It takes about three minutes to read this post , well according to the statistics, in that same space of time, 300 people die, and another 620 will be born . I might take half an hour or so to write this : i'm sitting at my computer, concentrating on what I'm doing with all books all around me, ideas in my head, cars driving past outside. Everything seems perfectly normal, and yet, during those thirty minutes 3,000 people have died, and 6,200 have just seen the light of the world for the first time.
Where are those thousands of families who have just begun to mourn the loss of someone, or to smile at the arrival of a son, daughter, nephew, niece, brother, or sister ?
I stop and reflect a little. perhaps many of those people were reaching the end of a long and painful illness, and some people are relieved when the Angel comes for them. Then again, hundreds of those children who have just been born will be abandoned the nest moment and will go on from part of death statics before I have even finished writing this post.
How strange. A simple statistic, which I happened to read, and suddenly I'm aware of all those deaths and entrances, those smiles and tears. How many of them are leaving this life alone in their rooms, with no one realizing what's happening ? How many will be born in secret and then abandoned outside a children's home or a convent ?
I think to myself that I was once part of the birth statistics and will, one day , be included amongst the numbers of dead. It is good to be aware that I will die. I have now finally understood that although life goes on and we are all eternal , this existence will one day end .
People do not think very much about death. They spend their lives worrying about absurdities; they put things off, and fail to notice important moments. They don't take risks , because they think it's dangerous. They complain a lot, but are afraid to take action. They want everything to change, but they themselves refuse to change .
If they thought a little more about death, they would never forget to make that much-postponed phone call. They would be a little crazier. They would not be afraid of this incarnation coming to an end, because you cannot fear something that is going to happen anyway.
And a wise man once said," Death is always sitting by your side so that, when you need to do something important, it will give you strength and courage that you need"
I hope that you, dear reader, have got this far. It would be foolish to be frightened by death, because all of us, sooner or later are going to die. And only those who accept this fact are prepared for life. :)
P.S. Did I ever mention that this topic - Death is my favorite ... because it comes in so many forms .. and yet never fails to take to by surprise ... so take time from your busy schedule and LIVE !!!!LIVE LIKE A LEGEND !!!!! : D
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
When It Rains . . .. . . .. .
A few days ago
life turned even more wonderful. The reason for that was the first
showers of this season. Bombay Rains had arrived. Anyone who knows me
personally would know that there are a few things in life for which i
have undying love for. And rains are one of them.
So here i would like to share with you a few things that i have done in the Rains and everyone should try them. If not all of them at least a few of them and make this Monsoon season more memorable.
1) Get Wet, wet, wet: Who says adults can’t have fun? Getting drenched in the monsoon showers, splashing water and jumping into puddles takes you back to your childhood days. But if you really aren't up to getting soaked, simply open up your windows and enjoy the smell of the first rains!
2) Walk by the sea: For those of you living by the sea or a short drive away, take a break from the hustle and bustle of your routine, leave your mobile phone at home and go for long walk by the sea. Don’t forget to stop for bhutta on the way ;)
3)Play football: There's nothing like a game of football in the rain. Sure you'll come home like a mud ball but what the heck! Wear an old t-shirt and shorts, call in your friends and families and get ready to get dirty!
4) Romantic drives: Get out of the city and go for a long drive with your partner or a friend or a group of friends . Don’t forget to have cutting chai at a roadside stall while you are at it. P.S. Drive safe
5) Hot Snacks : Fix yourself the ultimate monsoon snack - onion bhajiyas and adrak chai. Then sit by the window and enjoy!
6) A day in bed: Curl up with a romantic book or watch a romantic movie while lolling in bed. You can also enjoy the view from the window while listening to romantic songs
8) For People in A relationship - Rent some movies and snuggle on the couch together, play video games or other games, have a picnic in your living room, talk about any unresolved issues that may be floating around, take a nice nap together, cook dinner together,
9) Order in pizza and have a candle-lit dinner
10) Share a Long warm hug with someone you love.
11) Take a nice long hot water bath in a dimly lit bathroom.
12) Make paper boats and sail them outside.
13) Tell someone who you are attracted to that you Love him/her.
14) Have an ice cream or if you are a health fanatic then go have a ice gola :)
15 ) Get totally drunk with your friends and then take a walk in the Rains.
My List Of Best Movies to Watch on a Rainy Day.
1) Kal Ho Na Ho
2) Eternal Sunshine Of the Spotless Mind.
3) Sleepless in Seattle.
4) A walk to Remember.
5) Serendipity
6) Dil Chahta Hai
7) Dil To Pagal Hai.
