Merci

I have realized that no matter what your dreams are and how you achieve them it is important to have the right kind of people around you. People who love you and whom you love back.

You know what sometimes pisses you off? On how certain people have a golden spoon in their mouth and are hand-held to all the fancy things that life could give one, with such ease. Sometimes you get a wake up call. On other days, you conveniently doze off in the reality of your existence. Until, something strikes you or hits you in the face and you sense a certain pang that throbs in your chest like a knot. Jealousy. You feel, why so easy for someone else. Why not for me? On most cases this feeling is pointless. It adds to no productive value in your life. But it is worth observing. On how a certain X gets to live away from home, study in great places and find the love of his/her life, while you slog away dreaming for everything you ever wanted in one tiny portion of the world. Now something worth observing even more, would be, while you feel this way, there is someone else who is looking at you and wondering how does this person(you) have it all. So, life is relative...

What do you prefer? Sunsets or Sunrise? I prefer sunrises. Though I can never wake up on time to see them. Yet, I prefer sunrises. You know what's the problem with sunsets? They can be enjoyed only when the sun is very far far away from you . Okay, you may laugh at that line now. The sun is many light years away from us anyway, right? But what I mean here is the horizon is far away from you. For example if you sat by the sea and watched the sun set, you could only enjoy it when it starts to dip and before that all you did was get burnt by the rays relentlessly falling on your face. But when you're sitting on a hill the horizon seems further away and the sunset can be enjoyed more. Or maybe on a fort. Which reminds me how I want to go to Udaipur and watch a sunset from atop a palace. This also brings me to a fact that ever since my last trip I haven't had a craving or need to travel anywhere else. It was more or less like Nirvana. I have recently started on a new vent...

While Buzz feed or several other websites tell you the 10 habits of highly influential people or the 10 reasons you should go travelling alone or 10 signs she's just not into you, I have a personal list ready to be thrown out in the universe as well. 10 things I absolutely adore! 1. I love wearing floaters . Yes, that footwear. Ballerinas hurt your toes, heels kill your back, sport shoes suffocate the life out of your foot, slippers provide no protection and not to forget foot ache (due to it's thin sole and the reaction of the hard earth's surface getting to you) . But floaters. Floaters are perfect. With comfortable sole and your feet spread out just like mother nature had designed them to be, this is one hell of a footwear. I find Zen in it. *Heaven* Floaters  2. Trimmed nails . Yes. It's a weird fixation that I have. But I absolutely hate it when my nails grow beyond my finger's natural length . It irritates me to no end as they will chip at any pla...

Blood flows through the veins With an unmatched rhythm. Just like the traveller who knows not where he goes. With a deep sense of madness, he kills the time that flows.  His trail is chaotic. So is his head.  His life pumps in and out, in an indecisive stead. Thoughts flow through the brain, With an unmatched rhythm. Just like the brown earth, with thousands thumping on its crown. The lyre of existence plays.The sound of music never drowns. Golden eyes peep from above. They sleep, an illusion they dream. Illusions are realities though. A silence is a din, a whisper - a scream.  Love flows through the heart, With an unmatched rhythm. It flows like- Oh, wait. It has no rule. It is the beginning of anarchy. It is the enlightening of the fool. I could do with some sense. Conquer the world while I get. Yet I sit by the window and wait for you instead.

I love Gtalk. I still haven't upgraded it to Hangouts on my PC (can't do much on Android phones though). Recently, one of my dearest friends updated her Gtalk status. It was a few lines from Harivansh Rai Bachchan's poem. I fell in love with them. And was also reminded that I haven't written one in a long time. Anyway, I just wanted to share it on this post. They are lovely. I can share the English version with you, but that's injustice to art. Watch out for the first paragraph (and the others as well ;-) ) जो बीत गई सो बात गई  जीवन में एक सितारा था माना वह बेहद प्यारा था वह डूब गया तो डूब गया अंबर के आंगन को देखो कितने इसके तारे टूटे कितने इसके प्यारे छूटे जो छूट गए फ़िर कहाँ मिले पर बोलो टूटे तारों पर कब अंबर शोक मनाता है जो बीत गई सो बात गई जीवन में वह था एक कुसुम थे उस पर नित्य निछावर तुम वह सूख गया तो सूख गया मधुबन की छाती को देखो सूखी कितनी इसकी कलियाँ मुरझाईं कितनी वल्लरियाँ जो मुरझाईं फ़िर कहाँ खिलीं ...

Recently, I struck an important point off my bucket list. I visited the mystical lands of Leh-Ladakh which encompasses the north-most part of India. Off late this place has become a hot tourist destination. So much, that probably it is very fashionable to visit Ladakh these days. Or maybe, not. I would like to share my experience with everyone so that they know what to expect and most importantly, what not to expect out of this place. We had an 8 day trip to Leh. We met many people on our way, forged new friendships and enjoyed our time there.We visited Leh in the end of May which is probably the beginning of summer( in other words: start of the peak season) in that place. Having said this, the weather was not very warm over there. Temperatures stayed low and you required your thermals, jackets et all. The sun rays beat down on us during the day. The open skies and elevated heights did not help much either. We witnessed a contrasting play of nature at work as the cold ...