2. About author
Born and educated in Delhi, Pravesh Jain
is the quintessential quiet philanthropist. Over the
past decade, he has been actively involved in the
welfare of the marginalized sections of society. An
old age home run by Paras Foundation, his support
to a blind school, the community kitchens that he
organizes regularly, and a small school for 180
street children are just some of the examples.
Pravesh is also a successful businessman.
His columns are published regularly in The Pioneer
and The Asian Age. A debutant author, Pravesh is
well into writing two more books—both fiction.
3. CONTENTS IN BOOK
PART:1
o A DARKNESS AT NOON
o WHAT’S YOUR NEXUS?
o A CHILD’S CRY
o THE SECOND FREEDOM STRUGGLE
o SPEAK-UP TO EASE-UP
o MORE POWER TO WOMEN POWER
o EUTHANASIA:A BLESSING OR A CURSE?
o A MISSION BEFORE US
o LET CREATIVITY BE!
o THREE MONKEYS STILL AROUND
o TO THE AWAKNED INDIA
o NO SPACE FOR POOR HERE
o A TRAVESTY OF DEMOCRACY
o DISABLED OR DIFFERENTLY ABLED
o STOP KILLING THE GIRL CHILD
o WINDOWS:VICTIMS OF AGE OLD TRADITIONS
4. CONTENTS IN BOOK
o THE TWO LIVES OF A POLITICIAN
o ARE WE A NATION OF FICTITIOUS VALUES AND DOUBLE STANDARDS
o WE WANT JUSTICE
PART:2
o CONFESSIONS OF ROMANTIC
o CHANGE WITH CONTINUITY
o TRADITIONAL INDIA GESTURES AND THEIR INHERENT GODLINESS
o THE SON OF GOD AS THE SUN GOD
o TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE
o LOVE THY SERVENTS
o AN ODE TO A MOTHER
o THE EVRLASTING BEAUTY OF SIBLING BONDS
o WHO TO APKE BAAP KE BHI BEEP HI
o YOUR WIFE YOUR LIFE
5. CONTENTS IN BOOK
o LONG LIVE THE FATHER
o A WEDDING TO REMEMBER
o FRIENDSHIP IS FOREVER
o KNOW THY NEIGHBOR!
o DIFFERENT SHADES OF LOVE
PART:3
o BE POSITIVE
o ONE PLDGE AT A TIME
o POP THE HAPPINESS PILL
o BLAME THE BLAME-GAME
o PRAYER FOR PEACE
o MOTHER THERESA:AN INSPIRATION FOR GENERATIONS
o POSITIVE IS WHAT POSITIVE DOES
o THOUGHT FOR FOOD
o THE GOLDEN RULE OF HUMILITY
o HAVE WILL TO SUCCEED
6. CONTENTS IN BOOK
o PEACE WITHIN IS LIFE’S BEST ATTAINMENT
o LESSONS IN ANGER MANAGEMENT
o DO GOOD TO FEEL GOOD
o FOLLOW THE HEARTS PATH TO INVENION
o SPIRITUAL DHONGIS
o ALICENSE TO KILL
o MARRIAGE OF SOUL OR STATUS
o MY NATURE,MY MOTHER
o NATURE AND ITS PLEASURES
o A CORNUCOPIA FOR ALL
8. o WE ALL PROUD OF ACHIVEMENTS WE HAVE MADE AND THE
MILESTONES WE HAVE CROSSED SINCE THE INDIPENDENCE
o AND AT THE SAME TIME FULL OF ANGER TO OUR HELP LESS
CORRUPTION
o OUR NATION TODAY HAS BECAME BANANA REPUBLIC
o CORRUPTION IS EVERYWERE AMONG POLITICIANS THE
BUREAUCRACY,THE POLICE AND SOME WOULD SAY EVEN JUDICIARY
o ONE ANNA IS NOT INEF TO OUR NATION WE NEED MANY ANNAS LIKE
HIM
o IN TODAY’S LIFE POLITICIAN HAS BECAME A MAN WITH POWER AND
MONEY,THEIR CONCEPT IS BUY THEM FOR THEM
o RICH PEOPLE RULE THE COUNTRY,BUT POOR PEOPLE IS STILL
THEFTING BY RICH PEOPLE
o THE KING(POOR) WILL KEEP DYING AND SLAVOUR(RICH) WILL
CONTINUE TO ENJOY THEIR WEALTH FOR GENERATIONS
o EVERY DAY THE GOVERNMENT IS ELECTING IS ROBBING US OF OUR
