Its all easy now..Aint it?

Sample A: Vakratunda Mahakaya, Surya koti Samaprabha, Nirvighnam Kurumeydeva , Sarva Karyeshu Sarvada. This is what I recited as five year old.
Sample B: Ek do teen chaar,Ganpati ji ki jai jai kaar, Paanch che saath aath, Ganapati hain sabke dulare, Nau das gyarah barah, Ganpati ji hain sabke pyare, Tera chaudah pandra solah, agle saal phirse padhare. This is what I heard my ten year old cousin recite. I almost thought she would break into a jig and do a la Madhuri.

I was sent to the Chinmaya mission when I was ten and today I can boast (though not proudly)of knowing most of the sholkas, bhajans, the significance of these shlokas and bhajans.
So when I heard the my cousin, I wondered in this fast age we haven’t spared God too and want to take the easy route instead of learning a few difficult verses. :-) You could say that the child’s sentiment matters....reallly woo hoooo!!! or was it just easy...effortless...I wonder why parents and my teachers took the effort then.

I once asked my love what he found the most attractive in me and i was expecting the most cliche of the answer..its your eyes....convenient....i mean if he was to ask me that i would have said "darling its your eyes"....but he said ..its your nose........and i guess that is when i realized that love was blind ...indeed 100 % blind...cause if you ever saw my nose ....well lets say there's nothing to describe there...and my love felt that the most imperfect part of me was what he found cool.. i grew up with everyone ...(when i mean everyone it means the section of society which places the physical attributes before anything else and which primarily also includes my mom) giving me tips of achieving a nicole kidman nose , "try massaging your nose this way sraight down the bridge of your nose"...."try surgery...(my mom almost fixed an appointment which a rhinoplastery surgeon" ...."i can only see your nose on your face".. and i had grown to detest the mirror for i thought it was true..... i could only see my nose...cause it was imbedded in my head that i had a large nose...occupying 3/4 of my face and as much as i hated it, i knew in my heart that i am not touching or mending the way god made me ......a few years down the line ..the man of my dreams tell me that he loves my nose...well done God ....you have a purpose in placing everything at its right place.....love the way god made you ....he has a reason in doing so....it could be your chinky eyes, your thin lips , your heavy frame, your thin frame. and if he wants to alter you..then he the NOT THE ONE.

My mom would say that as a kid, I would always outline my drawing. Always. It had to be there, a black outline in all my drawings. Be it a house a tree or a rangoli or my science drawings..all of them would have an outline, but I would make my drawings very colorful. I would put all sorts of colors inside. For example a Rangoli which would technically have 4 colors has nearly 15 different colors. As a Child I would colour the hair red, but yeah the outline would be black.
Today as I look back at those days I realise my life today more or less are like those drawings, I want my life to be very colourful, but I always have this outline, black outline.
I want to do a million things, but there is a line the society draws. There are things I aint supposed to do.
Can’t wear white , Can’t wear black can’t do this can’t do that, can’t go here, can’t go there.
Cant buy this, cant wear this, cant dance this way, cant cook this way, cant eat this way, cant pray this way
I wish our lives could be our lives. :-(

measure emotions!!!

How does one measure emotions!!!
I asked a kid how much he loved his sister, he smiled , spread his arms and I had my answer. How does one measure emotions. How does one explain ...
1) I love you..how much
2) I miss you..how much
3) Don’t hurt me ...how much
4) I care for you ..how much
5) I am in pain...how much
6) I am hurt...how much
7) I am passionate about you...how much
8) I want to hug you so tight...(i have an answer here..till you choke )
9) I am angry at your betrayal that it hurts so much...how much?

Something’s you can’t measure...that why some good emotions you need to keep expressing ....and the happiness it gives ....immense..

Get in line!!!

Its Ganapti time ....people will flock to all the temples and pandals in Mumbai.
Lalbaug will get crazy..but it gets crazier if a politician or a celebrity visits. Do these guys think that God is surely showering them with his choicest blessings if they are responsible for countless people waiting in lines for hours. I think it is going to be otherwise.
This is what god is thinking, “ I rather reserve my blessings for people , who have waited in a line for hours to get a glimpse of me, has been a good human being in the past one year, who was of some use to humanity, helped a blind guy cross the road, didn’t abuse his powers, did good to the community with or without powers, was a good family man, looked after his parents, promoted a good cause as much as he promoted his senseless movies,”.
Get in Line fools..how dumb do you think god is ....!!!!

Happiness is my choice!!!!

Remember the last time you were happy, really happy, I mean happy...as in the heart is singing, there is a beat in every step you take, the world looks like a beautiful place. When there was not a worry in the world and all that you had on your mind is taking the next breath and how lucky you were to be so happy and alive.
I was very happy this whole week, a compliment from a senior, the good time I had with my team, a break on Wednesday, a call from mom...a kid smiling and calling out to me when I was driving past him..and I realised if I chose to I could be happy every day.
So I made a list of everything that makes me happy and I realised , so many things could make me happy but initially I have made a list so small , that when beautiful things happened to me ..i was still sad all the time...because my initial list was so material in nature...that I had to wait a long time to be happy and when it happened it passed away so soon.
For eg; I thought I would be happy when I get my new blackberry, but it doesn’t make ime happy anymore,
So that when I decided I will not limit my happiness list anymore and I will be more attentive to things that happen around me and I would be happier.
1) When my neighbour’s dog welcome me home. It jumps towards me and licks me all over.
2) After my workouts, because I just added a few minutes to my life by being healthy.
3) After I have my favourite meal at my favourite restaurant
4) When my favourite song and movie play on radio or TV.
5) When I have a hour long chat with my best friend and we remember our days.
6) When on facebook, I receive a compliment for my snap, video etc
7) When an old friend got in touch and I remember the good time I spent with him or her
8) An old crush tell you , you were indeed special to him or her too
9) You spot your old crush
10) Ur gift to someone brings a smile
11) U receive a gift
12) It’s an unplanned holiday
13) You have a nice meal and you have a nice afternoon nap after that and you get up all content
14) You have a beautiful dream and the memory of it lasts the whole day.
15) U buy a new something and receive compliments for having a good choice
16) Finding rs.10/- or Rs. 50/- in your trouser pocket after a very long time
17) When you find something you lost after a long time.
18) I tickle someone and they tickle me back.
19) When I get embarrassed and it really funny
20) When some else get embarrassed and it even funnier (this one last for years).
This list can be long and is a different list altogether.
21) When you get a compliment from your seniors.
22) When your team gets compliment and you too get the credit.
23) When someone tells you how talented and successful you are.

The list is endless...but its true...one can be happy everyday...all one needs to do, is take a break or pause for a while and think or lookout for things that can make you happy. Trust me ....its all around you.