Navtej Kohlihad concluded after watching Slumdog Millionaire is the writer have very clean and right approach for telling the truth. Its not a movie but just drama of the life which usually Slum areas kids and person spending whole life .

      There are many expectation with the Slumdog Millionaire in the Oscar awards  because it was nominated near about 14 category and had already won many International Movie awards . Movie conceived with stunning cinematography, a emotional script and an ideal cast,   but all these nothing making sure that movie will be Oscar winner because   Oscar awards having many different parameter as well as technical issue while judge deciding a movie or even a hero to be winner of Oscar.

     Navtej Kohlijust want to leave this discussion and want to say “I can’t say about wheatear it will be winner of Oscar awards , but I am sure that it had already wins hearts of millions”. Its seems that real life is going while we are watching Slumdog Millionaire

.Its a story of a teen boy who wins million in reality show which was based on question  and answer . The question was so difficult but hero had answered al the because all question remained unpleasant moment or his life struggle.

    Slumdog Millionaire had already win awards, such as SAG, DGA, PGA, WAGA and Golden Globes . Its be story of Love and life struggle of Jamal Malek which role is played by Dev Patel as flashbacks show his struggles from the slums of Mumbia to present day where he is accused of cheating.

  Moreover it’s a great one story because its shows reality of India , how much slum areas person have to suffer for living a simple. Basically it is based on writer Book name “Q & A “  which is an Indian writer but the film is directed by an British Director . It’s a British Film but all the character are Indian and music, lyrics given by an Indian “A . R. Rehman”. Navtej Kohli best wishes for movie  Slumdog Millionaire.

Hey friends!

First of all I apologize for not being active on Navtej Kohli live journal of late. I have been on vacation for a while and before that was busy with some other things. But now I’m back with lots of interesting experiences and stories to share with you guys ;)

The past month I have been vacationing in India, my native land, and it was for most part a remindful experience. It’s been almost 25 years since I left India, but it seems like India never left me. Those childhood memories are still as fresh in my mind as if it happened only yesterday. I still remember how I and my brother used to steal mangoes from the neighbors’ yard with sticks and stones. Wow! Those days were fun. We would eat till we almost burst. And our poor neighbor, a stout bald man, would get mad at us, not because we stole his mangoes, but because we threw the peels right at his door. LOL! I can never forget those days!

I had wanted to visit India for quite some time now, however, thanks to my hectic work schedule, it wasn’t until this year that I finally took some time to make it happen. It’s been almost eight years now since my last trip here. Although, not much has changed since then except my grandmother who now look even more shriveled and frail. Anyways, that is ought to happen at her age. She otherwise looks fine, if a little weak. My grandmother loves me a lot. No matter after how many years we meet, or how much I have matured, she still loves me as her little ‘Tinku’ (that’s my childhood name). Even I’m very fond of her, especially for the stories that she would tell us as kids.

Well, enough of the memories for now! I will get back to you shortly with some more interesting posts. Till then, stay tuned!

Will 2012 mark the end of human race?

YES!!!

Well so are predicting the scientists of the world. Four years from now i.e. in 2012, earth is likely to meet its doomsday. However, whether this doom would be a natural phenomenon or man caused occurrence is not yet clear, but it will sure happen, says the soothsayers. 

Honestly speaking, no one really knows what 2012 will bring for the mankind. Nevertheless, astronomers, historians, mystics and scientists unanimously agree that 2012 is going to be the most significant year in the history of mankind. Over centuries, a number of theories have been proposed regarding the doomsday. Given below is a rundown of the seven most convincing and interesting theories till date:

1.    The Mayan calendar predicts the universal ‘Armageddon’ on December 21, 2012. Considering their expertise in making highly accurate astrological equipments out of stone & proximity in calculating the length of lunar moon, we certainly have a reason to believe them this time too.

2.    According to a startling revelation made by solar experts from around the world, the intensity of already severe solar storms is likely to reach its deadly peak by 2012. Currently, the energy output cycle of sun is believed to be in the midst of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the Earth with so much radiation energy, it's been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. By 2012 the things would certainly get worse.

