My blue nail paint

People who know me, know that I would stick to the cliché and always give a strong resistance to any kind of change..

So the blue nail paint..
Something that I had never dared to do before..

A way to show retaliation..
Break free from the past habits..
A first step towards change..
Towards not caring too much about what people who don't matter think..
Towards doing what 'I' really want to do..
Towards feeling good..
A first step of many to come..

Most would think, 'What a topic to write about..',
Other would think 'Self obsessed'..
And yet others will think 'Kiddish'..
Still this post.. Those who understand it will know why..
And for those who don't understand it, still this post.. The reason being the post itself..

A poem for kids..

This is a small poem I wrote for the pre-primary school kids a couple of days back. It was when I participated in a story writing workshop by 'Pratham'. (Pratham is an NGO that is involved in educating the underprivileged kids in India. Its a wonderful organization http://www.pratham.org/) Posting it here so that you all can read it and to spread the work that Pratham does so that we can all contribute to their work in our own little ways.

BUBBLE GUM!!

Bubble gum, bubble gum..
Sometimes its pink, sometimes its blue,
Sometimes you have many, sometimes only a few..
Some of them taste like strawberries, some like mint,
And some on their wrappers have a fancy print..

You can keep chewing it,
Or if you get bored just blow it,
And if that makes you tired,
Just throw it in the bin and say to it 'YOU ARE FIRED'

P.S: As a kid I was always very fascinated by Bubble gums!! Hence this topic.. :)

'Food for thought' Hall of fame

"Most people are about as much happy as they make up their mind to be.."

"Watch your thoughts.. You will get all that you wish for"

"Know thyself.."

"Things will remain incomplete till you keep trying to complete it.."

"A happy life can always be made a perfect one but the reverse is not always possible.."

"Aint about how fast I get there.. Aint about whats waiting on the other side.. Its the climb" Miley Cirus

"If you need it ask for it.."
4/12/2010

“Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.” William Blake
04/18/2010

"The fear of suffering is much worse than the suffering itself"
04/27/2010

"Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free" Jim Morrison
05/07/2010

"The biggest secret of being happy is making others believe that they are the reason for it."
05/20/2010

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that."
06/09/2010

"And in the emptiness there's a solution. Just look within yourself for absolution " -Poets of the fall. 07/07/2010

"When you decide to stand still in life you mark the beginning of your end." Pravs J 07/20/10

"Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals." Siddhartha Gautama. 07/30/2010

Stay grounded, no matter how inflated you feel about yourself.
08/03/2010

"Your circumstances don't make you. They reveal you." Randy Gage 09/25/2010

"Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around" Vanilla Sky 09/29/2010

"One thing I have learnt from life is that getting 'UPSET' will not help. Always get 'UP' and 'SET' your goals and things will become easier." Mrs. S. Gupte 10/02/2010

"Something is special only because that's how you feel about it". Me

"Friendship is sometimes as important as a relationship and in fact many a times more permanent than love. Love can really get unpredictable but a friend is forever." Me

"Choosing one path means having to let go of many others" Paulo Cohelo

"It takes just one right decision to change it all" Me 03/31/2011

Spring

Spring; The most wonderful season ever,

Spring; the warmth of sunshine after a long ruthless cold winter..

Spring; the birth of new lives,

Spring; where the most beautiful, colorful and fragrant flowers rise..

Spring; when there is a play between the sun and the rain,

Spring; where there are fresh spirits in the air again..

Spring; the awaited season by me since a while now..

Spring; in my life right now..

Khel Mandala...

Its 12 at night and I am probably crazy writing a blog at this time on something that I am thinking about at this very minute, not giving too much time for my thoughts to answer themselves. But I desperately feel like writing about this. I just saw what I think is one of the most powerful marathi movie called 'Natarang'. And it has put me into thinking big time.. There are just a lot of questions running in my head right now. Was it fate that gunnya had to become a Naacha?? Was that his purpose for this lifetime? Was it his past life karma that people close to him were devastated coz of his decisions and actions? Does that essentially make him a bad person? Was it their life purpose to be suffering through this? Can we fight our fate? Should we fight our fate? Would he have been better off had he decided to not be a nacha and just be a normal farmer? After all the suffering that he went to, he did achieve all that he wanted to in his life. Will this be enough for him when he dies? Will he have regrets about any decisions? What is our fate? What is the purpose of our life? Is it something very mediocre? Will most of us be like the other etc people in their tamasha? Do we have to fight hard and fight for what we believe in, to fulfill our purpose in some life time or the other to go to a higher level in the pyramid of spiritual growth? Are we too lost already to even know what we want? READING TOO MUCH INTO A MOVIE + THINKING TOO MUCH ABOUT IT + RELATING IT TO ALL POSSIBLE THINGS + A WEIRD STATE OF MIND + LATE NIGHT TIREDNESS = A MESSED UP ME