The Trinity Assist

If there ever was a moment in time to write what I feel, this is it. The hero behind every success or failure is a CHOICE. I have come to realise that the most powerful experiences are born from choices made at the level of INTUIT.

Intuit, a word we hear often, yet, do not understand the vibration of or understand the magnificence of. The potentcy of intuit, is born from the core vibration of “who you are” and “experiences”. Don’t be misled by the voices in your head as intuit and follow them blindly. Intuit is a BY PRODUCT of the dominant vibration/thought you make choices from.

Now take a simple situation, you have experienced a SETBACK in your relationship: The dominant vibration of your thought is the CAUSES & EFFECTS of the SETBACK. The PERSPECTIVE would be either that of a VICTIM or VICTOR. Since, SETBACK is your main focus, you will invite thoughts, feelings and actions that are born from the vibration of SETBACK! This means you’ve given the SETBACK importance, wanting, waiting, yearning to come clean of the SETBACK. Often, when you’re thinking of a SETBACK, you’re inviting more thoughts that match SETBACK, more words that affirm SETBACK and more ACTIONS that therefore CONFIRM SETBACK!

Don’t be surprised, if you’re spewing venom. Imagining yourself wronged and working towards affirming it. What you’re forgetting in the same process, is that you’re the mirror, the view is yours, the vision is yours, the thoughts are yours, the actions are yours and YES! the OUTCOME is yours.

Now, you may ask “Dee, how do I get out of this?”… if that is the question you’ve asked, well, the healing has already begun, because, you’ve just made a CHOICE… a choice, that says, “I really do want to feel better”.

Now, let’s work on REVERSING another perspective here and see where we go!

Now if we looked at the word SETBACK, there are THREE PERSPECTIVE views, maybe more, but taking THREE is to assist you in understanding the powerful vibration of the TRINITY it represents. The trinity is 3 parts in one all creation is part of the trinity and the trinity is part of all creation and hence, by the law of creation, well, everything created MUST THEREFORE have three parts:

1) YOU, Super Conscious, Creator Vibration, God, Eternal, Infinite Invisible: Mysterious, something you can tune into when the dominant vibration is KNOW

2) He/She/It/They/Them/Those, Conscious, Human Vibration, Man, External, Finite Visible: What you see, feel, smell, hear, taste… is all in this vibration. This is the vibration from which you BELIEVE, the belief is born of experiences and experiments.

3) WE, Sub-Conscious, Soul Vibration, Soul, Internal, In-Finite In-Visible: This is the vibration in which your CHOICES are revealed to you. This is where you CHOOSE from your KNOW or your BELIEVE and this is the space in which you RAISE your VIBRATION. This is really where the secret of all VIBRATIONS are revealed. You life your KNOW PURPOSE or BELIEVE PURPOSE. This is the vibration in which MEDITATION happens. Depth is revealed.

So, now let’s take a look at SETBACK from the TRINITY!

1) Super Conscious: SETBACK has purpose, it is asking you to take one step back and review the LESSON being revealed. In this vibration you will always see the WORD from your CREATOR CONSCIOUSNESS! Just like you and I, words, were created with a PURPOSE… so beautifully told to us in the bible, “and the word was made flesh and dwelt amongst(within) us”. If every word has a creator vibration, we will not be able to tap into it, unless, the vibration from which we seek to understand the word, isn’t in the same vibration as the creator sees it. Therefore, PRAYER, MEDITATION, FOCUS, AFFIRMATIONS, CONCENTRATION and SURRENDER are powerful tools to ASSIST us in reaching the CREATOR vibration of the word. SETBACK, is a beautiful way to assist you in reaching the CREATOR PURPOSE of the SETBACK! When you raise the vibration, you begin to see, how you have attracted the setback and more importantly WHY you have attracted the set back. In this vibration, it is all about YOU! This is a personal vibration, in this vibration, you will begin to understand how YOU are responsible, what choices you have and what it is that you can learn and remember.

