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My Memoirs

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

my_memoirsMy Memoirs by Babamama is a book I’ll cherish forever. It is so fascinating to know about Shri Mataji’s family history. Babamama was indeed a very good story teller. All Sahaja Yogis must read this book. For the first time, I completely understand how universe was created.

The book has lot of typos and so, I wish someone would edit the book and republish it. This book is precious for our progeny. I’ll never forget the incident described in the book where Shri Mataji makes April fool of her family members. It is so amazing. This is what life is about.

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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

I enjoyed reading Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama. His life is indeed interesting. I have to say that if I were younger and if I had freedom to pursue my dream, I would have loved to try being a community organizer.

After reading this book, I prayed for him to be the President of the United States. I’m very happy that he is and I pray that he will be a good instrument of God and will be able to make this world a better place. I am so happy that he has lived in a different country (Indonesia) for a few years as it makes a huge difference in the personality and perspective of different issues in life. Every person who aspires to become a President should try to live in a different county before as he/she will definitely be a much better President. I have to confess that I couldn’t read “Audacity of Hope” by Barack Obama as it has too much of information about politics and wasn’t an easy read for me. It was interesting to read about his trip to Kenya. During that era, if he would have been of an Indian origin he would have had similar experience from relatives in India. I couldn’t stop laughing.

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Abraham Lincoln: A Biography

Friday, February 13th, 2009

It took me a long time to finish this book, Abraham Lincoln: A Biography by Benjamin P. Thomas. I am so glad that I finally know a little bit about the Great President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.

Shri Mataji has always praised him as he was a realized soul. So, I was very curious about his life. He seems to be a very average person with a humble beginning. He was self educated, a great speaker, ambitious and a hard worker.

It seems like God chose him to be the President. And, when he sat in the throne as a President, it seems to me that he actually evolved as a compassionate human being with trust in people and in God. Emancipation Proclamation seems to be a vision that was directed by the great Power above us as even he couldn’t have imagined that this would put America in the path of Greatness. It is inspiring how he could be detached and devoid of any ego whatsoever. He chose people in high posts if they were good neglecting the fact that they were against him. By being so detached and forgiving, he won many hearts of so-called enemies. That’s impressive.

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Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India 1964-1966: A Life of Truth in Politics

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India 1964-1966: A Life of Truth in PoliticsLal Bahadur Shastri by Sir C.P. Srivastava is the most attention-grabbing and easy to read biography I have ever read. The writing style is simple and easy. It’s obvious that Sir C.P. Srivastava has poured his heart into it. The biography is objective and written with honesty.

The most amazing part is the honesty, sincerity and love of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri for India. It’s almost unbelievable. I pray that every country gets at least one Lal Bahadur Shastri as the head of the State and who can work for the betterment of the country for at least one entire term. If this happens, corruption will no longer by synonymous to politics.

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Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Is Greg Mortenson for real? If he is and if the story in “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a TimeThree Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin is true, I have tremendous respect and appreciation for him. It is unbelievable how much good he is done. He should win the Nobel Peace Prize for sure.

I completely agree with Greg Mortenson’s belief that education and not war is the key to peace in this world. While reading this book, I thought of Tara many times. How did she do it? I have a kid and I cannot imagine being in her shoes. Wow! Everyone must read this book. It’s an inspiration to each one of us.

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