it a student or have immersed themselves into the cacaphona of work life. All these activities converge to make a person Fit.

Fitness is definitely an important aspect which people should realize in the long run. I hold no offense for unfit and obese people as i completely believe that a person must be known for his work and nature rather that determining and creating an image about the person based on solely his/her external looks. But considering the fact that every coin has two sides, there are multiple cons for being unfit. Now before proceeding further into this discussion, i must mention that being fit doesn't necessarily mean a zero figure or six packs. Those should be the forte of those individuals who have chosen their career which requires possessing those aspects. Even if its not a component of your career, having them doesn't store any harm. But when i speak about minimum fitness requirement, i mean getting the aura of fitness into yourself. You must retain a good stamina and reasonable physical strength that will assist you in your future endeavors for both physical and mental activities. Getting involved into either workout/ Yoga/ Marshal Arts/ Free Hand Exercise/ Jogging, it not only helps you staying fit physically but also increases your mental strength to handle issues and enhance creativity through intelligence. Alongside a proper diet which includes fruits, basic protein diets, vegetables also adds catalyses your fitness. The major setback to work on fitness is lethargy. Most of us feel lazy to go for a workout as the body is always busy romancing with leisure! There is no doubt to the fact that morning is the best time for work out but working out on any other time holds no harm. Moreover its also not a compulsion to work out for at least one or one and a half hours. Even if you work out for half an hour to forty five minutes daily, its enough to sustain the fitness. Equally important is to take care of proper diet without which its like a plant without leaves.

In this world we find people who are quite obsessed when it comes to fitness, some are totally fitness freak whereas few people tend to ignore the importance of fitness and prefer to stay home bound. Along with diet and work out, i feel its also important to avoid junk food and carbohydrates as much as possible, Although its difficult to follow that as we are always bounded by relatives and friends but too much of them doesn't hold anything good. Even if we keep the obesity prospect aside, these also leads to multiple diseases that caters to the digestive system and vascular system, sometimes respiratory system also, So lets dedicate atleast half an hour daily to work on our fitness and feel good all the time. It isn't that difficult, is it?

Saturday 23 January 2016

Airlift, the best Bollywood movie

We have often come across few heroic mission being either appraised or criticized by the Media. Be it the Kargil Mission or the 26/11 attack mission where the Indian army did showcase patriotism in true sense and proved their forte. But unfortunately there are certain heroic missions whose stories are yet untold by the media. Neither have they been appraised ever and most people are not aquainted with those mission. Never too late to know, but today a lot of people all across the globe are aware of one such heroic mission which is considered to be the largest evacuation mission till date. All credit goes to Mr. Raja Menon (Director), Mr. Nikhil Advani, Mr. Bhushan Kumar and Mr. Vikram Malhotra (Producers) who has summarized their efforts to come up with a movie named 'Airlift'.

The Akshay Kumar starrer movie has potrayed the heroism showed by a rich and influential Indian Business Man in Kuwait who had no shortcomings in terms of happiness, fame and money. Yet he decided to evacuate 170,000 Indians in Kuwait when the Iraq army led by the then Iraq Prime Minister, Saddam Hussain invaded Kuwait. Iraq always had an intention to rule Kuwait as they used to be one of the Major Oil Producing country in the world. Iraq had been in debts for a long time and Kuwait had been a victim of Iraq's coercion towards reducing the production of oil so that their market value increases in the International market and Iraq can gain profit out of it. Mr. Ranjit Katyal (Akshay Kumar), met one of the Major Generals of Iraq who has offered him to leave the country with his family at the cost of $1 lakh/person as the value of Iraqi Dinar at that time was quite diminished. He was stern at a time to leave Kuwait along with his family but then later decided to take responsibility of all 1,70,000 Indians from Kuwait to some other country.

During the entire mission, there were times when things were turning completely haywire and Mr. Katyal was directionless. Yet he did not lose hope and continued to portray and endurance and dedication and did not give up. This movie is a clear framework of Patriotism, Heroism and Dedication toward one's own countrymen. This movie definitely goes on to prove that you dont need to be a Police office or an army personnel to fight for your nation. Even a common man can take a step ahead and the road carves itself to success. This movie depicts multiple emotions at any given point of time and every plot has goosebumps in store for us. This movie makes us feel proud to be a citizen of our own country and somewhere i also felt that this movie was a tight slap to Mr. Aamir Khan and his wife, Kirron who once thought to leave India as they felt that India was becoming so called 'Intolerant'. There is no doubt in the fact that Akshay Kumar was at his best in this movie but it would also be unfair if i dont credit the other co- workers for their acting. I feel this to be the best movie in Bollywood till date and i would rate this movie 5/5 as i dont find any flaw!

