Friendship- a friend in need is a friend in deed

We cannot choose our relatives, but we can choose our friends. Friendship is a       privilege we earn for ourselves so good friends are a credit for us. Friendship does not          occur in a day. Making friends is easy, but nurturing the relationship takes a lot of commitment for there is no blood relationship involved.

It has to be cared. Good friends are people with whom we are happy unconditionally and can rely upon. As they are chosen with carefully. An ideal friendship bond is nurtured with affection, trust, love and care.

In today's stress filled world friends are act as stress-busters. Friends contribute to our development and add to our personality. We today have Face book and twitter making it easy for us to make friends. Friends are an extension of our family, and since they are from diverse backgrounds they add special dimension to our lives. Some people survive without friends. They miss out a lot on living life to the fullest.

Friendship helps to connect and that’s why nations invest their efforts to develop and maintain and further friendly relations with other nations. No nation can live in isolation. The same way no individual can develop his personality without friends.

Friendship defies all barriers. When someone discovers a friend with whom they have lost contact for long period of time, they feel absolutely thrilled. This shows that friendship is a lifelong process.

 Thank you Spardha, Somya, Mansi, Ankit Gupta, Shruthi for always being with me.

Why stay behind the Bars

A holiday is always a delight, but an unplanned holiday becomes adventurous indeed. Well, a long distance journey may not have allowed me to move out with bags in half an hour with no pre requisite planning, but a sudden plan does let u experience the joy of exploration. A student in Delhi University has to know travelling and it tastes bitter, but only when it’s a compulsion, metro announcements freak us out as monotony is merciless. But that was one fine day, when home was actually sweet and the thought of completing a year in the university was delightful. A vacation with family at a hill station was repetitive; going with friends was fun but ordinary. My mind could be satisfied with an independent voyage. At 3 o clock without eating mentos, I can assure u DIMAG KI BATTI jali and I decided to pack my bag and leave for Rajasthan. With relatives already there I easily got permission, but train or bus, it was not an easy choice. A random choice was train, which I was told left at 4, but to my surprise it was there at 345, exactly when I reached. The first step on the platform and the train was ready to leave. Turning back and looking at the queue was disappointing, going back home was no option, waiting for another train till 8 was again no option. The only option was to run and catch the train, adrenalin was my friend then. Travelling without ticket was an offence, but going back would have done no good to my morale. I managed to get a seat in the sleeper class and a ticket as well from the tt. The ticket in hand was no excitement, hand without it was more satisfied and heart was more active. On reaching the terminus I was in safe hands which were an end to excitement and adventure. But the journey alone with people from different areas, culture and religion is different and memorable. Travelling alone like common people with common people in common transport is very uncommon for girls, but why stay behind bars, when sky is the limit. After reaching Rajasthan the tour was good and fun with cousins and relative, the havelis, the markets were all Rajasthan style. But worth mentioning was the distance I covered MYSELF.


BY PRERNA ARORA

It's Never Too Late To Have A Happy Childhood

Walk in the rain, jump in mud puddles, collect rocks, rainbows and roses, smell flowers, blow bubbles, stop along the way, build sandcastles, say hello to everyone, go barefoot, go on adventures, act silly, fly kites, have a merry heart, talk with animals, sing in the shower, read children's books, take bubble baths, get new sneakers, hold hands, hug and kiss, dance, laugh and cry for the health of it, wonder and wander around, feel happy and precious and innocent, feel scared, feel sad, feel mad, give up worry and guilt and shame, say yes, say no, say the magic words, ask lots of questions, ride bicycles, draw and paint, see things differently, fall down and get up again, look at the sky, watch the sun rise and sun set, watch clouds and name their shapes, watch the moon and stars come out, trust the universe, stay up late, climb trees, daydream, do nothing and do it very well, learn new stuff, be excited about everything, be a clown, enjoy having a body, listen to music, find out how things work, make up new rules, tell stories, save the world, make friends with the other kids on the block, and do anything else that brings more happiness, celebration, health, love, joy, creativity, pleasure, abundance, grace, self-esteem, courage, balance, spontaneity, passion, beauty, peace, relaxation, communication and life energy to...all living beings on this planet.

Smoking: Eating You Alive


Quitting smoking is not easy but it’s not impossible. With the right information and motivation from others, every smoker can succeed to bust off this destructive habit. You smoke because you are an addict, just like the street-creature you call a junkie. Recovering from heroin addiction is a nightmare; with the right mindset, recovering from a nicotine addiction is actually easy. I also believe that there are many people out there who are unwilling or unable to separate the realities of the “addict-ability” of the two drugs from the withdrawal symptoms. The dynamics of nicotine addiction are pretty much the same as those of any other addiction. Heroin withdrawal, like nicotine, begins immediately after the drug begins leaving the body. Major withdrawal symptoms peak in 48-72 hours and subside in about a week. The smoker begins to feel “pangs”; there is, contrary to common lore, no physical pain involved. It is merely a feeling of restlessness or that something is missing and can lead to nervousness or agitation on the part of the smoker. In addition, how do we end the nervousness and agitation? “More poison, please!”You experience something that makes you feel good (drugs, alcohol, nicotine) and when the “feel-good” stuff goes away you’re left feeling bad. Moreover, the way to stop feeling bad is to ingest more of the feel-good stuff.

The need to recover from an unpleasant state created by the addictive substance of choice demands that the addict ingest more of the substance that is causing the discomfort in the first place. I’ve met smokers who claim not to believe the overwhelming evidence that smoking is hazardous to your health. Some believe it but are willing to risk painful death rather than quit.

 Two lame excuses smokers give when they smoke.
1. It relaxes me: Take a few deep breaths as non-smokers do when they get tense, Stretch, Take a walk, and say a prayer Meditate. Call your doctor; they make pills for that and your medical insurance pays for them.



2. Peer pressure: Why most of us started; our cool teen-agedfriends convinced us that we needed to smoke if we were going to be ‘in’ withtheir crowd. However, you’re not a teenager any more, you’re a grown-up- start acting like one and lose the fags If you or someone you know is going through the same difficulty of quitting smoking, you can always find a reason to pursue just by reading blogs. Information is the key towards a healthier and happier life.