Paper Planes

Saying yes to happiness means learning to say no to the things and people that stress you out                                                                                               -Thema Davis Everybody have a different definition for happiness.  As many the number of people, as many the definitions for happiness. Today while talking to a friend, I was made to think about happiness with a very practical and a very pragmatic approach. And finally I got to the conclusion that happiness is doing your favorite thi...

Give Me Some Sunshine, Give Me Some Rain, Give Me Another Chance, I Wanna Grow Up Once Again... I was having a chat with a friend of mine who was narrating stories of her 5 year old kid: the stuff that she does, the games that she loves to play, the way she responds to different situations etc And this was more than enough for something to take me back to childhood. I guess it is the best phase in everyone's life. I started thinking about various things that we, our generation used to do. Definitely we were not as smart and mature as this generation is but we had our own ways, our own stuff and our own things to enjoy and cherish. My brain started mulling over those old beautiful memories, my heart started playing with them, leaving me with nostalgia. It was like an audio cassette (remember one!) getting played in reverse. I felt like begging someone to drag me away to that life once more, I was craving to get drowned into the ocean of memories, the beautiful memor...

“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”    ― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience I am soon to step in the 30's club... next year! Yeah, and astonishingly it just doesn't feel that horrifying as it sounds. In early 20's, entering into 30's was a nightmare for me. Guess, it is for every young girl. Now, entering 40's is a nightmare.  But now I know and understand that it's something natural and its going to come, some or the other day. And so, I really do not have to bother much about it. The matured wisdom that you see in my previous said words was not there from forever! I was not the same few weeks ago. I had a different approach to this. I was horrified, scared to death and used to feel aghast by just the thought of leaving 20's! Why? Because its an universal unsai...

We all know the story.... A girl, pure and sweet, trapped in the body of a swan. She desires freedom, but only true love can break the spell. Her wish is nearly granted in the form of a prince. But before he can declare his love, her lustful twin, the Black Swan, tricks and seduces him.  Devastated the White Swan leaps off a cliff, killing herself and in death finds freedom......                                                                                                                          - Black Swan  At times, I get carried away by my deep thoughts far somewhere... somewhere which is a beautiful place, where there is noone, just me, my wings and my freedom, n...

"But for now, let me say — without hope or agenda, just because it’s Christmas and at Christmas you tell the truth — to me, you are perfect. And my wasted heart will love you. Until you look like this... (a picture of a mummy)"                                                 —  Mark, Love actually I am sure many of us are aware and adore this beautiful scene from Love actually! We all know and will also agree that love is one of the most beautiful feelings in the world! And I know this is the most used phrase in the universe, but then forgive me! I could not find much appropriate and better words to describe the importance of this one feeling: Love! This is the only feeling in the world that can make you think "Am I crazy?" The day I watched ...

  “He thinks the sun comes up just to hear him crow.” ― Charles Martin, Chasing Fireflies: A Novel of Discovery "You know my husband was in US last month and he got me dozens of branded perfumes, lipsticks, eye shadows" "This dress of mine is from London. A friend of mine gifted it" " I visit 'abc' orphanage every month. Last time I went there I donated few toys and dresses to the kids" "You know, we are going to Europe for this vacation! We only plan our trips abroad. Whats there in spending your vacation in India?" And you hear such tales of torturous bragging every day, from people who are just so busy in boasting and living a pretentious life that their senses of appreciating the real life just gets succumbed to a wretched and pitiable death! And BTW, they had mastered this art to such an extent that they don't need to be intrigued at all. I, fortunately or unfortunately had a chance to meet and get acquainted...

Its too short to crib about useless stuff:)

There is a cousin of mine who is on the verge of crossing her marriageable age, well at least according to all my relatives and acquaintances. BTW, she is just 25! That can be another topic of discussion! Rather 'hot' topic of discussion. But let's leave it for some other time for now. The lame marriage Interview! Anyways, yeah so all our family members have this unstated, tacit and grave responsibility to hunt for a suitable groom for her. Last week, followed by this imperative call and need of the hour, few of the family members went to meet a guy and his family. I was simply shocked to death to know what happened there because I just haven't expected this in times like today when I thought everything and everybody have changed. The guy's family dint ask anything about the girl, apart from the very basic questions, the answers of which they were already aware of. Yes, because the answers of few penned (in an invisible diary!) questions are inevitable to ...

I am not yours, not lost in you, Not lost, although I long to be Lost as a candle lit at noon, Lost as a snowflake in the sea. You love me, and I find you still A spirit beautiful and bright, Yet I am I, who long to be Lost as a light is lost in light. Oh plunge me deep in love -- put out My senses, leave me deaf and blind, Swept by the tempest of your love, A taper in a rushing wind.                                               - Sara Teasdale

I finished this novel in a very short span of time as compared to what I take to read others. I am really finding it so difficult to hunt for the correct superlatives that can describe what and how this novel made me feel. It left an everlasting impact on me like many others based on stories set in some part of the middle east. May be I am fascinated with the same. Anyways, I want to begin with saying that its just a fine treasure of fascinating dreams weaved together to create an impeccable story. Its gripping, enthralling and mesmerizing. It has the power of taking the reader to some other world, the world of beautiful dreams of Saba (the protagonist), hostile and intimidating realities of Iran and author's astounding imagination. This is a story of Saba, an eleven-year-old girl, who grew up in a small village in Iran in 80s. Her mother and sister disappears, leaving Saba and her father alone in Iran. Saba is certain that they have moved to America without her. And Saba ...

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. - Charles Spurgeon You would have surely heard this very famous and over used phrase which goes like this: The grass is always greener on the other side Like everyone, even I was bored to death of receiving the same monotonous answer every time I used to talk about change with someone. But then, few days back I realized how true this one single fact is! This one single fact which is considered a cliché and is taken with total contempt, holds the key to our happiness. Well, it does! We just fail to observe that grass has the same green color on our end as well. Let me try to throw some light on it with a personal example of mine. In whatever job I had been, its just been so difficult for me to satisfy the untamed urge residing inside me, that was never contented. I mean after getting into a job I just used to start missing my last job. I always used to feel infatuated towards other jobs and other's jo...