8) Inception
9) Valentine's Day
10) Titanic
11)Kabhi Alivida Na Kehna
Songs to listen this monsoon
1) I Wish it would Rain - Phil Collins
2) November Rain - Gunz N Roses
3) Always - Bon Jovi
4) Sometimes when we touch - Dan Hill.
5) Desert Rain - Edward Maya
6) Kahin Toh Hogi Woh - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.
7) Zara Zara - RHTDM
8) Barsaat - Adnan Sami.
10) Pehla Nasha - Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.
11) Bheegi Bheegi Raaton Mein
12) Boondon Ke Mooti - Wake Up Sid! ( my personal favorite )
13)nothings gonna change my love for you - George Benson
14) Tip Tip Barsa Pani -- Mohra
15) Hum Tum -- Hum Tum
16) Koi ladki hain - Dil toh Pagal hain
17)Tum se hi - Jab we met
I hope that all this makes you have one of the Best Monsoons of your Life ever.
Don't forget to comment below and tell me how you spend your monsoon and also if my suggestions helped you.
So here i would like to share with you a few things that i have done in the Rains and everyone should try them. If not all of them at least a few of them and make this Monsoon season more memorable.
1) Get Wet, wet, wet: Who says adults can’t have fun? Getting drenched in the monsoon showers, splashing water and jumping into puddles takes you back to your childhood days. But if you really aren't up to getting soaked, simply open up your windows and enjoy the smell of the first rains!
2) Walk by the sea: For those of you living by the sea or a short drive away, take a break from the hustle and bustle of your routine, leave your mobile phone at home and go for long walk by the sea. Don’t forget to stop for bhutta on the way ;)
3)Play football: There's nothing like a game of football in the rain. Sure you'll come home like a mud ball but what the heck! Wear an old t-shirt and shorts, call in your friends and families and get ready to get dirty!
4) Romantic drives: Get out of the city and go for a long drive with your partner or a friend or a group of friends . Don’t forget to have cutting chai at a roadside stall while you are at it. P.S. Drive safe
5) Hot Snacks : Fix yourself the ultimate monsoon snack - onion bhajiyas and adrak chai. Then sit by the window and enjoy!
6) A day in bed: Curl up with a romantic book or watch a romantic movie while lolling in bed. You can also enjoy the view from the window while listening to romantic songs
8) For People in A relationship - Rent some movies and snuggle on the couch together, play video games or other games, have a picnic in your living room, talk about any unresolved issues that may be floating around, take a nice nap together, cook dinner together,
9) Order in pizza and have a candle-lit dinner
10) Share a Long warm hug with someone you love.
11) Take a nice long hot water bath in a dimly lit bathroom.
12) Make paper boats and sail them outside.
13) Tell someone who you are attracted to that you Love him/her.
14) Have an ice cream or if you are a health fanatic then go have a ice gola :)
15 ) Get totally drunk with your friends and then take a walk in the Rains.
1) Kal Ho Na Ho
2) Eternal Sunshine Of the Spotless Mind.
3) Sleepless in Seattle.
4) A walk to Remember.
5) Serendipity
6) Dil Chahta Hai
7) Dil To Pagal Hai.
8) Inception
9) Valentine's Day
10) Titanic
11)Kabhi Alivida Na Kehna
Songs to listen this monsoon
1) I Wish it would Rain - Phil Collins
2) November Rain - Gunz N Roses
3) Always - Bon Jovi
4) Sometimes when we touch - Dan Hill.
5) Desert Rain - Edward Maya
6) Kahin Toh Hogi Woh - Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.
7) Zara Zara - RHTDM
8) Barsaat - Adnan Sami.
10) Pehla Nasha - Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.
11) Bheegi Bheegi Raaton Mein
12) Boondon Ke Mooti - Wake Up Sid! ( my personal favorite )
13)nothings gonna change my love for you - George Benson
14) Tip Tip Barsa Pani -- Mohra
15) Hum Tum -- Hum Tum
16) Koi ladki hain - Dil toh Pagal hain
17)Tum se hi - Jab we met
I hope that all this makes you have one of the Best Monsoons of your Life ever.
Don't forget to comment below and tell me how you spend your monsoon and also if my suggestions helped you.
Monday, May 27, 2013
My Three Worst Traits !!!!
Well, this topic isn't a difficult one for me as I can easily reel of
three traits that I am not proud of. Unfortunately, I do lend myself to
being more negative than positive about myself #MustTryHarder!
