Life's journey

Its a strange journey
Life's journey...

Journey of knowing yourself
and of knowing people around you.
At times...
you find yourself as a stanger
And some other times...
you find people around you, whom you thought you know well,

as strangers

Its a strange journey
Life's journey...

I am Dreaming...

Dreaming of doing things I have never done
and getting where I have never been

Dreaming of the world without hurries
and the world without worries

Dreaming of restless souls to find peace
and wandering minds to settle.

Dreaming of those undelivered gifts to be delivered soon

Dreaming...dreaming...dreaming.
I am dreaming.

Oh dear!
Wake me up only when all hope's lost
Till then…
Let me dream my dream.

Not just another day

Beautiful morning

Weather is lovely

Smiling faces
and heart is happy

Things to accomplish
Meetings to attend

intelligent minds debating

leading to great learning

Its not just another day...

Hearing songs
while watching sunset
Holding hands
with someone special

Throwing tantrums
on ones who care
And sharing dreams
with those happy to hear

Its not just another day...

Everyday is special
Its not just another day!

Experiencing different culture

Enjoying days with in laws these days. A nice happy family... what else does one want from life.

One would die laughing to see how we communicate. Hindi, English Bengali....all mixed. How we started is really funny. I would speak in Hindi, they answer in Bengali. They would speak in Bengali, I answer in Hindi. And the good thing is we would understand each other really well. Their knowledge of Hindi is as good as my knowledge of Bengali.
And even today.... we communicate the same way, hehe. I tried, but couldn't get rid of hesitation to speak the language, I did speak fairly good at one of the marraiges in the family recently though. And to my surprise my mom in law has overcome the hesiation to speak in Hind. Now she has started speaking to me in Hindi... in sweet broken sentences :). Love you mom.

Same way our food... a good mix of Himachali and Bengali food. Veg, Non veg, Khatta, meetha...a mix of all.
For us in Himachal its mandatory to have one khatta item in the menu and sweet is part and parcel of Bengali cuisine. Before marriage I was not quite fond of sweets, its only on festivals that I used to have some sweets. But now I have developed a sweet tooth. A meal seems incomplete without a sweet. Another big difference is the number of items served in a meal. Himachali meal is very simple and Bengali cuisine is known to have variety. A meal starts with some Bhaja, then comes Dal, then some vegetable then fish\chicken\mutton, then chutney, papad, sweets. Its like never ending. We have develped a style thats a mix of both... Khatta meetha...veg non veg...simple on weekdays...eleborate on weekends.

I love wearing saree, listenig to Rabindra sangeet, talking on a topic for hours over a cup of tea, traveling.... some of things very peculiar to this new culture I was introduced some time back. Not long ago, just 5 years back...hehe.

It was a big decision in my life to get married in a diferent culture. But I think it was a good decision. Experiencing different culture is really too exciting and interesting. Its fun!

Love

Love is...
Knowing a person more than yourself
Taking care of his every little need
Keeping no record of his wrongs

Love...
Does not envy, it does not boast
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Beware Dear Colleagues!

You come up with a new idea and there will be 10 others ready to oppose it!

I feel happy about people finding mistakes in the work I have done on my new idea. This gives me the opportunity to have a look at my work from different angles.

Someone throw negatives on my idea, I pick them up turn them into positives and add to my idea. So their motive behind throwing negatives is defeated and also now the idea has come up even better (without any loopholes).

So those throwing negatives on my ideas, beware. You might actually be making my idea even more strong ;)

Expectations!

Do I have any chance to get admission in IIMs? No
Do I enjoy the job I am doing right now? No
Do I have a satifying relationship? No
Do I have any chance of marrying son of some Ambani or Mittal? No
Then why am I living?

This is the conversation I heard today morning while in cab on my way to office. A colleague of mine took 5 days off as she was not well. And what was the illness - she was in depression. The lady is just 21. She gulped the whole bottle of shampoo thinking this would end her worries.

I wonder what does this new generation want. The expectations are getting higher and higher...from self, from relationships and from life. They do not want to settle for less. Yes its good to have the best... but is it right to expect so much that if the expectations are not met, life seems to be worthless?

There are 2 ways of looking at life.

One - look at the best and repent why u don't have that.

And the second - look at the worst and be happy that u have better.

I would like to choose the latter because of the simple reason that it makes me happy. Though it has a risk of achieving little less. But I wouldn't mind taking that risk if it gives me peace of mind.

P.S. - Do drop in a line and let me know your views on this.