Creating topics for me to reinforce back the reduced passion of writing since the last few days,
http://managuagunntoday.wordpress.com tagged me in this wonderful challenge to give me a chance to come out of inertia!
Well! I have to host a dinner party! And thats always been my favourite! 🙂 Only that the guests were always friends ,relatives or somewhat new acquaintances and believe me Iam a wonderfully perfect host! The challenge lies here in the guests list which is completely different!
The dinner is a simple affair:
– Five guests and myself . While relatives are permitted, it will be more interesting if guests are public figures – dead or alive, speaking any language – or even fictional characters.
– In turn, tag five others to hold Virtual Parties of their own.
The dinner would be held in the beautiful cozy hall with candlelights,although its not a romantic night! I would prefer having candles all over the place lighting up and creating the aura! People tend to open up more easily in dim light! rather than the brightness ,so to let everyone be comfortable and relaxed ,this would be the perfect ambience.
For the Menu! It would be an ambrosia with the real nectar as a drink! 🙂
My guests of honour shall be arriving soon and here is their list as I welcome them on board with a fresh bouquet of wonderful exotic flowers!
MY 1st GUEST would be my Lord! without whom I cannot think of any occasion or ceremony! So for you all ! He is Krishna! According to Bhagavata Purana, Krishna was born without a sexual union, but by divine “mental transmission” from the mind of Vasudeva into the womb of Devaki.He is considered to be an incarnation of Vishnu, the Ultimate hindu God. All art forms that are found in India whether it is dance ,paintings,scriptures,prose,literature are inspired by the life and divine presence of Krishna.His life is full of inspiration which if understood gives a clarity in our thoughts and living.
He can be a true conversationalist,as he is a good diplomat has the knack of twisting words to form rephrasing and an everknown statuette of love and divinity. Being a prince ,he has his own charms and as an eternal musician ,his flute shall mesmerize the other guests and me like anything. A perfect one to be with in all sense!
MY 2nd guest would be THE SINGING NIGHTINGALE OF INDIA- Lata Mangeshkar .She has a golden voice never to be forgotten. An evening with her would surely add a beautiful aura to the atmosphere ,for music shall be eternal then . Lata Mangeshkar is an Indian singer, and occasional music-composer. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar’s career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades.
My 3rd prominent guest is INDIRA GANDHI,the most powerful woman and the first Prime Minister of India.She remains as the world’s second longest serving female Prime Minister as of 2012and the only one to have declared state of emergency in order to ‘rule by decree’ ..A multi faceted personality,who was deprived of a normal childhood due to the political activities of her parents,Jawaharlal Nehru and Kamla Nehru..It would be interesting to have her as a special guest ,where she interacts openly as how has her country changed and the world too in these years.Had she been there what would have been the condition and the difference in India now?
My 4th special guest is William Wordsworth. The famous Romantic poet of all times.Wordsworth was Britain’s Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death
in 1850.He married four times and its interesting to know what would have been his psychological conditions when he went through all the traumas of losing his wife and then again falling back in love.The zeal of moving on and the zest to live carries on such artists and writers to create historical creations… The Daffodils who would be the cherry on the top to hear from him. His inspirations,depressions,complexes and the homesickness he had when he went to Germany would sure be a delight to listen to alongwith what triggered him more to write!
My 5th guest would be Emperor Ashoka,who has been a significant ruler an d the most powerful kings of India from his kingdom spread upto the boundaries outside India from Afghanistan to Bangladesh!.He fought innumerable wars,and and is known to have flooded the paths by bloodshed in the historical War of kalinga.What transformed him into embracing Buddhism will be so touching to hear in his own words.The incidents and experiences shall be worth listening and inspiring for anyone who has a spiritual bent of mind.
The combination would be a exhilarating one,, Gandhi having a world around her,with the Majestic Emperor analysing what would have been his place ,had he been born now in this present age…Wordsworth enjoying his own words, Lata to immerse the occasion with her melodious melody ..and above all the Lord himself…. having a look at the scenario happening! His creations.all different in every respect in front of him.
The 5 bloggers who I am going to tag are as below: whom I want to be a part of this lovely challenge who will be hosting a dinner for another 5 personalities.
Subhan Zein… http://subhanzein.wordpress.com , the modern voice of Rumi and Gibran!
Millie… http://momentswithmillie.wordpress.com , The beautiful entrepreneur with clarity in soulful thoughts .
Archana… http://ravenousforlife.wordpress.com, A maverick of her own world of emotions…
Shalini…. http://shalinijena.wordpress.com, The new strong voice of todays!
