AFFLUENCE vs TALENT

       The gigantic world eyes you only if you are a mine of talents or a note printing machine(You probably know which note).The Supreme created an already stratified society by providing some with financial advantages & 'GIFTING' a handful others with something unusual.Some have the silver spoon & enjoy it,sometimes lousily too.But just then we get to see the exclusive talented ones who toil hard & cut thier way through to reach the summits of success.We can epitomize many of the latter type.

         We all know about one of the world's richest man(maybe the second on the list),Bill Gates who opened his GATES to success & ran down his counterparts(though some still use OS other than WINDOWS).Then we have the "STEEL KING",Mr. Lakshmi Mittal,born in the sands of Rajasthan in a small,remote village(Sadulpur to be more precise) who is now a massive steel magnate(He is indeed an enviable man).Mr.Dhirubhai Ambani's father was a primary teacher.He himself was a small time worker with the Arabs before becoming India's biggest entrepreneur & laying the foundation of the immense and ever expanding Reliance corp.The simple reason behind this was he dreamt high & thus was able to concieve the mega project.

           "START FROM THE GROUND TO REACH THE SKY"  was said by someone great(I guess it was me).

         There is someone again whom we know,who may be of probable help here.Mr.Rajiv Bhatia or Akshay Kumar,the successful actor(is he?) as he is popularly known as. He was just a small time cook in Thailand before making it big into the glitz and glamour of the film industry."Rags to Riches" is suitably apt(mark the words "suitably apt") for him.

           Some other noteworthy people are:

• Srinivasan Ramanujan,the man famous for his theorems(not amongst the students though)
• Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam,the idol of many
• Shane Warne,the master of spin
• Adam Gilchrist,the ballistic batsman & former wicketkeeper of Australia(Indians hate this team,& after the CWC 2003,the graph has increased drastically)&.....

     
         H.W. Longfellow delineatedly says:
     
          "Heights attained by great men
          were not attained in a sudden flight,
          But they,while thier companions slept,
          Were toiling upwards in the night"

        
           After this long article,you would have made up your mind.And I hope yours & mine will match.Of course I chose money.....(just sarcasm)

       
            Sorry!!I forgot to mention the GOD of cricket,Mr. Sachin Tendulkar(how could I forget him?).He reached the pinnacle of success by shear hard work.No player in the world is even near him if it comes to his records.

 

The Prologue

Navya was dead tired after coming from her work that day.She had to make two trips that day.One to the Parliament and the other after recieving that phonecall.She was exhausted and was not in a state to cook food by herself,after all it was 1:30 in the night.So she picked up the catalogue of KAPILA restaurant and called the no. given.Its main attraction was that it delivered food anywhere in Delhi 24 hours a day.

    "Hello",she said in her sweet voice which seemed weary.

     "Hello.Kapila restaurant.How may I help you?"

     "I want a full plate of chicken curry along with 3 butter nan.What would be the cost?"

     "A hundred & sixty plus thirty five into three,that would mean Rs 265."

      "Parcel it."

      "Address please"

      "House no. 24,second floor,E-block,Mrinalini complex,south zone.And make it fast please."

      "You would get it most lately by 2:05.Thank you for calling."

       "Thank you." And she hung up.

       There was time before the food came.Till then,she decided to do the houses' random jobs.First of all she went to her dressing room and opened the wooden almirah.Then she took out her pink night suit,changed and came to her bedroom.There was still time,so she switched on the idiot box and started surfing.After some time,the call bell rang.She breathed a sigh of relief and went to open the door.Though she did not bother to peep through who was there.She rotated the metal knob and the door clicked and opened.Before she could say anything the man gave a bang on her head with the gun in his hand.

        She slowly opened her eyes and saw the man in the black jacket fitting a silencer in the gun.Suddenly he brought it near her neck.

         "Hand it over to me." he said in his thick russian accent.

         "I dont understand what you are saying."

          "Really",he said in a sarcastic way.Then repositioning his gun on the head caught hold of her hair."Give it,bitch."

          "I wont even if I lose everything."

           He gave a tight slap and loaded his gun."Give it or you would meet God."

           "I would rather die instead of giving it to a son of a bitch."
          
           After 10 minutes.Boom. Boom.

           Unscrewing the silencer he switched off the lights.Pressing the door lock from inside,he went out & shut the door.Enchanting something in Russian he went down through the elevator.
          

Summary of 'The Armageddon Day'

A murder mystery which unfolds in a bigger conspiracy. A girl is found murdered in the neighbourhood of Satvik, the protagonist.Actually they both are in love with each other.Now,investigation starts and three suspects are found.One is a businessman who tried to get cozy with her and in return Navya,the murdered got one of his assignments cancelled.The second one is the personal assistant of a politician who was fired so as to hire Navya and the third is a delivery boy who came to her house on the murder night.But wait!!Is someone from the above the murderer or was she killed as a part of a bigger conspiracy,something really big.Maybe she was killed because she knew some explosive secrets which if revealed could be a threat to the nation's security.