Ratheesh Kesav, Chowannur

ഓരോ യാത്രയ്ക്കും ഒരു ലക്ഷ്യമുണ്ടായിരിക്കണം.
ഓരോ ജന്മത്തിനും ഒരു കര്‍മ്മമുണ്ടയിരിക്കണം.
ഓരോ വാക്കിനും വ്യക്തമായ ധാരണയുണ്ടായിരിക്കണം.
ഓരോ വരികള്‍ക്കും ശക്തമായ ഭാഷയുണ്ടായിരിക്കണം.
ഓരോ ജീവിതത്തിലും ഒത്തിരി നന്മയുണ്ടായിരിക്കണം.
ഓരോ മനസ്സിലും നിറച്ച്‌ സ്നേഹമുണ്ടായിരിക്കണം

About Ratheesh Kesav, http://www.orkut.com/Scrapbook.aspx?uid=6945844752128727725

How Thomas Alva Edison invented the Modern world

Book:The Wizard of Menlo Park: HOW THOMAS ALVA EDISON INVENTED THE MODERN WORLD WORLD.-By Randall Stross, Crown Publishers, $24.95Reviewed by Tim Rutten (Gulf News):Tittle: Iconic Inventor - entrepreneurTomas Edison was a shrewd genius who transformed himself from tinkerer to celebrity sage.... the book does a meticulous job of charting Edison's well-documented journey from peniless you telegrapher to interenational technical celebrity and, as a journalist himself, Stross does an adroit job ofshowing how Edison used his era's nascent popular press and magazines.... however, whatever his other achievements, for example, Edison was utternly conventional in his prejudices, which were common to his time and class....Ford was then the country's most successful businessman and quite at home with his newfound friend's lack of commercial acumen. In fact, he once described Edison as "the world's worst businessman", a mann who " knows almost nothing about business".

Paulo Coelho

Art: Brazilian author Paulo Coelho
A journey through the Middle East(Interview-by Manal Alafrangi, Gulf News, 06april2007)

Coelho, the best know for 'The Alchemist' is all set to introduce his newest creation. 'The witch of Portobello', to an eager Arabic audience...The gripping new tale has spirituaity philosophy, relationships and destiniy among its themes... Athena, the central character of the novel...as any other woman or mana, cumulats many persoalities: she is a daughter, mother, a lover,a witch... Nabeel Al Ehi - the wise man who teaches Athena various things...

Excertps from the interview:

" for me, literature and spiritualitya re the same.... in my first book, 'the pilgrimage', I wrote about my real journey, my own true story... I realised that you don't have to jump through a series of complicated hoops to achieve a goal. You can just look a mountain and gain a connection with God: you don't have to understand th mountain to feel that... Later i my life, the work of Khalil Gibran also left a strong impact. I even made an adaptation of one his books, 'Love letters from a Prophet' and still to this day consder Gibran's 'the Prophet' to have been one of the decisive books in my life and work.

Arabic themes have always impregnated my work. egs. 'The Alchemist' Santiago descovers northern Sahara and the Bedouin culture...not stirring my imagination.

"Dubai is one of the most futuristic cities I have even been to. Surrounded by the desert and the sea, Dubai defies the visitor. It appears like an improbable miracle that is impossible to grasp"
Writer Paulo Coelho to a deep admiration for Arab mysticism. Its stories and fables, and how he infused his work with themes from this region
Some of his books include:
The pilgrimage
The Alchemist
Brida
The fifth Moutain
Veronica decides to die
Eleven Minutes
The Zahir
Like the flowing river
He also adapted The Gift (Henry Drummond) and Love Letters of a Prophet (Khalil Gibran).

Ode to Dubai World Cup - By Henry Birtles

Appeared in Gulf News -on Thursday,5th april 2005




THE DAY AFTER (A poem thnaks to The Ruler)
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The Desret summons back the few
To where it all began
From whence "The Three' og noble blood
Set forth to foreign lands,
'The Three' who sired the swiftest bree
And gave this world our sport
A spectale that levels all
From the street to Royal Court.
It took a Prince, now Ruler
Of this land know as Dubai
To bring their sons and daughters back
And raise the bar this high
to offer prizes never seen
And force the hand of those
Who say they own the finest horse
To prove, not jsut suppose.
And yet again we've felt the heat
That feeds our hearts desire
To see the best the world can throw
From racing's blazing fire
Now on the Night, above the rest
Strode two ho shook the core
Imperious Asiatic Boy
And mighty Invasor
So thank you Sheikh Mohammed
For another World Cup Feast
Your home, Dubai, has proved once more
That wonders never cease.
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Henry Birtles
Inspired by his visit to Nad Al Sheba, racing poet Henry Birtles,40 has weitten an ode in honour of the world cup...After witnessing Invasro's World Cup victory, Birtless said: " I find something terribly romantic about the concept of this wonderful sport being brought home to its roots....I'vebeen to the Dubai World Cup meeting seven times and it never fails to get me, the throrough bred starting here and then coming back to contest one of the biggest races in the world here".. And the wordsmith hailed the contribution of HH Shekh Mohammed to the world of racing..."What sheikh Mohammed has done not only here, but all over the world, means racing should forever be in his debt... once meida is up and runing it will be an even bigger step forward."