My Observations of Life

There are three kinds of people on this earth -           Those who excel, those who don't care and then there is a whole lot of "mediocre". The first two kinds of people do not have much to worry about when it comes to anything in life. The former has it easy and the latter does not even bother. The only category that is hard-hit in any and every aspect of life is the mediocre. And this post is about          Those - who have high aspirations but do not know where to start          Those - who have great ideas but have no idea on how to turn them to reality          Those - who cannot accept going down to the don't care category          Those - who can do anything and everything to go up to the excel category but without a clue how          Those - who, every time, struggle to get things their way        ...

I read a post on writing on the Litagram page on Facebook. It read something on these lines:  "When it does not come roaring out, don't do it    When it cannot manifest itself, don't do it:. I am doing it today as it came roaring outside, it wants to manifest itself. I had the least idea of writing a blog post at 10:17 PM in the night of a working day, but the post wants to get written :) Even when I write this line, I have the least idea of what am I going to write on this post or am I going to write something at all. It is so fascinating, this writing thing! I have had some really crazy, hectic times at work. Those times made me realize several things in life. My strength, what  I am capable of, what is my actual weakness is vs. what I thought was my weakness. Most of these things came as a by product of working for KGS for a short time (no, I don't work there now). Which in turn means the realization came as a result of the interactions I had with people ...

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. What has been the aim of life of most people in my generation? There was a well-defined path in the career front paved by people who were older and we had to t ake the same. The reasons being:     1) It lead to a safe life style, a proven one with less chances to falter.     2) We were unaware of any other path or had very less knowledge to boldly venture into        one.     3) Our parents were afraid that if we do not take the used path, we may end screwing up        our lives.     4) Parents did not have the time or money to support our dreams.     5) Parents were unsure of how a job like musician or writer or instrumentalist could help          make a living.      What has our path been (at least to most of us)? We had to score h...

What happens when a girl who does not want to grow up, who does not want to get into the "adult world" (as she calls it) has to go through events like marriage and child birth? What happens if she gets called "Aunty" by other kids when within herself, she is not even mature enough to be a wife? What happens if a girl wonders at the task given to her at office - "how do they trust me with such a big responsibility?", what happens if a girl does not realize how old she is and what her responsibilities are and wonder at others of her age who act like "big" people? Have you ever heard of a girl who wonders what her own personality is when she is just about 30 years old and feels lost? Heard of a girl who is in search of who she actually is and where she lost her identity in life? Known anyone who always attributed herself with people who she is related to and not build up a character of her own? Have you been friends with a girl for whom recogni...

Thank you Mr J for your statement - "Don't blame your child, you are lazy" (the man in my life is sitting behind me, reading as I type and says - "Idhu ennamo unmai dhan" - This is true :D ) - it woke me up early today and made me write this post. It is so wonderful how the mind works, going from one thought to another requiring a simple connection between the two. An example follows. I saw a girl who was crossing a part of the road between two volvo buses that are very close to each other, back to front. She is also on a call with someone. I wonder how is she able to do that without any fear, I would not. May be she trusts herself that she will be able to quickly move away if required. May be she trusts the driving skills of the volvo bus driver. As I think of this, the thought of my "Things to accomplish in this year" comes to my mind. One of them being "Learn to drive a car". As I think of learning to drive a car, I see how congested ...

I have been wanting to write something "mommie" on my blog for sometime now. I was considering a series on "Why I won't become a mom for the second time"!! Somehow it just doesn't click.  Then today, I happened to read several articles and blogs on mommyhood ranging from grief of losing a child to what a mom wanted to tell her daughter who planned to "have a family". Then it struck me. This is what I had been dying to write about, what a mom should tell a daughter who is planning to expand her family.  A dear friend of mine kept asking a question on several occasions of my life ranging from the time we were planning to have a child to a few months after the baby was born. The question seemed to be a very normal one for me every time it was asked. However, now I realize how powerful a question it is. I realize that if I would have come up with a better answer for it, I might have reversed my decision of having a child or at least postponed the e...

Oh Yeah, I happened to open my blog after ages. I read a few of my older posts.  I am in awe!  Okay, I know, it is too much to awe at one's own self. Still, that is the damn fact, am in awe.  I am surprised at the various topics I have written about.  I am wondering at the language used.  I even doubt if it is the same me who wrote all those posts.  Can I write something equivalent to those posts? I doubt. Can I use the same language even now? I doubt. Can I get so many topics to write on? I doubt. Can I think of so many things? I doubt.  Do I even have the knowledge of such varied topics? I doubt. Yes, I am not the same me. This is my conclusion after a visit to my blog. Is it inability? inefficiency? disinterest? laziness? Am not sure. But there was a burning urge to open my blog and read my posts and that left me with so many thoughts. I also had a burning urge to write something and that led (you know what? I was thinking, "wha...