Monday, December 6, 2010

A post for 2010

Hi All,

So this is the longest time nothing has appeared on gupshup and the thought of getting through 2010 without a single blog (!!!!) isn't very appealing :)

so perhaps we should talk about time. the transitory nature of time. We have all heard - time is like flowing river, it doesnt come back. And this moment when i write cannot come back. 2010 will not come back in a month from now.

someone once said to me, if you ever are in a situation where you are disturbed by another's actions or something doesn't seem to be going right; then just imagine the vastness of time. It began from nothingness and it will continue into infinity. And in this vastness of time, we are but occupying such a limited sphere. In our limited sphere - another's actions are even more minor and miniscule. And somehow it makes you feel better. It is just the beauty of time. It can be viewed in so many ways and perceived such that you can feel from profound happiness to profound sadness! It depends on how you choose to see it :)

i heard an interesting story once. When Mahabharat was being televised, a lot of information had to be given in third person. For continuity of the story they could not be shot or explained without a narrator. They wondered who would be ideal as a narrator and finally they chose 'Time'. Do you remember that famous line ' main samay hoon' And so in the most beautiful way they had the perfect narrator.

There is a beautiful book 'tuesdays with morrie' about a dying professor who meets his student every tuesday to tell him about life's lessons while he is slowly passing away. And I am not so sure but I do think, it was in this book - they discuss how you truly live is by living in others memories. Because memories keep you alive long after you are gone. It is memories which really tell the story of your life. So what really is the time you occupy in this vastness of time - it is that in the memory of another.

Well i guess the intellectually idle had quite a ball writing this blog!

Your experience with time - the crunch, the deadlines, the endless waiting or any other are most welcome!!!

all my love
nitasha (delhi edition)

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Love is in the Air...... :)

The post below along with its esteemed comments reminds me of the song… Love is in the air…..by John Paul Young…… [okkkkkkk…before u ppl let out those gasps….ofcourse i googled out the song and the singer too!!!]


 Hmm…now tht the Delhi edition has come up with such a lovey-dovey post…..to Mumbai edition also has to rack its brain and come up wth something…..after all…Mumbai figures on number 4 amongst the top 10 Romantic places in India in some random Rediff.com survey!!! We do have a reputation to live upto!!! [Tho in Mumbai ppl make usre they live upto tht reputation..thn be it the rocks of bandstand or the promenade at Marine Drive….or even an auto….but we r nt going into tht 4 sure!! :D]


 Haan to kahan the hum…Ya..the Delhi edition blog…..Hummmm…loving without a reason…..The easiest and absolutely ‘No-Maintenance Required’ way to love!!! Easy coz u dnt hv to DO anything…..its just there!! And it survives on its own…so u r abs hasslefree!!! Every person is different…every one has their goods and bads…but ‘Love without a reason’ is the one that makes you gaze at the other person and think…he/she may nt be perfect…but this is the imperfection I would like to have!!! 


It’s the love tht just comes from within…the love tht makes ppl call u crazy…coz they cant understand the “Reason” why u’ve fallen for a particular guy/girl while he/she seems absolutely unsuitable 4 u!!! And if reciprocated this is the love tht will stand the test of time and distances!!!


 Ab mere aur Sultan ke pyaar ko hi le lo…..3.5 years and our love is still the same….INTACT….So far yet so near :)….btw….3.5 years reminds me….its sounds funny.. I realized only a few days back tht Sultan has turned 3.5 years old rather 3.5 years young…I always thot he was 1.5 years…[ab kya karoon..Sultan ki twacha se uski umar ka pata hi nahin chalta :p]


 Haan..to back to the point…..so I still love him…despite the fact tht whn his feet are the dirtiest he would like to jump on me….despite the fact tht he scares me every morning hwn I m home…by sneaking on to my bed…n I wake up to find a little black nose rite next to mine!!!...Despite the fact tht when I got ready for a wedding..he made me run around the whole house….coz he wanted to jump on me n I was wearing a saree!!! Despite the fact tht he’ll nt let me catch an afternoon nap till I tk him out in sadti hui garmi 4 a walk!!!! But I lovvvvvvvvvvvvvve him :)


 N so does he!!! To kya hua agar my favourite pastime is to snuggle next to him whn hes faaaaaast asleep…to kya hua agar I lovvvvvvvvvve to play wth his flappy ears…..n I also lovvvvvvvve to ride on him[yess..i do tht!!]…..but whn he wants to go out…I just disappear…yet he lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvves me!!! 