Tuesday 19 January 2016

Being a brand ambassador, isnt a joke!

Every brand trusts a particular individual to decide him/her to be the brand ambassador of their product/s. At a glance we normally witness a politician/ Film star/ cricketer or any other well known celebrity to be elected as the ambassador for most of the brands all across the globe. For the past one decade, we have seen Mr. Aamir Khan to be the brand ambassador for a Brand which has a lot of emotions and sentiments attached to it.

Yes i am taking about India, as a brand. We as citizens of India have a sense of patriotism and emotions when it is something about the nation We get goosebumps while singing the national anthem and are always at our toes when we are told to do something for the nation. India has been branded as Incredible India, and Mr. Aamir Khan has been elected to be its Brand ambassador. Now, as a Brand Ambassador, its important for a person to promote the brand, work immensely on its welfare and protect its essence and beauty. But Mr.Khan seems to odd the evens by speaking out something which is absolutely obnoxious. I totally agree that there are certain incidents which are happening in India which is a matter of concern and it needs to be resolved. But commenting on the nation by naming it to be an Intolerant nation is something which is not accepted. I am not against the freedom of speech but Mr. Khan should also understand that he is the brand ambassador. It would be wiser on his part to first resign as the Brand ambassador of the country and then comment on such notions. Being the brand ambassador and commenting such statements, he has made a mockery of himself. Now, people say that Aamir Khans wife has stated this and he was against it but as a responsible ambassador he should have kept those discussions home bound. If he was seriously concerned about this, he could have spoken to the PM and come up with certain solutions to this issue rather than addressing a press conference and stating his household discussions in public. Things are getting better. Now people are not willing to leave the country for education or job. India has developed a lot during the recent times and this has retained our youngsters and citizens hence getting better opportunities served in a platter.

A movie like PK wouldnt have been a successful one in an intolerant nation. The three Khans wouldnt have ruled an industry in the Hindu dominated country if India was intolerant. Mr. Khan never spoke about the 26/11 issue. He never spoke about Salman khan being bailed. These are few instances which pops up in mind but not to ignore there are even more incidents which are to be mentioned in the due course. I think the government has taken the right decision to not renew his contract as the brand ambassador of India and they would also be wise enough to elect the right person to be the Brand Ambassador of Incredible India.

Sunday 17 January 2016

Dial D for Don

Corruption and Terrorism has been one of the foremost concern for India. Every now and then some part of this nation unfortunately turns out to be a victim of terrorism. Most of the time its by few Terrorist groups dwelling across the globe and sometimes its a game ruthlessly played by the political parties. At time this plan proves out to be a joint strategy of both. Recently i have read a book which i found quite interesting and informative and it has outcasted the mentality and how some terrorists who were a vital member in one of the massive terrorism phenomenon in India and worldwide has strategised the destruction.

This book has spoken about terrorists like Omar Sheikh, Aftab Ansari and the world known and the most wanted terrorist for decades, Dawood Ibrahim. We have always held the Police and Judiciary system responsible for the terrorist activities and have always praised the Indian Army for their sacrificial nature and always on their toes to protect the nation against foreign terrorism. The author of this book is Neeraj Kumar, who is the former commissioner of Delhi Police. We have always known him for his honesty and bravery and he has well summarized the Mumbai Underworld deeds which were hampering India as well as the major countries in the world for breaking their peace. He has provided us enough information around a lot of unknown facts which took all readers in surprise. This book has structurally depicted a lot of so called gentle and honest people who has been exposed for being associated with these terrorists. I wont prefer taking their names as it would eventually break the interest levels of few readers and some information freaks. This book has also co-related a lot of small level crimes like kidnapping and extortion which were eventually used in aiding big terrorist activities like the 9/11 attack in the United States which also has a lot of information and surprise in store.

Neeraj has also portrayed the planned action of the Police and the CBI to get hold of the terrorists without letting the Media know about it as it could create a hype and the terrorists would have got the awareness and make plans to escape. He has also exposed the chain of terrorists which the Police and the other Civil bodies worked in a planned manner by initiating the arrest of one terrorist and getting information about the following ones. This is infact one of the best books i have ever read and this book has created a suspense at every moment which encourages the readers to read this book without pause.