I am alive!

Should I consider back ? Yes I am back ...

Changes are part of life and I am making it happen!

So, to all my blogger friends just watch out the same old page here for new pictures and stories :)

Happy blogging!

Happy independence Day

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action -- Into that heaven of freedom, my father, let my country awake.

- Rabindranath Tagore

Incredible India

India - is a nation where "Pizza" reaches home faster then an "Ambulance" ... where people get "Car" Loan @5% but "Education" Loan @12% ... where "Rice" is sold at Rs 40/- or more per K.G but "Mobile Phone Sim card" is distributed for free of cost … and the list goes on ….

Where do I see "India" in all of these ?

Last but not the least, ... where thousands die without "food" but the govt. can still "afford to pay" Rs 31 crores (and counting) for keeping Kasab (a terrorist ) safe & alive.

Ye Zindagi (Life!)

There may not be any specific reasons why you get involved in some particular conversation, but in the end ...

M : Yaar ye jindagi badi Kutti chiz hai

A : Hmm! Tu hum kisi kuttese kaam hai kya ?

M : even I just realized that :)

A : :)

A Gift!

Someone has rightly said that "A book is a gift you can open again and again”. This time thanks to my lil sis Sareeta for this invaluable gift :)

Timeless!

It’s moments in bits & pieces, juggling between past and present as I am ... "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years".

In red & black

... the truly wise person is colorblind.

A smiley & toffees ...

Sometime you feel great, just by unfolding the moments that are /were so tightly attached with your life. You live with it and it brings that faded smile back on your face with every encounter of it, may be this time it's more than a handful of toffees, but most of the times it just go unnoted.

Happy Deepavali :)

May the festival of lights spread into your life peace, prosperity, happiness & good health. Wishing all my blogger friends & readers a very “Happy & Safe Deepavali !”

The story of my marriage

Love marriages around the world are simple:
Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy.
They get married.

In India, there are a few more steps:
Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy.
Girl's family has to love boy. Boy's family has to love girl.
Girl's Family has to love Boy's Family. Boy's family has to love girl's family.
Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married.

‘2 States - The story of my marriage’ is the title of the new book written by Chetan Bhagat, certainly sounds very interesting to me and I am looking forward to it for reading.

Photo Story I - The light

Without you I am nothing, you gave me the ultimate meaning of my existence.

Our love propels like a glow that illumines in spite of every odd and nothing that can separate both of us.

At times I may have been foolish enough to run away from you and lead a different path but you taught me that the only way to live beyond any boundaries of life is to spread the love in more than one way.

My existence would never perish and there I am reborn again to share this light of “love” with the world…the light which is so much necessary to cover the darkness !!!

Desserts or sweets?

Picture: Barbeque Nation, Koramangala, Bangalore

Somebody quickly prompted, it's “dessert” and has its origin from the French word “desservir”, which means "to clear the table" and "to serve", but then desserts or sweets? didn't make any differences, all I know it was 'YUMMY' :)

Weekend Sunshine

I woke up not earlier than usual but witnessed the weekend sunshine that reminded me that I have yet another day to cheer for nothing less than what it is :) A full new day is smiling at me through the window of happiness …

The happiness I seek is all within …

In my work, In my life, In the place where I live and In the people who love me, who keep the faith in me in spite of every odd. There are many more things that I am yet to discover and may be it’s beyond the purview of something outside but then the continuity with in or out has many more things to cheers for!

It requires the minimum effort to understand that we are a mix of some simple and not so simple traits of life. And finally ... "happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but by recognizing and appreciating what we have."

I am India

The wheel of dharma is the unstoppable energy of life … 

Holidaying @ Gopalpur

I am off to my vacation, and inbetween the time I am exploring some of the most beautiful places around this small town. Nevertheless, I want to mention that a wordless picture can speak your mind.

The hot weather and the wild wind doing all that magic that I don’t want to miss in this summer, a pleasant evening.

This is one of the quite beaches that is not yet much exposed to the outside world but still people find their way out here to grab a slice of serenity.

Slow Melodious and Soulful Songs

I am back here again with one more tag, this time Dust Unsettled tagged me to post some of my most favorite songs. So thanks to him and sorry as well for such a long delay for this post :) Well! now its a difficult job to officially pick 10 songs out of a ocecean like collection of songs but then I can promise to try the best. You may click on the hyper-links to play the songs; I have used Youtube to compile the links.

So here I go with this musical tag ... The Music, guitar & life rocks :) 

1. Life in Technicolor II from Coldplay. I am absolutely in love with this song. The soulful music, awesome lyrics and unforgettable voice everything is so perfectly molded. My iPod says that it is the most played song with 1000+ play count. 

2. Daylight from Coldplay again. It’s like a magical song for me, magnificent use of guitar and truly awing lyrics. The best part of the song remains with the closing of the song with 22 time repetition of “Slowly breaking through the daylight”. I can say that there is this biggest fan of Coldplay here in the form of me and I would preferably put their each and every song in my playlist.