So you see….in true love..reasons just don’t matter……Love is what matters…rest all is gravy!!! :D


 p.s. In case u want tips on how to make relationships last..u may please contact…no no no….NOT ME!!!! Please Contact….Love Guru Sultan at Bow Bow Bow Bow Bow Bow Bow Bow Bow Bow or you can email him at Bow Bow_ Bow@ Bow Bow.com

Friday, February 27, 2009

Chemistry Matters...rest all is gravy!!!

delhi edition of gupshup ;)

So for long nothing worth writing seemed to be coming my way and then our mumbai gupshup host made a comment and voila....it seems to be stuck in my head....chemistry matters! Rest all is gravy !!!

another mantra i have learnt in my life through own and others experiences is --- to love without a reason....really the mumbai edition once asked me --- if you love someone for a reason n the reason goes away then will your love vanish?? hmmmm so what are the ways one can love and does "chemistry matters, rest all is gravy" really is perhaps an extension of the same thought??

so what are the reasons one can 'love' (though i wonder if that will really be love or something else):
1. u may 'love' coz the other person loves you (yes..its the most common-est reasons!!)
2. coz they care for your family (its very important for some people)
3. coz they listen to u / they r caring ..
4. coz he finances ur shopping (yes, i have heard it with my own 'unbelievable' ears...reason enuf to marry!)
5. coz they understand u (thts a tough one...hmmmm but at some point they may just not see ur point of view...)
6. coz he/she is drop dead gorgeous (hehehe thts a strong temptation...winkss!!)

and so we can go on n on....but then they can be transitory reasons....

and in the end...if we can love a person without a reason -- it is the sort of love which can stand the test of time....what about our parents...they love us through all the years of growing up...its one of those difficult questions...i have been lucky to have a mom who absolutely loves me even when i am a complete nin-compoop!! but can we love someone with the same selflessness even when we are not related by birth??

what is it that inspires that sort of love....well there is no reason and maybe people have come up with all sorts of theories -- maybe its past life karma, twin-souls, soulmates....i don't know what it is but at the end...if you have that bond with someone....you don't understand the reason...its just chemistry....you can't understand why you feel the way you do...treasure it!! Rest all is gravy!!!!!!

ps - love without a reason is perhaps the complete-est way of loving and being loved... :)

love to all
Delhi signing off!!!

Sunday, December 21, 2008

To My Phone......With love.....

Haylooos lovely peepuls……..Long time………No posts on the blog……..Am sure u must be missing the Great Great ME!!! :)

Well lifes been bizi off late…..Marriage season on na…so quite many shaadis to attend….Bizi me I tell u!!! ;)

Lolz…..Welll..tht apart……the REAL reason y I have bin away from the blog is…………..[suspense]
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ok ok ok Peace!!!

Hmmm so the real reason why I hv bin away from the blog is………I GOT A NEW CELL PHONE…..[shock…gasps……ppl fainting]……. and have bin bizi getting hang of it n exploring all its features!!!!!!

Control ppl control……..well u c…my 6 saal ka saathi..my very own 6610 couldn’t really stand the test of time any more…….or shud I say……mere bechare cell phone ko nazar lag hi gayi….iss zalim duniya se mere sleek n smart cell phone ki tandarust lambi umar dekhi nahin gayi……..uski choti se choti bimari pe logon ne itna celebrate kiya ki wo bechara yeh gham seh nahin saka!! :(

Mujhe aaj bhi yaad hai……ek baar uska sim card recognition band ho gaya…Bhumi was to dancing around with joy!!! Boli…yeh fone to gaya ab..lets buy a new one!!! She even made plans for cell phone shopping!!! But it turned out ki my sim card was defective!!Mere phone ke dil pe kya guzri ye to wahi janata hai …uski loyality pe ungli uthayi gayi thi….uski 6 saal ki seva ko nazarandaaz kiya jaa raha tha!! Ufffff

Inhi sab khayalo me khoya khoya…ek din bechara charge hote waqt behosh ho kar table se neeche hi gir pada…..aur uska charging point toot gaya. To uspe Nitasha ne kaha….Mubarak Ho!!! Finally toot hi gaya phone!!!! :o…How mean can anyone get!!...Toota hua charger to Nokia center pe repair ho gaya..par mere phone ka dil aisa toota …ki awaaz bhi nahin aayi……bas vadiyon mein ek gana baj raha tha…toota toota ek cellphone ka dil aise toota ki fir judd na paya…….

