Small Gestures of Joy...

There are many people we come across and interact in our everyday life – our friends, colleagues, roommates, parents etc etc. Definitely they play an important part in our life and every decision in our life is taken after brain storming sessions with them . But there are few people we see almost every day, we hardly talk to them but still we need them and they need us. These are the people who bring a little smile on our face and make our monotonous life a little worth living. Few of them I come across everyday are-

The office shuttle driver who waits a couple of mins more for me

The cafeteria tea guy who makes the exact green tea I drink, even before I ask for it.

The traffic police guy who helps me cross the busy road every morning

The vegetable seller who keeps the fresh bunch of green leafy vegetables for me

The chicken shop guy who everytime cuts fresh chicken for me and ensures it’s without skin

The cab driver who turns on the FM radio as soon as I get into the cab

The maid lady who gets neem leaves every Ugadi without forgetting

The darshini owner who clears my parcel order first and does not make me wait

The local restaurant guy who delivers food even if its less than his minimum order

The tender coconut selling guy who gives me the biggest coconut which has lots of water

I don’t even know their names and they don’t know mine. We just see each other almost everyday and know one another by face. These people don’t have to do all this, they don’t need to at all. But these small gestures make our (atleast my) life a little livable. We don’t appreciate them everyday but atleast let me say it here - Thanks to all of you for being there :)!!!

Move on…

It sounds really positive and encouraging when people ask you to get over things and say – MOVE ON!!! It might be good rather useful when someone is going through a break up, divorce or sudden loss of a beloved person. There is a dialogue from the movie Chalo Dilli- ‘Jo Cheez hain ya to use badlo ya fir accept karo!’ When a person does not like something in his/her life and wants to change it, the world comes back and says – ‘Accept it and move on… or We all live with it, suck it up and move on!’ When things are not going your way just accepting them, wont take you anywhere.

Infact it triggers a hidden devil that says – ‘Screw you guys!!! I am so gonna prove you wrong’

It is this unhappiness and the frustration that fuels the urge of changing things. Trust me that works wonders. It is your life and no soul on this earth has the right to order you how to live it. If you don’t like something in your life, go ahead and change it. Its just for once that we live and lets not live under the burden of things that we hate to do.

An evening in Bengaluru....

Not to sound like a filmi title but it surely was an evening worth remembering in B’lore. I was on leave after a long time (rather first time this year). Had slight fever and body pain. After a good afternoon nap I was in my room watching movie and couple of sitcoms. At around 5.30pm, thought of getting some coffee. I love evenings, watching the sun go down and the wonderful shades of sky. These days hardly get to see them, thanks to my work. I opened the main door and was surprised to see that it had rained and I didnt even realize. I just screamed – Oh Wow… I was so excited, didn’t know what to do. It was very romantic , as my friend says – ekdum date marne waala types. There were trails of rain water everywhere, cool breeze blowing and drops of water trailing from the balcony grill. I decided to sit for a while in the balcony but then thought of making some coffee. Made some quick coffee with Nescafe instant coffee, poured it in my favorite mug, came out and sat in the balcony. Was sipping the coffee, watching the birds return back to their nests, just then thought, it would be great if I take some pictures. I somehow love taking the pictures of clouds. Here the sky was packed with clouds while sunrays trying hard to penetrate through them to say their final good byes. Tried taking some 15-20 pics, posing to my cell phone camera. Before I could realize I wanted to listen to some music, there was a guy in the neighborhood who started playing his guitar. There I was, in my balcony just after rain, sipping hot coffee, with cool breeze blowing, watching birds fly on a cloudy evening, listening to some awesome music and weaving my own dreams… What else it could be other than a perfect evening in B’lore…

Love Birds and Love Dogs!!!

Disclaimer: The thoughts in the post however real are just fictional and have no connection with anyone married, single, dead or alive. If there is any resemblance with anyone (I bet it will be with most of them :)), it is purely coincidental!

The question is – People in love are called LOVE BIRDS and why not LOVE DOGS?

After quite a discussion with my very knowledgeable friend we came up with the following theory –

People who are in love are called Love Birds. That is coz we do not understand what the birds coo infact we can’t even hear it. It is quite low and feeble. Same is the case with the people in love. They are most of the time kuchi-cooing (as we call itJ). They use all the modes of communication possible to kuchikoo 365 X 24 X 7 – Letters (gone are those days), mobile phones, office landlines, Gtalk, Skype and in fact all of them. Least bothered about the world beyond each other. Aptly called Love Birds.

Let’s see when these people turn to Love Dogs. That is after they marry :). What do dogs do most the time – Bark? And very often we hear the married couples fight over trivial issues. In the initial days of marriage the fights are smaller and hardly audible. As the days pass, the sound gets louder and louder. If a couple married for say 10-12 yrs fight, the entire house can hear it. Growing in the same proportion a couple married for say 20yrs fight, the entire colony or neighborhood can hear it. And in these situations they will need a third party intervention just as the dogs need :)