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To the most selfless creature on the earth :-)

It’s the heights of the plight of education in India… Imagine someone with a Graduation in Child Psychology has children who grow up to be like us! That’s exactly what I think when I see Pooja and myself making a mess of our house, lives, and otherwise! Here’s to the woman who put her dreams and her life on the back burner to spend major part of her life deciding which  dal  will grace our dinner table, choosing what  sabzis  to will satiate us kids, and managing to how to get  both  on our tables. We get too busy growing up to realize that that our parents are growing old simultaneously. My mother just got operated for a major jaw operation. She often complaints of her knees aching like hell. Though she looks more beautiful than she ever did to me, I can see the wrinkles on her face making their presence felt. She gets tired faster than she used to. Her eyes are deeper (like literally too).  She says senti stuff like, “Just a coupl...
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Baatein... Kuch ankahi si.. Kuch ansuni si... Hone Lagi :))

Sorry; about the mini-hiatus.  *-I'd like to believe at least someone has missed me  : P  -* There is so much I'd like to talk about. That can wait. But this cannot! Every once in a while we realize who really matters to us, who shouldn't matter to us, who doesn't and who never will again. That's the circle of life I guess. I read it somewhere: "Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families."  I hope moms' not reading this one, else am dead for sure!  : P To my surprise, I've been terribly occupied off late - and I don't necessarily enjoy it! I missed writing all this while. Anyways, I'm back to what I think am happiest doing - writing. :-) If you continued to read my post having read the fully filmi title , you might be in love with me or something. <3 For me, two things make life bearable - cups of tea/coffee and loadssss of baatein.  ; ) Here are a few inconsequential conversations...

Kyonki har ek friend zaroori hota hai... ;)

Only yesterday I was discussing with somebody about the Friendship day phenomenon resulting into hijacked Facebook spaces with FRIENDSHIP DAY posts, pics and all that is   post-able   online. Today however, when I read all the lovely (and not as lovely) messages, sms's and noticed my terribly cluttered FB page (all thanks to my bugger friends!), I just couldn't resist writing this post. When I think about my journey from Baroda to Mumbai to Germany, Vapi, Ankleshwar, Paris, Amsterdam, Singapore, States and other places– life’s shown me more than one can imagine. It’s been a bitch sometimes and beautiful at others.   What made it even more interesting was the set of people I met, got acquainted with, became comfortable with, gelled like a house on fire, and finally got friends with!   Yes buggers! Am talking about you all! You are reading this because you are special. You don’t need to respond or for that matter even read it, if you prefer not to....

Indian Society : "Soch badlo kapde nai"

It was out of utter boredom and sense of restlessness that I chose to switch the TV on. A fter  browsing through almost 50-55 channels, I stopped at Channel [V]   for some relief. There came the rushes of "Suvreen Guggal", a television series - where the lead character was protesting for some "ban on short clothes in her college campus" with slogans like "Soch badlo kapde nai". I could instantly relate it to much talked about SLUT Walks and "Don't tell us what to wear - tell them not to rape" posts.  I have been to places, traveled quiet a bit, observed people generally; women and girls specifically. To be honest, no where else have I seen such an urge to control women as in India. (ofcourse Talibanized countries not included!) When I say 'control', I mean freedom, independence. Right from life changing decisions such as what to study and whom to marry to petty things such as what to wear , are dictated either by parents ...

Aiwayii - II

Hi Junta I know I have been blog-dying oh so often lately but if you’re a close friend, you’d know why. If you’re wondering what  I've  been up to lately (if you’re not, why are you still reading my post! :|) let me tell you  I've been  doing great – travelling , meeting people, getting perspectives, brainstorming, and challenging myself in ways difficult for me to handle! Yeah, I’m a bit strange that way ;) So, currently: Am back from US trip, which by the way, was amazing. That’s where “meeting people” and a bit of “getting perspectives” part come into picture. Anyways, now back to Hong Kong and life’s getting pretty interesting. I had Dadi and Pooja at my place! We all had super fun! I discovered that G + Pooja is a bad combo. They act super crazy, senseless and  juvenile   infantile when  together! They got me to my wits end in Macau. ~X( My friend’s blessed with a bundle of joy – a sweet lil baby girl! A first in any of my group...

