Unconditional Love

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A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents from San Francisco.

"Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd like to bring home with me."

"Sure," they replied, "we'd love to meet him."

"There's something you should know the son continued, "he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mind and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us."

"I'm sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live."

"No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us."

HUM TUM

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He comes running up the stairs, panting.

Hum: Which paper today?

Tum: Eeeks! You don't even know the paper???

Hum: (Grins!) What difference does it make? I know you'll help me out anyway!

Tum: Get lost! I won't help you in your exams. I don't cheat!

Hum: That's what you said during last exams also, but in the end you helped me out!

Tum: That was because you said you would flunk if I dint help you out!

A Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime

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People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON . . . It is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are! They are there for the reason you need them to be.

Then, without any wrong doing on your part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.

Sometimes they die.

Sometimes they walk away.

Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.

What we must realise is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered. And now it is time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON . . . Because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. 

~ Borrowed from the internet

The Great Greek king, Alexander

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The great Greek king, Alexander, after conquering many kingdoms, was returning home. On the way, he fell ill and he was bedridden for months. With death drawing close, Alexander realized how his conquests, his great army, his sharp sword and all his wealth were of no use.

He called his generals and said, “I will depart from this world soon. But I have three wishes. Please fulfill my wishes without fail.” With tears flowing down their cheeks, the generals agreed to abide by their king’s last wishes.

“My first desire is that,” said Alexander, “my physicians alone must carry my coffin. Secondly, when my coffin is being carried to the grave, the path leading to the graveyard should be strewn with gold, silver and precious stones which I have collected in my treasury. My third and last wish is that both my hands should be kept dangling out of my coffin.” The people who had gathered there wondered at the king’s strange wishes. But no one dared to question. Alexander’s favorite general kissed his hand and pressed them to his heart. “O king, we assure you that your wishes will all be fulfilled. But tell us why do you make such strange wishes?

At this Alexander took a deep breath and said, “I would like the world to know of the three lessons I have just learnt.

I want my physicians to carry my coffin because people should realize that no doctor can really cure anybody. They are powerless and cannot save a person from the clutches of death. So let not people take life for granted.

The second wish of strewing gold, silver and other riches on the way to the graveyard is to tell people that not even a fraction of gold can be taken by me. Let people realize that it is a sheer waste of time to chase wealth.

And about my third wish of having my hands dangling out of the coffin, I want people to know that I came empty handed into this world and empty handed I go out of this world.”

Alexander’s last words: “Bury my body, do not build any monument, keep my hands outside so that the world knows the person who won the world had nothing in his hands when dying.”

~ Borrowed from the internet

Surabhi's back!!!

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I had written a blog entry about this spectacular drama team from Andra sometime back. They are back at Ranga Shankara, thanks to the Infosys foundation.

This time they've come with 2 new dramas: Bala Nagamma and Sri Krishna Leelalu and a repeat of the block buster Maya Bazaar. I managed to catch their performance last time and its pure magic........... totally beyond imagination for a theatre performance. The special effects used on stage would even put "the Matrix" team to shame.

The plays are in Telugu but that shouldn't stop the others from admiring the work of art. Tickets are pretty cheap and come at 100Rs per ticket.

This is one performance that I wouldn't dare to miss no matter what happens................... :)

The hope of a brighter tomorrow

* Dedicated to every student who has failed in the board exams but has had the spirit to fight back and emerge as a winner!

She sat on the bed with the bottle in her hand, tears flowing down her cheeks. She dint remember for how long she was crying. She didn’t even attempt to stop the tears from flowing or to wipe them from her cheeks.

Her bedroom was a total mess. There were papers, clothes and other personal articles strewn everywhere. Her question paper was lying in tatters on the floor. She was still trying to come out of the shock of what happened. How could she do something so stupid like this?

Sanjana was in her 12^th standard. She had taken Science as her specialization. Although she was handling all her subjects well she faced difficulty with Physics. So she had been extremely careful when she was preparing of her board exams. She had paid particular attention in studying the subject, referring previous year’s papers, textbooks and notes. She had made sure she had prepared well.