3.    The Atom Smasher: European scientists have been devising the world’s largest particle accelerator. This machine is nothing but a 27 km long tunnel designed to smash atoms together to see what makes the universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it's properly even a bad idea to turn it on in the first place. They're predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012, the world could be crushed into a super-dense blob the size of a basketball.

4.    The Bible says: If having scientists warning us about the end of the world isn't bad enough,religious folks are getting in on the act aswell. Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between Good an Evil, has been set down for 2012. The I Ching, also known as the Chinese book of Changes, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.

5.     Super Volcano:Yellowstone National Park in the United States is famous for its thermal springs and Old Faithful geyser. The reason for this is simple - it's sitting on top of the world's biggest volcano, and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we're many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the Earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang.

6.     The Physicists: This one's case of bog-simple maths mathematics. Physicists at Berekely Uni  have been crunching the numbers. and they've determined that the Earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event. Even worse, they're claiming their calculations prove, that we're all going to die, very soon - while also saying their prediction comes with a certainty of 99 percent- and 2012 just happens to be the best guess as to when it occurs.

7.    Slip-Slop-Slap-BANG! We all know the Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that sheilds us from most of the sun's radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call north and south have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so - and right now we're about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is underway, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches.

Navtej Kolhi strikes back after a long time with another topic to open your heart and mind.

The disease of civilization has blurred the understanding of overall human race towards health and happiness. We must constantly remind ourselves that health is the reward of living at one with laws of nature.  It’s a natural state of being. Dis-ease is by and large the outcome of our ignorance, an offspring of our fears and badly managed way of life.

Some one has rightly said “People perish through lack of knowledge.” Even after decades of much peddled development, humans seem to have gained nothing but sufferings that persists throughout life.  

Right from seeking remedies in filthy animal extracts to loathsome potions, medical science has done it all, yet failed to keep diseases at bay.  The reason –we always lean on curing the effect than preventing the cause.

We humans are masterpiece of creative intelligence. Bearing this in mind we must also realize that state of healthiness, happiness and accomplishment lies within our soul and not in the things around us.

Navtej Kohli touches another sensitive virtue. Are we really losing patience in the haze of our desires.

IN a constant desire to win and dominate there is something really important we are losing on. Imagine, being stuck in a seemingly endless traffic jam, or standing in a long queue at ATM…we sigh and murmur to ourselves, “What the heck is going on?”

We just don’t have time! So we get irritated and annoyed. Exasperated, we start cursing the way things are, disregarding the fact that we are also a part of this whole chaos.

However, this was not the scenario in not too distant past. Times were when we used to just sit and talk to our family, or friends, or even pets for that matter. But today, we are all so messed up in meeting deadlines, chasing desires, that we just don’t have time.

Do you realize what are we losing?

 It’s patience!

Where is all the tolerance gone? Are we falling prey to our own ambitions, our craving to get more in least possible time?

It’s a topic worth dwelling on! Think of the last time when you watched TV patiently, without flicking channels for half an hour. There is hardly an instance to tell.  

Impatience is creeping rapidly down inside our psyche. You agree or don’t agree we have lost our power to keep calm. All we want is to dictate everything around us, to have them move and act anyway we want. But unfortunately, we cannot alter the predestined scheme of things.  

But still, we try only to realize how foolish we are. We feel more frustrated, anxious and futile. Such feelings make way for impatience.

Now, the question is, ‘How do you expect us to keep perseverance in midst of turmoil?’

Fair enough! We are human beings, not god. We are bound to give up patience under sufferings. That’s the best we can do.

Sorry, but I don’t agree! That’s not the best we can do. Let me tell you this, we can all learn to be more patient. Even the most impatient person can master this skill by exercising some mind control. Idea of cultivating patience revolves around respecting acts and opinions of others.

