I have very few memories from when I was very young. Still some moments are strongly etched in my mind. When I was couple of years old, my grandfather, whom I remember wearing only white garb, used to carry me on his shoulders, walk couple of miles and to take me to a local potter [...]
Posts Tagged ‘life experiences’
Memories of the Clouds
Posted: 25th May 2012 by JPS Nagi in General, Personal StoriesTags: Amritsar, Clouds, Earth, general, life experiences, People, personal, Punjab, remember, Sky
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Does the Universe talk back to you?
Posted: 6th May 2012 by JPS Nagi in English, General, Literature, Metaphysics, Personal Stories, Philosophy, ReligionTags: Anecdotes, Earth, Friends, general, life experiences, People, personal, remember
A good man once told me stories of two people and how they handle life’s problems, and decisions. One of them prays and there is a method to his praying. While standing on a crossroads of a difficult decision in life, this person would turn his attention to God. He lights a candle, writes his [...]
Happiness Quotient
Posted: 9th April 2012 by JPS Nagi in Books, General, Personal Stories, ScienceTags: Anecdotes, Books, life experiences, People, personal, Reading, wisdom, wise
We have all met folks that are just amazingly happy, and others that are downright unhappy regarding who and where they are. Almost 7 months back, I was talking to a person, and he was ecstatic with where he was in his life. The positive vibes that danced in his eyes were infectious. Something clicked [...]
Enjoy Fuzziness …
Posted: 4th July 2011 by JPS Nagi in Authors, Books, English, General, Literature, Sci-Fi, Science FictionTags: Anecdotes, Books, funny, Fuzzy Nation, H. Beam Piper, Jack Holloway, John Scalzi, life experiences, Little Fuzzy, METAtropolis, novels, People, Reading, Whatever
Audible Frontiers did a shared universe stories called METAtropolis with John as one of the authors and the editor of the anthology. That was my first encounter with John’s writing and I enjoyed it. So when Powells Books announced John’s visit to their bookstore, I was there. He was amazing, as I have already mentioned [...]
Humne to Nisaar Kar Diya Dil (Here I offer my heart)
Posted: 20th August 2010 by JPS Nagi in Literature, Personal Stories, UrduTags: Ghazals, infatuation, K.C. Kanda, life experiences, Literature, love, personal, Urdu, wisdom
I call it my magnum opus. This was the very first time, I wrote and still one of my favorite. It changed over time, but stayed the same in spirit. I had recently finished reading Masterpieces of Urdu Ghazals by K.C. Kanda.
Richard Bach & Me (and her)
Posted: 11th August 2010 by JPS Nagi in English, Literature, Personal StoriesTags: Amritsar, Chandigarh, Gitanjali, life experiences, Misha, Mols, novels, personal, Reading, Richard Bach
What if space shifted and time bent and we could meet ourselves as we’ll be twenty years from now? What if we could talk face-to-face with the people we were in the past, with the people we are in the parallel lifetimes, in alternate worlds? What would we tell them, and what would we ask? [...]