World Tigers day...

Blog marathon ---9

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World Tigers Day..

Today guys is world Tigers day..in the honor of this majestic animal there was a nationwide campaign and there were painting competitions conducted all over India...this was broadly telecast in our channels..it was heartwarming to see that children who participated were from all walks of life .......Bravo tigers ..Live in peace!

Undying Love....of friendship

Anu’s Chatter....

I was not feeling too well yesterday  so I did not go out but just rested in my bed calling  or wishing my friends electronically a 'Happy Friendship Day'..

Two of my  friends from my locality made an exception-----they came over and tied beautiful bands on my hand......that really really moved me..Proclaiming their undying loyalty to the fact that no matter what..they were going to stand by me..

Now that ----I call true friendship...

I am lucky to be blessed by a few such friends who would not think twice before helping me out or stand  by me...

Happy friendship Day.....my friends--- you matter the  world to me!

Friends are like Hot Chocolate and cold ice-cream

Anu’s chatter....

“Best friends are inseparable, much like some of the classic food combinations that will never go out of style. You know that being with your best friend is like a combination of a hot brownie with ice cream? One is frozen cold but melts because of the heat from the chocolate !They are  inseparable and the taste is unique as it is because of the diametrically opposite combinations of intensity....   Yesterday I enjoyed friendships day to the hilt and I came upon this deadly conclusion friends . What a realization!  ...One aunty from my building wanted to know the significance of such days and if it was not a waste of money and time as otherwise people did not care for one another? All said and  done guys...I feel that----

there is no reason why one should not celebrate such days  specially when the feelings of being loved is the one that  lingers for sometime to come specially when we neither have time to look at people and our lives are so mechanical?? It is  a reason to wish and meet those who matter really! So Happy Friendship's Day friends!?

Happy friendship day..

Happy friendship day.....

Anu’s Chatter..

True friendship is a bond that is worth cherishing, a feeling that is to be preserved lifelong, an experience that is to be lived in its entirety every second. 

It is akin to some of the simplest things in life, like a breathtaking view at the boundless expanse of nature, or like simple, elating good food that you come back to, every day.

It's friendship's day folks and we know that this time as well you have set aside all your prior commitments to spend that special time with your GFFs Or BFF's. On my part I made my friends coerce into believing the idea of  my inseparable friendship! 

THAT special SOMEONE!!!! blog-5

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Yesterday I was  talking to my friend  about having that special someone in one’s life  and how very important it was to have that one man called your own who is soooo very there through kith and kin ........dreams along and stands by us when we most want ....a guy ---100% understanding and caring.....”In short” she said   

 “I have everything in Amit...he is my lover , he is my friend,he is the father of my children , my pillar of undivided support,  last but not the least my husband.....I cannot live and imagine my life without him! She finished emotionally.....

“Of course” I say...and went on to endorse her thoughts about how I can relate to what she was saying.....and how ditto my situation was...

Much after our convo ----- I went into a thinking mode( that I always do after some kind of daily brain-storming) ...I took into account the number of divorces happening today in  our society compared to  yesteryears.... ..I came upon these on  a marriage working or failing.....you guys are free to agree or disagree---

1.We have to be similar if we have to stick together --is---- if you are not like me then we cannot live together.....

2.Should be able to change ---is ---if you do not change the way I want of you I don't want you/I will not accept you!

3.Long distance arrangements will not work---if we are traveling for work frequently ---I cannot be loyal to you!

4. I want a all time consuming physical relationship----You should be able to attract me always..or I cannot live with you/ you should have a hourglass figure even after childbirth!

5.Our hobbies should be similar----is---if you read books and write blogs I won’t like it since I am a outdoor person or if you are  watching t.v lying on the bed , you are not intellectual/ you are lazy... 

There could be so many other silly or otherwise  reasons because of which the couples might be separating....you can add on your own for a feedback....

Thank you guys for responding to my blogs this is the 5th on the blogathon...

Blog Marathon blog--4

Anu’s Chatter.....

 Did people think... the way I do?

The kind of questions that  bog me nowadays....are how will I cope with aging, when it finally happens? what will happen to me when the day of my death  arrives? Was there life after death? Will I go to some place called as a heaven? Will I ever be able to see my loved ones? All these thoughts really really trouble me sometimes as they are right now...the worst of the lot is---- How much time do I have....? If I do not get enlightenment as Budha did , was my life a waste? Will God punish me for my sins.... since I have not completed the enlightenment process and push me to a menial birth as it is believed in the scriptures?

Was I aging because I was thinking so much, or aging was making me think so much? Or all this was because of the pollution and Global warming? Funny but research shows that the nature that is changing has some adverse effect on peoples thought processes! Why I  never thought about such things in my teens or twenties??????????Do you have the answers guys do you think the way I do? Write back...

Precious time !

Hi guys ..........this is the third in my blog marathon....because I could not post one yesterday I am posting two today!

Anu’s Chatter-----

The time is ticking away all the time......Time is ticking.... that is what exactly I feel each passing day each passing moment ---------this has been like this with me for quite some time now and that also reminds me that ---time is the most precious thing on this earth! That decided---My top priority on the list is to spend as much of time as possible with the most precious people around me  that includes my  mom ........ I haven't been able to spend as much time as I should have  after marriage .......so I decide to do THAT! Especially now that she will turn 72 this sep....it is the number ONE on my list ! So that reminds me --that time is precious because I cannot bring it back too!

