While Breaking Even

I was on my way back from vacation, cozy in my seat, listening songs on my phone, when I first met her. She was the only other girl in the compartment. In addition she was pretty and spoke my language. May be this trip’s not going to be that lame and depressing as I thought.   However I did note that she was having her shields up - reading John Grisham’s “The confession”, clutching her bag and seemed genuinely scared – probably traveling alone for the first time. It was when the bag she had on so dearly, had to be put down for raising the middle berth, I noticed the jingle noise it made inside, that I could make out of only one thing – ‘Jewelry inside’. I tried the odds – South Indian pretty girl traveling alone with jewels. Provided the conservative background she is from; most probably running away from home, may be even from her wedding.   Though not much of a helping brother or a crying shoulder, I had to know her story. It’s not every day that you see a runaway bride. ...

He just woke up and felt his head killing him. It must have been a heavy lot to drink last night. But then, what more apt can be a reason than this. He barely put on a t-shirt, didn't care about his hair, took the wrapped gift from the table and started on his bike. Must have been well past the speed limit, when he saw the police man waving his hand to stop. He stopped in confusion and the police man was asking all the regulars. License, Pollution, Speed, and then he realized, he had none. Not even any money to pay the policeman off. In an act of desperation, he tried to get back on his bike and run past the police. When you are riding solo on unluck, there is never a break. All he remembered was crashing quickly to side of the road after jumping off a gutter and policemen running to him. In the flashes of his conscience playing hide and seek, he saw the gift lying beside him and clutched on to it with great effort. It must have been sometime, since he started in the m...

Ek choti si story sunata hoon. ek ladka aur ek ladki pyar karte the. hua kuch aisa ki ladka ek court case mein phas gaya. ilzaam galat tha, aur ladki iski akeli gawah thi. par aisa kuch bhi tha ki - agar wo sacch kehti to uski job chali jaati. court mein wo kya bolegi ye kisi ko pata nahi tha. ladki ne court mein sachh kaha. aur ladka bacch gaya. ladke ko aakhir sacche pyaar ka ehsaas hogaya. aur woh apne pyaar ko seriously lene laga. lekin sacch ye tha ki court mein geetha pe haath rakhke kasam liya tha - sacch kehne ke liye. aur ladki kasmein seriously leti thi. - An original crappy-written-in-2-minutes-story by Vishnu.

sometimes life throws you curve balls.. what if it didn't turn out the way you expected.. surprise is the essence of life. without which, its all just a boring story. undermined. - never be understand. - look closer prioritize. - that matters simplify. - and unwind

I've been meaning to write something about priorities for sometime now. For I firmly believe that priorities are what that make us who we are. Most of the times, in these so called fast paced lives we live by, we often forget to appreciate whats endowed on us, which we take for granted. And most of the time, we only value it after we've  lost it. May for some time. May be forever. And may be - for a change - we all need to stop by for a while and let those special people in our lives know that we do care about them. And attached below is one of my favorite scene from Taare Zameen Par - just to remind about 'khayaal karna'. P.S: Don't get me wrong - this is not a cry for help :) and all calls in this regard after reading this post (if any) will be laughed upon.

Well, I am back to me. Not that I don't have anything else to write about.. well.. may be a little because of that.. and also because, I love writing about me. I am writing up a whole lot of stuff for office these days. Its half year. You have to document everything. Creativity has to shine there. For my rating depends on that. I used to do this thing since I was a child. If I want something, and in case I did not get that (say a bike or a toy when I was kid), I would convince myself that I do not want that. Or I am better than that. And I would stop craving for that. I now know, that even though its a good self defense trick (you rarely get hurt with this) - its not very appropriate. Life is a game really, and you can't win all of them in your first attempt. And that does not mean you should change the game altogether. As always, there is a next time.   If life with a job has really taught me something - its that - Its okay to commit mistakes. Like if you want to...