Anddddddd.. One Fine Day.. the poor fone went into longggggggggggg silent mode!!!!... so I had my eyes glued on to it every moment…....not to miss any call u c [ me being the IMPORTANT ME!!! :p]…seconds…minutes..hours…days passed by…my phone didn’t speak!! :(… Kisi ne kaha…mandir le jao….to kisi ne kaha try Shock therapy…Ab aur koi raasta nahin nazar aaya to I just threw it on the carpeted floor of my office n voila!!! IT STARTED RINGING!!!!!! Like they say…laaton ke bhoot baton se nahin maante!!! :p

Celebrations began again………but I was d only one rejoicing…rest everyone was sulking on the great comeback my phone had made!!!.......yeh dukh to jaise mere phone ke dil me gharr hi kar gaya……….aur fir wo din aaya..jab mera phone fir se Shaant Samadhi me chala gaya aur fir kabhi laut kar nahin aaya!!! Sob sob…sniff sniff…. :’(

Aisi situation mein talaash shuru hui ek naye cell phone ki…..smthing which could match up wth my 6610 in sleekness and looks!!! :D….Sasta Sundar Tikau to be precise!!! ;)

After bahut saari nokia center visits…hypercity visits and dunno whr all visits…I finally shortlisted two fones…Nokie E-51 and Nokia E-66…For the uninformed…I m a die hard Nokia Fan…so all the motorolas n sony erricssons..Please excuse……..

Haan….to ab do fone pasand aaye…E-51 11k ka n E-66 20k ka….jyaada pasand E-66 tha coz of its slider design…but 20K phookne ka koi mood bhi nahin tha…Isi kashmakash me mere 10 toes din raat ek kar rahe the ki ek din khabar mili ki Ani ne E-51 khareeda hai……unko usi waqt bulava bheja gaya ki apna Phone le kar Maharani Niati ke darbaar me haazir ho!!!

Wo phone le kar aaye….Maine unka phone explore kiya………..aisa pyaar hua uss phone se ki kya bataun……raat ko 8:30 baje main unhe pakad ke Alpha le gayi fone khareedne ….….

And Ladies and Gentlemen………Put your hands together for my new Phone…….A black and Silver Nokia E-51!!!! *Claps galore* [ Niati takes a bow with her new phone] :)

It’s a nice sleek and smart fone with all the features [ ok now dnt ask me d details..i hv to myself explore them!!! :p]……. in the absence of my lappy…its doubling up as my internet access point!!! :)… so all my Orkut/Facebook regulars…u better send in your letters of appreciation for my E-51 soon!!! *wink

Ab aap log to jaante hi hain….naya zamana…..nayi technology………samajhne mein time to lagta hi hai….. so I m sure now all of u can understand what has been keeping me away from this blog which is actually a responsibility of three of us…but the other two seem to have migrated to Antarctica and hence unable to contribute since the last 2.5Months!!!

Anyways..talks of my old phone have made me so nostalgic…sniff sniff…..so I’ll sign off now and hold a 2 mins prayer session for his soul……request you all to join in please…..sab log apni apni jagah chair/table pe khade ho jaye…Ho sakein to aas paas ke doston ko bhi bula lein…...aankhen band karein..dono haath sir ke oopar karein…..n zor se chillayein….. HAIL NIATI’S 6610!!!! :)

Thank You everyone…I m touched…. :)


P.s. Well do activate ur brain cels n come up wth an excuse just in case.. ur boss sees you hailing my phone in office!! He he he he :p

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

.......... Ke Haseen Sapne :)

Maine tere liye hi saat rang ke sapne bune…sapne sajeele sapne…” Way back in 1970…Rajesh Khanna won the hearts of many wth this song from the super duper hit movie Anand!!