Sometimes in a futile attempt to attain this state of mind, we put meditation, yoga or spirituality into practice. Yet everyday we see ourselves at swords with our patience on trifling matters, too insignificant to be even mentioned here.

Surrendering to your undue demands is no solution. Acknowledge your flaws. Don’t let impatience take its toll on your mind and body. Get real, talk to yourself, find logics (appearances can be deceptive at times), and visualize positive things.

Give it a thought guys! Developing patience just calls for a desire to change. So, next time when you find yourself at the tipping point of losing patience indulge in some self-control.

Some unexplained enigmas of human life…by Navtej Kohli

Do you believe in mysticism, something like your own spirit, or your own exact replica?

I know, this may sound atypical, but there are some people who claim to have met their own phantom – their doppelgangers.

Several accounts throughout the history confirm some remarkable cases of doppelgangers been observed globally. Also, instances are when people experienced being in two distinct locations at the same time.

Literally, doppelganger means double-walker or a look alike. It is a German word that means a shadow self. And if we are to believe the German folklore, it can be a harbinger of misfortune and death, visible exclusively to the owner other than family members in certain exceptional cases.

Of all the fascinating reports of doppelganger I found online, this one really knocked me off my feet!

Emilie Sagée (32 years, French) school teacher became a topic of rumor and speculation when students reported having seen her twin appear and disappear right in front of them.

In an episode, while Sagée was writing on blackboard, suddenly her duplicate appeared behind her. It (the duplicate) copied teacher’s every move as she was writing. Strangely enough, it held no chalk to write with. Almost 13 students in the class saw the entire happening.

Another similar event was reported at a dinner where Sagée’s phantom was seen standing besides her, imitating her movements as she ate, except that it did not hold any utensils.

Else than just mimicking her, doppelganger was also said to be seen alone sometimes. While she was teaching in a classroom, students alleged having seen her doppelganger in other parts of school. One day, a class of 42 students assembled in the hall for their tailoring lessons, under the supervision of a teacher. From the class they could distinctly see Sagée collecting flowers in the school’s garden. To their surprise, however, when the supervising teacher left the hall, Sagée’s doppelganger surfaced on her chair, whereas the real Sagée could still be seen gathering flowers in the garden. Two girls even dared to touch it, but felt a strange sort of resistance in its aura. It then gradually disappeared. This entire instance occurred in the full view of all the students.

Sagée on the other hand, claimed never to have seen the doppelganger herself, but said that whenever it was said to appear, she felt drained and fatigued. Her physical color even seemed to pale at those times.

I wish not to see my doppelganger ever in my life!!!

Navtej Kohli is back once again with another issue worth considering. Do you ever feel mentally restrained while doing anything creative? like while painting or may be writing? If yes, You surely suffer from mental fog!

What is that? Read on to know:

Brain Fog is a commonly used expression for indicating a state of mind when you can't quite focus or think clearly. There are primarily two causes of Brain Fog – Mental & Physical.

Physical causes include lack of sleep. However, it varies from person to person. While some sleep five hours a day and feel as fresh as those who snooze almost eight hours a day. Make sure that you sleep sound for whatever time you sleep. The more sound you sleep, the better your brain works.

Avoid too much of sugar. As a common observation, you tend to become more fatigued and moody after eating anything sugary. So, if you want to clear that brain fog, keep your hands off sugar!

Other likely causes of brain fog can be ill health, boozing and some natural factors detrimental to clear thinking. Apart from this, certain prescription drugs also facilitate brain fog. Look for some remedial action. Consult you doctor and see if it helps.

Many a times we can’t concentrate due to some redundant thoughts or qualms that keep popping in our heads. These mental distractions interrupt our smooth run of thoughts and creative thinking. Such unwanted thoughts remain active in our subconscious mind, creating a sort of mental block. Thinking under this stress is just like concentrating on work amid chaotic crowd.  An unfinished business, uncertainties pertaining to future and several such distressing thoughts drain our brains, leaving us with nothing but some fractured ideas.

How do we get rid of it?

