Our Parents

Nothing new, nothing sensational to reveal.

Today as I usually do, while travelling to office in public transport that takes up to 45 minutes of my time to commute, i was reading this interesting book by Mitch Albom, the five people you meet in Heaven - an extremely unique way of story telling, I came across these verses, which brought tears to my eyes - not something that we dont know of, but seeing it so beautifully expressed in words woke me up.

So here i am quoting, page 133 from the book.

"Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered bymoments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.

Dont be Serious!!

"Three-fourths of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world will disappear if we step into the shoes of our adversaries and understand their standpoint."~ Mohandas K. Gandhi

How true are those words. They are the words of wisdom. In our day to day practice, when we look at things from some one else' perspective, it can really change our own point of view.

And then, they say, “Don’t be serious be sincere!”
You can do your bidding with a smile on your face.

Chetan Bhagat in his address to Symbiosis Pune said about four pillars / storms in life that can put your spark to sleep.

Disappointments
Frustration
Un Fairness
Loneliness of Purpose

Opening Innings

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I am excited. I want to blog. And all because I attended a cool panel discussion on new media. What I understood to be the new age journalism. Every netizen can be a reporter for the rest of his or her life. And well I too want to be one.

They say bloggers start but never keep up, so I will start by saying that I will not keep up. I will write only when I feel like it and it may only be once in blue moon.

Why did I want to write. Well I was inspired by my fellow country woman, Meenakshi.

So what am I going to write about. My day to day non happenings. I am a very basic person, love to listen to music, and if it is feet tapping I don't mind tapping my feet. I go to office on a regular day, early in the morning catch a bus to my office work for the day, and then I return back home to my loving wife and kid. Its simple, uncomplicated. And yet it gets complicated in seemingly small ways, in actions, in words, in networks, in politics, in games we play, the books we read, the companion we keep, the dinner we eat, the lunch we cook and so on. And I decided that I am going to write about that.