 Aah…’Sapne sajeele sapne’..sounds beautiful….Alas…with the kind of dreams I have… if today I were to try and woo anyone with that song…..then ‘To Put It Mildly’….I would surely be thrown out of the house!!!!Lolz….

 Making ships land on roads…squeezing lions in a bag….doobofying in a submarine….are exactly not the kind of ‘Sajeele’ dreams any one would like me to dream for them!!! :p

 Well not my fault…with the kind of genius brain that I have….Arbit dreams are bound to happen…tho I prefer to call them ‘Creative Dreams’….you see Einstein was also termed mad once!!! But then there is no great genius without some touch of madness!!!So I also choose to accept the ARBITNESS of my dreams so to say!!

 You see..only a genius can actually Squeeze three giant lions in one small hand pouch!! Ohk ohk..now don’t give me those looks….let me explain the dream to you first….One fine night…I m cozily tucked away in my bed and dreaming the mosssssssssssssssst arbit dream of my life…..it goes like this….Oh!! lemme introduce the Kahani ke Mukhya Patras first..Its me, Tushar and Vineet (both of whom are doctors, well I know they deserve better intro..but dis is d most relevant to d dream…u’ll know soon :))..Hmm so all three of us have gone to some jungle safari…where we liked these 3 giant lions and we decided to steal them and bring them to our hotel room.Now in the hotel room we are blissfully admiring the 3 beauties(or beasts!!)..ki tabhi room ki bell baji…and I saw from the eye hole ki the jungle officials are standing outside!! 

Now STEALING animals is surely not legal….so panic sets in the room…But chill….Main Hoon Na!!! [Aah Shahrukh Khan shud thank me for mentioning his Super Flop movie in my esteemed blog!!] the STRONG ME (gaur farmaiyga!!)…actually picked up the 3 lions one by one , squeezed them with my palms and put them in a small hand bag (the one generally carried by men to carry papers around!!) and zip up the bag!! Phew..soo tiring I tell u!!....But then these stupid lions refuse to stop growling inspite of being locked up in the bag…..so I tell tushar to go n gv them some sedative so that they stop making so much noise while I go out n handle the jungle officials….

But after some 15-20 minutes..i realize tht they r growling louder..so I go n ask tushar if he gave them the sedatives…so he INNOCENTLY replies!! “Oh wo sedative lions ko dena  tha!! Mujhe laga tune bola ki kitchen ki drain me cockroach bahut hain..isliye main to wo sedative drain me daal aaya!!!!!!!!!!”…and while I m trying to catch hold of my mouth wich had actually dropped down in astonishment..Mr Vineet is literally Rolling on the Floor laughing!!!! I m telling him to do something…but he just wudnt stop laughing…now joined by tush also…..so now thrs poor me shouting…the jungle officials banging the door and two useless fellas laughing away to glory….and POP!! Goes my dream and I wake up!!!

 Aah what a profound dream I say…..wot u dnt agree?????Gosh!!! Trust me! U dnt hv the ability to think deeply!!! Just anaylyse the dream…..the ADVENTURE of jungle safari….the ADMIRATION of BEAUTY of lions! (yepp!! Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder!!]….the LOVE for animals…..Tushar actually gave the Cockoroaches sedatives instead of killing them!![the generous he!!]…the HUMOUR of Mr Vineet[ok ok…lets nt get into d details now!!]….the ACTION...of me squeezing in the lions in a bag!!......

 My my… with so much MASALA thrown in….kisi hindi movie se kum to nahin tha yeh dream…n u say its was arrrrrrrrrrrrbit!!!

 Kisi ne sach hi kaha hai…..“Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.”

 

[The Genius Takes a Bow]

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Happiness @ Sale!!...Go buy a pup!! :)

“I'd be happy to have my biography be the stories of my dogs. To me, to live without dogs would mean accepting a form of blindness.”