Resolve them, as simple as that! Create a list and jot down everything damn thing bothering you, sequence them priority-wise. Finish up tasks.  Keep telling yourself ‘I have nothing to worry about’. Repeat it quite a few times, and you will see your life improving, thoughts vanishing and mind opening up. Other techniques like mediation and deep breathing exercises also help flushing tensions off your mind.

Navtej Kohli's Garden of  Inspirational quotes:

•    One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to commit themselves to action. Most people are not satisfied with giving money; we also feel we need to work.
         - Peter Drucker

•    Is the rich world aware of how four billion of the six billion live? If we were aware, we would want to help out, we'd want to get involved.
         - Bill Gates

•    If you think of life as like a big pie, you can try to hold the whole pie and kill yourself trying to keep it, or you can slice it up and give some to the people around you, and you still have plenty left for yourself.
        - Jay Leno

A Better Resurrection by Christina Rossetti on Navtej Kohli Livejournal

I have no wit, no words, no tears;
My heart within me like a stone
Is numb'd too much for hopes or fears;
Look right, look left, I dwell alone;
I lift mine eyes, but dimm'd with grief
No everlasting hills I see;
My life is in the falling leaf:

O Jesus, quicken me.


My life is like a faded leaf,
My harvest dwindled to a husk:
Truly my life is void and brief
And tedious in the barren dusk;
My life is like a frozen thing,
No bud nor greenness can I see:
Yet rise it shall--the sap of Spring;

O Jesus, rise in me.

 
My life is like a broken bowl,
A broken bowl that cannot hold
One drop of water for my soul
Or cordial in the searching cold;
Cast in the fire the perish'd thing;
Melt and remould it, till it be
A royal cup for Him, my King:

O Jesus, drink of me

"Navtej I trust you"  those were the words my mother said, when I left India 20 years ago. Those magic words helped me to my feet. It touched my heart and even today gives me impetus to work hard and fulfill dreams my mother had for me. I believe trust is really important. But today, when distrust and suspicion are so deep seated in our psyche, it hard to maintain trust in relations. Today, on Navtej Kohli blog I'm writing about my feelings on the same..

“Trust” is not just a five letter word, it is an emotion that fortifies every relationship. Love alone is too scanty to strengthen a bond. For a relationship the acid test is not how much do we love, but how much do we trust.

We need to trust our kids, our partner, our parents, our fellows, or even our pets for that matter. Any time you lose trust in a relationship, it will never be the same again. You can’t trust everyone all the time, agreed. But don’t let such conviction poison your otherwise well-honed rapport with others. Trust is akin to a crystal vase, once it is shattered, it’s broken for good.

When I look back on my own experience, I realize what I have lost due to suspicion. It’s like a cancer that has no cure. It destroys happiness and ruins relations.

Jealously is another negative trait which indicates that trust is weak. While on one hand it corrodes trust, it also encourages other negative emotions like anger, melancholy, greed, envy or criminal tendencies as well.  You probably are aware of all this, just that you refuse to acknowledge. But why?

Let’s not live in denial…let’s face it!

We feel jealous to see our mate talking closely with a friend, to see our parents showering love on others, it seems almost impossible to control our feelings. We all live a false sense of possession and insecurity.

My husband often comes late, is he dating some other woman?

Why my girlfriend keeps looking at other attractive guys. Don’t I look good?

Such questions are nothing, but a figment of our imagination. A thought popped out of our  jealousy and distrust. Try to trust. Don’t let assumptions drive you to the edge, find reasons. Don’t jump to conclusions just because YOU-FELT-THAT-WAY.

For love to survive trust is a must and jealousy, under no circumstances, should creep in.

Whenever suspicion raise its head, nip it on the bud!  Revive and rebuild trust in your relationships, no matter with whomsoever. Try to look at things in a wider perspective, escape that tunnel vision. Open up to the close because you deserve to live an unencumbered life, free from such harrowing feelings.

Put the past behind you see the vast space around you. Open your mind so that trust can grow.

