Monika Suri

Last week I got a mail that excited me . The mail was from one of the fellow bloggers and it said that my blog www.alubhujia.com had been nominated for Liebster Award 2018 . I didn’t know what Liebster Award meant . So I searched and came to know that it is an award that exists only on the  Internet and is given to bloggers by other fellow bloggers . Liebster in German means “sweetest, kindest, nicest, dearest, beloved, lovely, kind, pleasant, valued, cute, endearing, and welcome”. Although I haven’t yet turned out as a professional blogger but I am happy that one of my blogger friends liked my blog so much to be nominated for a lovely Liebster Award.   I feel grateful that Blogger Vartika from vartikasdiary nominated me .  About Vartika , she is a mother of twin girls . An HR professional , lover of music , crafts , books , she is a big foodie too . She is an extrovert but simple person who says “I can’t take fakeness and duality at all . The people who a...

What are the 5 factors  Controlling your life ? In simple language , What are the 5 things you can’t live without ? Someone asked me this question and my reflexive  nerves ( which were bychance in a cool mood ) gave a quick answer –  Roti , Kapda and Wifi  . Hehe ! This is today’s tagline .  But then I was asked to give a thoughtful answer that Are there seriously few things I can’t live without ?  What are those things ? Do  those things complete  my living or Have I just given them unnecessary  VIP importance in my life? My mind started pondering over  and I analyzed my daily routine from morning till the time I go to bed . What are the  things which I find difficult to abstain from . Are these  things the controlling factors of my life ?  Do I want to reduce their control on my life ?  My brain and heart both said YES . But How ? This HOW part is difficult  . Before I can actually start to exercise  a control over the factors ,  let me write those  firstly . M...

GRATITUDE IS THE MAGNIFICATION OF POSITIVE EMOTIONS As I mentioned this earlier also in my post when I started my GRATITUDE posts in the Nov 2017, Today I want to be grateful to BLOGGING . I am happy and thankful that I started blogging . Although I am yet to learn a lot many things about blogging tips n tricks but still  I feel Blogging came to me with many advantages. Blogging has many benefits and I think everybody who has a little love for reading/writing  should  start blogging for sure . Blogging is impacting my life in these ways : **I am slowly n steadily becoming a better writer When I started few months ago I was doubtful how would I write and would my writing be good enough for others to read ? But you know writing becomes better by writing only. You just can’t sit , think and expect your writing to improve. So after having written so many posts , I feel  an improvement in my expression of thoughts and quickness  of thoughts . **I am becoming a better thinker day by ...

This post won the WOW badge from Blogadda Megha is married to Akash for the last 12 years and they are blessed with a son Madhav who is now 4 years old.  Having blessed with parenthood after  many years , Akash is too possessive about his son and is always concerned about him . Sometimes his over concerned attitude shows few signs of narrow-mindedness, which Megha  doesn’t feel good about . But she has adjusted. She  gives priority to his home and family . Megha had a love for classical dance in her college  ,  which she couldn’t continue after her marriage. Last year when  she had turned 39 , she had shared about this interest with Akash and asked  for permission to join a dance academy.  But Aakash had refused on the pretext of their baby  being too small . This year , when Madhav has started going to school , Akash agrees about Megha pursuing his dance interest, but  asks her to make sure this doesn’t happen at the cost of the time and care their baby needs. Altho...

The month of September 2017 went crazy with #Myfriendalexa.  Blogchatter gave my blog  a new friend  #Myfriendalexa  which further gifted me many new friends. Waiting eagerly for the reading list every week was fun and it was more fun to read all the blogs out of the list . Lots of engagements as a blogger, lot of reading, writing and learning. Actually, a month  ago ,  I never knew what Alexa   rank meant. Why one talks of it ? Why one wants it to lower down ? How does it make a difference to my blog ? When  I came to know of #Myfriendalexa campaign  to be hosted by the blogging community Blogchatter , I came to know a little about Alexa. Actually Alexa is a ranking system of sites  done by Alexa.com . This belongs to the company Amazon. The rank is calculated based on how many people visit your site . If the audience comes from someone who already has a good Alexa rank, better it is for your site. As on date , I don’t know the minute details about Alexa ranking and how does it affect...

