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My Revelations about Life

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          I don’t know where it all started. I don’t know how it developed its roots. I’m ignorant of how I was introduced to it. At first, it was only a door, being lighted up ‘indecently inside’. The door was opened and someone pushed me in-The lucky, called everyone. I didn’t know why I was so ‘lucky’. Yes, maybe a ‘lucky contestant’ of an unheard ‘competition’. Knowingly or unknowingly, I received awards and honors for exploring new phases in the competition. There were many people competing with me; but in different ways, roles, appearance etc. Why this diversity in the same competition? , I thought.           Out of numerous questions, answers were few. Promotions were few, but transfers were huge. Sometimes, it feels like, there is equal distance from the beginning and towards the end (from the present).           It was really shocking to know tha...

The Bucket of Life

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“We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round.”           This is what the ‘followers’ of ‘The Bucket List’ love to share with the world audience after experiencing one of the most touching and powerful visual projections by Rob Reiner on an unusual journey of two characters from life to death.           As the name suggests, ‘The Bucket List’ introduces a wish list of things to do before they ‘kick the bucket’ (as metaphorically presented in the film).           Carter Chambers is basically an amateur historian, but his world was confined to the job of a blue-collar mechanic at the McCreath body shop. His favourite TV show is ‘Jeopardy’. Edward Cole is a four time divorced billionaire and hospital owner who enjoys teasing and tormenting his personal care taker Thomas. Though Thomas reveals his name as Matthew at a point, Edw...