Guilt, in no way, is a real emotion. Feeling of fault is merely a fabrication of our mind that holds no realness. It exists as a parasite amongst the host of our inner fears and compulsive beliefs.

An emotion, to be real must hold both positive and negative sides. We love, hate, get sad, feel joyous, fear something, all these emotions flow naturally. These emotions balance positivism and negativity in a healthy way.

Guilt is all negative. It adds nothing to our existence. On the contrary, it takes our peace of mind. It is like a virus that adds complexity and grief to your life. At one stage it makes your life miserable.

Ironically, for some guilt comes as a motivation. It is common in those who posses I'll-feel-guilty-if-I-don't-do-this attitude. Technically, it can be called an Expedient Motivator – a driving force for those who lack principle-based motivation. A disgraceful way to inspire yourself and others.

Guilt is practically synonymous with manipulation. The sole purpose of guilt is manipulating yourself and others in a way that induces some action.

Nothing on earth can be more excruciating than engrossing oneself in blame. It sucks the sap off your life. It builds nothing, but destroys everything - your peace of mind, your friends, family everything!

It puts you in absolute desolation, where just you and your undying guilt accompany each other. It punishes you, as well as those around you. It separates you from yourself.

Despite of being such a negative attitude, guilt is strongly embedded in our psyche.
Why so?
Well, blame it on the way we have been taught and conditioned. We feel guilt naturally, as if we were born with it. Sad but true, we have been substituting guilt for love. It’s a fact of life. Guilt, if embraced for long, turns into resentment and eventually anger, which is perhaps the most dangerous virtue to possess.

The psychology says, “Guilt is a substitute emotion when you're unwilling to feel what you're really feeling.”

It parts you from your real self, your real feelings. Another unfortunate truth, we learn guilt from those who love and care most about us. It is entwined with our notion of love.

Try asking yourself:

What am I not wanting to feel?

What am I hiding from?

By asking yourself these types of questions you can start breaking free of the habit - the pattern - those neurological pathways of least effort that lead straight to guilt. Then you can get hold of what's real.

The knee-jerk reaction to feel guilt can be replaced with the natural order of feeling what's real.

That's the way to deal with the psychology of guilt.
Act now!!

With spirituality becoming a way of life, a score of researchers are trying to find connection between meditation and mental growth. Navtej Kohli brings one such study that says Meditation boosts positive emotions.

Positive emotions such as compassion and loving-kindness can be trained with special meditation techniques, a study of 16 Tibetan monks by researchers at the University of Wisconsin in Madison found.
 
Published recently in the journal PLoS One, brain imaging using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to scan the brains of the monks who all had at least 10,000 hours of meditation practise.
 
The scans revealed that the limbic system of the brain responsible for emotions such as compassion showed significantly more activity among the Buddhist monks with many years of meditation practise.
 
The monks were compared with a second group of 32 people, who two weeks earlier had been instructed for the first time in meditation techniques.
 
In the instruction session, the novices were asked to think about someone they cared for such as their parents, siblings or a beloved person and to let the "mind be invaded by a feeling of altruistic love".
 
In the resting or non-meditative state, the subjects were asked to remain relaxed with neither pleasant nor unpleasant feelings.
 
The scans revealed significant activity in the brain's limbic system that supports functions such as emotions and behaviour. The brain activity was, however, stronger among the meditating monks than in the control group, the researchers revealed.
 
"Loving kindness and compassion are central to the philosophy of the Dalai Lama," study leader Richard Davidson, professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health said, in elaborating the findings.

Source:  DPA

Time is fleeting, so are we. We live around-the-clock, and work from dusk till dawn to make ends meet. Given control over time, we humans would have probably asked for a 36-hours day, or even more. Our life, from times immemorial, has and will remain time bound. This, and many other things about human existence make me wonder. Hi! I'm Navtej Kohli, welcome to my blog.

So, we were talking about time...

