lotus in the muck ...

i am a short circuit and what fuses me quickest is the crab mentality prevailing here in our country.. so socializing is really not my cuppa..

my bro always tells me am over critical and i conveniently blame it on my perfection. 

like i said yday i am bitten by the "bring in a change in me" bug so am off on to prove to myself the already proven theory that " world is how you look at it" i have started being a bit more open to others, i have never been the judgmental but now i am trying to be find the lotus in every muck i meet !!

very cheeky of me i agree but trust me its really mucky around here .....

Anyways i was discussing my new change in attitude with my brother who also happens to be an AOL (art of living) teacher..

during the conversation i was telling him about my admiration for the Chinese, I have no love for communism but the way they are growing by supporting each other always awes me more so when we have a similar socio - economic constraints and yet they are way ahead of each other.. 

then we moved on to discussing how much we both admire the Japanese. I have worked with them and their attitude towards profession and family has always been in sync with what i had read. 

My bro told me something real interesting about them ..

in japan, children are taught about teamwork right from childhood as the toys there are made heavy so that no child can lift it alone and would require a group to ensure that they can play with the toy. so they learn the nuances of teamwork right before they learn to speak a complete sentence !!

 aol school is replicating the same philosophy in their school in bangalore called shri shri ravi shankar vidyalaya

i hope more kindergardens take this up and the gen next learns to grow out of crab mentality and set example in team work to make India shining a dream come true sooner !!

dare !!

essence of life lies in simple philosophies and yet we so complicate it by running in circles around the  pillar of our worries / insecurities 

i was just doing a self analysis and came to the sad conclusion that for a long time i have not done anything new or different ... i have just been living without learning any thing new personally or taking up any new challenges off late ...

then thanks to the annual health check up courtesy office i realized i am good kilos overweight (keep guessing how many .. real mind boggling number !!!) and thats when  i got a real hard knock on my head and realized time to change or be changed !!!

i have been meaning to take dance lesson for about a year now .. i am supposedly passionate about dance and yet the right moment still beats me.... again a self revelation... i have a passion for doing nothing.. never the less i have passion.. its all about channelizing this passion... 

it always helps to have a family which believes that their dedication and love towards you and source of motivation can be only demonstrated by consistently ruthlessly pulling your leg.. so now with the backing and blessing of my family i now travel a bumpy , narrow uphill road to weight loss.. 

just got this quote in my mail box courtesy arina quote of the day and it got me thinking ..what timing in my case :)

"Dare to dream, dare to try, dare to fail - dare to succeed."

G Kinsley Wood 

living after leaving ...

the lady who lived two floors above us would always keep water for birds to drink on the window of her kitchen.. I had mentioned about her earlier.. ma and me were pretty inspired by her and started keeping water for the days she had gone out of town.. (of course ma did the work .. I was just inspired !!)

unfortunately she is now no more..

she was related to few by blood and related to others by her deeds.

Yesterday ma observed that few pigeons have been coming to our window a lot and then it struck her that these birds must be looking for the lady for water and then she kept a bowl of water there.

In the evening ma observed that half the water was gone and then even a few crows came over to drink water

ma hates crows as they are supposed to be bearers of bad news but of course she has not much of a choice here as her humanity is at stake !!

so now we have decided to follow what the noble lady had started.. keeping a bowl of water for the birds everyday henceforth..

life sure goes on and yet we take a moment to remember the people who made it worth living in their little way and touched so many lives ....

dexy 1.3

Dexy nudges ma when he needs food and nudges me or broi for his doggy treat which is kept on particular rack in the fridge. Once when dexy felt an urge for the treat and not finding me or broi he started nudging ma to the fridge. Ma did not know why was he doing so and opened the fridge and gave him some green peas which he loves. But he again nudged her and she again opened the fridge to figure out what he wanted from there. When she could not figure it out, dexy himself removed the treat packed and left ma rolling in laughter.

Guess dexy was sent by god to bring in laughter in our lives which the more there is, the more enriched our lives become..

I was on a trip and got lot of doggie food for my dexy and boy is he thrilled. Now he chooses the treat he wants to have.... life should be all about choices  you make :)

btw snuggles too gets lucky now.. he gets a share of the doggie treat :) and dexter is learning to behave and realizing he has no choice here but share grudgingly !!

broi

I always encouraged my bro to communicate as I have seen most men don't communicate unless its death and death situation and then its too late. Lately he has taken up my continuous nudging to write a blog and he finally did it.

I have known him pretty close all his life but yet when I started reading his thoughts I felt I really did know quite little bout him. His thoughts were fresh and different and he could finally put them to words was something that thrilled me. If you get a scope do visit his blog posts at ....

but I loved was he finally listened to me. Well whom am I flattering.. I guess it was his time.. loved the line he wrote.... god wears a different watch than us... true he does as he alone knows the right time..

do check his blog and put in your comments

http://cbodhayan.wordpress.com/

tashan !!!

was in ludhiana last week.. it was a riot.. in punjab I guess there truly is no dull moment. I saw three youngsters driving a huge tractor in the middle of a main road, delaying the other cars, carrying a single barrel gun and savoring every moment of their drive in their kingdom of vanity. I asked the driver why no one was telling them to budge.. the driver proudly replied.. its the tashan.. I guess it happens only down here and ya what the heck why not. Am sure they had fun.. what if 20 cars got delayed to their destination.. and seeing them enjoy I felt like taking a pic but chickened out .. dunno what tashan they have towards visitors clicking pics !!

I guess its not just punjab.. its the whole of india, there seems to be something thrilling and so radically different happening in every corner and if you are a spectator, you sure are gonna have a roller coaster time going from one state to another which will either touch your stomach with mouthwatering cuisine, your sense of style with every state having a unique type of sari or kurta .. touch you eyes with natural beauty .. and steal you soul... making you want to give into these places for the time you are there atleast ..

Loved the tourism ministry advt on “atithi devo bhavo” guess its for the common wealth games in delhi. Sure it does strike a chord and sure it has a real strong brand ambassador but its very easy to preach than followed.. In a country where disparity is glaring naked on the eyes, sentimental advertisement wont help much as many towns dont still have the electricity to run a fan forget watch television. wish government put in money, brain and time on removing the disparity than putting the same down the drain with high celebrity power campaign.. 

hero in every corner !!

some days back I met this awesome lady with two dogs and when I went to pet the dogs she told me her story of how  she found one of her dogs when she was travelling in another country. She rescued this awesome German shepherd who was being brutally maimed by the original owner. She took him to the hospital  and has been caring for him past 10 years. She is young  and single and I know how much time consuming is having one dog and she has the dedication to manage single handedly two dogs  !!

just couple of days back I met another awesome person. He was with the army and now he is in the industry. Always admired people from the forces as their perception of life is so much more full than the civilian's as they call it. They give accomplishment another meaning and yet can be so refreshingly humble about it.

Truly there is a hero around every corner.. its just how deep you look to find one !! And each of them leave a n impression in your perception of things ...