Saturday, August 2, 2014

Got whatsapped !

Yes, whatsapp gets sold to facebook at some crazy amount of monies , but actually its us who got sold to facebook all over again! Its so funny , let it be any age group , teens , early twenties , mid thirties , new forties & fifties ... every one is hooked on to whatsapp.
So to my understsanding , whatsapp is a tool to enhance communication, a relatively cheaper and better way as compared to a SMS , SMS is already like the dodo gone extinct ! Its only financial transactions that come through SMS whether with a sigh of relief or panic is another blog topic altogether i guess !
But seriously whatsapp has become the tool of communication. Imagine if emails were bad enough to understand the exact tone and intention of the way they were written , man , whatsapp steels the cake !
Am i against whatsapp , nopes not all , mind you , i myself must ve initiated enough groups of long lost souls that existed sometime during my life , but exactly that's it , its a medium to reconnect again , have fun and share with whats happening currently in life.
But when whatsapp becomes the tool to avoid direct communication but still communicate matters of heart , man we surely are evolving to a totally new understanding of communication ! First and foremost , people with inborn brilliant typing skills always would keep winning in a whtsapp conversation , by the time butterfingers ( like the many that i know ) would get the chance to say uffh  , the conversation would ve moved onto more accusations and allegations !
Pick up the phone and talk , but then are we coming to the mind boggling human behaviour of finding more and more skillful means of avoiding direct confrontation.
I absolutely detest , birthday wishes on whatsapp , its like a task done. See i remembered , but calling and having an awkward small talk , ehhhh , noji !
If you actually look at it , whatsapp has become the means to avoid direct communication completely. But then like they say , you got to go with the flow. Whether always or sometimes or never is a choice left to us :)

Friday, June 13, 2014

Rains :)

Yes , the absolutely most awaited season of the year is just about to get on to its fullest potential ! I personally love the rains. Its a wonderful feeling of " new " and " begin all over again " !
Its natures way of washing away our sins ... ya ya , i also believe in all of this , karma , sin , all gets settled in this life time only , no punar janam .. !
But seriously , the beauty of it , is the way , single handedly , the entire area , totally gets cleaned up , all ready and glowing , to begin all over again ... Yes , somewhere we can take a conscious stand , never ever to throw any freaking plastic , coz it would again come back to us. I remember , during the last rains ( i think ) , me along with a few close buddies , went to killeshwar , to have fried fish and slurpy beer during the rains , it was an amazing feeling , its just the sight wasnt amazing at all , the shore was giving back to us all the possible plastic somebody out there must ve thrown in the water. It definitely is true , " what you do , comes back to you "
Why am i being so philosophical ? also is because , i tend to get philosophical during this season , the introspective phase of newness. Of washing away all the unwanted baggage , burden in the rains .. of bringing about a clutter free new mind ... a new thought process.
So here s wishing you and everybody you know out there a beautiful and plastic free rainy season.

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Our fourth ode to Manali – May 2014 trip


Yes you bet, this was the fourth time that we set out to Manali in a span of 10 years. And believe you me, we would still keep going there year on year (not that Uncle Sam has been meherbaan on us with a special Green parcel) but it’s absolutely worth every bit of it!
It’s this visual treat claim of every snowpeak mountain and pinecone forest that “jahan tak tumhari nazar jayegi , tum humain hi paaoge” it’s beautiful. Ofcourse, mind you, the location where you are put up, is of prime importance as well, ours had a mindblowingly fantastic view, but with a compromise on the size of room. We lived with it, i mean life itself is a compromise, aint it? It was the pure hospitality of the people who ran this place that also seconded our decision of staying back. Thakurdass village resorts – sajla.
This trip was a first ones for a lot of reasons – Kabirs (my 6 month toddlers) first Manali trip (first outdoor trip was Igatpuri ) , Ishus ( my son/grandfather of 6 years ) first own seat pe bethne wali flight trip , our first 10 day long trip , our friends first Manali trip – there s a certain spirit when you are going with the first timers to Manali , of showing off and owning all of the beauty that comes with Manali.
So apart from the awesome view and chill weather, were the elaborate lunches – Johnsons cafe , the fat plate , nightingale , jhana falls – local himachali lunch , chopsticks and the amount of khichdi dinners at our resort ! Obviously to balance the entire days food flow. Oh damn , totally cannot forget the one day of shopping , its a fact , given a chance we can shop , i mean really shop , had there been no leash on the purses , we would ve bought the entire manali market! But an absolutely satisfying experience!
Not to forget the superbly amazing mornings with a continuous flow of lemon ginger tea ! Man it was a hit! Also would be unfair not to mention the snow ball throwing 10 kms ahead of snowpoint. We were dressed to literally parade in 5ft snow , gum boots , jump suit but the snow at snow point was just as much as clean water in the ganges. But a horse & auto ride upwards – 10kms more .. we did get enough snow for the kids to be absolutely snow kicked about it.
Equally thrilling was the paragliding attempt made by our elder kids .. a short one in the very literal sense , but a full hands up on the daringness. There s so much to learn from children indeed , weather or no weather , small or big room , they had the entire resort to themselves in terms of exploring , playing , coming up with the most silliest of games , trekking in the forest lanes .. all satisfied and accepted with the way things were. To break away from the sudden rain weather was a small time attempt of bonfire and eating hot marsh-mellows .. oh wow , just the thought of it is making me go slurp slurp.

