On a Road less traveled
I may not be the most jolly person around,
I may not walk with the crowd,
I may not be best person you have ever met,
I may not sound pleasing everytime,
But whenever you need this friend of yours,
I will always be around on a road less traveled.
Looking Ahead Through the Glass
One more year of life passed. Witnessed some great moments in the past year and some worst as well. With so many ups and downs, Its time to look ahead. Time to do a check what’s left behind and what’s next to do.
Now this year I got some amazing wishes both here and in real too. Sometimes I don’t feel I am all worth it because the wishes all people around give me. Can’t they just wish simply? Too much words of praise and appreciation come along with those wishes that it gets just so overwhelming to handle in those 24 hours. At times I wish I could skip that one day of my life so that I don’t have to go through all this.
You find that weird. Maybe yes but that’s because when my turn comes to wish someone close, I don’t even know how to do that. I fail to say those right words apart from the usual “Happy Birthday…May you get all the happiness”! Even though I feel like saying so much but can’t go farther than this. It weighs down on me because that person tried to make my day special but when it comes to me, I just stay there with nothing special to do or think of.
Its this process of reciprocating that I don’t know how to do. Same with the gifts thing. That’s why I don’t like the very idea of giving and taking gifts. Because later it becomes more of an obligation than showering your love in form of a special gift. We become a bit materialistic then thinking “Oh, this friend gave me an expensive gift. Now I want to gift even a bigger gift on his/her b’day”. WTF! Stop all this. Friendship doesn’t come with a price tag. A truly heartfelt “Happy B’day” is much more precious than a costly gift item which might have costed you a bomb but doesn’t come with any feeling to show someone what you feel for him/her.
Maybe I am too simple for this materialistic world. Maybe I am too weird. But then I don’t really understand this showoff waala world. I prefer to stay low. I prefer to enjoy life in my own simple way. Probably you won’t like me for that. But that’s my idea. If you ask me how I want to celebrate my birthday I would year after year say – a small gathering with friends and family and a family dinner makes me more than happy. If everyone’s happy around me, that makes my day. [Ok that’s not easy because people around me are usually not happy with me being that simple. But they know me by now so its all Good! Haha! ]
Shradz Speaks Out: Happy birthday Paaji :)
Link: Shradz Speaks Out: Happy birthday Paaji 
First of all the most important, “Happy birthday PaPa Paaji!” It’s yourrrr birthday!!!!
Par fir bhi, you can be happy about it, birthday hai yaar! Saal mein ek baar hi aata hai!
Aww Thank you So much. Love you.
This Music piece is one of the most amazing pieces I have heard till now. Its Meghna’s Intro Theme from Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Movie. And know what? I really wish that when I meet the love of my life for first time, I want this music to play in background. This tune really expresses what happens when you meet someone special for the first time.
Hats Off to A R Rahmaan for coming out with such awesome music. You will love it for sure.
An Emotional Win
Yes, India won the World Cup. Its been 28 long years and probably worth the wait. A perfect gift for the Little Master in his last world cup. Anyways, I guess every possible word of appreciation must have been said by now by all fans and cricket lovers out there. Respect to Dhoni and the Team for making this dream come true.
Now I rarely show or express my happiness the way people around me do. I neither jumped in excitement tonight nor danced to some songs that were being played in the stadium after that win. Wish I knew how to do that. Am Stupid. Grr! And then I saw all those people cheering around me, dancing, bursting crackers, racing bikes on the streets, shouting like anything and doing crazy stuff. More than the India’s win, these things made me happy. Made me proud to be an Indian. Made me proud to live in a country where despite all the corruption, scams and negative things around us, how just a match win can unite the whole country in a single emotion.
Its strange to see how we change emotions suddenly. When Sachin and Sehwaag got out, we almost switched off our TVs, few left their homes to do tasks left pending, others slept, some cried and some were left just speechless. And just few minutes into the Kohli/Gambir paternship, TVs were switched back on, excitement comes back and again we anxiously watch with hopes held high. Never seen so many emotions flowing right in front of your eyes for 11 men who had to carry the hopes, aspirations and dreams of 1.2 billion people. [Pardon my stats if they are not accurate. I didn’t do the census neither I have read about it yet. ]
World is a small place. To see the emotions and excitement of all those proud Indians, I don’t even need to step out of my house. I did that right from my small age old mobile. Loaded Twitter and saw so many tweets flowing like anything. Each Tweet with something different to add, with a different emotion and with a new perspective to the emphatic win.
After seeing so much within few minutes, I didn’t know how to react. What to say. Got few SMSes each saying something about this epic moment and I could reply only with a “:D”. Didn’t know what could I have added or what I could have said to share their happiness. Felt a bit out of place. But in the end, Finally I realised what it means by “Tears of Joy”. That’s the only emotion that came out of me in the end.
Truly one of the best days I could have asked for, a proud moment to be a part of and something which I won’t forget for the rest of my life. Thanks to God that I lived during this period to see this moment.