But as she sat down in the exams hall she started feeling nervous. When the exam paper was handed over to her, she had one look at it and she started sweating nervously. She felt a little faint and completely blanked out. It was then she realized what would be in store for her. Tears started to well up in her eyes. She knew she would never pass in the exam. In spite of it, she wrote what she knew. But that was not what she wanted or expected out of herself.

Justice after all............

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After almost a year, she had stepped out of the house today. It was a year and it almost seemed like yesterday.

Pranav had been extremely busy with his new business venture of late and had taken extra strain and stress on himself. She had complained to him often about it but he just wouldn’t stop. He was extremely passionate about his business venture. She would often find him logged on to his computer late at night designing proposals for clients. And when there was a long weekend ahead for them, it seemed like a welcome break for her and Pranav to catch up. Pranav was still trying to master the art of driving, but he had coaxed her into taking their car for their weekend get away. It was their first out of town drive in their brand new car. Those 3 days were blissfully spent in a wonderful resort. Having their daughter with them was like an added bonus. She got more time to spend with Pranav and she was very happy about it.

Nature's fury

It was raining heavily and the atmosphere outside was grey, just like how he was feeling. He had just heard the words that he had dreaded the most. The last 12 hours had turned his world upside - down. He was soaked with perspiration with all the running about he had done. He did not even have the time to change his clothes before he rushed his wife to hospital.

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Looking back he realized it was not even 24 hours since he had seen her radiant with happiness. It was their first wedding anniversary and like any typical husband who was madly in love with his wife he wanted to do something very special for her. He had racked his brains for the last 2 months planning out every single detail for their special day. He had called up her friends at odd hours asking for help from their end, in turn being cursed for having disturbed them. He had planned the most special day for her and she had absolutely loved being pampered from the beginning of their special day.

Games people play

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She had seen him through the fence that was separating the play area from the common area.

She could clearly remember he was wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. He was about 25 years old. He had carried a pink teddy bear in his hands. The moment she had set her eyes on it, she had decided that she wanted it. It was one of the most beautiful one that she had ever seen. She had dragged her father along with her, running behind that guy just to make sure that she could have the teddy bear, take it home and play with it, show it around to her friends and make them feel jealous.

Colours.....

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I wish I had more colours with me

All I have is black and shades of grey

I would have painted the most beautiful picture

Allowing my thoughts to stray

I would have depicted love through a mother’s eyes,

Aloneness through a lover’s byes

Deceit through a fiend’s vice

And pain through a baby’s cries

But you know that I would fill the world with rainbows

Taking the glory away from you

This is why you have given me just No’s

Every time I ask a favor of you

But there would be a time, when you realize what I am

For I know you would walk me through the sands of time

*Pardon my immaturity at this amateur attempt of poetry. Hope to improve with time! :)

It hurts............. but do 'You' realise that it does???

Given the kind of human beings we are, one of the things that would hurt us the most is Differentiation!

Having known that do we stop others from doing it to us? No! Do we stop ourselves from doing it to others? No! Yet, if there's something that hurts us the maximum its differentiation! And its probably the most widely used tool too - the Power to differentiate!

People gazing???

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I knew I was a people watcher…….

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not one of those persons with cold leery stares that would send shivers down your spine, nor am I a guy crazy gal who would blankly stare with star struck gaze into any guy’s face who would walk before me.

I’m actually a really warm person with soft brown eyes who likes to watch people’s mannerisms and actions. This is not something that I started consciously. I just happened to pick it up as a distraction from having to wait endlessly for my friends who would make sure that I wait the maximum coz I was a sticker for time. Time passed and it kinda got developed into a hobby. Now it’s become more of obsession kinds. Coz every time I see a person, I seem to analyze his mannerisms, body language, facial features unconsciously. And to complicate the entire thing, I somehow manage to link it up with the zodiac features of a person and end up being right! (of course, its by fluke!) Phew! Too complicated to understand, but I’m of the feeling that if I’m able to develop this it may be good for me. No harm in trying though! :-)

My sorrow is not for sale

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My sorrow is not for sale,
Nor for exhibition.
Yet I end up auctioning my tears
The devil bids the highest.