 About 4 years back….on a wintery evening of November…Arrived a little angel in our house. Well quite unlike the typical image of a pup,all wrapped in pink ribbon, resting in a basket…this one arrived below the driver’s seat of our car!! Basically he was little Black Labrador pup…who managed to crawl out of the back seat of the car and get below the drivers seat!! Not to mention that my dad had to actually spend 20 minutes trying to figure out where the little monster had disappeared..thnks to his black color and tiny frame!!

 So ladies and gentlemen!! Please give a biig round of applause…To…… SULTAN….the world’s most handsome black Labrador!! :) Tall, Dark and Handsome..personified!! He he he

 The more I see Sultan the more I biliv in the concept of pichla janam..As we all fondly like to say….Kuch to pichle janam ka karz hai hum logo ka Sultan pe…jo vasool karne wo hamare ghar aaya hai!! Lolz…I mean….the way he has all 5 of us wrapped around the 5th toe of the back feet on the right!![yeah with Dogs…u have to be more precise!!]..its just amazing!!! 

Hes truly the Sultan of the house…and our hearts too!!! Who else would dare to snatch our blankets at 5 in the morning and drag us out of our beds coz its his morning walk time!!! Hes getting smarter with each day..when he was small…n barked in the morning…we would just pull the blanket over are heads and pretend tht we cant hear…but now…he really dsnt waste his energy much..he’ll bang into the room….gv a louuuuuddddd bark….wot u ignored him??? Ohkk…he’ll come over to your bed….take the tiny corner of the blanket hanging down from the bed in his mouth and just march out of the room…now if u think u can win this tug of war!!u r mistaken….better leave d bed soon!!

 After a niiice morning walk in the muddiest of patches on the road…its time for his breakfast….and guess who cooks it 4 him….no one else but the Mukhiya of the house..My Dad!!!..itne saalon me humein kuch bana ke chahe na khilaya ho..but Sultan ka breakfast is one responsibility that he has voluntarily taken!! And u shud see how he makes it….Daliya+palak+egg+carrot+milk+malayi….and God knows wot all….this kind of breakfast would put any nutritionist to shame!!! I to keep telling him…ki agar aisa nutritious khaana mujhe khilaya hota..to aaj meri sehat kahan ki kahan pahunch gayi hoti!! But then as they say…every Dog has his day!!

And to top it..he brags…”see! With the breakfast I make for sultan..his coat has become so shiny and black!!”…and I just stand there looking at my thinning hairline…making plans to confiscate Sultan’s breakfast soon!![yeah bad hair days can do such things to you!!]

 So breakfast done….time for a nap….wot better place to catch a nap but on the soft carpet right in the center of the living room!!!Who cares about all the hair sticking on to the carpet…safai ke liye ghar ke chaar aur log hain na!!! I m THE SULTAN!! So while the rest of the family is getting ready for their offices toppling over either a black tail or a stretched leg in hallway…..our dear sultan is catching up on his sleep…[with the amount of overtime he does in the sleep department..I really wonder where does get sleep to Catch Up on!!!]

 Its afternoon now….iffffffff it happens to be wikend..then its his bathing day!! Well this quote summarizes the whole bathing story…”One whu hasn’t tasted soap has never given bath to a Dog!!” lolz..howw true….if u bathe Sultan..he’ll make sure that u also get one simultaneously….so just whn u finish rubbing soap over his body….he’ll do a Mithun da Disco number and gv back all the soap that u hv so generously rubbed on him..back to you!!

 But its ok..being the fighter that we are..we do manage to give him a bath[phew!!]…so he airdries himself…..but hey!! Its getting sunny out there…and you are sitting in ac while sultan is out!! Not fair…..so he’ll come marching into the room….and lie down right in front of the ac!!..aah..that feels nice….10 minutes later….ohkkk its getting cold in here…guess I shud finally move away from d ac….ahaan…my favorite place…at the door of the room…so if the door is closed…I perch myself right behind it..making sure that no one else apart from his highness Mr Dara Singh is able to move me and open the door!!And if anyone else wants to enter/leave the room..well they can use the window for all I care!!!