  Who is she behind  shi ??? अमेरिका की सबसे प्रभावशाली बिज़नेस वूमेन में एक नाम आता है थायी ली  Thai Lee .  वे अमेरिका के  राज्य Texas में रहती हैं । वे अमेरिका की महिला स्वामित्व वाली सबसे बड़ी   अरबपति कंपनी की CEO  व प्रेजिडेंट हैं । उनकी कंपनी का नाम है   shi    ( Software House International ).  यह बिज़नेस Thai Lee ने  बड़ी मेहनत से पिछले 27 साल में तयार किया है ।आज उनकी कम्पनी में हज़ारों कर्मचारी काम करते हैं । उनकी कम्पनी का आज 7.5 अरब डॉलर का कारोबार है । Thai Lee, shi CEO थायी ली का जन्म  1958 में थाईलैंड के बैंकाक में हुआ । इन्होंने बायोलॉजी और इकोनॉमिक्स में बीए किया । उसके बाद एक ऑटोपार्ट्स कंपनी में नौकरी कर ली । लेकिन वे अमेरिका जाना चाहती थीं । इसलिए नौकरी करते हुए बचत की और MBA करने अमेरिका पहुंच गई । हारवर्ड यूनिवर्सिटी से MBA किया । इसके बाद 2-3 साल तक नौकरी की । लेकिन उन्हें हमेशा लगता था कि अपना बिज़नेस ही  करना चाहिए । उन्होंने साथ साथ  बिज़नेस के बारे में जानना व सीखना शुरू कर दिया । 1989 में उनकी शादी लियो कोगुन से हो गयी । दोनों ही बिज़नेस करना चाहते थे । पता चला ...

  #FridayFotoFiction is a weekly blog hop which celebrates fiction writing based on the photo prompt. The memories of the past are revived. Her life had  not  been as smooth as those  smooth legs . Her Mom & Dad’s marriage was an intercaste love marriage . Everybody was resistant. Even God behaved unsympathetic and took away her Dad, just before sending her on this earth . Her Mom fostered her all alone , facing many strains of the harsh society . The life had not been shiny as those stylish  shiny shoes. She wanted to achieve high in studies but couldn’t even continue her school for long. But today , she is a successful model.  With the smooth legs in those shiny shoes , she is now able to well maintain the balance in her life , just like those high heels. The shine has started coming back in her Mom’s eyes too. 💥💥💥💥 Linking this post with Mayuri and Tina Basu http://tinabasu.com

हम सब अपनी अपनी लाइफ की भागदौड़ में लगे हुए हैं पर क्या कभी कभी ऐसा नही लगता कि लाइफ ने कुछ ज़्यादा ही स्पीड पकड़ी हुई है ? हर समय हम बस भाग रहे हैं । क्या आपको लगता है लाइफ का असली मकसद व सच्चा आनंद जो हमे मिलना चाहिए था , वो नही मिल रहा है ? कुछ खो गया हो जैसे । Are we really happy or not? आधी लाइफ तो दुनियादारी का सामान  और यश इकठ्ठा करने में ही चली गयी , घर बनाना है ,  आलीशान गाड़ी लेनी है , घर के बाकी सामान की किश्तें देनी हैं । आधी लाइफ गुज़र जाने के बाद जब तक हम 45-50 साल के हो जाते हैं तब याद आता है ओहो , मुझे तो यह करना था , वो करना था , ऐसा करने से सच्चा आनंद मिलना था , सही समय आएगा तो मैं ये करूँगा, वो करूँगा , पर वो कौनसा सही समय है जो आता ही नही । 💥 हम में से ज़्यादातर लोग present में जीना छोड़ देते हैं । मेरी नौकरी लग  जाये न तो मेरी लाइफ में खुशियां आ जाएं , मेरे बच्चे की अच्छी जगह एडमिशन हो जाए न तो खुशियां आ जाएं , बस ऐसा कुछ न कुछ हम सबके दिमाग मे घूमता रहता है , और हम बस खुशियों के इन्तज़ार में ही बैठे रहते हैं । 💥  मैंने कुछ दिनों पहले   Robin Sharma...