Courtesy: http://gaurigharpure.blogspot.com/

Guess I'm the one who's most familiar with this. My only hope would be to wish that the devil is actually an angel in the guise of a devil

Give me some sunshine give me some rain, give me another chance to grow up once again……….

Of late there’s this strange sense of loneliness that’s creeping into me. I’m feeling myself drawn into a black hole with no way out. It like walking in a dark room with no support, or like somebody’s blindfolded me and let me loose in a place which I’ve no clue about. Finding myself alone amidst a crowd of strangers is understandable. But I seem to be finding myself alone even among known people. I’m lost in my own thoughts when everybody around me is discussing something important. I don’t seem to connect with them on any level. I’ve tried to reason it out with myself, and am not able to come to any substantial conclusion. What’s more disturbing is every time I contemplate about it, I’m being drawn deeper into the black hole. It’s happening from within and it’s like I’m completely shutting myself from the outer world. I’m not becoming conceited but I do feel that I’m on the verge of becoming oblivious to the world around me. I know it’s not a good sign but I don’t see any ray of light which can pull me away from this feeling of emptiness.

Phir Mile sur???

Of all the songs in the world, the TOI group just had to, had to chose the iconic “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara" to mutilate. No I wouldn’t use their version of ‘Phir Mile sur’ (1) (2) coz I don’t see any sur meeting. Shankar Mahadevan said in the making of the video that all of them are using the same raang, but I see Aamir doing something that looks like a cross between an Aati kya khandala tune and a 3 idiot look, and SRK, Gosh! I don’t even want to talk about his act. I wish he would stop raising his arms for everything. He does it when he’s sad, happy, romantic, patriotic. Wtf! (u must have realized by now that I’m not a SRK Fan!)

I have my own doubts on this new version of the song. Is this a song that supposed to be epitomizing national integrity? I just see it jam packed with bollywood celebritites. If the TOI group feels that Bollywood represents India completely, they must be mistaken. I don’t see the others in the video at all.

No cricketers. Sachin easily represents 2 decades of Indian cricket. And isn’t dada supposed to be the most successful captain of the Indian Cricket team? And where’s Kumble? Wasn’t he the captain of the test team that beat Australia after 22 years?

No Great Personalities? Na da! I don’t see them being even remotely mentioned anywhere. No Man Booker Prize winner Arvind Adiga, No APJ anywhere and mentioning Nobel Prize scientist S Chandrashekar in the video would not have even come in their minds!

When cricketers are not featured, I doubt whether they would have thought of other sportsmen! Vishwanatah anand, Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupati, Rajyavardhan Rathore………..rings a bell, Mr. Surendranath???

And don’t get me started on the wardrobes!!! Deepika’s leg show = Unity? National Integrity? Patriotism? I thought the men would enjoy that bit, but I’ve been receiving mixed reactions about it! Taking into account the nature of the video, the least the people featured in it could have done was to dress appropriately. The old video was really special! The new one is just an attempt, and a really pathetic one I must say.

However the one worth mentioning aspect of the video was the message on women's education, women empowerment and Salman's effort with deaf and dumb. I must say that of the 3 Khans, its Salman’s, that’s worth mentioning.

If the TOI group wanted to capture modern India in their song, they should have featured personalities like NRN, Premji against the back drop of Electronic City. At Least it would have shown progress in the right sense. I don’t see how the new song depicts modern India when it has an overdose of bollywood celebs.

I feel the old one was picturised on such a high note that anything these people would attempt at would fall short of it.

I, honestly wish that they would stop making such pitiable attempts at recreating such wonderful songs.

This is what one user had commented and I absolutely agree with him: A song with its wings fluttering to the higher spirits is chopped down by the "commercial bollywood mafia" and some unaesthetic new generation thoughts". The soldiers gone behind the screens , sportsmen all bowled out, and yes you have " aati kya khandala " with all its vulgarity. A shame to the Director, producer and yes to all of us.