The cotton seed by Kajol Aikat

A reader Review:

The Cotton seed is a newly launched e-book by Mr. Kajol Aikat,a twenty years old Ranchi-based author who has done his schooling from DAV Public School, After doing BBA, he is currently pursuing his MBA in Marketing from BIT, Mesra, Ranchi.  

Prior, Aikat has three works in English literature to his name. His first novel was Unsocial Amigos (2014), second has been a short story, named Life isn’t a fairy-tale, in the anthology called- The Unbreakable You (2015), and third has been a romance fiction novel- Reason to Live (2015). All the books received overwhelming response .

This time the writer has tried his hands on a short story  titled as “The Cotton Seed”. The story has been brought from the lap of history. It reflects  the society of India in 17th century where women had to undergo a lot of traumas and were they  were considered of no use. 

The writer has portrayed a very strong  character named “Ira” in his story who is  a cotton seed  dweller, She believes in breaking the odd rules of the evil society and want justice and equal opportunity for all the women and works for uplifting  the same

 The main drama of the story relies on the fact that how this girl “Ira”  finds a way to help her village come out of misery and make a clear point for those who thought women has nothing to do with brains. The story is mainly based on a situation that arose in Dehri, a village in the state of Bihar and how Ira turns the unfavorable situation into an opportunity for herself and the villagers.

Generally In  short stories , it sometimes becomes difficult for the writer to describe each and every thing clearly for the understanding of the readers without getting dragged from the main focus point but Mr. Aikat has clearly succeeded in making the story to the point yet not leaving any stones unturned.

It is a very strong story with some good food for thoughts without any unnecessary exaggeration and extensions.

Main attraction about this story writting :

Amazing story, amazingly portrayed… Loved the way the author easily described everything and how softly the story ended just like the way In our childhood we used to hear tiny tales from grand ma 🙂

My final Verdict: Worth reading with a strong coffee and a happy face:-) Believe me this combo really works.

P.S   If you loved the plot of the story and want to know the whole of it, Please go ahead and get your copy from amazon.

A review by Damini Shah.

Parinda!!

Khuley gagan mein jab udta hai parinda

Ho  befikr pankh wo failata hai 

Ghosley se nikal kuch paaney ki chaahat mein

Neeley aasmaan mein sair karta hai parinda

Chodh sukun ki chaadar

Anjaan aasma k neeley dhupattaey ko odh leta hai parinda

Es ummed mein ki hogi uski chhahat puri

Jee jaan laga kar udtaa rehta hai parinda

Ghosley mein tinkey hai pahuchaney

Osh girney se phle, dhaltey suraj sang lautna hai maksad uska

Yun basar kar zindagi apni

Kae nanhe pankho ko udnaa sikhata hai parinda

Pedo ki shaakho se upar uthh ucchaeyon ko chhuna sikhata hai Parinda

TRUTH ABOUT MARRIAGE

 

A post by Michelle Obama. Every couple should read….

1. There is nothing that threatens the security of a wife than the thought of another woman competing for the attention and affection of her husband. Nothing is more painful. Nothing is more disrespecting. Nothing is more insulting. Nothing is more belittling and degrading.

2. Marriage flourishes when the couple works together as a team; when both husband and wife decide that winning together is more important than keeping score.
Good marriages don’t just happen. They are a product of hard work.

3. Your children are watching you and forming lasting opinions on love, commitment, and marriage based on what they see in you. Give them hope. Make them look forward to marriage.

4. Husbands: The reason why other women look attractive is because someone is taking good care of them. Grass is always green where it is watered. Instead of drooling over the green grass on the other side of the fence, work on yours and water it regularly. Any man can admire a beautiful woman, but it takes a true gentleman to make his woman admirable and beautiful.

5. When a husband puts his wife first above everyone and everything except God, it gives his wife the sense of security and honor that every wife hungers for.

6. A successful marriage doesn’t require a big house, a prefect spouse, a million dollars or an expensive car. You can have all the above and still have a miserable marriage. A successful marriage requires honesty, undying commitment and selfless love at the center of it all.

7. Pray for your spouse every day; in the morning, in the afternoon and at evening. Don’t wait until there is a problem. Don’t wait until there is an affair. Don’t wait until something bad happens. Don’t wait until your spouse is tempted. Shield your spouse with prayer and cover your marriage with the fence of prayer.

8. The people you surround yourself with have a lot of influence on your marriage. Friends can build or break your marriage; choose them wisely.

9. One spouse cannot build a marriage alone when the other spouse is committed to destroying it. Marriage works when both husband and wife work together as a team to build their marriage.

10. Don’t take your spouse for granted. Don’t take advantage of your spouse’s meekness and goodness. Don’t mistake your spouse’s loyalty for desperation. Don’t misuse or abuse your spouse’s trust. You may end up regretting after losing someone that meant so much to you.

11. Beware of marital advice from single people. Regardless of how sincere their advice may sound, most of it is theoretical and not derived from real life experiences. If you really need Godly advice, seek it from God-fearing, impartial and prayerful mature couples whose resolve has been tested by time and shaped by trials.

12. Dear couple, Don’t underestimate the power of the tongue on your marriage. The tongue has the power to crush your marriage or build it up. Don’t let the Devil use your tongue to kill your spouse’s image, self-confidence and aspirations. Use your tongue to build up your marriage and bless and praise your spouse.

Quote!!

A Comfort Zone is a beautiful place..
But nothing ever grows there!!

Closing cycles

Closing cycles
by Paulo Coelho

One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through.
Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters – whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished.

Did you lose your job? Has a loving relationship come to an end? Did you leave your parents’ house? Gone to live abroad? Has a long-lasting friendship ended all of a sudden?
You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened.

You can tell yourself you won’t take another step until you find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life have turned into dust, just like that.
But such an attitude will be awfully stressing for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister.
Everyone is finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will all feel bad seeing you at a standstill.

Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away.

That is why it is so important (however painful it may be!) to destroy souvenirs, move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or donate the books you have at home.

Everything in this visible world is a manifestation of the invisible world, of what is going on in our hearts – and getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place.
Let things go. Release them. Detach yourself from them.

Nobody plays this life with marked cards, so sometimes we win and sometimes we lose.
Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood.

Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over and over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else.

Nothing is more dangerous than not accepting love relationships that are broken off, work that is promised but there is no starting date, decisions that are always put off waiting for the “ideal moment.”�

Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back.
Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person – nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need.
This may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it is very important.

Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life.

Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust.

Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.
HAPPY 2017