2) Conscious: SETBACK, well, there are causes and effects. In this vibration, SETBACK, is a result of the external, the effects of what you SENSE from your immediate and extended environment. When this vibration is active and dominant, we see the causes and effects of the vibration of setback. Feeling hurt, betrayed, abandoned, angry, disappointed, wronged. In the conscious realm, the effects of SETBACK are comprehended by external inflictions. In the conscious realm, we are all connected to each other by how we experience and what we BELIEVE to be true. This is an effect of the “thoughts” of the collective human consciousness and the understanding thereof.

3) Sub-Conscious: The sub-conscious bridges the KNOW|LEDGE gap between the Super Conscious vibration and the Conscious vibration. It is in this realm of the vibration that the balance is revealed. The bridge between what you KNOW and BELIEVE. It is at the SUB-CONSCIOUS level, that the experiences are revealed from the super conscious perspective to the conscious perspective and vice versa, from the conscious perspective to the super conscious perspective. In this realm is when we experience déjà vu, miracles, oneness, balance, why, how, who, what, when and where of a SETBACK. It is in the sub-conscious, that the PURPOSE is served to the asking and purpose is revealed in a SETBACK. It is in this realm that the SUPER CONSCIOUS communicates with the CONSCIOUS and the ONEness is found. The greatest experience of this realm of vibration is in finding the ANSWERS to many CONSCIOUS WHY’s as it is KNOWN to the SUPER CONSCIOUS and meant to be understood. Balance in seeing a SETBACK as a GIFT comes to you at this vibration. For it is the soul vibration, that keeps all the records of thoughts and yes, the things they become.

Most of us are trained by our LIFE EXPERIENCES to ACT upon a thought or word or circumstance in our CONSCIOUS awareness and hence, we’re effected by the dominant vibration of the visible world, the havoc and the hurt. It is natural, therefore, to be drawn into a possible drama of the collective conscious of the visible world and then think, act and BE from it.

So, don’t be surprised, that a larger part of our visible world is shaky and hurtful, they’re absorbing conscious awareness and living from it. The power to change is when you tap into the SUPER CONSCIOUS, a vibration in which you truly and most profoundly see everyone and everything from the creator power and accept that “that which they do, has a PURPOSE. The purpose to AWAKEN to the SUB CONSCIOUS knowledge of the  PERFECT, WHOLE and COMPLETE vibration of creation. Since this is a challenge, especially if you’re GROUNDED in the VISIBLE REALITY and the EFFECTS of the VISIBLE REALITY. The next and most important step you will ever take, is to begin to find ways to tap into your SUB CONSCIOUS and find the balance you need to raise your personal vibration to the realm in which all is PERFECT WHOLE AND COMPLETE or the SUPER CONSCIOUS vibration of YOU!

Now, take another quick glance at your SETBACK and measure for yourself, the vibration from which you are making CHOICES. KNOW that you have the choice to move from  what you BELIEVE to be TRUE, to what you KNOW to be true. Raise your vibration to the level of healing and wholeness and you’ll know then…

That your SETback, is really a SETup to assist you reach a higher level of conscious awareness. Each one of us is individually responsible for raising our personal vibration and in doing so, we, partake in raising the collective consciousness of the conscious visible world.

Take a moment, now, to THINK and THANK for a brand new vibration of MANIFESTING WITH GRATITUDE, AWARE of the VIBRATION from which you’re transmitting THOUGHTS.

The Write Vent

One of the most awesome ways to vent, anger, frustration and anxiety is to remind yourself of the age old cliché “everything happens for the best” even though the present moment may be filled with incidents and events quite the opposite. The second step… write and empty yourself of the emotions that are craving attention.

