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Three Decades Of My Nomadic Experience

I recently read the novel "Pyramid of Virgin Dreams" by Vipul Mitra. He affectionately described the pains and pleasures of multiple transfers because of his father’s job as DSP and later himself as an IAS officer. While reading it occurred to me, I have had a similar life of changing a place many times nearly every alternate year. So why not narrate my story and the article is here! A nomad means someone who lives by travelling from place to place - moving around all the while. I was a nomad for the initial 28 years of my life, staying and studying at more than 15 places. A year or two and change of the place again! 

āŠĩāŠđાāŠēāŠĻું āŠ…āŠ•્āŠ·āŠŊāŠŠાāŠĪ્āŠ° - āŠŠુāŠļ્āŠĪāŠ• āŠŠāŠ°િāŠšāŠŊ

āŠĩિāŠĶ્āŠŊાāŠ°્āŠĨીāŠ“ āŠĶ્āŠĩાāŠ°ા āŠķિāŠ•્āŠ·āŠ•āŠĻે āŠĩિāŠĶાāŠŊ āŠļāŠŪāŠŊે āŠ•āŠĶાāŠš āŠļ્āŠŪૃāŠĪિ-āŠ­ેāŠŸ āŠ…āŠŠાāŠŊ āŠ•ે āŠķાāŠģા āŠ…āŠĻે/āŠ…āŠĨāŠĩા āŠĩિāŠĶ્āŠŊાāŠ°્āŠĨીāŠ“ āŠĶ્āŠĩાāŠ°ા āŠļાāŠ°ી āŠ°ીāŠĪે āŠŪāŠĒાāŠĩેāŠē āŠļāŠĻ્āŠŪાāŠĻ-āŠŠāŠĪ્āŠ° āŠĩિāŠĶાāŠŊ āŠļāŠŪાāŠ°ંāŠ­ āŠĩāŠ–āŠĪે āŠ…āŠ°્āŠŠāŠĢ āŠĨાāŠŊ. āŠ•āŠĶાāŠš āŠĩāŠ§ુ āŠ‰āŠĪ્āŠļાāŠđી āŠđોāŠŊ āŠĪો āŠļંāŠ­ાāŠ°āŠĢું āŠ•ે āŠŠāŠ°િāŠšāŠŊ āŠŠુāŠļ્āŠĪિāŠ•ા āŠ›ાāŠŠāŠĩાāŠŪાં āŠ†āŠĩે āŠ›ે. āŠŠāŠĢ āŠĩāŠ°્āŠ·ો āŠŠāŠ›ી 2014 āŠŪાં āŠļ્āŠŸુāŠĄāŠĻ્āŠŸ āŠ°િāŠŊુāŠĻિāŠŊāŠĻāŠŪાં āŠ­ેāŠ—ા āŠĨāŠŊેāŠēા 1988 āŠŽેāŠšāŠĻા āŠĩિāŠĶ્āŠŊાāŠ°્āŠĨીāŠ“ āŠĪેāŠŪāŠĻા āŠ—ુāŠ°ુāŠœી āŠŪાāŠŸે āŠāŠ• āŠœીāŠĩāŠĻāŠšāŠ°િāŠĪ્āŠ° āŠ…āŠĻે āŠĩિāŠĩિāŠ§ āŠŠ્āŠ°āŠ•ાāŠ°āŠĻા āŠēેāŠ–āŠ•ો-āŠļāŠ—ા āŠļંāŠŽંāŠ§ીāŠ“ āŠ…āŠĻે āŠĩિāŠĶ્āŠŊાāŠ°્āŠĨીāŠ“ āŠĶ્āŠĩાāŠ°ા āŠēેāŠ–āŠ•ોāŠĻું āŠļંāŠ•āŠēāŠĻ āŠ•āŠ°ી 422 āŠŠાāŠĻાāŠĻું āŠŠુāŠļ્āŠĪāŠ• āŠ›ાāŠŠાāŠĩે āŠĪેāŠĩું āŠŠāŠđેāŠēીāŠĩાāŠ° āŠœોāŠĩા āŠŪāŠģ્āŠŊું. āŠ§āŠĻ્āŠŊ āŠ›ે āŠ—ુāŠ°ુāŠœી āŠŪāŠđેāŠķāŠ­ાāŠˆ āŠ…āŠĻે āŠ§āŠĻ્āŠŊ āŠ›ે āŠ† āŠļાāŠđāŠļ āŠ•āŠ°āŠĻાāŠ° āŠĩિāŠ°ેāŠĻāŠ­ાāŠˆ-āŠœીāŠĻાāŠŽેāŠĻ āŠķેāŠ  āŠ…āŠĻે āŠĩિāŠĶ્āŠŊાāŠ°્āŠĨીāŠ“-āŠķિāŠ·્āŠŊો!   “āŠĩāŠđાāŠēāŠĻું āŠ…āŠ•્āŠ·āŠŊāŠŠાāŠĪ્āŠ°” āŠķીāŠ°્āŠ·āŠ• āŠŽિāŠēāŠ•ુāŠē āŠŊāŠĨાāŠ°્āŠĨ āŠ›ે, āŠ•ાāŠ°āŠĢ āŠ…āŠđીં āŠķિāŠ·્āŠŊોāŠ (āŠĩિāŠĶ્āŠŊાāŠ°્āŠĨી āŠ…āŠĩāŠļ્āŠĨાāŠŪાં āŠ…āŠĻે āŠĪ્āŠŊાāŠ° āŠŠāŠ›ી āŠœીāŠĩāŠĻāŠŠāŠ°્āŠŊંāŠĪ) āŠ—ુāŠ°ૂāŠœીāŠ āŠĩāŠ°āŠļાāŠĩેāŠē āŠ…āŠĻāŠđāŠĶ āŠŠ્āŠ°ેāŠŪ-āŠ†āŠķીāŠ°્āŠĩાāŠĶ āŠ…āŠĻે āŠŪાāŠ°્āŠ—āŠĶāŠ°્āŠķāŠĻāŠĻું āŠ‹āŠĢ āŠ…āŠĶા āŠ•ાāŠ°āŠĩાāŠĻો āŠĻāŠŪ્āŠ° āŠŠ્āŠ°āŠŊાāŠļ āŠ†āŠĶāŠ°્āŠŊો āŠ›ે. āŠŪāŠđાāŠ­ાāŠ°āŠĪāŠŪાં āŠķ્āŠ°ીāŠ•ૃāŠ·્āŠĢે āŠĶ્āŠ°ૌāŠŠāŠĶીāŠĻે āŠ†āŠŠેāŠē āŠ…āŠ•્āŠ·āŠŊāŠŠાāŠĪ્āŠ°āŠĻી āŠœેāŠŪ āŠœ āŠ† āŠŪાāŠĻāŠĩીāŠŊ āŠ…āŠ•્āŠ·āŠŊāŠŠાāŠĪ્āŠ° āŠ•્āŠŊાāŠ°ેāŠŊ āŠ–ાāŠēી āŠĨāŠŊેāŠē āŠķિāŠ·્āŠŊોāŠĻે āŠēાāŠ—્āŠŊું āŠĻāŠĨી āŠĪ્āŠŊાāŠ°ે, āŠ—ુāŠ°ુāŠœી āŠŠ્āŠ°ેāŠŪāŠĻા āŠŠ્āŠ°āŠĪીāŠ•āŠ°ૂāŠŠ “āŠĩ્āŠđાāŠēāŠĻું āŠ…āŠ•્āŠ·āŠŊāŠŠાāŠĪ્āŠ°” āŠķિāŠ°્āŠ·āŠ• āŠŊāŠĨાāŠŊોāŠ—્āŠŊ āŠ…āŠĻે āŠļંāŠŠૂāŠ°્āŠĢ āŠ›ે. āŠ•ોāŠˆ āŠœાāŠĪāŠĻી ...

Why Elderly People Don't Spend

This is the story of senior citizens, say, old-aged people, above the age of 60 and their habit of minimum spending or not spending at all. They want to save a big amount of money till the last day of their lives and make a big heap of money to be left behind. Before I discuss the details, let me give you certain real-life examples without their names. Yes, all of these are true stories of senior citizens.

