Look Inside-Think Outside

T he result of waking up very early in a winter morning and standing in a serpentine queue for all most two hours in the biting cold winds was an entry pass to be a part of  Mr. Barack Obama's visit to our college.After signing on the ticket and receiving it, I was overwhelmed with excitement that I am going to see the remarkable President of USA. Immediately I captured the ticket and uploaded it in my Facebook.By seeing my excitement, one of my friends asked me- 'I think you will not be this happy if you get a chance to meet our(Indian) Prime minister..!!' For a moment I was taken aback.I really didn't understand what was her interpretation of my excitement. "I would also be excited to see my country's leader and why on earth did you get this doubt?" I questioned her. She smiled and said your enthusiasm to see USA's president..! "If we are not the local Americans, shouldn't we get excited to see a legendary personality who had rewritten th...

It was almost 6 hours that I had been travelling. All the window shutters were closed and the passengers were all fast asleep.I was struggling to have a nap but I couldn't. Suddenly I realized that flight was giving slight jerks . I sat erect, saw all around and realized that I am the only one who was awake.Then came the cabin crew announcement to straighten the seats and fasten the seat belts. Everyone woke up and followed the instructions. Jerks intensified, my heart began to throb.Immediately I switched on the screen  in front of me and started to find the location of the flight through GPS system. It was exactly 37,000 feet above the huge Atlantic ocean heading towards ice covered   Greenland. By seeing that I was totally gripped by terror.Why did the pilot announce to fasten seat belts? Anything wrong with the machinery? What if the flight crashes? Then there is no way that we could be saved, not even a single airport near by for the emergency landing and probably ou...