aiwe aiwe

I really dont know why i am starting to write this post... its 12.18AM in the night, i am sitting with my laptop in the drawing room, its a saturday night, everybody else is asleep in the house, the world cup match between sri lanka and pakistan has eneded, even sidhu's over excited talks over the proceedings of the match has ended, and i am sitting out here writing a blog on "NOTHING"... Oh yeah, you heard it right.... NOTHING!
Yep, my mind is completely blank right now but my fingers are in just no mood of not typing... maybe because i am putting my fingers to use on a keyboard after almost a week. yeah, i was without a system for almost a week... what a dreadful week it was. no gmail, no facebook, no google, god! it was scary.. back home at 6.30 from office, i didnt know what to do... it was like i had no purpose in life! Isn't this bad!
I mean, what happened to the time when there was no internet, less TV channels, no mobile phones, how did i manage to pass time then..i remember, i used to pass time nicely then, rather it was more fun then. i am not kidding... i was seriously missing my laptop. the one i had was returned to office when i resigned in from there (Now that i have mentioned about my previous company, I so miss my friends i made there! they are good people and i wish them all the goodness in life! god bless them all!)... It took almost a week before i was issued one from the new office.
and this one week, i was handicapped. i literally borrowed my friends system for a day or else i would have got sick. I am sure they named this behavior as some disease as well, where in a person feels sick if he is not on computer for some time. today as i write this, when my fingers are typing all these words which probably are not going to make much sense at the end of it, but still they feel like they are back home... they are fulflling their purpose of sheer existence.. i have spent almost 8 hours on computer today and i feel satisfied..

just as i end this i realize that there is this obnoxiously loud music from a farm house nearby playing at this hour.. Aren't they not allowed to play after 10!..... And the worst bit, there is a police station which is probably more near to the farm house in distance than my house. and if i can hear them, they sure can! and still nothing is done about it.... Oh! i forgot, this is mayawati's UP... here everything is allowed provided u have either paid or got a statue installed of hers somewhere!

Did i say i have no clue why i am writing this blog. Come on, if i write this much without reasons, then i should be running for the bookers prize (hope i have got the name right?) next year wherein i write something well thought off, turn it into a book and wait for my name to be announced!

but before that happens, i should first try and kill my inner urge to continue sitting on this system, and go sleep on that bed! Yeah right, as if even if i kill my inner urge, "sheila ki jawani" being played in the nearby farm would let me sleep!!

Yeh kya ho raha hai....

It was a Saturday morning, when these lines struck me for the first time. i was standing inside the post office and....

Flashback (1990's and early 2000):
Instance# 1:
Me: Why dont you invest in property and share market. They yield high returns and are more profitiable than your FD's and NSC's.
Dad: There is huge risk in share market and bank FDs are more safe.
Me: Come on Dad, the entire world invests in share market, it is a much better option to invest in there and earn some money. Look at Fufaji, he invests all his money in shares and is filthy rich.
Dad: When you earn, you can invest in share market. I am happy with my FDs and NSCs.
Me: I sure will. These FDs and post office monthly schemes are of no good. In six years the money is not even doubled.
And i maintained this thought process till i turned 29!

Today (2011)
Me: Dad, which offers better returns, post office monthly schemes or bank RD (Recurring deposit) account?

Instance# 2:
A kid in the society i live in, is a school going kid (probably in his boards) and has a kinetic honda gifted by his parents for his tutions and as his father is mostly on touring job, he probably takes care of house hold chores as well. Now as any young teenager, he drives it around like mad, fast, risky, doind stunts. I couldnt bear it after a few instances and told him one day, "beta, thodi aaram se chalaya karo, chot lag jaayegi nahi to kissi din!"
Reply: Arre, kuch nahi hoga uncle!
And i was thinking like, iske papa se bolunga ki isse samjhaaye!

Oye, yeh kya ho raha hai... What happened to me?

Post office schemes that would yield me 7.5% GAURANTEED RETURNS! Papa se bolunga ki isse samjhaaye!
Yeh sab to uncle log karte hai yaar... mein to abhi sirf...
oops! now how do i say this, "mein to abhi sirf 30 ka hua hoon!!!!"

kab hua yeh transition, mujhe nahi pata. Kab mein share market ki glamorous duniya ko chod kar post office ki dull life mein khush hone laga... Kab mein 90kmph ki speed par chalane waala, 70kmph ko tez samajhne laga. The share market must be probably smiling (rather laughing) at me as i fill the post office form with my credentials.

