A Genius

There was hardly any dry eye in the audience when a bunch of actors performed on the stage. Their transformation was dramatic, their confidence absolute. The lines from Shakespeare’s Macbeth were delivered just right, in perfect English. And when those actors left the stage to thunderous applause, it was not just for their acting talent!

Saying It #4

Sure!

Real-estate, stocks, bonds and commodities are 

INVESTMENTS 

but so are education, art, spirituality, 

vacation, health, relationships and children.

Take time, manage your invests ;)

All Fool's Day

April 1^st, is almost here!!!

Ha! All fool’s day. It’s time for you to unleash your fun side. The only day when you can officially pull the leg of anyone - who always scared you, your boss (if you are sure there are no chances of him firing you!!), your big always so right brother, your best friend so smart or your no nonsense teacher… Being a trickster and pulling out fake stuffs and making them believe in it… Oh! That pleasure does makes us so so happy and whole situation a hilarious incident in cells of our memory. I can remember my first memory of April fool’s day when I was in 2^nd standard, all I could think of was pretending there was a lizard behind my mother and then I saw my mom jump and freaking out…though simple in nature, the so called prank to me did give me a good amount of laughter and a sense of pride in pulling a leg of an adult none other than my mom!!!

A Little Pencil

“First Aid Box. Check. Knife. Check. Spectacle Case. Check.”

“Grandma??”

“Blanket. Check. Fruits. Check. Books. Check… This old age can’t remember… I think everything is here now”, murmuring to herself.

“What are you writing Grandma??”

“Oh, darling! Did you say something? I have become a weak ear lately”

“Are you writing a story about what we’ve done? Is it a story about me Grandma that you writing?”

No dream is ever chased alone

Today was a lovely day. Full on happening. Met so many. Learned so much, laughed my heart out, cracked silly jokes (my speciality!!!)…. But that one thing which made it memorable was the seminar with Sir Vinod. He not only had a superb charm in his way of interaction but also, he shared remarkable memories of his childhood with none other than Rahul Dravid. Yes! Our very own great Rahul Dravid!!! Hailed as -The wall.

Saying It #3

To love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it

and everything you've held dear
crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,

your throat filled with the silt of it.

When grief sits with you, its tropical heat

thickening the air, heavy as water

more fit for gills than lungs;

when grief weights you like your own flesh

only more of it, an obesity of grief,

you think, How can a body withstand this?

Then you hold life like a face

between your palms, a plain face,

no charming smile, no violet eyes,

and you say, yes, I will take you
I will love you, again.

Light and Night

After bright shine comes again the dead of night

But when it is dark enough

You can see the stars twinkling bright

Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave

Occurring of Violent storms

Simply gives way to sunshine and wisdom wave

 

While facing the darker times

When embracing the hard and pain

 Our eyes open, we recognize our primes

Don’t run away from sting and ache

Every path has puddle and power

Every rose has love and pain

When hours ferments into darkest

When there is hardship and sorrows

Remember to go on, as happy moments are closest

Without tasting adversity

We can’t welcome prosperity

Breaking rough cocoon first, flies the beauty

If there was no cold winter

The flowers of spring will never blossom

It is cycle of nature, everything comes in pair

This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda

No Magic Wand

Miracle starts to happen when you give as much energy to your dream as you do to your fears. I am sure we all have come across these words or say something very similar to this viewpoint in speeches or books. What is significant is the impression these words are trying to make, which is that the person who dares to believe in dreams is accustomed to meet and create beautiful life. The first stride is towards dreaming well and the other is towards its fulfilment.

We on look such persona today. Making governance more transparent and inclusive is what he and few others dreams of.

Saying It #2

Kindness and politeness will not deliberately move or take measured steps into your vicinity or your territory....It will require your efforts... pull it out from wherever it is residing and push it to become a part of your real life !! 

My First Liebster

Firsts are always special. Close to heart and never forgotten. It was 18^th November. Cheers to Bhumi of Hey Wait,Listen! She nominated my blog for the Liebster Award. Thank you so much!!! I accept this award with gratefulness and excitement. Lots of love to you. It’s more than just an award for me. Any kind of recognition small or big gives so much happiness and you can’t imagine how much delighted I am with your generosity. It’s strange we don’t know each other and are connected with strings of our writings and jottings.

Pondering at Construction site

I look at the construction site and ponder….

Surrounded by noise of Tractors and Cranes,

Breaking stones, lifting bricks,

Sieving sand, wetting cement,

Under hot screeching sun,

Beating iron rod, trying straightening it,

Working & working, when do they stop?

Take break,sip few drops of water.