āŠ…ંāŠ—āŠĶāŠĻો āŠŠāŠ— - āŠŠુāŠļ્āŠĪāŠ• āŠŠāŠ°િāŠšāŠŊ

āŠāŠ• āŠœ āŠŽેāŠ āŠ•āŠŪાં āŠ•ે āŠŠāŠ›ી āŠļāŠģંāŠ— āŠĩાંāŠšāŠĩાāŠĻી āŠ‰āŠĪ્āŠ•ંāŠ ા āŠœાāŠ—ે āŠāŠĩી āŠ† āŠĻāŠĩāŠēāŠ•āŠĨાāŠĻો āŠŠāŠ°િāŠšāŠŊ āŠ•āŠ°ાāŠĩāŠĩાāŠĻો āŠĻāŠŪ્āŠ° āŠŠ્āŠ°āŠŊાāŠļ āŠ•āŠ°āŠĪાં āŠ–ૂāŠŽ āŠ†āŠĻંāŠĶ āŠĨાāŠŊ āŠ›ે.  āŠ­ુāŠœ āŠ°āŠđેāŠĪા, āŠđાāŠē 74 āŠĩāŠ°્āŠ·ીāŠŊ, āŠ†āŠŠāŠĢાં āŠēેāŠ–āŠ• āŠķ્āŠ°ી āŠđāŠ°ેāŠķ āŠ§ોāŠģāŠ•િāŠŊા āŠœિંāŠĶāŠ—ીāŠĻા 25 āŠĩāŠ°્āŠ· āŠķિāŠ•્āŠ·āŠĢāŠ•ાāŠ°્āŠŊ āŠ•āŠ°āŠĪાં āŠđāŠĪા. āŠ…āŠĻે āŠ†āŠĶāŠ°્āŠķ āŠķિāŠ•્āŠ·āŠ•āŠĻા āŠāŠ• āŠēāŠ•્āŠ·āŠĢ āŠĪāŠ°ીāŠ•ે āŠŠુāŠļ્āŠĪāŠ•ો āŠĩાંāŠšāŠĩાāŠĻી āŠļāŠ°āŠļ āŠŸેāŠĩ āŠ§āŠ°ાāŠĩāŠĪા āŠđāŠĪા. āŠĪે āŠ•ાāŠ°āŠĢે 1945 āŠŪાં āŠēāŠ–ાāŠŊેāŠē 1930 āŠĻી āŠ•āŠĨાāŠĩāŠļ્āŠĪુ āŠ§āŠ°ાāŠĩāŠĪી āŠēેāŠ–િāŠ•ા āŠˆāŠŊાāŠĻ āŠđેāŠĻ્āŠĄ āŠĶ્āŠĩાāŠ°ા āŠēિāŠ–િāŠĪ āŠŽે āŠĻāŠĩāŠēāŠ•āŠĨાāŠ“ āŠĩાંāŠšે āŠ›ે - 700+ āŠŠાāŠĻાંāŠĻી Fountain Head (āŠŦાāŠ‰āŠĻ્āŠŸāŠĻ āŠđેāŠĄ) āŠļાāŠĪ-āŠļાāŠĪ āŠĩાāŠ° āŠļāŠģંāŠ— āŠĩાંāŠšી āŠĪો 1150+ āŠŠાāŠĻાં āŠ§āŠ°ાāŠĩāŠĪી Atlas Shrugged (āŠāŠŸāŠēાāŠļ āŠķ્āŠ°āŠ—્āŠĄ) āŠŠāŠĢ āŠļāŠģંāŠ— āŠ…āŠĩાāŠ°āŠĻāŠĩાāŠ° āŠĩાંāŠšી. 1988āŠĻા āŠĩāŠ°્āŠ·ે āŠĨāŠŊેāŠē āŠ† āŠ…āŠ•āŠļ્āŠŪાāŠĪ(!) āŠ†āŠŠāŠĢી āŠĻāŠĩāŠēāŠ•āŠĨાāŠĻું āŠœāŠĻ્āŠŪāŠļ્āŠĨાāŠĻ āŠ›ે.  āŠŦાāŠ‰āŠĻ્āŠŸāŠĻ āŠđેāŠĄ āŠ…āŠĻે āŠāŠŸāŠēાāŠļ āŠķ્āŠ°āŠ—્āŠĄ āŠĻāŠĩāŠēāŠ•āŠĨાāŠ“ āŠ°āŠķિāŠŊāŠĻ āŠēેāŠ–િāŠ•ા āŠˆāŠŊાāŠĻ āŠđેāŠĻ્āŠĄે āŠ…āŠŪેāŠ°િāŠ•ા āŠœāŠˆāŠĻે āŠēāŠ–ી āŠ›ે āŠ…āŠĻે āŠŽāŠĻ્āŠĻેāŠĻી 64 āŠēાāŠ– āŠĨી āŠĩāŠ§ુ āŠĻāŠ•āŠēો āŠĩિāŠķ્āŠĩāŠ­āŠ°āŠŪાં āŠĩંāŠšાāŠŊ āŠšૂāŠ•ી āŠ›ે. āŠŽāŠĻ્āŠĻે āŠŪાં āŠēેāŠ–āŠ•āŠĻે “āŠŪાāŠĻāŠĩ āŠķ્āŠ°ેāŠ·્āŠ āŠĪ્āŠĩ” āŠĻા āŠ…āŠĶ્āŠĶāŠ­ૂāŠĪ āŠĶāŠ°્āŠķāŠĻ āŠĨāŠŊા āŠ›ે. āŠ† āŠ‰āŠŠāŠ°ાંāŠĪ āŠŠ્āŠ°āŠĪિāŠ­ાāŠķાāŠģી āŠ…āŠĻે āŠļાāŠŪાāŠĻ્āŠŊ (First Raters and Second Raters)āŠĻું āŠĪેāŠŪાં āŠĨāŠŊેāŠēાં āŠĩāŠ°્āŠĢāŠĻ āŠĪેāŠŪāŠĢે āŠ†āŠĪ્āŠŪāŠķાāŠĪ āŠ•āŠ°્āŠŊું āŠ›ે.  āŠŠāŠđેāŠēા āŠēેāŠ–āŠ•āŠķ્āŠ°ીāŠĻા āŠŪિāŠĪ્āŠ° āŠķ્āŠ°ી āŠļુāŠ°ેāŠķāŠ­ાāŠˆ āŠŠāŠ°ીāŠ–ે āŠāŠŸāŠēાāŠļ āŠķ્āŠ°āŠ—્āŠĄāŠĻું āŠ­ાāŠ·ાંāŠĪāŠ° āŠ•āŠ°āŠĩા āŠļૂāŠšāŠĩ્āŠŊું. āŠĪ્āŠŊાāŠ° āŠŠāŠ›ી...

