Jai Ho…A reason to celebrate

Too late for debates on Slumdog but I thought we were missing the point somewhere. The point of a billion Indians celebrating something. And do we need a reason for that?

It is an American honor ( in this case an oscar) to a song sung by a North Indian Sikh, the lyrics to which were written by a West Indian Muslim and was composed by a South Indian (past:Hindu present:Muslim future:Great) for a movie directed by a British Christian based on a book written by a North Indian Hindu.

Isn’t this reason enough?

Celebrate. Cheer for Good health. And ironically I am getting to say this-” Don’t think too much”

God is ‘The Man’

All men are equal but are not the same.

 Thanks to ‘Him’ we have so many beautiful religions and so many ways to do the same thing.

Thanks wherever due for all the uncertainities, for all the ambiguities and for all the irregularities. If not for them I would have never learnt. 

Thanks Man!

Phone a Friend

On a random weekday called today, after a long day in a random place called office with someone not very random called Stylu was a conversation on the phone. Given the banality of the situation, it was pretty interesting to hink about the ‘topics’ we touched upon.  

Resoluteness of the mind>> the different perceptions of the ‘mind’ and the ’self’>> random work stuff >> psychology of nothing>> routines and rituals>> Actions in front of expectation >> things people do and things people say>>  learningit out of books and learning it from life>> Right and left( i mean the wrong)>> Things we believe and things we are forced to believe>> Influences on the mind >> society and individual >> logic and intuition>> things we like to do as opposed to things we are ‘expected’ to like to do>> Happiness as a choice>> setting standards>> being ‘typecasted’

These are just a few of the keywords of the conversation that I stuffed here. I have learnt at my end of the spectrum. But when I look back at such a call, I really start thinking( duh!) is it even worth thinking about the time we spend in thinking about thinking in general?

Takes me back to one quote of Rene Descartes which I might have interpreted the way I wanted to and actually is not making much sense to me now-

I think therefore I am.( Such a poor sentence gramatically)

To Go…To Do…To “action verb”

A new day, a new lease of life, everyday. Everything passes on and somethings strangely keep coming back. Constancy is something boring and ‘boring’ is a word that has been introduced by someone really bored. 

So I jotted down a few things that I really need to do this year( Don’t ask me relations). Not  ’resolutions ‘ as it is a word that has been abused way too much. So here goes my ‘things to do‘

• A fresh look at everything not so fresh.
• Learn a new sport.
• Drive. In the true sense regularly.
• Do something wild.( something a lot of people can acknowledge as ‘wild’)
• An agenda for every month.
• Teach anyone anywhere and anything. Share.
• Atleeeeeeeeeeeast 4 trips in India.( Travel )
• Meet interesting new people. Socialise.
• Focus and unfocus.
• Slog and Relax.( enjoy the both)
• Give up something once in a while to see how it feels.
• Stop judging people. Stop being assertive. Stop poking my nose into ‘other’ things. Just start stopping.
• Watch ‘good’ movies. Read ‘good’ books. Blog more often. 
• Buy a personal domain. Write on irani chai.
• Update this list once in a while.

You probably might be thinking( if you know me) that I wrote all this because I am ‘bored’. But I am planning to take them a little more seriously. So whenever I am off track you know you have a responsibilty as a responsible reader of my blog.

Suddenly….

aimless,thoughtless,directionless and focus less.

Even the most trusted of my ‘ thought procceses’ have given up on me.  For the first time in long there is this feeling of emptiness. Is this just another thought or something which requires something more? For once there is more than just optimism in me.  For once I have no idea about what I have planned. For once I am lost in thin line between what I am winning and what I am losing. Not so long ago did I think that not having anything on my mind could be something I can look forward to. SO was I looking forward to this?

But why all of a sudden?. What has changed. Nothing in specific around me but something actually did change. Something that is called ‘me’. I guess I will never realise whether it is for the good or the bad. But I don’t think I am liking it too much. As long as I was giving in to my whims everything seemed so normal. But now it doesn’t.

I am still confused.Still lost. Need something to bail me out of this. Maybe someone. But am I looking for advice. A big NO.

Then what am I looking for. Is it a ‘query’ which can be searched on the Internet. Not really? It is just me. I need something. And maybe just a new start. Fresh and clean. Too much of my past is haunting me for no reason. Thanks to some ‘friends’,  too much is about being me. Is it such a taxation? or is it just another day’s work of my mind….

2008….The year that was and wasn’t

Inspiration has never been the only reason to write. But to write this post I needed a no better inspiration than the year 2008. A year which was the most eventful one of my life. A year where I saw the worst lows of my life. The year in which I lost and then  I gained. The year which actually changed a lot of ‘me’.

I have learnt. Learnt that people change,that people are judgemental, that people are impulsive, that people are sensitive, that people are uniquely different, that people are  collectively similar, that people all over the world are same people,that people make mistakes and finally that I am one of those people.

A demographic has changed.  From spending 24 hrs in the vicinity of similar thinking friends (an assumption) to meeting friends only on weekends, there was no effort involved. Friends are no longer the people who think like me, who have been known to me for a lot of years, but I have learnt that there is much more to friendship than just having them.

The biggest high of the year. Travelling. For someone who hasn’t set foot outside Indian soil, I have travelled and travelled a lot. From visiting few states all my 20 years I suddenly found myself in three European countries on the same day. I have found a new high in travelling. Travelling is all about meeting new people and every person is a lesson in themselves. ANd when it comes to this I wouldn’t mind being a Nerd.

This was just a personal look. And the world has seen a lot more than just change. Some which I have mentioned in my ‘forced blog’( calling it forced atleast relieves some pressure off). 2008 was a year which I would love to look back at in future also. And if there is one thing I am happy about the most it would surely be GOOGLE. A place where I have grown professionally and personally thanks to the people around.

So much for another forced post, I have been crapping more than ever before. Hope everyone has a great Year of 2009. May the God in you bless you.!

The story of My Present….

Tried to bell the CAT but did not realise that I was tied to the Mouse.

Brilliance is Boring…

and the rest are just trying.

If given a choice- would I be the quintessentially brilliant nerd(of whatever I do) or the ‘not so boring’ fun guy. I am presently essentially neither. And it again is just another thought that makes me think. I know there is always an IF which never exists but the mind is never under control and I really don’t need this now.