One of the most powerful life changing aspects is to detach yourself with the details and focus on the outcomes. If the outcome is promising, then you’ve got to know that you’ll get there. You won’t know HOW till it has happened. If, on the other hand you can acknowledge the emotions and the notions and the motions you experienced on the way. You’ll know the WHY first and settle in to letting the “infinite invisible” take care of the HOW of things! I have always had a firm and confirmed KNOW that GRATITUDE CONQUERS ALL!! Now is the time to ALLOW Gratitude to do its job, while I bask in the beauty of ACCEPTING that this trans|ACTION (actions of transforming)

It is in practicing all we have ever learnt or taught in our “rock bottom” moment, or so we think it is, there is phenomenal growth in practicing what we preach and preaching only that which we practice. I’ve been “God’s Brat” for way too long to back off and fall out with him. Its crazy but true, that everytime I’ve hit an emotional low, I’ve grown to a brand new high. Gratitude has been my path and will continue to fill my destiny with surprises!

So, you feel betrayed, I do, a lot of times. Then again, betrayal, when seen through the eyes of Faith. Is really a time of rebuilding. Betrayal isn’t external, its internal. We often react from external betrayal syndrome. When the truth of betrayal, is that you chose not to follow an instinct, which has repeatedly did N.U.D.G.E (Now.Understand.Dedicated.Gratitude.Empowers) at you. You saw the signs, got anxious, reacted from the anxiousness without looking within.

Betrayal has been “top of mind” recall for me. today, in the bliss of gratitude, I realised, that the SITUATIONS and PEOPLE were only indicating a LOOK WITHIN YOURSELF, HOW ARE YOU BETRAYING YOUR OWN PERSONAL POTENTIAL! Something, I hadn’t even considered, for so long! I also have a weakness, “I don’t want to hold on but most often I don’t know how to LET GO!” Ha ha … a vital piece of information delivered with so much exhaustion!

Anger comes when you realise, that you’ve been played out! People have called your bluff or you’ve called theirs! Anger is the INNER want to be in control and often comes with a lot of drama. Which is a great platform for the “unspoken” to “speak up” without the fear of repercussion. Anger, is a good thing, really, unless, well, you’ve already been carrying way too much baggage in thought. I recognised, yesterday, that ”my anger, begins with a PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE and grows with HISTORY” You don’t realise, when you’ve lost the NOW of the anger. It’s almost like, anger, doesn’t feel comfortable when not given enough attention.

Anger, is an emotion that clears the deck, its cleansing in many ways. It reveals your deepest thoughts and greatest challenges. Gratitude, helps in cleansing it from the root! The first thought that makes you angry, is far deeper than the surface, sometimes, so deep, that you are called to be angry more often, till you reach the root of it. Anger has many friends and many deal breakers. The mind is the RESEARCH FIELD for ANGER! The thoughts you’ve acted on or reacted to or created with or created form. All are part of the “mental maths” of anger. The moment the subject is revealed, anger gets together all the possible information and trust me, once you let it pour, you’re in for a surprise!

Most often, for both emotions to flare up is in recognition of their existence. This is true, especially, when like me you’re an explosive blunt and very expressive exponent of emotions, the ride is a reminder, that all is not cleared. The drama, is necessary and vital to the cleansing. Betrayal and Anger as a combination is lethal really!

It is really the betrayal of the self that the anger is more about! Like the mind saying “Silly Girl, it about you. Not them”

Assume is a beautiful word…

For the last three whole years I’ve learnt to GO WITH GRATITUDE & GROW WITH GRATITUDE in a more practice makes perfect life accepting way. The results are absolutely phenomenal, even to the naked eye ;)

OneNess is a gift, a product of Gratitude in Action and Reaction really, it’s the pause that reveals WHY a particular event or occurrence takes place. The thrill of Gratitude is in the KNOWING of this simple truth. It is true for my experiences, that Gratitude for the KNOWING has triggered a series of events that have in fact brought all of life together and helped me focus on growth.

