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§ ..Thoughts on nostalgia.. §

  Fly away      Time is often credited for flying away. How unique every nanosecond of our life is. And once it is spent it can never come back. Ever thought of reliving moments that have gone by never to come again. All that remains is the shadow of these events gone by. They cannot be relived in flesh and bone but yes they do can be recreated in the enormous expanse of our mind. How many times over and over again we have wished to be present at a particular event in the past. Man has always been fascinated by the concept of time travel. At the same instant there are memories which we mean to delete permanently from our conscious memory. There is a great boon of forgetfulness which helps us in the process. But they do haunt us. If we observe the fine raiment of nature's organisation we will be astounded at every step of it. Such a systematised order we live within. The shackles of material possession have always taunted us. But is wrong to indulge once in a while. To get car

Thoughts on the Rosetta stone..

   A visit to a museum always is a pleasure for the history lover. Sadly this species is rapidly diminishing. The formerly prince of Wales museum, and now the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj MUseum, Mumbai, mad a long dream come true of mine. Jus loved the visit. Not highlighting all the artifacts. Will just write about the most exotic one.. The Rosetta Stone.. had been a dream of mine to see it. Having just read about it in the stories. Especially in the kane chronicles (fiction). by rick riordan. Just blew of my mind. The stone which gave the key to decipher the word meaning of the heiroglyphs. Mr.Champolion did the honors of deciphering a part of it. The Stone might seem a piece of granite for many. But for me it was much more than that. The way it enraptured me. The aura of mystery. The way it taunted all to challenge them to try and decipher the hidden meaning behind those intricate carvings. Just loved it man. Words won't ever describe how i feel at this moment. The stone found d