 Ding Dong!! Doorbell!!! Andddddddddddddddd Sultan goes rushing out of the room towards the main door…no no…not to attack the visitor!!Labs are friendly by nature…and our Sulli dear goes overboard on that…he wants to jump on the visitor[so wot if it means throwing 35+ kg weight on the poor unsuspecting person on the other side of the door!!]..lick him all over[did some1 say good clothes??well they need to be stamped with my lick then!!]….But wts dis…here comes Mom…trying to put leash on him nad take him away…[well only if se can catch me!!Time to run around…]….Mom gives up…calls Dad…..Dad gives one Angry command…”Sultan..sit!!”….and our Sulli dear follows with the most innocent face on the earth!!!

 One biig dramebaaz he is…the moment u try to scold him…he’ll give u one of those…I-am-Innocent looks..that u’ll actually feel like kicking urself!!! And its really difficult not to fall in his trap!! [ ohkkk I confess…I hv bin a perennial victim of this!!]

 With most of the day gone in random timepass…its evening..time for sultan to sit outside the kitchen…so that while cooking dinner mom can throw bit and pieces to him while he waits for his dinner!!Too bad…the dinner is not as lavish as the breakfast..its plain Dog Food….well if only Sultan could read the description of his of food on its cover…”chunky chicken pieces cooked in white rice with the goodness of vegetables..blah blah blah..”….I mean..Hullo!!Do they really expect Dogs to read THAT!!...but job hi ho….its difficult to resist the temptation on reading that…thankfully the food smells a bit bad….varna to I m sure the Dog owners would be found sharing food with their canine in the same plate!![yeah yeah..count me in too!!:p]

But I have to tell u this….Sultan is sooooooooooo sharp…he may be in anyyyyyyy corner of the house..but the moment he hears his dog food box opening..he’ll come russssssssssssssshing to the kitchen…however quite u try to be…he can just sense it…and when hes waiting 4 his food…hes at his best..i mean u pull his ears..u hug him…do anyyyyyything..he’ll not budge….varna to you really have to flex all your muscles to get him in ur grip for even a chotu motu hug!! He he he

 After dinner its again time for a walk….and then off to sleep [of courrrrse in the AC!!wot u thot???? ;)] 

So u see..whuever said..its a Dog’s life…must nt hv experienced it 4 sure!! A Dog’s life is just sooo amazing guys!! But then dnt they soooooooooooooooooo deserve it….. 

For all the unconditional love that they give….

For that vigourous tail wagging that they do every time u enter the house….that makes u feel so welcomed and longed for!!! 

For that gentle nuzzling tht they give whn u r having a bad day!!

 For the way they dance around and shake their whole body for simple  things as a pat from you!! 

For they way they let you touch themselves…and respond back with a warm lick..

 And for all the other ways in which the teach you to simply enjoy your life!!! :)

 I always feel..the ones who don’t have a Dog in their life are missing out on a remarkable part of their lives!! 

And I must say…After a lifetime of affectionate regard for dogs and many years of close observation and reflection, I have reached the conclusion that We dont own Dogs….They own US!! :)

 

p.s. I have one more Dog….about him..Later..On popular Demand u c!! ;)

Thursday, September 11, 2008

The Importance of being UNIQUE

ps - owing title inspiration from 'the importance of being earnest' ... read on n you'll know why my ps starts at the beginning of the blog n not at the end!

The word that caught my attention is UNIQUE not disappointment, frustration, unfairness or even isolation....but unlike chetan i realized i am unique from the moment i was born....i walked a lil distantly with tht haughtiness which comes with being unique n the happiness in knowing no one is like you... ;)

if anyone ever needs a single word in their life it is UNIQUE...i mean ok i do believe in oneness and tht we all go into that one point where we originated from (big bang anyone) but tht idea is for world peace more n less for daily living....

here n now...u need to know yourself and love everything about you...and if anyone doesn't like u - its their problem...they were good for nothing in the first place so dont even bother giving them too much weightage...

another thing in life...when u meet people who think they r UNIQUE and a tad degree MORE than you....whatever gave them that stupid idea!!! Just be yourself and i'd give a mantra for those kinds - IGNORE...after all we came from one point n we will meet again at some point till then hasta la vistaa!!

ok...now this is a blog than a comment so it goes into becoming a blog....

muuuaaahh ------ to myself for being UNIQUE!

love thyself!

From
Ms. Unique to the Universe