For me, time has been slipping by unnoticed, or perhaps, I was too busy to observe. Whatever the case, I have always enjoyed living beyond the rarefied precincts of time. We humans have conveniently demarcated our time in arbitrary measurement units ranging from a quick nanosecond to centuries entailing hundreds of years. This is how we measure it!

But, don’t you really feel that sometimes we need to rise beyond the realms of time. I know from experience that one second can last infinitely longer than a minute. Sometimes, a day passes in what it seems to be a minute, or vice versa. Not that I’m existentially critical of established protocols of time, it is indispensable of course. What I’m wary of is the way people take leverage of this standard format. I think this is one of the reasons why procrastination is so pervasive in our society.

Sometimes, it’s better to forget time. We shall make an attempt to discover the reality and depth of time in our own being. Forget about the world, the norms and the clocked way of life. For one day, spare some time for yourself, live life off the clock and discover your true self.

Pets come in our lives like a season of spring. Spreading joy and happiness all around they make the best companions. Navtej Kohli is a big pet lover. From birds to fishes, or dogs to kittens, Navtej Kohli have them all. To him nothing is more pleasurable than watching his angelical pets loitering here and there in joy.

Navtej believes that everything has a purpose, so does the moments we spend with out pets. Their whole life is a lesson, its just that we need to learn.

We all are supposed to grow old! I know how difficult it is difficult to imagine when we first adopt our lively and rambunctious puppy or kitten that he or she will one day grow old. Our animal companions live far shorter than we do, and the time we spend with them seems to fly by. One day, they are full of vim and vigor, fun and mischief, joie de vivre and exuberance - within a relatively brief period of time, they grow into adolescence, then evolve into perhaps a mellower and sedate adulthood, and eventually become mature and ultimately old.

As they become old, they may experience physical as well as mental and emotional limitations and weakening. They may experience many of the illnesses, disabilities, infirmities and diseases that we may confront. So many of our beloved pets endure the pain of arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart conditions, etc. as well as receiving medical treatments and medications that are comparable to those used to help ease or cure these conditions and improve the quality of our lives.

There are many lessons we can learn from our furry, finned and feathered friends, as they grow old. We can see them experience the effects of the passage of time that are so similar to those we experience as humans. We come to realize that these signs of aging both mirror and mimic our own. If we are wise, we can derive great rewards by caring for our aging pets - for example, we can learn from their stoicism, endurance and their ability to "Keep On Keeping On." We can learn to "live in the moment", as they do, with joy and spontaneity and not to dwell on the past or to fear the future.

By respecting and caring for our aging animal companions, we can learn to age gracefully and with dignity. From them, we can learn respect for and increased appreciation of our elders. We can emulate their steadfastness and patience. We can also view the opportunity to care for our beloved aging pets as a means for us to grow in compassion, wisdom and insight about the purposefulness and significance of all living beings.

 

Navtej Kohli believes that only and if only whole world step forward to save the environment. We are standing at the threshold of a global disaster, just one more step and earth will be a history.

Global warming and environmental destruction is one of the most frightening threat to present day society. There are so many ways to protect our environment and save some money at the same time. Do you think increasing your vehicles MPG (Miles per Gallon) by fifty percent or more would have a positive impact in our environment? How about having a positive impact on your wallet?

With the price of oil skyrocketing, the issue on the top of everyone's mind is saving money at the pump. Currently the price of one gallon of gas in Connecticut is over four dollars. I remember reading on Yahoo! that Connecticut is the second highest state for gas prices. I was shocked when I saw that outrageous price, Three dollars is high enough, imagine paying four or five dollars per gallon! Soon, it may cost over one hundred dollars to fill up your gas tank.

If we do not end our dependence on fossil fuels soon, not only will our wallets shrink, our environment, along with its wild inhabitants will also suffer. Most of the narrow minded people in our society believe the answer to these rising prices is to drill for oil in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuges. It is obvious that these people only care about themselves, and not our miracle planet. Oil is obsolete. We should have ended our dependence on it many years ago, but the oil companies billions were at stake. Recently, I was searching for some alternatives to oil. Finding some these money saving secrets was very difficult. Fortunately, I did track down some incredible fuel saving secrets that the oil companies hate.