Though it wasn’t all hunky dory all the time, the untimely blessing from rain god for continuously 3 days .. , the freak bike accident, the last minute pressure of reaching airport on time, it was still a trip to remember and go down the memory lane as a wow one, the one wherein the moon peeped through our window all bright and lit up the room showering its moonlight on my little and big bundles of joy, from between the snow peaked mountains. 

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Modern maata

Actually this one came up in a very unexpected friendly discussion with a very close buddy ... that there s such a derth of good content and infact relevant content when it comes to raising a kid in an Indian environment .. the working mother , the sabbatical mother , the home maker mother ..
The way kids were raised by our mothers vs the way we d want to raise them. Though babycentre.co.in proves to be quite helpful and insightful , but there s nothing more than this.
We can actually have a wikipedia of aaj ki maata , where most of us can keep adding comments and reviewing it further ...
An idea is just another passing thought , unless acted upon , so lets see what further brews up here.. Any suggestions and joining in , most welcome :  )

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Binness

Its a funny thing , when u start doing your own business. First and foresmost you dont realise its a business. U do it simply out of passion out of wanting to being occupied , being productive , the want to earn and that certain amount of self confidence. 


Then u realise its been 2 years and you got to do something about it. Make it a bit more professional , get some goal , something to look forward to , else even this starts to get being monotonous. 
First of all not to many people really comprehend what u do and the definition of what you do changes from person to person. Depending whos asking !?
Then you start figuring out how to create your existence in this cut throat world ! You feel whether you should learn a bit more and then begin , teach some basic concepts in a very basic management school or college and then begin , or should you just goddamn begin !!


So here it is , i declare that i am going to have a website of my own coming soon. The name has already been coined. "Bridging Gaps"
Read this space for more interesting information on the journey of making Bridging Gaps a reality.






Monday, September 7, 2009

A Days Break !

Its an amazing feel to not to be with ur kids for a day and go trekking and freaking like old times. Yes thats , exactly what me and a couple of friends did. Went to Tungareshwar. Have to tell you , that I am not at all a (nature and adventure and trekking and whatever is associated with it ) person with such traits. But believe me you , I thoroughly enjoyed it yaar. It was superb , the climb up , then we chose 3 different spots for settling down with gud amount of substance abuse , mind you. And finally soaking ourselves under a very well hidden waterfall. As if dear God wanted us to have all of it , there were occasional showers as well. Beautiful man, a day like this in an otherwise very monotonous life was really refreshing. We all had the common liking for food , so ended up eating at Pritam da dhaba .. and ate and ate !! Along with my buddies even I was impressed with myself for doing and enjoying such an outing. Maza aagaya !

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Ganpati Bappa Morya!

Yes sir , and we did it ! Its a totally different experience , one that you have to experience yourself in order to believe it. The preparations , the intentions , everything has to be so pious and in order .. Nothing that would displease him , not knowing how much would please him as well ! It was just 1.5 days that he was with us , but you feel like doing it everyday of your living life. Its not about idol worship , its about the faith and the belief , and this thing that holds family and friends together. I must say ( not being modest at all ) that the decor and the cut out came out well. We actually had the grass grown in front of the hut and trees. It was nice .. Pudchya varshi lavkar ya , Ganpati Bappa morya !!