3. When Morning Comes from Dishwalla. Here comes another giant name in Rock. This particular song has one of my most favorite and again the best of Guitar play. All of the songs in their album “Opaline” is having things that can be termed as mind blowing.

4. It’s You from Swithfoot, one of the heart touching song with great music and melodious voice of Jon Foreman is something that will keep echoing inside your heart longer than you would have expected.

5. Yeh Honsla from the movie Dor, its a brilliantly composed song by Salim-Sulaiman with the  hunting voice of Shafqat Amanat Ali and equally inspiring lyrics. 

6. Kholo Kholo from the movie Taare Zameen Par, one of the best from Shankar Mahadevan and I guess this song requires no description. 

7. Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai from the movie Gangster. K.K my favorite hindi movies singer and ofcourse I am a big fan of his songs. I can play this song like non-stop for 24x7 :) 

8. Jane Kya Chahe Mann from Pyar ke Side Effects. Undoubtedly Zubin is a talented singer, it's another lovely song that I have listen the record number of times.  

9. Dil Chahta Hai from the movie Dil Chahta Hai. One more from Shankar Mahadevan, this song reminds my the colleges days, don’t remember how many times I watched this movies and so don’t know how many times I did a repeat play of the song. I must say, the music director Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio did a superb compilation for it. 

10. Dil Jo Bhi Kahey from the movie Dil Jo Bhi Kahey. One more from Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, ultimate use of guitar in this song and  indeed a energetic song and Shaan you just rock. 

So I am done, hope you guys had a great time listening to all of those songs. Now I want to tag Ajeya, Anwesa, Cuckoo, Rosh, Vandita & anyone who likes to pick this tag. All you guys have to do that to find some time form your busy schedule and let us know your favorite songs (at least 10 slow melodious and soulful songs, possibly with the link from where it can be played).  Hope you guys find it interesting, and hey! also have a wonderful week ahead.

Weekend in pics

So here comes the weekend, rather a long weekend. It’s much more than a break for me, knowing that it is the best thing that I can gift to myself right now, a so called quality time. I am in no hurry to finish whatsoever work realizing the ultimate truth behind the hyper laziness, and also to see life passing by me ever so slowly. It’s like living one more life together but yet differently, even though you are not in the supreme state of consciousness you can still smell the unknown earth, taste the storming drops of rain, breathe the wild air, feel the pinch of chilliness of the dark night and then quickly switch over to discover the warmth of the sunshine. The interesting thing is that you are going to count all of them. And here I go with some of my encounters and some other random pictures of the day ...

Sipping slowly, to get over with the day ahead. Like someone has already said - a morning without coffee is like sleep.

A flowery decoration was done inside the Garuda Mall to celebrate “Ugadi”. The festival marks the New Year day in Karnataka, and the reason for the bonus holiday :)

Tandoori gobi in brunch

Shopping spree at 5th Avenue, Brigade Road, I grabbed my most favorite rock band’s tee shirt.

I Support Earth Hour, Do You?

I am growing old every day, so do everyone else but then the world around me changing very fast, or even faster than I can imagine. I have learned it and experienced it in my life maybe on more than one occasion that the big will not beat the small any more; it’s the small that become the big. So what is that stopping you to fight the big challenges and distracting you to take the first small step out from your life?

Not to forget a small initiative can do great things for us. It’s never been one challenging task to understand we wish to see the life even after us, save the earth and save the future. Soon you will learn again, it’s that fast beating the slow. So all you need to do, stretch your legs, open your arms and free your mind to join, which would very well mark a new beginning for this never ending life.

What is earth hour?
Earth Hour is an annual international event created by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund) that asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness of the need to take action on climate change. Last year more than 50 million people took part and in 2009, the aim is to reach more than 1 billion people in 1,000 cities around the world.

Show your support:

Join the millions around the globe by switching off the lights at your home at 8:30 p.m. (local time) on Saturday, March 28, for an hour.

By working together, each of us can make a positive impact in the fight against climate change and save our planet, for future generations.

Click the below links to learn more about earthhour:
Earth Hour World Site, Earth hour India Site

Sunday Breakfast

A lazy weekend!!! and what more a perfect weather and you just want your share of sleep. So a breakfast is not just for morning …. You need more to sustain the whole day :P

The Dosa lover I am!!!...

healthy Idiyappam

My favorite Puri!

When you are in Cheenai, Saravanan Bhavan is always a better choice for a perfect southie breakfast. I don’t know if this breakfast can be called as King Size but surely this quote goes well with it :) “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper”

A rainy day in the summer!

I woke up early in the morning with a prayer, just to witness another new day in my life. It has been an unfinished journey ever since I started counting on my days. I have just crossed one more mile stone and these 365 days is nothing more than experiencing the life in every possible ways.

One more day, one more year and one more opportunity encountered with the life. The joy of re-discovering it, believe in giving always the best you can, the pleasures of being simple and all it seems less complicated life & the world around breaths the new air.

“Gravity, release me, and don’t ever hold me down ... Now my feet won't touch the ground”.