This one I got from a friend of mine. But, there are coincidences that happen in our life very often, they are sure incredible in their own way.
First read the post from my friend.
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YEAR 1981
1. PRINCE CHARLES GOT MARRIED
2. LIVERPOOL CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE
3. AUSTRALIA LOST THE ASHES
4. POPE DIED
YEAR 2005
1. PRINCE CHARLES GOT MARRIED
2. LIVERPOOL CROWNED CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE
3. AUSTRALIA LOST THE ASHES
4. POPE DIED
IN FUTURE, IF PRINCE CHARLES DECIDES TO RE-MARRY? GOD BLESS THE POPE & HELP THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM!!!
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Talking about coincidences, in 1983 I was working for a audit firm and the partner of that firm had asked me to come for a discussion. So, I left the client place and went to meet the partner.
When I went the partner was busy with a client and so I had to wait for him outside in the visitor's area. There was an almirah nearby and lots of books were stacked there. The partner seemed to be a book lover besides being a good book-keeper.
As I waited, I started browsing the titles in that almirah. One book named "Synchronicity - Incredible coincidence" attracted my attention. I got curious and picked up that book and started reading it. Hardly I would have completed few pages which made me even more interested in that book, the partner called me for discussions.
I kept the book aside and went in to meet him. The meeting completed and as I got late I just left his office, for the moment forgetting that book but subconsciously remembering it.
Few months later I resigned from that firm, moved out of Chennai (where I lived when I first read those few pages) and went to Delhi. I was however, always thinking about that book but was never really making any effort to find that book in any book shop.
Then one day, I had to go to a bank for some discussions late in the evening. By the time the meeting ended, it was about 7.30 pm. I left the bank and as I was on my way just near the bank I saw a bookshop. I was not at all considering buying any books but just decided to go that shop to browse books of my favourite author Jeffrey Archer.
I went into the shop and started looking for the shelf for Jeffrey Archer books. I could not find any in the ground floor. So, I went and asked the store owner who directed me to the first floor. While I started walking for the first floor, a thought came to my mind about the book that I had read many years ago at the audit firm and I was wondering if I should search for that book in this book shop. Thinking about it, I started climbing up the stairs. Right near the stairs, they had kept a turning rack where they had displayed some books. Believe it or not, this book Synchronicity - Incredible Coincidences was hitting me on my face right at the side of that rack which I would have surely missed if I had not gone to that shop. I immediately paid for tht book and rushed back home to read it further.
Isn't it incredible that I was at the right place at the right time for buying that book?
a) It was my chance entry into that bookshop
b) I was not really thinking of buying anything but having entered started looking for Jeffrey Archer
c) Jeffrey Archer books were not kept in the ground floor
d) Instead of walking out of the shop, I went and enquired the shop owner about Jeffrey Archer books
e) He directed me to the first floor - so I had to go near the stairs
f) And so I could see the book that I actually wanted to buy/ read all those years?
Do you have any such incredible incidents in your life?
21 November 2005
Can you tolerate the intolerant?
I had blogged just a few days back on the Tamil Intolerance on expression of opinion by public personalities. The intolerant protests do leads to hypocrisy and works against free speech.
I found a story at www.ndtv.com today which talks about the growing impatience with the intolerance witnessed in the last few weeks. I also found a story about Actor Amir Khan coming in support of the actress in distress.
Read the full stories below. (Thanks http://www.ndtv.com)
Support for Khushboo gathers strength
Alaphia ZoyabSunday, November 20, 2005: (Chennai):
The tide may finally be turning for Khushboo. She has fought a lonely battle against her detractors these last few weeks after no one dared speak in her favour following the defamation cases. Her only supporter, Suhasini Maniratnam, has also been taken to court. But now, civil society is refusing to remain silent and voices of concern at the goings-on are getting louder. There is a growing impatience with the intolerance witnessed in the last few weeks over Khushboo's remarks."Can you tolerate the intolerant? These are intolerant people. You misuse the criminal administration system and behave thuggishly. Does the public tolerate it?" N Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu.Now the Dalit Panthers of India (DPI) has also toned down its rhetoric and promised to call off the protests. "There's no politics behind this issue. Khushboo's statement hurt women," said Thol Thirumavalavan, President, DPI.It seems people won't tolerate it anymore. The courts are yet to announce their verdict on whether her comments were indeed derogatory. But with the DPI's new resolve, civil society can claim one small victory.
Aamir Khan offers support to Kushboo
Monday, November 21, 2005: (New Delhi):
Actor Aamir Khan has said actress Kushboo and tennis star Sania Mirza should not backdown from their liberal views on Indian women. Khan told NDTV that they must fight for what they believe in. Tamil star Kushboo is facing defamation cases for her public remarks on pre-marital sex among women in Tamil Nadu. A court in Mettur granted bail in one of the cases and advised her not to discus the issue with the media. Political groups the PMK and DPI filed the cases apparently claiming to protect Tamil culture.
I found a story at www.ndtv.com today which talks about the growing impatience with the intolerance witnessed in the last few weeks. I also found a story about Actor Amir Khan coming in support of the actress in distress.
Read the full stories below. (Thanks http://www.ndtv.com)
Support for Khushboo gathers strength
Alaphia ZoyabSunday, November 20, 2005: (Chennai):
The tide may finally be turning for Khushboo. She has fought a lonely battle against her detractors these last few weeks after no one dared speak in her favour following the defamation cases. Her only supporter, Suhasini Maniratnam, has also been taken to court. But now, civil society is refusing to remain silent and voices of concern at the goings-on are getting louder. There is a growing impatience with the intolerance witnessed in the last few weeks over Khushboo's remarks."Can you tolerate the intolerant? These are intolerant people. You misuse the criminal administration system and behave thuggishly. Does the public tolerate it?" N Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu.Now the Dalit Panthers of India (DPI) has also toned down its rhetoric and promised to call off the protests. "There's no politics behind this issue. Khushboo's statement hurt women," said Thol Thirumavalavan, President, DPI.It seems people won't tolerate it anymore. The courts are yet to announce their verdict on whether her comments were indeed derogatory. But with the DPI's new resolve, civil society can claim one small victory.
Aamir Khan offers support to Kushboo
Monday, November 21, 2005: (New Delhi):
Actor Aamir Khan has said actress Kushboo and tennis star Sania Mirza should not backdown from their liberal views on Indian women. Khan told NDTV that they must fight for what they believe in. Tamil star Kushboo is facing defamation cases for her public remarks on pre-marital sex among women in Tamil Nadu. A court in Mettur granted bail in one of the cases and advised her not to discus the issue with the media. Political groups the PMK and DPI filed the cases apparently claiming to protect Tamil culture.
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