The other precious littles on my list are -----

Visiting an old friend, reading  a good book, taking a ‘alone walk’ on the Juhu beach,spending time with my husband with my fast growing kid.......

Giving 100%

Anu's Chatter....

The present generation is a confused lot....at least I feel so...the students doing engineering feel that they should have done medicine and the docs feel all the time useless..the lawers feel it is a waste of time educating themselves for---our  'system is so hopeless' and teachers feel they should have been in a better profession and the computer professionals feel that they are sucked by the boring corporate life! .......I was talking to a student  in my journalism class the other day and asked my usual question about his ambition....He said he did not know...what he wanted to do in life! The same answer was given by ten others .They had come into the media by fluke....At the end of it all I was very disillusioned , unhappy and went out asking the question to other students and young professionals ---the answer was always almost the same ....some even said that they were in a wrong professions for the wrong reasons( Money)  or they had so many options that they could not decide etc etc.....so they took what they got....so they are not happy ..WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE PRESENT GENERATION IS A CONFUSED LOT I DECIDED! After my bitter confusion  I met a P.R professional . This lady had a day job juggled babies and took care of her sick Mom-In-Law and Ma who was bed ridden. Her husband lived abroad ..I had not yet come across someone so laden with problems and someone whom I never considered asking this question.....but after a while into the conversation I just mentioned about the enormity of her situation and sympathized with her ...Do you know what she said?

" What enormity? I never thought I will become a P.R . I was studying to become a lawyer but I got this  job and now I love this like nobody's business! "

I got my answer Guys...do you want to add something more to it ? I am waiting....

I spotted Rekha!

Anu's Chatter...

Hey I am back! This time I decided to start the blog marathon...This I had started last year ..the idea is to post a blog everyday no matter what! This  is also purely because I have been absent from my blog for sometime and am feeling very guilty. I have been maha- busy writing my next book and social commitments galore...plus a whole lot of family commitments..whatever reasons I am going to post a post every single day....even if it is one in the night...and as long as possible!. Pray that my commitment stays on....

Here it goes------

I Spotted Rekha

Yesterday I was in Bandra accompanying my daughter to her ballroom  classes...after she resumed with  her class I ventured out in search of some hot beverage...the rains had made this small upscale Mumbai suburb beautiful..the roads were all drenched clean, ribbony and less commuters , gave  it a feel of rest  that can happen only on a Sunday or a holiday ! Life moved at its own pace and me at mine .  There were owners and hired help walking their dogs, mommies and women busily gossiped, while some men must have  come-out , for a stroll and a smoke .The streets on either side were occupied  with florists...I was hit by the beautiful scent of chrysanthemums and Roses  . I continued enjoying my ‘Me Time’ striding towards my coffee shop. 'It all has a slight European touch with a Indian feel'... I mused !  After an hour, I walked back, soaking in the rich sights and sounds again. This time a bit closer to the florists examining and admiring  the delicate colors. I saw  a red Merc stop by.....I passed  it and stopped short and took a couple of steps back, cause I was just compelled to!

A simple face with a red lip-color perfectly  matching the vehicle she occupied, hit my senses. Was she or was she not?She  was buying a bunch of chrysanthemums, looking not a day older than 27 or 28. I stood there speechless as I came face to face with  'The Phenomenal Rekha......Yes 60 something  ..Bhanu Rekha ..the famous Bollywood yesteryears heartthrob and superstar buying flowers just like that, off the streets,  in front of me on a lazy Sunday afternoon ??!!. It was a  treat to watch and magic to experience! No, I did not say hi , go to her or disturb her,   however much I wanted to because I was grounded and wanted to soak all in ! I carried  the feelings rather in my heart for somedays to come, of that magical moment , that included mentioning her to everyone I met in the coming days!  

Did Rekha inspire me?-----Come to think of it-----I have hyped my Yoga a bit more everyday , apply extra moisturizer and cannot stop looking into the mirror every time I pass it and cannot stop comparing my age and the reflection I have!!  What do you think? Did Rekha influence me?

Writing

Anu's Chatter

“I get great pleasure from writing, but not always, or even usually. Writing a novel is largely an exercise in psychological discipline – trying to balance your project on your chin while negotiating a minefield of depression and freak-out. Beginning is daunting; being in the middle makes you feel like Sisyphus; ending sometimes comes with the disappointment that this finite collection of words is all that remains of your infinitely rich idea. Along the way, there are the pitfalls of self-disgust, boredom, disorientation and a lingering sense of inadequacy, occasionally alternating with episodes of hysterical self-congratulation as you fleetingly believe you've nailed that particular sentence and are surely destined to join the ranks of the immortals, only to be confronted the next morning with an appalling farrago of clichés that no sane human could read without vomiting. But when you're in the zone, spinning words like plates, there's a deep sense of satisfaction and, yes, enjoyment…”

I read this online as a view expressed by one of the fellow writers . I  cannot but agree to what this gentle man had to say. The most important is the deep sense of satisfaction that I agree the most with ! When someone reads what you have written and gets back to you with a sense of appreciation , your day is made...Today in my journalism class I taught about the entire process of communication ...that involves a befitting feedback without which it is  considered incomplete.....Here , I would like to consider a deep sense of satisfaction as a real  feedback for a writer and the actual feedback  as the satisfaction of writing...

What ever--- sometimes its difficult to express certain things even when you are a  writer! What say?