Tapish… http://lifeof24hours.wordpress.com , Beautiful tempering of thoughts about life…,
Best wishes to all of you!
soumyav 
no words in the praise of this post…..amazinggggg….. 🙂 🙂
Hey Rohini !thank you! you always have praise for me! 🙂
u r doing work so nicely that m doing this….. 🙂
What a fascinating dinner! I would apply for the job of serving the tea! I knew you’ provide a more than interesting set of guests, and have intrigued me so much I shall have to spend all morning reading up to erase gaps in my knowledge! By the way, Soumyav, you and I share the passion of hospitality as an art (as I wrote on my ‘about’ page if I remember correctly) so I enjoyed reading about how you would plan the evening..
Thts lovely ! that we share the passion of hospitality ,as it is the most humble passion…. Iam really happy that you liked the conceptual eveing and also the set of guests! and there’s always no end to the depthness of our knowledge ..still I believe you have the most beautiful and vast experiences as a traveller in business. different places,countries,continents change the outlook and increase the boundaries of knowledge.
Really wonderful and interesting choice – I enjoy seing&reading the way you have chosen the guests and why you feel it’ s exactly them you would enjoy seing there. Would be quite a delightful event if you ask me. 🙂
Thank you dear friend! and it would be a delightful evening if you could join too 😉 Thank you for enjoying this!
I haven’ t got to arranging mine yet but reading yours definitely is an inspiration to get to it, my dear. 🙂
🙂 thts so nice of you to say!
wow! this is so inspiring! it actually got me writing today!thank you!
welcome here my friend! and keep writing!
thank you! keep writing too!
Whoa!! What a guest list Soumya!
It seems you covered the whole human race 😉
Really an awesome post and hats off to your imagination. This really is a challenge for me. I’ll try to come up with something good 🙂
Thanks Tapish ! And am really happy that you liked and enjoyed the guest list and the imaginative gathering :-)..
I lok forward to read a wonderful post from you on this!
Yes I really enjoyed the post.
I’ll try my best 🙂
interesting 🙂
Thank you! hope u enjoyed !
This is one of the greatest posts I read in recent times. Good choice of guests, I should say. 🙂
Thank you Manu for saying that! missed your presence here! your comments were always awaited!
Bad bad internet. 😀
On a small trip now. Have to do with the 3G dongle thng which is pissing me off to a point where I might just throw it off a cliff or something, 😀
Oh! Happy journey and have a good trip! 🙂
Hi Soumya, your choice of guests are very interesting. A very interesting post
Thank you ! I too had think a lot whom to invite and whom to exclude… maybe the ones who leave more impact on thoughts are the ones we shortlist
Can I come to the dinner too? Hehe. 🙂 I will make a post on this for next week. And I will make a reference to you as well, thank you so much for the kind gesture, Soumya, and also for your comparing me with Grandpa Rumi and Uncle Gibran. I am humbly thankful, I know still have a thousand miles to go to produce works as great as theirs, so please wish me luck.
Thank you again, many blessings and much love to you. 🙂
Subhan Zein
#PS: I saw the preview to one of your books. Congratulations, it looks great! I think I am going to buy it. 😉
Ur always Welcome Subhan! 🙂 Great day for me! 🙂 my bloganniversary gift it seems! well! you will be reaching the height soon with your writing to those legends.Looking forward to read about your imaginative conceptual dinner party!
grt post soumyav, love! 🙂
Wow! 🙂 comment from you! tht’s more amazing than my post ! 😉 Thank you Vikram!
thanks for the compliment, btw I always like your lovely poems 😉
🙂 Iam honoured and you are always welcome!
fabulous dinner party! 🙂
that was a very intriguing prompt suggested by your friend.
Thank you Sharmishtha! yes it was!
hats off ,, amazing and splendid post, so informative.
i m a big fan and admirer of Indira Ghandi, a respected leader and inspiring character for all women. thanks a lot dear for sharing this post.
Thank you Amany! Iam really happy that you liked and enjoyed the post…True for Indira Gandhi,she was an amazing personality.
she is an icon in human history. thanks for sharing.
Hi Soumya, I have been preoccuppied, these past few months have been crazy, and now I am working on my blogging plan, and I hope I’d be able to post this topic sometime at the end of January 2013. I hope this is fine with you. I might post only once a week, but I hope that should be enough with the regularity and getting the chance to visit other blogs. I hope you have a wonderful holiday, Soumya. Many blessings and much love to you. 🙂
Subhan Zein
its absolutely fine Subhan! you can carry with your schedule! and thanks for wishes and a happy new year in advance to you!