I dont know, i dont have answers to these questions. Narsimha jaisa feel kar raha hoon... Half young, half old!
I guess i would go catch that movie launched recently (satrring gul pananag).
What was its name?
Yeah... turning 30!

Relationship status - Ummm??

Lady: Why have you not turned up for work for the past 3 days and you did not even bother to inform me that you are not coming?
Maid: Madam, i had updated my facebook status that i am going to my home town for 3 days. And your husband had also commented on my status wishing me a safe and comfortable journey!

This might be a joke that is making the rounds on sms as of now but its not long when this would be a reality. An age, when parents would post wall message on kids facebook page to come down for dinner.

I guess, in the BF (Before Facebook!) era when wooing a girl meant chasing her on foot/cycle and occasionally on bike (hired from some friend), When approaching a girl took days of planning, unlimited push from friends stating "you can do it", numerous failed attempts, and then finally putting up all the courage to say "hi, wanna be friends?", a "yes" would mean janam janam ka saath! And today, all it takes is a click of a mouse to send a friend request to a girl!

And when relationships have become so easy, where is that bond that used to tie them together. Concepts of live in relationships are fast kicking in. It is not far when the big fat indian wedding would become extinct. People would meet each other, get comfy in a day, decide to stay together and in a month separate because she likes cricket and he likes movies (yes, the gender thing is deliberate!).
This is how relationship status will look like:
Monday: Relationship status - Unknown
Wednesday: Relationship status - committed (I so love this girl/guy! This is the best thing that could have happened to me!!!)
Friday: Relationship Status - Uncertain
Sunday: Relationship - Single (looking for serious long term commitment)!!!!

No more bonding, more heart breaks and with every second soul unhappy that he/she just broke with his partner, its not going to be a happy place to live in.

I dont have a very good feeling about all this! I dont see this good for the relationships that have for so long been the backbone of human mankind. The force which has kept us all sane and together. The feeling that is deep inside all of us to stay in love and harmony.
But the irnony is: As i write this, there are millions around the world who are sending new friend requests to people (they know or dont even know) on facebook and twitter and orkut and changing their relationship status to.....ummmm!

An idea can change your life!

"An Idea can change your life"!! I so agree with this statement....

And the reason behind this sudden acceptance towards this sentence does not come from the fact that i changed my mobile connection from Vodafone to Idea and have won myself a bumper lottery. Nor from the fact that i am huge fan of AbhishekB (I am of his father's though, immensely!) endorsing the connection (in the most absurd manner i can think of)... But yes a genuine idea that has actually changed my life.

The idea which struck us around Dec 2009 and became a reality on 2nd October, 2010.

Many would have guessed it who now understand the relevance of this date in my life and for others who are still running all the processors of your brain trying to figure out the reason, it is the day a new life came into this world and into my arms in the form of a SON!

Oh yes, the beautiful creature which all the forces of nature helped carve into a human being and laid down into our arms to cherish, to love, to admire, to smile and laugh about and to share the same happiness with all the loved ones around.

And yes, it is an idea only. An idea to have a new member into our family. I, despite the fact that have been so comfortable with kids everywhere and they seem to like me (genuinely, reason not known to me), i still used to fear having mine own. For someone who loves to travel, loves watching concerts and enjoys watching plays (theater), understood that he could forget all this for at least an year or so. And me with all these thoughts in mind did not consider myself to be a guy who would become a good father. Well! i sound like a selfish guy who is only concerned about his fun, dont I!

But then, it did happen as i was turning 30, the bua's and the bhabhi's and taiji's had to eat motichoor ke ladoo, everybody convincing me that its impo(r)tent to have them at a certain age and so on. And guess what, my life changed the day he came into our life... All that i had thought would happen above, actually happened. Wasnt i right? Wasnt i so goddam right about going to loose that freedom?

Nooooo! i was so wrong... Yes, it did happen but not because the new kid on the block was stopping me from moving out. But because i did not want to... Sitting with him, talking to him, playing with him, sleeping with him was so much more fun. Now moving out without him was something i would avoid as much as i could. I celebrate our marriage anniversary on 28th Jan and it was pretty cold outside. The only way we could have moved out to the market for some "fun" was by leaving him with somebody in our society. Well, initially we planned it so but the very next minute just one line thought made us drop the plan "Is it really worth it without him"?

Naaah! so, we stayed back, hugged him and slept and played and spent time together.

From a guy who was selfish to his travel needs, his life revolves around him now. The whole of it. Oh yes, an idea can change your life!

(Aditya birla group and Jr. AB - you can be happy for your own reasons, no issues!) :)