There was a time, when I would notice updates from other event managers and feel anxious, that my brand is growing pretty slowly. Gratitude for their work, moved me to introspect and these brilliant moments of introspection led to new ideas on what I really wanted to do and these ideas have found shape in building relationships today that are part of my brand growth of tomorrow.

As an entrepreneur, it is essential to keep focused on the vision and make provision for it to grow large enough to accommodate personal growth, brand growth and social growth of the brand and all those associated with it. Assume plays a vital role…. to assume is to make a practiced path forward towards a specific result. More often than not… ASSUME is CONSUMED with “Make Believe” taken literally. The connotation is the essence and you get to CHOOSE and your CHOICE is the path forward to a specific result.

My many assumes are the reason why I have reached where I am. I assumed the roles of my thoughts and have grown. I have learnt to say YES to experiments and experience the results as I have assumed them to play out, keeping a single minded focus on the COMPLETION, as ASSUMED. As I look forward I am reminded how powerful moments of ASSUMPTIONS with GRATITUDE have in fact co-inspired my present learning and knowing.

Often, as an event manager you are called to CONCEPTUALISE an event OUTCOME and all that you do have, to begin with, is ASSUMPTIONS. YOU assume your role in the project as the creator of the final outcome and the plan works out backwards, in every row, is an assumption worked backwards from the result and served to the client. Every detail is assumed.

We assume roles in our lives… we live out many roles in the ACT OF LIVING. We assume the role, then we play it according to the rules of the role as defined by those who’ve ASSUMED the roles before us. Now and again, we make a new CHOICE and with this new choice, we begin a new series of roles and rules. We don’t question the roles or the rules of the role, for when we assume what exists we learn to adjust to the frameWORK put in by history, passed on through the ASSUMES of lineage and we make a tradition of it.

I look at the assumes that have created my life ….

I assumed the role of a responsible elder sister, when my mom made the statement “because you are the eldest you have to be an example to your sisters”

I assumed the role of a student when I began school and to this day I remain learning and reminding myself, that I only need to assume as per my dreams and I am confident that I will fit into the role.

I assumed as a child that “ because Jesus wants it”, then came “everyone is born with a purpose”, “I was not created to so small things”, “Jesus

I assumed the role of a teenager when I turned 13, then I grew to an adult at 18, then I joined the workforce at 19, then an entrepreneur at 33 and now at 36 I am readying my self to assume a new role… wife… and with it comes a whole new plethora of experiences and assumes that will pave the way to the finale when I prep myself to assume the role of a soul in celebration of the completion of the journey we know as LIFE.

I assumed the role of a singer when someone, first helped me recognise I had a brilliant voice, then my first choir experience, then my first solo in school when I came second, then my first choir solo in church, then my first public performance at rashtrapati bhavan, then my first prize for singing in school, then my representing my school at the state level as a singer, my first studio recording for an ad, then my first club singing assignment, then many other experiences of singing… recording my song for the first time and sharing it with my social world and now a new role beckons as a lead singer of a band…

I assumed the role of a writer when I wrote my first poem in school, then my first play, then my first journal, then my first blog post, my first response to a thread of a community, then I learnt to write from my responses, then my first book in which I compiled and shared the simple truth I learnt from our sharing and now a book about experiments and experiences I’ve practiced

I assumed the role of an entrepreneur when we first got together as a group of kids to earn, then with my jobs to learn and now my own brand to practice what I learnt and create my own experiences, which I now share… each time I get an opportunity to speak… each time I speak a new idea is born and with it begins a brand new level of being an entrepreneur.