My worst trait has to be my perfectionism. I find it incredibly hard not to be overly critical with myself in a lot of things I do. Over the years, this trait has held me back from trying new things. For example, learning to drive, going to dance classes and turning down good job opportunities due to my lack of self confidence. As I have got older I have got more self-confident.(that's one good thing !!! yay !!! )
I won't go on to tell you all about the OCD issues I have, including making sure all the labels are facing the right way and checking I've locked the door, numerous times.Someone once told me to give myself a break and not to be so hard on myself. She said, 'You would never think those awful thoughts about another person, so don't think them about yourself.' This is a piece of advice I've never forgotten.
I am so not a morning person! I cannot start my day without coffee. I need it to help me get rid me of my morning drowsiness! I am grumpy and everyone who meets me in the morning
has now got used to my groan as they says good morning to me!
My snooze button is my friend; I must hit it five times before I manage to squint out of my eyes! Then I have to try and remember what day of the week we are on! Not good am I?
But what can I say? I am so in love with my duvet. I believe there should be duvet days built into the week!
I have a terrible addiction to Haribo Starmix sweets. I never get sick
of them! I get excited when I pull a sweet out of the bag, wondering
which one it will it be.
Will it be the cola bottle, the egg or the jelly teddy?
I know that they are bad for me, what rubbish goes into them and I know I need to cut down. I put it down to the sugar rush!
Do we share any traits??!?!?!? well , if we do then do not forget to comment below and let me know !!
My worst trait has to be my perfectionism. I find it incredibly hard not to be overly critical with myself in a lot of things I do. Over the years, this trait has held me back from trying new things. For example, learning to drive, going to dance classes and turning down good job opportunities due to my lack of self confidence. As I have got older I have got more self-confident.(that's one good thing !!! yay !!! )
I won't go on to tell you all about the OCD issues I have, including making sure all the labels are facing the right way and checking I've locked the door, numerous times.Someone once told me to give myself a break and not to be so hard on myself. She said, 'You would never think those awful thoughts about another person, so don't think them about yourself.' This is a piece of advice I've never forgotten.
My snooze button is my friend; I must hit it five times before I manage to squint out of my eyes! Then I have to try and remember what day of the week we are on! Not good am I?
But what can I say? I am so in love with my duvet. I believe there should be duvet days built into the week!
Will it be the cola bottle, the egg or the jelly teddy?
I know that they are bad for me, what rubbish goes into them and I know I need to cut down. I put it down to the sugar rush!
Do we share any traits??!?!?!? well , if we do then do not forget to comment below and let me know !!
Sunday, May 19, 2013
The Great Indian Traveller
INDIANS ARE GOOD AT A LOT OF THINGS . TRAVELLING IS NOT ONE OF THEM .
Indians are going places.The problem with this is that it means Indians are going places.And as someone who travels often,I've noticed that we are not very good goers. Watching an Indian travel is like watching Ashish Nehra bowl,you can’t help but feel like you’re watching an art being practised at its lowest, least inspired form.
Travel is the Indian person's Waterloo. Travel brings out the worst in us . It also brings out every suitcase we and everyone we know, own.The only difference between an Indian luggage trolley and a truck carrying food on the highway, is that the truck probably has less food in it . And also the guy with the trolley gets drunk only after he begins his journey . If , as an Indian traveller , you have not made the person behind the check-in counter cry at the sight of your luggage , you're doing it wrong . My favorite part is the Indian traveller's reaction at being told they aren't allowed that much luggage on ."What ?! How can you say that ?! What do you mean I can't check my sofa in ?"
That Indians don't understand the concept of "travelling light" , is bad enough on it's own , but there's an even more dangerous corollary to that. They also don't understand the term " something small ". If an Indian relative ever says to you " Hey , I hear you're travelling , can you take something small for my cousin ? " , cancel your trip . Because "something small" is usually the size of a well furnished flat and may in fact be an actual well-furnished flat.
Things only get more entertaining when it’s finally time to board. Considering we pretty much invented math, our skills desert us the second boarding is announced. If the airline is boarding rows 16 to 34, the first person in line will be the guy from row 51. And when he is told it’s not his turn, he’ll put on his best wounded “But you said row 16, and my row has a “1” in it, so surely that’s close enough” face. I think Indians are secretly afraid that the entire airline industry is a giant practical joke, and if they don’t run to the head of the line, they think that they may have to standing ofr the whole journey on the plane or that the plane will leave without them.
Fighting your way into the plane can be a nerve-shattering experience, so it’s a good thing international flights serve alcohol. The average Indian man needs a drink or seven to enjoy his flight. He also needs for all seven drinks to be “strong-waala”, and served before take-off. This is because he cannot afford to waste any time after take-off, as he has a busy schedule of walking around the plane TALKING REALLY LOUDLY TO EVERYONE to adhere to. You haven’t lived unless you’ve been on a flight with a drunk Indian man imploring the flight attendant for a fourteenth refill. He will insist he is not drunk, which is not true of course, because sober people don’t talk to carpets.
