JOHNNY'S BLOG - 2

  FROM BEIRUT TO BOSTON - THE GENIUS OF KHALIL GIBRAN     A distinguished poet, an accomplished philosopher, and an artist of repute Khalil Gibran was born in a Maronite Catholic family in Lebanon in 1883. He then in 1895, with his mother and other family members, migrated to Boston, United States of America. He spent most of his life in the United States and died in New York in 1931 at the age of 48 years. He is also known as Kahlil Gibran. He is the third best-selling poet after William Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu. He was a consummate artist who, through his art, wanted to change the world and open hearts to spirituality. Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and John Lennon all agree that Khalil Gibran's writing influenced them.   Much of Gibran's writings deal with Christianity, especially on the topic

To Begin With and End There Was A Ray of Hope     -     Satyajit Ray                                   The proverb there is a ray of hope at the end of the tunnel (the light) is meaningful in the case of Satyajit Ray. But in this case not only at the end but also in the beginning of his career through the end - alpha and omega - there was a ray of hope. The saying becomes meaningful as the ‘Bharat Ratna’ Award-winning filmmaker director Satyajit Ray’s life and achievements unfold for the public view. The ‘Phalke Award’ and many more eminent awards were conferred on him for writing a fairy tale about what happened in Satyajit Ray’s life. A special ‘Academy Honorary Award’ for lifetime achievement as a director was also won by him and he was the first and yet only Indian to receive that award. The man had a magnanimous presence and stood towering tall in the arena of Indian celebrities of all time. "Not to have seen the cinema of Satyajit Ray means existing in the world with