BASIC RIGHTS AND WE ARE LIKE FOOLS ARE LETTING THEM DO SO
o POLICE MAN KNOW WHICH FILE TO PICKUP AND WHICH ONE TO
OVERLOOK AND WHOOM TO ARREST
9. o INCOME TAX OFFICER KNOWS WHOOM TO RAID AND WHOOM TO
LEAVE OUT
o TO FILE A COMPLAINT IN POLICE STATION,AN ORDINARY CITIZEN HAS
TO RUN FROM PILLER TO POST TO MAKE HIS VOICE AND PROBLEM
HEARD BUT THE OFFICERS MAY OR MAY NOT REGISER THE
COMPLAINT
o THE NATION IS CURRENTLY IS IN GRAVE NEED OF PEOPLE WHO CAN
STAND UP AGAINST THE SYSTEM AND RSTORE FAITH IN IT ONCE
AGAIN
o LIFE IS A GIFT FROM GOD AND IS SCARED. DYING CANNOT BE
DECIDED BY ANOTHER PERSON. SO ARE WE SAYING ‘RIGHT TO LIFE IS
OKAY,BUT RIGHT TO DEATH IS NOT’
o INDIA IS INDEPENDENT FOR MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS,YET SOME
PEOPLE SHOWING UNEQUALITY OF GIRLS AND BOYS
11. o NOTHING IS PERMANENT THAN CHANGE
o THERE IS NO DIFFERENT TYPES OF GODS
o CHANGE HAPPENS THE WAY WE DREAM,ASPIRE ,THINK
o WE ALL CALL CHANGE BY DIFFERENT NAMES ,TRANSFORMATION,
EVOLUTION ,NEW AGE THINKING
o NAMASTE AND TOUCHING THE FEET OF ELDERS ARE TRADITIONAL
WAYS OF GREETING
o LOVE IS HOPE . LOVE IS LIGHT BUT IT JUST HAS TO BE RIGHT
o IN LIFE WE COME ACROSS DIFFERENT TYPES OF LOVES
o A GOOD SERVENT ALWAYS GOOD LOVE
o MOST LOVEBLE PERSON IN OUR LIFE IS MOTHER
o THERE IS NO OTHER PERSON LOVES YOU MORE THAN HER
o JUST IMAGINE WHAT MOTHER DOES. IT MAY BE YOURS OR MINE
MOTHERS ALL OVER THE EARTH ARE UNIQUE
o SYBLINGS ARE THE TRUE STRENGTH.THEY ARE THE PERSONS WHO
HELPS YOU FOR ANTIME
o OUR COUNTRYS GREATEST STRENGTH LIES IN THE WAY IN WHICH WE
PRESERVE OUR FAMILY BONDS
o THE JOINT FAMILY SYSTEM IS UNIQUE IN OUR CULTURE
12. o ANOTHER IMPORTANT PERSON IN OUR LIFE IS FATHER HE LWAYS
CARES,THINKS FOR YOU
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE FATHER!
A FATHER IS AWESOME
A FATHER IS PLAYFUL
A FATHER IS RESPONSIBLE
A FATHER IS STRONG
o ANOTHER ONE IS FRIENSD IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DEFINE TRUE
FRIENSHIP
o IT IS UNDESRCIABLE LIKE EMOTION
14. o ONCE YOU REPLACE NEGATIVE THOUHTS WITH POSITIVE ONES,YOU
WILL START HAVING POSITIVE RESULTS
o BY BEING A POSITIVE PERSON CAN FEARLESSLY FACE ANY SITUATION
IN LIFE
o A SLIGHT CHANGE IN OUR ATTITUDE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.IT CAN
LEAVE US HAPPY AND SATISFIED IN THE END, AND ULTIMATELY MAKE
OUR LIVES MORE MEANINGFUL
JUST TAKE ONE PLEDGE AND AIM TO FULL IT
I WILL NOT TELL LIES
I WILL TRY TO CONTROL MY ANGER
I WILL NOT BRIBE ANY ONE TO GET THINGS DONE
I WILL BE MORE RESPONSIBLE AT WORK
I WILL HELP TO POOR
I WILL BE MOST CARING TOWARDS MY PARENTS
o OUR GREATEST TREASURE IS OUR DETERMINATION.IT ENSURES OUR
HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS IN LIFE
o PEACE COMES FROM WITH IN . DO NOT SEEK IT WITH OUT
-BUDDHA
o CONTROL YOUR ANGER
15. o DO GOOD FEEL GOOD
o FOLLOW THE HEART PATH OF TO INVENTION
o BLAME
IT HAS BECAME PART IN OUR LIFE,IF WE ARE NOT INTRSTED IN ANY
THING WE JUST BLAME HIM AND GET AWAY
o MOTHER THERESA IS OUR INSPIRATION
