Thursday, October 29, 2015

The Bards - Chinese ( Act 2 )

The Chinese Poets and Authors -

1. Bai Juyi

2. Du Fu

3. Du Mu

4. Han Yu

5. Li Bai

6. Li Shangyin

7. Li Yu

8. Liu Zhongyuan

9. Mei Yaochen

10. Meng Haoran

11. Ouyang Xiu

12. Su Shi

13. Tao Qian

14. Wang Wei

15. Yue Fu

16. Meng Jiao

17. Cao Jhi

18. Wang Zhihuan

19. Li Qingzhao

20. Wnag Bo

21. Li Shen

22. Chen Ziang

23. Feng Gan

24. Yu Xiuhua

25. Yibing Huang

26. Gao Xing

27. Xiao Xiao

28. Mo Mo

29. Yu Jian

30. Shi Zhongren

31. Shuihu Zhuan

32. Sanguo Yanyi

33. Xi You Ji

34. Hong Lou Meng

35. Sun Zi

36. Jiano Rong

37. Yu Hua

38. Ma Jian

39. Amy Tan

40. Zhuang Zi

41. Confucius

42. Mencius

43. Lu Zi

44. Linji Yixuan


Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Zuckerberg's 22 min speech - In Chinese!



Hey guys, even if you don't speak another language and are struggling with Motivation - check this video out!

I mean, there's this guy - one of the richest on the planet, leading one of the most globally expansive company and even he finds time to learn language and what a language Chinese;P

Anyway, there are subtitles in the video and I'd still recommend it to everyone even if you don't plan on learning Chinese - the message that he conveys is Great. What I take home from the talk is that " Giving back, Creating Value for people is the Greatest Service"

I recently heard this quote, " Your level of success is the same as the level of your Personal Development";P

Rings a bell in my head=)

The Bards - Chinese ( Act 1 )

The Chinese Poets and Authors -

1. Bai Hua  ( 柏桦 )

2. Bei Dao ( 北岛 )

3. Chen Kehua      

4. Duo Duo ( 多多 )

5. Duo Yu  ( 朵渔 )

6. Fang Xianhai      

7. Gu Cheng ( 顾城 )

8. Guo Jinniu                    

9. He Xiaozhu                  

10. Hsia Yü ( Xia Yu )    

11. Hu Xudong  ( 胡续冬 )

12. Jiang Hao   ( 蒋浩 )

13. Jian Haishu                            

14. Yan Jun                                  

15. Jun Er                                      

16. Jismu Langge                          

17. Lai Waitong                            

18. Lo Fu                                      

19. Che Qianzi                              

20. Qin Xiaoyu                              

21. Shang Qin                                

22. Sheng Xing                              

23. Shuijing Zhulian                      

24. Song Xiaoxian                        

25. Sun Wenbo                              

26. Wang Xiaoni                          

27. Xi Chuan  

28. Xiao Kaiyu

29. Ya Shi      

30. Yang Li    

31. Yang Lian

32. Yao Feng  

33. Yi Sha      

34. Ouyang Yu

35. Yu Jian

36. Zhai Yongming                                  

37. Zhang Zao

38. Zheng Min

39. Zheng Xiaoqiong    

P.S. Have a look at the following awesome links
Chinese Poets  and Xihuan Poetry

Monday, October 26, 2015

The Bards - Hungarian

The Hungarian Poets and Authors - 


1. Endre Ady

2. Janos Arany

3. Attila Jozsef

4. Győrgy Petri

5. Sandor Petofi

6. Győrgy Faludy

7. Péter Nádos

8. Szablocs Várady

9. István Kemény

10. Alexander Petőfi

11. Joseph Eőtvős

12. János Pilinszky

13. Peer Krisztían

14. Vaskó Peter

15. Mónika Masterházi

Sunday, October 25, 2015

The Festival Season

As you might be aware, it's The festive season over here right now. Dussehera recently went by and now I eagerly await Diwali - I love the Lights.

But, it's for the Exam Season that I've been given a "Sabbatical" from the StartUp;P

Now I find my life to be moving at the same subtle speed once again, now I can enjoy the scenery outside the windows once again - I have reviewed all of my commitments and I have ended up pushing Piano onto the Winter Vacations and to become all the more dedicated to master the Harmonica.

I have made progress in Harmonica but I am still far from actually playing a song - but no worries! I've had the pleasant experience of carving out the time to practice even while working and trust me, I went to a nearby park while "working" and just started doing my thing.

The thing being, it's an Industrial Complex which essentially means that people are paid to stay inside the buildings and fined if they are late. And there I was playing music in the park. 

A Good Memory.

Friday, October 23, 2015

Food for Thought...!

