9/11

i entered this comment in a friend's blog on his writeup about 9/11......

We are living more "on edge" now. Earlier this term was synonymous to living a hard paced life struggling to fit our schedule in a 24 hrs day. But now it has come to mean..living on the edge of terror...in a constant fear zone..any moment anything can happen maybe to us..or to our family/friends..or someone whom we distantly know...or others whom we don't know at all but who are people like us innocent and having done nothing to fall prey to such disasters....This a scary and creepy feeling which was well felt on the day after mumbai blasts..when i received well-being phone calls from all over the world and not just india...i wasn't scared after the blasts, although my sister had had a lucky escape..but these phone calls made me numb..and so much ..that i was in that stage for the whole month of july..Then after thinking a lot and realizing how helpless the whole system is...i also let the normal life take over my emotions and succumbed to the general grind of life!! yet once again!! and waiting for the next terror strike...

Mumbai blasts :-(

I still remember the movie "Bombay" which was made after 1993 blasts. I couldn't watch the movie because of the gory scenes which know I now is actually a reality.At that time, I was far away in another corner of the country.This time, I am here, in Mumbai itself. I am just speechless and shocked. Mumbai is in news for all the wrong reasons for the past 15 days. When will all these killings stop? Why are we, the public being punished for what we have not done? It maybe related to Kashmir issue or political reasons..whatever..why is our past still haunting us. Can't we live in the present? A request to the television media, please do not show the dead bodies and such pictures on media.Last but not the least, kudos to the Mumbaikars for springing back in action and not letting such adversity stop them.

another b'ful quote....

i think this blog is becoming my collection book of quotes ;-)

When you come to the edge of all the light you know,
and are about to step out in the darkness of the unknown;
Have faith in yourself

Faith is knowing one of the two things will happen
There will be something solid to stand on
Or you will be taught how to fly!!

7 things I hate

1) LIES
2) LIES
3) LIES
4) LIES
5) LIES
6) LIES
7) LIES

FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THERE IS A REASON......FOR THIS I CAN'T TAKE ANY!!!
THIS IS WHAT A PERSON DOES IN A FULLY CONSCIOUS STATE..........

7 important people in my life

1) My Father - For supporting me throughout...financially....emotionally.....socially....and all that you are doing for me today also.....

2) My Mother - For giving me birth.....

3) My Grand Mother - For doing all the things a mother does to bring up a child.....except giving birth.....

4) My Mausi - For being my friend/advisor/guide.....come what may, she is the first person I call when I am confused and at a loss to decision making...whether it is with my friends.....crushes...boyfriends or whatever....she is the only person in my family who knows everything about me.....

5) My Bua - Early on in my life, she was the only relative who came visiting my house and seeing her independent character...as compared to other female relatives in my small hometown......I decided that I would be like her....completely sure of myself ....and live my life on my terms....glad to say that I have managed to do that till date.....


6) Nilesh sir - I don't know where he is now, but I owe what I am today entirely to him and then to my hard work. From being a less than average student in my class, he instilled in me the confidence to top my class for 5 years in a row.. which in turn made me serious about my career....made a small girl decide to leave home early on to carve out a future for herself and her sisters.......going to the best school in India...and becoming an engineer
Thanks Sir, for the confidence.....the guidance.....and the years that you were in touch afterwards......To Sir, With Love....:-)

7) A Friend - .....the only other person who knows me apart from my mausi.....

7 things I love to do most

1) Reading books/magazines/newspapers....anything....I just love reading......
2) Writing....earlier I used to call it poems...but now I call them as "thoughts"
3) Walking....early in the morning before the sun is up...gives a sense of achievement
that I beat him in getting up and have started my day before he starts everyone else's......
although can't manage to do that these days....
4) Browsing through my collection of memoirs which includes various knick knacks right from my school days
5) Cleaning..it can be my cupboard, my house, my kitchen....it may be a task but it gives me immense satisfaction....
6) Dancing....on stage...which has recently been winning me laurels...its a passion...something which keeps me alive and going since my childhood........never realized that I will get a platform to showcase this hobby at this stage of my life too.....
7) Listening to songs.....which is generally on everyone's top item...is on the bottom of my list....as although i love doing this....but listening to my favorite songs makes me sad....but still this deserves to be on my list.......

Be Happy??

When I fell severely ill last month...the Doctor after diagnosing me advised me to BE HAPPY!
Since then I am wondering how can one "BE HAPPY??
Either one is happy or one is not....how can one be happy when maybe he is feeling nought?
Its not something one can enforce or pretend...like taking a pop-up pill
Even that would have been easier..taking a pop-up pill for BEING HAPPY...WOW!!

Although I am yet to meet someone who can say upfront to me that
"Hey there...I am a happy person!"

And me, have started to BEING HAPPY! :-)

life ka funda....

Don't go the way life takes you.
Take the life the way you go.
And remember you are born to live
And not living because you are born.........

pure love.....

Loving what you get is compromise....
Getting what you love is success.....
Loving till you don't get is true love....
Loving even after you know that you won't get is pure love....!

rigged knee vs broken heart

Sometimes i wish that i were a kid again...a rigged knee is better to mend than a broken heart - Anonymous

Stop Running !! Start Living…

The wandering clouds and the chirping birds
The fallen leaves and the cool breeze
The sunset on the horizon and the twinkling stars
The waves on the sea and the dew on the grass
The brush of the wind on my face and hair

Tell me to stop running and notice them
Tell me to stop trying so hard
Tell me to stop pretending to be so busy
Tell me to touch and feel them

The sound of the clock ticking away
The voice of the pigeon on my window-sill
The cycle bell of the daily milkman
The thud on my floor of the morning newspaper
The happy laughter of innocent urchins on the bus-stop

These are a few sounds which have ceased to exist
Lost in numerous meetings and keeping with deadlines
Drowned in the roaring traffic and the noise of local trains
These sound which we do not hear anymore;
Are living in our very own world, with a freedom of their own,
Whereas we are leading a baseless existence in noiseless chambers

Having no time for a walk to the nearby park
No time to have an ice-cream at the corner
No time for the regular visit to the “panipuriwallah”
No time to surprise a friend by dropping in unannounced

So caught up are we in our hectic schedules
That we have stopped LIVING
“We are merely existing”

So friends, stop running before its too late
Take a deep breath in the fresh air
And make way to feel a welcome change!!….START LIVING!!

I had written this way back in Dec 2004, now going back to this I feel that I have implemented quite a few things in my life.....I can now hear those sounds which are so missed in our lives
I had this poem on my desk since last one year and glancing at it daily serves as a reminder to me....
I am Happy that I have Started Living!! :-)