Yesterday, me and Radha complete 65000 kms of our togetherness after a fantastic drive to and in the hills!!! Will write about the trip sometime later though!
She has been like an angel looking after me all these years we have been together!!! Thank you Radha and thank you uncle God for these wonderful times!!!
Like I like to say, Life is great!
One of my very very dear friends J, is SINGLE, and is looking for a valentine’s day date! He mentioned that to me in the morning today and I vouched to put this issue up somewhere… my best somewhere happens to be Chai ki Dukaan!
The guy is very smart, good looking, soft spoken, a brilliant photographer and an entrepreneur with a smile worth millions and a heart of Gold! and Single! and available!
If you know someone in Bangalore, who would like to go out on a blind date, please do leave a note here! I hope my friend is reading the post and the comments!
1. Leave office on time (ok, a li’il late works too)
2. Get a tank full of gas (short for gasoline, and referred to as petrol and diesel in India) [abe firangi]
3. Find a direction to drive in…
4. Set a countdown timer (e.g. I will drive for 90 minutes, and look for the first nice place to have tea)
5. DRIVE
6. Stop…
7. Eat and have Chai
8. Come back!
I managed to do a 100km drive last night with a couple of friends and went till Dharampur… about 40 kms before Solan and 13 kms before Kasauli!!!! the hills are suddenly a lot closer than they were for the last 18 months!
I love it! Life is uber cool!
8 days since I published last!!! not fair! there has been so much happening that a lot of things, I had time for when I out of the country, have taken a back seat!
I guess its just a phase…though the last two weekends and the week has been very very good! in ways more than one! along with some sidey not so good things too!!!
Got to know a few nice people in Chandigarh, making the stay here a lot better than I had expected… driving to work and back does not take more than 15 minutes and its a pleasure to drive… the chill in the mornings and the breeze in the evenings is a pleasure to experience!
Ashu flew off to Mauritius for his project yesterday… which is another good news! I am proud of him!
Radha is doing great, and I am enjoying my long drives with her! we have driven about 2000kms already after I came back! I think in all I must have driven close to about 100,000 kms in the last 6 years! I like it!
I saw Ishqiya! and it turned out to be a bummer! Naseer wasted, Arshad and Vidhya underutilized, weak plot, slow pace… not sure if there was much about the movie that I liked except a couple of songs and some stills from the lighting point of view… my favorite being the opening sequence of the movie! and it just went downhill from there!!! My favorite line from the movie being. “Sheikh, Apni Apni Dekh”.
There is a whole lot happening other than the regular movie, home, work business, and I am very excited and at the same time a bit nervous about it… but I kind of believe that things are going to turn out just right!
Have a wonderful week everyone!
I was told this sometime in 1999, when I had taken a lift from Mayur Vihar to Pragati Maidan and then the gentlemen went on to talk about some of the drivers and how they were handling their vehicles on the road… It was a very interesting 30 minute discussion, and the thought has been there in my mind ever since! I notice how people handle and drive their vehicles, and map it back to how they are, including myself.
My theory is that while you are at the steering wheel, over a period of time you are driving with your sub-concious mind. This is the reason why the clutch, the gear shift, the horn, the dipper, the brake, the accelerator seem to be working together seamlessly while you become a part of the car, in a way!
And if my way of driving has to tell anything about me, it is that….
1. I have stopped rushing into a lot of things… an empty road does not mean a hard press on the gas!
2. I feel very contented with where I am, I see the road ahead and am more than willing to take the journey, and I see the rear view mirror to see the distance I have covered
3. I still get very annoyed at displays of irresponsibility and recklessness. I think Angry is a more appropriate word!
4. I am agressive in my approach
5. I do not get bothered by the surrounding noise. Even if I do, it takes a while for it to get to my head. Mostly I am involved in my own thoughts for the noise to be irritating
6. I like to give way and be patient.
7. I like to be protective and possesive of the things in my perimeter.
8. I hate being judged because of a few instances. Observations, alright! Judgements! get lost!
9. I do not mind changing pace depending on the situations… I do not have not go at the same speed always, and its ok to slow down
10. I ENJOY where I am!
Most of these seem to be hovering around the same point! interesting!
जामवंत के बचन सुहाए। सुनि हनुमंत हृदय अति भाए॥
तब लगि मोहि परिखेहु तुम्ह भाई। सहि दुख कंद मूल फल खाई॥
जब लगि आवौं सीतहि देखी। होइहि काजु मोहि हरष बिसेषी॥
यह कहि नाइ सबन्हि कहुँ माथा । चलेउ हरषि हियँ धरि रघुनाथा॥
भावार्थ:-जाम्बवान् के सुंदर वचन हनुमानजी के हृदय को बहुत ही भाए। वे बोले- हे भाई! तुम लोग दुःख सहकर, कन्द-मूल-फल खाकर तब तक मेरी राह देखना जब तक मैं सीताजी को देखकर लौट न आऊँ। काम अवश्य होगा, क्योंकि मुझे बहुत ही हर्ष हो रहा है। यह कहकर और सबको मस्तक नवाकर तथा हृदय में श्री रघुनाथजी को धारण करके हनुमानजी हर्षित होकर चले
सिंधु तीर एक भूधर सुंदर। कौतुक कूदि चढ़ेउ ता ऊपर॥
बार-बार रघुबीर सँभारी। तरकेउ पवनतनय बल भारी॥
जेहिं गिरि चरन देइ हनुमंता। चलेउ सो गा पाताल तुरंता॥
जिमि अमोघ रघुपति कर बाना। एही भाँति चलेउ हनुमाना॥
भावार्थ:-समुद्र के तीर पर एक सुंदर पर्वत था। हनुमानजी अनायास ही कूदकर उसके ऊपर जा चढ़े और बार-बार श्री रघुवीर का स्मरण करके उस पर से बड़े वेग से उछले। जिस पर्वत पर हनुमानजी पैर रखकर चले, वह तुरंत ही पाताल में धँस गया। जैसे श्री रघुनाथजी का बाण चलता है, उसी तरह हनुमानजी चले
जलनिधि रघुपति दूत बिचारी। तैं मैनाक होहि श्रम हारी॥
भावार्थ:-समुद्र ने उन्हें श्री रघुनाथजी का दूत समझकर मैनाक पर्वत से कहा कि हे मैनाक! तू इनकी थकावट दूर करने वाला हो।
दोहा :
हनूमान तेहि परसा कर पुनि कीन्ह प्रनाम। राम काजु कीन्हें बिनु मोहि कहाँ बिश्राम॥
भावार्थ:-हनुमानजी ने उसे हाथ से छू दिया, फिर प्रणाम करके कहा- भाई! श्री रामचंद्रजी का काम किए बिना मुझे विश्राम कहाँ?
Himess Bhai!
For people who are not watching it on TV and have a decent internet connection, please see the parade live here
And one of my favorite musical pieces ever, on Doordarshan
Finally the long hair days are over! back to the short smart simpler cut! I am glad I managed over 6 months of the long hair, though I did not reach the pony stage!