Monday, June 21, 2010

blockages!!

sometimes i find that writing can be so difficult...... even writing just ur thoughts........ why is it that the words seems to fumble and letters seem so difficult to type? A writer's block is what they have named it.... more a mind block, i think, isnt it?? after all its the mind that rules ur actions!.... whether u are writing, painting, reading and even cooking should i say? why not isnt cooking an art? yes it definitely is......

there may be thousands of reasons for ur block, but the real trick is how it get out of it!..... unwinding urself??? take a break, they say!!

but i wish somebody would tell me how to control my thoughts!! how can u go past ur blocks, how to break the ice!!.... and how to go about when u get stuck in-between and u get no ideas!!!

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Happy Father's Day!!

Its common for all to talk of their mothers, but just as mothers are indispensable, so are fathers.....

Gandhi- no i am not talking of our 'father of the Nation', Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, but i am talking here about my father (Nana as i called him)..... he was very fondly given this pet name "Gandhi" by his grandmother, who wanted him to grow up to be as great as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in stature!!....... and very true too...... he may not have become a famous personality like MK Gandhi, but he did prove to be a 'Gandhi' for his family and all his relatives....... he earned an unmatched respect and love from all the people he came across in his life.... Yes, A Gandhi in his own world!

A true Lion ( his sun sign was Leo), he was the most generous and very authoritative...... A person who never feared responsibilities, but instead was always right in front to take up new responsibilities and handled everything to the perfect 10........ A great organizer and planner that he was, anything he did was sure to be a success..... the hard exterior that he portrayed, he was equally soft from inside......

My idol, role model, he was truly a gem of a person..... sometimes it becomes really hard to express in words the respect and love and admiration that i have for him..... its been 6 years since he left us, but it still feels like he is sitting in the other room reading his newspaper with a cigarette in his hand.......

I miss u Nana..... its not easy to write just a small para on u....... if i could, i would write a book on u and still it would be less.......

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

a quote......

THE WORST IN LIFE IS "ATTACHMENT " IT HURTS WHEN YOU LOSE IT. THE BEST THING IN LIFE IS " LONELINESS " BECAUSE IT TEACHES YOU EVERYTHING AND, WHEN YOU LOSE IT, YOU GET EVERYTHING.

i recently read this quote and felt- oh so very true...... !!! so very concise and to the point.....i dont think there could be anything which can better reflect emotions and life as this line.......


Sunday, May 23, 2010

faces of life....

Life...... its just so very unpredictable...... one moment u are so happy and the very next moment u might just hear something which would simply shatter u.... it hardly takes seconds to change everything in ur life......just a case in point.... the recent plane crash in mangalore...... such a tragic happening and such a tragic fate for all those people travelling by the unfortunate flight..... but the worse is the fate of whom they have left behind.... their family and their loved ones...... i read that among the victims aboard were a whole family who had boarded the flight to attend a marriage function of a relative..... my heart goes to their other family members who had been waiting here in magalore for their arrival...... and to think about the infants who lost their lives in this incident....... each and everyone of them should have been alive, should have seen and experienced so many things in life..... life seems really so very unfair sometimes......

my heart felt condolences to all the families who lost their loved ones in this tragic incident and may the souls of all those who lost their lives rest in peace..............

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Childhood.....

Brings in such fond, lovely and sweet thoughts....... emotions and feelings and memories rushing through..... doesnt each and everyone of us yearn and wish to go back to being just a CHILD...... the fun, the play, the friends, the carefreeness of just being a child....... dont we all miss the child in each one of us, as we rush about in our lives to achieve our goals, build our future, make a career, struggle to reach the top, struggle to excel, balancing our relationships-personal and professional.......but yes in all this mad rush, there are moments and times when each one wishes to go back to his/her childhood...........


The very first thing which comes to mind as you think of childhood are the summer vacations..... isnt it??? the late mornings..... lazing around... running around the house..... visits to relatives houses or relatives visiting our places..... the fun-filled evenings..... the late badminton competitions....... and the power-cuts!!!!!!...... oh oh oh...... and how can one forget the hide-and-seek game, which i believe most of us must have played.....


This time in our lives is just so pure and serene...... we try new things.... we make new friends..... we fight and we make-up...... we play and dance together...... we share and mingle...... we laugh and cry together.......


Childhood also brings in memories of school.... the classroom..... teachers..... and punishments!!!!..... oops!!!....... has there been anyone who hasnt been given any punishment from his/her teacher ever??? i dont think so.... ;p ....... the pranks played on friends and teachers too.....

Childhood- the best days of our lives.......

Sunday, February 14, 2010

naresh-my inspiration.....

As we grow, we meet so many people, some just remain as acquaintances, some turn into friends while some become very thick friends who stick to us through thick and thin... some people inspire us while some deject us..... its an ocean out there and we choose our friends to the way they reciprocate to us..... there is a saying that " a friend in need is a friend indeed" .... also there is another one which says " a friend is a person who accepts u the way u are" ....... friendship and friends are the blessed beings....... they are true to u through out life.....

and then there is that one person in the ocean, who touches our heart..... whose entry in our life brings in bountifulness of happiness and unexplained flutter of excitement...... my life to bloomed with a similar entry.... NARESH...... yes the name itself means- King!.... and truly he is the King of my heart..... He brought into my life all the good things..... has been my support and my strength.... I feel all words and adjectives fall short in front of him..... He is a friend, a guide, a teacher, and a big inspiration to me!........ He is a great artist and i believe one of the best in the world but he still tries to do that something extra with each and every of his new paintings and creations...... his dedication to towards his work is awesome and seen to be believed..... Yes he has changed a lot over the period of time and it has to be seen to be believed..... people who knew him earlier and see him now are in for a great surprise!!!!....... from a lazy bum(in his college days) to a workaholic - the change is tremendous..... But he has always had a great hand and a great mind!!.... he always tells me- "u dont paint with ur hand, u paint with ur head and mind"..... A great observer and a perfect skills-man who would never go back or shy away from learning new tricks of the trade..... he also has another belief- " the day u stop learning is the day the artist in u dies"......

Yes, I have been so very lucky to have found my husband in him.... a great father to our only son, sanvrit....... and mind u, sanvrit too possesses and has been passed all the great genes of his father.....

Friday, February 12, 2010

festivals of india!!

India as everybody knows is such a splendid blend and mixture of cultures!! sometimes i feel that one calender year falls short for all the festivals and occasions that we have...... its shivratri today- 12th feb 2010..... and there are so many stories attached to this particular day....

This festival is celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna Paksha (waning moon) of the month of Maagha (as per Shalivahana or Gujarati Vikrama) or Phalguna (as per Vikrama) in the Hindu Calendar (that is, the night before and day of the new moon). The festival is principally celebrated by offerings of Bael (Bilva) leaves to the Lord Shiva, all day fasting and an all night long vigil.