WriteTribe celebrates writing. The #WTFOW#6  is a festival in which one has to write for 7 days in a row. This is my post for Day 6. GUEST INTERVIEW : MY BLOGGER FRIEND Today I have a blogger friend  with me at my blog.  She is Gayatri Gadre from Mumbai, India. She has been   blogging for the last six years. She has written an ebook Off Beats which is a lovely  travel book. The book includes many wonderful destinations around the world. You would love reading this book which will take you to Mumbai, Malaysia n Scotland . By profession , Gayatri provides digital marketing services to companies.   She blogs at b-young-forever.blogspot.in . She has a long list of followers.  She is an inspiration to many other bloggers . You can check her blog here. My blogger friend Gayatri Gadre’s family  is   the biggest pillar of strength in her life. She  thanks her husband for not being  a traditional husband and who always keeps motivating  her to use her  abilities. Her Mom is a retired law...

             “The Power Within”                                  (www.thoughtsbygeethica.com) Hello friends आज मैं Geethica Mehra  द्वारा लिखी गयी किताब ‘ The Power within ‘    का review  करने जा रही हूं जो #The Blogchatter Ebook Carnival  का हिस्सा है । सबसे पहले तो #AtoZ Challenge के अंतर्गत हर alphabet से जो शब्द लिखा गया है वो अपने आप मे ही बहुत motivational है ।  A- Achievement   से शुरू होकर  O- Optimistic   से होते हुई    Z- Zeal   तक । Geethica  की किताब उनकी ज़िंदगी, उनके बच्चों व उनके परिवार के इर्दगिर्द घूमती है। वे कहती हैं कि छोटी छोटी  चीज़ों में खुशी ढूंढिये , सदा सकारात्मक रहिये और प्रभु का शुक्रिया सदा करते रहिए क्योंकि वे आपको बिना शर्त के अथाह प्यार करते हैं। Achievement  के अंतर्गत लिखी यह बात बहुत अच्छी लगी कि आपकी सफलता इस बात पर निर्भर करती है कि आप निराशा से कैसे लड़ते हैं और जीवन मे कितना संघर्ष करते हैं , बिना संघर्ष के आप सफलता का महत्व नही समझ पाएंगे।   Belief  के अंतर्गत लिखी बात मन मे बस गयी  -When God doesn’t solve your problems ...

गर्मियों की छुटियाँ शुरू हुई तो अलमारी के सबसे ऊपर शेल्फ पर रखी किताबों को टटोला और Barack Obama की किताब “Dreams from my father” निकाल ली पढ़ने के लिए …. Barack Obama ,जो कि United  States के 44th president रहे …अभी किताब के केवल 3 ही chapters पढ़े हैं पर उनमे ही पता चला की Barack Obama का जीवन भी काफी संघर्षपूर्ण रहा …Barack Obama एक African – American थे क्यूंकि उनके पिता अश्वेत अफ्रीकी थे और माँ श्वेत अमेरिकी ………जातिवाद और नस्लवाद की वजह से  Barack  को कई बार काफी भेदभाव  का सामना करना  पड़ा किताब पढ़ते समय शुरू के कुछ देर तक तो बड़ी उलझन सी लगी की क्या बात चल रही है किसके बारे में चल रही है , पर धीरे धीरे सब समझ आने लगा Barack के पिता Barack Hussein Obama (जिनको किताब में Barack Senior कहकर सम्बोधित किया गया ) Kenya के रहने वाले थे और लुओ जाती से सम्बन्ध रखते थे ….Barack की माता का नाम Ann था जो अमेरिका के Kansas की रहने वाली थी …माता पिता अपने बेटे को प्यार से Berry पुकारते थे ….पर Berry के माता पिता की शादी कुछ ज़्...