I assumed my roles as I met them and along the way in accepting these new roles, which my great assumption was, that it will lead me to running my own brand led global corporation on one day!! Today I smile upon the excitement that with an agency and a foundation that a couple of steps have already been taken and the new ones will reveal themselves as I continue to make choices and assume new futures in thought and assume new roles in action. It is this thrilling experience of ASSUMING that leads to innovation and growth. We are blessed to make choices in the knowing that we are a GLOBAL CORPORATION in the making… and this shall be made possible through the many different ASSUMES I will meet on my own path to completion of the grand vision of my soul journey on the earth NOW and then when I am back in the formlessNess of OneNess, through the many who will choose their ASSUME and evolve in creating from another CHOICE a NEW ASSUME for the Future!!

I assume that in sharing this with you, I am sharing the powerful assumes that I am so grateful for and in this recognising… I also accept the many assumes I haven’t written about but sure am thinking about… Assuming with a Grateful heart creates a rainbow of reasons to celebrate life. It is amazing when you look at the world of assume… and how it has played out in your life, you recognise, that the process of assume is the divine driver of all that is part of the visual process. Assume is SILENT GROWTH, without expecting, without demanding… it simply moves you to RECOGNISE the silence of “MYSTERIOUS WAYS OF GRATITUDE” delivering your PURPOSE TO YOU through ASSUMPTION.

Assume is a beautiful word and creates a beautiful world… when we look back and see how Life is a series of ASSUMES…evolving with every choice!!!

Here’s wishing you a journey to ASSUME the YOU, you were created to BE!!

Dear Observations… You drive me COCKtale!!

I need to exhale… to smile free… and yet, the thoughts and people that occupy my mind… and PRIME time on television, have crept into my mind space and filled it with… ENTERTAINMENT… that is CONFUSING… COCKtales and MOCKtales, that distract us from the IMMEDIATE need of our time!!

News channels are giving the GEC’s a run for their viewership… and our politicians… well would all be BRILLIANT for BOLLYWOOD!! Creatively Speaking… we should have BIGG BOSS in the PARLIAMENT… and personally I’d still like SALMAN to ANCHOR… a ONE WEEK … edited version for GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT!! Stand Up and Shout COMEDY at its WORST!! Nothing makes sense and everyone wants to be proved right!!

Our politicians and anti-politicians are both WALKING and TALKING “ATTACK”, when will they ever have the time to deal with the NEEDS of the CITIZEN! Could it be that we CITIZENS need to get up stand up and run this country like a “co-operative”? Lets all come together on a common platform… and simply do what needs to get done… I guess, it will distract us from having to spend QUALITY time… worry about ALL THAT IS NOT BEING DONE!!

Children speak “adult” and we think it is “acceptable”… are we too spineless as adults to speak up for ourselves and break the mould of cowardice… it is far easier to TALK the TALK… we all know and have heard. Then again, have we ever thought through? The most powerful CHANGE AGENTS are really experiences… and so, we need to talk more about OUR OWN EXPERIENCES. We are filled with EMOTIONS and WORDS and JUDGMENTS passed ON!!

I’ve been watching Sidhu on BIGG BOSS… it doesn’t take long to fall from GRACE… it is very important that your actions affirm your preaching. Just imagine, had the great religious figures, we follow, every lived contradictory lives? Would we consider them? It is an important part of life to AFFIRM with experiment and practice of the results. I so, wish, someone could whisper in his ears… and tell him… that he is changing his image… with his words and his actions… he’s promoting

DON’T LISTEN: if it is about you. YOU are always right

DON’T LOOK: at your own actions, keep a tab on others

DON’T SAY: anything that “compromises” your dignity… yet, it is OKAY to allow others to feel inferior

Oh Dear Mr. Kejriwal, I am impressed by your CLEAN INDIA drive… YOU must remember, that you cannot clean up by throwing garbage… you will not get India’s vote, just because you dig graves for others… remember… when you dig holes… you are likely to slip right into them sometime. It is important to “get out of the box” in your methodology and find more “co-dependent” ways to deal with the same issues. I am not sure, if the DIGGING graves is the best way… you have a whole bunch of Indians who support you… it is imperative that you CHOOSE your MO wisely… train more people… to STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT!! Fill the empty spaces with more empowered YOUTH.