7 Reasons we procrastinate, when the task at hand is 

1. Boring

2. Frustrating

3. Difficult

4. Lacks Meaning

5. Has no Intrinsic Reward

6. Ambiguous

7. Unstructured

The 3 things we need to really know whether we are in a position to do something properly

1. Energy

2. Time

3. Attention

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

The Bards - Russian

Russian Poets and Authors :-

1. Anna Akhmatova                              --                 Анна Ахматова

2. Alexander  Pushkin                         --                 Александр Сергеевич Пушкин

3. Boris Pasternak                               --                  Борис Пастернак

4. Sergei Yesenin                                 --                Сергей Есенин

5. Ivan Turgenev                                 --                 Иван Тургенев

6. Osip Mandelstam                           --                   Осип Мандельштам

7. Vladimir Mayakovsky                  --                    владимир  маяковский

8. Bella Akhmadulina                       --                   Белла Ахмадулина

9. Vera Pavlova                                --                   Вера Павлова

10. Eduard Limonov                        --                   эдуард Лимонов

11. Vladimir Kostrov                      --                    Владимир  Костров

12. Veronika Dolina                        --                   Вероника Долина

13. Mark Kharitonov                      --                   Марк Харитонов

14. Gennady Aigi                            --                   Геннадий Айги

15. Regina Derieva                           --                 Регина  Дериева

16. Ivan Akhmadiev                          --                Иван Ахмедиев

17. Genady Alexeyev                          --              Геннадий Алексеев

18. Sergey Biryukov                          --               Сергей Бирюков

19. Vladimir Earle                              --              Владимир Эрл

20. Dimitri Grigoriev                          --             Дмитрий Григорьев

21. Arvo Mela                                     --            Арво мела

22. Elena Katsuba                               --            Елена Кацуба

23. Konstantin Kedrov                        --           Константин Кедров

24. Igor Khalin                                    --          Игорь Халин

25. Victor Kudryavitsky                     --           Виктор Кудрявицкий

26. Alexander Morakov Krotkov        --      

27. Arvo Mets                                     --          Арво А. Метс

28. Vselovod Nekrosov                      --          Николай А. Некрасов

29. Rea Nikamova                              --

30. Genrikh Sapir                               --

31. Asya Scheneiderman                   --           Ася Шнейдерман

32. Sergej Stranovsky                        --          

33. Alina Vitukhunovskaya               --

34. Lev Rubinstein                             --           Лев Рубинштейн

35. Bakhyt Kenzyeyev                       --           Бахыт Ш. Кенжеев

36. Vladisław Nikolaev Vlanes

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

The Bards - Icelandic

Icelandic Poets and Authors :-

1. Didda Jónsdóttir                

2. Gerður Kristný

3. Sigurbjörg þrastardóttir

4. Anna Svanhildur Björnsdóttir

5. Jón óskar

6. Linda Vilhjálmsdóttir

7. Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson ( Sjón )

8. Gyrðir Elíasson

9. Einar Már Guðmundsson

10. Eiríkur örn Norðdahl

11. Einar Kárason

12. Snorri Hjartarson

13. Steinunn Sigurðardóttir

14. Sigurður Pálsson

15. Einar Hjörleifsson

16. Hannes Pétursson

17. Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir

18. Kristín ómarsdóttir

19. Bragi ólafsson

20. Stefan Hördur Grimsson

21. ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson

22. Steinar Bragi

23. Matthías Johannessen

24. þorsteinn Frá Hamri


Sunday, October 18, 2015

The Bards - Basque

Basque Poets and Authors :-

1. Rikardo Arregi                          

2. Bernando Atxaga

3. Felipe Juaristi

4. Miren Agur Meabe

5. Kirmen Uribe

6. Joseba Sarriosandria


Friday, October 16, 2015

Been a while, no?

Hey, guys!

Finally, I found some time to post on beloved blogs. I would definitely be lying if I don't confess that I really missed putting up my thoughts and updating you guys on what I am up to, these days. Though more importantly what I am doing to make this language learning journey fun and making a little progress everyday. As I write this, I am so happy to be sharing this part of my life.


I truly hope that with all the crazy experiments that I do, there's someone who would find them to be useful and figure out one's own way of doing things. That's the only value that I seek to create, to Inspire people to be Amazing is one of the best things I can think of)

I have sort of, become a co-founder of a StartUp and the last month and as Great an opportunity that is, I would not consider it worth my time and effort if I don't get to improve and actually use the languages which I have been learning so far. Apart from the technical side of things, I have offered my skills to help the StartUp grow in a wonderful  tree that genuinely provide value to people.

So, there are 4 languages which I find that would be immensely amazing to make humane relationships, for business is all about Honest relationships for me. I have chosen them quite carefully and I think it would be a tough and fun experience to actually make silly mistakes and learn new things then and there.

Polish, Dutch, Hebrew and Japanese are the languages which I believe somewhere between my own Curiosity and the Need that the call of Duty;P raises. Two of these are obviously Indo-European languages and I think, the simplest one is Dutch for I have a certain familiarity with German and of course, English;P

The other one is Polish, apart from the fact that it's just as beautiful as Russian I feel a certain mystery in the Polish people and history. I'd love to meet and talk to Polish people and wouldn't it be amazing if I am able to understand the Polish poetry! Yes, it was a tough one to choose amongst Polish and Russian but, I feel that if I don't really go forward with Polish then I won't do it for a long time. I LOVE Polish for sure but then there's Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian and Korean to learn as well, no?

"Make big decisions with your Heart, small ones with your Mind", they say. And, to be perfectly honest, I have to tell that my Intuition has never lead me wrong;P

And then there's Hebrew and Japanese. I don't know anyone who loves languages and wouldn't learn these two, absolutely breathtaking languages. Be it the fantastic ( often sad, though ) History or the brilliant contributions in Literature and recently Technology! I'd love to be breathing these languages on a daily basis.

Of course, I am sure there would be many depressing days but if we dwell too much on the Wall, we are never going to build the Castle;P

I am gonna do my best to contribute and to learn to the best of my abilities=)