Welcome to United States of America

Welcome to United States of America" - That’s exactly how our Flight Captain welcomed us to this country. And I was sooooo delighted ! More than USA, it was the idea of finally getting off the 18th century American Airlines plane with grumpy staff  :-&  that caused the delight! It’s been 3 days since then and my first blog from the land of dreams! Its 5:00 am here and my body’s on starvation mode. That’s something I can’t stand. I guess I've had some 10 hrs of sleep in past 72 hours and that's it! Imagine, you've a severe headache, your back hurts unbearably. Your eyes are droopy due to sleep deprivation and they just don’t stop watering. You’ve a RED runny nose. Your face looks pale. You haven’t showered in 24 hours now and are burying yourself under layers of sweat shirts and comforters. That’s how my jet-lag has affected me. G and Ankur have been guiltlessly taking me out for a ride – LITERALLY! All the way from New York to Connecticut to New Jersey t...

Sweet Nothings...

You remember how in good-ol'-Orkut-days, we used to take “Profile” segment a bit too seriously? I bet you do! Yussss…. You guessed it right! That’s my source of inspiration for today’s post.. and here it goes! Ten things I wish I could say to people right now: “Thank you for everything.” “I want you to be with me… forever. Please don’t go.” “You have been a jerk. You loser!” L-) “I couldn't care less!” “I am seriously in awwwwe of you.” “I am so glaaaaad I have somebody like you.” “I love you soooo much.” “You are the only person I would want to be, if I weren't ME.” “Can I get a hug?” >:D< “You add spice to my life. Our lives.” Nine things about myself: Respect is paramount! Love is close second. I absolutely adore my family and my friends and my family friends. :) I am not myself when I’m angry. I can handle BIG problems, it’s the SMALL things that hurt me most I do believe in miracles. Big time! I’m a cleanliness freak! I’d ...

Aiwayii...

I am still confined to my bed while half of the world is out to make sense of their existence. Dhikkar! I usually need my tea first thing in the morning BUT, there is a BIG BUT… today I have to go out and get some milk, to have  my pehla pyala of chaai!   These are some “side effects” of  not staying  with your parents. :)  “Mummyyyyyyyyy chah nathi banavi haji!!”  used to be my  morning shloka  if I am out of my bed and tea is not ready on my table. I guess dwelling in the past doesn't help you get milk! :p Today I somehow feel like dancing all day, all night; that too only and only in Mumbai. Don’t ask me why! I don’t know!  Poison, Hawaiian Shack best bet - Velvet Lounge will work too.  Kuch nahi to Aura bhi chalega yaar!  Whatever... wherever... I just want to have some good music, masti and  my   paltan  imported from Mumbai.  I’m ICU serious! ;) (Okie... I am aware! "ICU Serious" follow...

A country and its ways...

India is one heck of a country & I just love it for what it is!  It never ceases to amaze me. Not a day goes without news…. literally! I have been rather keenly following recent developments. It’s time I put my cent or two in what really matters to most of us. After multiple debacles such as supremely poor &  embarrassing  handling of Anna led Anti-corruption movement, Ramdev mid-night lathi charge fiasco , poverty line cutoff  from 28 INR to 32 INR per day dud , Gurgaon 8 p.m. timeline joke , Momota didi’s full-fledged black mail and subsequent  roll-back of Railway fare hike and the latest being the leaked letter from General V K Singh to PM Manmohan Singh - UPA II circus has successfully managed to do the worst kind of damage to the nation and bring the best out of Indian democracy. As a nation, we were never more active, alive and vibrant before! Were we?  “Other than sports, only war and catastrophe can creat...

Hate it

I hate it when.... I can't find my glasses, hair-clip and hair band  first thing in the morning (no matter I keep them previous night). Someone laughs when I read Gujarati. People make 20 calls in 5 mins;   unwilling t o understand that if I am not picking up, I must be busy or simply I don't want to talk to them! Is it that difficult to get? I have hundreds of 10 cents chasing their juniors, 5 & 2 cents in my handbag, thereby making it unbearably noisy and half-a-kg heavy.  I get cramps.  I oversleep, overeat & under-gym. I have to wait ( for somebody, something or anything!) I have to step out of any closed premise, house or office, during or immediately after rains... No ways! People get really mean. I get into a situation where I don't know what to do. Our oh-so-civilized ministers pointlessly rant and challenge our intelligence on issues of Nati...