Heaven...

Today is a one of those rare days when I'm home alone and totally enjoying my solitude. Doesn't happen often in my house since the family always feels "baby" should not be left alone.

Awesome weather in Delhi, lots of rain and cool. Sitting without the fan, drinking endless cups of earl grey chai , listening to my most favorite slow romantic numbers and thinking my own thoughts.

Heaven...

Tech Savvy

I am sooooo dumb when it comes to technology.....of any kind. It goes right over my head. But I try, sometimes without success, to figure things out.

You can’t imagine how many hours day after day I put into understanding whatever comes my way. Frustrating hours where I feel like kicking my brain coz I just don’t get it.

I so envy the people who know exactly what it’s all about. In fact am surrounded by them. They have to bear me and my dumb questions day in and day out. And they help all they can with a little bit of good natured teasing. I can’t complain...I deserve it.

This post is dedicated to all the smart people out there who are tech savvy. I am full of admiration for them. I pray that they are always by my side to guide me when I get stuck. May they get smarter and smarter so that I can pick their brains and at least give the impression of being a bit tech savvy!

My Most Favorite Poem

I am not a big fan of poetry. I just don't get it. Unless it's very simple and rhymes. But there is this one poem by Sarojini Naidu which I love.

I love it because it speaks of life.....a life which is difficult at times. It talks about how everything passes especially the bad and the ugly, of new dreams and beginnings and hope. So I thought I'd share it on the blog.

This is something I always recite to myself when the going gets really really tough and I also have this irritating habit of sending it to all those friends who I feel are in need of a little pepping up. So here it goes......... :)

Transience

Nay, do not grieve tho' life be full of sadness,
Dawn will not veil her splendour for your grief,
Nor spring deny their bright, appointed beauty
To lotus blossom and ashoka leaf.

Nay, do not pine, tho' life be dark with trouble,
Time will not pause or tarry on his way;
To-day that seems so long, so strange, so bitter,
Will soon be some forgotten yesterday.

Nay, do not weep; new hopes, new dreams, new faces,
The unspent joy of all the unborn years,
Will prove your heart a traitor to its sorrow,
And make your eyes unfaithful to their tears.

Sarojini Naidu

It’s Not Rocket Science

I am bewildered at the way this country works. Seriously. Someone, somewhere thinks (or not) in a way that's beyond me.

A few months ago the area in front of our lane was cemented. Very good.....they’re thinking of ways to make the city look cleaner. A few weeks ago the road in front of my house was re-laid. Even better. And then guess what? They start DIGGING.

They dig all the cement out (some new drain being made in order to harvest rain water) and pile all the mud on to the road. I mean forget about the fact that this is the rainy season....that’s normal coz they always dig roads during this time. The whole dug out mud washes on the newly laid road making a total mess of it.

To add insult to injury, they don’t even work on it every day. A whole stretch is out of action making it very difficult for all of us to park our cars plus traffic is a mess. In over a week they haven't done 10 yards.

Forget about our inconvenience. Can they not figure out for themselves that they just wasted all the money that went into cementing and relaying? Can they not think and plan better? I mean come on......it’s not rocket science!

Rupee Symbol

The Indian rupee got a symbol yesterday and I was super excited. So excited that I talked about it to anyone and everyone who crossed my path.

There had been talk about it for the last few weeks and I was waiting to see which one finally got approved. Not that it really matters if we got one or what it looked like since it doesn't change the value of the rupee but it was something new to look forward to.

The suspense is over. We know what it looks like but alas when I wrote it, I realised that it didn't look so nice written in my handwriting. Since then some of my euphoria has dissipated and now am not so sure if I like the symbol we've got :(

Life Is A Bitch

Life can be a real bitch. And it is......most times.

New twists and turns down an unknown path. Tempting us with what we cannot have. Possibilities that never become realities. Yearnings that last forever.

It gives you a glimpse of heaven only to take it away. It never lets you forget the moment you let slip away. Right or wrong it's forever gone. All you are left with is life and it is a BITCH!

His Holiness The Dalai Lama

If there is one person I admire in this world, it is His Holiness. There is something about him that draws me. His persona, his dignity, his way of talking and most of all his philosophy.

Growing up in India I knew all about him but my fascination for him actually started when I read his autobiography. That gave me a glimpse into his personality and thought process and that’s when the admiration took firm root. I continued my reading on him and his teachings. The more I read....the more I admired.

Today I try to walk the path that he teaches. I don’t always succeed but at least I try.

Wishing His Holiness The Dalai Lama a belated Happy Birthday.....may you have a long long life.