Mar 03, 2008: Dreaming on...

Dreamer... that I am supposed to be (people say) because I am a Piscean.
Dreamer… that I have always been too afraid to be - for the fear of dreams getting shattered
Dreamer… that I am letting out (or shall I say 'trying to let out') from within - because - WHAT THE HECK -dreams shatter even when you thought you had none!

So, I dream of a beautiful home and a loving husband (My A** - Ha! I bet you are reading that wrong --> no 'S's there), not in that order though.
…and I plan of a fitness area & some potted plants & few exploring creepers & a well-done bathroom…
& an arty living area with a designer (read 'mine') interior & a modular kitchen with us (me in spaghetti top and 'you' in boxer shorts ;-)) cooking.
& our Sunday brunch & long drives on a ribbon road in a swanky 'lambi' gaadi…
& satin bedcovers & scented pillows & dim-yellow light & 'you'….

PS: not listed in the order of priority :-)

March 03, 2008: ...would suffice.

Read a very nice quote sometime back:
"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 'thank you,' that would suffice."
So, Thank you God. Thank you Krishna :)
--> for giving me all this
--> for not giving me certain things that I thought I needed most
--> Thank God for NOT giving me that, else I wouldn’t have got this
--> I shall thank you more my Lord… I pray for strength, I pray for courage & righteousness to stand up for the thoughts/ ideals which I talk/ write so eloquently about.
Thank you God. For everything.

Looongg time!!

Even I knew that it had been a long time since I posted but just realized that it has been a reallllyyyy looooong time (not jut long ;-))

Anyways, I am posting things which I wrote sometime back while I was on a flight from Bangalore to Delhi. I initially wrote them with the intention of posting it (I did not have access to internet/ computer that time), however later back-tracked. After lot of deliberation, I am posting it here. So, read on to the next posts...

Yeh lo!! ... Ab toh Aamir Khan bhi blog karta hai!

Remember the Mountain Dew ad "... cheetah bhi peeta hai".... My reaction was just like that.... Lets cut it short - Check this out... http://www.aamirkhan.com/blog.htm

Very nice blog! No wonder people love him so much.... He is "Honesty impersonated".

Lost and found

A short quick sequence of my mobile getting lost and found (within 15 mins) made me realise that I am indeed very lucky....

Now, how is that significant???
Most of us would agree that given all due respect to our 'karmas', few amongst us are sheer 'lucky'... I thought I was of the 'average luck' sorts, but this incident made me think that I might actually be of the 'more luckier sorts'...

Now, how does that change things for me??
Nothing much; I will still have to strive for my goals with equal efforts; What it might change is my 'attitude' towards my luck... Positive thinking (a.k.a. The secret) you see! :D :D ...

PS: I am generally an optimist but at times I tend to inhibit my optimism (for the sake of following the 'lower expectations, greater joy' mantra)... So, at times, I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist.

'friendly' banter

(on a chat window)

ME: Shall we please go for lunch?
HE: in 10 mins?
ME: I am hungry
HE: eat my head :-) (smile)
ME: if ever i choose to be non-vegetarian
ME: ur head would be the last thing i eat
ME: cause its bhoosa inside skull
HE: :( (sad and wailing)
ME: so if i am veg i wont eat it
ME: bcoz
ME: the 'skull' is bone
ME: and bone is non-veg
ME: and if m non-veg
ME: i wont eat it still bcoz
ME: its veg in the garb of nonveg
HE: :O (surprised)
HE: (furious)
ME: (smirk)

Once more on 'Rabbi'

Please refer to the following link (towards the end) for introduction
http://imemyself123.blogspot.com/2007/09/ek-geet-hijar-da.html

I have been listening to his songs for over two years now and they are quite a regular feature on my playlists.... I have always believed that the best test for 'good music' (as for numerous other things) is the 'test of time'. If you feel like listening/ revisiting a song after every now and then, over a period of few years - and still it sounds interesting and thought provoking - that would be its greatest testimony.
For Rabbi-lovers like me (Yes, I am turning into an ardent fan of his music), he is sure to be counted amongst the greats on the Indian music scene - and mind you, the instrumentals of his songs are rather 'popular' (in the sense that its not like listening to 'ghazals' which would appeal to only a particular kind of taste), but still they are nice, classy, rythmic and very tastefully done - but I think the key difference lies in the lyrics of his songs and themes he explores. Unfortunately, most of them are in punjabi so people who can't understand punjabi at all might just miss the soul of his music...

And I recently realised that his is definitely not a small fan club - in fact his music is acquiring a cult status all over (see this http://rabbism.blogspot.com/ )

And just as his thousand of other fans, I too am eagerly looking forward to his next album. Fingers crossed!

Karte rahe hum intezaar,
par ho naa paya deedar-e-yaar
intezaar karne ki toh uff...
ab aadat si ho gayi hai

Author: A [:p]

Who is the beast?

The latest Census figures show that tiger population in India (home to approx 40% tigers of the world) has halved over the past five years - The wild cats count stands at 1,411 now, down from 3,642 in the last major survey in 2002. [However, certain section of press doubt that 2002 numbers were largely rigged].


At the beginning of the century there were close to 40,000 tigers in India. The numbers fell to 1,827 in 1972; however after the Project Tiger began in 1972, the numbers rose to a happy 3,507 in 1997. However, the happiness was not to last for long.... Since then, inspite of crores of rupees spent in the name of tiger preservation, the numbers have dwindled by 60% to a meagre 1411.


Terror has been spread wide across the states… and is shocking to the say the least…
…And the famous Sariska has no tigers left!!

We all know the reasons/ processes which are responsible for drawing these beautiful cats so close to extinction; so I won't elaborate on that.

The thought that comes to my mind is... Apart from humans, there is no other species in animal kingdom who kills for leisure/ thrills/ frills… So, who is the beast amongst us all?

Glint...

Both of us walking

"You are so unfortunate... you can't read my blogs..."

"Yeah... that is for few privileged people"

pause.

"You can read me though..."

two pairs of eyes glint.


PS: And in a typical 'A' fashion, I can't resist praising myself for that awesome one-liner :D

PS: Don't 'just' go by the posts, 'happiness' is yet to arrive. "There's Many a Slip Twixt the Cup and the Lip"