The only thing more entertaining than travelling out of India is the journey back to India. After we’ve gone abroad (usually, I’ve noticed, for the sole purpose of meeting other Indian people), it is upon our return that us Indians prove that we have nerves of steel and more cool than 007.
If you don’t believe me, then you have clearly never seen an Indian man with six DVD players, a 54 inch TV and nine laptops walk through the Green Channel like he’s carrying just one handbag. It’s okay though, because if he’s asked what all of those things are, he can always say they’re just “something small” for a cousin.
Indians are going places.The problem with this is that it means Indians are going places.And as someone who travels often,I've noticed that we are not very good goers. Watching an Indian travel is like watching Ashish Nehra bowl,you can’t help but feel like you’re watching an art being practised at its lowest, least inspired form.
Travel is the Indian person's Waterloo. Travel brings out the worst in us . It also brings out every suitcase we and everyone we know, own.The only difference between an Indian luggage trolley and a truck carrying food on the highway, is that the truck probably has less food in it . And also the guy with the trolley gets drunk only after he begins his journey . If , as an Indian traveller , you have not made the person behind the check-in counter cry at the sight of your luggage , you're doing it wrong . My favorite part is the Indian traveller's reaction at being told they aren't allowed that much luggage on ."What ?! How can you say that ?! What do you mean I can't check my sofa in ?"
That Indians don't understand the concept of "travelling light" , is bad enough on it's own , but there's an even more dangerous corollary to that. They also don't understand the term " something small ". If an Indian relative ever says to you " Hey , I hear you're travelling , can you take something small for my cousin ? " , cancel your trip . Because "something small" is usually the size of a well furnished flat and may in fact be an actual well-furnished flat.
Things only get more entertaining when it’s finally time to board. Considering we pretty much invented math, our skills desert us the second boarding is announced. If the airline is boarding rows 16 to 34, the first person in line will be the guy from row 51. And when he is told it’s not his turn, he’ll put on his best wounded “But you said row 16, and my row has a “1” in it, so surely that’s close enough” face. I think Indians are secretly afraid that the entire airline industry is a giant practical joke, and if they don’t run to the head of the line, they think that they may have to standing ofr the whole journey on the plane or that the plane will leave without them.
Fighting your way into the plane can be a nerve-shattering experience, so it’s a good thing international flights serve alcohol. The average Indian man needs a drink or seven to enjoy his flight. He also needs for all seven drinks to be “strong-waala”, and served before take-off. This is because he cannot afford to waste any time after take-off, as he has a busy schedule of walking around the plane TALKING REALLY LOUDLY TO EVERYONE to adhere to. You haven’t lived unless you’ve been on a flight with a drunk Indian man imploring the flight attendant for a fourteenth refill. He will insist he is not drunk, which is not true of course, because sober people don’t talk to carpets.
The only thing more entertaining than travelling out of India is the journey back to India. After we’ve gone abroad (usually, I’ve noticed, for the sole purpose of meeting other Indian people), it is upon our return that us Indians prove that we have nerves of steel and more cool than 007.
If you don’t believe me, then you have clearly never seen an Indian man with six DVD players, a 54 inch TV and nine laptops walk through the Green Channel like he’s carrying just one handbag. It’s okay though, because if he’s asked what all of those things are, he can always say they’re just “something small” for a cousin.
how the airport officials see it
how the Indians see it
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Rediscovering Friendship ........
If You ask me what “LOVE” is? I’ll tell you that love is the most wonderful relationship that anyone can have. it's the best and most beautiful relationship in the world which cannot be seen or even touched, but it can only be felt with the heart.
Love is not a God as the fine philosophers of Greece once suggested. Love is something far more powerful and universal, for not all people believe in gods, yet all people believe in the existence of love. love is a condition of the human body that cannot be denied. True love is obstinate; in the way that music pours into the ears of an audience, love pouring into the heart of a man cannot be stopped, denied, or set off course. Love is a natural instinct. Love can also be defined as
- Famous Dialogue from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai ( yes ! yes! I am a SRK fan)
My recent trip to Singapore helped me helped me rediscover love .... it helped me rediscover friendship ......... pure - unadulterated Friendship ..... a bond that we have all shared with someone in our life......
My cousin introduced me to her friend, Nicole in Singapore. When i went to pay a casual visit to Nicole's place i was taken aback to see a wonderful bond of love and friendship. A Bond between her son, Niel and their pet, a french bulldog,Nacho.
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