Remembering DAD and The Gift of Life

This is a NaBloPoMo post 4 under the theme Heroes
Today is my father’s third death anniversary and Sitting here alone praying for yet another life which is fighting to beat death I think of what he taught us as children. The biggest gift that my father gave us was the power to discern. [...]

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ek din zindagi ke naam..ek kahani

एक दिन ज़िन्दगी के नाम
दूर कहीं कोयल की कूक गोपी के कानों में पड़ी तो अपनी अलसाई अधखुली आँखों से , अंगडाई लेते हुए, उसने एक नज़र अपने चारों तरफ देखा और एक हलकी सी मुस्कराहट होंटों पे लिए चादर तान के फिर आँखें बंद कर लीं |
ठंडी हवा के झोके [...]

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It’s My Life…

Girls love to play games.
It does not matter what’s their age. As a young girl I detested the fact that many of the games were strictly “boyz games”. I was born a rebel. I wanted to go out and climb trees, boss around with my tee shirt sleeves folded and collars of [...]

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whatever there is, it is in this moment ..

We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine.
– H. L. Mencken
I love old Hindi Bollywood songs and this particular one sums up what I believe in.
Nothing exists beyond this moment. Most of us spend our lives lamenting the past or worrying about the future and in that [...]

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Endless summer…

Some days never end and then on top of that they bring no solace to the already aching heart. Slowly one gets consumed by the heat outside and the fire within. Wish it was the creative one. There is so much on hand and so little time.
Sometimes I wonder about the way life takes [...]

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It’s just life. Just live it.

As we struggle to make sense of things, life looks on in repose.
I wish there was a cook book for life somewhere, with recipes telling exactly what to do. Which ingredients to add which to avoid.
But on second thoughts I also think that our own recipes are the best. You add or remove what [...]

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Make a statement …..

Don’t know where this came from. But it is really relevant. – Wanted to share .
Money has no memory. Experience has. You will never know what the total cost of your education was, but for a lifetime you will recall and relive the memories of schools and colleges. Few years from now, you will forget [...]

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Reflections…..

It sure is a dull gloomy day today. There is a definite nip in the air and the wind is strong and chilly. The golden yellow leaves of the poplar tree are desperately clinging to the thin haggard branches. The crows are unusually noisy. The silence is uncanny. Everything is in anticipation of what is [...]

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November Rain

It rained all night .The trees ,the grass and the flowers,the roads and buildings all look rejuvenated .I love the winter rains.I do not know why .It brings with it… Love,memories that make you smile ,memories of some beautiful moments from the boulevard of past.
Though it is cold and windy , I am wrapped in [...]

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