We keep RUNNING the invisible race… filled with PEOPLE ahead of us and we prep ourselves by looking back at WHO we are ahead of… in the long RUN… which spans over many life times ahead… does anyone truly finish the RACE? The effects of HOW we conduct our lives… is the FOUNDATION of what many generations are YET to even SAMPLE. Are we OKAY with what we’re going to PASS ON? It is time to STOP long enough to THINK about the generations to come… and what we would like them to KNOW about OUR TIMES, OUR CULTURE, OUR TRIUMPHS… it is time to stop RUNNING… and start BUILDING the FUTURE… we ARE THE FOUNDATION on which the FUTURE IS BUILT!

Life is simple… why complicate it!

Ho Ho Ho… Santa Workshop!!

On our happy first… at DeePositive Intertainment we’d like to introduce you to another happy first…

Our First IPR at DeePositive “Santa Workshop”

…And OUR first expansion into creating a more Gratitude filled DeePositive experience DeePositive Foundation!!

365 days of being DeePositive is a reason to celebrate Gratitude in a grand way!! A thought born in 2009, became what we now know as DeePositive Intertainment in 2010!!

We needed to make this day special… and so, we’re choosing this day to ANNOUNCE… “Santa Workshop” a DeePositive initiative to spread the joy of RECEIVING!!

Our intention is to, RECEIVE 1,00,000 gifts from the people who can GIVE to 1,00,000 people around Delhi NCR who will be SURPRISED to RECEIVE a GIFT this Christmas!

A Diwali experiment confirmed our resolve, this year on diwali we took a drive around parts of South Delhi distributing crackers to street children and it brought us such immeasurable joy! We truly wished we have done this for many more, irrespective of age!! The expressions on their faces, were inspired and grateful for to them a BOX of crackers meant more than left over sweets! To a child, the excitement of crackers is what symbolizes the celebration of Diwali!!

So our gift to many children this year for Christmas… is a present from Santa… the Santa within us to the Santa they have only seen on billboards and in newspaper pictures! Santa Workshop is an idea, a tiny nudge in the direction of reviving the understanding that GIVING is RECEIVING!! J A ripple of Gratitude!!

A noble cause… YES!! With a memory that makes it even more special… a story of our own! As children brought up by a single parent, our childhood years were filled with longing to receive presents. The presents we ever wanted were simple… A packet of colours on Holi, for Diwali it was crackers and for Christmas… we would hope that Santa would leave us a present under our scrawny tree! I guess, just someone, a stranger… with a special PRESENT just for us… with our names on it! Now, 27 years later, as a brand, DeePositive has chosen this as our first STEP forward in our TERRIFIC TWO’s to being Dedicated to doing our bit to make it possible for others to RECEIVE a token of surprise on a day about RECEIVING!!

We feel that Christmas Giving needn’t be restricted to children… for at any age… there is a CHILD within who loves to get a present… so, we made a list of people who we’d like to share a token of appreciation and a surprise with…

Street Children, Orphans, Metro Station Staff working the Christmas Shift, Bus Drivers and Conductors on Santa’s City Route, Shelters for the homeless, People sweeping our streets, they do a thankless job!, Police personnel on the Santa’s City Route, Children of construction workers, Slum areas on Santa’s City Route, Old Age homes, Centres for the terminally ill… these we’ll confirm as we continue to build the list… and update you too!!

The Idea feels fantastic; we KNOW we would like to include anyone and everyone who extends an arm… to GIVE to be a part of a LARGE community of GIVERS!! We’re asking for little gifts that will make a large impact, when given TOGETHER!!

To make them feel warm: Gloves, Scarves, Shawls, Blankets, Caps

To make them smile: Toffees, Chocolates, Biscuits, Lollipops

To make them feel special: Just be a part of Santa Workshop! J

Here’s how we see Santa’s Workshop Unfold!

