The Meandering Life

To My Dearest Didis & Sisters, First & foremost a very "Happy Rakhi" to you. My sincere regards, love & wishes to all elder sisters and my sincere love, wishes & also regards to my younger sisters! I, for one, never believed that age was a criteria for respecting someone... and hence my regards to all younger ones too for the way they have carried themselves in their lives. We all have a lot to learn, I guess, from everyone. As time takes a toll, our interactions have been limited; obvious responsibilities and sensibilities of life has encircled us and that is the way it should be! I take this opportunity to recall a few things about all that I treasure and appreciate in you all. Bordi: I have seen how a person can change for the good. I have seen, how one can brave our society's norms and come up good. I have seen, inspite of challenges & irreparable loss in one's life, how can one retain the capacity of being & doing go

This morning, I woke up to a torrential downpour. Rains lashing, the occasional bright lightening and the rumble of a thunder setting up the scene. However, it was the clouds , travelling swiftly with the winds which captured my emotions. It looked so beautiful yet there seemed to be a determination in the way they moved; as if they carried a certain message and had to travel far to convey the same. I could appreciate that probably  such beautiful cloudy day that had prompted Kālidāsa to weave his " Meghadūta "epic. A poem of 111 stanzas, it is one of Kālidāsa's most famous works. The work is divided into two parts, Purvamegh and Uttaramegh. It recounts how a yaksa, a subject of King Kuber (the god of wealth), after being exiled or a year to Central India for neglecting his duties, convinces a passing cloud to take a message to his wife at Alakā on Mount Kailāsa in the mighty Himalayas. The yaksa accomplishes this by describing the many beautiful sights the cloud wil

One of the age old excuse for delaying or not acting on some task has been, "that there's no time". The most polite way of reacting to this saying is that it is a myth. Man has been destined for great things and the sole criteria for achieving something worthy, has been the burning desire inside the person to get the job done. Everything follows thereafter. The planning, resource management, execution, overcoming of hurdles, etc. If you analyze the life of people who made big in this world, in any sphere of life, you will appreciate the passion with which they accomplished their jobs. So before we start procrastinating some job or the other, think time doesn't wait for none... and the biggest barrier to achieving greatness is one's own self! So go and get the job done.

I have been watching news every morning to keep myself abreast of the latest happenings in the world. To my dismay I found that the realities of the world, especially the news about various wrongdoings of man, which every news channels covers extensively rather set a pretty gloomy image looking forward to the day. I stopped watching news in the mornings, and stuck to glancing over the good news in the newspapers. However, in between surfing of channels, I found one show to suit my taste to perfection. Just For Laugh Gags, in Zee Cafe! JustForLaughsTV This show reveals the light hearted nature of humans. It also shows how the average human being is gullible yet good natured and can share a laugh at one's own expense. Kudos to the producers & other team members of this production who have taken the initiative to make people laugh in this seemingly saddening world. Do watch it guys and have a laugh!