The Great Alumni Reunion ~ Coffee Cups and Coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university lecturer. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. 

Offering his guests coffee, the lecturer went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive and exquisite, telling them to help themselves to hot coffee. 

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand. 

the lecturer said: 'If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. 'While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress' 

What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the better cups and are eyeing each other's cups.' 

'Now, if life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. 

They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. 

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it' 

So don't let the cups drive you...enjoy the coffee instead.

Love, Peace, and Happiness - What more can u want? Book Review

L - Lust-filled ladies on top
O - Open relationships 
V - Variety of partners
E - Emotional co-dependence

P - Psychological problems
E - Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy
A - Avarice and Greed
C - Clairvoyant cures
E - Ego tussles

H - Hates responsibilities in marriage
A - Ass and Grass go well together
P - Past was perfect
P - Please excuse...duty first
I -  Insanity is in vogue
N - No-nonsense bride selection
E - Emotional cripple
S - Spiritual solutions
S - Soulmates bring a song to your lips

The nine stories in the book revolve around imperfections in the modern society. But, why do you call them imperfections? When technology and lifestyle change, emotions and habits also change. Immense opportunities brings with it immense immorality. But, who are we to judge? We need 'everything' to be productive and successful. We are not willing to wait for the light at the end of the tunnel. We want to experiment. And who told you that all the nine stories happen only now? They may have been existing from time immemorial - just the tools, methods, and resources may have been different . But we get to talk about all this only now. Or there is very large audience now for any type of communication!

The last story in the book tries to tie all the characters together. But it is a vain attempt. Looks like an unwanted summary. Nevertheless, the stories penetrate your thoughts, evoke different feelings, make you sad, make you happy, and make you shudder. 

The USP of the book is the Alternate Endings. You can write an alternate ending for each story in author Rituraj Verma's website. So, the reader becomes a part of each story. Good endings will be published in the website. And you can get the links of the alternate endings if you buy the book. So, buy the book now by clicking here. You get 223 pages of entertaiment for Rs. 104.