1^st December to 18^th December: Santa’s Elves on the job

18^th December to 24^th December: Gift Wrapping at Santa Workshop

25^th December: Santa’s Day Out! Followed by an Elves lunch at Santa’s Workshop!

There are a infinite opportunities to expand and extend Santa Workshop to include you, your brand, your product and your team!! In making a difference in 2,00,000 lives in Delhi/NCR this year!

We look forward to you being part of the TERRIFIC TWO of being DeePositive

Love and Light!!

Deepanjali Rao/Evelyn D’Cruz

+917838199909/+917838199929

Team DeePositive

1.21 billion efforts each day CAN eradicate CORRUPTION!!

Corruption is part of our up bringing… insane as this insinuation may sound… it is TRUE. The innocent child learns early, that IF I do THIS… I get THAT. So, when we grow up… the deal remains… the means of completing the deal changes!! So, if we are to RID our society of CORRUPTION, we must first begin the change in pattern of bringing up our children for us to take care of the greater HARM that corruption brings.

Most often, we move to paying a bribe… not because… IT HAS TO BE PAID!!! We bribe to save time and cover up the time we’re wasting when we are in the wrong or still worse, when circumstances seem to stack up against us… we’re moved to play the give game!!

Bribery and Corruption sadly begins in our growing years and is an inherent part of our upbringing… for crying out loud, we even bribe our pets!!! Now, if the foundation of the process of bribery is as deep rooted as our childhood… then WHY do we expect that our behaviour as we grow up is going to reflect anything different.

I’ve watched many children being bribed by their parents with THINGS in return for eating their food, not crying, taking their medicine, going to school!!

2 weeks ago, when I was trying to get my passport renewed and had spent two long days standing in separate lines, at times actually wanting to give up Indian citizenship and wanting a global stamp on BEING. I will be honest in telling you, that the experience of standing in long lines, no proper information and no commitment on WHEN I would get my Passport, moved me to seek the help of the many TOUTS waiting to help for a fee!! The frustration was having to wait in long lines, crossed somewhere between the slow moving queues, people cutting the queue for some silly questions and wondering, “If I reach the counter, will the person just find YET another fault and have me come back for the 4th time”. As I walked outside, waiting for my token number to reflect, for me to present my papers, I noticed a number of people most willing to help… at a fee 4 times that of the original… and promising my passport the same evening or a day later!! I can promise you, at the time, I would’ve done ANYTHING to get out of the claustrophobia… Yet… the habit of gratitude moved me to wait for my token… then using the power of GRATITUDE… made the intention of smooth flow of documents and paperwork… to finally pay the fee and get a slip with a date for when to expect my passport!!

I know HOW MUCH gratitude I felt… after realizing that the 4 hour wait… left me feeling soooooo good about not having to bribing my way to renewing my passport for the next 10 years!!

To BE or NOT to BE… is a personal decision… taken at the level of an individual that will and can have a ripple effect on society on the whole!!

We should at this point express our Gratitude to Anna Hazare for moving us to thinking about eradicating corruption. We must also remember, that all change begins at “I”. We cannot DEPEND on a BILL to create the CHANGE that MUST come from US!! The BILL may CREATE a MOMENTARY IMPACT… yet the only force that will be able to sustain any change is 1.2 billion Indians choosing to change their personal perspective!!

Ask yourself… CAN I MAKE A PROMISE TO THE GENERATIONS TO COME, THAT I WILL NOT BE CORRUPT?? If each Indian, irrespective of caste, creed or credentials can choose to stay clean at a personal level, CORRUPTION will find no givers… and the result will be NO TAKERS!!

THINK… even the smallest effort made by each Indian means over 1.2 billion steps in the right direction, each day!!!

Is ONE effort a day too much to ask for???

Dee’s Guide to Goa ;)

Goa is a place to enjoy the sands and the sea… the freedom to be and some truly inspired cooking.