 

Beginning...

Hi Diary,

Here I am writing after days. I wish if you could give me a big hug. Things are no longer normal since morning… the jinx of usual troubling thoughts in my mind and complications of life is broken. Our wedding card, Jaya weds Keshav written with golden emboss, wedding between Jaya, a girl from small town, average looking, extrovert, college lecturer and Keshav  tall, handsome (very very!!), introvert city boy working in private firm. Two opposite people vowed together to be each other’s companion for lifetime…The cacophony of excited relatives, all memories with tiny details still afresh in front of my eyes... How can I forget it? 

Saying It #1

At the end of the day, all that matters is what you make or believe to be what you determine. Your deeds may be filled with fault and error, disrespect and dishonesty, but eventually you know inside what was right and what wrong. That then is the best judge and the best guide. 

~ Garima 

Courtesy Google

Birthday Gift

Gauri is a sweet little lovely young girl with dimple chin, chubby cheeks, rosy lips(and yes, teeth within!). She got up very early today despite being a Sunday as it’s her birthday!!! She is turning 9. She knows she would be receiving gifts and will get to eat lots and lots of sweets today. So she quickly took her bath, wore her new dress and was ready looking pretty like a princess. She touched every elder’s feet and took warm healthy blessings. Next she wanted to taste all mouth-watering colourful sweet-smelling sweets, but she knew until she visits temple and does pooja with her mom she can’t even touch them.

I Fear ‘Nothing’

Eloping Imagination

Make a cat roar, jump on the clouds, sleep on million candies, own a 'Genie' and keep make wishes, live on trees like nomads, play with unicorns,  live a heroic  life (S for Superman)... Hey! Do you say “Not possible!!”? Then my friend, you have underestimated the power of imagination!!
 Yes, it’s one of the most impressive strength of human mind. By annexes of imagination you live your dreams for few seconds… impossible becomes possible in our custard of thoughts…it lifts the wings of hopes and pushes harmless dreams to surface. I just love imagining, or say dreaming, another synonym for imagination… it adds creative blends to day to day life but there is other side of the coin, the other product of imagination “Fear”, not so adorable.

A Healthy Immune India

Kids love to play dirty. They smudge their hands with all sorts of colourful or say grey stuff they eye on, you make a move to stop them and they do it again and again. They like to explore everything in terms of taste, touch and weight. Remember the ‘Boo Boo’ adorable baby (I don’t remember his name, his booing act was sho cute that I refer him that way ;)) from movie ‘Baby’s day out’ who almost explored the whole city on knees and was so happy and lovable all the time. Till the end of film, he was one strong n healthy booming baby…

A Small Chit Chat

Meera’s happiness has no bounds. She is fluttering with joy and why not? She is blessed with a baby girl. She is now a mother. Until now Meera was centre of her own world, but now the definition of her life has been squeezed into being around her daughter. She and her husband Karan want to leave no stone unturned in taking care of their little angel.

They are new to parenting, they know little and are learning. They are all set to play their new roles. Let’s sneak into their lives and be part of their happiness, excitement and parenthood…. For a while….Into their living room…

Quick Doodle Recipe

Tasty food makes everything from a boring lecture to your everyday job enjoyable! Hunger strikes at any time! At times, you are left to deal with your own hunger. You need easy to make and yet flavoursome dish. So here I provide extremely delicious snack which can be prepared even at midnight. All you need are some simple and healthy ingredients such as oats (powdered form not a compulsion!!), rava (semolina), two eggs, ketchup and other leftover things in your fridge which would give the personal touch to your recipe. Don't forget to try it...
and do share with me the experience of your taste buds ... Here’s how the procedure goes: 

Dedicated To You Sir… Happy Birthday!

From where should I start and what should I write in your praise for one true legend you are. So enthusiastic and full of life and being one of the busiest actors at the age of 71. I can’t hold myself from wondering, from where do you get so much passion and inspiration? Leaving the age of retirement far behind, it seems you will redefine the age of retirement!! Wait, entertainment industry has no retirement age! Sic!

Teachers Open Doors

When you were kid who opened the world of art and music to you? Who familiarised you with numbers and poems? Who taught you to question and reason out? Well, those were our teachers and from the beginning of time when they were ‘Guru’(s) to the present modern time ‘Miss’  , ‘Ma’am’ and ‘Sir’ the world hasn’t been able to do away with them, as it’s only impossible!! 
In the words of William Butler Yeats, 
"Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire."

A good teacher educates us through experiences and stories and fables, torches path and enlightens. Such teachers are angles in disguise of parents, friends, brothers, sisters and of course our very own ‘Life’.