I stay on
the main road in a small town near Stuttgart and I often hear the sound (siren) of
police vans, ambulance and the fire brigade which Tanay and his friends from
the crèche have lovingly named as ‘tatu tata’. Whenever one of these three
vehicles is heard on the road, all the other vehicles on the road stop make way;
move aside, no matter how congested or small the road is.
This is my world of penning down thoughts which keep fleeting in my mind. I realized that writing a few lines about topics that touch me or move me give me so much joy and help me release my frustration and stress if any. I have tried to address issues which are near to my heart. You all are welcome to share your thoughts on the topics and also suggest new topics to me for writing, which may be close to your heart!
25 August 2014
21 August 2014
The clay story
A small act of kindness, no
doubt brings joy in the benefactor’s life, which cannot be measured in terms of
money. But when we are at the receiving end, the happiness is even more,
because we haven't expected it in the first place and another reason is that it
might come from a source, which is totally unknown to us. You would be
thinking, what philosophy doses am I giving here, but now, I will tell you the
reason for writing these lines.
19 August 2014
Book Spine Poetry # 1
The concept of
book spine poetry appeared in 1993 with Nina Katchadourian’s Sorted
Books project. Katchadourian began collecting interesting titles and
arranging them in clusters so the spines could be read like a sentence.
Thanks to Uma
Chellappa for introducing this wonderful piece of creative writing on her blog. Check it out here.
Finally, after a
deliberate attempt, I am ready with my maiden attempt at Book Spine poetry. My mother-in-law, who is currently visiting
me, also helped me with it.
Let me know how
you like it.
The Notebook
(of) the pilot's wife
(unravelled) the Secret
(of) revolution 2020
(created by) the jewels of the sun
Independence Day
My dear
daughters and sons,
You all
celebrated the day of my independence from the colonial British Raj
with great enthusiasm. How old have I been now? 67 years old? I will always be
thankful to your ancestors for giving me a new lease of life and freeing me
from the autocratic rule. I had hoped that I would flourish, make lots of
progress and see India emerging as the super-power, but alas, my dreams are
shattered by the sad reality.
18 August 2014
Adios, Amiga (Goodbye, friend)
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival
value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival - C.S.Lewis
This quote holds true in my and Arpita’s case.
We both are from Mumbai. We studied Arts in college. We love Literature,
Arts, History, Mumbai, Life and liveliness.
But we had never seen each other in India. Only when destiny brought us
together in Germany in a common group did we realize that we share so much with
each other.
13 August 2014
Guest-o-mania
I have
always been a person who enjoys people coming home. Be it family, friends,
relatives, or just acquaintances, I like to be host to them and talk to them and
entertain them. In Dombivli, when I was a school going kid, my grandmother’s
siblings often visited us and I absolutely loved the time, when my favorite
aaji, Sakhu aaji (grandmother in Marathi) came home to stay. I pestered her to stay longer and longer
and never wanted her to go. She had a soft corner for my dad, as she was the
one who took care of him when he was doing his military school in Pune.
12 August 2014
Death beckons
My day
started on a bad note today as I learned that my favorite Hollywood actor,
Robin Williams is no more and he died of depression and committed suicide. A person
who tickles the people’s heart with his indomitable spirit and energy and
laughter cracking persona, dies of depression? Really!? Is this possible? What
made him so sad and made him leave his countless fans behind in a world, which
can never see him play a character again?
11 August 2014
Raksha Bandhan
I quote
Wikipedia’s definition on Raksha Bandhan.
‘Raksha Bandhan is a Hindu
festival that celebrates the love and duty between brothers and
sisters; the festival is also popularly used to celebrate any brother-sister
like loving protective relationship between men and women who are relatives or
biologically unrelated. It is called Rakhi
Purnima, or simply Rakhi,
in many parts of India’.
The earliest memories of this festival are from school
times, where we girls rushed to tie rakhis to a few ‘mischievous’ boys in our
class and they ran away from us saying no, leave us alone. But there was one
boy called Tushar Shetty, who never shied away from getting the rakhi tied and
he very sportingly and lovingly displaced the maximum number of rakhis tied on
that day.
08 August 2014
Tanay and his best friend Enya
Recently we
were invited by Tanay’s friend, Enya’s family for a chat and snacks. We were
actually invited for her birthday but as Tanay was not keeping well, we couldn’t
go and hence to make it up, we were invited again, which was a very sweet
gesture on the part of the German family. We reached there, parked the car and
Enya, Tanay’s friend was already waiting for him on the road. They both
squealed with joy and from that moment on they were inseparable.
06 August 2014
Friendship Day
Friendship
day has come and gone. Like every other year.
I am miles
away from my best friends, but close to their hearts and in their thoughts and
prayers, I am sure. The crazy friendship bands have got lost somewhere, the
silly gifts also ruled out, and personal meetings, way too hassled. It is just
the technology now which is keeping us together. Whtsapp messenger, Facebook
and mails are the forums which we resort to when we want to ‘talk’ to our
friends. They are just one call away, but do we call each other and hear the
voice of each other? No. Pinging is easier than calling now.
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