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Navtej Kohli has a rich collection of Inspirational 'Words of Wisdom'. Navtej Kohli blog is your place to go for enlightenment and a purposeful life...

Some words of wisdom from people who not only knew what they were saying but who also knew how to implement it in their own lives.

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
-Isaac Newton

There are two things to aim at in life: first to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
-Logan Pearsall Smith

He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still
-Lao-Tsu. Tao Teh King

"Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren't bad people; they're just acquaintances."
  -  Jay Leno

What better could define the virtue of friendship than this eloquent quote. Navtej Kohli blog brings some enlightening insights into a relationship, what we call Friendship.

True friends are hard to find. But do you ever wonder, what those parameters are that defines a ture friend?

There are times in each of our lives when we are in need of real help. We may be in serious trouble, we may have made a huge mistake, we may be extremely depressed, we maybe very sad or we may be short of money. A true friend will be more than happy to help us in these types of situation, without reservation. They will not judge us on the predicament that we have found ourselves however much we are to blame. This true friend will not spread our gossip to other people and will be there to offer advice and support.

You will be able to trust your true friends one hundred percent. They will pick you up when you are down, they will be a shoulder to cry on when you are upset and will be somebody who you spend many an evening having spills and frills.

A true friend will make time for you when you are in need of their company. They will share your good news and bad. They are likely to be interested in all aspects of your life and will not desert you for other people.

So how many of these types of friend have you? If you have more than five then I will be very jealous, I hope you realise just how lucky you are.

In reality the unfortunate truth is that the amount of true friends that we have will reduce over the years. This is a natural occurrence as we realise that the person who we thought and classed as a true friend is in fact not deserving of that title.

Navtej Kohli's interest in Oil Exploration keeps him up to date about the latest developments in Oil Exploration arena. Recently what caught his attention was the deal signed between Korea & Kazakhstan to explore the Zambil Mine.

Here is the report:

PM Han Secures Uranium Promise From Uzbekistan

Korea and Kazakhstan on Wednesday agreed to jointly explore the Zambil Mine in the northwestern Caspian Sea. The Korea National Oil Corporation signed an agreement with Kazakh state-run energy company KazMunaiGaz to buy 27 percent of the Kazakh corporation for US$85 million for the purpose.

This oil field has estimated reserves of 1 billion barrels. If exploration proves successful next year, Korea can import 270 million barrels of oil from Kazakhstan, about one-third of Korea's total annual oil consumption of about 800 million barrels.

The two countries had been in talks on the issue since September 2004 but haggling continued until recently. Korea suggested $75 million, but Kazakhstan $300-400 million to reflect soaring oil prices. But Prime Minister Han Seung-soo's latest visit to Kazakhstan seems to have pushed the two countries finally to reach agreement.

Navtej Kohli found a beautiful poem by anonymous that inspires us to stand against all odds and emerge victorious in the end.

If the day looks kinder gloomy
And your chances kinder slim,
If the situation's puzzlin'
And the prospect's awful grim,
If perplexities keep pressin'
Till hope is nearly gone,
Just bristle up and grit your teeth
And keep on keepin' on.

Frettin' never wins a fight
And fumin' never pays;
There ain't no use in broodin'
In these pessimistic ways;
Smile just kinder cheerfully
Though hope is nearly gone,
And bristle up and grit your teeth
And keep on keepin' on.

There ain't no use in growlin'
And grumblin' all the time,
When music's ringin' everywhere
And everything's a rhyme.
Just keep on smilin' cheerfully
If hope is nearly gone,
And bristle up and grit your teeth
And keep on keepin' on.

                                                 - Anonymous

We all know the power of prayers in our own lives as well as for our family's life. There is so much that we want for ourselves and our children - so many dreams, hopes, plans, desires. How can we possibly get all these? Prayer is the only answer.