Soulful Simplicity - Book Review

How long can a book review of a 230+ pages book be considered ideal? I was not sure, so I ignored this and summarised it in my way.  The author Courtney Carver was diagnosed having 'multiple sclerosis' – a gradually increasing and killing disease. She did not surrender, instead, she decided to live life debt-free, clutter-free, mostly stress-free, and this way she found out the purpose of life. To our surprise, she got cured of the disease.  She shared her experience in this book talking about soul by 'hand to heart exercise' and simplicity in ' Project 333 '. Let us see both and understand the book.  Exercise 1: Hand To Heart Exercise Put your hands on your heart.  Time: Choose a time each day when you can sit alone for a few minutes. You may light a candle. Keep a pen and paper nearby to jot down thoughts.  Sit: Sit comfortably on the floor, on a chair, on your bed or anywhere you feel comfortable.  Silence: Try practising in silence or with soft music....

Pyramid Of Virgin Dreams

This is a novel depicting the story of an IAS officer’s life. Author Vipul Mitra is himself an IAS officer serving in Gujarat and living with his family in Ahmedabad. This book could take birth after ten years of thinking, writing and rewriting!  The title pyramid was derived from an Egyptian pyramid with a gigantic structure, a symbol of power stretching higher and higher into the sky. The author compares the pyramid with bureaucrats. He says the only difference was that one housed deceased Egyptian pharaohs while other housed living, conniving, tattling officers. There is a long (300 pages!) story of dreams those are virgin like unconsummated physical relation! You will read this novel to know what happens to Kartikeya Kukereja who meets his first failed love Revati Kapoor after both married and long gap of time passes. Revati desires to re-unite but does Kartikeya have the courage to hold on Revati? Honest? Mediocre? Coward? Does he ultimately succeed in fitting her in his life?...

Why Do I Live?

When stress and anxiety level go high, one feels low and asks oneself - Why do I live? Or, why do I not leave? Answer to this question is not easy. A clear-cut and simple explanation is needed. “Ikigai” - a Japanese word - gives us the answer, explaining the reason for living. Let's find out more.