God’s delays are not his denials!

I came across the speech Rahul Dravid has delivered for the graduating students on the occasion of BITS Pilani convocation day.He referred this old saying "God’s delays are not his denials!" while describing his long wait to be selected in Indian squad.

The proverb above instantly resonates most of our feelings. There are situations in life when no matter how hard we are working, nothing actually works out.  Somethings are just beyond your control. Sometimes it’s delayed marriage, waiting for the desirable job or promotion in office, trying for a baby, it can be anything. It has happened to me, it has happened to most of us, perhaps it has happened to you as well.

Everything has it’s time. When we do not have control over things after giving our best for any cause we aim at, time gets tough. These are the testing times which may break us if we lose our patience and hope.  But these are also the times which prepare us for any tough situation in life. This is the opportunity to learn to be calm , composed and observe people around you, their approach towards you. We may come across many surprising facts, sometimes support comes from nowhere expected. These are also the opportunities to introspect, learn to be a better person and improve our mental strength.

In such situations we can rewind 5 years back of our own self. Don’t your worries of that time seems irrelevant today? And if there is something we have longed for and it has not come to us then may be there is something bigger and better in store which otherwise we would not have explored.

But Yes!

God’s delays are not his denials!

Time has its own way of taking care of everything. Just wait, watch and keep trying!

Book review - Cuckold

Reading Cuckold after “The Immortals of Meluha” was not a conscious decision. I was looking for Cuckold from many years and incidentally when I went to pick up the “The Secret of Nagas” I spotted “Cuckold” in the same shelf of the library. I just grabbed the book with no second thought. Cuckold made me realize the difference between the writer and the author. Cuckold is a brilliant piece of work by Kiran Nagarkar. As the pages unfold we go eager and deeper in the Rajput Prince Maharaj Kumar’s life. The novel is written in two persons.When Maharaj kumar is alone the novel is in first person. When Maharaj Kumar’s wife and great saint Meerabai is around the novel takes the third person view. The beauty of the novel lies in the simplicity and the scene writings of Author. Written with the strong command over language this incredible story gives you the flavour of everything that could have existed in 16^th Century, the palace life, eunuchs, Rajput wars, political Intrigues,etc. Though there are historical, powerful and important character like Meerabai, author has not taken away the focus from Maharaj Kumar.

Cuckold literally means someone with unfaithful wife. Ahhhh! I suddenly sense your rising interest in the book. Sorry to disappoint your perverted self, but it’s a story of a husband who’s young, beautiful wife has given her heart, soul and life to the Hindu God Krishna. The political scenario, people and their portrayal is also strong enough to believe the characters.

This book is fantastical, gritty, edgy, thrilling, hilarious, enlightening and heartbreaking all at once. I highly recommend it.