Wish for darkness

9pm, study hour in the night before bed. Power goes off, and a huge shout of joy from students. Teacher follows with a shout too, but to keep the boys quiet. And next minute, only one wish by all students in the classroom, generator shouldn't work so that they're allowed to go to bed immediately. A short scene from my life in boarding school.

Last night, I was reading a book deeply interested, power goes off. And then, I hear children in the building and colony shouting with joy, cracking jokes. That's when I recalled the above said scene. There were days I badly wanted a power-cut, days when there were no responsibilities, days when there were no hard deadlines at work :)

Space

How many times did I get irked seeing people block the roads by putting up the tents for some event in their home? I think I need to punish myself now :)

I had to put up the tent on the road in my street (very less vehicles move in my street so not much of a problem created). Then, I thought about this; people do this when out of alternatives. The terrace of house covered with pent-houses these days, no empty space within the house compound, only option left is to block the road. You can't go to a function hall (spend so much money) for just a pooja at home. In villages, there are big houses and wide empty spaces and are used for gatherings. What to do in a town/city?

I think I'll not get agitated next time I see anyone blocking the roads in the streets.

Zindagi

Zindagi pyar ka geet hai
Ise har dil ko gana padega
Zindagi pyar ka geet hai
Ise har dil ko gana padega
Zindagi gham ka sagar bhi hai
Hanske uspaar jana padega

Zindagi ek ahsaas hai
Toote dil ki koi aas hai
Zindagi ek banwas hai
Kat kar sabko jana padega
Zindagi pyar ka geet hai
Ise har dil ko gana padega

Zindagi bewafa hai to kya
Apne ruthe hai hamse to kya
Haath me haath na ho to kya
Saath phir bhi nibhana padega
Zindagi pyar ka geet hai
Ise har dil ko gana padega

Zindagi ek muskan hai
Dard ki koi pehchaan hai
Zindagi ek mehmaan hai
Chhor sansar jana padega
Zindagi pyar ka geet hai
Ise har dil ko gana padega
Zindagi gham ka sagar bhi hai
Hanske uspaar jana padega

I'm not sure why am I posting this song here. I heard this song for first time and I liked it!

Sorry??

Kabhi Kabhi mere dil me khayal aata hain...song running in the background in the cab....I was thinking about the word 'sorry'. I realized I use that word more than once everyday. I already started the day with a sorry to cab driver for making him wait for half an hour. Questions in my mind:
1) Am I doing so many mistakes that I have to be/say sorry daily?
2) or am I using it even if it's not required?

Answers?

I was wondering why there would be seven and only seven wonders on the earth, reading about ancient/modern seven wonders during good old kiddo days. I still wonder. I believe earth has innumerable wonders.

Introspection?!

He criticises every action of his. He questions himself every minute. He feels every work he does should have been done in a different way. He is afraid people are observing his every action. He knows he did not do anything wrong. He is under so much of inner pressure. He is no more happy and too much of introspection is affecting his health, relations, work and what not.

He hasn't yet realized being happy is the important thing in life after all, irrespective of what you do and how you do.

Mother!

A house is in under fire. Much to the astonishment of people, a cat runs into burning house, comes out holding a kitten with it's teeth. It goes again into the fire, and brings out one more kitten. It's half dead by the time it saves all it's 5 kittens. It took few months of treatment for this mother cat to recoup. The cat's name is Scarlet, and this incident took place in 1996, at a garage in New York.

A kid elephant is playing in the river with it's mother. Suddenly, the river floods and kid struggles against the force of water. The mother elephant standing on back legs, uses all it's energy and lifts it's kid with the trunk and throws it onto the bank. In the process, it slips and taken away by the water current. Much to the astonishment of that national park employees, it comes back to it's kid, the next day. The mother's name is Mashu.

There are many such incidents which show greatness of a mother, who loves her child and can go upto sacrificing her life to protect the child. After all, mother is a mother, whichever the species.

There is also a different argument that maternal love isn't always be about sacrifice and seemingly selfless devotion of a mother to child is just a selfish strategy to ensure her genes live on.

Whatever it is, a salute to all mothers.

p.s. We need to take an oath, we protect and take care of our parents in their old age.

Try?!

Hmmm, it's been months I wrote something(silly things which I used to write) here. It's not that I didn't have time to write, my mind just refrained to do so for unknown reasons. I've been a reader all these days browsing through many of the blogs.

I'll try to write down regularly again, no promises though.

"Try not. Do....or do not. There is no try" :-)