Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Digital Diet

Hello all,

It is a great pleasure in sharing my knowledge with you all out here reading my blog. You would be wondering what exactly is this "Digital Diet", either you must have heard of it and have no clue what exactly it is or have never heard about it. Everybody knows that one practices diet when there is too much of  unhealthy fat in our body, which is known as "Body Diet" and we have a dietitian who tells us what to eat and what not, but how about our mind, did anyone reflect on the "Mental Diet" to avoid from all the information obtained digitally. Yes, now you are in the right mode to proceed ahead in reading this article. First time when I read about digital diet I was amazed by the concept and the wealth of peace it gives,  I felt it makes lot of sense and so read through some very good articles, watched some knowledgeable videos and here is my post sharing all the knowledge gained through that work.

Everyone in this world these days is choked and bogged down by so much information flowing in and out daily to their email accounts ,Facebook walls, LinkedIn profiles and Twitter tweets, catching up the endless stream of information with busy schedule in replying your emails, making connections and posting stuff, never realizing how much we are into so many things right ??!!!. Welcome to the new era of technology, where we are moving ahead with so much information which is most of the times - 10% healthy and 90% unhealthy, resulting in stressing out ourselves beyond our mental limits; making us unhealthy, affecting our thinking power, decreasing our intelligence and  also ruining our personal relationships without mental peace. 

The best minds are of those people who actually balance things properly and such is the concept of "Digital Diet". We are all aware of the word diet - taking things proportionality upon requirement. So in this world of overflowing information, how about going on a diet with digital information by unplugging your mind from all the technology (computers, laptops, internet, phones, kindles, ipods..etc) and having a peaceful period of lets say daily 2 - 3 hours or why not a weekend of 12 hours where you can just relax yourself from that junk, without touching your computers, phones, etc spending that quality reading some book, go out for a walk with a friend, family members, etc.., talking to your loved ones and improving your relationships or reflect upon yourself on how you are progressing in your life. It makes sense right, this way not only you will be efficient in how you are progressing in life but also improving the quality of your critical thinking power. This way it helps improving the capacity of your brain to gain much more healthy information by deleting the unhealthy from your mind.

A great scholar once said that "Half filled mind with healthy content is better than mind full of unhealthy content".So, guys unplug your mental power cord daily from all the junk of information out there for couple of hours and plug yourself into this beautiful world where there are so many things to do to enrich your living.

I surely was one of them who got stressed up with such unhealthy way of taking information daily in and out and started practicing "The Art of Digital Diet" and must say I'm really enjoying my life much more than ever before with so much healthy time and content to look into. So apply this formula in your life and see how it makes a difference. I'm pretty much sure you would love to leave a comment after you enjoy the significance in your lives.

Finally, one who lives with the best practices available in life is the one who lives the healthy and long life.

Friday, March 25, 2011

A dream to spend an evening at Wagah Border

Everyone right now is in groove for all set action between India vs Pakistan - World Cup 2011 Semi-finals to be played in Mohali, Punjab, India on Wednesday March 30, 2011. It can't get bigger than this - amazing to see the great battle on the cricket ground by god's grace rather than on a war ground - the excitement, the adrenaline pump and all the connections by the respective countries towards their players, patriotism and people. We all talk about patriotism which we associate with our own county's pride, love which we see in great volume in soldiers and something we feel after watching a patriotic movie. I feel  being an Indian, same thing goes through the veins of people across the border in Pakistan, same clothing, same intensity for their country pride, politics and cricket.

All this spirit and adulation made me remind of my long cherish dream of mine when I was kid was to visit the famous "Wagah Border". The only land border which separates the two beautiful and powerful nations by decades, the two great nations which have been battling past decades either on war grounds or on cricket field and visiting such a memorial border where you can see a ceremony which fills your heart with volumes of patriotism, love and respect for one another. Ceremony at Wagah Border where the lowering of both nations flag, soldiers walk towards into each others territory, lift of the soldiers leg to a height which can tear any other normal person's limbs, would be something really exciting to watch.

An evening at the eventful "Wagah Border" in Amritsar, a border which is 30 minute drive from Amristar holds every evening an eventful ceremony across both countries. But interesting would be to see the drive through the fields of Attari to reach Wagah Border, something you must have seen in one of my favorite movies "Veer Zaara", songs and scenes shot over those paddy fields, amazing nature and sceneries, finally would be reaching Wagah Border.  But keeping all aside its sad that a gate which is a man created one, which would be just few feet away from you at the site, which resulted in just blood shed and hatred towards one another, which separates the nations by long miles in approach.

Whether India or Pakistan wins on Wednesday, I wish Cricket and Countries don't lose their respect for one another, I wish they feel in unity as the beautiful line in the movie Veer Zaara goes "Sarhad ke paar ek aisa shaaks hai jo aapke liye apne jaan bhi de dhega", be ready to give everything for your country, respecting other countries too.

A long waiting dream to visit Wagah Border, hope to cherish that dream next time I visit India.

Keep the cheer on guys....Cricket Must Win !!!