The little things in life...

Hello everybody..! I know it has been ages since I updated my blog. I was so caught up with assignments and stuff that I couldn’t write down a lot of things that kept crossing my mind in these 2 months. :(

Being so busy and tied up with work all the time made me realize that we keep running to get ahead in life, to make ourselves better than others, to compete and to excel in everything, that we miss out on the little things in life. Right from the time we wake up till the time we go back to bed completing the circle of our chores in a day, we tend to miss out or ignore the small things that would give us real happiness…

In our busy schedule, try to make some time for absolute randomness. Call your close friend, talk about something, talk about nothing… enjoy a cup of tea just by yourself, with no thoughts crossing your mind… have an ice cream in the rain(my personal favorite)… give a nice tight hug to your parents… talk to a dog or cat (it’s equally fun)!!

It indeed works! It would bring a smile across your face in a day that is going bad.

Appreciate the little things in life as they only make way to better memories…:)

COUSINS

Recently, I had been to my cousin’s place. It had been years since I met her. After the “HI’s” and “Hello’s”, she started talking to my sister more, than to me! 

Being the youngest in the family, I always felt left out among my cousins. Most of them are settled abroad and are in constant touch with each other and my sister since they are of the same age. I come to know what they are up to by seeing their Facebook status. It feels as if they are the “known strangers”, to me.

Cousins are the most blissful part of a family. They are the ones to be with you no matter what, to support you in issues… Except for only one cousin of mine, others still consider me as a “kid”. When we meet in a family function or marriage, all they say is “Wow! Aren’t you grown…!” 

It has been ages since “just the cousins” have been on a trip or met at someone’s place and caught up. I can’t force the family time on them. Each one is busy getting settled that they are forgetting the ‘quality time’. Cousins are also the people to carry forward the family name, traditions. Creating a group in Facebook can never be the same as meeting and having fun! I asked my father what would be the condition of the next generation cousins. All he did was smile. Keeping themselves busy with their gadgets, they forget about family and cousins.So, just make that call or mail your cousins. It might be weird at first, but it will turn out to be the best time spent. It would be years before my cousins consider me “grown up.”

Take that step, make that call. After all, family comes first!

POWER CUTS…

Off late, things are being planned according to the time of power cuts! Yes, with the increase in power cuts, EVERYTHING, right from cooking to doing projects… are planned as per the scheduled time of power cuts. Any change in the time of power cut, and our entire day is ruined! But there is no point in panicking since Generators and U.P.S are used to have power even during the cuts.

I remember the days when “Candles” were used to get some light in the darkness. Blissful time, indeed. It used to be so much fun sitting around the candles and playing games or listening to stories from my Grandmother. The buzz of the mosquitoes never bothered us since the fun we had in those ‘dark’ times were great! Memorable!! My Grandmother used to pray to God and ask Him to give us power soon… listening to ghost stories was another level of thrill. Playing hide and seek was the ultimate level of fun, finding everyone in that darkness was a heroic act! Power cuts were considered “family time”. Everyone actually sat down together and shared stories, and talked about things that we would cherish or learn from. Well, power cuts were found irritating only during Cricket Matches though! My mother would manage to cook a great dinner with the help of a candle only. Every house would find their quality time in this break. Playing cards or ‘Snakes and Ladders’ was so fun and interesting when the entire family played with you!

Nowadays, everyone is so busy with their work and with the coming of U.P.S or Generators; the quality time needed is long gone. If power goes, people just stare at each other for the power to come in the “U.P.S mode” and everyone would get back to their work. One good thing is that, even the U.P.S runs out of charge once in a while, so people eventually look away from their laptops or work and start talking! And yes, everyone has also become systematic due to the scheduled power cuts. Every minute detail of the day is planned according to the availability of power… I too am writing this before the power goes. The “Save” option is my hero now! 

Yes, the U.P.S is a luxury and has made our days easier. But, I really miss those “pre-U.P.S” days. Days like them would never come back. The joy of blowing out the candle would never be the same than checking if the power has come or no, by seeing the color of charge in the U.P.S.

CROSS ROADS

People say, “Listen to your heart when confused.”  Well my heart is kind of singing a remix song, all choices coming up at the same time.

I’m standing in such a place in my life where I have to choose between 2 right decisions! It’s the end of my U.G. life and I have to decide ‘what’s next’? I thought I would get placed by the end of my final exams and be working for about a year or 2 and then pursue P.G.

Well, life is all about expecting the unexpected! I didn’t get placed... at all... as there were no proper placements! Disappointed, I turned to pursue P.G...  I cannot decide as to what to do. I want to work so badly since I want my father to finally sit and relax. It’s high time he sits back and enjoys the cricket matches and movies.Coming back to my P.G., I don’t know from where all of a sudden everyone is telling me to do mass communication. Literally everyone! From my sister to my teachers to my friends, they say they’re surely going to see me as a journalist. On the other hand there are people telling me to do something in commerce only, since I have been learning it with great difficulty for 5 years… I have absolute no clue as to what I’m going to do. I see people around me filling up forms, I’m happy that they’re sure about what they are doing, unlike me.I’m scared for the very first time in my life… scared whether I’ll be something in life, scared that whatever I’ll be doing will give me happiness and satisfaction. I got so scared that I wrote this at 2 in the morning…I stand in the cross roads of my life not knowing where to turn, I pray to god to give me a job because that’s the ONLY thing I’m sure about. It aches within me to see my father work so hard even now.

All this reminds me of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” poem!

Let’s see where life takes me…  

Will let you know sooooon…. Hope for the best!

THE WOMAN ON THE ROAD…

I see her every day on the road,
With tattered clothes, hands at the back, in a grievous mode…

A tear drops at times, letting go of a part of her load,

I wonder what could be the story of the woman on the road!

I feel the urge to go talk to her,

Wanting to know what brought her here.

She wants peace, I know for sure,

I wonder what had happened to her…

Where are her relatives, I think..

Seeing her helpless makes my heart sink.

She walks up and down the entire time,

I wonder when she would see some sunshine!

Where does she sleep, what does she eat,

How does she face the unbearable heat…

People look at her with sympathy,

All she seeks for is some empathy!

Why is she crying, I think…

The tears do try to convey something!

Yet, she calmly continues to carry her load,

I wonder what could be the story of the woman on the road!