Power Of Now

I had earlier seen 'Cirque du Soleil ' when it came to Seattle Area. It was impressive and I would say it had good music and excellent presentation and superb execution. But coming out I somehow felt it was very monotonous and repetitive. All the acts were very similar. All required great skill and I was impressed but I was not as entertained as I expected to be. At that time I formed a image that perhaps in USA all circus are like this. The notion was not correct. Last Saturday we went to see Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus . The circus shows were in Everett. This was the circus which I would say matched my mental image of "Circus" closely. It had all the elements that you would expect 1) Clowns (Joker) 2) Dancers 3) Animals (Elephants, Horses, Sheep, Goats, Tigers, Lamas and dogs) 4) Trapeze artists. And above all Stunt show " Maut ka Kuan " (Globe of Death). This was really amazing 8 motorcycle in a enclosed globe going at full speed. Al

The time has come to make a prediction. Today on 9th day of Feb I Aditya Kapoor predict that John McCain would be Republican Candidate for President of USA. But this is not a important prediction. The more important prediction is that Mike Huckabee would be Republican candidate for Vice President. Although I wish it was Mitt Romney was candidate for Presidential candidate. He is smart and I believe he would have been a better President. Update on 09/09/2008 I was wrong... :)

Thanks a lot to Praveen for writing and sending such a beautiful poem. Thanks to him for permitting me to post it on my blog. *************************************************** For reading convenience: Kal means Yesterday “kal“ means Tomorrow ***************************************************** Kal ki baatein beet gayi Kal Kal ke aage bhi hai ek “kal“ “kal“ naa Kal pe zaaya karna “kal“ le liye bas aage badhna Kal hai yaadon ki parchayi “kal“ hai suraj ki angdai Kal ke liye aansoon kyun bahaane “kal“ mein chhupe kitne hi khazaane Kal jo hua, us par kya bas hai “kal“ mein jeevan ka sukh ras hai Kal ko na sambhav phir laana “kal“ hai tere haath sajaana Kal hai kahaani balidaanon ki “kal“ hai gaatha nirmaanon ki Kal hai ek thaka musaafir “kal“ chhoo lena chahe himgir Par Kal hai guruon ki vaani Aur “kal“ hai chanchal agyaani Kal hai jaise shaant sarovar Pade jo patthar, leher banaye “kal“ hai kal-kal behta jharna Ho unmath bas badhta jaaye Samay par swayam ko setu banao Kal aur “kal“ ko