The Leader Who Had No Title by Robin Sharma (Book Review- 4.5*/5) !!!

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If there’s one author whose book I pick up whenever I need an answer for anything in my life, it’s Robin Sharma. The way he articulates his sentences and frames his paragraph makes a lot of chemical reaction to take place within your mind and body. The sudden changes that you start seeing in your attitude and thoughts after completing his books are remarkable. He is the epitome and zenith in the genre that he writes and a legend of course. He had changed my life at a point when I had already given up on it and was regularly thinking about committing suicide. He is my favorite author and now when I was actually little upset with few decisions of mine, I picked up another great book of his “The Leader Who Had No Title” which is written fictionally but speaks only volumes and no nonsense.

The great thing about the book is that it tells you how to improve personally and automatically find difference in your job, business, personal life and inner feelings. The book tells you that to become a leader at something, one should not wait until and unless one does not get a position, designation etc. to perform leadership. He gives the guidance through different chapters how one can be a leader even without a formal title or acceptance from the masses. Though the book is published couple of years ago, it is prominent still in the current business scenarios.

The book is wonderfully handled by fictionalizing it and showing the protagonist meeting four different personalities who teach him four different leadership fundamentals with five pointers each that changes his total approach in just a day time. The author has handled the story in such a way that you feel yourself as protagonist and concentrate on each and every sentence being spoken by the four personalities. The climax is also nicely handled which sums up the reason for which all the guidance suggested in the book should be followed from the present hour. Once again, Robin Sharma has been able to create magic and change people’s life through his book and this is definitely one of this best works. Talking about the drawbacks, I would say that there are many things that are repetitive from his previous 10 books or so. Also, his style of fictionalizing a book is almost similar every time which makes it little boring at times in between. Rest, this is one of the most recommended books read by me. I give it 4.5 stars out of 5.

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ABHILASH RUHELA!!! 

Is Friendship about being a Friend or expecting Friend to be a Friend?

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Like each other, even this year, almost everyone in my social websites’ network celebrated Friendship day by meeting their friends and planning a day-out while I, like every year, spent the day without a single friend alone at home.  I met with a friend but it was with a totally different purpose which had nothing to do with Friendship Day. These days are always said to be neglected because people believe that its about relationship which is dealt with every day and there is no specific day which can be allotted for the same. But I believe such days should be kept because it gives a reality check to you if you really value the relationship or it is just for name sake in your life. If the prominence of the relationship has gone down in your life, such days enlighten you towards it and makes your approach change and you finally take a step further to celebrate your relationship with that person and tell the world about the importance of it in your life.

I have mostly written against Friendship day on my portal for the sole reason that I feel friendship should be celebrated up to a level after which it should be kept aside to focus on ourselves and primary goals which will actually reflect the value of your life in future. I have seen my generation spending so much time with their friends that they have never sat alone to realize what they are, who they are, what their potential is, what do they actually wish to do in life etc. Such approach towards friendship is a total waste and your friend himself will leave you after seeing your desperation towards running away from your life and trying to associate each moment of yours with someone else without taking responsibility on your own shoulders.

I felt bad throughout the day thinking about how the three best friends I have didn’t even plan out something as it has always been me in recent weeks who have set up the plan otherwise everyone loves to stay busy in their lives. But by the end of the day I realized that friendship is not what you expect from someone. You can give as much as possible in friendship but expecting the same in return is like treating it as barter. When you love someone, it surely hurts and it’s good to suffer pain at times as it makes you a stronger person than yesterday with more patience of handling things. If I believe these three people are my best friends who have actually created a special place in my heart, I should always stand for them whenever they are in trouble which I mostly try to do. But expecting that these three or any of my friends would understand my unsaid emotions and treat me by asking for a meet-up or some surprises is utterly rubbish.

The failure in relationships is only because of believing that our emotions will be automatically read by a particular person and he will go all the way up and down to make sure that they turn as happy. No! The first rule to stay happy in life is to not be possessive about anyone. Let it be your friend who has even tried to give away his life to save yours or vice-versa. Remember that some situations make people do things for you. Do not take it as a compliment believing that the person will die for you so you own him/her more than anyone else. Leaving this person when he wants to shows how good a friend you are. And only try to be that in your life rather than expecting things from your friends and feeling ugly about Friendships after disappointments. So, a Happy Friendship Day to all of you and do make sure that you are a good friend always rather than running behind your friends’ life in making them believe that they are only yours and they should always remain around you. If that’s the case, then I will have to wish you a very Unhappy Friendship Day as I had spent the first half of my day feeling the same. Haha! That’s all on this special day.

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ABHILASH RUHELA!!! 

Review: Jab Harry Met Sejal: Same Story represented Differently! ***

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I have never liked Imtiaz Ali’s movies, frankly speaking. There is not a single movie of his that is in my favorite list. I was also very doubtful of watching Jab Harry Met Sejal after seeing its poster and release date because of my distrust towards director. But still I went for the movie as we have a rule in family that no matter what, we have to watch KHAN’s movies in theater only. Unbelievably, I think I am the only person in the whole country who found the movie good. I won’t say it was excellent or better than good but it was good. I am still unable to understand why people are so negative about it.

It is true that all the Imtiaz Ali’s movies are almost on the same plot only but this movie is made very well keeping the entertainment, family and commercial factors in mind. It is not the same typical movie how we have seen things happening in our cinema when a boy and girl meets but it treats the subject differently. The humor quotient in the first half is very well executed not making it silly and childish. In the second half, the way both the characters start falling for each other still believing that they are what they were before meeting each other is also nicely handled. Yes, I agree that screenplay breaks the flow of the movie every time but there are many scenes which connects so well that you will almost flow with the emotions of it.

The dialogues of the movie are fine which makes you laugh few times in the beginning and some intense dialogues surely make you serious. The background music is the winner in this movie. The songs are beautiful and I finally noticed many good songs while watching the movie which I didn’t like much through promos. The locations are terrific. Talking about the performances, Shahrukh Khan, I believe, has finally played the kind of character I was waiting for him to play. Anushka Sharma is bright as a Gujarati girl but I feel she could have done better at many parts in the movie. Rest, all the characters are okay. I found this movie a one-time watch of course though I have nothing much to keep from it with me for a long time. I give this movie 3 star out of 5.

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ABHILASH RUHELA – VEERU!!!