Month: January 2006

  • Beginnings and Endings

    Saw a lot of new year resolutions on blogs, and that sparked a little post in my head, and it was given a little more sense of direction by a couple of posts – by Aqua and Hyde…
    It is customary to fix a few resolutions on New year, or so they say.. from going to the gym to stop being rude to others to control on number of parallel love lives, it could be anything, depending on subjective fancies..some of us keep it, and some of us just keep it…
    On a larger canvas, by the time we reach the age when we can decide about ourselves, and have quite about decided on ourselves, there are some goals we set for ourselves – personally,professionally and a lot of things that are general, and having to do with the fact that we will be living a certain number of years on the planet… things that we must do (we feel),things that we aspire to do, and things we would love to do… (i wonder if the higher power interferes while we set these)
    as we progress in life, and as our lives progress on us, a lot of these get changed, because of time, the people we interact with, and ironically also because of the sheer inertia that prevents us from changing our habits… (i would love to be at x kgs all my life, but i cant wake up at x am daily to exercise)..and suddenly one day, when we sit staring at the stars, we realise how much we have changed,and how different we are from the original age when we had set these goals… the arbit comments we make on ourselves like ‘i had never thought i would do this’ are only words and we are perhaps not aware of the statement’s depth…
    maybe the initial ideals were right, and maybe the current ‘us’ is right… there is no way to anlayse the paths that might have been… do we owe something to the first time we set our goals, and do we owe something to a higher power which might have set a goal for us…meanwhile, life happens, and perhaps we only happen to be in it….
    until next time, whats happening??

  • Papa Preach!!

    It must be because all of us are around the same age, or maybe its the template way of our existence.. anyways, have recently read at least 3-4 posts that have to do with parents’ retirement.. and again due to the typical way of our existence, its mostly dads who are written about… also interesting are the comments, that in some way identify with the situation…
    while i do agree that retirement in some way creates a void in life thats difficult to replace, i have also begun to think that the above set of dads have achieved more than what we have, or will… and thats perhaps the better way to look at it…
    They have the respect of their sons, daughters.. they have settled themselves well, and even provided for their children.. they may perhaps have never known a career crisis… and they are proud of the work they have accomplished in their career…they havent worked so hard that they never had time for the little joys in life.. they have passed on a value system to their next generation..they can look back and say that they did justice to their parents, in terms of time and attention..
    yes, they might offer you advice that you wouldn’t follow, and bore you with what they did and how, but that, i guess is a nice way of knowing about a way of life that once was…
    until next time, father figures…best

  • Two thousand sicks

    No, i wouldnt be able to manage that many sicks
    so the few below are my picks..
    Its another year, so lend me your ear
    and listen to this year’s list of what will be fun to hear…
    Harry will object to the British tabloids’ findings that he is a half blood prince.
    Ajay Devgan will become the first actor in the world to respond to all incoming calls.
    Paris Hilton will finally get married and become a Desperate Housewife.
    Pawar politics will not hamper the future of Indian cricket.
    Yana Gupta will get intelligent enough to play chess, and perhaps then checkmate me 😉 (that should be easy)
    Natwar Singh will get cholesterol conscious and have less oil in his food.
    Ekta Kapoor will launch Kkaun Banega Mera Pati?
    Williams, driven by Narain Kartikeyan will narrowly lose to Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari.
    Young Indian bloggers will get the global recognition they deserve.
    English Premier League champions ManU will thank this blog for its continued support.
    Aamir Khan will get married to Kiran and on his honeymoon will hear a familiar voice saying kkkkkkiran, if you aren’t happy with The Rising, Main Hoon Na….
    Radha will remain a character in Hindu mythology and will not reincarnate in the form of people like Panda.

    until next time, that does make a Happy New Year, you know 🙂
    PS: Last year’s list