If you’re picking up canned Goan food to take home you’d want to visit the Costa’s store in Panaji for the largest variety of Goan treats…from the famous Goan Sausages, Goan delicacies of Bebinca, Doldol, Frankfurters, Corned beef… or any of the fantastic foods in their range!! We’ve feasted on Costa’s for years now… and only just discovered more about this brand.

 

King’s Beer: A local produce of Goa, interestingly owned by former poltician Monte Cruz. If you don’t get your hand’s on a bottle of King’s beer… your Goa dream won’t feel complete . Interestingly, it’s also among the top 5 Indian beers This time however, local sources tell us … that Kingfisher Draught and Tuborg are the brands flying off the shelves of Goa  

George’s Bar and Restaurant at the Church Square in Panaji is the place to sample your first taste of Goan cuisine. My favourites, well, the Tongue Roast, Beef Chilly Fry, Beef Roast, Rawa Fry King Fish and the Chicken Xacuti. If I were to choose my top favourite, it will be the Chicken Xacuti for the fact it’s nice and spicy and just super perfect with plain rice. Another should try at the restaurant is their Goan Sausage Pulao which is a top favourite in my sister’s list of things to eat at George’s.

LLoyd’s Restaurant

Oh! the food at Lloyd’s is divine… When were in Goa last year and were recommended this restaurant by Anthony… the K.J. ( Karaoke Jockey). Our first bill at Lloyd’s came to us as a surprise… since they claim to change their menu’s each day and so haven’t spent much on a menu card This year… Since he didn’t quite recognise us… we got the repeat performance of the dialogue of last year… Only to realise a couple of minutes later… to our surprise… that each of the dishes he mentioned last year were the same… Ha ha

So here’s what we recommend: Pork Chops, they’re super awesome… 2 years in a row… well… they’ve made me smile. The Sorpotel too is brilliant… I guess more so because it’s the closest to the fantastic sorpotel my mother makes.

The Grilled King fish can be given a miss The beef chilly fry on the day we went had a stench and the three people who did eat it called it couchy and landed up with a day of running faster to the loo than they could possibly have… a wasted day in Goa.

If you’re travelling to Goa for the first time on your own and are looking for someone to drive you around and double up as  your tour guide and food guide… I’m passing on a number that could make all the difference… I’ve kinda forgotten his name, since I saved his number on my phone as GoaAuto. I met him on one of my long walks… and was impressed by his hospitable tone and ever helpful ways…  you can reach him on +919850678453. He has an auto as well as a van… and a super understanding of Goa. He’s been living in Goa for the last 30 years and will give you some truly interesting gyan on getting around Goa. He’s the reason why I was able to find the Grand Finale food destination in Goa. The only question we asked… “We’d like to eat at a small restaurant which serves the most authentic Goan cuisine and more importantly it needs to be a rustic place with a view”

Star Bar and Restaurant Panaji-Old Goa road, Sao Pedro, Old Goa, Goa –403402. Landmark: Near Mandovi River…. a beautiful view and awesome food… we’d recommend this to almost anyone who’d want to dine with a view. We’re told that this restaurant is 15 years old and is visited by the Goan’s themselves for a simply tastelicious treat of fresh fish preparations. They have a jetty as well and take their boat out in the morning haul in the fish they serve at this restaurant, the menu is limited and yet each dish will make you want MORE!!! A must visit for the foodie for sure  

The other must try food in Goa would definitely be  the White Snapper, locally known as Chonak… I’m wishing I’d taken a picture… fantastic for all of you who DON’T like fish bones getting the way of enjoying your fish.  Bombil Fry which is another delicacy in Goa and yes I’ve managed to get you an online picture so you will know what it looks like… for most people… Bombay Duck is the dry version of it, that has the fishiest odour ever the freshly friend version is far tastier

I hope I’ve been able to give you a reason to go food crazy in Goa… I know I did